Episode 17
Castlevania: Nocturne
The Southern Senpais watch Castlevania: Nocturne on Netflix! With new protagonists and a new story, does it hold up to it's predecessor? Listen in and find out!
Transcript
Howdy, it's the Southern Senpai Show, where small town southerners explore
Speaker:big time Japanese entertainment, anime, manga, and everything in between.
Speaker:Here's your hosts, Nicholas and DJ.
Speaker:What's going on y'all?
Speaker:It's Southern Senpais, two southern guys who explore Japanese culture.
Speaker:My name is Nicholas.
Speaker:And I'm DJ.
Speaker:And what are we talking about today, DJ?
Speaker:Today we're reviewing Castlevania Nocturne.
Speaker:Um, this first season.
Speaker:Yes, this first, this first season.
Speaker:It's on Netflix.
Speaker:Netflix is really putting out some.
Speaker:Some quality, uh, Netflix here and there, you know, quality anime.
Speaker:They, they put out one or two good ones, that way they can sell
Speaker:all the bad ones that they make.
Speaker:It's not a bad business model.
Speaker:It's not a bad one, right, because everyone's like, Oh, I gotta watch
Speaker:this, because it, it's a possibility it could be good, because when
Speaker:it is good, it's really good.
Speaker:Now, let me ask you a question, DJ.
Speaker:What did you like better?
Speaker:Did you like Castlevania, or did you like Castlevania Nocturne better?
Speaker:Uh, oof, that's a hard question to ask, mainly because Nocturne is not over.
Speaker:I mean, with Castlevania, you have like, four seasons to
Speaker:play like these characters.
Speaker:Right, that's true, so maybe it's not fair to try and compare the two.
Speaker:No, but I will say, I will compare it to, um, Avatar Last Emerander.
Speaker:Because Avatar was really great, and then its successor, Korra,
Speaker:had a really great first season.
Speaker:Not really great, but it was, it was good.
Speaker:It was in line with, right.
Speaker:It was a good first season.
Speaker:Like it really was like that first season of Cora with the
Speaker:non benders and diverse benders.
Speaker:And they were, that was kind of dope.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:And then it just kind of fell off a cliff.
Speaker:So, but, um, and so I really hope that doesn't happen with not turn here
Speaker:because I, I liked the first season and the second half is way better
Speaker:than the first half, but, um, If I had to compare the two, of successors, I
Speaker:would say Nocturne did a way better job of being a successor than Korra did.
Speaker:Uh, just because it feels like it's getting better.
Speaker:That's the crazy part about it.
Speaker:You know what's really messed up?
Speaker:You know what's really messed up?
Speaker:You could be at the top of your game!
Speaker:A material.
Speaker:Great, great, a triple S score.
Speaker:Great a beef over here.
Speaker:Then you make a successor.
Speaker:And if the first season of the successor, it's just like, instead of
Speaker:being triple eight, it's like double eight people like, Oh, it sucks.
Speaker:It's right.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:But then if you create something that's triple eight, if you keep something
Speaker:that's like double a material.
Speaker:And then the sequel is also double A.
Speaker:It's like, Oh, wow, it's a massive piece.
Speaker:It's a great, it's a great continuation.
Speaker:This one did a weird, it had a weird, uh, uh, uh, avenue.
Speaker:It was like, all right, we, last one was triple A material.
Speaker:We're going to start off in the season going A level and then end on a triple A.
Speaker:And it's like, okay, you made me lose faith on purpose and then come back.
Speaker:Cause now I feel like, oh, now I'm really rooting for it cause it's getting better.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:The, the first, the first couple of episodes were kind of like.
Speaker:I'll give this a bit of some grace, right?
Speaker:Because it's not terrible, but it's also not great.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:I think that, um, I think, was this one that someone had asked us to watch?
Speaker:I think it was.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:Somebody was like, well, if you like Castlevania, we've got a DM
Speaker:that said, if you like Castlevania, Castlevania Nocturne just came out.
Speaker:So check that out.
Speaker:The, uh.
Speaker:Now, we usually do Japanese stuff, and this is not Japanese.
Speaker:But it is anime.
Speaker:But it is anime.
Speaker:So, suck it.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:Because other people working on it have names like, uh, Elekara Johnson.
Speaker:What does it say?
Speaker:E L A R I C A Johnson.
Speaker:And I have no idea who this person is, but they have a strong last name.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:Your last name.
Speaker:That's why you like it.
Speaker:Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
Speaker:Elektra, or whatever is how you pronounce it.
Speaker:Like, hit me up.
Speaker:Like, let me, boom, boom.
Speaker:Elorica.
Speaker:Elorica.
Speaker:Johnson.
Speaker:Yeah, Eureka Johnson.
Speaker:But, I don't even know what she does in this, by the way.
Speaker:That's one thing I will say about Castlevania and Castlevania Nocturne.
Speaker:In their credits, they just start showing names, they're never like, oh,
Speaker:this person like voiced this character.
Speaker:You know, with credits, they have like, what they did next to it, right?
Speaker:They're like, yo, you know who it is, it's Elektra Johnson,
Speaker:everyone, you know, everyone knows Elektra, you don't know Elektra.
Speaker:That's just, that's just impossible.
Speaker:Bro, but, I mean, so, the, the anime starts out, and Richter Belmont
Speaker:is the next, is the next guy.
Speaker:Whoa, hold up, it's been 300 years since the, since Trevor and Cypher.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:So, but in this iteration, Richter is the next Belmont.
Speaker:Yes.
Speaker:And, I think the crazy part about it is, is so, um, What's his name?
Speaker:The, uh, Native American vampire?
Speaker:Aluxor?
Speaker:Uh, uh, Ulrex.
Speaker:Ulrex?
Speaker:He's Aztec.
Speaker:He's Aztec?
Speaker:He's an Aztec vampire, yeah.
Speaker:So I guess this is still technically Native American, right?
Speaker:But so the crazy part is is his mom Richter's mom Richter's mom Gets
Speaker:brutally murdered by all rocks.
Speaker:Oh, yeah, I spoiler warning I guess but this is like the first episode
Speaker:Also, the rest is gonna be spoiled.
Speaker:Anyway, this is a review.
Speaker:So right so if you didn't I mean, come on, man You already know what
Speaker:the deal is like episode what?
Speaker:A billion and a half by now.
Speaker:But the crazy part is, later in the anime, they have to work together.
Speaker:Yeah!
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:That, uh, I feel like there's a little bit of this that was pretty,
Speaker:I didn't expect that to happen.
Speaker:I didn't expect him to do that.
Speaker:Um, what I did expect to happen was that, that, uh, uh, Richter
Speaker:would eventually Use blue fire.
Speaker:And the only reason I say that Because there's this huge color
Speaker:scheme going on with this guy.
Speaker:Everything is, this man is dripped down in blue like he's a crip.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:All the time.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:All the time.
Speaker:I mean he was eventually going to get powers.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:And it's like, because he's a Belmont it's like, you know, it's not, plus
Speaker:his mother was using magic too.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:And as a kid he started off using magic, but then it's like
Speaker:he couldn't use magic later.
Speaker:What do you, what do you think he is, how do you compare him to Trevor?
Speaker:Which Belmont do you like better?
Speaker:Oh, definitely Trevor.
Speaker:Do you think it's 'cause you had more time with him or you think
Speaker:that the character's just better?
Speaker:I think the character's just better.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:Uh, I think that, um, I think that Richter's a, a bit of a bitch.
Speaker:, he does cry.
Speaker:He does cry several times in this, well, I don't think it's because he cries.
Speaker:It's just, but it, a lot of it just, it's not great character development.
Speaker:Like yeah, it's.
Speaker:I think that also, it kind of, part of the issue is that the world is super dark.
Speaker:Cause the world starts being super dark.
Speaker:There's vampires, and there's night creatures, and da da da da.
Speaker:Trevor Belmont had his whole family destroyed in front of him.
Speaker:Lost his house, his home, everything, and became a drunk.
Speaker:And then, when he had to face up against some of the monsters that were
Speaker:killing, like, some of the vampires.
Speaker:Well, I mean, it wasn't Dracula exactly who murdered his parents, right?
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:But when he had to come up against those monsters, right?
Speaker:That destroyed his home and his life and stuff like that didn't bat an eye.
Speaker:He was drunk at the time, but like he was like, you know Life sucks.
Speaker:That's the way it is.
Speaker:Take it on chin like a true Belmont and then I'm gonna go have sex
Speaker:with this witch girl Bro, and then he meets his grandfather and his
Speaker:grandfather's like Richard Richter.
Speaker:Yeah I told, I told her.
Speaker:She told you to come find me, didn't she?
Speaker:What are you talking about?
Speaker:You gotta explain who you're talking about, dude.
Speaker:So, uh, Richter's grandfather.
Speaker:What's his name?
Speaker:Uh, uh, something.
Speaker:Basically, Richter is like an adult at this point.
Speaker:So, his mom dies.
Speaker:Richter, fast forward to he's an adult.
Speaker:He lives with his aunt and his cousin.
Speaker:Uh, who are also Belmonts, but like distant Belmonts.
Speaker:Right, Maria and uh, and her mom.
Speaker:Terra.
Speaker:Terra.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:Maria and Terra.
Speaker:The only reason I remember it being Terra is because I'm like, there's
Speaker:always Because of Teen Titans, huh?
Speaker:There's always so I swear, ever since that show Because of Teen Titans.
Speaker:There's always a Terra.
Speaker:I have never heard of that name prior to Teen Titans.
Speaker:And then after Teen Titans, everyone's named Terra.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:Everyone and everyone and their goldfish is named Terra for some reason.
Speaker:But So he meets his grandfather, by chance, right?
Speaker:And dude sends him over a plate, right?
Speaker:And obviously whenever somebody does that, you know, you'd want
Speaker:to go over there and talk to him.
Speaker:And he was like, so what's up?
Speaker:And he was like, I want you to get away.
Speaker:Like, I gave you a meal, but fuck out my face.
Speaker:Which is like, also, why did you do that if you want him to leave?
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:Find out that there's a vampire that comes in, who's drunk.
Speaker:Not drunk, but like, he's like, Oh, you said you'd kill me
Speaker:next time you see me, old man.
Speaker:And then that's exactly what he does.
Speaker:He like, whips his head off.
Speaker:I have to appreciate, I have to get me one of them.
Speaker:Like, like, I, I, like, This whip is insane.
Speaker:And you think that the, I, you'd be using the Morningstar?
Speaker:Because that was like, the whip in the like, the last one, the
Speaker:upgraded one, but I guess not.
Speaker:No, well and the thing is is like the crazy part was is once he meets
Speaker:his grandfather at the very end of the season I thought that was his
Speaker:grandfather, because if you notice, like, they start talking and he
Speaker:says he lost his powers, right?
Speaker:That's how he be, that's, because when he meets him, he's like, hey
Speaker:listen, um, you shouldn't take money for vampire killings, right?
Speaker:Right, but it's not the Belmont way, you're supposed to kill
Speaker:them just because they're evil.
Speaker:Just because they're evil, and you shouldn't hide away.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:Right?
Speaker:And he's like, well, my wife and daughter were killed by this chief vampire.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:So that kind of, you know, put a damper on, on things.
Speaker:And I lost all of my powers.
Speaker:Apparently, that's how it works.
Speaker:So...
Speaker:If they're too much of a pussy, they'll lose their magic abilities.
Speaker:And then that's how he Richter gained his powers, right?
Speaker:He gained his powers back because he just decided like, oh, I guess
Speaker:I'm not going to be a pussy anymore.
Speaker:I know it sounds like I'm exaggerating.
Speaker:But I'm not.
Speaker:They're like We're really not.
Speaker:He's like, kneeling down and sees some other He's got nothing.
Speaker:And then he goes, you know what?
Speaker:I wanna live.
Speaker:Then he gets powers.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:Do me a favor.
Speaker:Super safe.
Speaker:Let me ask you a question.
Speaker:Doesn't the whip kinda look like a cigar?
Speaker:Like the, like the beginning of the whip.
Speaker:Oh, like the handle of it.
Speaker:Yeah, and it's got the gold.
Speaker:Doesn't it look like a cigar?
Speaker:It does look like a cigar.
Speaker:Okay, so you're, so if the whip's a cigar, what kind of cigar do you think it is?
Speaker:Uh, it's a Monte Crisco.
Speaker:You think?
Speaker:I, you know, a Cuban.
Speaker:You know?
Speaker:It's a vampire killing cigar, man.
Speaker:It also is weird to hear them talk about...
Speaker:So it takes place in France, by the way, and it's weird to hear
Speaker:them talk about, like, America.
Speaker:There is a certain section of America that, first of all, this is back in
Speaker:the day America, so they have, like, African slaves and stuff like that.
Speaker:There's slavery, there's a storyline of slavery in there.
Speaker:But, Nicholas!
Speaker:Yeah?
Speaker:Would you like to inform us on which part of America this is?
Speaker:So this is probably in New Orleans.
Speaker:Oh yeah?
Speaker:And what the Really?
Speaker:The Slave Masters live in New Orleans?
Speaker:The Vampire Slave Masters?
Speaker:What, what, what would you they have this symbol on their hand that
Speaker:they use called a Fleur de lis.
Speaker:Oh, what is it?
Speaker:Right?
Speaker:And a Fleur de lis is French, and it's also the saint symbol.
Speaker:So, that's kind of how I figured, you know, they might be in New Orleans.
Speaker:Because they said it's in America, and they had to send it.
Speaker:To be fair, these brands they were using, Usually when they branded
Speaker:sleeves, they just, you just brand them.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:Cause they're, they're sleeves.
Speaker:You just do it anywhere.
Speaker:I guess, her, like this is, this is black chick who's like a runaway sleeve in it.
Speaker:Um.
Speaker:And she has like her own, she's like descended from a god.
Speaker:So uh, spoiler alert, there are gods now, outside of the, who apparently have
Speaker:gotten jiggy with one of the mortals.
Speaker:Also, let's not forget, dude, the best part about this show is the character
Speaker:design, much less the monster design, cause me and you both were both saying,
Speaker:bro, look at this Look at this designs for these monsters whenever she becomes
Speaker:Um cement or what's the warrior god the cement she turns into a like a
Speaker:lion Yeah, there's a vampire messiah.
Speaker:There's like and it's weird because they're they're partnering up with like
Speaker:the church And man, I knew tara and that the abbot I knew that the abbot was, uh,
Speaker:uh, Tara's daughter, Maria's, uh, father.
Speaker:Because they were all blonde?
Speaker:I don't know why they thought that would be a twist!
Speaker:The only two blonde people in the entire show have a blonde child!
Speaker:Wha Who's her dad?
Speaker:I don't know, maybe the only other blonde guy in the entire series.
Speaker:Maybe, maybe it's that guy.
Speaker:Oh, oh, what a twist.
Speaker:Oh, what a twist.
Speaker:Genetics.
Speaker:The, uh, the guy that was his like second hand man, he's like, He
Speaker:has no child, and the, and the God is like, men lead by their balls.
Speaker:Like, what do you mean?
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:Like, of course.
Speaker:Not only that, I'm like I hate to, I hate to beat a dead horse,
Speaker:but you've seen this person.
Speaker:She looks exactly like you and her Right.
Speaker:They're all blonde haired and blue eyed and this is apparently back in the day
Speaker:France Dude, how wild is it that so this man is so demented that He takes one
Speaker:of the stories in the Bible and he's like, well, I have to sacrifice my kid.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:He's trying to kill his daughter, Maria.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:And then at the end, the mom's like, she puts a ram.
Speaker:There's a ram that gets sacrificed at the end.
Speaker:Not the kid.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:And then she ends up being the ram herself.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:She ends up like, because the guy, because he's sitting there saying
Speaker:like, God, you know, please don't.
Speaker:You know don't leave me like I really need help here like let me kill
Speaker:my own right and he was like Oh, why didn't God send a ram for me?
Speaker:Just like you said for Isaac because you know, I was gonna stab her for them
Speaker:and ironically There there is a right and she was like, I'm the ram right
Speaker:but dude, that's That's crazy though.
Speaker:Oh my gosh, this series is really good.
Speaker:Uh, The fight scenes in this series.
Speaker:Dude, I like, I will say this, I like Richter's style of fighting.
Speaker:Cause Trevor, you know, he does a lot with the whip.
Speaker:He's very acrobatic kind of, you know, Right.
Speaker:Especially for a guy who's clearly like 45 at least.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:But Richter, he's like, yeah, a lot younger.
Speaker:He's like, you know what?
Speaker:Eight.
Speaker:For real though, fuck this whip shit.
Speaker:I'd rather just box.
Speaker:He like, doesn't use his whip several times.
Speaker:He puts down the whip and he's like, Nah, I'd just rather just put my hands When
Speaker:he gets his powers, he starts boxing.
Speaker:Right!
Speaker:He's like, oh, now that I have powers, I'm just gonna start fighting with my hands.
Speaker:I'm just gonna do some Dragon Ball Z shit and just fuckin blow their heads off.
Speaker:I You know, it's crazy to see A Belmont how a Belmont would use powers because the
Speaker:other speakers Like they kind of like are doing stuff like cypher was doing right
Speaker:except for maria who summons animals I have no idea what's going on with that.
Speaker:I the summon animals part is only You can only do that in anime because that
Speaker:wouldn't work in real life Oh, but the fire would fire out the hands.
Speaker:Yeah, that would, that would show work in real life.
Speaker:Oh, I'll tell you what really works in real life.
Speaker:You can do a whip, a whip, a whip, bro, bro.
Speaker:I go, I see Richter.
Speaker:Richter actually really used like Trevor uses the whip in like a way that oh,
Speaker:it's like a weapon Richter does not Richter's like Richter Uses that whip
Speaker:like it's his hand richter uses that whip like uh, like a dad uses a belt
Speaker:when a kid cusses out his mom like this man is There's a scene when they're
Speaker:underground trying to rescue one of their friends and a monster is literally
Speaker:all kneeling down taking a break.
Speaker:You see all the wit marks on him and Rick is like, yeah, I kill fucking vampires.
Speaker:What's up?
Speaker:What's up?
Speaker:He's like, please.
Speaker:He's like, bro.
Speaker:I was feeling bad for the monsters.
Speaker:Oh my god, he's getting...
Speaker:I can feel that, man!
Speaker:Jesus!
Speaker:But um, and then there's the fight scene with, uh, with the lead vampire lady.
Speaker:Not the one that's the god, but it's the lead vampire lady.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:And he is just The one who looks like Nicki Minaj.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:He is whippin the shit out of this girl.
Speaker:Bro.
Speaker:To where I'm just like Hey, man, what are y'all doing?
Speaker:Like?
Speaker:Some people are gonna say, this is racist.
Speaker:The lead vampire girl, she's black.
Speaker:And this man is just, watch out, watch out.
Speaker:I was like, damn.
Speaker:This man gets her so bad, he whips her right in the forehead.
Speaker:Splits her head open.
Speaker:And we're just like.
Speaker:Bro, like you could have killed her by now.
Speaker:It is like nah, this is a lot more fun
Speaker:That's baseball for the shit out of these people Dude, I was just like yo but all
Speaker:overall, I mean, I think the the fight scenes are just Absolutely incredible.
Speaker:What's crazy is that the fight scenes are really good throughout it But like
Speaker:we said earlier it starts off not as good and then it gets really good Not that
Speaker:the beginning is bad Because it's not.
Speaker:No.
Speaker:But, you know, it just gets way better on and you can kind of feel there's like,
Speaker:has been some sort of shift Possibly in the people who work there because we're
Speaker:halfway through the designs go from like double A Designs go from like a level
Speaker:to like triple A and so does the story.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:And so does the action and you're like I Feel like they just let random
Speaker:people work on this first part And then they brought in like the real
Speaker:people that do it on the second part.
Speaker:Dude, I was like Because when I was watching, I was like, you know,
Speaker:this is all right, you know, because I myself am not an anime snob.
Speaker:Like I've said multiple times, DJ is an anime snob.
Speaker:I watch something for what it is, not what it could be.
Speaker:And DJ watches it for what it could be and not what it is.
Speaker:Well, you know, we're watching Bastard next.
Speaker:So yeah, it's hilarious.
Speaker:I do think faster is pretty fun, but no, I, overall, what would you give this?
Speaker:What would you give this anime?
Speaker:One to 10, you know, Mr.
Speaker:Snob, uh, out of 10, I give this first season a solid seven, a solid seven.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:Mainly because like it started off kind of on a low, but it ended really good.
Speaker:And I just, I feel like it's going to have a really great, well, first.
Speaker:The ending, saying Alucard at the end.
Speaker:Yeah, well I didn't want to, cause I hadn't seen it before you did, so
Speaker:I didn't want to spoil it for you.
Speaker:Who did you initially think was, was that person?
Speaker:I thought it was the grandfather too.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:I was like, oh he's the grandfather, but it's Alucard.
Speaker:And I was like, cause I was thinking in my head, I was like, dude, I've played
Speaker:a lot of the Castlevania games, and I think I remember, I was a kid, but
Speaker:I was like, I'm pretty sure Alucard.
Speaker:Was in the video game with Richter, but I guess I was wrong and then he shows
Speaker:up and I was like, oh That's awesome.
Speaker:Yeah, but uh, and apparently they don't know who Dracula is
Speaker:Like in the yeah at the very end.
Speaker:They're like, who's Dracula?
Speaker:I'm like, bro.
Speaker:Are you serious?
Speaker:You don't know who Dracula is the world almost I'm like, whatever
Speaker:because you know The speakers are supposed to pass down knowledge.
Speaker:They've been fucking up Apparently apparently they've been fucking up
Speaker:because they don't know who Dracula is No, apparently they're messing up because it's
Speaker:like the guy's like the son of Dracula and girls like who's Dracula you're like what?
Speaker:What how do you not know who Dracula is?
Speaker:I'm gonna chalk this up to you being a slave and not being educated, right?
Speaker:And then the thing is is you see the vampires.
Speaker:They're late.
Speaker:He's like listen if you kill me Or if you try and fight me, you will die like
Speaker:the thousands of vampires I've fought.
Speaker:Now mind you, he's floating, and his sword is floating.
Speaker:Right, and I love how all the other, like, vampires just look at each
Speaker:other like, Yeah, we're gonna leave.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:We're just gonna, I'mma, you got it, bro.
Speaker:You got it, man.
Speaker:I'm not even gonna lie to you.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:But, yeah, dude, she blotted out the entire sun for the anime.
Speaker:Like, that's...
Speaker:This queen vampire, she's like, Oh, I'm the new messiah.
Speaker:And she's like, I'm the vampire's messiah.
Speaker:I'm not the human messiah, I'm the vampire messiah.
Speaker:And the, uh, the Alcarox was, was, was, was the most powerful
Speaker:vampire we had seen at the time.
Speaker:He can turn into like this dragon thing.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:And it's the one that killed Richter's, uh, uh, mom.
Speaker:But then she's like, no, I don't really have a power holding you.
Speaker:And he's like, eh, I don't really bow to anyone.
Speaker:Then this woman does a Rasengan that blocks out the sun.
Speaker:And he's like.
Speaker:You got it.
Speaker:You got it, man.
Speaker:, you got it.
Speaker:That, that's like basically what happened, like the whole last three episodes.
Speaker:Just like all everyone that you know is super powerful.
Speaker:Someone else more powerful shows up and they're all just go, you got it.
Speaker:Do you think the Vampire Messiah or what she calls herself, this is a,
Speaker:this is a question that I have because she actually says that she's a God.
Speaker:Right, she says that she's a god, right?
Speaker:Because she has the blood of Cemet in her?
Speaker:Um, now, what I would ask you, because this is the question that I would
Speaker:have, or I'm going to pose to you, is whenever she was by that pool, and
Speaker:then she turned into that lion thing.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:Do you think that...
Speaker:That was just the lot, that was just the goddess inhabiting the body?
Speaker:Or do you think that it was just the vampire queen ascending to a
Speaker:more powerful form like, like, uh, Dragon Ball Z and Super Saiyan?
Speaker:Yeah, yeah, I think, I think, I think it was she was ascending.
Speaker:And it was interesting because she's like referencing like, the, so we said cement,
Speaker:this is, this is like, Egyptian mythology.
Speaker:And, I mean.
Speaker:She's like, I'm going to get Roth to worship me.
Speaker:She's like, ivory, and there's like, black vampires.
Speaker:Which I guess isn't really a big of a deal, but what makes me confused
Speaker:is that like, she's Russian?
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:And yet she's the, there's also got, this is what's confusing to me.
Speaker:So I mean, and I guess, I don't know why, like, okay, so heaven and hell in
Speaker:this series is obviously real because you have vampires and night creatures
Speaker:who are from hell and da da da.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:So then, you know, it's like, okay, Christian, Christian lore is confirmed.
Speaker:Okay, but then what about Sameth?
Speaker:And like these other like And Ra.
Speaker:And Ra, all right.
Speaker:And like, uh, uh, uh, whatever god that the black chick is descended from.
Speaker:I'm like, okay, so there are other gods And those are African gods.
Speaker:And those are African gods, right.
Speaker:There are other gods.
Speaker:Well, I, actually, you know what?
Speaker:To be fair, Yahweh, the Christian god, is an African god.
Speaker:Oh, really?
Speaker:I didn't know that.
Speaker:I didn't know.
Speaker:Because you have multiple, you have multiple systems of gods, because,
Speaker:remember, whenever uh, Richter runs away, she was like, that
Speaker:fucking bitch, he just ran away.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:And the mom, cause she performs that ceremony, and starts And that's
Speaker:definitely not from Black Panther.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:She performs Not ripping off Black Panther.
Speaker:And she was like, yeah, everybody runs away.
Speaker:She was like you're not seriously equating this white man running away from a fight
Speaker:to slaves running away for their freedom and I love how her mom was like Kind
Speaker:of I mean you ran away from your master because you were afraid of him instead
Speaker:and then you only recently killed him And I'm like, damn mom, why you gotta
Speaker:hit her with the truth like that, bro?
Speaker:Bruh.
Speaker:And then she, uh, but she was like, she's so powerful.
Speaker:And she was like, yeah, but you're powerful too.
Speaker:You're just not listening to your ancestors.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:Like Black Panther.
Speaker:I don't know why they did that.
Speaker:It was like, they saw Black Panther.
Speaker:And it was like.
Speaker:Because in the video game she's uh, caucasian.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:Although, ironically, she's still a slave in the ca in the in the That's
Speaker:the crazy part that you were telling me when we first started watching this.
Speaker:You were you were like, This chick is white in the In the video game.
Speaker:In the video games.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:And you were telling me a lot of people were mad that she was black
Speaker:and you Everybody was like, I mean, it's not that big of a character.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:Which it is, though.
Speaker:Like, it's a huge character.
Speaker:Yeah, but she's not She's not the main Like Like, it would be way different If
Speaker:they just made her DJ's Like, come on.
Speaker:Let's be real here, alright?
Speaker:All the main leads are still the same people.
Speaker:DJ's like, let me have one.
Speaker:Okay?
Speaker:And she was also, um, I'm pretty sure she was still a slave in the games.
Speaker:So, I think they just did that to modernize it, because to be fair,
Speaker:The games are made about these caucasian european people, right,
Speaker:but the video game is japanese Let's get it all out in the open here.
Speaker:It's a japanese video game that's made about some Really I think just
Speaker:because and I don't know if you know this but in japan Christianity is
Speaker:not the number one religion, right?
Speaker:It's buddhism, right?
Speaker:Uh, yes.
Speaker:Yeah, they have zen buddhism, right?
Speaker:um so I forgot who it was, but they did like this study on question like, Oh, why
Speaker:do so many animes have so many Christian, you know, mythology to it and why,
Speaker:why, why do a lot of Japanese and Asian artists draw a whole bunch of Christianity
Speaker:or they convert to Christianity?
Speaker:It turns out they just think the designs are cool, man.
Speaker:Did you know that?
Speaker:No, I did not.
Speaker:The designs are cool.
Speaker:It's like when, it's like how a whole bunch of Americans love
Speaker:to use Greek mythology and all of their video games and stuff.
Speaker:It's the same for them.
Speaker:Like, they're like, oh, I just used Christmas style because it's cool.
Speaker:Not because I believe in this.
Speaker:Because it's cool, man.
Speaker:So, that's why.
Speaker:That's because I believe in Jesus.
Speaker:I think it's just cool.
Speaker:You know, so.
Speaker:Sprinkle some Jesus in there.
Speaker:Sprinkle, sprinkle.
Speaker:We need some art for this.
Speaker:Hey man, you see that, uh, you see those two sticks and a cross over there?
Speaker:Oh bro, I heard about that.
Speaker:That's cool!
Speaker:Bro, speaking of crosses, whenever she trapped her master The black chick, yeah.
Speaker:The black chick trapped her former master and This man did not flinch.
Speaker:He was just like, yeah, you really think you can beat me?
Speaker:You really think?
Speaker:And she's like, well, first of all, you're scared of crosses And I have you
Speaker:in a cage made of crosses and you can't get out and the Sun is rising and you're
Speaker:about to die as well You're a slave.
Speaker:No, I'm not.
Speaker:It is the natural order of things.
Speaker:This man, just delusion towards the end.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:He was like, well, you're still a slave and I'm still a master and, and,
Speaker:and the Van Brack Queens gonna, and she's like, it's just, it's just like
Speaker:a little confusion on her face where she's just like, you're going to die.
Speaker:Like do you not understand what's happening right now?
Speaker:Like you cannot get out of this cage.
Speaker:I am killing you.
Speaker:And all you talk about is how you're the master.
Speaker:You're not the master!
Speaker:You're about to die!
Speaker:Right!
Speaker:That's why I branded you, cause you're a slave!
Speaker:You have a brand on your forehead!
Speaker:Right!
Speaker:And it's like, bro, you could've just turned into a, yeah, he
Speaker:has a brand on his forehead.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:That's what she's like.
Speaker:He might have a brand on your forehead.
Speaker:Mine is on my hand.
Speaker:And he's like, well, it's cause she's the messiah.
Speaker:And she's gonna be, you have no idea of her greatness.
Speaker:Bro, I'm like, she's not gonna bang you, bro.
Speaker:Chill out with that.
Speaker:She's not gonna let you hit, bro.
Speaker:You're not.
Speaker:That's like every girl.
Speaker:That's like every guy defending Amber Heard It's like bro.
Speaker:She's not gonna have sex.
Speaker:She's not gonna.
Speaker:No, Amber Heard's not gonna walk in and be like, oh my gosh I heard
Speaker:you were defending me on Twitter.
Speaker:Let me blow you right now.
Speaker:Right!
Speaker:Oh, I heard Oh, uh, uh SuperHaloFan4825, I heard what you said on Twitter.
Speaker:Dude, that's like when we were at your play your friend's place, and he was he
Speaker:said some shit, and I was like, Hey man, Amber Heard's not gonna fuck you, man.
Speaker:Yeah, it was one of my, uh, friend's roommates, and he was like,
Speaker:Well, you know, you don't really know what happened with Amber.
Speaker:And I'm like, yes we do.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:Multiple tapes of it.
Speaker:Yeah, and She admits to it!
Speaker:Headcourt!
Speaker:And, she had to go live somewhere else.
Speaker:She lives in like, Italy or somewhere.
Speaker:Yeah!
Speaker:Crazy.
Speaker:So I think that Nocturne, um, But I think Nocturne is a
Speaker:pretty good successor so far.
Speaker:I think what it's really missing from, Alucard, I'm pretty sure,
Speaker:Like, it's getting better.
Speaker:So I'm really excited to see the second season.
Speaker:Yeah, no, I'm excited.
Speaker:Netflix, Netflix.
Speaker:Does cancel this series.
Speaker:I'm going to draw a line.
Speaker:It's going to be a line for me.
Speaker:I'll cancel my subscription.
Speaker:I'm going to be like, bro, I'm tired of you cancelling all the good shows that
Speaker:we'd like to see because you're trying to push these bad ones down our throats.
Speaker:Like, no.
Speaker:I want to watch the good stuff.
Speaker:Stop making bad stuff.
Speaker:You know, but I think, I think Nocturne is doing pretty good.
Speaker:What do you, what would you rank it out of 10?
Speaker:I would rank it, I'd probably rank it like a 7.
Speaker:5.
Speaker:You know, maybe, maybe, maybe an 8.
Speaker:What is, what is, uh, um, what does it lie, like if this was not a Cause
Speaker:it's like a, it's not a spinoff.
Speaker:Exactly.
Speaker:It's more like a sequel, right?
Speaker:So, but if this was like, if it was titled like Castlevania season
Speaker:five, where would it be then?
Speaker:All right.
Speaker:Uh, this, uh, probably be like a five.
Speaker:Yeah, that's what I'm saying.
Speaker:Like on his own, it's, it has his own like little ranking.
Speaker:Like it would, it would be a lot higher if the, if the episodes at the beginning.
Speaker:Were a lot better.
Speaker:Now, I'll give you the first episode, right?
Speaker:Even though the first episode me.
Speaker:Either you catch me or you lose me in the first episode.
Speaker:That's supposed to be the best one.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:It's supposed to be the one that's make me interested and you're like, Ah,
Speaker:this is going to be my laziest writing.
Speaker:Why?
Speaker:And why are you right?
Speaker:Because I watched the rest of the episodes.
Speaker:That's what really makes me mad.
Speaker:But, yeah, no, I, I, it got really good towards the end, I think.
Speaker:But I think it got really good too late.
Speaker:Yeah, would you so when would you so for people out there listening?
Speaker:When would you say that the episode it gets good because it has like come on
Speaker:Uh, i'm checking right now, let me see how many episodes It has 8 episodes.
Speaker:I would say, I would say, around season 5 or 6.
Speaker:Season?
Speaker:The episode 5 or 6?
Speaker:I mean, episode 5 or 6.
Speaker:And probably episode 5.
Speaker:Gazed into the future like, that's a raven.
Speaker:I was like, WOAH!
Speaker:Season 5 must be crazy!
Speaker:Yeah, I think, you know, maybe 5 or 6 is when it started to get, like, really good.
Speaker:Uh, what do you think, like, Richter...
Speaker:What do you think?
Speaker:What episode do you think...
Speaker:I would have to say 5 5, it starts to really pop off.
Speaker:Like, the first...
Speaker:1 and 2 really feel like one episode.
Speaker:I'm not gonna lie.
Speaker:It feels like one episode.
Speaker:They got split in half, and then they made 3 and 4, and then they kicked,
Speaker:they fired all of those people.
Speaker:I mean, they had to.
Speaker:There's a guy called Edouard...
Speaker:Who is like this black guy that sings and his first time singing and
Speaker:like episode three, he is terrible.
Speaker:He is.
Speaker:And the scene goes on for a long time.
Speaker:Everyone listening to me now, listen to my voice.
Speaker:Imagine me singing.
Speaker:Okay.
Speaker:That's what that guy sounds like.
Speaker:We thought he was like.
Speaker:We thought it was like some sort of joke, or maybe he has so
Speaker:much trauma, so which is why...
Speaker:Like he was cry singing or something, yeah.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:But no, after this one time, Edward sings amazing.
Speaker:His voice isn't even the same after this.
Speaker:Guaranteed that previous guy got fired.
Speaker:That's why I'm like, I think everyone who worked on the first couple
Speaker:episodes must have been like...
Speaker:I don't know, like the, uh, uh, the executives kids who just wanted to try out
Speaker:something to be part of Famous Something.
Speaker:Then they hired real actual artists and singers for the rest of it.
Speaker:Because even when the, even when the African girl goes
Speaker:down there to save Edward...
Speaker:He's like my voice is so pure and so great that it it's light in the darkness of
Speaker:these creatures I can't leave just yet.
Speaker:That's how good this dude is.
Speaker:Yeah, and then at first we were like, no, it's not I've heard it
Speaker:and then he's opens his mouth.
Speaker:He sings something.
Speaker:I was like, oh wow That's flex.
Speaker:But uh, yeah guys, this is a Southern Senpais what so Alright, my final verdict
Speaker:is, is 7, you gotta give it something.
Speaker:Is 5.
Speaker:Do you think it's gonna get, how many seasons do you think it's gonna get?
Speaker:I think it might get another season.
Speaker:Uh, Netflix is pretty famous for, uh, you know, cancelling animes after two seasons.
Speaker:Alright, cool.
Speaker:Well, we think it's gonna get another season.
Speaker:Uh, 7, and 7.
Speaker:5 is the verdict, so I guess an average of like, 7.
Speaker:2.
Speaker:Three, I guess we're not math people.
Speaker:Yeah, right.
Speaker:I don't know why but anyway, this has been southern senpais.
Speaker:My name is nicholas Um dj, we'll see y'all later.
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