Southern Senpais Southern Senpais Watch Along: Castlevania: Nocturne - Southern Senpais

Episode 16

Southern Senpais Watch Along: Castlevania: Nocturne

Published on: 4th October, 2023

The Southern Senpais watch Castlevania: Nocturne! Watch along as they give their hilarious commentary!

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Howdy, it's the Southern Senpai Show.

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Where small town southerners explore big time Japanese entertainment.

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Anime, manga, and everything in between.

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Here's your hosts, Nicholas and DJ.

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What's going on y'all, this is Southern Senpais.

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Two southern guys exploring Japanese culture.

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Uh, my name is Nicholas.

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I'm DJ.

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And what are we watching today, DJ?

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So, today, we are watching Castlevania, uh, Nocturnia.

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So, it's, it's, uh, It's, uh, it just came out.

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So, we, we are big fans of Castlevania.

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Yeah, big fans of Castlevania.

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Big fans of the original Castlevania.

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Like, Netflix, every, Netflix has, like, a whole bunch of crappy stuff, and then,

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like, every, and then it uses all the money it makes from all that crappy stuff

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collectively, to then pay a couple of good people to make good stuff, and one

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of those good things were Castlevania.

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Castlevania.

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Now Nicholas, what did you think of the original series?

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Cause this is like, this is like a sequel series, I guess a spinoff.

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Yeah, probably like a spinoff.

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I think they're going to continue to do this because each one there's

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like generations of, of Belmont's just like it is in the game.

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And if it makes, and it does really well, why would they not keep doing it?

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I mean, Castlevania has been going on how long?

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I mean, it's been years.

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It's been years, man.

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So, I mean, you could really go as long as you really want to.

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Um, So, I mean, Not turn, by the way.

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This Castlevania is about the French.

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It's, you know, they're in the thick of the French Revolution.

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So, um, I don't really know too much about it.

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But, uh, If he's French, then he's probably going to surrender.

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First episode.

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Right.

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And then the other episodes, the Americans are going to come, they're going to.

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I'm really excited.

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I really liked the last one.

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So let's see if this one's any better.

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And, uh, you know, this is a watch along guys.

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So, uh, if you're listening to this episode, hopefully you have

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Castlevania nocturne turned on.

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Now you see Nicholas and I have a subscription to Netflix.

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So this is how we're using it to watch.

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Uh, let me just do a countdown here.

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We are going to press play and, and, you know, if you do ever

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want to hear any of our other commentary stuff, just let us know.

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Our watch alongs seem to be very popular.

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So, pressing play in 3, 2, 1.

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Ba dum.

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Ba dum.

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A Netflix series.

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Got water bubbling here.

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Fireworks.

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Didn't the Chinese invent fireworks?

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I think they did invent fireworks.

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I love fireworks.

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Yeah.

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We used to get Roman candles and pretend like we were in Harry Potter.

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We used to get Roman candles and try to hit each other with them.

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Warn them about each other.

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Just like it says, not to on the box.

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Right.

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But we do not, we do not endorse uh, children.

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Using roman candles.

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I like they're not intended, but well as long we did

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That's a good point

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Hang on my

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In a second with her, bro.

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In a second with this woman, bro.

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She is fine.

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You think?

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Oh, bruh.

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You know, French women, they don't be wearing makeup or nothing like that, so.

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Who is this?

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Who is

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this?

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Three.

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Three vampire hunters.

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Man, that is not what she told you to be.

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Something terrible is gonna happen now.

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This man part of Weave Nation.

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Whoa!

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Nice.

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Belmont's no magic now?

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Oh, because the speaker had sex with the Belmont yeah, okay.

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Ooh.

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Okay.

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No ho ho ho!

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D'oh!

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She's giving him the business.

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Bro Oh my god!

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What's

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going on?

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Damn.

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That is, that is, I don't know what that is.

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Bro, get to the ship!

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Didn't she tell you doing?

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You're the reason, I bet you she dies, and it's all your fault, bro.

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She just said the F word.

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That's cool.

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Yeah, it's Netflix.

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It's

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all your fault, man.

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Yeah, it is.

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It is your fault that your mom just died.

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Yeah, you did that, bro.

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You should've left.

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Oh my gosh, that's your fault man.

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Yeah, man, you did that Hey kill him too do us a favor Oh, no, I guess he's

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oh my god

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Just as much as you loved her So, she had to die.

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I'm alright though.

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villain's mistake.

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Cause they want to challenge.

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Red bottoms on.

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See cuz.

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He got the red bottoms on.

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That's dope.

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Those are real bloody shoes.

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That's on you though, man.

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Yeah, you did that if you would have left like when she told you to She

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would not have to worry about you and wouldn't been hit that one time and

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you know That one hit did everything If I ever have a kid and I tell him

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to run and sound like hey stay here.

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So that way he'll run away Because they they just love to do the opposite

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They just love to do the opposite

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Years later

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Kind of it is kind of like that

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Yeah, kind of kind of like now, oh they're

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vampires

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This episode is also brought to you by Scene Enhancers.

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Uh, this time it's tequila.

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Now as you know, I'm a moonshine man.

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This is no secret.

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But...

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Mis compadres...

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They didn't get me a cerveza, they got me the tequila.

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You know what I'm saying?

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You might not know what I'm saying, but I'm telling you what I'm saying.

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Talking about drinking.

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A Southerner's favorite Oh my gosh!

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Oh, are you done crying now?

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It's been 20 years later.

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Oh, she also has magic.

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That's cool.

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Ha ha ha ha ha Bruh.

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Giving these guys the business.

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This

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man's about to get real Southern in here.

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Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

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Those of you listening, I'm black.

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I can make that joke.

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Ha ha ha Ha ha ha Don't cancel it.

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Right.

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Notice how I didn't say it.

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I am white.

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This guy is just like his old man.

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They just don't care, bro.

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They want anything.

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For some beings that can self heal, they are very bad at self healing.

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Right.

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And we mix the tequila with this, this uh, Mixer that comes with it.

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And it tastes like cough syrup.

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It really ruined the tequila for me, actually.

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Did it really?

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Yeah, I mean, yeah, no.

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The mixer is not good at all?

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The mixer...

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Well, I mean, if the point was to make it taste like shit, then it works.

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Such a wanker you are.

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Wanker.

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You'd be surprised who Richard Powerful are friends with.

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So guys, I gotta admit to you, I'm gonna get rid of this and

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just have only the tequila.

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I don't like this mixer.

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You don't like the mixer?

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No, I'm not a fan.

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I'm not a fan.

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I'm sorry, Nicholas, do you like the mixer?

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Hold on, let me try it one more time.

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Yeah, no, I'm good.

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You've been talking a lot this whole time.

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You've been talking a lot.

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Everyone in this town is so swole, look at all these people.

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They all work out.

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Then you gon pay.

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So you're evil, just by the way you're talking.

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You're definitely evil, bro.

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This Abbot is not a good guy.

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Not in the slightest.

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Can you mix tequila with coffee?

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You trying to find out?

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Let's find out.

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Mint chocolate chip?

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I mean, I don't know if this episode is long enough for that.

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Eh,

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time to find out.

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In your soul how much sadness was lost.

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That's good view.

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He's like, man, you don't know.

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We think vampires are gathering in a chateau and maybe this is the reason

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we can go and look for ourselves.

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See if it is just innocent nobles with their teeth stained

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by nothing worse than vintage carrot, but we could use some help.

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They are not going to give you any help whatsoever.

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Don't do it.

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he reminds me of a, uh, a previous religious figure in the series.

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Spies everywhere.

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They are everywhere.

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The whole town.

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It's why we go to the woods.

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We did the right thing though.

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Speaking to him.

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Oh Shit

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you're looking pretty good girl.

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So and you are a terrible shot.

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This is why you should always go to the range.

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Oh Man,

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bro, that's an elbow.

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You did like nothing to defend yourself.

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Basically nothing.

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No

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Damn,

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that's probably some freaky shit they were doing back in France, back in

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the time of the French Revolution.

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You know, this scene reminds me of something, but I can't think of it.

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What?

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I don't know, it seems so familiar.

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Bray.

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Is this whole new series based off an interview with a vampire?

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Probably.

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Damn, look at all those people.

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Like, uh, I'm so bored.

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Then why are you doing this?

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Man, having a terrible, terrible dream.

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Why

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do you kill them if you're so uninterested?

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It's the most fun you can have with your clothes on.

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Yes, it is.

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Yes, it is.

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You don't believe in anything.

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You're the kindest, most great, most understandable.

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I don't need to believe him, too.

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He just needs to stand by you.

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Yeah.

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Always.

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Always.

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I am Batman.

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You're such a dick.

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I like

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the Belmont style, you know what I mean?

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Although, I don't think Trevor is his dad.

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I think it's probably like his great ancestor.

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Probably like his, I think it's like his great grandfather?

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No, that must be his aunt he was talking about.

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Oh, so those two must be cousins.

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Probably.

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Man, I hope so.

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Man, the action scenes in this are great.

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Right?

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Yo, what is that?

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That's an L.

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My bird!

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It's black people!

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Come to save the white man!

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Oh, no, okay, so we have a Gaara girl.

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It's clearly like Gaara from, from, uh...

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Yo, hey!

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I've never seen anything like them.

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They were not creatures.

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Made from human corpses grafted onto souls from hell.

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Moktis necromancer,

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great power.

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And why did the other monsters just leave instead of keep attacking?

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I don't know.

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My name is Annette.

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Plot armor.

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With the scent of magic.

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. Oh, I like sl Dang of across the ocean.

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Looking for someone called Belmont

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I don't suppose you know anything about a Messiah.

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Yes.

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Oh, that's why we're here.

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No.

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What?

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Hey, hey.

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That's, it's wearing it out.

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Ain't that convenient.

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It's wearing it out.

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Hey, Hey.

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This one's letting a little P T S d Get to him though.

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You know what I'm saying?

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Like, didn't Trevor have his parents die in front of 'em too?

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Like come on, man.

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Yeah.

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To be a drunk like you, like, like you answer

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Speaking of drinking.

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Ooh.

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Well, what'd you think of the first episode?

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I

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think, uh, I think, I think, you know, it was, it, it was, it it,

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well, it used me one more though.

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I'm not gonna say that.

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I'll say that.

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You want you watching it?

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It makes me want more.

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Yeah.

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I think that, uh, the action scenes were really great.

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I think, I, actually, I actually, you know, I thought I was not gonna

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like the new, the Belmont guy.

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I kinda like him.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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I kinda like him, I just don't...

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He reminds me of, like, Zac Efron.

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Heh, heh, heh.

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Yeah.

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Like a cooler Zac Efron.

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Right.

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Uh, well, you know what?

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Getcha, getcha, getcha your head in the game.

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Heh, heh, heh.

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Well, okay, so actually Nicholas, there's tequila in the, in the, in the coffee.

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So go ahead and try it.

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Oh, there's tequila in the coffee.

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Yeah, so go ahead.

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Go ahead.

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Go ahead and try it.

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So our, our listen, let's try.

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Can know.

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Let, and while he does that, I think it was pretty good.

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Um, I mean, I'm real with you guys.

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As soon as this episode's over, I'm just gonna watch the resume.

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Probably . So, yeah, I mean, this is, this is, uh, it's the same studio.

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I think they, the budget's gone up some.

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Oh, Nicholas has made a face?

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What does that mean?

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Um,

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it's interesting.

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It's not bad.

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But the tequila and the mint chocolate coffee they are, like,

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completely separate from each other.

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Like, you taste them at different times.

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Oh, dude, they got a video game ending.

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Oh, that's cool.

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This has just went up several points in my book.

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Uh, this is awesome.

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Ha ha ha.

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But yeah, no, it's the episode was pretty good episode.

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I thought the episode was pretty good Um, I mean if I I definitely wouldn't

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start with this castlevania No, no, I wouldn't leave with this one.

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I would more like I would leave with the previous one although

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to be fair the first episode of castlevania Uh, was a little slow too.

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First season was a little slow, but it had so much mystery to it.

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You really liked it.

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And I feel like they're trying to redo that there here with this one, but you

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know, I, I gotta say, I like the new vibe.

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I like a lot about it.

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So.

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Hey, we'll keep checking it out.

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Yep.

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Yeah.

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Well, this has been Southern sym pies, guys, I'm dj.

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I'm Nicholas, and we'll see you next time.

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See y'all.

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Southern Senpais
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Far from the far East, two American Southerners explore Japanese culture in Southern Senpais! Hosted by Derek Johnson (@derek.johnsonii) and Nicholas Killian (@nicholaskilliann), they discuss popular Japanese anime, manga, and video games from a Southern eye. Tune in as they navigate the culture from the perspective of two guys that grew up in small rural towns!

About your hosts

Nicholas Killian

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Nicholas Killian is an American actor From Louisiana.

Derek Johnson

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Derek Johnson II is an American screenwriter and director from Tennessee.