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!

Howdy, it's the Southern Senpai Show, where small town southerners explore

big time Japanese entertainment, anime, manga, and everything in between.

Here's your hosts, Nicholas and DJ.

What's going on y'all?

It's Southern Senpais, two southern guys who explore Japanese culture.

My name is Nicholas.

And I'm DJ.

And what are we talking about today, DJ?

Today we're reviewing Castlevania Nocturne.

Um, this first season.

Yes, this first, this first season.

It's on Netflix.

Netflix is really putting out some.

Some quality, uh, Netflix here and there, you know, quality anime.

They, they put out one or two good ones, that way they can sell

all the bad ones that they make.

It's not a bad business model.

It's not a bad one, right, because everyone's like, Oh, I gotta watch

this, because it, it's a possibility it could be good, because when

it is good, it's really good.

Now, let me ask you a question, DJ.

What did you like better?

Did you like Castlevania, or did you like Castlevania Nocturne better?

Uh, oof, that's a hard question to ask, mainly because Nocturne is not over.

I mean, with Castlevania, you have like, four seasons to

play like these characters.

Right, that's true, so maybe it's not fair to try and compare the two.

No, but I will say, I will compare it to, um, Avatar Last Emerander.

Because Avatar was really great, and then its successor, Korra,

had a really great first season.

Not really great, but it was, it was good.

It was in line with, right.

It was a good first season.

Like it really was like that first season of Cora with the

non benders and diverse benders.

And they were, that was kind of dope.

Right.

And then it just kind of fell off a cliff.

So, but, um, and so I really hope that doesn't happen with not turn here

because I, I liked the first season and the second half is way better

than the first half, but, um, If I had to compare the two, of successors, I

would say Nocturne did a way better job of being a successor than Korra did.

Uh, just because it feels like it's getting better.

That's the crazy part about it.

You know what's really messed up?

You know what's really messed up?

You could be at the top of your game!

A material.

Great, great, a triple S score.

Great a beef over here.

Then you make a successor.

And if the first season of the successor, it's just like, instead of

being triple eight, it's like double eight people like, Oh, it sucks.

It's right.

Right.

But then if you create something that's triple eight, if you keep something

that's like double a material.

And then the sequel is also double A.

It's like, Oh, wow, it's a massive piece.

It's a great, it's a great continuation.

This one did a weird, it had a weird, uh, uh, uh, avenue.

It was like, all right, we, last one was triple A material.

We're going to start off in the season going A level and then end on a triple A.

And it's like, okay, you made me lose faith on purpose and then come back.

Cause now I feel like, oh, now I'm really rooting for it cause it's getting better.

Right.

The, the first, the first couple of episodes were kind of like.

I'll give this a bit of some grace, right?

Because it's not terrible, but it's also not great.

Yeah.

I think that, um, I think, was this one that someone had asked us to watch?

I think it was.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Somebody was like, well, if you like Castlevania, we've got a DM

that said, if you like Castlevania, Castlevania Nocturne just came out.

So check that out.

The, uh.

Now, we usually do Japanese stuff, and this is not Japanese.

But it is anime.

But it is anime.

So, suck it.

Right.

Because other people working on it have names like, uh, Elekara Johnson.

What does it say?

E L A R I C A Johnson.

And I have no idea who this person is, but they have a strong last name.

Right.

Your last name.

That's why you like it.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.

Elektra, or whatever is how you pronounce it.

Like, hit me up.

Like, let me, boom, boom.

Elorica.

Elorica.

Johnson.

Yeah, Eureka Johnson.

But, I don't even know what she does in this, by the way.

That's one thing I will say about Castlevania and Castlevania Nocturne.

In their credits, they just start showing names, they're never like, oh,

this person like voiced this character.

You know, with credits, they have like, what they did next to it, right?

They're like, yo, you know who it is, it's Elektra Johnson,

everyone, you know, everyone knows Elektra, you don't know Elektra.

That's just, that's just impossible.

Bro, but, I mean, so, the, the anime starts out, and Richter Belmont

is the next, is the next guy.

Whoa, hold up, it's been 300 years since the, since Trevor and Cypher.

Right.

Right.

So, but in this iteration, Richter is the next Belmont.

Yes.

And, I think the crazy part about it is, is so, um, What's his name?

The, uh, Native American vampire?

Aluxor?

Uh, uh, Ulrex.

Ulrex?

He's Aztec.

He's Aztec?

He's an Aztec vampire, yeah.

So I guess this is still technically Native American, right?

But so the crazy part is is his mom Richter's mom Richter's mom Gets

brutally murdered by all rocks.

Oh, yeah, I spoiler warning I guess but this is like the first episode

Also, the rest is gonna be spoiled.

Anyway, this is a review.

So right so if you didn't I mean, come on, man You already know what

the deal is like episode what?

A billion and a half by now.

But the crazy part is, later in the anime, they have to work together.

Yeah!

Yeah.

That, uh, I feel like there's a little bit of this that was pretty,

I didn't expect that to happen.

I didn't expect him to do that.

Um, what I did expect to happen was that, that, uh, uh, Richter

would eventually Use blue fire.

And the only reason I say that Because there's this huge color

scheme going on with this guy.

Everything is, this man is dripped down in blue like he's a crip.

Right.

All the time.

Right.

All the time.

I mean he was eventually going to get powers.

Right.

And it's like, because he's a Belmont it's like, you know, it's not, plus

his mother was using magic too.

Right.

And as a kid he started off using magic, but then it's like

he couldn't use magic later.

What do you, what do you think he is, how do you compare him to Trevor?

Which Belmont do you like better?

Oh, definitely Trevor.

Do you think it's 'cause you had more time with him or you think

that the character's just better?

I think the character's just better.

Yeah.

Uh, I think that, um, I think that Richter's a, a bit of a bitch.

, he does cry.

He does cry several times in this, well, I don't think it's because he cries.

It's just, but it, a lot of it just, it's not great character development.

Like yeah, it's.

I think that also, it kind of, part of the issue is that the world is super dark.

Cause the world starts being super dark.

There's vampires, and there's night creatures, and da da da da.

Trevor Belmont had his whole family destroyed in front of him.

Lost his house, his home, everything, and became a drunk.

And then, when he had to face up against some of the monsters that were

killing, like, some of the vampires.

Well, I mean, it wasn't Dracula exactly who murdered his parents, right?

Right.

But when he had to come up against those monsters, right?

That destroyed his home and his life and stuff like that didn't bat an eye.

He was drunk at the time, but like he was like, you know Life sucks.

That's the way it is.

Take it on chin like a true Belmont and then I'm gonna go have sex

with this witch girl Bro, and then he meets his grandfather and his

grandfather's like Richard Richter.

Yeah I told, I told her.

She told you to come find me, didn't she?

What are you talking about?

You gotta explain who you're talking about, dude.

So, uh, Richter's grandfather.

What's his name?

Uh, uh, something.

Basically, Richter is like an adult at this point.

So, his mom dies.

Richter, fast forward to he's an adult.

He lives with his aunt and his cousin.

Uh, who are also Belmonts, but like distant Belmonts.

Right, Maria and uh, and her mom.

Terra.

Terra.

Yeah.

Maria and Terra.

The only reason I remember it being Terra is because I'm like, there's

always Because of Teen Titans, huh?

There's always so I swear, ever since that show Because of Teen Titans.

There's always a Terra.

I have never heard of that name prior to Teen Titans.

And then after Teen Titans, everyone's named Terra.

Right.

Everyone and everyone and their goldfish is named Terra for some reason.

But So he meets his grandfather, by chance, right?

And dude sends him over a plate, right?

And obviously whenever somebody does that, you know, you'd want

to go over there and talk to him.

And he was like, so what's up?

And he was like, I want you to get away.

Like, I gave you a meal, but fuck out my face.

Which is like, also, why did you do that if you want him to leave?

Right.

Find out that there's a vampire that comes in, who's drunk.

Not drunk, but like, he's like, Oh, you said you'd kill me

next time you see me, old man.

And then that's exactly what he does.

He like, whips his head off.

I have to appreciate, I have to get me one of them.

Like, like, I, I, like, This whip is insane.

And you think that the, I, you'd be using the Morningstar?

Because that was like, the whip in the like, the last one, the

upgraded one, but I guess not.

No, well and the thing is is like the crazy part was is once he meets

his grandfather at the very end of the season I thought that was his

grandfather, because if you notice, like, they start talking and he

says he lost his powers, right?

That's how he be, that's, because when he meets him, he's like, hey

listen, um, you shouldn't take money for vampire killings, right?

Right, but it's not the Belmont way, you're supposed to kill

them just because they're evil.

Just because they're evil, and you shouldn't hide away.

Right.

Right?

And he's like, well, my wife and daughter were killed by this chief vampire.

Right.

So that kind of, you know, put a damper on, on things.

And I lost all of my powers.

Apparently, that's how it works.

So...

If they're too much of a pussy, they'll lose their magic abilities.

And then that's how he Richter gained his powers, right?

He gained his powers back because he just decided like, oh, I guess

I'm not going to be a pussy anymore.

I know it sounds like I'm exaggerating.

But I'm not.

They're like We're really not.

He's like, kneeling down and sees some other He's got nothing.

And then he goes, you know what?

I wanna live.

Then he gets powers.

Yeah.

Do me a favor.

Super safe.

Let me ask you a question.

Doesn't the whip kinda look like a cigar?

Like the, like the beginning of the whip.

Oh, like the handle of it.

Yeah, and it's got the gold.

Doesn't it look like a cigar?

It does look like a cigar.

Okay, so you're, so if the whip's a cigar, what kind of cigar do you think it is?

Uh, it's a Monte Crisco.

You think?

I, you know, a Cuban.

You know?

It's a vampire killing cigar, man.

It also is weird to hear them talk about...

So it takes place in France, by the way, and it's weird to hear

them talk about, like, America.

There is a certain section of America that, first of all, this is back in

the day America, so they have, like, African slaves and stuff like that.

There's slavery, there's a storyline of slavery in there.

But, Nicholas!

Yeah?

Would you like to inform us on which part of America this is?

So this is probably in New Orleans.

Oh yeah?

And what the Really?

The Slave Masters live in New Orleans?

The Vampire Slave Masters?

What, what, what would you they have this symbol on their hand that

they use called a Fleur de lis.

Oh, what is it?

Right?

And a Fleur de lis is French, and it's also the saint symbol.

So, that's kind of how I figured, you know, they might be in New Orleans.

Because they said it's in America, and they had to send it.

To be fair, these brands they were using, Usually when they branded

sleeves, they just, you just brand them.

Right.

Cause they're, they're sleeves.

You just do it anywhere.

I guess, her, like this is, this is black chick who's like a runaway sleeve in it.

Um.

And she has like her own, she's like descended from a god.

So uh, spoiler alert, there are gods now, outside of the, who apparently have

gotten jiggy with one of the mortals.

Also, let's not forget, dude, the best part about this show is the character

design, much less the monster design, cause me and you both were both saying,

bro, look at this Look at this designs for these monsters whenever she becomes

Um cement or what's the warrior god the cement she turns into a like a

lion Yeah, there's a vampire messiah.

There's like and it's weird because they're they're partnering up with like

the church And man, I knew tara and that the abbot I knew that the abbot was, uh,

uh, Tara's daughter, Maria's, uh, father.

Because they were all blonde?

I don't know why they thought that would be a twist!

The only two blonde people in the entire show have a blonde child!

Wha Who's her dad?

I don't know, maybe the only other blonde guy in the entire series.

Maybe, maybe it's that guy.

Oh, oh, what a twist.

Oh, what a twist.

Genetics.

The, uh, the guy that was his like second hand man, he's like, He

has no child, and the, and the God is like, men lead by their balls.

Like, what do you mean?

Yeah.

Like, of course.

Not only that, I'm like I hate to, I hate to beat a dead horse,

but you've seen this person.

She looks exactly like you and her Right.

They're all blonde haired and blue eyed and this is apparently back in the day

France Dude, how wild is it that so this man is so demented that He takes one

of the stories in the Bible and he's like, well, I have to sacrifice my kid.

Right.

He's trying to kill his daughter, Maria.

Right.

And then at the end, the mom's like, she puts a ram.

There's a ram that gets sacrificed at the end.

Not the kid.

Yeah.

And then she ends up being the ram herself.

Yeah.

She ends up like, because the guy, because he's sitting there saying

like, God, you know, please don't.

You know don't leave me like I really need help here like let me kill

my own right and he was like Oh, why didn't God send a ram for me?

Just like you said for Isaac because you know, I was gonna stab her for them

and ironically There there is a right and she was like, I'm the ram right

but dude, that's That's crazy though.

Oh my gosh, this series is really good.

Uh, The fight scenes in this series.

Dude, I like, I will say this, I like Richter's style of fighting.

Cause Trevor, you know, he does a lot with the whip.

He's very acrobatic kind of, you know, Right.

Especially for a guy who's clearly like 45 at least.

Right.

But Richter, he's like, yeah, a lot younger.

He's like, you know what?

Eight.

For real though, fuck this whip shit.

I'd rather just box.

He like, doesn't use his whip several times.

He puts down the whip and he's like, Nah, I'd just rather just put my hands When

he gets his powers, he starts boxing.

Right!

He's like, oh, now that I have powers, I'm just gonna start fighting with my hands.

I'm just gonna do some Dragon Ball Z shit and just fuckin blow their heads off.

I You know, it's crazy to see A Belmont how a Belmont would use powers because the

other speakers Like they kind of like are doing stuff like cypher was doing right

except for maria who summons animals I have no idea what's going on with that.

I the summon animals part is only You can only do that in anime because that

wouldn't work in real life Oh, but the fire would fire out the hands.

Yeah, that would, that would show work in real life.

Oh, I'll tell you what really works in real life.

You can do a whip, a whip, a whip, bro, bro.

I go, I see Richter.

Richter actually really used like Trevor uses the whip in like a way that oh,

it's like a weapon Richter does not Richter's like Richter Uses that whip

like it's his hand richter uses that whip like uh, like a dad uses a belt

when a kid cusses out his mom like this man is There's a scene when they're

underground trying to rescue one of their friends and a monster is literally

all kneeling down taking a break.

You see all the wit marks on him and Rick is like, yeah, I kill fucking vampires.

What's up?

What's up?

He's like, please.

He's like, bro.

I was feeling bad for the monsters.

Oh my god, he's getting...

I can feel that, man!

Jesus!

But um, and then there's the fight scene with, uh, with the lead vampire lady.

Not the one that's the god, but it's the lead vampire lady.

Right.

And he is just The one who looks like Nicki Minaj.

Yeah.

He is whippin the shit out of this girl.

Bro.

To where I'm just like Hey, man, what are y'all doing?

Like?

Some people are gonna say, this is racist.

The lead vampire girl, she's black.

And this man is just, watch out, watch out.

I was like, damn.

This man gets her so bad, he whips her right in the forehead.

Splits her head open.

And we're just like.

Bro, like you could have killed her by now.

It is like nah, this is a lot more fun

That's baseball for the shit out of these people Dude, I was just like yo but all

overall, I mean, I think the the fight scenes are just Absolutely incredible.

What's crazy is that the fight scenes are really good throughout it But like

we said earlier it starts off not as good and then it gets really good Not that

the beginning is bad Because it's not.

No.

But, you know, it just gets way better on and you can kind of feel there's like,

has been some sort of shift Possibly in the people who work there because we're

halfway through the designs go from like double A Designs go from like a level

to like triple A and so does the story.

Right.

And so does the action and you're like I Feel like they just let random

people work on this first part And then they brought in like the real

people that do it on the second part.

Dude, I was like Because when I was watching, I was like, you know,

this is all right, you know, because I myself am not an anime snob.

Like I've said multiple times, DJ is an anime snob.

I watch something for what it is, not what it could be.

And DJ watches it for what it could be and not what it is.

Well, you know, we're watching Bastard next.

So yeah, it's hilarious.

I do think faster is pretty fun, but no, I, overall, what would you give this?

What would you give this anime?

One to 10, you know, Mr.

Snob, uh, out of 10, I give this first season a solid seven, a solid seven.

Yeah.

Mainly because like it started off kind of on a low, but it ended really good.

And I just, I feel like it's going to have a really great, well, first.

The ending, saying Alucard at the end.

Yeah, well I didn't want to, cause I hadn't seen it before you did, so

I didn't want to spoil it for you.

Who did you initially think was, was that person?

I thought it was the grandfather too.

Yeah.

I was like, oh he's the grandfather, but it's Alucard.

And I was like, cause I was thinking in my head, I was like, dude, I've played

a lot of the Castlevania games, and I think I remember, I was a kid, but

I was like, I'm pretty sure Alucard.

Was in the video game with Richter, but I guess I was wrong and then he shows

up and I was like, oh That's awesome.

Yeah, but uh, and apparently they don't know who Dracula is

Like in the yeah at the very end.

They're like, who's Dracula?

I'm like, bro.

Are you serious?

You don't know who Dracula is the world almost I'm like, whatever

because you know The speakers are supposed to pass down knowledge.

They've been fucking up Apparently apparently they've been fucking up

because they don't know who Dracula is No, apparently they're messing up because it's

like the guy's like the son of Dracula and girls like who's Dracula you're like what?

What how do you not know who Dracula is?

I'm gonna chalk this up to you being a slave and not being educated, right?

And then the thing is is you see the vampires.

They're late.

He's like listen if you kill me Or if you try and fight me, you will die like

the thousands of vampires I've fought.

Now mind you, he's floating, and his sword is floating.

Right, and I love how all the other, like, vampires just look at each

other like, Yeah, we're gonna leave.

Yeah.

We're just gonna, I'mma, you got it, bro.

You got it, man.

I'm not even gonna lie to you.

Right.

But, yeah, dude, she blotted out the entire sun for the anime.

Like, that's...

This queen vampire, she's like, Oh, I'm the new messiah.

And she's like, I'm the vampire's messiah.

I'm not the human messiah, I'm the vampire messiah.

And the, uh, the Alcarox was, was, was, was the most powerful

vampire we had seen at the time.

He can turn into like this dragon thing.

Right.

And it's the one that killed Richter's, uh, uh, mom.

But then she's like, no, I don't really have a power holding you.

And he's like, eh, I don't really bow to anyone.

Then this woman does a Rasengan that blocks out the sun.

And he's like.

You got it.

You got it, man.

, you got it.

That, that's like basically what happened, like the whole last three episodes.

Just like all everyone that you know is super powerful.

Someone else more powerful shows up and they're all just go, you got it.

Do you think the Vampire Messiah or what she calls herself, this is a,

this is a question that I have because she actually says that she's a God.

Right, she says that she's a god, right?

Because she has the blood of Cemet in her?

Um, now, what I would ask you, because this is the question that I would

have, or I'm going to pose to you, is whenever she was by that pool, and

then she turned into that lion thing.

Yeah.

Do you think that...

That was just the lot, that was just the goddess inhabiting the body?

Or do you think that it was just the vampire queen ascending to a

more powerful form like, like, uh, Dragon Ball Z and Super Saiyan?

Yeah, yeah, I think, I think, I think it was she was ascending.

And it was interesting because she's like referencing like, the, so we said cement,

this is, this is like, Egyptian mythology.

And, I mean.

She's like, I'm going to get Roth to worship me.

She's like, ivory, and there's like, black vampires.

Which I guess isn't really a big of a deal, but what makes me confused

is that like, she's Russian?

Yeah.

And yet she's the, there's also got, this is what's confusing to me.

So I mean, and I guess, I don't know why, like, okay, so heaven and hell in

this series is obviously real because you have vampires and night creatures

who are from hell and da da da.

Right.

Right.

So then, you know, it's like, okay, Christian, Christian lore is confirmed.

Okay, but then what about Sameth?

And like these other like And Ra.

And Ra, all right.

And like, uh, uh, uh, whatever god that the black chick is descended from.

I'm like, okay, so there are other gods And those are African gods.

And those are African gods, right.

There are other gods.

Well, I, actually, you know what?

To be fair, Yahweh, the Christian god, is an African god.

Oh, really?

I didn't know that.

I didn't know.

Because you have multiple, you have multiple systems of gods, because,

remember, whenever uh, Richter runs away, she was like, that

fucking bitch, he just ran away.

Right.

And the mom, cause she performs that ceremony, and starts And that's

definitely not from Black Panther.

Right.

She performs Not ripping off Black Panther.

And she was like, yeah, everybody runs away.

She was like you're not seriously equating this white man running away from a fight

to slaves running away for their freedom and I love how her mom was like Kind

of I mean you ran away from your master because you were afraid of him instead

and then you only recently killed him And I'm like, damn mom, why you gotta

hit her with the truth like that, bro?

Bruh.

And then she, uh, but she was like, she's so powerful.

And she was like, yeah, but you're powerful too.

You're just not listening to your ancestors.

Yeah.

Like Black Panther.

I don't know why they did that.

It was like, they saw Black Panther.

And it was like.

Because in the video game she's uh, caucasian.

Right.

Although, ironically, she's still a slave in the ca in the in the That's

the crazy part that you were telling me when we first started watching this.

You were you were like, This chick is white in the In the video game.

In the video games.

Right.

And you were telling me a lot of people were mad that she was black

and you Everybody was like, I mean, it's not that big of a character.

Right.

Which it is, though.

Like, it's a huge character.

Yeah, but she's not She's not the main Like Like, it would be way different If

they just made her DJ's Like, come on.

Let's be real here, alright?

All the main leads are still the same people.

DJ's like, let me have one.

Okay?

And she was also, um, I'm pretty sure she was still a slave in the games.

So, I think they just did that to modernize it, because to be fair,

The games are made about these caucasian european people, right,

but the video game is japanese Let's get it all out in the open here.

It's a japanese video game that's made about some Really I think just

because and I don't know if you know this but in japan Christianity is

not the number one religion, right?

It's buddhism, right?

Uh, yes.

Yeah, they have zen buddhism, right?

um so I forgot who it was, but they did like this study on question like, Oh, why

do so many animes have so many Christian, you know, mythology to it and why,

why, why do a lot of Japanese and Asian artists draw a whole bunch of Christianity

or they convert to Christianity?

It turns out they just think the designs are cool, man.

Did you know that?

No, I did not.

The designs are cool.

It's like when, it's like how a whole bunch of Americans love

to use Greek mythology and all of their video games and stuff.

It's the same for them.

Like, they're like, oh, I just used Christmas style because it's cool.

Not because I believe in this.

Because it's cool, man.

So, that's why.

That's because I believe in Jesus.

I think it's just cool.

You know, so.

Sprinkle some Jesus in there.

Sprinkle, sprinkle.

We need some art for this.

Hey man, you see that, uh, you see those two sticks and a cross over there?

Oh bro, I heard about that.

That's cool!

Bro, speaking of crosses, whenever she trapped her master The black chick, yeah.

The black chick trapped her former master and This man did not flinch.

He was just like, yeah, you really think you can beat me?

You really think?

And she's like, well, first of all, you're scared of crosses And I have you

in a cage made of crosses and you can't get out and the Sun is rising and you're

about to die as well You're a slave.

No, I'm not.

It is the natural order of things.

This man, just delusion towards the end.

Right.

He was like, well, you're still a slave and I'm still a master and, and,

and the Van Brack Queens gonna, and she's like, it's just, it's just like

a little confusion on her face where she's just like, you're going to die.

Like do you not understand what's happening right now?

Like you cannot get out of this cage.

I am killing you.

And all you talk about is how you're the master.

You're not the master!

You're about to die!

Right!

That's why I branded you, cause you're a slave!

You have a brand on your forehead!

Right!

And it's like, bro, you could've just turned into a, yeah, he

has a brand on his forehead.

Right.

That's what she's like.

He might have a brand on your forehead.

Mine is on my hand.

And he's like, well, it's cause she's the messiah.

And she's gonna be, you have no idea of her greatness.

Bro, I'm like, she's not gonna bang you, bro.

Chill out with that.

She's not gonna let you hit, bro.

You're not.

That's like every girl.

That's like every guy defending Amber Heard It's like bro.

She's not gonna have sex.

She's not gonna.

No, Amber Heard's not gonna walk in and be like, oh my gosh I heard

you were defending me on Twitter.

Let me blow you right now.

Right!

Oh, I heard Oh, uh, uh SuperHaloFan4825, I heard what you said on Twitter.

Dude, that's like when we were at your play your friend's place, and he was he

said some shit, and I was like, Hey man, Amber Heard's not gonna fuck you, man.

Yeah, it was one of my, uh, friend's roommates, and he was like,

Well, you know, you don't really know what happened with Amber.

And I'm like, yes we do.

Right.

Multiple tapes of it.

Yeah, and She admits to it!

Headcourt!

And, she had to go live somewhere else.

She lives in like, Italy or somewhere.

Yeah!

Crazy.

So I think that Nocturne, um, But I think Nocturne is a

pretty good successor so far.

I think what it's really missing from, Alucard, I'm pretty sure,

Like, it's getting better.

So I'm really excited to see the second season.

Yeah, no, I'm excited.

Netflix, Netflix.

Does cancel this series.

I'm going to draw a line.

It's going to be a line for me.

I'll cancel my subscription.

I'm going to be like, bro, I'm tired of you cancelling all the good shows that

we'd like to see because you're trying to push these bad ones down our throats.

Like, no.

I want to watch the good stuff.

Stop making bad stuff.

You know, but I think, I think Nocturne is doing pretty good.

What do you, what would you rank it out of 10?

I would rank it, I'd probably rank it like a 7.

5.

You know, maybe, maybe, maybe an 8.

What is, what is, uh, um, what does it lie, like if this was not a Cause

it's like a, it's not a spinoff.

Exactly.

It's more like a sequel, right?

So, but if this was like, if it was titled like Castlevania season

five, where would it be then?

All right.

Uh, this, uh, probably be like a five.

Yeah, that's what I'm saying.

Like on his own, it's, it has his own like little ranking.

Like it would, it would be a lot higher if the, if the episodes at the beginning.

Were a lot better.

Now, I'll give you the first episode, right?

Even though the first episode me.

Either you catch me or you lose me in the first episode.

That's supposed to be the best one.

Yeah.

It's supposed to be the one that's make me interested and you're like, Ah,

this is going to be my laziest writing.

Why?

And why are you right?

Because I watched the rest of the episodes.

That's what really makes me mad.

But, yeah, no, I, I, it got really good towards the end, I think.

But I think it got really good too late.

Yeah, would you so when would you so for people out there listening?

When would you say that the episode it gets good because it has like come on

Uh, i'm checking right now, let me see how many episodes It has 8 episodes.

I would say, I would say, around season 5 or 6.

Season?

The episode 5 or 6?

I mean, episode 5 or 6.

And probably episode 5.

Gazed into the future like, that's a raven.

I was like, WOAH!

Season 5 must be crazy!

Yeah, I think, you know, maybe 5 or 6 is when it started to get, like, really good.

Uh, what do you think, like, Richter...

What do you think?

What episode do you think...

I would have to say 5 5, it starts to really pop off.

Like, the first...

1 and 2 really feel like one episode.

I'm not gonna lie.

It feels like one episode.

They got split in half, and then they made 3 and 4, and then they kicked,

they fired all of those people.

I mean, they had to.

There's a guy called Edouard...

Who is like this black guy that sings and his first time singing and

like episode three, he is terrible.

He is.

And the scene goes on for a long time.

Everyone listening to me now, listen to my voice.

Imagine me singing.

Okay.

That's what that guy sounds like.

We thought he was like.

We thought it was like some sort of joke, or maybe he has so

much trauma, so which is why...

Like he was cry singing or something, yeah.

Right.

But no, after this one time, Edward sings amazing.

His voice isn't even the same after this.

Guaranteed that previous guy got fired.

That's why I'm like, I think everyone who worked on the first couple

episodes must have been like...

I don't know, like the, uh, uh, the executives kids who just wanted to try out

something to be part of Famous Something.

Then they hired real actual artists and singers for the rest of it.

Because even when the, even when the African girl goes

down there to save Edward...

He's like my voice is so pure and so great that it it's light in the darkness of

these creatures I can't leave just yet.

That's how good this dude is.

Yeah, and then at first we were like, no, it's not I've heard it

and then he's opens his mouth.

He sings something.

I was like, oh wow That's flex.

But uh, yeah guys, this is a Southern Senpais what so Alright, my final verdict

is, is 7, you gotta give it something.

Is 5.

Do you think it's gonna get, how many seasons do you think it's gonna get?

I think it might get another season.

Uh, Netflix is pretty famous for, uh, you know, cancelling animes after two seasons.

Alright, cool.

Well, we think it's gonna get another season.

Uh, 7, and 7.

5 is the verdict, so I guess an average of like, 7.

2.

Three, I guess we're not math people.

Yeah, right.

I don't know why but anyway, this has been southern senpais.

My name is nicholas Um dj, we'll see y'all later.

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