I love Dick Grayson/Nightwing. He is among my top 5 dc fave characters. I like that, here, Dick doesnt try fight/apprehend Damian, but instead goes to understand and level with him first.
Judging from Damien's reaction and how batman comics keep adding new things I'm guessing mother soul is either Tali's mother or Ra's OWN mother. Someone blood related to the "demon" aspect that follows the lazurest pit concept.
I'm watching this right after my Saturday morning Kung Fu class. The frame where Ra's al Ghul is teaching Damian, they are practicing a move called "single whip" which is a part of Tai Chi Chuan. At least looks exactly like it. Thought that would be cool to note.
If each robin represented a part of batman, i'd say: Dick is the heart, Jason is the ferocity/terror, Tim is the detective, Stephanie is the Stealth, and Damian is the fighter
@@nobodyknowsforsure if i remember right, its supposed to be that each robin has the potential to surpass batman in one aspect. dick overcame his trauma and isnt weighed down by the darkness batman carries that prevents him from connecting with and trusting people, jason is willing to cross the lines that batman wont in order to do what needs to be done, tim has the potential to be a better detective/smarter, and damien is the best successor due to being the most all round like how batman is. together the bat family can achieve more if they work together. but individually they are still less.
I’d say dick is the hero aspect,Jason’s the heart he does things not many bat members will do but for the good of the ppl in a way,tim is intelligence,and Damien is the warrior.
The Funny thing about Connor Hawke is that he is considered by many to be one of the best martial artists of the DC universe, I don't know a lot about him.
I love rob reading Spy Family. The anime is amazing. The opening theme reminds me of cowboy Bebop. Damian getting his heart ripped out first issue is nuts
just like i asked rob to try and do anything aspen comics related bout 6 years ago at comicon i would ask him to do anything .hack related if he went the manga route.
Thank you for getting the detail about Darkseid's Omega Sanction right! I keep running into comic fans who don't know the difference between omega beams & the omega sanction. The omega sanction is "the death that is life": you get locked into a cycle of reincarnation, where every new life is worse than the last. This is what happens to Batman in the showdown with Darkseid at the end of Final Crisis, and the stories of Batman living different lives in different time periods & coming back to the present, are told in Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne.
TY! These are the type of videos that I love. I like your other stuff, but this is why I like your channel. You give the other parts, the background. “Blank happens, and that references this story line in the past where…” Keep doing what you like, it’s YOUR channel that you share with us, but thank you for still doing these type of videos. Comment for algorithm!
I'm glad Connor Hawk is back he's a goat and Damian is annoying and I love him to bits and pieces lol also this gives me some Hunter x Hunter and Anime tournament vibes which is great
If you actually followed up on these stories instead of abandoning any story that doesn't make you enough money then maybe people like me would actually start watching your videos regularly instead of just waiting to see if you actually finish this one or not before being invested in it
I love the duck and Damon part him just talking to him as a older brother like i get I won’t stand on your way but I will be here if you need me. Also I want to give something Alfred aka pretty much there grandfather gave me that I think you could use now. Great writing
It makes me so happy to see young Killua's name used a verb. In the Manga it's even more badass than than the anime, when he crushes dudes heart with his bare hands.
I don't see too many theories on who it is, so imma just give my own. I think it may be Talia Al Ghul, or if they want to introduce a new character...then Ra's mom
I just find Damien being trained by his grandfather a little weird, because his teaching method is almost completely different from how tall are you describes her early training in the Batman volume that precedes this
Wait, so does that XXL kid get stronger the more they cheer him on, or no? If so, that kinda reminds me of a quincy "villain" during the TYBW in the Bleach Manga. Where his little minion cheers him on and he gets more powerful. Forget his damn name though. Star something? Idk.
Yo Rob, I'm sure you've heard this before but, if you're starting to get into Manga I highly suggest One Piece. I know you will love it. There's a reason it's the 2nd best selling Comic/Manga of all time. The length may seem daunting but it is worth it. Other recommendations would be Berserk, Hunter x Hunter, Vinland Saga.
Ra'Shul Ghul was right. Damien is Bruce without Alfred raised by soulless assassins. He's Bruce with/without parents if you catch my drift from the negative multiverse. Good thing he encountered his father at the right age or we'll never know he existed until it's too late ultimately probaly killing Batman. Gaining his wealth again probably and doing what Batman didn't *KILL THE BAD GUYS.* as the *NEW BATMAN* I won't be surprised if that happens in an *Elsewhere* publication and he developed a way to become a actual Batman. No not a full-time "Man-Bat" think of Bruce Banner with The Hulk, but with control of his mental faculties like WW Hulk. The caveat to it tho is the length of time as this "Batman" being in this form for too long he goes *FERAL* but he can still use utility belts the famous prep time.
Not a wide margin at all that margin will be cleared as Damian is a few years younger than cass but when he gets to be full grown id say he is a better version of Batman
Hi Rob, as a long time member of the rob core I'm glad you started to read manga, I suggest reading Trigun, Berserk, and JoJo's bizarre adventure (you can watch the anime until pt 6 currently on Netflix) I recommend reading pt 7 and 8 after watching said anime. Also, FLCL is amazing.
I thought the writers made him fight King Snake because he was a recurring vilain in Tim Drakes Robin days. I think he was actually the first big bad Tim took on without Batman.
hello I want to recommend Records of Ragnarok if you haven't read it already. 1v1 fights, humans vs gods in a tournament to decide if humanity should continue to exist or be wiped out. it is brutal, phenomenal and I think you would really enjoy it
I love Dick Grayson/Nightwing. He is among my top 5 dc fave characters. I like that, here, Dick doesnt try fight/apprehend Damian, but instead goes to understand and level with him first.
Judging from Damien's reaction and how batman comics keep adding new things I'm guessing mother soul is either Tali's mother or Ra's OWN mother. Someone blood related to the "demon" aspect that follows the lazurest pit concept.
I think it was Talia's Mom and the wife of Ra's.
@@SophiaSanders61 nope
It’s ra’s mother
@@beachbyj757 🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫
I thought the same
“With that being said we’re going to bring this” Lol I was bummed for the shortest time and then lifted up again 😂
Damian is The Gohan we all wanted
Thank you!
I'm watching this right after my Saturday morning Kung Fu class. The frame where Ra's al Ghul is teaching Damian, they are practicing a move called "single whip" which is a part of Tai Chi Chuan. At least looks exactly like it. Thought that would be cool to note.
If each robin represented a part of batman, i'd say: Dick is the heart, Jason is the ferocity/terror, Tim is the detective, Stephanie is the Stealth, and Damian is the fighter
Stephanie is more the tricks and gadgets like how she outmaneuvered all of them hacking them.
@@nobodyknowsforsure if i remember right, its supposed to be that each robin has the potential to surpass batman in one aspect. dick overcame his trauma and isnt weighed down by the darkness batman carries that prevents him from connecting with and trusting people, jason is willing to cross the lines that batman wont in order to do what needs to be done, tim has the potential to be a better detective/smarter, and damien is the best successor due to being the most all round like how batman is. together the bat family can achieve more if they work together. but individually they are still less.
I’d say dick is the hero aspect,Jason’s the heart he does things not many bat members will do but for the good of the ppl in a way,tim is intelligence,and Damien is the warrior.
What about Cassandra Cain? Or Azrael? Or Elizabeth Kane or Barbara Gordon...? What they represent ???
@@nobodyknowsforsure Duke? On the Gadgets.
The Funny thing about Connor Hawke is that he is considered by many to be one of the best martial artists of the DC universe, I don't know a lot about him.
I love rob reading Spy Family. The anime is amazing. The opening theme reminds me of cowboy Bebop. Damian getting his heart ripped out first issue is nuts
That anime is the most wholesome thing i've ever seen. The School entry episode is my favorite one.
just like i asked rob to try and do anything aspen comics related bout 6 years ago at comicon i would ask him to do anything .hack related if he went the manga route.
I love this run. It reminded me of Tournament Arcs from anime.
This volume of Robin has been one of my top 5 favorites in the past couple years. Only thing better is hearing Rob explain it💯
18:58 I find it kind of amazing that they're basically characterizing Ra's as Damien's hippy, ecologist grampa here; it's strangely wholesome.
This run is so good! I'm excited your covering it!
YESSSSSS!!! IM SO HYPED TO SEE YOU COVER THIS!!!
Good thing Cassandra wasn’t at that Batfam fight 😂
I’d be so down for Rob doing manga reviews in this format lol, a spy family video series would be dope
Thank you for getting the detail about Darkseid's Omega Sanction right! I keep running into comic fans who don't know the difference between omega beams & the omega sanction. The omega sanction is "the death that is life": you get locked into a cycle of reincarnation, where every new life is worse than the last. This is what happens to Batman in the showdown with Darkseid at the end of Final Crisis, and the stories of Batman living different lives in different time periods & coming back to the present, are told in Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne.
TY! These are the type of videos that I love. I like your other stuff, but this is why I like your channel. You give the other parts, the background. “Blank happens, and that references this story line in the past where…” Keep doing what you like, it’s YOUR channel that you share with us, but thank you for still doing these type of videos.
Comment for algorithm!
AYO ROB @4:50 YOU GOT ME SO GOOD LOL
Connor Hawke really said "you have failed this city" and tossed him
I can already tell this story is gonna be amazing
This is really good!
Rob...be a champ...cover The Rippaverse...interview Eric July on Geek Culture Explained
Beyond Omega Level: Popeye the Sailor Man
Red Hood is my favorite but Damien still has a special place in my heart because even though he a dick I love his character
I love it when you pretend like you’re going to end on a huge cliffhanger like Flatline ripping out Damian’s heart. 😆
I'm glad Connor Hawk is back he's a goat and Damian is annoying and I love him to bits and pieces lol also this gives me some Hunter x Hunter and Anime tournament vibes which is great
Just read this earlier this week, lm
glad to see it on the channel
Oh yeah more DC from Rob!! Gonna need more!
Ngl I teared up a little when reading Damian and Nightwings interaction
Wouldn't be surprised if Mother Soul was Damien's crazy mother.
Manga Explained coming 2023.
Rob covering JJK gonna be dope
Omg I wish Nightwing would call little brother for once it just felt like a perfect time to do it.
You have a lot of echo, Rob. It's not video ruining or anything, but it's really noticable.
Simplifying the Robins was the worst thing DC writers and fandom could do. Like ninja turtling them
Elaborate
If you actually followed up on these stories instead of abandoning any story that doesn't make you enough money then maybe people like me would actually start watching your videos regularly instead of just waiting to see if you actually finish this one or not before being invested in it
I love the duck and Damon part him just talking to him as a older brother like i get I won’t stand on your way but I will be here if you need me. Also I want to give something Alfred aka pretty much there grandfather gave me that I think you could use now. Great writing
"Joshua Williamson is writing it". SOLD!
After his DC Rebirth The Flash run I'm down for anything Williamson writes
MangaExplained next Rob! Dooo iiit doooo iiitt and also that cliff hanger joke had me dying
Damien 's current run in his solo title is really DAMN good!
No spoilers, but I've read the whole run and it's all amazing. Hope you cover all of it Rob!
Looks like it's time for 'Manga Explained' 😊
Damian lost his heart. He got Killua’d.
It makes me so happy to see young Killua's name used a verb. In the Manga it's even more badass than than the anime, when he crushes dudes heart with his bare hands.
Bruh, Damian got thrown off the cliff like it was Tekken lol
That was a dope story!!!
Since your reading spy family, could you do some reviews? Manga reviews would go great with your channel especially since you explain everything well
So this is what it sounds like when Rob records audio in the bathroom 🤣🤣
I don't see too many theories on who it is, so imma just give my own. I think it may be Talia Al Ghul, or if they want to introduce a new character...then Ra's mom
It's a new char, Maybe.....
Is it just me or Rob’s voice sounds echo-y? Love your videos brother!
Yes I needed this
I just find Damien being trained by his grandfather a little weird, because his teaching method is almost completely different from how tall are you describes her early training in the Batman volume that precedes this
What if perpetua had invaded the marvel universe ?
@@Letthat wow lol perpetua would blink Thanos out of existence. TOAA would have to intervene
Lazarus Tournament is a bad ass title
Beyond Omega Level: Icon (DC Milestone Comics)
Rob please... for the love of God deal with the bots
It's ras al ghuls mom, there is a portion of this story that explains that. Comicstorian already covered this and I've read it.
Wait, so does that XXL kid get stronger the more they cheer him on, or no? If so, that kinda reminds me of a quincy "villain" during the TYBW in the Bleach Manga. Where his little minion cheers him on and he gets more powerful. Forget his damn name though. Star something? Idk.
Great video 😁 kinda sounds like your recording it in a bathroom though lol
We need a Daimon Wayne and Jonathan Kent explained Video
keep up with this please!!!
I recommend two Manga exclusives called "20th Century Boys" and "Biomeat" both are completed and really great reads Rob. I hope you check them out.
Can't wait for the rest
Rob idk if you like mecha stuff but on the gundam channel they just uploaded a prologue for a totally new series that's pretty cool!
Yea we need the next story asap (lol the rob laugh)
I looooveee Damian he , orphan ,& red hood are my faves in the bat family this was fiiireeee
Loved this comic run. Was so sad to read the final issue last week
Yo Rob, I'm sure you've heard this before but, if you're starting to get into Manga I highly suggest One Piece. I know you will love it. There's a reason it's the 2nd best selling Comic/Manga of all time. The length may seem daunting but it is worth it.
Other recommendations would be Berserk, Hunter x Hunter, Vinland Saga.
Love this story
Ra'Shul Ghul was right. Damien is Bruce without Alfred raised by soulless assassins. He's Bruce with/without parents if you catch my drift from the negative multiverse. Good thing he encountered his father at the right age or we'll never know he existed until it's too late ultimately probaly killing Batman. Gaining his wealth again probably and doing what Batman didn't *KILL THE BAD GUYS.* as the *NEW BATMAN* I won't be surprised if that happens in an *Elsewhere* publication and he developed a way to become a actual Batman. No not a full-time "Man-Bat" think of Bruce Banner with The Hulk, but with control of his mental faculties like WW Hulk. The caveat to it tho is the length of time as this "Batman" being in this form for too long he goes *FERAL* but he can still use utility belts the famous prep time.
Echo... cho... cho... cho! 😂
I'm surprised that Rob decided to cover this after so long.
Well, the run just ended so that's prob why
There are ALOT of Nightwing rogues in this tournament
So, we're talking, no way can they be alive, when you're sitting on a literal Lazarus Pit, ok!
I am so angry with how dirty they did John Kent. Super Sons was the best, and one of the few Superman comics I enjoyed.
Yeah nah man, Damian is very skilled but he’s not the best fighter in the Batfamily, that’s Cass’s spot by a wide margin
Not a wide margin at all that margin will be cleared as Damian is a few years younger than cass but when he gets to be full grown id say he is a better version of Batman
@@sinceredtb3227 well since Cass is better than Batman by a lot, it might be a close fight but I'd still give it to her.
That outfit is pretty cool!
Ya, the Supersons being ended and all that aging up trash was just a bad call. It was a great series and so was the youth of the two.
Hi Rob, as a long time member of the rob core I'm glad you started to read manga, I suggest reading Trigun, Berserk, and JoJo's bizarre adventure (you can watch the anime until pt 6 currently on Netflix) I recommend reading pt 7 and 8 after watching said anime. Also, FLCL is amazing.
Black lighting is what static shock should be
i cant wait to read all his stories
Can’t wait for you to speak about Isom #1
Goliath the goodest boi
Also if you're just getting into manga I recommend Berserk, for obvious reasons
hey rob if you just now getting into manga then you should one piece the story telling in that series is amazing
Brightburn Request👿Beyond Omega Level:Kulan Gath!
you gotta read solo leveling and the beginning after the end rob. 2 SOLID manga/manhwas. there are others, but those are good entry ones.
I thought the writers made him fight King Snake because he was a recurring vilain in Tim Drakes Robin days. I think he was actually the first big bad Tim took on without Batman.
“And yeeeaaaa”
I love this arc...
pls cover manga plsssssssssssssssss rob cover manga , i can't even imagine how fun and how good it is going hearing you explaning us the manga
hello I want to recommend Records of Ragnarok if you haven't read it already. 1v1 fights, humans vs gods in a tournament to decide if humanity should continue to exist or be wiped out. it is brutal, phenomenal and I think you would really enjoy it
Finally!! It's such a good story!! 😱😁
Damien is the better fighter but I love how everytime they fight Damien’s lost a lot but I do like that they go back and forth
how many times has Damian fought the Bat Family? 50 times, 3 times a year?
Mother soul is Ra's daughter cuisining her way into the typical gangster piece of pie!
4:46 🤭 Oh Rob
Never change, man!
Your hot takes and master cliffhangers/trolling is what always brings me back for more!
The tournament was so epic
Martha Wayne. I don’t think that’s who she’ll actually be but it would be pretty crazy.
"Jobless Reincarnation" very good anime.
That’s a big recording room
Cool Arc but did u just see a Red Hood/Dr Strange mash up during the different leagues explanation? Lol I need to know that story line lol.
Jokes on you Rob, dirk dirk I've been reading Robin so I know who Mother Soul is. Dirke dirk.