Such a huge difference between Richter and Trevor. Trevor mastered the whip better than Richter, while Richter was more of a hand-to-hand combat guy. Plus, Trevor used his weapons more. On the other hand, Richter has magic so he has that creativity in combining whip and magic.
What I like is that they made them less coordinated than the previous merry band. Sypha, Alucard, and Trevor immediately took openings when they saw one, the youth doesn't immediately see it/act on it (eg. during the second half of the fight against Drolta). Which shows that they have a, less experience, b, grew up in somewhat safer times - as long as it comes to hordes of night creatures at least. I hope this was intentional.
@@yoruichisan19 I think it is intentional. Even the characters points out that they generally only deals with vampires once a few months , and they never saw a nightcreature.
Trevor was also probably around 30, in his physical prime and with many years more training and experience. Richter is 19 at most here. We´re probably going to see him grow mature as a fighter throughout the series, pherhaps with Alucard as a mentor
@@Alexander-kc8oq 1- no se supone que cada Belmont nace superior al anterior?, con 300 años de diferencia, incluso teniendo 5 años, Richard debería de ser infinitamente superior a Trevor en todo aspecto posible 2-
My favorite thing about this series is the way the magic users fight. Everyone has a different style. In the previous series, Sypha was elegant and efficient; something that the female line of the Belmont clan inherited, based on Richeter’s Aunt Tera and his mother’s, Juste, fighting style. Richter himself is a lot more straight forward and explosive with his magic. He is clearly out of practice so he is using his magic in a way that he’s familiar with; he uses magic to infuse his whip with different elements, he uses ice like gauntlets or uses them like throwing knives. His fire magic are powerful jets of flame rather than the little precise missles we typically see from magic users like Sypha. His attacks aren’t as elegant as his predecessors, but they’re powerful and effective. Maria is even more unique because her magic is all about summoning creatures to help her in combat, in that sense she’s almost never truly alone or outnumbered. I’m curious to see what the limits of her summoning magic is, as it seems to be a more benevolent version of the necromancy we see from the Forge Masters. Annette clearly uses mostly earth/metal powers, but also uses Haitian magic which I hope we get to see more of. It has so much potential. The vampire magic has also evolved. Transformation into various forms and the utilization of magic in combat has been nice to see especially since I felt like that was a huge weakness vampires had when going up against humans. It honestly feels like an evolutionary arms race between predator and prey
Is that his aunt? I know he was sent to France to go live with his aunt. But they never confirmed they were aunt and nephew and that girl was his cousin.
@@alexandrostheodorou8387 His mother stated it was his aunt. However when he spoke with his grandfather he stated that she is a very distant relative. This implies that she is technically related to them, but most likely through Sypha’s Speaker lineage. Juste and Tera probably had a close enough relationship that she was comfortable enough to consider her direct family rather than distant family.
@@isumademonfox8913 Vampiros comuns dar pra derrotar sem o Vampire Killer, mas se surgir alguém equivalente ao Drácula aí é so no chicote mágico mesmo.
Sorry, this is the descendant of Trevor Belmont who has killed night creatures bare handed, headbutted Alucard (and tried a low blow on him just in case) and let us not forget, threw hands with Dracula himself. Give him some magic to make his fists hit a little harder and the whip is just there for when he wants some variety.
I love how they did Richter not this skilled mastered i-can-kill-anything hunter. He's still got a lot to lear even more so that they're facing such a powerful enemy. I loved the fact Maria's magic is combined with her Forgemaster's heritage to summon hell beasts. My heart cries for Tera as she is like a Sypha only sweeter and more naive T.T
The Magic Maria uses to summon is not associated with Hell. These are Spirit Beasts! Specifically related the 4 Beasts of the Cardinal Directions! The White Tigers, the Vermilion Sparrows/Birds, and the Black Tortoise! The Fourth is the Azure Dragon! And all are Linked to Maria, she has yet to Tap into her Powers!
I love how Erzebet isn't really attractive, but she's still got a otherwordly beauty about her. She's unnervingly tall, her proportions are strange, she's muscular yet lanky, her neck is too long, and most of all she never breaks posture. Even though she's soft spoken, everyone listens when she speaks. All of her outfits work to emphasize these features. All in all amazing design.
I love that though you can certainly see the relation between Richter and Trevor, they are very different people and fighters. Trevor is a jaded pub brawler, while Richter is a cocky and insecure kid. But they both have that caustic Belmont wit, and they both know how to use that whip
@@Paajx Yeah, Trevor is extremely better with the Whip while Richter can actually throw legit hands with night creatures and vampires, something Trevor couldnt fully do.
@@hidan407 no he could definitely through hands with them and its shown in several parts but they kept it as 'realistic' as possible which was interesting to watch; he was shown to be the best tactician by far even within the schemes of his fight scenes. So while this is more dragon ball z esque it seems brutish and not as well thought out despite the character showing some pretty clever adaptations with his power and whip
Last we saw it, it was on fake death's platform, either it's near Treffy village and Trevor has hidden it somewhere, or it's in the infinite corridor when Geramia teleported Trev to save him.
I love love love how vulnerable our heroes are allowed to be in this show. I love the main trio in the first series but theres no denying that they have this sort of mythic quality to them. They felt like larger than life icons to me, where in this show the heroes feel much smaller, and like they're always cornered by evil. They can still fight but they lack the adequate experience, and resources, to win the day at the very end. Can't wait how they continue to develop in a second season, especially with Alucard to help them.
Honestly I don't like it much, but that's mainly as a lore nerd. Richter and Maria are meant to be absurdly powerful, either of them as strong or stronger than Trevor's whole group. They set the standards for all that fight going forward.
@@nahte123456 theres nothing wrong with preferring how its done originally, but Id argue that this series is going to show us these characters growing in power as the story progresses until they maybe even exceed the power of Trevor and Sypha. We've already seen Richter grow immensely in strength with his magic reawakening. And plus with the inclusion of Alucard in the next season he's bound to help them improve, as so far in their lives they've pretty much had to learn on their own(displayed by Richter's lack of knowledge in anything beyond vampires.
@@loki_l_1380 That's fair I just think it misses the point a bit. Richter's whole thing was how strong he was, Symphony of the Night's whole story is that "Richter is so strong he can only find glory in fighting Dracula". Richter starts as the standard of power, that's why what he does is so important. This series may not be bad or anything like that, but it is just flat a different theme and story goal.
I love how Maria has the ability to summon magical animals to help her in combat it’s a magic that hasn’t been seen before used in unique ways and I love it here. I hope she gets to grow what she can really do 🕊️🐈🐢
Not been seen before? She did this in Rondo of Blood. The animals replaced the sub weapons for her and the birds are her basic attack. In Symphony of the Night in Japan she got an upgrade. The birds became energy balls and the animals all became adult versions of themselves that basically one shot bosses. e.g. Summoning a dragon that fills the entire room.
God the fight between Richter and Drolta was so cool. Two skilled hand-to-hand combatants augmented by supernatural forces going head to head. Pretty evenly matched too but it was clear Richter was getting the upper hand towards the end (with Maria's help). Would have probably taken her head off with that final strike if the boss lady hadn't shown up.
He was for sure going to. Which is why Drolta was killed by Alucard at the end. Because the show basically said “yes Richter could kill Drolta in a straight fight so Alucard stealing the kill doesn’t matter that much”
@@shadowofdread7018 did we watch the same fight? Because it was clear Drolta had Richter on the ropes, knocking him down before being attacked by Annette, removing her pressure. And Annette did a lot of damage to Drolta too (argubly more than Richter had at that point), with that uppercut-haymaker combo, which in turn bought Richter time to recover. In a straight 1v1 with no assistance at all, Drolta would probably win with the speed advantage.
@@Lardo137 Homie, what’re you talking about? Richter and Drolta were evenly matched as Richter gave her a devastating knee to the stomach which sent her flying. Before Maria intervened (Annette didn’t do shit to Drolta as she wasn’t there) the worst thing Drolta did was knock him down. Then after Richter saved Maria, he started kicking her ass until Erzebeth showed up
@@shadowofdread7018 Wrong name, meant Maria, mb. That's what happens when you type at 3 am. Richter got his licks in, yes, but Maria intervened when he was in a notably disadvantaged position. His knee strike also didn't smash her through a bunch of pews, either, and Drolta takes only a second to recover and swing back, while she took notably longer against Maria's attack, and Richter himself took a while to get back in the fight after Drolta fingered him. It's not like Drolta wasn't hitting Richter back in the first half of the fight, either, they were trading blows fairly evenly.
@@Lardo137 I agree, if Maria hadn't been there to help, he wouldn't gotten the snot beat out of him, but every time she had an opening to destroy him Maria interfered....
I loved how Richter and Maria really had Drolta on the ropes in this fight. The two of them have improved so much since the first episode and their team work has also levelde up a few times. If Bathory hadn't shown up, they'd have taken Drolta apart in another 30 seconds.
Well it seemed that she could'nt survive that night howewer thanks to vampire flyng jesus ready to give to bathory fraud allegation for sayng that she is the messiha
Oh yeah, she' was holding her own but slowly taking more and more damage from the two of them. Erzsebet was the only reason she survived....for another 10 minutes.
@@LightSkyeyep, and also orlox helped Richter by distracting drolta, so he could hit her with the whip, and drolta was getting tired and she started loosing her focus in fighting.
I am always blown away when I see how well the fights are choreographed and animated in this series. It all flows so well and some of the combos are so intricate and detailed.
The thing I am most excited to see in the next season is Maria’s power growth. Already in the first season this fight is such a huge improvement from her compared to her first fights in the season. To think she is so young and the next season might happen a few years later… I really hope she is able to help out and stand alone alongside great powers like Richter, Annette, and Alucard. I am most excited to see Maria be able to summon her dragon, which is currently the last cardinal spirit animal she hasn’t summoned yet. 🐉💚
A few years later? The finale gave me the impression that the follow up season would be a direct sequence from those events, maybe with a couple of months to 'regroup'.
@@diogobraga2174 you could absolutely be right now that I think about it! Regardless I am so excited to see them develop Maria’s powers. I would love an episode on how she discovered her unique powers and to learn more about them.
@@2gatsuuga right now Maria has summoned 3 out of 4 of the cardinal spirit animals. She started off in the beginning with just birds, then the tortoise, and towards the end of this season she began regularly summoning a lion. The only cardinal spirit animal left she hadn’t summoned is the dragon. I feel like her powers got more powerful with each animal she summoned this season, so it will be very cool to see how powerful the dragon is and when she is able to summon it.
Too bad her personality is that of an atheist redditor neckbeard, I hope they improve her as a character to see the nuances instead of a woke complaintbox.
This is actually the first time I’ve found the vampires of this franchise actually intimidating and frightening. More than Godbrand. More than Carmilla. Even more than Dracula himself. The sheer terror Erzsebet causes in her victims by her mere presence. How the way she feeds on them feels violating; like the part where she dresses up one of her prey in a ball gown and waltzes with her before choking her as she bites her neck and sucks her like a juice box! **Shudders** 😖 Don’t get me wrong. Dracula was ferocious, imposing and a threat to be feared. But I always felt sorry for him in how he lost his wife and with her, his faith in the good of humanity. Her? There’s no sympathy to be found. No relatability. She’s in every sense of the word: a monster.
You said it all, that scene when she turns Tera was just... ugh... I was so angry and upset at how dark the whole situation was, and wrong. The word "violating" is a strong one, but it's also definitely how her actions feel. Or desecrating everything. I was internally fuming after what happened to Tera, and it made Alucard showing up right at the end to show that they still had a powerful ally coming and a renewed spark of hope was all the more satisfying because of it. Can't wait for season 2!
@@Mi-Jung_Kim-tq2blI don't know that much about Castlevania, but as far as I know, Dracula is definitely the strongest vampire, maybe that has changed with this series, idk
I am just happy that we are not seeing a washout version of Trevor Alucard and Sypha, but that Richter, Maria and Anette are totally unique and different on their own. Not to mention that they're teens. More emotional, naive and impulsive than the previous trio. And holy sheeeet Olrox and Mizrak!!! what a romance. Losing Tera was like watching Sypha die, which I'm actually glad they didn't elaborate on it. Julia's was sad enough. Nocturne is just PERFECT for me!
I am setting myself up for the worst in Olrox and Mizrak's relationship. On the other hand, It's a shame that Edouard couldn't have his happy ending with the boy he had a crush on 😢
@@Bragglord if you considered her character as trash, then you probably never experienced a mother’s love. My comment was even about these new characters not being similar to either Trevor and Sypha, because if they are, it’d be just a poor imitation. While Terra is skilled, and not in same level as Sypha, she wasn’t even a warrior and was not trained for it. Her ending was better than all of them getting out of there complete which won’t make sense when there was Erzebet.
@@godjihyo5847 'never experienced a mother's love'. Um, are you ok? No need to get emotional. What, so because she's a mother who sacrificed herself for her daughter, she's an interesting character? Your suggestion that her death might somehow make us think of Sypha dying is what I found strange. Glad you liked it, anyway.
The depiction of richter is on point, he's not as experienced so he does not go for the kill like beheading, setting on fire or heart piercing, as trevor would try. Troughout the series a recurring thought i had was "the original crew would demolish these villains" the sudden appearance of alucard at the end just cemented that thought. But there is 2 or 3 seasons to come, by the end ritchter will be far stronger than trevor.
@romulosteca5324 Alucard is 300 years old now. He is much stronger than he was when he was with Trevor and Sypha. So really you don't have a point because the difference in strength between this Alucard and the one who was with Sypha and Trevor is greater than the difference between heaven and earth.
Trevor and Sypha would still lose against Erzebeth, at least at the point she’s at now. Richter canonically is stronger than Trevor which is why he doesn’t use as much tactics as Trevor would. Trevor did have the Morningstar but I doubt that would’ve worked on Erzebeth either
@@shadowofdread7018fair, trevor usually uses his wits to out think and maneuver against his targets. But against this, The Morningstar would probably just been slapped away or even broken.
This fight just cements into my mind how much of a handicap the original crew had against Dracula. The man was bloodstarved and was practically just standing there taking the hits and he was still overpowering the cast. If he was at his peak, season 2 probably would have ended very similarly to this one if not worse.
@@shadowofdread7018 'Trevor and Sypha would still lose against Erzebeth' only Dracula from the first series and maybe prepared Isaac would stand a chance against her in her god form. But the trio wouldn't allow for things to go that far.
As someone not involved with the games I really did not expect an Egyptian God to be also a vampire God. And that being Countess Bathory nonthanless. Reeeally cool concepts. If you ever read anything about Bathory you would know that even the real historical figure she was was told to be invested in a virgin blood. She literally took baths in virgin blood to keep herself young. I really enjoy how Castlevania uses real life history to its advantage and grounds the vampires into it.
@gundambattleassault nope , Bathory is the main villain in Castlevania:Bloodlines , made in 1994. The difference is that she faced Morris , rather than Ritcher.
She isn't really the Egyptian God. Strictly speaking , she was a human that turned into a vampire and then drinked Sekhmet's blood. And it makes sense to put Sekhmet as the more "vampiric" egyptian god , as her own myth is about plundering the world and then put to sleep as she got drunk for drinking so much blood.
@@jemandjemand2362 she's still learning bro. It's not a matter of Netflix. It's a matter of facing something way beyond your league. It's like being a newbie into boxing and your first opponent is prime Tyson with murder in his eyes. Her reaction is completely natural.
she learns nothing because she is a ficitonal character, who is as good as a bad script. an in that age, she was a full ass vampie hunter with no fear at all.@@kejahwills
I see a few comments saying she’s beyond Dracula. Keep in mind, her opponents are three greenhorns in the world of vampire killing. Dracula had to deal with Trevor, Sypha and Alucard; all of whom were just shy of veteran status.
None of them could beat Drolta at that point and then Alucard came to the rescue and one-shotted her with his stabby stabby pointy thingy. He himself is gonna change everything.
Bro Dracula at his weekest was rag dolling three ogs, Richter is still young has less experience against top tier vampires but has heaps of potential, had Richter had the Morningstar this season it would have been GGs
Lets be fuckin for real… She’s OP af and is performing feats bigger than Dracula. Being able to eclipse the sun and preventing anything from harming her. All the vampires even on this generation posses more magical abilities than the old ones.
Everyone is talking about having Dracula come back to face off against Erzebet. While that would be great to see and it's true no Castlevania is really complete without Dracula. I have to wonder if it's really worth sacrificing that season 4 ending of the first show......It's strange, but Dracula's story is always wrapped up in redemption by the end of it. He's always a tragic figures, and it was kind of a beautiful and rare thing to see him get his happy ending at the end of season 4 with Lisa. I mean imagine undoing that ending just for the sake of doing it. I mean they are really REALLY going to have to think this one out to make it work. It just wouldn't feel right to have him come back into the show and regress to just how he was when he hated humans. They are going to have to really have a good reason for it.
Well this story is 300 years after so his wife its already dead for sure, remember what alucard said when his wife died he died with her( i talking about the loving dracula) i feel hes gonna come back to make everybody know who the real king is
I don't know, there is really a part of me that would love to see Dracula and her square off. Maybe Lisa told Dracula before she died of old age she didn't want him to commit suicide to be with her. So hes been living all this time, and when he sees Erzebet trying to enslave humanity he knows Lisa would definitely not want that. So he would come back to wreck shop on her a$$ to honor Lisa.
@@brumexclusives-oc6be Well if they manage to scale the power of Dracula up to the power he has in the games, he will definitely be able to match and maybe surpass her. In the games he was the anti God, basically Satan himself
@@blazingstorm9351 He is that good! however it was a one shot from the back and she didn’t see it coming it would have been nice to see them have face off I have a feeling the messiah might end bringing her back to life to in season 2.
@@char4651i hope so because she was amazing villain!!! Plus thank you for clearing that up because I feel like she would have put up a damn good fight between all of them they had to gang up on her to win
I like how nocturne introduces more vampire threats other than dracula Signifying how dracula is or was alive, however since he had his love with him at all times, world domination wasn't a thought because his plan was rooted on avenging lisa, now with his love there by his side, his life would be peaceful again
succubi in castlevania drink blood, and vampires in castlevania have wings and animal traits all the time, so in this universe they're basically the same thing.
Can’t wait to see how they’ll portray a dragon summon for Maria. They’ll probably not opt for a small baby and instead make it an item crash I’m assuming.
@@billqiu4692with how the series is going, I find the Olrox rematch to be unlikely UNLESS Olrox final plan is to takeover Bathory or be something worst. At this point Olrox is actively assisting the good guys, even though its from the shadows.
@@Saicofakei’m thinking more so that orlox is gonna help them until the end where he lets Richter have an honorable duel of sorts against eachother. I doubt Richter is going to forgive his mother’s killer anytime soon and Orlox said that one day he is going to kill Richter.
I love the difference and similarities between Richters fighting styles compared and contrasted to Trevor and Sypha. He’s not as mastered with the whip the way Trevor was and he doesn’t use projectile magic as much as Sypha did. But his hand to hand and the way he incorporates his magic to work for him is so unique and fresh that it truly feels like a new generation of Belmont with all the elements we loved from the previous series.
Too early... in canon Alucard met Richter and Maria when Maria was already a grown Lady... granted, the Netflix series don't exactly follow the games but...
Well, I didn’t understand why she wasnt more patient. She could have built up their army in a far away land and then came to take over the country. If she had even a 100 compotent vampires with her, then this story would have been over. Vampires have all the time in the world.
True, but this is the age of revolutions. The old kingdoms are poised to fall, and new orders are rising. This is a golden opportunity to ride in and exploit the chaos.
She is basically Sunako from Shiki, but acts more like Queen Benshira from Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue combined with Maleficent & Queen Berly from Sailor Moon.
Unfortunately, I really like this structure that the animated series brings to the franchise. The narrative imposes something that we don't see and is also not worked on in games: the human perspective and the sense of mortality. Here we see (in the series as a whole) that choices have consequences for the characters and through them they evolve and become stronger, very different from the linear narrative of becoming the strongest as we pick up items, as the plot is established with you being a relentless vampire hunter who, of course, will win in the end. Seeing Juste's perspective on his adventure gave me chills. Not to mention that they were right not to abuse the figure of Dracula, since he has always been a thoughtful and classy being, different from the barbaric vision that other creatures have.
I liked Marias’ character- a bit timid and reserved but her resolve to dispel evil is incredible. When she held her own against Drolta (at least for a little) I was very surprised. She kind of reminds me of Historia from SNK. Her creativity and reaction time at 0:55 made my jaw drop when I first watched it 😂. I replayed it back like 20 times
Feel like the first part of that fight, as beautiful as those shots were looked like it had a crazy frame drop compared to everything else. Still amazing animation compared to most things
I think that effect was the show the adrenaline and choppiness of a fight like this in real life. If you've ever been in a fight you know how fast things happen and how choppy everything looks because of adrenaline
Guess Richter is going to need that god killer weapon that Trevor used on death to kill this vampire queen. Unless Alucard has access to Kratos number on speed dial or the infinity corridor to get to him.
Can’t wait to see Maria’s fighting skills develop she reminds me of S1 Sypha rn where their main tactics was very they throw their spells at u in creative ways but remained relatively grounded or not as agile
I didn’t buy Erzsebet as a goddess until this moment. Her presence alone making an entire church flinch and her second in command, who’s been kicking ass all season, come scurrying like a puppy. Good shit
@chrisidornigie Alucard is now 300 years. Given that the only vampire stronger than him was Dracular when he was still a teenager, at 300 plus years old, there shouldn't be any vampire that can even challenge his power now except for the main villainess.
@@abongilezolanipeterson5588I thought she wasn’t a regular vampire but also a witch. To be honest still getting familiar with the castlevania franchise😅
Okay but Maria hitting Drolta with that "Schoop da Whoop" was hilarious and unexpected. I love the way Magic users fight in this series. They have to fight with a high level of Dexterity and Physicality to keep up with Vampires and Night creatures
1:33 Face it, Drolta lost vs Richter here. Had it not been for Erzsebet, she would've died earlier. Alucard just had to be reintroduced again. 2:16 is a reminder of Trevor punching Dracula fearlessly. Futile, but brave. 2:25 is the mark of a Belmon, smiling in face of Death.
Dracula, in season 2: “Oh you’re a VAMPIRE alright! Just not a ROYAL one!” Erzsebet: “Oh yeah? What’s the difference?” Dracula, emerging from the mouth of a giant flaming skull: “PRESENTATION!”
I was confused why the leather whip was so weak in this show, since Trevor could one-shot vampires and night creatures with it in season 1 pretty much the same way the morning star did, but then I realized, Trevor never actually used the leather whip against vampires in all four seasons, just the morning star, this is the first time we see it used against vampires, makes you realize how OP that thing was in comparison, because the leather whip doesn't even makes vampires explode, at best it just mutilates them.
Trevor usava chicote normal também, mas o problema era que a vilã era muito poderosa e não adiantava de nada usar aquele chicote mesmo banhado em magia.
The leather whip does burn vampires and has made night creatures explode but those are fodder enemies, Trevor does mention in S1 that the whip is consecrated so it has a similar effect to blessed/holy items like holy water. The morning star is the whip specifically made to kill dracula which brought a weakened dracula down to his knees in one hit, one shot explodes normal vampires, and was able to gradually irritate/wound death. The leather whip is a good weapon don't get me wrong but the morning star is just so stupidly overpowered.
No. Her father is not a forgemaster, and her powers are explained, they have nothing to do with hell. She connected old celtic stone circles with her magic to gain access to the „otherworld“ which isnt hell. And her father made a deal with a demon to gain the machine to create nightcreatures. He isnt a born forgemaster like hector or Isaac
I love the idea that they are giving night creatures a lot of depths and free will here. I remember we saw a glimpse of that in the previous series when Isaac was talking to that night creature in the desert if I remember correctly.
I just noticed Richter starts winning against the fire monster when he switches to the correct element for a type advantage. Love the game Easter eggs!
Remember she consumed a goddess blood and apotheosized or she is the goddess herself either way it was funny as hell that she beelined for the church. She really said “you know what I got a win and it’s early better clap them heroes before they cook” 😂
... Well, if Richter finds that knife, and we had a nickel for every time that the Belmonts had to kill a once-thought un-killable god-like being... We'd have a nickel, and we're about to get a *dime.*
Well the vampire killer definitely that's what the morningstar was created for it was essentially the strongest or one of the strongest weapons the belmonts had.
I still love the teamwork of trevor,sylphia, and alucard... it has that certain coolness to it, whenever they attack they do it coordinately... Hope Alucard will train them...
This show had the worst case of, "Oh no, the script says the fight has to go this way." I've seen in a while. It dances between, "Ha, is that 3 vampires?" to "Oh god! 3 vampires!" in terms of danger so often that they have to result to a villain that just no sells literally everything(a feat no other creature we've seen so far has peformed) to establish that the scene has to end the way it does.
Sehkmet would clap Carmilla hard. She is literally untouchable, while Carmilla was "just" a vampire. A vampire can do only so much against a literal egyptian goddess.
@@Altherot She isn't a god, shes just a egomaniac vampire, theres literally no proof she's a deity beyond her summoning a black orb and changing outfits.
@@horrorfan117 there IS plenty of room for her power-up. She is connected to the Orixá Ogum. Ogum is a hero-god of fire , metallurgy and war. She only barely used metallurgy. However , there is another power-up that Annette could receive , but I doubt it they will do that , which is São Jorge. In Candomblé , Ogum is syncretized with Saint George , as "São Jorge". As an orixá-saint that is equally a dragonslayer and a dragonrider , which one of it's feats was battling in the moon. But they will not go in that route , Annette is from the French Carribean , while Candomblé is from South America.
For anyone wondering since I see a lot of people asking where the morning star is, it’s with Juste I believe. In the scene where we see his hut. There is a chest there. If it’s not there then Alucard might have it.
@@ogchripsboi8038 Maybe it got sucked in, because Trevor dropped it when he was fighting Death, his left arm was broken so he couldn't hold two weapons. He dropped it on top of the castle. But you might be right, it might be in the IC.
I have the theory that Alucard and Juste may know each other already, and Juste was the one who called him when things started to get worse, Juste may have been living at the Belmont Hold back in Wallachia and just moved to France to watch over Richter after he arrived, is possible that Trevor or Alucard retrieved the Morning Star after season 4 or maybe some other Belmont, Christopher or Simon maybe, either way, they probably still have it somewhere
To be a magic user and proficient in close quarter combat. Richter seems to be more fund of using hand to hand combat than Trevor against vampires. But then again I was smiling when I watch Richter punch, knee, kick Drolta. Like dude, she has regenerative powers. A hit with out weapon or magic won't even leave a bruise. But then again he's unlike Trevor who uses his wit in combat. Hoping his grandfather will train him.
Wow I like how this thread of comments is full of insightful analysis. 👏🏿 I'm starting to get into animation and learned so much from how these people are critiquing and highlighting the unique fighting styles of each character.
That grin on Richter's face after he realised that he'd screwed up bad was priceless.
He truly is a Belmont 😂
A true belmont smiling in the face of death.
Erzsebet: You're screwed :3
Richter: I know :)
A real Belmont 😭 he didn’t even care he just knew
A face that screaming, "Well... shit..."
This just made me realize how OP the Morningstar was because that thing could 1 shot most vampires with just a touch😂
Oh for sure. From what I understand it’s been consecrated against vampires and other creatures of the night for effectiveness
That and technically that there are no whip upgrades in Rondo of Blood, Richter was using the most powerful whip he used in his journey in his games.
i wonder where it is right now
The thing is we haven’t seen “the vampire killer” yet. Unless the whip we have seen is it. It’s like the Triforce of weapons in this series.
Also these vampires seem stronger than the ones trevor were fighting.
Maria is, basically, using her Pokemons to fight demons and vampires.
😂
😂😂😂😂when you put it like that 😅
She sent three of her Pokemons to get insta-killed by a god.
She uses Pokémon richter either uses a whip or just elects to throw hands
@@blue-phoenix115that was sad to watch.
Such a huge difference between Richter and Trevor. Trevor mastered the whip better than Richter, while Richter was more of a hand-to-hand combat guy. Plus, Trevor used his weapons more. On the other hand, Richter has magic so he has that creativity in combining whip and magic.
What I like is that they made them less coordinated than the previous merry band. Sypha, Alucard, and Trevor immediately took openings when they saw one, the youth doesn't immediately see it/act on it (eg. during the second half of the fight against Drolta). Which shows that they have a, less experience, b, grew up in somewhat safer times - as long as it comes to hordes of night creatures at least. I hope this was intentional.
@@yoruichisan19 I think it is intentional. Even the characters points out that they generally only deals with vampires once a few months , and they never saw a nightcreature.
Thanks for stating the obvious. As Sherlock Holmes would say: An astute observation, young padwan.
Trevor was also probably around 30, in his physical prime and with many years more training and experience. Richter is 19 at most here. We´re probably going to see him grow mature as a fighter throughout the series, pherhaps with Alucard as a mentor
@@Alexander-kc8oq
1- no se supone que cada Belmont nace superior al anterior?, con 300 años de diferencia, incluso teniendo 5 años, Richard debería de ser infinitamente superior a Trevor en todo aspecto posible
2-
My favorite thing about this series is the way the magic users fight. Everyone has a different style. In the previous series, Sypha was elegant and efficient; something that the female line of the Belmont clan inherited, based on Richeter’s Aunt Tera and his mother’s, Juste, fighting style.
Richter himself is a lot more straight forward and explosive with his magic. He is clearly out of practice so he is using his magic in a way that he’s familiar with; he uses magic to infuse his whip with different elements, he uses ice like gauntlets or uses them like throwing knives. His fire magic are powerful jets of flame rather than the little precise missles we typically see from magic users like Sypha. His attacks aren’t as elegant as his predecessors, but they’re powerful and effective.
Maria is even more unique because her magic is all about summoning creatures to help her in combat, in that sense she’s almost never truly alone or outnumbered. I’m curious to see what the limits of her summoning magic is, as it seems to be a more benevolent version of the necromancy we see from the Forge Masters.
Annette clearly uses mostly earth/metal powers, but also uses Haitian magic which I hope we get to see more of. It has so much potential.
The vampire magic has also evolved. Transformation into various forms and the utilization of magic in combat has been nice to see especially since I felt like that was a huge weakness vampires had when going up against humans. It honestly feels like an evolutionary arms race between predator and prey
Is that his aunt? I know he was sent to France to go live with his aunt. But they never confirmed they were aunt and nephew and that girl was his cousin.
@@alexandrostheodorou8387 His mother stated it was his aunt. However when he spoke with his grandfather he stated that she is a very distant relative.
This implies that she is technically related to them, but most likely through Sypha’s Speaker lineage. Juste and Tera probably had a close enough relationship that she was comfortable enough to consider her direct family rather than distant family.
I haven't watch the series, where both belmont whip? That thing OP af
@@chlonez I don’t understand your grammar
@@Lethal_Giggles apologize
I love how Richter fights like a fire bender lmao
Who does Richter think he is, Prince Zuko?
Yeah he's more of a hands on magic user since his flames seem stronger than Sypha's.
@@maxmetropolis8518yeah.
@@o.h.x-9062maybe a bit of Azula since Richter's flames are blue
@@maxmetropolis8518blue flame
I was not expecting Richter to be throwing hands with vampires and winning, he didn't even need his weapons.
Vampire killer WHO? These hands are enough
Which made him lose yes
@@isumademonfox8913 Vampiros comuns dar pra derrotar sem o Vampire Killer, mas se surgir alguém equivalente ao Drácula aí é so no chicote mágico mesmo.
Juste Belmont blood is strong lol
Sorry, this is the descendant of Trevor Belmont who has killed night creatures bare handed, headbutted Alucard (and tried a low blow on him just in case) and let us not forget, threw hands with Dracula himself. Give him some magic to make his fists hit a little harder and the whip is just there for when he wants some variety.
Maria's combo with the birds, then the tortoise to the jaw and finally the celestial feline was inspired
The look on her face prior to it...she def wanted pay back from that scratch prior and damn she got it with style.
I love your description “celestial feline”
That move tho 👌
her spells are dumb and dont belong in castlevania- this isn't supposed to be weirdo pokemon
@@sly9263 It's from the game itself though lol
I love how they did Richter not this skilled mastered i-can-kill-anything hunter. He's still got a lot to lear even more so that they're facing such a powerful enemy. I loved the fact Maria's magic is combined with her Forgemaster's heritage to summon hell beasts. My heart cries for Tera as she is like a Sypha only sweeter and more naive T.T
She’s not as skilled as Sypha.. Sypha was a badass, a genius in using her mage craft, Terra is strong but not as skilled as Sypha..
@@8440k that too. She really was not. Not all of them though she was able to use dark magic. I loved that.
Richter is extremely powerful. But without the morning star, or a weapon that can hurt Ersbet he’s screwed.
Seems like only Alucard can beat her.
The Magic Maria uses to summon is not associated with Hell. These are Spirit Beasts! Specifically related the 4 Beasts of the Cardinal Directions! The White Tigers, the Vermilion Sparrows/Birds, and the Black Tortoise! The Fourth is the Azure Dragon! And all are Linked to Maria, she has yet to Tap into her Powers!
Maria’s magic isn’t from hell though 😭 They’re spirit beasts
I love how Erzebet isn't really attractive, but she's still got a otherwordly beauty about her. She's unnervingly tall, her proportions are strange, she's muscular yet lanky, her neck is too long, and most of all she never breaks posture. Even though she's soft spoken, everyone listens when she speaks. All of her outfits work to emphasize these features. All in all amazing design.
She is terrific and hot
well she does have a much lamer human looking form tho
I love that though you can certainly see the relation between Richter and Trevor, they are very different people and fighters. Trevor is a jaded pub brawler, while Richter is a cocky and insecure kid. But they both have that caustic Belmont wit, and they both know how to use that whip
Como ser arrogante e inseguro ao mesmo tempo? Me parece algum tipo de bipolaridade.
Eh. Trevor did the whip way better. But that's also due to trevor not having magic, so he went full into the weapon master route.
@@Paajx Yeah, Trevor is extremely better with the Whip while Richter can actually throw legit hands with night creatures and vampires, something Trevor couldnt fully do.
@@Paajx true, Trevor was better with the whip
@@hidan407 no he could definitely through hands with them and its shown in several parts but they kept it as 'realistic' as possible which was interesting to watch; he was shown to be the best tactician by far even within the schemes of his fight scenes. So while this is more dragon ball z esque it seems brutish and not as well thought out despite the character showing some pretty clever adaptations with his power and whip
Goddamn, Maria's magic summoning is so beautiful
And she drawss magic circles nust like in the owl house 😮
@@alexzdevil9133I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO NOTICED THIS
@@KobyAfful 🤣🤝🤣
"You must be the Belmont."
Belmont: (Continues ineffectual pummeling)
Gotta love a classic
Spyha gets together with Trevor
"And thus my entire family lines survival instincts just went down by 90 percent."
@@matijasostojic4288😂
Fortunately, their combat instincts increased proportionally.
The Morning Star is needed.
Right!
Maybe with a magic ritual they'll create a new one or find the old one somehow.
True like Olrox can’t defeat Richter with his magical powers now. Him with morning star and blue fire 💀
Last we saw it, it was on fake death's platform, either it's near Treffy village and Trevor has hidden it somewhere, or it's in the infinite corridor when Geramia teleported Trev to save him.
@@johnlloydkalata1962maybe the Morris Clan has it and they’ll appear in season 2
Of course Richter throw hands with freaking vampires😂😂
Takes after his great, great granddad
"You must be the Belmont."
Well, seeing as Trevor had the balls to punch Dracula not once but a few times in the Richter inherited that, lol.
It runs in the family.
I love love love how vulnerable our heroes are allowed to be in this show. I love the main trio in the first series but theres no denying that they have this sort of mythic quality to them. They felt like larger than life icons to me, where in this show the heroes feel much smaller, and like they're always cornered by evil. They can still fight but they lack the adequate experience, and resources, to win the day at the very end.
Can't wait how they continue to develop in a second season, especially with Alucard to help them.
They've set up the character development so well
Yesssss I’m waiting to see our Girls develop these magic abilities and what the Mother Becomes after being turned
Honestly I don't like it much, but that's mainly as a lore nerd. Richter and Maria are meant to be absurdly powerful, either of them as strong or stronger than Trevor's whole group. They set the standards for all that fight going forward.
@@nahte123456 theres nothing wrong with preferring how its done originally, but Id argue that this series is going to show us these characters growing in power as the story progresses until they maybe even exceed the power of Trevor and Sypha. We've already seen Richter grow immensely in strength with his magic reawakening.
And plus with the inclusion of Alucard in the next season he's bound to help them improve, as so far in their lives they've pretty much had to learn on their own(displayed by Richter's lack of knowledge in anything beyond vampires.
@@loki_l_1380 That's fair I just think it misses the point a bit. Richter's whole thing was how strong he was, Symphony of the Night's whole story is that "Richter is so strong he can only find glory in fighting Dracula". Richter starts as the standard of power, that's why what he does is so important.
This series may not be bad or anything like that, but it is just flat a different theme and story goal.
I love how Maria has the ability to summon magical animals to help her in combat it’s a magic that hasn’t been seen before used in unique ways and I love it here. I hope she gets to grow what she can really do 🕊️🐈🐢
Maria was able to summon a dragon in the game as well. I wonder if she'll summon a dragon before the series finale.
Not been seen before? She did this in Rondo of Blood.
The animals replaced the sub weapons for her and the birds are her basic attack.
In Symphony of the Night in Japan she got an upgrade. The birds became energy balls and the animals all became adult versions of themselves that basically one shot bosses. e.g. Summoning a dragon that fills the entire room.
@@DGneoseeker1 cost too many damn hearts
But yeah she was always cool.
I hope she eventually summons the Dragon and the Phoenix
@@theblaze5530 Too many hearts? You just had to cast the dragon summon once and bosses would be annihilated.
With this treasure I summon Mahoraga
God the fight between Richter and Drolta was so cool. Two skilled hand-to-hand combatants augmented by supernatural forces going head to head. Pretty evenly matched too but it was clear Richter was getting the upper hand towards the end (with Maria's help). Would have probably taken her head off with that final strike if the boss lady hadn't shown up.
He was for sure going to. Which is why Drolta was killed by Alucard at the end. Because the show basically said “yes Richter could kill Drolta in a straight fight so Alucard stealing the kill doesn’t matter that much”
@@shadowofdread7018 did we watch the same fight? Because it was clear Drolta had Richter on the ropes, knocking him down before being attacked by Annette, removing her pressure. And Annette did a lot of damage to Drolta too (argubly more than Richter had at that point), with that uppercut-haymaker combo, which in turn bought Richter time to recover.
In a straight 1v1 with no assistance at all, Drolta would probably win with the speed advantage.
@@Lardo137
Homie, what’re you talking about? Richter and Drolta were evenly matched as Richter gave her a devastating knee to the stomach which sent her flying. Before Maria intervened (Annette didn’t do shit to Drolta as she wasn’t there) the worst thing Drolta did was knock him down. Then after Richter saved Maria, he started kicking her ass until Erzebeth showed up
@@shadowofdread7018 Wrong name, meant Maria, mb. That's what happens when you type at 3 am.
Richter got his licks in, yes, but Maria intervened when he was in a notably disadvantaged position. His knee strike also didn't smash her through a bunch of pews, either, and Drolta takes only a second to recover and swing back, while she took notably longer against Maria's attack, and Richter himself took a while to get back in the fight after Drolta fingered him. It's not like Drolta wasn't hitting Richter back in the first half of the fight, either, they were trading blows fairly evenly.
@@Lardo137 I agree, if Maria hadn't been there to help, he wouldn't gotten the snot beat out of him, but every time she had an opening to destroy him Maria interfered....
I loved how Richter and Maria really had Drolta on the ropes in this fight. The two of them have improved so much since the first episode and their team work has also levelde up a few times. If Bathory hadn't shown up, they'd have taken Drolta apart in another 30 seconds.
Well it seemed that she could'nt survive that night howewer thanks to vampire flyng jesus ready to give to bathory fraud allegation for sayng that she is the messiha
@@massimilianoreali4398best comment 4ever
yes it helps when you go from swinging a piddly whip to becoming the avatar.
Oh yeah, she' was holding her own but slowly taking more and more damage from the two of them. Erzsebet was the only reason she survived....for another 10 minutes.
@@LightSkyeyep, and also orlox helped Richter by distracting drolta, so he could hit her with the whip, and drolta was getting tired and she started loosing her focus in fighting.
The fighting scenes in this seasons are extraordinary.
Fight quality is going down in my opinion some of these fights look like 10 FPS
Lol?
@@johno1544 yeah compared to Camilla vs Isaac or Dracula vs Alucard.. these fight scenes are a downgrade
@@Alex_anders96 the attack on Dracula's castle end of season 1 was my fav. So well done and creative.
@@johno1544FPS isn't what matters, it's the actual direction and flow of the fight...
I am always blown away when I see how well the fights are choreographed and animated in this series. It all flows so well and some of the combos are so intricate and detailed.
The thing I am most excited to see in the next season is Maria’s power growth. Already in the first season this fight is such a huge improvement from her compared to her first fights in the season.
To think she is so young and the next season might happen a few years later… I really hope she is able to help out and stand alone alongside great powers like Richter, Annette, and Alucard.
I am most excited to see Maria be able to summon her dragon, which is currently the last cardinal spirit animal she hasn’t summoned yet. 🐉💚
A few years later? The finale gave me the impression that the follow up season would be a direct sequence from those events, maybe with a couple of months to 'regroup'.
@@diogobraga2174 you could absolutely be right now that I think about it! Regardless I am so excited to see them develop Maria’s powers. I would love an episode on how she discovered her unique powers and to learn more about them.
Ohh does she summon a dragon? can she summon anything else?
@@2gatsuuga right now Maria has summoned 3 out of 4 of the cardinal spirit animals. She started off in the beginning with just birds, then the tortoise, and towards the end of this season she began regularly summoning a lion. The only cardinal spirit animal left she hadn’t summoned is the dragon.
I feel like her powers got more powerful with each animal she summoned this season, so it will be very cool to see how powerful the dragon is and when she is able to summon it.
Too bad her personality is that of an atheist redditor neckbeard, I hope they improve her as a character to see the nuances instead of a woke complaintbox.
This is actually the first time I’ve found the vampires of this franchise actually intimidating and frightening. More than Godbrand. More than Carmilla. Even more than Dracula himself. The sheer terror Erzsebet causes in her victims by her mere presence. How the way she feeds on them feels violating; like the part where she dresses up one of her prey in a ball gown and waltzes with her before choking her as she bites her neck and sucks her like a juice box! **Shudders** 😖
Don’t get me wrong. Dracula was ferocious, imposing and a threat to be feared. But I always felt sorry for him in how he lost his wife and with her, his faith in the good of humanity. Her? There’s no sympathy to be found. No relatability. She’s in every sense of the word: a monster.
Cant wait for alucard to oneshot her
Dracula still oneshots
You said it all, that scene when she turns Tera was just... ugh... I was so angry and upset at how dark the whole situation was, and wrong. The word "violating" is a strong one, but it's also definitely how her actions feel. Or desecrating everything. I was internally fuming after what happened to Tera, and it made Alucard showing up right at the end to show that they still had a powerful ally coming and a renewed spark of hope was all the more satisfying because of it. Can't wait for season 2!
@@EmmanuelMorningstar-fg1qbshe's a god and she look much more powerful while Dracula was a man that became vempire
god>king
@@Mi-Jung_Kim-tq2blI don't know that much about Castlevania, but as far as I know, Dracula is definitely the strongest vampire, maybe that has changed with this series, idk
I am just happy that we are not seeing a washout version of Trevor Alucard and Sypha, but that Richter, Maria and Anette are totally unique and different on their own. Not to mention that they're teens. More emotional, naive and impulsive than the previous trio. And holy sheeeet Olrox and Mizrak!!! what a romance. Losing Tera was like watching Sypha die, which I'm actually glad they didn't elaborate on it.
Julia's was sad enough.
Nocturne is just PERFECT for me!
I am setting myself up for the worst in Olrox and Mizrak's relationship. On the other hand, It's a shame that Edouard couldn't have his happy ending with the boy he had a crush on 😢
Except Tera is total trash compared to Sypha, both in terms of characterisation and voice acting. But glad you enjoyed it.
@@Bragglord if you considered her character as trash, then you probably never experienced a mother’s love.
My comment was even about these new characters not being similar to either Trevor and Sypha, because if they are, it’d be just a poor imitation.
While Terra is skilled, and not in same level as Sypha, she wasn’t even a warrior and was not trained for it. Her ending was better than all of them getting out of there complete which won’t make sense when there was Erzebet.
@@godjihyo5847 'never experienced a mother's love'.
Um, are you ok? No need to get emotional. What, so because she's a mother who sacrificed herself for her daughter, she's an interesting character?
Your suggestion that her death might somehow make us think of Sypha dying is what I found strange. Glad you liked it, anyway.
@@BragglordI'm sorry your mother didn't love you. 😔
The depiction of richter is on point, he's not as experienced so he does not go for the kill like beheading, setting on fire or heart piercing, as trevor would try.
Troughout the series a recurring thought i had was "the original crew would demolish these villains" the sudden appearance of alucard at the end just cemented that thought.
But there is 2 or 3 seasons to come, by the end ritchter will be far stronger than trevor.
@romulosteca5324 Alucard is 300 years old now.
He is much stronger than he was when he was with Trevor and Sypha.
So really you don't have a point because the difference in strength between this Alucard and the one who was with Sypha and Trevor is greater than the difference between heaven and earth.
Trevor and Sypha would still lose against Erzebeth, at least at the point she’s at now. Richter canonically is stronger than Trevor which is why he doesn’t use as much tactics as Trevor would. Trevor did have the Morningstar but I doubt that would’ve worked on Erzebeth either
@@shadowofdread7018fair, trevor usually uses his wits to out think and maneuver against his targets. But against this, The Morningstar would probably just been slapped away or even broken.
This fight just cements into my mind how much of a handicap the original crew had against Dracula. The man was bloodstarved and was practically just standing there taking the hits and he was still overpowering the cast. If he was at his peak, season 2 probably would have ended very similarly to this one if not worse.
@@shadowofdread7018 'Trevor and Sypha would still lose against Erzebeth' only Dracula from the first series and maybe prepared Isaac would stand a chance against her in her god form. But the trio wouldn't allow for things to go that far.
The more I see this man throw straight hands with vampires and night creatures the more I smile
He was technically bri ish 😂 He was like cmon mate!
As someone not involved with the games I really did not expect an Egyptian God to be also a vampire God. And that being Countess Bathory nonthanless. Reeeally cool concepts. If you ever read anything about Bathory you would know that even the real historical figure she was was told to be invested in a virgin blood. She literally took baths in virgin blood to keep herself young.
I really enjoy how Castlevania uses real life history to its advantage and grounds the vampires into it.
Still no match for Dracula full Power. Even half power
@gundambattleassault nope , Bathory is the main villain in Castlevania:Bloodlines , made in 1994.
The difference is that she faced Morris , rather than Ritcher.
She isn't really the Egyptian God.
Strictly speaking , she was a human that turned into a vampire and then drinked Sekhmet's blood. And it makes sense to put Sekhmet as the more "vampiric" egyptian god , as her own myth is about plundering the world and then put to sleep as she got drunk for drinking so much blood.
@gundambattleassaultdude if you're not going to contribute to the conversation just stfu
@gundambattleassaultagreed, lame deus ex machina with no setup and generic evil personality
I love that flying knee into haymaker Richter does. That feels like the most characteristically game Richter move he does all season.
I thought I created that Muay Thai combo irl...well I was doing it before this was out but now I'm telling niggas I'm a Belmont
@@lorarobinson6796bro stole that move from Terry Bogard lmao
Maria looks so fucking terrified! It was like she could literally feel Erzsebet's godlike power and instinctively knows that she wants her.
tssss. maria is a fearless warrior. making her weak is just netflix
@@jemandjemand2362 she's still learning bro. It's not a matter of Netflix. It's a matter of facing something way beyond your league. It's like being a newbie into boxing and your first opponent is prime Tyson with murder in his eyes. Her reaction is completely natural.
she learns nothing because she is a ficitonal character, who is as good as a bad script. an in that age, she was a full ass vampie hunter with no fear at all.@@kejahwills
@@jemandjemand2362 So much for wanting fleshed out characters that would eventually grow into thier roles given time😮💨
still a bad script@@kejahwills
That hand-to-hand combat between Richter and Drolta was amazing.
I see a few comments saying she’s beyond Dracula. Keep in mind, her opponents are three greenhorns in the world of vampire killing.
Dracula had to deal with Trevor, Sypha and Alucard; all of whom were just shy of veteran status.
None of them could beat Drolta at that point and then Alucard came to the rescue and one-shotted her with his stabby stabby pointy thingy. He himself is gonna change everything.
bruh alcuard could solo her in seconds this are just kids
Bro Dracula at his weekest was rag dolling three ogs, Richter is still young has less experience against top tier vampires but has heaps of potential, had Richter had the Morningstar this season it would have been GGs
@@Altherotshe was kind of distracted tho
Lets be fuckin for real… She’s OP af and is performing feats bigger than Dracula. Being able to eclipse the sun and preventing anything from harming her. All the vampires even on this generation posses more magical abilities than the old ones.
He needed to pick up some holy water and use hydro storm
😂😂😂
In this one, it won't be necessary.
I think he'll eventually get it and that's how he'll beat one of them
Everyone is talking about having Dracula come back to face off against Erzebet. While that would be great to see and it's true no Castlevania is really complete without Dracula. I have to wonder if it's really worth sacrificing that season 4 ending of the first show......It's strange, but Dracula's story is always wrapped up in redemption by the end of it. He's always a tragic figures, and it was kind of a beautiful and rare thing to see him get his happy ending at the end of season 4 with Lisa. I mean imagine undoing that ending just for the sake of doing it. I mean they are really REALLY going to have to think this one out to make it work. It just wouldn't feel right to have him come back into the show and regress to just how he was when he hated humans. They are going to have to really have a good reason for it.
Dracula? Nah. Alucard? Yeeeee
Well this story is 300 years after so his wife its already dead for sure, remember what alucard said when his wife died he died with her( i talking about the loving dracula) i feel hes gonna come back to make everybody know who the real king is
@@lahffy505I honestly don't even know how a full powered Dracula fairs against her, she is a literal God.
I don't know, there is really a part of me that would love to see Dracula and her square off. Maybe Lisa told Dracula before she died of old age she didn't want him to commit suicide to be with her. So hes been living all this time, and when he sees Erzebet trying to enslave humanity he knows Lisa would definitely not want that. So he would come back to wreck shop on her a$$ to honor Lisa.
@@brumexclusives-oc6be Well if they manage to scale the power of Dracula up to the power he has in the games, he will definitely be able to match and maybe surpass her. In the games he was the anti God, basically Satan himself
Drolta is pretty lit lol taking on a sorcerer, mage, and Belmont is amazing but they put up a good fight against her to!
And looks amazing doing it
@@yesikanarvaez5027 definitely has the best intriguing look out of the whole cast‼️
Which makes it even more terrifying just the fact Alucard just killed her like swatting a mosquito. He's just that good.
@@blazingstorm9351 He is that good! however it was a one shot from the back and she didn’t see it coming it would have been nice to see them have face off I have a feeling the messiah might end bringing her back to life to in season 2.
@@char4651i hope so because she was amazing villain!!! Plus thank you for clearing that up because I feel like she would have put up a damn good fight between all of them they had to gang up on her to win
I like how nocturne introduces more vampire threats other than dracula
Signifying how dracula is or was alive, however since he had his love with him at all times, world domination wasn't a thought because his plan was rooted on avenging lisa, now with his love there by his side, his life would be peaceful again
So we can all agree Drolta was a Succubus right? The outfit, the wings, the hair, the eyes, none of it felt like other vampires
And tail
Yep still in that vampire category but her features and transformation were demonic
Still tight regardless
succubi in castlevania drink blood, and vampires in castlevania have wings and animal traits all the time, so in this universe they're basically the same thing.
Dude, I just love Ritcher’s fighting style. It’s a combination of magic and physical attacks.
Can’t wait to see how they’ll portray a dragon summon for Maria. They’ll probably not opt for a small baby and instead make it an item crash I’m assuming.
They're definitely saving that one for something big
Maybe when the team goes up against Olrox they’ll have a dragon against dragon fight
@@billqiu4692with how the series is going, I find the Olrox rematch to be unlikely UNLESS Olrox final plan is to takeover Bathory or be something worst.
At this point Olrox is actively assisting the good guys, even though its from the shadows.
@@Saicofakei’m thinking more so that orlox is gonna help them until the end where he lets Richter have an honorable duel of sorts against eachother. I doubt Richter is going to forgive his mother’s killer anytime soon and Orlox said that one day he is going to kill Richter.
@@daddylonglegs3698 maybe they end the cycle of violence? Idk that would leave a vampire alive tho and we can't have that
I love the difference and similarities between Richters fighting styles compared and contrasted to Trevor and Sypha. He’s not as mastered with the whip the way Trevor was and he doesn’t use projectile magic as much as Sypha did. But his hand to hand and the way he incorporates his magic to work for him is so unique and fresh that it truly feels like a new generation of Belmont with all the elements we loved from the previous series.
Sypha is an Avatar with her bending style 😂
My boy is a fire bender lol.
Alucard just gonna come in and be like "yeah she ain't a god, she's my bat-shit crazy cousin"
Too early... in canon Alucard met Richter and Maria when Maria was already a grown Lady... granted, the Netflix series don't exactly follow the games but...
bruh where is alucard he could clapp this bish
I know, but it would be in Alucards character to kill another one of his family members, and it be funny.
@@mikem9980 Thanksgiving must be awkward
@@TheWarmachine375
Alucard: "My dad is depressed Satan and my cousin dreams about becoming a furry. God shits in my dinner yet again."
I like Maria's fighting style. 😊
She's Sylpha's descendant alright!
@@mariobenedicto3582she isn’t I think. She’s just a speaker so she’s a very distant relation
Bro same! But I want her to summon some stronger creatures. Maybe season 2 🤔
@@2gatsuuga yes.
@@mariobenedicto3582shes a distant relative of the belmonts. The belnades clan is not related to the renards
I kind of like how the villain of this season is basically a more competent and patient camilla.
Well, I didn’t understand why she wasnt more patient. She could have built up their army in a far away land and then came to take over the country. If she had even a 100 compotent vampires with her, then this story would have been over. Vampires have all the time in the world.
True, but this is the age of revolutions. The old kingdoms are poised to fall, and new orders are rising. This is a golden opportunity to ride in and exploit the chaos.
She's also more boring and uninspired. Just your stereotypical cartoonishly evil villain with very little personality.
Because it was written by executives who were breathing on writers' neck to get everything wrapped up in one season.
She is basically Sunako from Shiki, but acts more like Queen Benshira from Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue combined with Maleficent & Queen Berly from Sailor Moon.
2:21 She literally ate that attack.
Just like Kirby 😂
She smoked it
Unfortunately, I really like this structure that the animated series brings to the franchise. The narrative imposes something that we don't see and is also not worked on in games: the human perspective and the sense of mortality.
Here we see (in the series as a whole) that choices have consequences for the characters and through them they evolve and become stronger, very different from the linear narrative of becoming the strongest as we pick up items, as the plot is established with you being a relentless vampire hunter who, of course, will win in the end. Seeing Juste's perspective on his adventure gave me chills.
Not to mention that they were right not to abuse the figure of Dracula, since he has always been a thoughtful and classy being, different from the barbaric vision that other creatures have.
Maria combo attack was awesome
I liked Marias’ character- a bit timid and reserved but her resolve to dispel evil is incredible. When she held her own against Drolta (at least for a little) I was very surprised. She kind of reminds me of Historia from SNK. Her creativity and reaction time at 0:55 made my jaw drop when I first watched it 😂. I replayed it back like 20 times
Feel like the first part of that fight, as beautiful as those shots were looked like it had a crazy frame drop compared to everything else. Still amazing animation compared to most things
Gave me a migraine😂 but this season was still a banger
Yo fr I thought my tv was spazzing out during that sequence. Genuinely hurt my eyes for a bit
Me to I'm like what's this stutter?
I think that effect was the show the adrenaline and choppiness of a fight like this in real life. If you've ever been in a fight you know how fast things happen and how choppy everything looks because of adrenaline
@@incrediblylostify......no its definitely that they just didn't have the budget for increased framerate or animating on 1s or 2s
Guess Richter is going to need that god killer weapon that Trevor used on death to kill this vampire queen. Unless Alucard has access to Kratos number on speed dial or the infinity corridor to get to him.
i hope alucard kept it somewhere
yes kratos would blitz her.
Richter: "911 i need help, there's mad dessert god need to be put down"
kratos: "say no MORE!!"
Can’t wait to see Maria’s fighting skills develop she reminds me of S1 Sypha rn where their main tactics was very they throw their spells at u in creative ways but remained relatively grounded or not as agile
They should’ve shown more of that ice whip. Definitely seems more effective than the fire one.
Its because it was a fire type monster
The sound design for the ice attacks/blocks are phenomenal
And the sound of the whip lashing about is so satisfying
I didn’t buy Erzsebet as a goddess until this moment. Her presence alone making an entire church flinch and her second in command, who’s been kicking ass all season, come scurrying like a puppy. Good shit
All that sexiness and power Drolta possessed yet still not enough to defeat Richter let alone survive Alucard 🙏🔥
@chrisidornigie Alucard is now 300 years.
Given that the only vampire stronger than him was Dracular when he was still a teenager, at 300 plus years old, there shouldn't be any vampire that can even challenge his power now except for the main villainess.
@@abongilezolanipeterson5588 exactly
@@abongilezolanipeterson5588I thought she wasn’t a regular vampire but also a witch.
To be honest still getting familiar with the castlevania franchise😅
Okay but Maria hitting Drolta with that "Schoop da Whoop" was hilarious and unexpected.
I love the way Magic users fight in this series. They have to fight with a high level of Dexterity and Physicality to keep up with Vampires and Night creatures
1:33 Face it, Drolta lost vs Richter here. Had it not been for Erzsebet, she would've died earlier. Alucard just had to be reintroduced again.
2:16 is a reminder of Trevor punching Dracula fearlessly. Futile, but brave.
2:25 is the mark of a Belmon, smiling in face of Death.
Exactly your first point. He went too hard 😂 I was so angry he didn't get to kill her😒
Dracula, in season 2: “Oh you’re a VAMPIRE alright! Just not a ROYAL one!”
Erzsebet: “Oh yeah? What’s the difference?”
Dracula, emerging from the mouth of a giant flaming skull: “PRESENTATION!”
I was confused why the leather whip was so weak in this show, since Trevor could one-shot vampires and night creatures with it in season 1 pretty much the same way the morning star did, but then I realized, Trevor never actually used the leather whip against vampires in all four seasons, just the morning star, this is the first time we see it used against vampires, makes you realize how OP that thing was in comparison, because the leather whip doesn't even makes vampires explode, at best it just mutilates them.
The whip was just a rare weapon, but the morningstar was legendary 🫣
Trevor usava chicote normal também, mas o problema era que a vilã era muito poderosa e não adiantava de nada usar aquele chicote mesmo banhado em magia.
Yeah Trevor used the leather whip on Alucard in season 1 and it didn't one-shot him
The leather whip does burn vampires and has made night creatures explode but those are fodder enemies, Trevor does mention in S1 that the whip is consecrated so it has a similar effect to blessed/holy items like holy water. The morning star is the whip specifically made to kill dracula which brought a weakened dracula down to his knees in one hit, one shot explodes normal vampires, and was able to gradually irritate/wound death. The leather whip is a good weapon don't get me wrong but the morning star is just so stupidly overpowered.
'VS Erzsebeth' is a very optimistic way to say what happends there.
Ritcher is strong enough to throw hands with advanced vampires. Wonder how Julius would fight.
Probably get clapped also 😂😂
@@Mister_Terrific806Julius gonna nuke the castle via his energy.
@@Mister_Terrific806 Julius can break Castlevania with one Grand Cross. You know nothing of Mr. J.
@@Mister_Terrific806Julius can literaly destroy the draculas castle just by releasing his energy, he was the one that killed Dracula for good
@@Mister_Terrific806Gold: Jonathan, Simon, Julius
Platinum: Richter, Juste, Reinhardt, Leon
Silver: Christopher, Maria
Steel: John, Trevor
Iron: Quincy, Eric, Carrie
Bronze: Yoko, Loretta, Stella
Copper: Soleil
now it occurs to me, why Maria's powers were so different from a speakers magic?, because they are combined with devil forgemaster powers.
from her father side.
No.
Her father is not a forgemaster, and her powers are explained, they have nothing to do with hell. She connected old celtic stone circles with her magic to gain access to the „otherworld“ which isnt hell. And her father made a deal with a demon to gain the machine to create nightcreatures. He isnt a born forgemaster like hector or Isaac
@@martireh6076 source??
@@martireh6076Her summons are from Chinese/Japanese mythology in the games. I don’t remember if they changed it in the show.
@@ayar2the show…?
The smile of richter when he misses his attack : "please go easy on me " 😂😂😂
I love the idea that they are giving night creatures a lot of depths and free will here. I remember we saw a glimpse of that in the previous series when Isaac was talking to that night creature in the desert if I remember correctly.
The turtle uppercut gets me every time 😂
I just noticed Richter starts winning against the fire monster when he switches to the correct element for a type advantage. Love the game Easter eggs!
Nothing is funnier to me than Richter unlocking his magic and then preceding to almost exclusively use it to throw hands
The vampire has infinity😂
She hit that infinite void when she walked in the church lol
That girl need to summon mahoraga
@@isumademonfox8913we may need a space like slash in order to finish her off... well she won't be missed tho
😂
Richter putting that Belnades blood to good use.
how can she be this powerful?!
Richter needs a new whip!
Remember she consumed a goddess blood and apotheosized or she is the goddess herself either way it was funny as hell that she beelined for the church. She really said “you know what I got a win and it’s early better clap them heroes before they cook” 😂
Richter needs to find the Morning Star whip it's his only hope to beat her
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Well, if Richter finds that knife, and we had a nickel for every time that the Belmonts had to kill a once-thought un-killable god-like being...
We'd have a nickel, and we're about to get a *dime.*
Isn t she going to have a crush on alucard? As expected of his girlfriend?
If Alucard has the Heirloom Sword, then Richter needs the Belmont's most treasured artifact, the Morningstar
Only a Belmont can throw hands at the face of absolute death and smirk afterwards.
Richter’s face at 2:25 😅 was like “I’m fkd aren’t I ? “
Damn there are creatures immune to the the Belmont's whip.
Well the vampire killer definitely that's what the morningstar was created for it was essentially the strongest or one of the strongest weapons the belmonts had.
he needs the morningstar. lol
or the godkiller, the one trevor used to kill death.
Simply Richter needs a better weapon
@@lanlingwang8489Isn’t that destroyed?
I still love the teamwork of trevor,sylphia, and alucard... it has that certain coolness to it, whenever they attack they do it coordinately...
Hope Alucard will train them...
Just wait how they’ll develop them. Richter and Maria are beasts.
This show had the worst case of, "Oh no, the script says the fight has to go this way." I've seen in a while. It dances between, "Ha, is that 3 vampires?" to "Oh god! 3 vampires!" in terms of danger so often that they have to result to a villain that just no sells literally everything(a feat no other creature we've seen so far has peformed) to establish that the scene has to end the way it does.
That hand swapping was crazy. This gotta be my favorite fight scene.
Perfectly cut! Between Maria's ingenuity and Richter's top-tier bending, they *had* this if Ersekhmet was 10 secs later
Whoever animated that whip, deserves a raise.
I think Richter is way cooler when he loses his whip and combines magic with a hand to hand fighting style.
It brings back memories watching Ritcher fight like Sypha
2:16 You just know she LET that attack through on purpose just to show him how pointless it was
yep. cause there is a difference between beating your opponent, or crushing their will to fight. showing them anything they do is pointless.
Imagine putting Camilla and Erzsebet in the same room. 💀💀
Sehkmet would clap Carmilla hard. She is literally untouchable, while Carmilla was "just" a vampire. A vampire can do only so much against a literal egyptian goddess.
Thy would have team up so hard. Camilla would have been hyped to see the all powerful and in charge women.
Thats too much girl boss energy. It could collapse the entire planet into a singularity. 😂
@@AltherotCarmilla wouldve killed her on the spot.
@@Altherot She isn't a god, shes just a egomaniac vampire, theres literally no proof she's a deity beyond her summoning a black orb and changing outfits.
Gotta say, that combo with the turtle into the lighting cat from Maria was pretty fire hahsh
In my experience, to kill a god, you need either a demon or another god’s power. Though Annette’s god power didn’t work
Something tells me she wasn't using them right. We never did see her learn to "listen" to her ancestors. Possible room to power up next season.
@@horrorfan117 there IS plenty of room for her power-up. She is connected to the Orixá Ogum.
Ogum is a hero-god of fire , metallurgy and war. She only barely used metallurgy.
However , there is another power-up that Annette could receive , but I doubt it they will do that , which is São Jorge.
In Candomblé , Ogum is syncretized with Saint George , as "São Jorge". As an orixá-saint that is equally a dragonslayer and a dragonrider , which one of it's feats was battling in the moon.
But they will not go in that route , Annette is from the French Carribean , while Candomblé is from South America.
You must have a lot of experience killing gods
Professional god/demon slayer huh 😂
That ritual knife would have been mighty usefull here.
2:25 Richter like damn I’m cooked ☠️
0:30 I love that flying knee, right hook combo Richter lands Drolta.
I didn’t realize this had already come out. Better not spoil it for myself
That bird summoning sequence was so majestic
Suzaku!
For anyone wondering since I see a lot of people asking where the morning star is, it’s with Juste I believe. In the scene where we see his hut. There is a chest there. If it’s not there then Alucard might have it.
Pretty sure Trevor dropped it when he was in the infinite corridor
@@ogchripsboi8038 Maybe it got sucked in, because Trevor dropped it when he was fighting Death, his left arm was broken so he couldn't hold two weapons. He dropped it on top of the castle.
But you might be right, it might be in the IC.
I have the theory that Alucard and Juste may know each other already, and Juste was the one who called him when things started to get worse, Juste may have been living at the Belmont Hold back in Wallachia and just moved to France to watch over Richter after he arrived, is possible that Trevor or Alucard retrieved the Morning Star after season 4 or maybe some other Belmont, Christopher or Simon maybe, either way, they probably still have it somewhere
To be a magic user and proficient in close quarter combat. Richter seems to be more fund of using hand to hand combat than Trevor against vampires.
But then again I was smiling when I watch Richter punch, knee, kick Drolta. Like dude, she has regenerative powers. A hit with out weapon or magic won't even leave a bruise. But then again he's unlike Trevor who uses his wit in combat.
Hoping his grandfather will train him.
@godjihyo5847 if he gets trained by both his grand dad and Alucard then he'll be unstoppage.
Especially if he also gets the morning star.
THE BLONDE SPELL CASTER IS THE BEST MAGIC USER IVE EVER SEEN. FINALLY A PROPER FEM MAGE AAAAAA SHE SUMMONS ANIMALSSSSSSSS
Seeing this for the first time was such a blast.
Is S2 in development!? Can't wait for s2
1 or 2 years or so.
@@martmandred9182thats my gripe at least 2 seasons should be ready to go
it’s coming January 25
I love that cheeky grin Ricktor gives just before he's thrown away.
Maria is a whole Pokémon trainer lol
belmonts : come on, catch these hands😂
Richter and drolta straight brawling on the ground was good
Richter trying to attack Bathory has the same energy of Ash trying to punch Mewtwo.
This is the best animated series Netflix has ever made.
Bathorys voice really creeped me out the most of all vampires.
0:31 Smahs Bros Ritcher be like
The gave him falcon knee
Wow I like how this thread of comments is full of insightful analysis. 👏🏿 I'm starting to get into animation and learned so much from how these people are critiquing and highlighting the unique fighting styles of each character.