These is Bloody Shoes: ‘Castlevania: Nocturne’ S2 Review

After what feels like forever the lords of content have delivered the gift of gifts, Castlevania is back in the building! Nocturne: Season 2 returns with the goods and all the pieces needed to craft a beautiful season of animation. We still haven’t recovered from the tsunami that was the Arcane, and Netflix serves up another brilliant season of cartoon gold. Nocturne feels different this time like all the pieces have come together perfectly, in unison, like an orchestra. Pared down, lean, and mean as always, but does it have everything that made the first season so great? Nocturne S1 Ending Recap [Aria] Yes, yes it does. Proven, by taking us right where we left off. Things are not so great, city vamps up ten. Erzebet is in full effect with the eclipse-making abilities of a god. The Abbot Emmanuel has this reluctant Forgemaster thing on lock. Tera has been turned into a vampire, Maria is out cold, Richter and Annette got run out of the city. Not much is going right, Alucard popped out last second with a three from the logo and took resident bad biddie Drolta off the board. This down-on-our-luck, plucky underdogs story is what makes the Castlevania series great. Even from its’ source material, that feeling that the odds are insurmountable but you have no choice but to take on an army of evil, one versus one million. Clive Bradley, Samuel and Adam Deats, Testament, Zodwa Nyoni, and Temi Oh are firing on all cylinders as a creative team. You can tell because the idea that the vil…