DRIFTERS EPISODE 3 & 4 LIVE REACTION | THESE MFS GOT DRAGONS

[@Borderose]

All Drifters and Ends are historical figures, but the twisted thing here is that when they get isekai'd to this world what they end up being classified as is dependent on how much "regret" they felt at their end or how much they ended up hating humanity when they reflected upon everything they did. Not their morals. The Drifters died with no or little regrets, the Ends often ended up cursing their fates. Funny thing is? It's often the historical dicks (the warlords, assassins, brutes, and dictators) who die with no regrets. Because their whole life was basically about serving exactly what they wanted to do rather than fight for another's cause. So they often end up becoming Drifters. Moreover, they often end up taking their new shot at life to correct where they felt they fucked up in their first life. However? Martyrs? Heroes? They often meet grissly "ends"--too many of them at the hands of the people they were living for or trying to save. The purer the figure? The deeper the corruption.

[@Sweet_Venom0027]

That makes a lot of sense. Which is why the person I'm thinking the Black King must be is very disheartening...

[@JohanCruyff-the-Dutch-GOAT]

Hakuraita many theories say the black king is freaking Jesus! My god that would be insane and I don’t think in a good way

[@Borderose]

Also, just wait until you guys catch a glimpse of the Drifter founder of the Orte Empire. lol

[@coltonwilliams4153]

That guy didn’t learn a single thing from his first life. He might’ve been a Drifter, but he was always a monster to his last breath.

[@Borderose]

@@coltonwilliams4153 Well, he changed _one_ thing. Because that's where he thought he went wrong apparently. _He_ changed targets.

[@Alas85]

Hannibal Barca and Scipio Africanus, the two greatest generals to ever face off in Mediterranean antiquity. If Hannibal was one of the greatest tacticians of the ancient world that went undefeated for almost two decades ransacking the Italian countryside and almost making Rome drop to it's knees, repetitively, then Africanus was the master strategist that countered his plans to receive the reinforces from Hispania that he needed to breach the gates of Rome, was able to take unteakable cities in a night, and conjure cavalry out of thin air, while also cutting the flow of gold by invading the heart of Qart Hadasht and Carthage and forcing Hannibal to face him on his terms at Zama.

[@nickelakon5369]

@Trashthlete which is exactly why their first scene is Hannibal arguing that Scipio stole his ideas.

[@thechanglongwang]

@Trashthlete Italy's national anthem mentions him, "Brothers of Italy, Italy has woken up, her head adorns itself with Scipio's helm. Where's victory? She bows her head, for God made her Rome's slave. Let's gather in legions, we're ready for death, Italy has called."

[@chodori2041]

A primer on the identities of the Ends: Hijikata Toshizo was the vice-commander of the Shinsengumi, the famous police force organized by the military government near the end of the Tokugawa shogunate. Anime fans probably know him best as the mayo-loving, stoic, chivalrous badass from Gintama. His power is summoning the spirits of his dead comrades to battle for him. Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanovna was the youngest child of Tsar Nicolas II, the last king of imperial Russia. She and her family were executed by communist revolutionaries in July 1918, 9 months after the Russian Civil War broke out in force. Rasputin was an infamous Russian self-proclaimed mystic and prophet who became an eminence grise by curring favor with Anastasia's father. He was assassinated by a conglomerate of nobles at the end of 1916. Your initial suspicions was correct. That _is_ Minamoto no Yoshitsune albeit an idealized form based on legends that stressed his beauty and charisma. He and Yoichi had a contentious relationship stemming from their alliance during the Gempei War. The absolute unit guarding Joan of Arc is Gilles de Rais, historically remembered for battling besides her during the Hundred Years War and being convicted of stomach-churning crimes after he retired from military life. The Black King is well...the clues only point to one figure.

[@Reanimatedyt]

CosmicSpiral thanks for the background info bro! And okay so it is minamoto!

[@mr.dirtydan3338]

I hear Hijikata all I think of is Gintama

[@tartoflan]

Nice round-up. Personally, I'm quite sad that Anastasia, Joan and Rasputin's designs don't look at all like their historical counterparts, but I understand that Hirano wanted to depict idealized versions of them, just like he did with Alucard in Hellsing.

[@chodori2041]

@@tartoflan Really it's Hirano recycling a lot of character designs and characterization from Hellsing. Toyohisa = original design but a ton of Yumiko in him Nobunaga = Alucard's original form + Pip Yoichi = original design but shares similarities in personality with Shrodinger Kanno = same foul-mouthed exuberance and arrogance as Luke Valentine Olminu = combination of Seras and Rip van Winkle Joan = Cleaned-up version of Zorin Yoshitsune = almost identical version of Girlycard Rasputin = combination of Integra and Enrico Maxwell Hijikata = the Major with dark messy hair I think he wanted Anastasia to be more visually striking as her withdrawn, dour personality would allow her to be overshadowed by the other Ends. Obviously the real one was a chubby-cheeked effervescent teenager with curly dark hair, not a lithe ethereal ghost with waist-long white hair.

[@chodori2041]

@John Doe It could also be Hirano is setting us up for the mother of all fakeouts. We still don't know who the Black King is in the manga. Episode 10 does the most in cementing the Jesus theory, but there's still a chance it's something who erroneously believes he's Christ or mendaciously pretending to be him. The craziest theory I've heard is he's a version of Christ from one of the other universes shown in the hallway, which is why the Octobrist leader in Episode 3 says he's not supposed to exist in that world.

[@kingjahad9177]

If some of you dont know the two who's riding, they are the famous thieves Sundance Kid and Butch Cassidy

[@Ryuseishun]

Legit one of my favorite series. It’s just so fun, intense, and badass. I couldn’t find myself bored with this for even a few seconds. Just wished they had a s2, though

[@Reanimatedyt]

It's dope so far!

[@chrismyers3937]

Hannibal was a monster in the eyes of Rome. He was the only General to be able to get to Rome when he fought them. He went to the door, knocked, and walked away (Hannibal at the gates, as you said). He walked elephants over the Alps instead of doing a naval invasion. Romans used him as a boogeyman to keep children behaved. Scipio was the one to finally stop Hannibal. I don't know much about him, but he was a very important figure in Roman life. Fun note, Scipio and Hannibal are said to have met at a diplomatic dinner after the war, and Scipio asked who he thought the top three generals in history was Alexander (small army to beat countless and went to India), Phyrrus (The dude that is the source of the term Phyrric Victory), and then Hannibal himself. He also said that if Scipio didn't beat him, he'd be number 1, implying that he would have ranked Scipio as number 4 in the ranking. Now, sources for this aint great, so whether or not it's true is up for debate. The cowboys are Sundance Kid and Butch Cassidy. Butch Cassidy was a gang leader and Sundance was one of his men. Sundance broke Butch Cassidy out at one point. I aint much of a Wild West history person, so I just got their names. Yall know of Joan de Arc, the guy behind her is Guiles de Rey (spelling?). Who, after she died, tried to carry on her legacy. Anatasia with her too many damn names, was a Russian princess (not tooo long before the Soviet Union). She supposedly died to harsh Russian winters when they were driven out the palace. The dude behind her is Rasputin, a priest/monk who manipulated the entire Russian royal family and was known to almost be like a cult of personality. He was left dead in a ditch by peasants. My Russian history is a bit rusty, so I may have things slightly wrong. I don't know the Japanese dude with the Ends or the dude sitting on the sidelines. And my WW2 history aint good enough to remember people.

[@Reanimatedyt]

Crazy Shady wow that’s a lot, thank you!

[@DanielKjeldal]

I really wouldn't say that Gilles de Rais tried to carry on Joan of Arc's legacy as much as her death broke him. He ended up becoming a horrific person who would abduct children who he and his friends would then molest, mutilate and murder. He was eventually caught and executed after he killed a priest and the church started to realize that a knight of France had gone mad.

[@Reanimatedyt]

@@DanielKjeldal Oh wow thanks for that info!

[@chrismyers3937]

@@DanielKjeldal See, I thought it was the other way around. He was doing bad shit untilJoan set him right and when she died it galvanized him. My bad.

[@DanielKjeldal]

@@chrismyers3937 No worries my man, history is complicated enough with the big events and people to remember every detail of a relatively minor person like Gilles de Rais. :)

[@haeckx94x]

You'll notice that the Ends have "superpower" or special abilities that are related to the way they died. Jean for example was burned to death that why she has fire powers and is the way she is. .....And let's see if you can get an idea of who the black king is by seeing his future actions and any marks on his body.

[@Reanimatedyt]

SebasH94 already got it spoiled by Jack asses in the comments.

[@haeckx94x]

@@Reanimatedyt some people like to hurt feelings

[@Reanimatedyt]

SebasH94 it’s all good. Writing their names in the death note next episode.

[@haeckx94x]

@@Reanimatedyt add ....."swallowed by gigant toad" ...."died in explosion"

[@Axle_J]

@@Reanimatedyt god fucking dammit.

[@anthonylastname1467]

I prefer the plane guys voice in dub since he's just cursing up a storm the entire time. (Well even more of a storm than he already is)

[@JunJun-wf1gj]

Jesus Christ! This anime is lit. 😏🤣🔥

[@neojin]

Is this a pun?

[@nathaliemaesanchez3824]

Jesus is the black king

[@fbgchichitm]

I remember after this anime came out in 2016 I believe they said a season 2 was coming. 4 years later still no season 2 lol

[@Reanimatedyt]

Yikes...

[@ssj2tarble]

@@Reanimatedyt new god of high school trailer is out....july 2020

[@Reanimatedyt]

ssj2tarble yeah we saw, will be reacting tomorrow

[@PPSadlon]

@@Reanimatedyt That may or may not mean anything. With some of the series which I've enjoyed over the year have had greater gaps. Slayers had an 10+ year gap between the third season, Slayers Try, & the fourth season, Slayers Revolution, and the Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki series had 10 years between the second OVA & third OVA & another 10 until the fourth. The Macross series has similarly large gaps between related series. That said there are also a number that I seen have that are deader than doornails.

[@PPSadlon]

The largest tentative gap I've seen so far is 20 years to announce an official pitch for a sequel. That was supposedly 3 years ago and I don't know if anything became of it though.

[@vanguardduelist]

Anastasia Romanov, like from the Anastasia movie. You know, the one with the talking bat

[@haeckx94x]

Btw I noticed you have some knowledge of Japanese history. I would recommend you watch "golden kamui" is really cool, there is action, funny moments and blood oh and it takes place during the Japan civil war (I think) so there a a couple of historical figures. Is not Edo or something but like early 1900s (or late 1800s)

[@Reanimatedyt]

SebasH94 ah okay thank you!

[@Borderose]

I second Kamui. The whole thing reads like a wild Tarantino story.

[@skin2423]

Yall should check out Samurai Champloo and see if you like it. It's like clean swordfights mixed with a hip-hop track

[@Reanimatedyt]

skin seen it!

[@skin2423]

@@Reanimatedyt damn

[@Blacknarock]

Thank you for puting the reaction to such a good anime but underrated. I also like the fact the animation the full episode si basically full with no cuts.You dont see that often these days on KZbin. I dont mind the filter. Great job guys and im really impressed with your knowledge about big history figures like Oda.

[@Reanimatedyt]

Thanks so much!

[@greenspectre13]

I’ve waited a long time for someone to react to drifters. I’m a huge fan of your reactions

[@Reanimatedyt]

Thanks so much!!

[@TheBigKaiju]

I remember a little bit about Hannibal from college history, basically this dude was a Carthage General who led a legitimately difficult campaign against the Rome and apparently introduced the idea taming elephants the trample enemies. I could be remembering it wrong though so any history buffs in the comments sort me out

[@Punished_Luna]

I can't remember if he was the one to come up with the pincer movement as a battle strategy

[@chodori2041]

@@Punished_Luna He wasn't the first general to use it (Alexander often relied on cavalry flanks to envelop enemy armies), but he did immortalize the tactic at Cannae due to how thoroughly he routed the Roman army. His genius was in deliberately retreating his inner infantry to draw the opponent into a trap while the cavalry wings collapsed onto the sides.

[@chodori2041]

He was arguably one of the greatest generals of antiquity besides Philip of Macedon, Alexander and Pyrrhus of Epirus. For 15 years he occupied the Italian countryside without reinforcements or supplies from Carthage, winning every single battle with recruits levied from nearby towns. He also innovated military strategy by focusing on disrupting communications and forcing moves via superior positioning in lieu of straightforward battles. Hannibal was IMO the greatest historical influence on how land-based warfare was conducted in Europe + the Middle East until Subutai Baghatur introduced the concept of maneuver warfare during his western campaigns.

[@Alas85]

Carthage had used elephants for decades before Hannibal was ever born. He is remembered for taking elephants across the alps to invade Italia by surprise, getting to the very gates of Rome, and winning battle after battle for 14 years by redefining the very way that armies fought at the time (pincer movements and flexible wings instead of strong push by the center) He was also know to collect Roman Consular rings (The consul was the highest possibly roman official) because he defeated so many roman armies that he got to kill many Roman Consuls.

[@Borderose]

He wasn't the first one to use elephants in battle, but he was the first and only guy in history to get them to cross the Alps. He took Rome unawares because of that ballsy move. But, yeah, Hannibal was goddamn _artist_ of the battlefield. Every single one of his battles has been studied by military historians and deemed masterclasses in battlefield tactics. His magnum opus being, of course, the Battle of Cannae, where he became the first person to use the double envelopment tactic on an open field with a much smaller army.

[@soma918]

Oh yeah I forgot to tell you after you watch the EP 12 of this series there are still EP 13 and 14 in the drifters special and EP 15 in the drifters the outlandish knight that's the last ep they make tho.

[@roopekreula6808]

Who is Black King? He tryid to save humans, He was rejected by humans, He have a power to heal. He is... JESUS CHRIST!!

[@Autechltd]

Hannibal Barca and Scipio Africanus are no joke. Hannibal in particular is an absolute unit of a general who is considered one of the top 5 generals in all of history, who felled 20% of Roman males and brought Rome to his knees in his campaigns. He was only let down by the internal politics of Carthage. Even Napoleon concedes that Hannibal outranked him in generalship. As impressive as the Japanese drifters are, the opposition should count themselves lucky that they aren't facing Hannibal in his prime, especially since he later gets hold of black powder. While the Ends have superpowers, these two generals' military intellect are practically a super power in their own right.

[@zeninmegumi6173]

Yo reanimated by the way they dropped the official trailer for God of highschool fire

[@Reanimatedyt]

Will be reacting tomorrow!

[@zeninmegumi6173]

@@Reanimatedyt cant wait

[@In-The-Zone]

The person who voices the pilot in the dub is the same VA of Yusuke and Kirishima, so if you wanna hear him swear up a storm its pretty fun lol.

[@Reanimatedyt]

Haha nice! Yusuke ftw!

[@LegitLord2000]

This so good, season 2 was supposed to come out last December tho :(

[@mobiushelldoctor1423]

Jesus healing people... funny you say that

[@jaredohlstein7355]

One thing the subbed version has over the dub is the Black King's voice the dub puts a lot of filter over the voice so he sounds more like a vengeful robot. It doesn't sound good

[@FairysHuff]

POSSIBLE SPOILER COMMENT READ NO FURTHER: The Black King may be Jesus in my guess. There are clues dropped here and there through out the series.

[@Ruffles2255]

Quality Thumbnails as always lads

[@cija523]

There were some interesting theories trying to figure out what was the black king's real identity. I hope you guys try and theorize as well who he really is :D :D XD

[@Reanimatedyt]

Ivan Aviguetero too late already got spoiled by idiots in the comments.

[@cija523]

@@Reanimatedyt God damn those guys! Ruining the fun. Well don't worry, even in the manga we still don't know his identity. A theory is still theory.

[@Reanimatedyt]

Ivan Aviguetero yeah true, still sucks it got spoiled though, ruined the fun in guessing.

[@yuutaasaba3583]

Jesus I think? Hahaha

[@Malevolent74]

The fuck is with yall spoiling this for them in the comments? Let them watch this shit for themselves and figure it out.

[@Benxall]

I may be wrong but I think cigarret boy is jotaro

[@CalmNoises]

Y'all should check out Hajime No Ippo, especially the first season. It's a dope take on boxing.

[@gus6327]

Ayee we early. Btw official trailer of god of highschool is out. Waiting for yall reaction

[@Reanimatedyt]

Yup! Will be reacting tomorrow!

[@Malevolent74]

The next episode is so damn dope

[@gerardmourits8709]

Next episode shit's about come so hard it rains from the sky

[@Yuki_Ika7]

the ends are all (i think) betrayed in thier life on earth

[@kmstx2]

Just like my girls period I'm late but I'm here Jk I ain't got no chick

[@Reanimatedyt]

Damn so some random chick's period is late lmao. Sounds like you and that period have a lot in common haha

[@Traveldan]

Guys, do a reaction on the dubbed version, it is waaaayyyy better. I usually watch subbed to stick with the authentic voices but drifters has the bwst english voiceover ive heard ESPECIALLY Toyohisa 😎😎😎

[@johnnylight0]

a common idea is that the black king is Jesus Christ

[@nicolasmartinez2448]

Not gonna lie the dub version was pretty good too

[@legendaryseph9406]

I’ve always thought the black King was Ramesses II, anyone else agree

[@Reanimatedyt]

I kept hearing Jesus

[@Yurie13]

that moment when the spoiler counts are too high.. lol

[@sowhat7321]

I thought it was a season 2 lol

[@swiperthesniper5657]

This shows kinda all over the place lol

[@sandyvirgantara6232]

Please react the new official trailer the god of highschool, that was awesome bro

[@dianaiji1376]

tera formars please

[@IvPunisherG]

React to god of highschool new trailer !!!!

[@alejandrogayosso6421]

Yessir 🤙🤙

[@Reanimatedyt]

You always fast af lol

[@konstantinekalandia1138]

26:45 ;-)

[@Rebirth419]

THE DUB OF THIS IS FUNNY AS HELL

[@soma918]

26 second early

[@harisansari8108]

You talk way too much

[@Reanimatedyt]

Stfu it’s a reaction