Weapons in Castlevania Nocturne: Cool AND Realistic!

[@Alacaelum]

I noticed the small sword being handled strangely by that vampire, but as every other character handle theirs very well it downed on me... that vampire doesn't know how to really fight. He is a vampire aristocrat, i doubt he has seriously fought anyone in decades, if even... it is his wife that goes out to hunt people, she clearly knows how to handle a sword. That scrub just kept that sword as a form of status probably and mostly would depend on his vampire strength, but Richter isn't a untrained villager.

[@bellystraw]

I really like that idea

[@ZonaiHero-ul5nm]

@@bellystrawSame.

[@Ninjaananas]

I think the Marquis(the vampire with the short sword) was simply just untrained. Vampires can rely on their enhanced strength and speed to defeat most humans, thus they don't really have to get skilled. Also, I wished you would have covered Mizrak's fighting style but I guess that would have delved too much into spoilers. Nonetheless, I loved your video and I am glad for this insight.

[@ArcMinuteLight]

Remember, that's a late 18th century french aristocrat who spent his days with participating in courtly drama at Versailles; the french monarch had neutered the aristocratic class' military tradition by that time.

[@docomega7862]

​@@ArcMinuteLightit wasn't completely neutered. More like if they participated into military action, they would be officers rather than frontline soldiers. That aristocratic tradition for military officers was one of the reasons France's navy got so easily destroyed during the 7 years war (I don't know how english speakers call this war, I'm french), because we had a lot of incompetent officers compared to the british navy with a bit more of a meritocratic system

[@Toneill029]

@@ArcMinuteLight But also when you’re a vampire you have a lot of time and with that time you can get really good with a weapon. Like seriously look at Dracula’s old court, not an amateur among them. It’s no excuse to try.

[@ArcMinuteLight]

@@Toneill029 If the aristocrats in the french courts, who had all the time and luxury in the world didn't try to begin with, what makes you think giving them *even more* time and luxury would make them try?

[@77redrum77]

Having a vampire flat out REFUSE to learn a new sword technique to match the newer blades available is so hilarious to me. "Back in my day, we use to club people to death and we LIKED it that way! All this fancy shmancy parrying is driving me insane."

[@taylankammer]

I think it's pretty clear what happened in those scenes where one-handed weapons were being held in two hands: the director decided that they wanted that to happen because reasons, and the person responsible for historic accuracy didn't get to veto the decision. Isn't that more or less what always happens, even when there's crew dedicated to checking historical accuracy? In the end, they go with what's cool, coz it's entertainment first and foremost, not a documentary.

[@DeAthWaGer]

Same for people being able to whisper to each other while gunfire is going off or just finished. Although a realistic tinnitus ring would trigger everyone's who's watching.

[@HeadCannonPrime]

My guess is this was drawn by eastern (Korean, Japanese) artists who would be VERY accustomed to drawing 2 handed swords from other anime and just fell back on what they know to get the job done. And it looked cool enough that nobody really wanted to make them fix it.

[@taylankammer]

@@HeadCannonPrime That sounds very plausible indeed.

[@WarriorCicada]

​@@HeadCannonPrimethat's my thoughts since they all seem to be using any sword like it was a katana.

[@lucas_lipp]

​@@HeadCannonPrime sorry for the late reply. I might be wrong, here, but I think all of the story boarding was done in the US, by Powerhouse Studio. I'm pretty sure Sam Deats boarded a lot of shots and I also follow a couple of other people on Twitter that did story boards and are from the US, but I forgot the names. whoops If I remember correctly, one of them tweeted at some point that a lot of the in-betweens were done by a Korean studio, but I don't think they animated by themselves, as they had storyboards (and maybe key frames) to follow. I might be wrong, though, just thought I'd point out what little I remember.

[@allengordon6929]

Maria is still a child. It's entirely possible that rapier was meant for an adult, possibly a male town guard, Terra, or an aristocrat she assassinated.

[@senorstyx3011]

Your most likely on the mark as they don't make weapons for children.

[@Diremouse42]

The handle also looks to change length at times...her mother is a speaker magician so it could be magical in nature.

[@anitaremenarova6662]

Yeah, it makes sense she'd need to use both hands because she's not an experienced melee fighter and lets enemies into her range at which point she needs to guard with it which wasn't a strong part of rapiers either.

[@allengordon6929]

@@senorstyx3011 they did, just not rapiers for peasant children. If she did get a weapon made for her it would realistically be something like annette's cleaver-hangers except thinner and with an actual hilt.

[@PapaDeusVult]

Glad someone brought up this point, because isn't the Oakeshott Typology contextually based upon a person's particular physique and measurements in order to determine what dimensions their sword would be? Maria's rapier could be for someone above the measurements of her physique. Either illegally obtained or salvaged from a dead soldier or man-at-arms, considering she's a revolutionary

[@JustGrowingUp84]

Realistic weapons? Supernatural and magic? Maria?!!! Is this a sequel to Maria The Virgin Witch?! I'm joking, but I did watch that one because of you, Skall!

[@captainbean3114]

I think you're basically right on the money for your point about the smallsword around 5:50 It looks like one of those choices thats made more due to the composition of the scene, as opposed to something more realistic - I think the animators wanted the vampire to look like it turns into a savage, a monster if you will, when it lunges at you - so they have him hold his limbs outstretched in a telegraphed swing. It certainly reads to me more like an artistic choice, versus one driven by the reality of the situation, if I'm making any sense. TLDR; They thought "this looks cool" and didn't think any further for that one, the rest is of this is all straight gas tho

[@anitaremenarova6662]

Also it just makes sense story-wise, that particular vampire is just a nobleman with 0 fighting experience meaning of course he'd have no idea how to use that sword effectively.

[@MaaZeus]

I like the idea of him being a very old vampire who's fighting style came from old cutting swords and he hasn't had the chance to adapt his skills to a 100% thrusting weapon. Obviously this idea is grasping at straws and animators went with the rule of cool. But still, I do like this idea a lot. Who knows how old this vampire is, cutting swords have been probably the most common swords in history up to that point so who knows how many centuries of muscle memory a vampire like that has about sword fighting. Something like this could very well be written into a good character.

[@dumb214]

to be fair, it gets the point across better that the vampire has turned into a savage if he's using his weapon incorrectly as well while he does it

[@Riceball01]

@@MaaZeus Or, maybe he's used to a cut and thrust weapon but wants to remain fashionable. So in deference to his training while remaining fashionable, he carries not a small sword but a spadroon. This way, he still has a cut and thrust sword while remaining fashionable at the same time.

[@prestonh.2771]

@@MaaZeus Nah, that particular vampire was a recently turned French Nobleman. Just some posh git whom the older vampires turned so they could exploit for his political power and personal wealth. Legit just untrained and swinging wildly, trying to rely on his new vampiric strength and speed to win. That is why Richter dispatches him fairly quickly and easily. The most surprising thing about him is that he lasted in the fight as long as he did lol

[@shadown5757]

Thank you skallagrim for another interesting, entertaining and informative video 😎👍

[@det.bullock4461]

My guess is that at least in a few shots they probably recycled some animation to avoid stretching the budget, it's much less time consuming when you have the movements figured it out and if they had some animation left from the first series where characters used cutting two handed swords more often it would explain the random instances of two handed use of one handed swords. Even big budget Disney movies often did it, so I can see an animated TV series with presumably a much lower budget would do it too.

[@akumaking1]

Can Skallagrim do a review of weapons in the Avatar franchise? (I mean the Nickelodeon show, not the alien cat people)

[@HeadCannonPrime]

Now I want him to review the alien cat people weapons!

[@johntheknight3062]

I think the swinging and double handed rapiers are more product of a default anime animations than anything else.

[@xiggroc]

the hoodie/jacket thing u wearing is this vid is so dope bro plz link it 😭

[@feanenatreides]

8:57 ...So THAT'S where that phrase came from! I always assumed it was some cooking thing I didn't get, damn that makes a lot more sense.

[@wakeful1710]

just finished it, loved it. finally, someone who isn't shitting on it!

[@notoriousd.i.g.87]

For the rapier, it could be her sword was designed for someone with larger hands. She has smaller hand and thus can 2 hand it maybe

[@scottmacgregor3444]

2:43 ... Why is the finger ring on that rapier on the opposite side from the knuckle bow?

[@B_Skizzle]

I was gonna say the same thing. It just makes a handshake grip less safe.

[@stricekhribek6363]

Just watched it before watching this video of yours and yaah it's good and the way you pointed out those details it's pretty nice thank you for letting us know

[@torquevonthorne948]

8:49 Hail kislevites streltsi!

[@HeadCannonPrime]

As far as I know Poland is the only country to outfit a military unit with musket axes. And being Poland, they were of course a mounted cavalry unit.

[@mikoajpietrych6168]

I just disovered problem with super speed and muzzleloaders. If you use your ramrod a bit to eagerly, you can accidently cause compression ignition of the gunpowder.

[@nunyabeezwax6758]

GUN BLADES! Not practical but incredibly fucking COOL!

[@ragin2490]

Best knife - pistol is Jack Knife's in "Fists of Iron", a great movie.

[@Ash-Winchester]

If there's one thing I've learned from assassin's creed. It's that the main character *HAS* to look out of place even when he's not supposed to.

[@LuxisAlukard]

Perfect spooktober video!

[@alexanderkesterson6338]

Man how have you not done a video about nightmare of the wolf

[@slickback5100]

Yes, I still find the "End him rightly" meme funny.

[@GameTimeWhy]

That was really cool. I still need to watch the show

[@-.-George-.-]

They actually show the problem with axe-guns in a fight, the vampire guy with the gunbardiche shoots at Richter and misses, brobably because the weight of the blade made the whole gun less accurate and non Easy to aim

[@oldncarvingJohn]

Thanks for sharing your view.

[@caelaxaeandzyllynn]

The two Castlevania series are Incredible! The original was my favorite show for a while (until I watched Attack on Titan), but they might return to being my favorite show (depending on how AoT ends).

[@jedrusnowak3317]

I dont know why and how but youtube dowsnt display your new videos for me. I had to manualy look for them

[@loicduchange4429]

About them fast reloads has anyone considered the use of a skin cartridge ? (it's a real thing it's bullet and a powder charge attached together by having a piece of streched animal gut around it and a few spraks are enough to make it go off so fine with flint or wheel or matcht lock whatever type of lock you rocking) their's a book on it's manufatcuring for all black powder entusiastes it's called "making the skin cartridge".

[@paperboy1116]

the marquiss' wife using the gunblade absolutely floored me. I thought it was such a cool thing for them to throw in when they could have just had her using a pistol and a dagger instead. Adds a lot of flair to the show. So glad there's gonna be a season 2!

[@joeyweldin5821]

Hey man I always enjoy your videos quite a bit. I was wondering if you could give me your thoughts and opinions on a Karambit style gun blade I only ask cuz Karambit already have a high degree of angle between the blade and grip the only issue would come from being held in an ice pick grip as the Karambit normally is I don't know what effect the barrel being on the bottom of the hand would have versus being on the top overall I always enjoy your content and look forward to seeing Future videos

[@theguileraven7014]

A pistol gripped rapier or Kukuri would make more sense.

[@frostaegis8653]

tbf, Maria is a tiny little girl in the setting so her hands fit, it's fine.

[@thomast8284]

Ok, I'm sorry to say, but you got this all wrong -- she is NOT fighting two-handed. She is trying to unscrew the pommel while fighting to END HIM RIGHTLY. FTFY :)

[@travishancock9120]

Yes, end them rightly.

[@jo3y960]

The skana from Warframe is said to be based off a shashka

[@ThailandOutsider]

The shashka(spelling?) Is kinda similar to some of the eleven swords in the LOTR movies? 🤷

[@TheSpadaLunga]

The spelling is correct 👌🏻

[@kdefensemartialarts8097]

👍

[@devin5201]

I think it makes sense for that guy to use the small sword wrong because at least I had the impression through the show that he's just some loser with too much status.

[@greywolfful]

Rapier's guard is wierd. The ring for protection is on the wrong side, and this hammergrips on rapier all the time -_-

[@DaVe-pb4le]

Dog brothers gathering pls 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@lokuzt]

All the two handling of rapier and smallsword might come from the animators being used to draw katanas and having japanese references.

[@justinm4497]

hmmm Hey Skallagrim, im not an avid watcher, but I'm curious.... considering the state of the world, and we have swarms of people flocking in from the southern border, who either A. don't care about us or B. want to murder us, and the rioting we have going on here and there, would you say its time for people to start wearing armor again? the more I think about it, the more I think, why did we ever stop wearing armor??

[@FENomadtrooper]

Wait, Maria uses a sword in the anime? Why did the nerf her? She should be a walking nuke wielding bunnies and little birds.

[@grouchypseudopod354]

Algorithm mcalgorithm

[@edux54]

my comment for the algorithm

[@MikhaelHausgeist]

Unfortunately almost none of visual artist know about how and why and what actually exist or may work in general. Only counted one may knew and actually think about object they drawing. This fact always pissing me off. Thankfully thier count kind a grow with time, but then all beautifulness of thier work just got destroyed by others who work on same project. It can be writers, it can be animators or modellers or even actual game designers - You name it. I really found some awesome artists who made stuff for some games, but in actual game thier concept just got straightly brocken. For me "It's work because magic/too much advanced technology!" plainly don't work. It's only pissing me off. Unfortunately many artist just say also "It meant to be something which is impossibly IRL!"... Than look on arts of Jean Giraud(Moebius) or Sydney Jay Mead and then on Your own, on thier art then on Your shit again, than print Your art on paper and use it for it's primary function in toilet! That what I sayed to them... Real things are much more cooler than any imagination, but trick is in use of real thing and improve it with imagination, not poop some unbelivable shit. Than such art's got thier dzen like those shown in this video!

[@tenhayz1889]

I think it's unfaire to compare nocturne to the first series as a whole and call it not as good. Caslevania was really good when it got to seasons 3 and 4, season 1 and 2 were not as good and I think season 1 nocturne compares pretty even with that

[@IsaacKuo]

Yeah, season 1 was really just a long pilot episode, teasing what might or might not become a cool series. And season 2 was ... well, it had a real WTF ending I think. It felt like it was just leading up to a much longer story and then oops Dracula's dead. They actually did it. First try. WTF? That really opened things up for seasons 3 and 4 to get really weird and explore a lot more characters and themes

[@shadown5757]

With all the historical information, depictions and even real life tests using historical weaponry in social media and books easily accessible to the layperson it is wise of modern movie creators to do their best to resemble the real weapons in order to have the action being portrayed to look more realistic and “credible” to the public instead of coming out lame (example some fight scenes in old martial arts movies that look silly and comical to watch 🤷🏻‍♂️).

[@CasparFalkenstein]

Sry, but the Story and writing of Castlevania Nocturne is WAY worse, than the original series! But yes, the weapons are great.

[@acewmd.]

unlike the show, which is absolute crap.

[@CyberVirtual]

According to the casting director I guess we are supposed to believe everybody in France is British like bitch WTF is up with dat? Nothing is realistic in this show anyways but I love it!

[@Valiguss]

I think you’re wrong about the chain whip being bad because it’s really more of a meteor hammer and if you watch like Buddhist monks use them it looks like Trevor fighting

[@bigguy7353]

If the show wasn't woke trash, I might be interested.

[@Ninjaananas]

Just give it a try and ignore all the culture war stuff. Don't you just want to ignore all that drama?

[@CU.SpaceCowboy]

that show was a huge disappointment compared to the regular castlevania. they made it a more bubblegum. i felt the characters were just all thrown together at once without and introduction.

[@savannahwhite1064]

Why does everyone think loading a muzzle loader takes for ever my dad can load a sprifield two times in 30 seconds he has been practicing sense he was 12 if can live for eternity then loading a smooth bore would take seconds sorry for the rant

[@meriscorditan2799]

If I'm not mistaken, the eight-way whipping from CV4 was never implemented again since it made many subweapons useless.

[@Kameth]

Arin Hanson (Egoraptor) did a really good Sequelitis episode on CW4's whip, on how they designed levels and enemy placement based on the secondary weapon but that was rendered moot with the whips new speed and attack angles.

[@scelonferdi]

@@Kameth I guess the solution would've been coming up with new sub weapons or a new utility for the existing ones.

[@Kameth]

@@scelonferdi Yep. It sounded like they included the sub weapons because they were in Castlevania before, not because it fit the game. Traditional and setting trappings are hard to break.

[@franciscosouzaaguirre9688]

@@scelonferdi They took, in my opinion, a better approach to the problem with Rondo of Blood. They ditched the multi-directional whip, but enhanced Richter movement skills a lot, and doubled down on sub-weapons, adding the item crashes. The multi-directional whip is cool, but Rondo of Blood is much more fun to play overall

[@scelonferdi]

@@franciscosouzaaguirre9688 Sure, that's a good approach. Just saying that IF you change the whip you also have to change sub weapons to adjust for the new conditions.

[@aleksyssubmaker2745]

That was a good chunk of realism for something like Castlevania. Only one minor correction: don't throw all Eastern Europe into one pot. Shashkas were specifically Russian, no one really used it outside of Russia. Other Eastern European armies used common European style sabers. Same with bardiche.

[@dicecorporation]

One thing to note is also that the Shashaka is a more modern weapon which was preferred as a cavalry sabre to get in cuts on high speeds or just cuts in general. It wasn't really used for sword clashes outside of performances

[@exomancer3632]

A few Russian weapons here. Because the vampires' mistress is from Russia.

[@gooddaytoyou5256]

Your statement is not entirely correct. Shashka and bardiche were often used outside of Russia. In fact, russian military implemented them after seeing those weapons being used in eastern Europe and eastern countries on the russian borders. So it's not only possible seeing them in use outside of Russia, but considering that series mentions that Holy Roman Empire still exists, it's very likely to see weapons of it's eastern parts

[@Chroma710]

Skall, you should make a video about WW1 weapons like shovels, trench maces, trench knives and bayonets. It would be interesting to see what they would do if someone skilled at fighting with melee weapons tested them out, the few videos that are on KZbin about them tend to be very amateurish in the way they swing these weapons.

[@ErrantMasa]

That made me think of Castlevania: Bloodlines, aka Vampire Killer for the Genesis/Mega Drive and its narrative successor Portrait of Ruin (which happens to tie Bloodlines and Rondo/SotN together) iirc, that is something Matt Easton (scholagladiatoria) might cover if he hasn't already.

[@Chroma710]

@@ErrantMasa Unfortunately Matt Easton doesn't do any practical testing, he only talks about them. And I did find 1 video from him about ww1 but it was just about officer sabers.

[@ErrantMasa]

@@Chroma710 ah. shame, that. the only other person I can think of is Tod Cutler (Tod's Workshop), and I doubt he covers modern arms and armor

[@tristanmilner9511]

Didn't Skal do a video on Shovel Knight?

[@Chroma710]

@@tristanmilner9511 No, he has not. He did make a video of a cheap modern e-tool shovel but nothing else.

[@skjaldulfr]

That was an outstanding depiction of the power of ending someone rightly.

[@MoxJet629]

That was from Garand Thumb. They shot it with a tank.

[@picklewart5382]

@@MoxJet629 BuzzKillington strikes again! BWAhahaheheheheehoo! *slams a dirty diaper into the bride's face then kicks over the pedestal, using it as a ramp, and unicycles out of a window*

[@MoxJet629]

@@picklewart5382 Huh? It's not like I was trying to ruin it for anyone it was obviously not a pommel lol. I was just letting him know where to watch the video if he wanted.

[@nobleactual7616]

​@MoxJet629 they have tank launched pommel shells now?

[@MoxJet629]

@@nobleactual7616 I guess if you put a threaded hole in the base you could use a tank shell as a pommel.

[@frankknox9127]

Just tried to use my dane axe as a gun rest for a rifle that I own, and it works pretty well. It’s probably not as good as a Bardiche, but it works.

[@Pyre]

Given everything they wanted to DO in this season, all the different cultures they wanted to include, *not* doing their research would have been an instant death knell for the whole project. Instead we got some *real* fun stuff out of it. I'm pretty sure the vampire nobleman with the small sword was just supposed to explicitly be a loser. His 'stance' in that picture is archetypal 'bowlegged dweeb who doesn't know what he's doing', and that was kind of his character too. Vampires in general fell a long, LONG way from Dracula's time. Certain exceptions aside. There are the obvious cultural elements, but there's also the "What's that vampire?" game you can play. Orlox is a Peuchen, for example. Drolta Tzuentes is a Sasanbonsam, alongside being a reference to a specific Castlevania monster it would be spoilers to say. The deity that gets mentioned a lot is often considered to be the first vampire in mythology period, given how old the culture is. Didn't expect to get a vid like this from Skall. Really happy about it, since I didn't even parse some of this while watching. Shashkas are cool, I want one now. Just, gauntlets first. Quality work, as always.

[@carloshenriquezimmer7543]

Also the vampire queen, Erzsebet Báthory was a FREAKING REAL HUNGARIAN COUNTESS FROM THE LATE 1500's, How much the character was based on the real person you ask? Well, the real life countess, Ecsedi Báthori Erzsébet (the same name in the native form), accused of torturing peasant girls, exactly the same way it was in the show, drinking and bathing in theyr blood to obtain theyr youth. Later, actually after her death, she was accused of incest, necromancy, the list just went on and on. Not a single testemony was offered by someone that whitnessed the crimes, only second hand accounts were presented, also no evidences were presented, only the testemony of someone that "saw the mutilated bodies and the still alive victims begging to die". But she was convicted; it was a conspiracy to remove her family from power, they were the local pain in the ass for the Hapsburgs. But the legendary status of the Bloody Countess of Ecsed made her an ideal inspiration for the show.

[@Ninjaananas]

​@@carloshenriquezimmer7543 Erzsebet inspired the character Elizabeth Bartley from Castlevania Bloodlines. So this Erzsebet is an adaptations od Elizabeth and a callback to her inspiration.

[@ErrantMasa]

​@@NinjaananasNetflix adapting Bloodlines/Portrait of Ruin and/or the 1999 Demon Castle War into Aria/Dawn would be so dope!

[@Ninjaananas]

@@ErrantMasa Yes, but I hope they go to Order of Ecclesia first since it ties into SotN.

[@ErrantMasa]

@@Ninjaananas good point. I was thinking the Bloodlines/Sorrow path for Alucard, plus Portait had some tracks composed by none other than Yuzo Koshiro

[@edspace.]

Definitely agree putting out the Christmas stuff before even the Feast of Christ the King (November 26th this year) feels very off, let Halloween, Samhain and All Saints Day have their space in the calendar. The weapons also look very interesting, I wonder if the "From Dusk Till Dawn" series has anything interesting to show in terms of weapons.

[@Zbigniew_Nowak]

Off-top: Have you ever tried fencing with drunk goggles? (a thing you can buy to simulate drunkenness to a certain extent). And do you think it would be a fair fight: master in drunk goggles vs noob? :)

[@nobleactual7616]

This would be great

[@Zbigniew_Nowak]

@@nobleactual7616 You know, it would actually be a faithful simulation of many historical events where the combat participants (sometimes entire armies) were drunk.

[@KhoaTran-md5ou]

The only take I get from the show is that... I hate opera so much T_T (joke I love opera but I can't stand the singing in the show, it feels so cringe -_-)

[@ryokkeno]

I highly agree about nocturne, I was not as impressed with it as i was the first seasons, but that is an insanely high bar to reach, and i'm confident they will improve the follow-up seasons.

[@ErrantMasa]

any idea if Nocturne will only cover Rondo...or will later seasons dive into SotN?

[@Skallagrim]

@@ErrantMasa Going by the last episode it will, to some extent at least. The story will be different either way, as Dracula is not the antagonist now.

[@ErrantMasa]

@@Skallagrim nice. it'd be crazy if the Demon Castle War of 1999 ever gets depicted (36 years before Aria of Sorrow; Julius belmont in his prime) I'll be disappointed if 1) Dracula doesn't appear in later seasons and 2) the showrunners can't get Norio Wakamoto to reprise his role for the Japanese dub

[@allengordon6929]

@@ErrantMasa it'd be interesting to see what they do with Soma. Probably have him try to seek the hidden knowledge of dracula's castle therefore becoming the reincarnation of dracula by having his knowledge. Also, I just want to see him have LOS dracula's power set, if only just so he could use the shadow whip against julius and the vampire killer.

[@bigguy7353]

They won't. It's another platform for wokeism now.

[@franciscochavez1709]

Heres a video of a Japanese sword master, using a longsword. Is he using the longsword in the correct way? (KZbin Channel Name: Lets ask Seki Sensei, video title: “ How would a samurai master fight with a longsword?”, link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJekamOLns-GgsU)

[@HotDogTimeMachine385]

Nocturne was really fun! The french revolution setting was a good choice and I enjoyed the expanded story and agency they gave Annette (I've played Rondo of Blood and it was fun seeing the expanded story)

[@muninrob]

I can think of at least one reason to two hand a rapier - you jammed it in up to the hilt and are now binding in the ribs / breastbone / spine, requiring both hands and possibly even a boot to withdraw it. The musket bardiche would work, although the rest hand will have to be uncomfortably far forward. (The steel butt would give it an interestingly "quick" feel in melee) The barrel alongside the blade gunblades were just as accurate as a dedicated firearm of the same barrel length. (This is pre-rifled barrel, round lead ball era - so not really accurate by our standards, but not bad by the standards of the era.)

[@baconghoti]

A not uncommon amount of earlier English rapiers kept the slash capability and some of those had less developed guards leaving weight for a pommel long enough to be fingered. Not common overall, but I've handled two that are probably period correct antiques. Definitely antiques, but also worn and repaired more than once over the centuries.

[@Valdyr_Hrafn]

I'm assuming some of these weapons were added in post, hence the few errors with two-handing here and there. adding the weapons later in the animation process gives them WAY more time to do proper research on them, which is why we saw these beauties, at the cost of a few errors here and there

[@nathanielwilcox4947]

I thought it was odd that Richter weilds an arming sword, like bro, get yourself more hand protection.

[@paleoph6168]

Filipinos after watching the intro: jokes on you, we do this every time. We even start during September!

[@nextcaesargaming5469]

I may not like the show, but I certainly am appreciative of the realism treated towards the weapons. That's a breath of fresh air rarely seen in the entertainment industry at any point in time, let alone these days.

[@bigguy7353]

It would almost be worth taking the time in a show that isn't woke trash.

[@Ninjaananas]

​@@bigguy7353 It is not woke.

[@Bruh-lq7ev]

​@@bigguy7353The main character is a white man with a whip. About as woke as the confederacy

[@jcaesar19871]

@@bigguy7353 Having black characters in something doesn't make it "woke". You people don't even know what it means when you cry about it.

[@yungjoemighty879]

how do you not like the show its awesome

[@nanaki-seto]

You put an axe blade on a musket and you would have a damn effective and stout axe with out doubt and muskets being single shot with logn reload times i am honestly quite shocked that it was never done especially during the civil war when you had people fighting with oversized bowie knives. My one grandfather (couple or 3 greats back) lost his left arm to a musket ball healed up from it and continued his fight against the south with just his bowie and a pistol. He was a traitor to the south and was caught running freed slaves to the north. So large oversized weapons were not unheard of and i just find it odd no one back then thought of putting a axe blade on a musket

[@carloshenriquezimmer7543]

When muskets began to be used the "pike and shot" formations (crossbow shots earlier) were standart fare all around europe and asia. Axes are not very usefull in a tigh packed formation, without space to swing it around. They are very short in comparison to 5 meter pikes. Also not the best weapon against cavalary, pikes are much better. Muskets with a spike/sword bayonet doubles as a short pike, good agaisnt cavalary, do not need to swing it around, just stab. Being removable makes it easier to clean the weapon too. It just works better all around. Those bardiches were used by the strelet, a force of heavy infantary militias designed by Ivan The Terrible, more to quell peasant rebelions than war, more of a terror weapon. Worse than seing your friends shot is to see them chopped to pieces. Having a pistol and a big knife, a saber or even a tomahawk works better too, does not impede the usage of the firearm and there are some utilities for a blade that don't work if it is fixed to a gun.

[@amaurystengel]

I finally finished the first season of Castlevania Nocturne and I ran back here to watch this video!

[@wolfthorn1]

One hit with a gun sword and you will have a broken sword and a broken gun.

[@fobbles_]

People say it’s not as good as the first show, but the first season of that was about the same feeling. Ended similar too 😂

[@SailorBonzo]

tbh the attention to detail was pretty great all around. The inclusion of voodoo for Annette's magic and having Olrox turn into Quetzalcoatl hinting to his Aztec heritage were really good pulls.

[@t.b.cont.]

Hey you might want to correct the name of the rapier chapter

[@Batmack]

6:25 Well, perhaps he wanted to end him rightly

[@andrewli6606]

Carmilla had a shashka in season 4 of Castlevania.

[@the_senate8050]

That hammer grip on the beautifully modelled smallsword hilt deals me psychic damage.

[@iamprocrastination.9415]

Kinda off topic, but i feel like the reason the show wasn't as good comparatively to the OG series was to do with trying to do too much in the 1st season. still in my top 10 tho.

[@halfknight2310]

it felt like it could have done better with 2 more episodes. cause they crammed too much into just 8 episodes. maybe 12 would have been good. just 4 more episodes so we can get to know the characters more and the world we are in.

[@iamprocrastination.9415]

@@halfknight2310 yeah. No time to get attached.

[@CreepyMF]

This was really entertaining and informative i really enjoyed this one, also thx for avoiding spoilers, im still watching it.

[@latayantheazran]

I have a longsword that's thinner and longer than average, to the point I most often use i as a rapier instead. However, it's still technically a longsword and can perfectly work like one (it has a layer of rubber over the steel cuz it's for sparring, so I don't know the specifics of how much damage it would do). It's both possible and practical to have a long blade that can be used in one or two hands, specially for someone small like Maria who might need that extra bit of strength when blocking, but still has access to the reach if need be.

[@O.LEO.N]

Have you seen Half Sword yet?

[@FakeFlemishOfficer]

I think there was one mistake though in a scene with a musket where instead of the flint striking and pushing open the frizzen, the frizzen moved backwards and collided with the moving flint

[@phileas007]

ACTUALLLLLLLLY, having the extra weight at the front of the barrel would make steady aiming easier, not harder. More exhausting, sure. But that's what you do if you want to stabilize your aim.

[@Skallagrim]

It would reduce muzzle flip (which is obviously not relevant for single-shot guns), but I find aiming with a muzzle-heavy firearm awkward.

[@IsaacKuo]

Vampire with small sword is like ... "Why isn't this pommel coming off? Am I not the rightly one here? Ugh, whatever. AARGH AT YOU!"

[@spendog5841]

I found this particular video highly entertaining. Thank you.

[@karlheinz4098]

0:14 didn't know u can throw that hard 😳

[@scottmacgregor3444]

First, you have to choose the right projectile...

[@leetri]

You don't need to throw that hard, that's just the power of the pommel.

[@BasicallyBaconSandvichIV]

I absolutlely loved this show! Always glad to hear that it's (somewhat) realistic!

[@raphlvlogs271]

the shashka is very similar to a long latin style machete

[@jcaesar19871]

Castlevania Nocturne is really good. Despite it deviated from the games a bit. Season 2 is gonna be fire.

[@toondemaere3080]

Reminds me of the weapons in bloodborne. Must have been very surprising to face such an opponent. You think your in for a fair duel but then you get shot seemingly out of nowhere.

[@sigyn27]

Loved the show and loved your video!

[@mykelas531]

good to see shashka in those cartoons, might watch it just because of it. we need more russian/eastern european elements in those

[@pedrourbano501]

Man, I'd love if you took a look at the weapons from the Bayonetta series.