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Castlevania: Nocturne’s second season is another soft-spoken knockout

The new season of Castlevania: Nocturne continues in the series’ tradition of being fantastic.

Even without her right-hand woman Drolta Tzuentes (Elarica Johnson) by her side, Erzsebet’s victory over sorceresses Annette (Thuso Mbedu) and Maria (Pixie Davies) and demon hunter Richter (Edward Bluemel) seemed all but assured after she ascended to godhood by guzzling the blood of an ancient Egyptian deity. Though Nocturne has always been a story about political unrest transforming France and its colonies on a societal level, the new season puts even more focus on how the Revolution has pushed Castlevania ’s heroes to their personal breaking points. The show does something similar with Erzsebet’s disloyal vampire subject Olrox (Zahn McClarnon) and his human lover Mizrak (Aaron Neil), who find their relationship even further strained by differing beliefs about which battles are worth dying for.

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