Castlevania: Nocturne – Season 2 Episode 8 Recap, Review & Ending Explained

A Line Of Great Heroes

Following an action-packed penultimate chapter, where our ragtag group work to try and defeat Erzsebet before it’s too late, a truce is gained between the two sides of Sekhmet in order to balance the scales. Although the possessed Annette and Erzsebet agree to go home, everything is thrown into chaos when Drolta shows up and takes off with her mistress. However, she does so to seize power for herself, becoming the true Goddess of War.

Episode 8 starts with Sekhmet inside her new form, having fused with Drolta and become all the more powerful as a result. Alucard joins the fight alongside Richter, while Annette struggles to find her way back out of the spirit realm.

Is Erzsebet defeated?

With Richter and Alucard in trouble, Annette (still possessed by Sekhmet’s other spirit), steps forward and grabs Drolta’s hand. However, this sacrifice also calls for, well, a sacrifice. That stems from Annette giving her life in order to save the world. Richter is overcome by grief and cradles Annette’s bloody body, believing the end is night.

However, Richter’s love and positive affirmations are enough for Annette to overcome the demons and head back.

Despite Annette returning to her body, Drolta is still on the loose. Richter though, embracing his Belmont heritage, grabs Drolta’s hands and With his newfound powers, manages to easily defeat this foe. With Drolta gone and the eternal eclipse vanquished, Richter promises Orlox that he will kill him one day… but not today.

How does Castlevania: Nocturne season 2 end?

With the corpses burned, Maria decides to stick around in Paris for the time being, while Annette and Richter leave for Annette’s home in Saint-Domingue. Annette also promises Edouard that there will be a place for him there too. For now, the trio leave the others behind and sail off for a new adventure.

Elsewhere, Orlok decides to turn Mizrak into a vampire in order to “cheat the devil”, given he’s afraid of death. Whether a blessing or curse is left up for debate, as the final shot we get here is of Mizrak pouncing on Orlok on the bed.

As the episode closes out, a shadow continues to grow in Paris, as Maria is still bitter and consumed by her rage. Her mother happens to watch from the shadows, backdropped by that same laughing black spirit, as people are executed for working alongside vampires.


The Episode Review

So Castlevania: Nocturne comes to a suitably open-ended conclusion, paving the way for a possible third season after the epic fight against Sekhmet. The animation and general action in this show has been great, and thankfully the writing this year has been a step up as well.

The show is still far from perfect, and the constant affirmations that our characters are given (which, to be fair, was also in season 1) is one of the weaker elements of the writing. We just don’t need to be told Annette is strong constantly, we can see that through her spirit. This is but one example as the show is littered with moments like this.

However, these gripes aside, the show at least gives Richter a bit more urgency this year. His fight with Drolta at the end was really well done and certainly one of the highlights.

There’s certainly been a good deal of drama across the 8 episodes though and for the most part, we’ve had a decent amount of backstory for our main ensemble too, which is most certainly welcome. Whether we’ll get a follow-up season is still up for debate, but for now, Castlevania: Nocturne bows out with a solid conclusion.


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