“The best gift you ever gave me and I’m killing him.” The most heartbreaking line of this season it hit me so hard.

Before “THINK MARK” we had “I’m killing my boy”

Carmilla: Dracula was an old man and a weakling. Alucard: Sure, Jan.

Dracula: "Think, Alucard! What will you have in 500 years?" Alucard: "You dad... I'll still have you."

Notice how he stops himself from using his claws. He started to several times, but chose a punch or an open palm strike instead. He was protecting Alucard subtly that whole time, even before they reached the boy's room.

Most beautiful about that scene is that Dracula realized he still had somebody which is dear to him.

A reminder, that this was Dracula who was practically dying from blood starvation. Imagine if he's fed plenty before this fight.

Dracula ends up being a better dad than Omni man wow 😭

"Look how I've massacred my boy..."

"I'm killing my boy" is by far the most painful line I've ever heard in any movie. Ironically it took that for Dracula to regain what little semblance of humanity he had left.

Easily one of the best interpretations of Dracula ever made. He was so good in this show.

I like how as soon as Dracula gets slightly annoyed he just starts wiping the floor with Alucard. Really shows the difference in strength and speed.

"The best gift you ever gave me and i'm killing it" it's not only about Alucard, but his humanity.

Dracula painted his son's room? THAT'S something I want to see.

Everybody talking about how strong Dracula is and I still be tearing up at this " I am killing my boy moment"

One of the best aspects of this fight is how it portrays superhuman strength. They're not just lifting heavy shit or throwing gut punches, they are devastatingly fast, and the impact of every blow is felt in the surroundings even when it misses.

Notice how he always stops himself from using his claws at the last second. He could've killed Alucard at any point during that fight, but the small part of him that hadn't been consumed utterly by grief fought to restrain the proverbial beast.

Dracula, by this point: -Hasn't fed in a year -Is extremely depressed -Has just been in a long-ass fight throughout his whole castle -Said fight was against a fire casting Speaker magician, the protege of a legendary vampirehunting lineage, and his own son who is just as strong as he is -Actually wants to be dead And yet it still took staking him, decapitating him, and burning his corpse to kill him completely. Dracula is strong as FUCK. At full power and with no regrets he could've won easily.

I think one little detail I loved about the end of the fight is how when they walk into the room it’s all red and intense but that because we’re watching this intense fight filled with rage just like Dracula but when he finally realizes where he is, he calms down and his violent rage goes away and the room immediately turns back to calm blues and the room that was seconds ago this intense lighting is now super calm and beautiful. It’s an interesting representation of how anger like that can cloud an image

Dracula's cape goes in more directions than my life has.

Vampires: Alucard is just as strong as his father we're in trouble Me: this is gonna be a good old fashion blow for blow perfectly even fight *watches the fight* Me:yup this is child abuse

I feel so sad when dracula says he is killing his boy😭

I see Dracula has adopted the Asian way of parenting

“It’s quite funny really.” “Oh” “That alucard spelled backward’s is-“ “DRACULLAAAAAAAAAAA!!”

Graham McTavish did an amazing job as Dracula here. I feel his pain when he said those lines "I'm killing my boy. Lisa... your greatest gift to me, and i am killing him. I must already be dead." That hurts.... that hurts...

For a brief moment he realized he became the monster his wife had given her life to prevent him from becoming. The vocal delivery here is brilliant like he is so full of grief and sudden massive guilt that he can barely speak.

The fact that he wasn't really the villain of the story makes his death sad af..man was just a victim

It’s funny how Dracula was willing to burn the whole world down because of grief for someone he loved dearly, and in the same breath he’s willing stop his act of Gennoacide for someone he still loves deep down. Everything he’s done from start to finish for most part, in a very twisted sort of way, has been out of love. So relatable and sad at the same time.

The animation in that fight scene honestly puts a lot of anime to shame.

Mom returns from the dead yelling at them to stop fighting in the house

I love how there is so much desperation in the way they are fighting. And then when Dracula realizes what he's doing "I'm killing our boy!" So heartbreaking. Excellent writing.

Most people might be asking "How did the previous Belmonts defeat Dracula if he's this strong while suicidal?" They *didn't.* If the timeline of the games is to be (loosely) followed, Trevor is the first Belmont to have fought Dracula. All the others fought vampires and monsters, yes, but not Dracula. Likely because he seemed to keep to himself and only killed intruders (admittedly plenty, going by the number of impaled corpses shown at the very start of the show), so they didn't see much of a need to go up against him. Even Leon, who (if this Dracula is Cronqvist) was there when Dracula came to be, *didn't* actually fight him. He fought his top lackey, Death. All the Belmonts until Trevor either didn't *fight* Dracula, or didn't _win_ against him.

Honestly though when Dracula's skeleton started to walk toward alcard after stabbing him, he probably would've hugged his son. If Trevor didn't chop off his head off that is.

When his first wife died, he made himself immortal and hated God. Second wife dies, he regrets his immortality and hates humanity. Never remarries, just has sucubi and maids roam his castle.

A son always eventually becomes stronger than his father and can remind his father of that. Dracula: Hold my beer.

There's these great subtle moments where you actually see Dracula hesitating. one of the most prominent is after he smashes alucard to the ground holds him up neck is exposed he could have just cut his throat right there with his hand instead he goes down and punches. There is definitely a conflict happening inside of Dracula from murder machine and loving father

Next level vampire style martial arts. I'm giving this season another rewatch.

Graham McTavish was the perfect voice for Dracula.

The sound design in this was insanely good, like you can hear how heavy each punch is

Dracula: My boy :( I'm Killing my boy T_T Omniman: Think, Mark!

We didn't deserve this series.

In the end... It was love that killed him...

You gotta give it a wonder. Dracula has wondered the world for Lisa, tried to be human for her. After his loss - he went for Revenge. It never occurred him to walk in the same halls where Alucard and Lisa went by, nor even after his loss, go and see the room that they created for their gift. That line still hits hard that he speaks.

It all could have gone different if Dracula asked him before this started what he would have after what they did to his wife. “Me Father. You’d still have me.”

The whole fight since the beginning was so epic. I'm 33 years old and I've been a castlevania fan since I was 8 years old. My first CV game was Belmont's Revenge for game boy and ioved it. Though I was so much hyped, I had my doubts, but this, this got far beyond all my expectations. Fuck, just remembering that that scene en Alucard's room broke my heart. Cried a lot like a baby and my wife at my side just in silence. Not to mention the infamous morning star, those Leon Belmont's references, that slogra and gaibon team up fight, the bloody tears epic arranged theme, the gears going awry, Curse of darkness plot and more. Thanks for reviving this series netflix, Adi Shankar, Warren Ellis. Thanks for saving it

Hot damn, Dracula has got a pretty hard life, a life that wouldn't end until 1999... Both of his two wives died tragically, and that's how he got so mad... It really wasn't the Belmont clan who killed Dracula, it was love itself.

I love how a lot of people in the comments noticed the Invincible similarities

When you think about it Dracula hadn't drunk any blood in over a year yet he was still stomping all of them. It's galling that the only reason they won was that he let them kill him

I love how the whole time this battle has been going on it been nothing but, bright red colors to show Dracula Rage and anger all coming out at once. But the second he enters in his own son room with him in it, the colors fade away to a soft cool blue color. It sorta shows in those few seconds his rage had calm down when he realized he was killing his own son, the child the love of his life gave birth to for him.

There vampire martial arts is dope, and this felt like man of steel fight scene.

1:24 “Think Alucard Think! What will you have 500 years?!”

All the emotional parts aside, THIS is how you portray a vampire battle.

As I watched this for the first time I was like damn this is the longest form of child abuse in history.

After watching all episodes earlier..i dont know why i was rooting for dracula or somehow hoping he survive :(

I don't know why but i can't stop looking at their capes

Even when Dracula is starving dudes unstoppable

Lest we forget that Dracula could have definitely killed alucard if he had wanted to

I really love this take on Dracula. He's insanely powerful, but very human. I didn't expect to empathize with this version so much. "I'am killing my boy" is one of the most believable and tragic lines delivered in voice acting.

I actually cried at the very end when alucard is sitting on his dad's chair and started crying while seeing his past memories Why must the boi suffer like this

Think, Alucard! THINK!

Mathias Cronqvist aka Vlad Tepeş aka Dracula, regains the humanity which he discarded nearly 5 centuries ago for a brief moment, and he truly realizes the monster he has become

2:09 I cried from this moment until the end ..

“My boy….I’m killing my boy” Pretty much what Omniman thought when he had flashbacks of when Mark was young, that line would’ve been perfect in that scene

The sad thing is that Dracula is carrying so much anger, hatred and sadness. It's as if he was blinded by it and couldn't express himself to anyone. So when dracula and his son enter alucards room it kind snapped him ouy of it and all of his grief came all at once and crashed on him.

0:22 when a Starfox player starts getting desperate in Smash

And just think THIS is how powerful he was after being starved for blood and while not even trying

This fight is so tesne and the most saddest and tragic father and son fights I've seen

Dracula and Omni-man, dads of the year.

"The best gift you ever gave me and I'm killing him." FEEEEEEELS I was still hoping he would survive, redeeming himself agreeing to stop his rage :(

I am both happy and filled with sadness...sadness for the pain this family has endured, and happiness that a father's love for his wife and son is stronger than even the darkest grief and wrath.

Dracula: "Everyone and everything you know will be gone! What would you have after 500 years!" Alucard: "You, Dad. I'd still have you."

I love how, the lighting changes from a dark and moody red, to the light and pale blue when the pain and sadness of his actions against his beloved son come crashing down on him. Beautiful.

This is how you keep Dracula a villain, but a sympathetic one. Truly my favourite version of t e character.

1:15 love that attention to detail where he was about to claw him but instead closed his fist showing us before the spoiler that he never wanted to kill his son. If he really wanted to he could of ended it there.

Anybody watching this after invincible?

If I had a nickel for every adult animated show I've seen that had a fight between an extremely powerful villain and their son which ends with the father giving up upon rediscovering their familial love, I'd have 2 nickels.

It's a nice touch that several times Dracula's nails are shown to have been capable of instantly killing Alucard but instead he continues to punch him. Even enraged he holds back against his son.

This whole fight could NOT have been any better, it was epic, it was very sad, and it was very RIGHT. Ultamitely, Dracula really is despite all his power... a victom of humanity.

The choreography combined with the insane soul the actors imbued through their voice acting made this whole sequence breathtaking!

when the king puts the prince back in his place.

People say Dracula shouldn't have a cape but it looks pretty grrrrr8 here to me.

I have to say this is without a doubt my favorite iteration of Dracula...the fact that he realizes he is killing his boy when they end up in alucards room shows Dracula still has some humanity...unlike the games where he has no more fks to give and just wants to wipeout humanity, even when alucard shows up he’s like “nope gonna kill you too”

I could feel my heart drop into my stomach the moment the bloodlust left Draculas eyes.

I can say this scene and The scene with Omni man and invincible are well written 😢

i love how the blood like coloring fades away as his blood eyes fade away.

Damnit after this scene I just wanted them to at least have one last hug, although it did looked like Dracula was trying to that

Fighting your old man to the death, especially since he is clearly the stronger opponent, must be the scariest thing a man could ever do.

When the asian kid gets bad grades:

And the Belmonts casually best these boys every couple centuries? Lmao. Yo. I’m ready to see a full-power Belmont in action.

"It's your room." Audiences- *3 2 1 ... heartbreak.*

It really made me so sad when he said "I'm killing my boy". he realized he was so caught up in his revenge that he forgot the things he loved, his son being one of them.

Think mark think

Man... This is awesome watch this fight-then you get to this last part... And it's like taking a sledgehammer to a glass cabinet. Well done, folks made this entire scene/scenario. And that tone that Vlad has at the end when he stops... "My Boy. I'm-I'm killing my boy."

Okay...I watched it for some cool vampire action scenes...then they made me emotional with a single sentence. Idk what show this is but I am definitely watching it.

Omni man should meet dracula.

Now this kinda reminds me of the fight of invincible vs omni-man

This shit literally made me weep.

We got an amazing fight scene and a full tour of the castle all in one!

This is omni man vs invincible

I wanna hug Dracula now. :'-(