Invasion of the Royal Capital | Overlord S4 Ep 11-12 Reaction 

Cocytus actually had so much respect for Brain, that he preserved his body in ice just as a monument, and he circled around him because Brain tried to defend that street, so Cocytus decided to go around instead of through him to respect the area that Brain tried to protect.

It's not about author not knowing what to do with brain, he actually wrote the best ending for him, brain was part of kingdom, just like lakyus, he wanted to defend his country till last breath, it's the best end for a character who ran away from shalltear and was scared to even live, here we saw him laugh after dying, he completed his journey, he made cocytus recognize his skills as a warrior. Remember how the first time he said "whatever we do, it won't be much compared to real monsters like shalltear" , and cocytus who is shalltear's equal, actually recognized his worth as a warrior.

Brain really named his move "True Nail Clipper" because of Shalltear😂

18:50 "However - Brain squinted and looked towards his slowly approaching yet still far away opponent. This was the street where he was picked up, forcefully pulled along by Gazef. This was the street he ran down with Climb to raid the Eight Finger’s facility, where he met Sebas. This was the street he led the children destined to become the next warrior captains down. This road was now being stomped upon carelessly by a monster. The road Brain had walked down with everyone he held dear was being stomped on. Unforgivable. Brain changed his mind. He no longer gave a damn about the Sorcerer King. Right here, right now, this monster in front of him- -he swore to make it pay."

Brain surpassed gazef in this scene, he stepped into the hero realm(level 31+) and by putting his life on the line, he was able to do an attack equal to level 40, that is one of the highest attack power among all humans and even most monsters.

He froze the guy to memorialize his body in honour of his attempt to defend the area. Furthermore, he walked around to leave some area unfrozen so that it looked as if Brain successfully defended a small piece of the kingdom.

The budget was not for you to see Brain kick some ass, was to make his last resolve as a warrior respectable. This is like One Punch Man, you are not gonna see someone just go one on one against Ainz or the floor guardians. Brain had, in my opinion, the best death in the whole series: He faced Cocytus who gave him the death of an honorable warrior, keeping his sword as a reminder of that one warrior that faced the Sorceress Kingdom's forces all by himself, Brain was preserved in ice, not for resurrection but for respect, and then Cocytus take a detour so he wouldn't walk over the street that Brain gave his life protecting.

Some noticeable scenes this episodes: 1. Princess Reiner casually wielding the Empire's sword. (Took Brain a lot of training to wield it.) 2. Aura heading into the Mage's Guild. 3. Cocytus going around the block to not to freeze the road that Brain is protecting to show respect. Not a spoiler, but imagine if Brain was resurrected and see Sebas, Shaltear and Cocytus in the throne room together.

I know they don't hate Brain but I mean, he was still incredibly strong for a HUMAN, give him at least some credit. He doesn't have to hurt Cocytus, just standing his ground meant so much. Idk I really like Brain as a character.

So, the last scene with Cocytus has ALOT going on that's implied and not stuff that you'd pick up on without knowing a bunch of random historical trivia. First, trading names is a way of setting down the rules for a duel, as each participant introduces who is going to fight on their side. Once Brain said his name, Cocytus stopped his minions from attacking and likewise responded with his own, basically accepting the challenge as a one on one duel with no outside interference. Second, Cocytus pulled out the God Slaying Emperor Blade, a sword that he's only used once before in the show, with the Lizardmen earlier on, as a sign of respect for the warrior's resolve to fight even when they knew they would lose. Cocytus only used one hand on the sword back then, but he opted for two hands this time to maximize his strike's power, as he most likely sensed that Brain was going all out for the duel in a bid to actually win. Third, Cocytus took a trophy from the kill in the form of Brain's sword, forever marking that blade as Very Important to Cocytus and a way for him to remember the duel. Fourth, Cocytus froze Brain's body and walked around him in an effort to preserve Brain and the ground that he fought to protect from the army's advance. So, in total, Cocytus gave him a warrior's respect by trading names, a warrior's death by matching Brain's strongest strike with the strongest strike he had, and a warrior's honor in death by not sullying the ground he just died for. IMO, this is probably the best fight in terms of overall meaning to any character in Overlord.

If you recall Season 2, that's the same sword Cocytus told the lizardmen he wouldn't use on them because they weren't strong enough to warrant it. It's the final, and greatest weapon crafted by Cocytus's creator, Warrior Takemikazuchi, before he quit the game. So it speaks volumes how much respect Cocytus had for Brain to use that on him, let alone to preserve his body and keep his sword as a trophy.

As a reminder, Pandora's Actor has the ability to copy the appearance and abilities of all the 41 Supreme Beings. But, he can only mimic till 80% of their abilities. Ainz also ordered PA to stall the battle as long as possible with PDL to gain more info info about him. That's why he doesn't have any world items with him or any other super powerful equipment Notice that PA as Ainz doesn't have his glowing Red orb inside of him?

The amount of respect Cocytus showed Brain is satisfying 👍Unlike Blue Rose who ran away to save themselves Brain did not run, he was courageous enough to stay and fight for the temple like a true warrior which is very admirable 🙏✌ he will be remembered as one of the bravest characters of Overlord.

It's a shame the anime didn't point out the fact that brain actually at that time was the stongest human in the world, and at the moment he make that attack he broke 2 times the natural limir humans have in that world. cocyutus has so much respect not only for his warrior resolution, ut because he witness for the first time a human surpassing the hero realm, that's something that gazefl himself wasn't even able to do with all his equipment. that's how awesome brain was

After Cocytus introduced himself, Brain was sorta surprised cause he didn't expect an answer and felt that he heard that name before but can't remember (it was when he first met Shalltear). He also thought if the situation were reversed, Brain would not do the same and just cut down his opponent and continue walking. So he is thankful that a being as powerful as Cocytus gave him some attention.

cool thing to know Brain became more powerful than Stronoff right at the end. when he started bleeding it was because he enter in what is called "the realms of heroes" or something like that, it means that he as gone over the limit of a simple human thus becoming a "hero" and becoming more powerful than Stronoff, and it's pretty rare so yeah Cocytus respected this dude a lot

It's here! Was glad to see the level of respect Cocytus had for Brain as a warrior. I think some folks said that with the potions he took the level of Brain's attack was similar to a Lv. 40 which is especially impressive for a human.

I loved reading Brains last stand in the LN and the Anime did a great job with it by not rushing it. And captured Cocytus's reserved respect for Brain as a warrior very well.

So since I'm pretty sure this is the first time the *Six Great Gods* and the *8 Greed Kings* have been mentioned to be players I thought I'd give some exposition: The *6 Great Gods* were a group of 6 players that arrived to the New World around *600* years ago, they founded the *Slaine Theocracy,* saved humanity from the brink of extinction and introduced Tier magic to the world, the strongest one of them was an undead called *Surshana.* The *godkin* that were mentioned before are mainly descendants from them. The *8 Greed Kings* were another group of players that appeared roughly *500* years before Ainz, they conquered the known world and drove the *Dragon Lords* to near extinction, they also used a world item so that language was automatically translated to the ears of the receptors but if one was to pay close attention to the lips of whoever is speaking they'd see that what they are saying and the way their mouths move is not in sync. Ultimately they died a couple of times fighting the dragons and then died for good due to infighting between themselves. There have been a couple of other known and suspected players after those 2 but they were arguably the most influential to the New World's history.

Fun reminder ; The dragon is thinking in terms of "worst case scenario" and assumes Ainz may have 2 world items. Ainz has 11.

He went around him instead of going right through him to show him Respect. Pretty cool 😎

Notice that instead of walking right past Brain after the duel Cocytus instead took a detour going around Brain out of respect for he defended the road behind with him his life. Cocytus in multiple ways showed the respect he had for Brain as a warrior.

Canonically Brain at that instant surpassed the heroes of legend, he became someone with the strength of a 40th lvl. Meaning he would have been one of the most powerfull humans in all of the New World, if he were to fight Death Knights he would have kill them all with relative ease. But of course thats not enough against an upper member of Nazarick

Actually sleeping on Brain. 1. Do you remember that Cocytus refused to use that sword on the lizard men because they were not WORTHY to be slain by it? It is the finest weapon his creator ever made. Brain was worthy. 2. Cocytus went around him to show his respect, the enemy did not walk through this warrior. 3. Cocytus respected Brain as a warrior. 4. That attack Brain used was roughly a level 40 attack, that is the cap of any human and the majority of monsters. It passed Gazef in full armor.

I mean, you cant REALLY complain about them spending the budget on Brain, even if he doesnt really do anything, its a powerfull scene, and that's why they gave it the "special treatment"...enjoy the budget regardless of the scenes its used in 🙏♥️

Yall dont even know how bad ass Brain was at this moment. They did a really good job with this scene especially for non LN readers. I wish they had added a voiceover while he was activating all those skills and explaining what was happening. They explained Brains talent, which he himself didnt fully understand, how many skills he actually activated and how despite being at this limit for the amount of skills he can use he kept activating skills despite being depleted of focus . [Brains talent: its an increase in his focus capacity/ basically fp instead of mp. If you're not sure what fp is its basically focus power it works smiliar to magic power [mp] that powers magic casters spells. Fp is used for martial arts)

Cocytus walking around Brain instead of past him was to show respect btw.

20:55 Cocytus circled around him out of respect because he recognized him as a warrior

11:40 Yeah! That is the same dragon from episode 1 of Season 2. He's the one who talked to an old ex-adventurer to go digging for any recent info or rumors of World Items, cause he sent that armor of his to fight Shalltear when she was brainwashed, and got beaten pretty quickly, so he figured that new "puh-layers" had appeared.

I honestly thought we weren't going to get reactions till the movie and I was like well ig I can wait but I'm glad we don't have to wait

Cocytus didn't "robbed" Brain's Katana, he simply took it as a trophy, as a sign of warrior's respect to Brain.

Cocytus, although he was ordered to advance, made sure to go the long way around, as his ice path would show to anyone that passed by that Brain did in fact halt Cocytus’ advance, even if only for a moment. That Cocytus also slew Brain with his most prized sword, preserved his body where he stood, AND took his sword as a trophy, speaks _volumes_ about how much he respected this man as a warrior.

"Brain, The Man Without One" That was the best lmao

I been waiting for y’all 😂

I'm sad that you totally missed the point of Brain's death and how much respect Cocytus showed him. Put Brain's weapon next to his master's, preserved his body for all eternity & walked around around him to show that he managed to protect that one street.

I’ve seen the Overlord reactions for every major reactor and NONE of them whiffed as badly on Brain as these 3.

Brain manage to surpassed gazef and reach the realm of hero. Cocytus said that if they based him in lvl, he's in lvl 40 in which a lvl that no human can reach.. and their duel are based in Japanese duel( which mean all out where 1hit/move is needed to end it) attack cuz both of them are both attack type character. The reason they circle it out to respect him, they don't want to damage the place where he's trying to protect.. remember that place is where he met gazef, climb, and sebas

What people don't realize is that in the light novel as brain was walking through the capital, he notices why it was so quiet, he mentions that most if the houses were boarded up from the inside with families that couldn't escape group suiciding in their homes. On that day the capital was the site of a mass suicide.

FINALLY omg I could barely wait any longer for your great reaction to this episode!!! Much love

The way PDL and Cocytus say "madou heika" is always so satisfying

The dragon was a part of the 13 heroes. He knew players but wasn't one. Which is why he pronounces NPC and "player" a little strangely. And as for Brain: I think he knew he was going to die, which is why he gave the sword up.

Fun fact the person who Shalltear fought against that brainwashed her was the same dragon lord seen in this ep 11, in season 1 you can see a flashback of shalltear fighting him as well I think in the last or 2nd to last ep, also you can even see the scratch mark on his left shoulder from when the fought shalltear, ALSO also, Pandora actor can copy 70-80% of the power of the person they are copying and some skills, so Riku only fought about 80% of ainz, I could be wrong with the percentage though.

When Brain activated True Nail Clipper, he was around level 35-40, so he probably would’ve been able to take on a death knight solo. In other words, he was one of the strongest humans in the world. Cocytus recognized Brain’s strength and courage, and froze his body and took his sword out of sheer respect.

Brain is the first human we see who performed a physical attack powerful enough to get through Cocytus' Physical damage nullification barrier and at least touch him, although not hurt him (the true nail clipper, an upgraded version of what he used to cut Shalltear's nail).

The reason why Renner could swing the sword is because she has 5 levels in genius job class.

Brain had completed his character arc but most people didn't get it. He went up against Shalltear first, someone without honor, someone he can't even scratch, so he went and bolted fearing for his life, having an identity crisis. He was found by Gazef in the same streets he died defending. He found Sebas and Climb in those same streets, and found that true strength meant that he has someone to die for. Now the enemy is at his country's doorstep, one with honor, yet is desecrating the very streets he gained his second life on. This time, now at the level of Gazef and Clementine or even better, he's trying his best knowing he's going to die, but at the hands of someone honorable. He died smiling and with fulfillment, unfortunately not cutting through Cocytus with the power of friendship and plot armor asspull. He at this point is lvl 35-40, he literally is a top .01% human at this point, and that's amazing considering he had no mobs to farm in an RPG story, nor any special equipment like that power mech bullshit.

Albedo was given her World Level Item by Tabula, her creator. Also, all the other players either died of old age (because they picked human or demi-human as their race), or were killed by each other. I think the last player before Ainz was a minotaur that was transported alone, and died of old age.

Someone prolly already said this, but the Dragon Lord and his armor were shown twice in previous seasons, once in the flashback when Shalltear got mind controlled, and another time afterwards

Brain Unglaus in this Chapter managed to overcome Gazef Stronoff who was the strongest human in the entire kingdom (he is the one with the blue sword that could kill Ainz in the third season) 😅 Brain Unglaus managed to be in the kingdom of the heroes, which is supposed to be unattainable for humans, something that Gazef Stronoff, very prepared, barely managed to touch, that's why Cocytus said "I'm surprised that there is someone of this level here" and that "it would be a good acquisition for Nazarik" since it was the first time they saw a human with that level that was supposed to be unreachable👍 that's why Cocytus showed his respect towards Brain Unglaus as a warrior and decided to preserve his body in ice and even rhodium to avoid crossing to his side like sign of maximum respect, as such he was a worthy opponent to admire.

My favorite detail in this couple episodes was the honor that Cocytus gave, but also after some digging learning that Brain in that moment was the strongest he's ever been in his life. The potions pushed his body beyond it's limits, the area martial art was perfected and supplemented with the six fold slash that Gazef mastered, and he could have been deemed a hero for the strength he possessed in that moment above other adamantite level adventurers. A feat he couldn't achieve on his own, but only after meeting learning and helping others around him who guided him to become the best version of himself. That was what Cocytus honored in that moment to basically acknowledged he was "moved" from his intended path. DAMN I LOVE THAT SAMURAI ICE BUG!!

Fun fact: pandora actor still not serious cause his mision to gain info and observe calmly He smart to make people think ainz weak Pandora actor was smart and strong even he comparable to albedo and demiurge some npc in nazarick was OP just like every floor guardian = raid boss in game Pandora actor was treasur guardian and he a lv 100 npc the most flexible NPC in nazarick

Platinum dragon lord did appear Season 2 Episode 1. Good job remembering. The armor appeared there too, as Rigrit said that the armor was her friend, not the dragon.

i just realized that the dragon has no idea what players or npcs are hence the weird spellings. he thinks those are like terms used to categorize them by strength from what he probably heard/learned from actual players. but it means that he actually knows or has connections with players since he has the info

Season 1 dude, that's where you saw Platinum Dragon Lord, they talked about the other powerful characters, the dude that brainwashed the vampire chic and the black and white haired lady that wanted a baby by Ainz

Correct me if I’m wrong, but aren’t these the only major Overlord rectors to think Azuth (red gundam guy) was a very serious threat to Albedo?

Man was waiting for this Moment since this show it getting crazy

You guys got to understand, all of the floor guardians are level 100 and masters of their craft. Brain was like lvl 30 at most and that final attack was only like lvl 40. Anime doesn’t really put into perspective just how ridiculously op the floor guardians are.

Brain and cocytus fought in the same street that gazef found brain and stopped him from killing himself, cocytus circled around brain to show respect to him and don't destroy the street that this warrior was trying to defend. Btw cocytus was walking straight all the way from the gate, brain made him to go back and use anther road.

17:26 renner actually signaled her shadow demon that she got from Ainz in that scene

4:50 “Ma’am!?! Ma’am?!? This man about to hurt you!” 😂🤭😹😆😂🤭😹😆

albedos world item was given to her in secret by her creator Tabula (the person the PD turned into when they met, since he read her surface thoughts). Ainz's world item is the red orb that he has in his abdomen.

I love how hyped they got someone was actually giving Ainz a real fight, only to see it was pandora actor, and as it is his role, he was just acting to gather information and give the enemy false sense of power, round 2, won't be so easy

LoL, the Pdl is worried whether Ainz have 2 world items or not. Imagine his reaction when he learns that he has 11 of them XD

Instead of walking over/thru brain cocytus walked back and walked around the block to show respect. Cocytus sees humans as worms and he literally went out of his way for Brain.

YOSHA I'm hype to see all your reaction to this series.

"Brain, the man without one." That's hilarious. 😂

Whenever Ainz is acting a little too extra, that's how you know it is Pandora's Actor. :) Brain encountered 4 beings that are basically gods in that world (Shalltear, Sebas, Ainz, Cocytus). Poor guy got no chance since the beginning. lol

It's important to keep in mind that in this world the humans have a hard species level cap around 30. Ainz has said he is level 100, and some guardians are stronger than him.

Rip Brain he went out a hero

Brain's arc was amazing. His death made me cry

I like that Brain named his attack “True Nail Clipper” to represent that it’s an attack that can slightly damage what he believes are beings that humanity can never hope to touch. It’s one of the strongest attacks that humanity can pull off, but he knows it’s nothing special, so the name also isn’t anything special.

The sword Cocytus pulled out was one ultimate creation of Takemikazuchi, he wanted to create a weapon that could defeat Touch Me the leader of the supreme beings, when Cocytus pulled that sword, was game over ;-;

Unironically, the beating Lakyus took from her teammates was a legitimate demonstration of the power of friendship in this series. 🤣 Fun fact: the street Brain protected was the same one where Gazef found him, the same one where he met Sebas and Climb, where he was saved and where he reborn, which makes his last stand there so significant. Cocytus noticed and honored him by taking a detour. 🥲

19:10 Author actually added this scene to show Brain's growth. He was always strong but when he faced a truly powerful enemy,(shalltear) his spirit broke and he ran away and broke down completely. Now after everything he went through with Sebas and Climb, he faces another enemy of similar caliber knowingly, determined despite knowing he's not going to survive it, but he doesnt accept running away as an option as he mentioned earlier.

Since nobody mentioned it: Those mecha suits are basically instant-level-80. You can stick just about anyone in them, even a level 1, and they get boosted. They're also customizable to some degree, with different weapons and designs. The whole thing uses a spell like "fly" and the boosters aren't even real--they're cosmetic. The weapons are all minimum-version spells and can't be boosted, like the Dragon Lightning that dusted those death knights.

Homies: Dude lets watch Overlord Me: Nah fam, shits too dark Homies: **surrounded me "Here have some tea"

4:00 Some Doflamingo laugh got me fr

That strike from Brain truly went far into the domain of heroes, it's a shame his opponent was a servant of Ainz as that invalidated his wondrous achievement :(

I personally wouldn't label this as a spoiler, but just in case so nobody can flag me for it, SPOILER WARNING!!!!!!!!!!!! This has probably been addressed already and you might know at this point, but no, platinum dragon lord is not a player. They're from the new world but worked in a guild called the 13 heroes, which had 2 players (this also is why he knows of "puh-layers" and "en-pii-cees" ) That came to the new world 200 years before Ainz. Also PDL controls the suit remotely, although that's fairly obvious. Also to give some info on 11:16 about "all the players going around doing evil shit", The first players 600 years ago were the 6 Great Gods, who actually sought to help the world and defend humans from monsters. They're also worshipped by the Theocracy, also why they have 6 scriptures (black scripture, sunlit scripture etc). 200 years later the 8 Greed Kings came to the new world, and decided to conquer it. They were also the ones responsible for killing Surshana, one of the 6 Great Gods, and possibly more of them. They eventually succumbed to in-fighting amongst themselves, killing eachother in the process. 200 more years after that, 2 more players were brought to the new world and joined PDL, Rigrit (watch s2 ep1 timestamp 2:10 if you forgot who that is) and the rest of the 13 heroes to fight of an increasing horde of evil monsters, with killing their final opponent, the God Dragon, marking the end of the 13 heroes era.

NGL, Blue Rose hit their leader with the ultimate show of friendship. "I'm going to beat your ass, but at least you're going to be alive to be mad at me for doing it."

The way you can tell that it was Pandora's actor playing ainz is that he didn't have his world item with him, it would allow him to get outside the barrier.

-Players have been showing up roughly every 200yrs. -Cocytus walked around Brain in order to not trample him and more importantly to preserve his honor; Brain was both honorable and courageous enough to draw a line and face death head on; Cocytus put some respecy on his line...

"i dont plan on fighting you seriously" very important words that one can easily glossover

In that point Brain is surpass Gazef ,he is one of the most powerful human, just like the 13 hero , the final move of Brain ,he named nail clippers because he cut Shalltear nail in S2 and cocytus don’t walk right though him because he show him respect and don’t want to insult him as a Warrior

It’s more like Brain going “You will not take this path!” And Cocytus was paying his respects by going the long way.

Here's a neat lil' detail: The world item ainz always has on him is the little red ball that sits in his ribcage. If you watch the fight with riku, you'll notice pandora's actor is missing it.

Honestly, Brain got the best possible end in this situation.

For anyone wondering why the group with hilma was so traumatized. It was because they sent them to the cockroach guy to make the cockroaches eat them from the inside out, heal them, and repeat the process for several hours at a time.

A couple things in ending of episode 12. It is said Brain performed 2 miracles that day. He surprassed Gazef and that he was able to perform two ability boosts something a normal human cannot do.

18:53- No, unlike you the writer understood how to write a character that changes from a coward that easily abandoned his men to someone that stood his ground to try and protect something important to him.

Yaaaay! Glad you guys are back! 😃👌👍

Well the Author wanted the Blue Roses to die in this battle but his editor told him no, he asked about it on twitter and the fans of Japan didn't want it either so they escaped as seen in this chapter, as for Brain in the novel They narrate and say that when he faced Cocytus he was already stronger than Gazet and that without realizing it he performed a miracle that broke human limits by breaking Shalter's nail and now when he empowered himself at the end he performed a miracle again breaking the human limit but the charge was so strong that he would have died in the end, Cocytus is amazed and says that he was level 40 after his duel, his death in the novel is very epic

"Brain, the man without one" maaaan i was wheezing lmaooo

You guys actually see Platinum Dragon Lord, as well as that remote armor, in season 2(you got it right). There's a brief flashback where PDL states that he met the then brainwashed Shalltear(in season 1, before Ainz engaged with her), and engaged with her, only to retreat when he couldn't beat her.

I've been waiting for this, y'all 😂 Edit: Brain, the man one without one 😂 hilarious dude & yes I feel bad for the citizens too, they literally weren't ready 😂

Finally. Thanks for the upload. Been waiting for your reaction guys. Very excited for your reactions.

Finally a new overlord reactions, Great videos as always you guys !!!

Brain actually really strong for normal human, he is a genius in sword fighting when he was young. After the duel with Gazef in the Kingdoms tournament he and Gazef is revered among the gangs of Eight Fingers. When level 35 up is considering among the heros realm, True Nail Clipper that Brain pulled is compared to a level 40 attack. He truely a great warrior.

Cocytus didn't go around brain to preserve his body, but to respect what he fought and died for as a warrior. Brain stood in the middle of the street and blocked cocytus's path, so cocytus did not disrespect him by walking past what he chose to defend. He went around

Albedo have a secret hunting squad, it hunt all players before Ainz find them, even it's her creator or any member of Ainz Ooal Gown she want to kill them all because they leave Momonga.