Why is This Show ACTUALLY Hot?? 

"Noe who hurt you!?" My brother in christ his first boyfriend got his head cut off by his teacher

“ Are you flirting, or are you just sexy by nature?” That one line just summed up this whole show.

Noe laying in bed kicking his feet as a montage of vanitas plays in his head....i cant do this shit anymore

Everyone in this entire show is aggressively bisexual, and I love it. Granted, I suppose that’s inevitable when one of your main characters is voiced by Zeno Robinson

The case study of vanitas feels like the opposite of queer-baiting, like Jeanne and Vanitas go on a date and you think that maybe there will be some form of a heterosexual relationship in this show and then not even 5 minutes later Noe is lamenting about how badly he wants to drink Vanitas’s yummy blood while blushing like a school girl

Fun fact: in manga the reason Dominique thinks she can't give the valuable advice on how to make Vanitas hate Jeanne is because she only ever romanced women because all the men get scared off by her big sister! (Chapter 20, for the curious! Also chapter 6, for reasons.)

"Origin of “lose your marbles” “Lose your marbles” is thought to have originated in the United States in the late 1800s. Marbles were a popular toy for children at the time, and they were often used as a symbol of value or worth. To lose one's marbles was therefore to lose something of great importance." Acording to google

"Noe, who hurt you?" Louis, his master (The blonde vampire), Vanitas, sometimes Domi, the list goes on.

The fact that consent is such a big vibe in the storyline, and that we know vampire biting as a reference to penetration ya know ya know you get it. Anyways. Ruthven biting noe without his consent, revealing that he was supposed to kill him but chose not to, and also putting that curse on him? The subtext of assault and control and the lack of it is so interesting. Also domi and jeanne and noe and vanitas are all gay for eachother

The anime cuts most of the direct references to Vanitas sleeping on the rooftop of the hotel. And it cut out a bit of dialogue in the beginning when Amelia delivers the note to Vanitas, she makes a comment on how she is surprised to find him in his room, and Vanitas says that he's now sleeping in there like he's supposed to, to which Ameila wonders where he was sleeping before. But the implication being that after the catacombs incident, Vanitas has felt more comfortable to be vulnerable around Noé to sleep in the same room as him (plus the fact that Vanitas chooses to rest on Noé right after they've delt with Moreau). Which makes Vanitas' departure at the end (after Noé asks to drink his blood) to sleep on the roof all the more significant because it shows a break in the newfound trust between him and Noé (though unintentionally). Also in the manga during that same scene in the beginning, when Noé falls off the bed, Amelia tries to go and help him but Vanitas stops her by saying that Noé will just latch on and turn her into a hug pillow (spoken like from experience). The Dhams have way more to do it the manga and it's sad to not see them show up as much in the anime.

It's a vampire show where the vampires are fairly human-like. In that context, blood drinking is nearly always a sex metaphor. Therefore, it is usually best to assume that all such vampires are bisexual unless proven otherwise. It certainly makes the most sense for the character dynamics in this show!

Danny, in case you forgot, the trajectory of this show is Vanitas death, Noe starts almost all the episodes with "and this is how and why I killed my boyfriend"

The case study of vanitas is like liquid smut

" noe is good at one thing , and that's being adorable " ... can't argue with that

Fun fact the whole myth about vampires not seeing the reflection in mirrors actually kind of stems from back in the day mirrors have silver to give their reflective quality so a vampire not seeing themselves in the mirror is due to the silver I don't remember where I learned this I just remembered that I do

07:05 Little does Danny know - the anime cut a ton of scenes with Dante and other dhams, and _now_ current manga arc is *_about them!_* There's some really heavy themes how hard it is to be of mixed races and being looked down on by both sides, and I have no idea how anime could possibly salvage it!

CASE STUDY OF VANITAS SEASON 2 REACTION WHEN??????

can't even call your friend adorable without catching a twink allegation from Danny.

Fun fact!! The Beast of Gévaudan is an actual historical/folkloric thing. There's a statue and everything.

Oh, the Shapeless one is the other name for Noes master/adoptive father. You know Dominiques Grandfather

As someone who has read the manga and watched both seasons, I would definitely say that season 2 is better. While season one is kinda all over the place the second has a clear beginning middle and end and it will make you love Roland even more. Also a lot of the things you pointed out get "fixed" in season 2, like we get a lot of Jeanne content and Domi has one of the most heartbreaking scenes ever. And don't worry because if you are looking for a great finale you will find it next season! Also, i think this anime is one of the biggest examples that for you to make a sexual scene you don't need to have boobs on screen or any of that classic anime stuff we see, vanitas is a very horny anime but it manages to do that without heavily sexualising any of the characters. I hope other animes can learn from that

By the by, i commented a few episodes ago that I think Roland is the platonic ideal of what a Paladin is. His scene in the s1 finale is what cemented it. Faced with the threat of "the church will murder your family for looking into this". His response was to speculate about how many Paladins (of which there are only 12) he could kill before they dropped him. He believes in the divine truth more than he does in the church.

It's so strange to see knowledge that I take for granted as a french person and Danny reacts to it strongly. Also a bit of history: the beast of Gévaudan killed more than 88 people (up to more than 120 depending on the sources) composed of mostly children and young women. It was during the 1760s in the south of France. Even now there is no real answer on what the beast actually was. Some believe that it was a very large dog/wolf with rabies, other the act of a serial killer. Very interesting story.

"Noe who hurt you ?!" literally like 8 episodes after learning he watched his best friend get his head torn of by his father figure 💀

To be fair, this DOES give me vampire BSD vibes, and vanitas is just ranpo

Danny getting visibly excited when Roland comes on screen is so real

If I remember correctly, vampires in vnc were named vampires after the myth of them because they can drink blood and are stronger, so when it gets to the specifics, like garlic or reflections, they differ from the actual myths

I can't wait until Danny reacts to season 2, like I'm vibrating from excitement

ROLAND AND OLIVIER ARE GOALSSSSSS also there's alot more Roland and Olivier in season 2

08:35 Unless it turns out everyone is bisexual and polyamorous~

That marble bit was the funniest thing I’ve ever heard

Danny: Noe WHO hurt you!? Oh Danny… the entire world qwq

I honestly think your humor and Vanitas just match, it may not be the most intriguing story out there, but it is fun and unique and mainly YOU have a great chemistry with the show, its just enjoyable to watch. Vanitas no Carte is a very unique styled anime, same as Pandora Hearts, the author really loves Alice in Wonderland vibes and as a result its not as much about the story as about just being a weird ride.

The *CLANG* after "Time for my nightly concussion !" is ending me, thank you to the editor 😭

It’s not the season finale it’s just the end of part 1. Part 2 really gets into the story and main plot conflict.

his face when Roland spawned into the episode is so relatable GOSH thank you for adoring the guy so much he'S EVERYTHING

PLEASE watch season 2. I swear it's so much better and the ending is *chef's kiss* I want to see you react, especially, to the final episodes 😩

Season 1/First Cour is really a lot of exposition; explaining the vampire lore and plot threads. It just doesn't all connect at first so I get that it doesn't grip everyone. I'm still hoping you like 2nd Cour/Season (and there's more Roland)!! Maybe Astolfo or Jean-Jacques will make your 4th memorable character 😭 they're characters you grow to love... I think

Highly suggest the manga. As someone who has only seen the show through these videos, i think they're really beautiful and there are a lot of extra character moments. Some of my faves include the confessional with Roland, the moments where Vanita gives Noe sweets like tarte tartin and the bit about Noe being a clingy sleeper with everyone including Vanitas

Part 2 is so good!!! The stakes get a lot higher and all the building in the first season really sets up the importance of what happens in the 2nd season. I love your Vanitas reactions

you should react to tbhk (toilet bound hanako kun) edit: I just waited for my unoriginal comment to get a reasonable amount of likes so hopefully this gets more more attention

season two definitely picks up a way better pace and goes through more tight knit story arcs :)

Danny please watch Moriarty the patriot 🙏

Roland does come back in season two there’s a lot of him in season two and he’s one of my favorite characters too!

YAY!! YET ANOTHER VNC REACTION! And don't worry, there will be a lot of super cool characters to appear in the future, Danny! And, well... Jeanne really hasn't been near a road to be honest. 😭 Plus, the Shapeless One is Noe's teacher loll

Hot take but i think season two is lowkey better. I also feel like you didn't pick up some plot related stuff danny, like the fact that lord ruthven, charlatan and doctor moreau are all connected, i think thats some really important stuff to pick up. Also the shapelest one is noés teacher 👍🏻

season 2 DEFINITELY makes this show better i cannot wait till Danny reacts to it

so from my understanding the reason why we can see vamps now is that the material in them has changed ( mythologicaly speaking of course)

SEASON 2 SEASON 2 SEASON 2 NOW NOW NOW NOW THERE'S SO MUCH TO SEEEEEEEE

Dude that title 💀

Season two introduces us to new villains, characters and story, I can't wait to see Danny react to it.

I died during this video, the reactions to the Date scenes were my favorite 😂😂

Not the season Finale. The actual finale feels like one. (Edit: it's the "part/cour" finale) Also, cute to compare "growing to love" characters in a many season show vs an incomplete first season 🤭

"Are you flirting, or are you just sexy by nature?" I loved that 😂

"It's a compliment!" "It's an insult!" The timing was elite!

I like the fact that there isn't anything too memorable in vnc but instead there are little things that occupy your mind all day. (Noe wiggling his legs while thinking about sucking vanitas's blood, Noe basically realizing he's in love with Vanitas, Dominique calling Jeanne cute, Noe basically becoming the red head old guy's slave, Vanitas literally abandoning his date just to make sure Noe is safe.)

15:51 the extended fall made me laugh so hard

LETS GO VANITAS BABYYYY

I do believe that Jun Mochizuki stories just inherently feel like... all right, we've set up a lot, now more things need to happen? From my experience trying to introduce Pandora Hearts to people, I've always found myself saying things like 'you gotta read quite a bit into it to really get into it' and although VNC does differ from PH a LOT perhaps they have this vibe in common. I do always have to say that the way she writes is SO worth the time getting into the payoff of things.

The Beast of Gevaudan was a real thing in France(resulting in an unknown beast/animal killing 100+ people), like Jean D'Ark was a real person( key figure in the French Revolution), as was Ruthven( who wrote/was a part of the world's first vampire novel). A lot of the "famous" characters/creatures/vampires are based on real figures! Jun Mochizuki (the mangaka) loves her history. Also Vani's threat is because he doesn't want anyone to nose in on his history, which is veeeery graphic. Every vampire has certain powers that are because they "rewrite the world's formula in their favor". Noe's is to manipulate gravity, like Chuuya!

The intro was EVERYTHING! Always here to Danny and his love for Roland

5:16 The shapeless one is the name of Noé's teacher!

If you watch the sub version of Sailor Moon only has one gay couple Neptune and Uranus are out but if you watch dub they are just very affectionate cousins

I just binged watched the entirety of The Case Study of Vanitas in like. Two days. And I may have made the most unholy squeal of joy when I saw this had uploaded. Thank you Danny for feeding my utterly devastating brainrot, I’m so so SO excited for you to react to season 2, it goes INSANELY hard.

Can't wait for him to see that one scene

"La bete de Gevaudan" is an actual historical thing, kinda. During the mid 1700s, a lot of people got kiled by what was described as "an unusually large wolf" or looking "similar to a wolf". A giant hunt ensued that lasted nearly 3 years, with people starting to say that it was a werewolf or some other unholy creature to have escaped for so often. The more plausible explanation is that the hunters killed a lot of wolves, but managed to miss the one manhunter or also that it might actually not have been a wolf, but a young lion or striped hyena, escaped from a menagerie, which would explain the "similar to a wolf, but looking deformed or different" stories. It could also have been a fairly big Wolfhound, which would make it bigger than most ususal wolves. The story has been taken into Myth and recently Popculture, one of my Favourite adaptation being the Books "Ritus" and "Sanctum" by German Author Markus Heitz, where he makes the man who alledegly killed the beast, Jean Chastel, a central figure, as well as his decendants, which carry on his werewolfhunting lineage (In the book it _is_ actually a werewolf)

6:23 i love danny discovering tsundere

There is actually a scientific explanation to why Vampires could have reflections Mirrors used to be made of silver that's why they couldn't see their reflection bc silver is too pure. But nowadays mirrors are made from aluminium so the purity of the silver is lost, therefore allowing Vampires to see their reflections.

The John Wick bit had me cackling

Me that like both vanijeanne and vanoe *well, vanitas has two hands*

3:40 No... Danny's seen ouran high school right😅? The twins I feel would drive him insane🎉🎉 12:35 It's not a well known anime, but cross ange is like that, good traumatic trashy anime that's like a guilty pleasure and then Book of bantorra is like badass grimbook collectors of souls who turn into books after they die... it's been a long while but from what I remember it's crazy 😅

I am VERY excited for you to react to the second part of season 1. Also, yeah I got so hooked on the lore of this show and the relationships and Vanitas just Vanitas his character really had (and will have in the next season should it be made fingers crossed I’m sure) a chokehold on me. Plus the blood thing was unnecessarily sexy but also completely necessary I love it. Btw, I liked your Noe voice over and the bit about I ALWAYS BRING MY SMOKE BOMBS BARBRA

17:44 I like how immediately after I go "okay, that was kinda hot, Roland" Danny asks if Roland is flirting or just sexy by nature😂💙

I'm pretty sure the reflection thing started because of a material that was used to create mirrors before that isn't used anymore (forgot which, but I think it was mercury). Edit: my bad, it was silver. I think mercury is the material we use for CURRENT mirrors.

16:09. Simply enjoying the beaming smile you have and your excitement over your fav character having a spot in the finale. That's all, good smile and joy from other joy.

Yoo I thought I would have to wait for sunday!!

Danny: Keep in mind I havn't seen Castlevania-- Me: *New desire unlocked- Castlevania reaction series*

Love how hyped you looked when Roland was on screen again because same

YOU JUST ENDED THE LIVESTREAM BRO I THOUGHT I WOULD BE ABLE TO SLEEP!!!! (I finished the video, I’m taking his quotes out of context)

9:48 Fun fact: the reason why vampires don’t have reflection is because mirrors back then mirrors were made out of silver. And silver repels vampires. So maybe the mirror is made out of aluminium instead

this is more like the midseason finale than the real finale, people just refer to the second half as season 2

"He's got juciy memories." He's got a bit more than just juciy memories in there.

Petition for Danny to react to Fate. Literally any Fate anime series, Stay Night, Grand Order anime, Apocrypha, whatever. But not on patreon, cuz I sadly can't afford that currently.

Been looking forward to Danny reacting to that Noe scene since the start of this series 😂

Your love for both Roland and Noé make me so unexplainably happy lol

EVERYBODY WAKE UUUUUUUP

These goofy videos always cheer me up 😭🙏

honestly idk why they did a second season, it would make so much more sense if it was just one 24 episodes season

Actually there’s just one season and this isn’t the season finale there’s 23 episodes

i just watched ur entire reaction vids of this series and i loved it sm, i cant wait for u to watch part 2 it literally only gets better

god i can’t wait for danny to learn astolfo’s backstory

7:23 “BRB gonna go shit in the park” DANNY I CANNOT

Let's get danny motta to watch season 2

I’m insanely excited for you to watch part to. VERY VERY HYPE MY GUY.

The SECOND I heard "Beast of Gevaudan" my Teen Wolf phase rolled in up in a jeep, took off its sunglasses, and said "you rang?"

Just watched the most heart wrenching play know to man but can’t stop that Danny Motta grind!!

"Time for my nightly concussion" haha cracked me uup!!!

This show gets so good, i pray Danny keeps watching 😭

This is earlier than I expected!! Thx!

Danny you should watch Fruits Basket (dub) when you start a new show