Cocytus was created as a soldier. Ains wanted him to grow as a general. A soldier accepts orders without thinking, but an officer thinks about the meaning and reasoning of the order.
What is Command Intent? Told that regularly as an officer, key thing, you are right on the money for officers. However, modern western soldiers are expected to think, adapt and question unlawful orders, but yes orders are orders if not illegal. That said their officers will be held accountable for this misinterpretations of orders since they gave them unclear direction.
That's very much a command and control kind of attitude. How do you expect the brass to know what's going on exactly on the ground? This is why the Western soldier is expected to think for themselves. It is far more effective
@@BasudebJena003 In that moment, Brain surpassed Gazef Stronoff in strength and entered the realm of heroes, basically saying that he went far beyond what his normal species was able to do. Cocytus was able to acknowledge Brain's strength and instead of treading over his body, he instead went around becuase Cocytus had that much respect for Brain and his courage. The light novel specifically says: Just as Cocytus was about to step over Brain, he stopped himself again. He looked towards the castle behind Brain. “…” Cocytus turned his head around while deep in thought. He turned right and walked into a path that was narrower than the one before. He walked down the path until he emerged onto the main street again, after which he took another right turn. He walked along while confirming the castle’s position, taking every right turn detour that he saw which brought him back to the main street. Cocytus looked towards his right. Brain’s remains were now quite a distance away. Cocytus then silently walked towards his left - towards the castle.
@@BasudebJena003 You just had a "true warrior" stand his ground with resolve in the face of death, to not allow the intruders past him. Being effortlessly defeated doesn't matter, because when it comes to warriors, respect and honour is seperate from strength. This is how Cocytus can respect those so much weaker than him. Having just impressed Cocytus with his resolve and will, as well as showcasing the greatest warrior traits (surpassing ones own innate limits through this), Cocytus has nothing but respect for Brain. To simply continue walking past his slain body, when such a respectable warrior had lain down his life to prevent that, would be the hight of disrespect towards him. So he doesn't want to continue forward out of respect, but he has his own conflicting orders. So after giving it some thought, he finds a way to carry out his orders without disrespecting the warrior he had just recognised. The fact that this was done in such an outwardly obvious manor in front of so many of his subordinates is what makes his "walk" so much more meaningful than it already is, because it is expressing his level of respect for all to see, towards one nominally an enemy.
The Respect Cocytus gives to warriors is immense. He purposefully did not walk pass Brain. Not even The Army of Sorcerer Kingdom could pass through Brain Ungulaus.
Also asked Ainz to resurrect the main lizard folks who perished in defense of their lands. Because he respected and valued them as warriors. Even making a logical argument for why he should resurrect them. Cocytus is a good crab monster person
I think takemikazuchi was plenty creative, he just made so many swords over the years of playing yggdrasil that he got tired of naming all of them, so instead he'd name a series of them and each iteration would be an improvement or variation of a common theme.
Indeed to assume the guy wasn’t creative because of one example shows that our host has only ever made one or two things in general. It’s very easy to come up with 5 or six badass names, but if I asked for 300 of them and expected you to never reuse any or call it a different color then you’d be stumped. However, you could probably come up with thousands of different blades with different variations and uses and of improving usefulness
i think the evidence shows he was very creative, just naming a sword wasnt where he focused it. if he was diving into battles without info just to skill through it, hes improvising on the spot how to deal with things, which would be very creative indeed.
I think it would be the pinnacle of his craft that's why it's added the mk mark.. maybe he wanted to keep the takemikazuchi name as his best blade.. Similar how to some machines/system are named.. Example gundam.. gundam mk2 gundam mk3 and so on.. Android os 1.0 and so on..
Good timing on this supercut considering how important Cocytus was to season 4 episode 12 that was released a few hours ago. They did justice to his badassery. Thanks again for your efforts!
Takemikazuchi wasn't bad at naming weapons. He grew attached to some weapons, and improved on them over time little by little. One weapon he could have used since he began playing Yggdrasil and named it MK I, and over the course of playing he would add parts, or aspects to that weapon, and every addition would be another version. He respected everything he owned, and that sense of respect carried over to Cocytus. I personally would know, because I do it myself. If it were me, if I had something I treasured and improved on that something, I wouldn't just give it a new name. I'd want it to retain its original name, and then give it a sense of progression as I build on it.
I like to believe that Ainz had let Cocytus take the Lizardmen under his command simply because he knew Cocytus’s creator loved a challenge. Ainz misses his friends, and could be intentionally bringing out the personalities of his friends within the npcs that they created.
I was hoping brain would at least chip the sword with his nail clipper move but I guess the level difference and item quality difference just too big for brain to do that.
@@ogchirag nah not rly..... he used razor edge with his zone thingy alongside other class buffs and potion buffs......thts his perfected form thts supposedly used against Gazef Stronof in short, at tht overbuffed moment, Brain Unglaus is the strongest warrior humanity has to offer (excluding demis and godkins ofc)
The most chivalrous and honorable guardian. He did Brain well and respected him as a true warrior. Hoping Nazarick can bring him back since Cocytus preserved his body.
In terms of personality , design and voice Cocytus is my favorite ! Granted he might not be as smart or versatile as Demiurge or Albedo, but still, I like him for how honorable, yet badass and efficient he is ! Puns aside he is so "cool" !
I love your way of explaining complex topics in very simple terms and in very limited words. Some of stuff you gloss over could be 1 hour topics on their own but you have a way of really compacting that information and delivering it very distinctly and moving on
DnD has a devil that closely resembles Cocytus physical appearance and shares the theme of ice powered skills. its called "Ice Devil" and Cocytus is most likely drafted after it just with extra arms and a more heavy set style to represent the warrior/fighter in him. Its possible that Cocytus' unknown racial lvls are in "Devil" (5) and "Greater Devil" (5) as Ice devils are always specialized devils that "evolve" from Lemures, a base devil form.
I strongly believe their loyalty is primarily motivated by their fear of abandonment. Given NPC retain some of their memories from Yggdrasil; they _must_ remember the loneliness of having been on standby after their own creators left. On many occasions it was directly stated they feared deviating from Ainz's plan or disappointing him would cause him to leave like the rest of the 41; and not that they don't have a will of their own. Being the one that causes Momonga; who stayed behind; to leave is as a sin far too great for any of them to bear. The fear of abandonment is so great; to the point Albedo created a hit squad for the purpose of _Killing_ the 40 who left; So Ainz wouldn't leave them.
@@HazeEmry Seems like it? No; it was just glossed over like many other things at the end of the "Invaders of the Tomb" act. Blink and you'd miss it sort of deal.
I just have to say that the amount of work and information you give with this videos is insane. I really appreciate your work and have mainly started watching you a few years ago because of overlord. Im glad i did cuz your videos really increased in quality and even tho these new ones are relatively long to watch i still find joy in them cuz of amount of lore you give and your calimg voice. Keep up the good work and i hope to see more Overlord videos in the future. 😁
Every season has had 13 so I’d assume 13 for this season too and there is a lot of talk around overlord 5 being 2023 plus we still have the movie coming out.
@@edwardcorkill2726 highly doubtful that we'd gave season 5 as early as 2023. there's simply no (or lack of) resource material at this point. the anime will end on the equivalent of Volume 14 of the light novels. the movie will cover volume 12-13. Volume 15 just recently got published (english translation isn't available yet afaik) , with volume 16 to be published soon
@@roricaplaza True, volume 15 was split into 2 volume due to its length so some will spill over to volume 16 and it was said that the anime will end in volume 17 and since the anime mostly cover 2-3 volumes per season. It'll take atleast 1-2 years after the volume 17 comes out to be adapted into an anime/movie. Tho they might work on another movie or an in depth S5 covering only volume 15 and 16.
Cocytus seems more like the opposite of his creator, while his creator doesn't sound like much of a strategist, Cocytus brought all the weapons Offensive & Defensive needed when he fought the Lizardman Tribe.
About Cocytus's arms and tail, in DnD, there is build archetype focusing on using many weapons with many arms, it is a glass cannon like build, so i woudnt be surprised if his build has many bonuses that apply to all his attacks, instead of specialized and stronger buffs. I would also not be surprised if he can both Bite and attack with his tail in his general damage rotation with his four arms.
Bro ur content is seriously underrated you have become my favourite RUclipsr lowkey and it’s just because of the way you go into detail. I’ll even watch videos of animes I haven’t seen just to listen to you go in depth. It’s like reading a summery of a light novel volume
Fun fact Cocytus is also one of the 5 rivers found in Hades. It’s the River of Wailing & Lamentation, it’s usually depicted as grey. Also love imagines & clips from the Dante’s Inferno game & animated movie.
Really great video on Cocytus! I’m really liking this recap/conclusion style of presentation allot. As viewers we’ve got the direct look into their different aspects like their power, or abilities as NPC’s with the previous videos and these longer wrap-ups are really fun to watch. I’m really enjoying the content thank you and keep up the great works.
I recall reading something about Sebas in particular that makes the rock paper scissors between him and the other floor guardians make a touch more sense: one of his key advantages in a fight against other close quarters fighters is a skill that allows him to sunder weapons. Albedo's signature weapon is a world item (given to her on the sly by Tabula Smaragdina) whose most remarkable quality is that it's nightmarishly effective against wide areas and the terrain itself, and completely unbreakable, if a touch mediocre against actual targets. Cocytus's signature weapons are all extremely well specialized killing tools whose durability is completely unremarkable.
Cocytus is my favourite guardian, the fact that he is always calm and he has never fought seriosuly let me think he can be really powerful once he decide to fight at full force
I like how the armor system makes players use different sets in different situations because of the item drop when killed. It is similar to Albion Online where you won't always wear your strongest set in open world but use different quality sets in different situations like GvG, HCE, Farming etc.
Spoiler?: I love how Cocytus took a detour as a sign of respect after defeating Brain. Behind Brain's frozen body is a stretch of untouched bit of the road signifying Brain fought and died for something.
TS 1:11:50 Billion Blades did not allow him to draw his weapon out of the pocket dimension. All of the NPC had item storage abilities like Ainz did, you seen this with Shalltear pulling her book out of storage. Most of them where not shown using it but they where level 100 and did not walk around in armor all the time, this is how NPC like Albedo would be able to get in her armor so quick.
One of the purpose why he(Ainz) wants them to think outside of their roles is that It’s really a tedious job for one person to think all of the decisions for them although that’s the prime purpose of supreme being. And also testing the probability that one day his vassals will betray him.
Man i'm missing these Overlord videos man... i binged them all through in one day and they were THE best content I've ever watched on youtube these days next to your Explanations about the Slime anime. That's why i love Isekai's so much. If the story and world-building is SO detailed as these 2 stories, there is endless amounts of information missing. Is there even information in overlord left that is unexplained from your side? I'd LOVE to see more from overlord. Your voice is so chill and it's really easy to listen to you while multi-tasking in work etc.
My Favorite Guardian, not only because he has the appearance of an Insect, but also that he has Ice Powers and even uses a Samurai Blade with those Huge Arms that he has, Makes him much cooler
Thank you supercuts but make sure you are not ruining you vacation chasing upload.. You will get more inspiration with fresh mind. Hope you have a funtime
25:41 I actually thought that the part of the point of the lizard-men was to show the story from the perspective of what could've easily been different protagonists. I feel like every group and party introduced offer this opportunity. There are so many interesting and well developed side characters in this story it's amazing.
The elder lich is the Mithril adventurer who went to investigate Vampire sighting with Momon then got his skull crashed by Mare in season 1, that's why it got a sunken forehead.
Takemikazuchi: You are a honorable warrior. Cocytus: EVERYONE WHO BREAKS THEIR OATH SHOULD SUFFER IN FROZEN PURGATORY FOR ALL ETERNALTY! Also brilliant that it was Cocytus that took the punch of the "maybe going rouge" Sebas Tian and judging it sufficient to have killed Tuareninya Veyron is also fitting of his nature. Him killing Brain on Ainzs orders while also going around him to show that a human was worthy of his respect is another great show of who Cocytus is!
Can we acknowledge how skilled he is to know that Brain is better then the rest. Like imagine playing Pokémon with a level 100 team and take away the HUD just about everything will die in one hit and you would be none the wiser if it was LV 10 or LV 30
Brain was a true warrior to the end, but I have to admit I feel sorry he wasn't even able to land a single hit, but I'm glad Cocytus treated his death with the respect it deserved. As a Warrior himself.
Only reason brain didnt land a hit was because, out of respect, cocytus did not handicap himself at all. Using all of his strength to avoid insulting brain.
My wife overheard this video and said you sound like you overannounce the word kitten. Much love though. I love how detailed you are and you enunciate your voice so clearly I can ever listen to you quietly in public!
To me the collections is not like a boring way of just collecting objects. I think it more of like they collect a unique object possessed by a person they find interesting and respect. To trophy hunt is to respect the prey. Hes not like a hoarder he could not save, spare or convice Brain to change or defect. No reason to bring it up to the Lord. So his way of dealing with it and still following orders was to kill and collect a personal momento from an opponent they found interesting and in way he gets to preserve his personality without being unloyal to the lord. My 2 cents.
Naming something you've improved from the original as Mk 2 or Mk 3 does not mean he isn't creative good lord. Creativity is need for innovation which you absolutely need if you are in the top melee players in the top guild.
@@unknownakatsuki Reminds me of Rimuru in Reincarnated as a Slime, he gave up on naming 150,000 orcs, so he just started giving them codes as names. Like M12 meant they lived in the mountains, L42 meant they lived near the lake.
If I didn't watch this last night.... I probably won't understand what cocytus was doing with Brain. Best episode by far against all other episodes.... except for next week ... I might be wrong again
Halberds didn't cleave through armor but as most armor during the late medieval period could stop all but the highest grade rifles at medium range [around maybe 50 meters to 30 meters] Halberds were used in formation preferably behind the shield wall or pike square until combat starts
Way of Bushido is a fantasy coined after the fact, much like the code of chivalry. Also fighting for a Lord does not make you a samurai. If anything a Bushi or Ashigaru, Samurai takes a lot to be earned. I.e. Hideyoshi Toyotomi was a sandal bearer for some time before he earned the rank of Samurai.
in 23:00 that lich was the advanturer who was killed by Mare while Ainz was trying to clear all future witnesses of his fight with Shalter (im talking about the advanturer who was tied to a tree and struck by Mare's staff in the anime)
1.I love how, in any other series, Cocytus and Sebas would the sympathetic antagonists in a mostly evil faction that you would hope would turn against their master. But that ain't that kind of story. 2. Pretty sure Iron Man would have a word after that diss at Takemakazuchi lol All jokes aside, not naming your weapon something unique when you know you're eventually gonna replace it with a better version is pretty logical
1:05:20 We know that almost all the players quit the game by the time we first see Ainz and HeroHero talking on the server closing day. I think it's also a possibility that God Slayer Emperor Blade was Takemikazuchi's main weapon and decided to give it to the NPC he made as a farewell gift before leaving the game, which would just further explain why Cocytos holds the sword so dear.
These have been the first book I've ever bought (or really anything I've bought related to an anime). The last episode was extremely close to the book. I also highly recommend supporting the author and buying the books. If anything my favorite is the paladin of the holy kingdom 1 + 2. You are missing out if don't read those books.
Maybe the ??? Insect class let's you select new physical traits as you level amd customize your character. Like for each 1-2 levels you get to pick a part of your character and mutate it, gaining skills and abilities.
Damn even though I knew it was coming seeing brain go out is still painful. It's interesting to see cocytus preserve his body in the middle of the road instead of of taking it back to nazarick like in the LN but maybe that happens off screen. Maybe some stuff can happen and we'll see him again but as of now farewell my favourite character. Day 59 of asking for a grand assassin Hassan servant review
tbh the fact that his body is encased in ice (no decomposition) and how it is implied to be brought back to Nazarick does hint that resurrection is highly likely to happen at some point. Maybe as a companion for Climb or something? Who knows. Ainz was thinking about bringing back Stronoff, and Brain is much more "special" as a specimen than Stronoff.
Ok I know this is tangential but what's the show (s) depicted at 9:20 (the whole samurai lore discussion), or same as 10:46? His development to Daimyo to me seems natural once released from the constraints of being "just an NPC". Also I hope this show goes further to bring back the goblin army and what happened at the Village and I kinda wanna see this insect army. Love these videos!
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Cocytus was created as a soldier. Ains wanted him to grow as a general. A soldier accepts orders without thinking, but an officer thinks about the meaning and reasoning of the order.
What is Command Intent? Told that regularly as an officer, key thing, you are right on the money for officers. However, modern western soldiers are expected to think, adapt and question unlawful orders, but yes orders are orders if not illegal. That said their officers will be held accountable for this misinterpretations of orders since they gave them unclear direction.
That's very much a command and control kind of attitude. How do you expect the brass to know what's going on exactly on the ground? This is why the Western soldier is expected to think for themselves. It is far more effective
I'm gonna miss Brain. And kudos to Cocytus. He took a turn so as not to soil Brain's honor as a warrior like a pebble by the road.
How is moving around a few blocks after killing a warrior honour? Is it some kind of warrior tradition.
@Silence he could have moved beside him
@@BasudebJena003 In that moment, Brain surpassed Gazef Stronoff in strength and entered the realm of heroes, basically saying that he went far beyond what his normal species was able to do. Cocytus was able to acknowledge Brain's strength and instead of treading over his body, he instead went around becuase Cocytus had that much respect for Brain and his courage. The light novel specifically says:
Just as Cocytus was about to step over Brain, he stopped himself again.
He looked towards the castle behind Brain.
“…”
Cocytus turned his head around while deep in thought.
He turned right and walked into a path that was narrower than the one before. He walked down the path until he emerged onto the main street again, after which he took another right turn. He walked along while confirming the castle’s position, taking every right turn detour that he saw which brought him back to the main street.
Cocytus looked towards his right.
Brain’s remains were now quite a distance away.
Cocytus then silently walked towards his left - towards the castle.
@Silence yes that makes sense now it's not necessary all his troops would follow his footsteps.
@@BasudebJena003 You just had a "true warrior" stand his ground with resolve in the face of death, to not allow the intruders past him.
Being effortlessly defeated doesn't matter, because when it comes to warriors, respect and honour is seperate from strength. This is how Cocytus can respect those so much weaker than him.
Having just impressed Cocytus with his resolve and will, as well as showcasing the greatest warrior traits (surpassing ones own innate limits through this), Cocytus has nothing but respect for Brain.
To simply continue walking past his slain body, when such a respectable warrior had lain down his life to prevent that, would be the hight of disrespect towards him.
So he doesn't want to continue forward out of respect, but he has his own conflicting orders. So after giving it some thought, he finds a way to carry out his orders without disrespecting the warrior he had just recognised.
The fact that this was done in such an outwardly obvious manor in front of so many of his subordinates is what makes his "walk" so much more meaningful than it already is, because it is expressing his level of respect for all to see, towards one nominally an enemy.
The Respect Cocytus gives to warriors is immense. He purposefully did not walk pass Brain. Not even The Army of Sorcerer Kingdom could pass through Brain Ungulaus.
Would be right to say that the brain is the strongest human in that moment and was the only one to hault the sorcerer kingdom if even for a minute
@@ltphantomknight8942 strongest human is fluder
@@itsgonnabeokay9341 most powerful you mean
power can be both physical and magical
however strength can only be physical at least in definition
50:31 possibly based off another D&D monster called the Ice Devil. They are insectoid.
Also asked Ainz to resurrect the main lizard folks who perished in defense of their lands. Because he respected and valued them as warriors. Even making a logical argument for why he should resurrect them.
Cocytus is a good crab monster person
I think takemikazuchi was plenty creative, he just made so many swords over the years of playing yggdrasil that he got tired of naming all of them, so instead he'd name a series of them and each iteration would be an improvement or variation of a common theme.
Now that I think of it, I've done it
Indeed to assume the guy wasn’t creative because of one example shows that our host has only ever made one or two things in general.
It’s very easy to come up with 5 or six badass names, but if I asked for 300 of them and expected you to never reuse any or call it a different color then you’d be stumped. However, you could probably come up with thousands of different blades with different variations and uses and of improving usefulness
i think the evidence shows he was very creative, just naming a sword wasnt where he focused it. if he was diving into battles without info just to skill through it, hes improvising on the spot how to deal with things, which would be very creative indeed.
I think it would be the pinnacle of his craft that's why it's added the mk mark.. maybe he wanted to keep the takemikazuchi name as his best blade..
Similar how to some machines/system are named..
Example gundam.. gundam mk2 gundam mk3 and so on..
Android os 1.0 and so on..
Agreed. I do this.
perfect day to have COCYTUS after the recent episode.
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Dude! That ending was great he really is best boy!
I expected more than an empathy episode
This episode was... Cool... Buh Dum Tsssss
Good timing on this supercut considering how important Cocytus was to season 4 episode 12 that was released a few hours ago. They did justice to his badassery. Thanks again for your efforts!
Takemikazuchi wasn't bad at naming weapons. He grew attached to some weapons, and improved on them over time little by little. One weapon he could have used since he began playing Yggdrasil and named it MK I, and over the course of playing he would add parts, or aspects to that weapon, and every addition would be another version. He respected everything he owned, and that sense of respect carried over to Cocytus.
I personally would know, because I do it myself. If it were me, if I had something I treasured and improved on that something, I wouldn't just give it a new name. I'd want it to retain its original name, and then give it a sense of progression as I build on it.
I like to believe that Ainz had let Cocytus take the Lizardmen under his command simply because he knew Cocytus’s creator loved a challenge. Ainz misses his friends, and could be intentionally bringing out the personalities of his friends within the npcs that they created.
He even feels bad about what he did to albedo. The one change he made to the code before it became real life.
Given the chance, I bet Brain would've loved to know more about Cocytus' sword.
I was hoping brain would at least chip the sword with his nail clipper move but I guess the level difference and item quality difference just too big for brain to do that.
@@idunusegoogleplus my hope was for brain to at least scratch cocytus' underarm, lol
@@T.xvii.17 he could have if he had used razor's edge
@@ogchirag not his sword. dude is a beast
@@ogchirag nah not rly..... he used razor edge with his zone thingy alongside other class buffs and potion buffs......thts his perfected form thts supposedly used against Gazef Stronof
in short, at tht overbuffed moment, Brain Unglaus is the strongest warrior humanity has to offer (excluding demis and godkins ofc)
A truly respectable warrior.
The most chivalrous and honorable guardian. He did Brain well and respected him as a true warrior. Hoping Nazarick can bring him back since Cocytus preserved his body.
In terms of personality , design and voice Cocytus is my favorite !
Granted he might not be as smart or versatile as Demiurge or Albedo, but still, I like him for how honorable, yet badass and efficient he is ! Puns aside he is so "cool" !
I love your way of explaining complex topics in very simple terms and in very limited words. Some of stuff you gloss over could be 1 hour topics on their own but you have a way of really compacting that information and delivering it very distinctly and moving on
DnD has a devil that closely resembles Cocytus physical appearance and shares the theme of ice powered skills. its called "Ice Devil" and Cocytus is most likely drafted after it just with extra arms and a more heavy set style to represent the warrior/fighter in him. Its possible that Cocytus' unknown racial lvls are in "Devil" (5) and "Greater Devil" (5) as Ice devils are always specialized devils that "evolve" from Lemures, a base devil form.
Interesting.
I strongly believe their loyalty is primarily motivated by their fear of abandonment. Given NPC retain some of their memories from Yggdrasil; they _must_ remember the loneliness of having been on standby after their own creators left.
On many occasions it was directly stated they feared deviating from Ainz's plan or disappointing him would cause him to leave like the rest of the 41; and not that they don't have a will of their own.
Being the one that causes Momonga; who stayed behind; to leave is as a sin far too great for any of them to bear.
The fear of abandonment is so great; to the point Albedo created a hit squad for the purpose of _Killing_ the 40 who left; So Ainz wouldn't leave them.
Seems like a massive spoiler ffs
@@HazeEmry Seems like it? No; it was just glossed over like many other things at the end of the "Invaders of the Tomb" act. Blink and you'd miss it sort of deal.
@@soldio4143 which episode was it?
Agreed. It's kinda the unspoken angst driving a lot of the series.
@@HazeEmry The episode where Albedo tears the flag, I believe. But yeah, she gives a nod to one if the ninja folk with these orders.
I just have to say that the amount of work and information you give with this videos is insane. I really appreciate your work and have mainly started watching you a few years ago because of overlord. Im glad i did cuz your videos really increased in quality and even tho these new ones are relatively long to watch i still find joy in them cuz of amount of lore you give and your calimg voice. Keep up the good work and i hope to see more Overlord videos in the future. 😁
"Is designed for both bursts and sustain" wait, that's illegal.
Uncle Cocytus is still my favorite Floor Guardian such a cool character.
I want an overlord prequel while we wait 4 years for season 5
Is episode 12 the last of the season?
@@nitr097 Apparently not, I'm guessing 13 is.
Every season has had 13 so I’d assume 13 for this season too and there is a lot of talk around overlord 5 being 2023 plus we still have the movie coming out.
@@edwardcorkill2726 highly doubtful that we'd gave season 5 as early as 2023. there's simply no (or lack of) resource material at this point. the anime will end on the equivalent of Volume 14 of the light novels. the movie will cover volume 12-13. Volume 15 just recently got published (english translation isn't available yet afaik) , with volume 16 to be published soon
@@roricaplaza True, volume 15 was split into 2 volume due to its length so some will spill over to volume 16 and it was said that the anime will end in volume 17 and since the anime mostly cover 2-3 volumes per season. It'll take atleast 1-2 years after the volume 17 comes out to be adapted into an anime/movie.
Tho they might work on another movie or an in depth S5 covering only volume 15 and 16.
Cocytus seems more like the opposite of his creator, while his creator doesn't sound like much of a strategist, Cocytus brought all the weapons Offensive & Defensive needed when he fought the Lizardman Tribe.
That army was just what ainz gave him
@@-Apoptos- and he wasted the entire army, not much of a strategist there
@@KlLLER6 he's more competent when it comes to singles combat. But, leading an army is not something he was experienced in.
About Cocytus's arms and tail, in DnD, there is build archetype focusing on using many weapons with many arms, it is a glass cannon like build, so i woudnt be surprised if his build has many bonuses that apply to all his attacks, instead of specialized and stronger buffs.
I would also not be surprised if he can both Bite and attack with his tail in his general damage rotation with his four arms.
Bro was waiting for this moment
Mad respect for cocytous in the recent ep
Bro ur content is seriously underrated you have become my favourite RUclipsr lowkey and it’s just because of the way you go into detail. I’ll even watch videos of animes I haven’t seen just to listen to you go in depth. It’s like reading a summery of a light novel volume
Fun fact Cocytus is also one of the 5 rivers found in Hades. It’s the River of Wailing & Lamentation, it’s usually depicted as grey.
Also love imagines & clips from the Dante’s Inferno game & animated movie.
Really great video on Cocytus!
I’m really liking this recap/conclusion style of presentation allot.
As viewers we’ve got the direct look into their different aspects like their power, or abilities as NPC’s with the previous videos and these longer wrap-ups are really fun to watch.
I’m really enjoying the content thank you and keep up the great works.
Wow, just in time after the latest episode showed his duel with Brain
I recall reading something about Sebas in particular that makes the rock paper scissors between him and the other floor guardians make a touch more sense: one of his key advantages in a fight against other close quarters fighters is a skill that allows him to sunder weapons. Albedo's signature weapon is a world item (given to her on the sly by Tabula Smaragdina) whose most remarkable quality is that it's nightmarishly effective against wide areas and the terrain itself, and completely unbreakable, if a touch mediocre against actual targets. Cocytus's signature weapons are all extremely well specialized killing tools whose durability is completely unremarkable.
Cocytus is my favourite guardian, the fact that he is always calm and he has never fought seriosuly let me think he can be really powerful once he decide to fight at full force
I like how the armor system makes players use different sets in different situations because of the item drop when killed. It is similar to Albion Online where you won't always wear your strongest set in open world but use different quality sets in different situations like GvG, HCE, Farming etc.
Spoiler?:
I love how Cocytus took a detour as a sign of respect after defeating Brain. Behind Brain's frozen body is a stretch of untouched bit of the road signifying Brain fought and died for something.
Respect the ground he stood
"Cocytus' back story is like bushido...unwritten and unspoken" Warrior Takemikazuchi.
Cocytus is def my favorite of the floor guardians so im glad he got his video! good stuff as always man
Cocytus being named NPC # 1 would be so funny that I don't think id be able to take overlord seriously when Cocytus would be around.
Made to the end. You are the best at in depth analysis of anime. Love the channel, love you guys, all hail our Overlord!
TS 1:11:50 Billion Blades did not allow him to draw his weapon out of the pocket dimension. All of the NPC had item storage abilities like Ainz did, you seen this with Shalltear pulling her book out of storage. Most of them where not shown using it but they where level 100 and did not walk around in armor all the time, this is how NPC like Albedo would be able to get in her armor so quick.
One of the purpose why he(Ainz) wants them to think outside of their roles is that It’s really a tedious job for one person to think all of the decisions for them although that’s the prime purpose of supreme being. And also testing the probability that one day his vassals will betray him.
Man i'm missing these Overlord videos man... i binged them all through in one day and they were THE best content I've ever watched on youtube these days next to your Explanations about the Slime anime. That's why i love Isekai's so much. If the story and world-building is SO detailed as these 2 stories, there is endless amounts of information missing. Is there even information in overlord left that is unexplained from your side? I'd LOVE to see more from overlord. Your voice is so chill and it's really easy to listen to you while multi-tasking in work etc.
Made it till the end 👍 Nice to see a whole video dedicated to Cocytus after the episode this week 😄
My Favorite Guardian, not only because he has the appearance of an Insect, but also that he has Ice Powers and even uses a Samurai Blade with those Huge Arms that he has, Makes him much cooler
I'm so glad I found this series. Super informative and fun to play on the side!
Thank you supercuts but make sure you are not ruining you vacation chasing upload..
You will get more inspiration with fresh mind.
Hope you have a funtime
Damn best bug
25:41 I actually thought that the part of the point of the lizard-men was to show the story from the perspective of what could've easily been different protagonists. I feel like every group and party introduced offer this opportunity. There are so many interesting and well developed side characters in this story it's amazing.
The elder lich is the Mithril adventurer who went to investigate Vampire sighting with Momon then got his skull crashed by Mare in season 1, that's why it got a sunken forehead.
honestly, with all the DnD inspirations: I'm stunned no one has compared him to the DnD's Ice devil
Perfect timing too
This week's episode showed him best
Made it all the way to the end, and like always I appreciate and love your work and dedication you put into it
Cocytus sees a guy standing in front of him by himself.
" Yeah this is a real one"
Takemikazuchi: You are a honorable warrior.
Cocytus: EVERYONE WHO BREAKS THEIR OATH SHOULD SUFFER IN FROZEN PURGATORY FOR ALL ETERNALTY!
Also brilliant that it was Cocytus that took the punch of the "maybe going rouge" Sebas Tian and judging it sufficient to have killed Tuareninya Veyron is also fitting of his nature.
Him killing Brain on Ainzs orders while also going around him to show that a human was worthy of his respect is another great show of who Cocytus is!
Such perfect timing, also the research and effort put into these videos...Awesome work honestly
My guy forgot to mention that cocytus comes from greek mythology, it being one the five rivers encircling Hades.
Watched the whole thing baby. Love you overlord videos
your overlord series has been a really good watch, thanks for taking the time, two thumbs up
Can we acknowledge how skilled he is to know that Brain is better then the rest. Like imagine playing Pokémon with a level 100 team and take away the HUD just about everything will die in one hit and you would be none the wiser if it was LV 10 or LV 30
amazing series with all these supercuts, I wish we had like 15 seasons of overlord atleast to see them all fighting
Maybe he not as kind hearted as Sebas but dude is a true wariors and this last episode on how the respect he show on Brain really move me
As always! Thank you for your hard work and continued videos 💙
Brain was a true warrior to the end, but I have to admit I feel sorry he wasn't even able to land a single hit, but I'm glad Cocytus treated his death with the respect it deserved. As a Warrior himself.
Only reason brain didnt land a hit was because, out of respect, cocytus did not handicap himself at all. Using all of his strength to avoid insulting brain.
44:27 those armor sets go hard.
My wife overheard this video and said you sound like you overannounce the word kitten.
Much love though. I love how detailed you are and you enunciate your voice so clearly I can ever listen to you quietly in public!
Amazing timing! I was able to appreciate todays episode fully thanks to this
Wow I just started watching t your videos of the flood guardians and you just published this makes my dat.
I thought this was planned because how on point this video came out after the new episode of overlord but god what godly Timing
To me the collections is not like a boring way of just collecting objects. I think it more of like they collect a unique object possessed by a person they find interesting and respect. To trophy hunt is to respect the prey. Hes not like a hoarder he could not save, spare or convice Brain to change or defect. No reason to bring it up to the Lord. So his way of dealing with it and still following orders was to kill and collect a personal momento from an opponent they found interesting and in way he gets to preserve his personality without being unloyal to the lord.
My 2 cents.
Finally, couchytus has finally gotten his video
Naming something you've improved from the original as Mk 2 or Mk 3 does not mean he isn't creative good lord. Creativity is need for innovation which you absolutely need if you are in the top melee players in the top guild.
Me who names my artwork filename to "eeeeeeee" and "111111"
"final" "final 2.0"
Takemikazuchi was just probably done with that naming shit by that point.
@@unknownakatsuki Reminds me of Rimuru in Reincarnated as a Slime, he gave up on naming 150,000 orcs, so he just started giving them codes as names. Like M12 meant they lived in the mountains, L42 meant they lived near the lake.
I love his straightforwardness, no bullshit, no scheming he's just a powerful warrior who respects his opponents fighting spirits
If I didn't watch this last night.... I probably won't understand what cocytus was doing with Brain. Best episode by far against all other episodes.... except for next week ... I might be wrong again
Halberds didn't cleave through armor but as most armor during the late medieval period could stop all but the highest grade rifles at medium range [around maybe 50 meters to 30 meters]
Halberds were used in formation preferably behind the shield wall or pike square until combat starts
Way of Bushido is a fantasy coined after the fact, much like the code of chivalry.
Also fighting for a Lord does not make you a samurai. If anything a Bushi or Ashigaru, Samurai takes a lot to be earned.
I.e. Hideyoshi Toyotomi was a sandal bearer for some time before he earned the rank of Samurai.
in 23:00
that lich was the advanturer who was killed by Mare while Ainz was trying to clear all future witnesses of his fight with Shalter (im talking about the advanturer who was tied to a tree and struck by Mare's staff in the anime)
I'll be honest, Cocytus is my favourite character from Overlord. He's just awesome, and has the heart, soul and will of a warrior.
Good timing on this video release for Cocytus
1.I love how, in any other series, Cocytus and Sebas would the sympathetic antagonists in a mostly evil faction that you would hope would turn against their master.
But that ain't that kind of story.
2. Pretty sure Iron Man would have a word after that diss at Takemakazuchi lol
All jokes aside, not naming your weapon something unique when you know you're eventually gonna replace it with a better version is pretty logical
1:05:20 We know that almost all the players quit the game by the time we first see Ainz and HeroHero talking on the server closing day. I think it's also a possibility that God Slayer Emperor Blade was Takemikazuchi's main weapon and decided to give it to the NPC he made as a farewell gift before leaving the game, which would just further explain why Cocytos holds the sword so dear.
great video and making it to the end wasnt hard man, my high ass is sitting here in fascination
cocytus changing his path to show respect to brain was probably one of the best scenes this season
Tha k you so much for another amazing explanation video!! I always look forward to these when I go to work. Helps time pass
i appreciate these videos 1 hour feels like 10 mins
loved the video.
took some time to get to the end since i had no internet but i reached it today
These have been the first book I've ever bought (or really anything I've bought related to an anime). The last episode was extremely close to the book. I also highly recommend supporting the author and buying the books. If anything my favorite is the paladin of the holy kingdom 1 + 2. You are missing out if don't read those books.
I love Cocytus so much. He's honestly the kind of man I admire deeply. Him and Sebas both. If I can even channel a fraction of that...
Been thinking of a new video from aninews since I watched the episode earlier and i got what I wanted hehe
All of these are good examples of why he is my favorite character in Nazarik
I appreciate your use of Sword of the Stranger footage. Great film.
Enjoy your vacation. I can't wait to see your videos on the episodes you haven't covered yet.
Well well well this is a well timed video if I say so. Good work!! The power of [ THE TRUE NAIL CUTTER ]
I actually love these man thank you for the content.
Maybe the ??? Insect class let's you select new physical traits as you level amd customize your character. Like for each 1-2 levels you get to pick a part of your character and mutate it, gaining skills and abilities.
Because it wasn't mentioned, Cocytus' design is based off of an ice devil from D&D
Bro the effort you put on the videos 😮
One of my favorite quotes from the anime is cocytus saying "I can see it so clearly now, I would be UNCLE COCYTUS" lol his excitement is great
Damn even though I knew it was coming seeing brain go out is still painful. It's interesting to see cocytus preserve his body in the middle of the road instead of of taking it back to nazarick like in the LN but maybe that happens off screen. Maybe some stuff can happen and we'll see him again but as of now farewell my favourite character.
Day 59 of asking for a grand assassin Hassan servant review
tbh the fact that his body is encased in ice (no decomposition) and how it is implied to be brought back to Nazarick does hint that resurrection is highly likely to happen at some point. Maybe as a companion for Climb or something? Who knows. Ainz was thinking about bringing back Stronoff, and Brain is much more "special" as a specimen than Stronoff.
There was no mention of brains body being taken to nazarick, it's exactly how the anime portrayed it
@@-Apoptos- in the LN blue beetle boi does consider it, but I believe he doesn't come to a conclusion it's left as a maybe he did maybe he didn't
And let's not forget his ultimate form that increases him past the level of even shalltears strongest form.
COACH-chytus!!
17:38 um riiight...Undying loyalty...*glances at Albedo*
finally I have been waiting forever for this
Ok I know this is tangential but what's the show (s) depicted at 9:20 (the whole samurai lore discussion), or same as 10:46? His development to Daimyo to me seems natural once released from the constraints of being "just an NPC". Also I hope this show goes further to bring back the goblin army and what happened at the Village and I kinda wanna see this insect army.
Love these videos!
It's gonna be a long hour of suffering through hearing "Ko-Kye-Tus"
Look at how wrong this mf was.
Thanks for your wisdom, I really enjoyed your video
"H-how much of a pervert" he asked whilst breathing heavily.
And this is how I will always remember Cocytus until the heat death of the universe.