Line #22 Heartwarming/Castlevania


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3	!! Entries with their own pages:
4	[[index]]
5	* ''Heartwarming/CastlevaniaIIIDraculasCurse''
6	* ''Heartwarming/SuperCastlevaniaIV''
7	* ''Heartwarming/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight''
8	* ''Heartwarming/Castlevania64''
9	* ''Heartwarming/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadowMirrorOfFate''
10	* ''Heartwarming/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow2''
11	* ''Heartwarming/Castlevania2017''
12	* ''Heartwarming/CastlevaniaNocturne''
13	[[/index]]
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15	!! The franchise in general:
16	* In [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood Rondo of Blood]], the moment when Richter is reunited with Annette and they embrace each other is quite touching. The moment is just as sweet in the remake, even with the campy voice acting.
17	* Most of the [[GoldenEnding best endings]] in the series are remarkably warm and optimistic, making them especially satisfying to achieve considering the series' otherwise grim tone and abundance of tragic moments.
18	** [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight Symphony of the Night]] has Maria chase after Alucard, hoping to ease his pain of loneliness. Richter even encourages her to go after him... [[https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFD267DBB0D47490A And she succeeds!]].
19	** After a whole game of [[MindControl brainwashing]] and fighting one of the most horrifying aspects of Dracula, [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaHarmonyOfDissonance Harmony of Dissonance]] has Juste, Maxim, and Lydie finally all together again and happily chatting as if it was another normal day. This ending is made all the more sweet given how sad the game's [[BittersweetEnding other]] [[DownerEnding two]] endings are.
20	** [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaDawnOfSorrow Dawn of Sorrow]] is the last game in the series chronologically, and barring a bit of [[SequelHook ominous dialogue]] it is easily one of the happiest with Soma reuniting with all his friends who are all elated to see him alive.
21	* Across all ''Castlevania'' games, Death is a reoccurring character and is always working with Dracula. Why, you might wonder? Some dark desire to see all life snuffed out? Some unknown rite binding Death to Dracula's servitude? A lack of other hobbies? Nope! Dracula and Death are bros and got each other's backs! Even back when [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLamentOfInnocence Dracula was Mathias]] and didn't have the ability to control demons, Death seemed sincerely loyal to him and fought Leon on his master's behalf. Naturally a lot of this is [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] considering both Dracula and Death are murderous beings who want to bring pain and misery onto humanity... But it is still rather nice Dracula is able to find a [[VillainousFriendship sincere friend]] after his fall into darkness.
22	** This friendship is perhaps best shown in ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaPortraitOfRuin Portrait of Ruin]]'', where Death is fervently working against Brauner since the idea of someone else ruling over Castlevania is totally anathema to him. He is so determined to bring Dracula back as the true dark lord he even considers working with the heroes to achieve this. This comes to a peak in the final battle: where Dracula AND Death work together to try and take the heroes down! Also doubles as a [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Awesome]] moment.
23	** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaJudgment'' also captures this in Death's story mode. While he remains malicious to the wide variety of heroes he meets, he takes Aeon's words completely seriously and does everything in his power to help him repair the timeline and ensure that Dracula remains his master. The closest thing he shows to antagonism is his insistence that ''he'' be the one to destroy those responsible, even if it means defeating Aeon first. "You would have done well to step aside." Compare this to how much he despises [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaCurseOfDarkness Saint Germain]], the franchise's ''other'' time traveler.

Context Heartwarming / Castlevania