Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (Nintendo Cinematic Universe)

Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow is a Japanese anime film.
==Summary==
A foreign exchange program goes horribly wrong when Soma Cruz gets transported into Dracula's castle.
==Characters==
Japanese Voice 	English Voice 	Character 	Description
Hikaru Midorikawa	Jack Merluzzi 	Soma Cruz 	A high-school student living in the town of Hakuba. He possesses a strangely daunting presence and people find him distant and difficult to approach. On the evening of the 2035 A.D. solar eclipse, Soma sets off for the Shrine of the White Horse. The Shrine is located on a hilltop and is attached to the house of his friend Mina. Soma and Mina look forward to watching this rare astral event from the high-altitude view of the Shrine, but something unexpected happens and they are knocked unconscious.
Ao Takahashi 	? 	Mina Hakuba 	The only daughter of the Shrine's caretaker and head priest. A childhood friend of Soma's, Mina is extremely friendly and well liked by everyone she encounters. Though Soma has quite an intimidating personality, she gets along with him comfortably.
Tetsu Inada 	? 	Graham Jones 	The founder of a new religious sect with hordes of devout followers. Born on the 7th month of the year 1999, Graham is rumored to possess magical powers. He gains converts by preaching that the apocalyptic prophecies that were so popular at the end of the last century will come to pass in the year 2035 A.D.
Ao Takahashi 	Karen Strassman	Yoko Belnades	Descendant from a long line of witches employed by the Church. Talkative and quite nosy, she has been sent by the Church to investigate the prophecy of Dracula's resurrection. She is acquainted with Genya Arikado.
Ryotaro Okiayu 	Yuri Lowenthal 	Genya Arikado	An extremely cold man with an inhumanly attractive face. Mr. Arikado always wears a dark suit and is said to belong to a shadowy organization somehow related to national security. He is familiar with the prophecy of Dracula's resurrection.
Tetsu Inada 	David Lodge 	J 	Suffers from amnesia that was triggered by a traumatic incident he experienced in 1999. J possesses amazing powers of magic and is extremely fearful of the resurrection of Dracula.
Tetsu Inada 	? 	Hammer 	A soldier dispatched by the army to investigate Hakuba Shrine. Possesses an extremely rough personality and he only works when he feels like it. Hammer has always wanted to retire from the army and open his own business.
== Plot Elements== 
*The story begins in the year 2035, when Soma Cruz is visiting Japan as a transfer student and living near the Hakuba shrine. During a solar eclipse, he visits the Hakuba shrine with his childhood friend Mina Hakuba. He and Mina are then drawn into the eclipse, landing in a mysterious castle, where they meet a government agent named Genya Arikado.
*Arikado reveals that they are in Dracula's castle. After a group of monsters appear and are dispatched by Arikado, one of the monsters' souls is absorbed by Soma. Arikado explains this as the awakening of Soma's "power of dominance".
*Arikado then directs Soma to enter the castle and seek "the master's chamber".
*As Soma proceeds through the castle, he confronts several characters, each present due to a prophecy related to Dracula's powers.
*Graham Jones, a missionary that has come to the castle, befriends Soma.
*Graham explains the nature of the castle and reveals that Dracula, long thought to be immortal, was destroyed for good in 1999, and that his powers will be passed down onto his reincarnation.
*When Soma proceeds further into the castle, he meets the witch Yoko Belnades, who is present on the orders of the Roman Catholic Church.
*Yoko is looking for Graham, who she believes is dangerous and the inheritor of Dracula's powers. She clarifies the nature of Soma's powers, revealing that they are not necessarily evil, but inherent to Soma himself.
*Later, Soma encounters Hammer, a member of the Army ordered to come to the Hakuba shrine. He has forfeited his mission, however, in favor of selling goods. He becomes Soma's vendor, selling numerous goods to aid Soma's mission.
*A mysterious man then accosts Soma, asking about the nature of Soma's dark power.
*When Soma continues to converse with him, the man reveals that he has amnesia, and the only thing he remembers is his name starts with "J".
*Soma meets Graham again, and questions him on Yoko's suspicions.
*Graham claims he will receive Dracula's powers, believing himself to be Dracula as he was born on the day Dracula was slain.
*Graham inquires as to the nature of Soma's powers, to which Soma responds that he has "the power to rule," causing Graham to panic and flee.
*Concerned, Soma confides this incident to Yoko, who recommends that Soma join her in stopping Graham.
*As Soma proceeds further through the castle, he comes upon a scene of Graham stabbing Yoko with a knife.
*Graham retreats, and Yoko warns Soma of Graham's power.
*Arikado arrives, promises Soma he will look after Yoko, and demands that Soma pursue Graham.
*Soma meets "J" again, who reveals he is Julius Belmont, the man who defeated Dracula in 1999. As he leaves, he remarks that he knows something about the current situation but does not elaborate.
*Soma ascends to the castle's keep and confronts Graham in the throne room.
*Although Soma's sole desire is to leave the castle, Graham is convinced that Soma must be killed for absorbing the souls of the castle's monsters.
*Soma manages to defeat Graham, even after Graham uses his newfound powers to assume a demonic form.
*As Graham falls in defeat, Soma absorbs his powers, and realizes he is Dracula's reincarnation.
*Arikado arrives and reveals a way for Soma to save himself by halting the flow of chaos into the castle.
*Soma proceeds to the Chaotic Realm, but Julius attacks him, believing that Soma is Dracula.
*Julius allows Soma to defeat him, as he sensed Soma's soul fighting against Dracula's influence.
*Before he leaves, Soma elicits a promise from Julius to kill him if he fully becomes Dracula.
*Soma travels through the Chaotic Realm and finally locates the source of chaos.
*Soma manages to defeat the manifestation of chaos and is sent congratulations by Yoko, Hammer, Julius, and Arikado.
*Soma awakens back in the Hakuba Shrine with Mina, pleased that the conflict is over.
==Notes==
*Set within the Nintendo Cinematic Universe.
**Part of the Galeem Saga.
*Based on Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow.
*Set almost 120 years after Castlevania: Bloodlines.
*Co-Produced by Konami.
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