Are you? Because seeing as you cite the English intro of CVIII (that does NOT say what you think it does), it looks like otherwise, to be frank with you. The game's plot is FAR from being just its intro.
This is not a problem, mind you. One doesn't need to know every single comma from the game's plot to be a fan. What I'm noticing, however, is a trend of people saying the game "has no plot" while at the same time showing they have no clue what it is.
Also, Castlevania is beloved by many people. Doesn't mean they fully understand the medium. Most still think Dracula is ~le scary vampire man~ only.
Now, after running for many decades since, Konami has been adding to the story, and I don't think I need to point out how every game doesn't exactly add up, and how a lot of things had to be constantly retconned to make sure things add up (such as games turning non-canon, or the Dracula's 100 year cycle silently being forgotten, etc.)
Do you know the reason why specific games are not canon? Do you know why the 100-year revival cycle is not true (yes it is NOT TRUE, did you know that?)? How much of it "doesn't add up"? Because, the way you say it makes it sound like EVERY game contradicts the previous one. Does it "not add up" because you don't get it, or because you don't like it?
See why I keep saying that you're criticising something you don't know? These points have very clear reasons, and you're using them as "negatives".
So yeah, games like Curse of Darkness and *shudder* Judgment added new stuff to the canon, but I'm extremely thankful that the show decided to ignore these sporadic attempts at expanding lore that was never intended to be expanded upon. The show is clearly meant as an adaption of Castlevania 3, not of IGA's distraught mind, and I can't imagine anyone believes the show would have been better like that. Instead they took what they needed from SotN, and implemented it really well in the existing story. I think that should be commended.
>I can't imagine it therefore it'd be impossible
Two things:
1. This show has IGA's hand in it. It has MUUUUCH more of Ellis, but still of IGA. Whatever way you think IGA's "distraught mind" works, this show only exists like what it does because of him. You didn't know that, did you?
2. IGA did barely no change to CVIII, did you know that? Did you know IGA created everything around CVIII without messing with the original plot beyond adding Lisa? So, the show not only used as little as possible from the original CVIII plot to concoct its own story, but the greatest actual plot point came from IGA.
Consider these two things.
I'm sure we have all seen this, but 1:16 in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjdwYlvCDXA
Where on this scene is saying "the Church excommunicated Trevor"? If I'm reading clearly, it says "towspeople". As far as I'm aware, "towspeople" do not hold power to excommunicate someone.
Despite the crap US translations, this point holds true even in English (on its own strange, schizophrenic way). The theme is: The people is ignorant, not the Church.
I'm genuinely confused by what you really wanted here.
I will not express what I really wanted for this series. But I will tell you that you didn't understand the point. Repeating myself for the sake of clarity, not out of condescension:
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And here I'm talking only of stuff that is directly stated to not be the case on the original plot itself, or that changing something would change the original plot's essence."
You need to know the original plot. If your only knowledge of the CVIII plot comes from the official US translations and "playing the game", you'll certainly not understand what I meant. Also, you can think only of Sypha, but I could think of all those points. Why is that?
If the show is not allowed to tell anything apart from what's already depicted in the game, why would you even want a show in the first place?
"If the show wants to do whatever the hell it wants respecting nothing, why make a show out of a video game? Why not make an original show? Why go the trouble of touting it as the greatest, most perfect, most true video game adaptation to date if it really isn't?"
See the problem? I never said it is not allowed to take freedoms, Sumez. I was specifically pointing why your argument of "no plot" doesn't work: CVIII has so much plot that the series contradicts it at every 5 minutes. Hence why it IS accurate to call it a loose adaptation. It IS loose. I never said it "can't be loose", I said it IS loose.
It being loose is no detriment to the series. The problem is trying to correct people on their rightful assertion (that it IS REALLY loose) because you don't like the Castlevania canon.
The only thing I can think of that's directly constradictionary to the story we were told in CV3/AD, was the part with Sypha being trained by the church, and honestly I fail to see how that makes any kind of impact on the story. In fact, considering the story being built around a church that burns people at the stake for dealing in what they believe to be magic, it would have been pretty contradictionary to have a member of the church practicing magic...
So, what should you draw from that? The game and manual makes no mention of "the Church punishing people", and Sypha works for the Church. The people is constantly said to be ignorant, while the Church is an organization aware of the nuances of evil magic and good magic.
Put 1+1. Don't you realize this entire plot of the Church was built for the series, and never once stated or implied on the games? It is contradictory for you because
you don't understand the plot.