Dante Update - penultimate edition
🕑 Added 2025-03-03 00:51:32 +0000 UTCJust Bleed Gang... we're almost there.
After checks notes 61 days of writing, editing and all the assorted other shit, the script is 100% finalized and sitting at sixteen fucking thousand words long oh my Christ what am I doing with my life, and total video production is about 80% complete. Right now, without any major rewrites pending, the video is 2 hours and 5 minutes long. Its officially the longest (non supercut) video I've done. Hell its 5 minutes longer than the Brock Lesnar video, 10 minutes longer than the final TUF video, and 1 hour 58 minutes longer than the first time I spoke about Dante in the original Fake Martial Arts video!!
I'm hoping this will be the last update before this thing goes live, but there's still a full 20 minutes of the video that is nothing but voice over in need of accompanying video, there's potential re-writes to do, and I'm still awaiting some of the illustrations for the Dojo War segment so this all might drag me back by a few days, but ideally, if i can get the artwork this week, I'm aiming to have this on Patreon next weekend, but obviously some of this is outside my control so that's a tentative date.

Whoever guesses what scene this is taken from wins a prize*.
Considering the first time i wrote about Dante, it was a 7 minute long segment that at the time, i considered "well researched", making this behemoth of a video has genuinely been challenging, but in a good way. I did reach out to a couple of people from that era who are still around to see if they wanted to be interviewed but sadly no one got back to me. Maybe they're dead, who knows.

Anyway, here's some real life DEADLIEST FIGHTING shit for you. What you do with this arcane knowledge of the deadly thumb suck attack I leave up to you.
Thank you all for your patience! I'll see you soon with hopefully a finished video for you!
Just bleed,
Nap
*there is no prize
Comments
Nate
This aged poorly
Nate
Did I read somewhere that it drops today on Patreon?
McMatt
The only attack more deadly than the Thumb Suck is the Toe Suck...err...umm...that's what I heard, anyway...
Aaron B
The Dante rabbit hole is gonna go crazy, can't wait to watch it
Ricky Finn
Dude, still waiting for the email adress to send my crayon drawings of Count Dante man...
Andrew Romig
Not gonna lie, I'm SUPER psyched. But take your time, Nap. I know however long it takes it'll be worth the wait!
KaiserErma
Too late to be first. But as soon as I saw that image I thought "Hmm, how much dynamite does he have with those eyes?" haha. He looks completely mesmerised.
Michael Crites
Oh good, Iβm really looking forward to Count Dante: The Elementary School Years
Evin Cashman
My excitement can be described thusly - "πIf you're coming on, πCOME ON."
SniffyTugBoat
I AM BEYOND PUMPED
Napoleon
part 1 of a 5 part series, yes lol
Napoleon
Maybe those sea monkeys grew up to murder people too. It was the 70s, after all
Napoleon
Just dont touch the boner, or it will die and fall off
Michael Crites
So, will this be part 1 ?
Elder Dog
I'm surprised you were able to make a two hour video on Count Dante. I get that his influence is probably bigger than most people realize, but at the same time this is a guy who advertised his ability to murder people alongside ads for Sea Monkeys. I can't wait to see what you managed to dig up on this guy.
Nick Burnette
This sounds f#cking amazing
Daniel
Can't wait! It'll be ready when it's ready though.
Evilscarface
I was hoping my prize was too learn the deadly dim mak technique π ββοΈ
Carl Moores
beat me to it....though Nap's love is all the prize I need.
bungus
Keep it going! Super excited to watch.
Joseph Jackson
I can't say its been easy to maintain my Death Touch boner for this long but I've done it and its been a rewarding experience. Thank you sir.
Roland Hooton
Two hours is impressive as fuck
Evilscarface
Nice!!! I never win anything π€£ that's some cool art work ππ»
Napoleon
Thumb sucking can be deadly or amorous, really depends on the application
Napoleon
WE HAVE A WINNER!
Nik_W
Are you sure that the thumb sucking isn't from some manual of amorous techniques by Ashida Kim? I mean, it would have been an honest mistake. The man was obviously highly skilled in various areas.
Evilscarface
Is that from when he tries blowing up his rival gym?