Are you look­ing for a fun series to read? A manga that is equal parts fun and scary? Well, it’s not quite hor­ror but more like campy, spooky fun. Hells­ing is the manga for you if you answered yes to those two ques­tions above. As the story opens, we are intro­duced to the top secret orga­ni­za­tion that’s based in Eng­land that pro­tects the Queen and coun­try from all sorts of nasty crea­tures, par­tic­u­larly vam­pires. Hells­ing is the agency that pro­tects humans from the ghouls and it’s weapon of choice for most of their cases is a vam­pire named, Alucard.

Alu­card is an ancient vam­pire who once worked for the agency’s cre­ator. He is immor­tal and invin­ci­ble. Alu­card had been dor­mant for years until Inte­gra comes look­ing for him. Inte­gra Hells­ing is the sole heir to the Hells­ing agency. She uses Alu­card to track down the really nasty vam­pires that are caus­ing trou­ble. A lit­tle bit about Alucard–he’s a vam­pire devoted to a human. The rea­son for that is that he was loyal to her father so there­fore he is loyal to her. I really like Alucard’s char­ac­ter. He does a lot of cool stuff with his cape. Alu­card being a vam­pire is often sent after his own. Often his prey has no idea that he is a vam­pire. The rogue vam­pires that hunt and prey on humans must be caught and killed and it’s Alucard’s job to do so. That’s where the Hells­ing agency comes into the picture.

A bit about fash­ion: Alu­card usu­ally dresses in the most fash­ion­able Vic­to­rian styles. He really does know how to where that cape. He’s very cute in it too. He also has a bit of an ego. He often lets his vic­tims get the best of him until they are stripped of their power and are left humil­i­ated in the after­math of con­fronta­tion. Those scenes are quite fun and very, very cool espe­cially when they the enemy has no idea what they are up against. When Alu­card lets loose with his power, it usu­ally spells the end for the unfor­tu­nate vic­tim that is pit­ted against him. Those actions scene are awe­some to read. At least to me they are, I have no idea what you may like. As with any cool hero, Alu­card also goes by many dif­fer­ent alia­sis like Count Dracula.

Yes, this yet another vam­pire series with some bite After read­ing the first book, I ran right out to pur­chase the entire series. I’ve read up to vol­ume three and plan to spend some time next week to read a few more. It seems as if we’ve had to wait a long time for vol­ume 8 to come out which won’t be until July 25, 2007. So, I must catch up. Plus, there is plenty of other manga titles to keep me busy. Mean­while, if your new to manga and look­ing for a fun series to start with, I highly rec­om­mend Hells­ing. It’s not related to the movie. Any­way, this is a really great series thus far and my grade for the first entry is a solid B+. Very enter­tain­ing read. Don’t miss it.

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