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Hellsing
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Description
Vampires exist. It is the duty of Hellsing, an organization sponsored by the British government, to hide that frightening fact and protect the blissfully unaware populace. Along with its own personal army, Hellsing also has a few secret weapons. Alucard, an incredibly powerful vampire, has been controlled by Hellsing for years. Although he dislikes being a servant to the Hellsing family, he certainly enjoys his job as Hellsing’s vampire exterminator. Seras is a fledgling vampire and a former police woman. Although reluctant to embrace her new self, she is still a valuable member of the organization. Integra Hellsing, the current leader, is usually fully capable of fulfilling her duty, but lately, vampire activity has been on the rise. Unfortunately, the cause is more alarming than anything she could have imagined. A group long thought dead has been plotting in secret since their apparent destruction over 50 years ago. Plotting to plunge England, and perhaps the entire world, into war.
Type
Manga
Related Series
Associated Names
ヘルシング
皇家国教骑士团
皇家國教騎士團
Hell Sing
Hellsing: The Legend of a Vampire Hunter
The Legend of a Vampire Hunter
The Legend of the Vampire Hunter
Groups Scanlating
Latest Release(s)
v. 10 c. 87 by Hiranomoe (164d ago)v. 10 c. 86 by Hiranomoe (174d ago)c. 95 (end) by Hiranomoe (395d ago)Search for all releases of this series
Status in Country of Origin
10 Volumes (Complete)
Oneshot (Complete)
Completely Scanlated?
Yes
Anime Start/End Chapter
N/A
User Reviews
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User Rating
Average: 8.5 / 10.0 (482 votes) Bayesian Average: 8.44 / 10.0
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Last Updated
October 6th 2009, 4:14am PST
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Year
1997
Original Publisher
Serialized In (magazine)
Young King Ours (Shonen Gahosha)
Licensed (in English)
Yes
English Publisher
Chuang Yi (6 Volumes - Ongoing)
Dark Horse Comics (9 Volumes - Ongoing)
Activity Stats (vs. other series)
Weekly Pos # 523  (+111) Monthly Pos # 1009 (+44) 3 Month Pos # 1204  (-104) 6 Month Pos # 1148 (-353)
List Stats
On 915 reading lists On 409 wish lists On 599 completed lists On 79 unfinished lists On 68 custom lists
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| What was the chapter where that baby is being eaten? |
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| Hellsing Ending |
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| manga/anime#1/anime#2 |
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| art&design |
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| vampires in Hellsing - discussion |
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| Boom by azureblueinfinite on October 28th, 2009, 10:52pm |
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This is not a very drama based manga for sure, there is some mild development for Seres but if you've read past the first volume, you've obviously not stayed for drama.
The one sticking point of this manga is the high level of violence, gore and profanity in it. Not to say that it doesn't have some funny moments, but the part of the manga that struck me the most was the violence. Most, if not all the main characters are damned awesome fighters and show it often. Blood goes splurting everywhere and though this (like many mangas with fights) does have the tendency to drag the fights on for chapters, the overall structure of the plot allows and highlights this instead of making it repetitive. |
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| I have no idea why but I liked it by alusandrea on August 10th, 2009, 1:19pm |
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It's kind of strange...Normally I hate dark manga and feel uncomfortable with ultra-gory stories, but I thought Hellsing was awesome. As someone who usually reads shoujo with a dash of shounen and avoid most seinen I have to say for some reason I liked Hellsing even though it belongs to a category of manga I normally avoid; I only read it because a friend recommended it. Somehow the unmitigated gore was put in a way I could stomach. I have no idea why but I was satisfied with the series. It was awesome despite the confusion; the manga wasn't meant to make absolute sense (at least to me). I think it was meant to show the confusion and uselessness of war and (I'm probably overthinking this) I felt a lot of symbolism for the past wars and how crazy and pointless they were and still are.
Rating: 9 / 10.0
... Last updated on August 10th, 2009, 1:23pm |
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| Gotta love Hellsing by markdarkangel on May 7th, 2009, 10:32am |
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I really love Hellsing, one of my favourite series of all time. Love the maddness, mindless, mind-numbing violence that this series presents. Alucard is one of my fav characters of all time as well, just pure unadulterated evil that i never get tired of seeing. Wish it lasted longer, but everything good must come to an end.
Rating: 10 / 10.0 |
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| You're in for a ride if you've got the stomach for it by mewarmo990 on January 20th, 2009, 3:36am |
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Well, this is a pretty mature manga. Lots and lots of gore, almost depictions of child rape, plenty of profanity (scanlators did a good job maintaining cultural contexts too), and all the characters (and the author, sometimes) seem to be on some form of crack or another. However, Hirano does give the characters (especially Alucard) a lot of depth once you look past the ultraviolence and stupid joke chapters. Once you read past the story arcs that were shared with the anime, the story starts to get pretty damn insane, so be prepared. That's not to say it was particularly rich - although the characters definitely make this manga stand out, the plot is sometimes weak and even nonsensical, causing the reader to lose sight of the main conflict. Another note: the manga ended recently, and all of the characters receive some form of closure unlike in the anime.
As for the art, it's just mediocre in the beginning but Hirano hugely improved his style as the manga went on. From the London war arc on the art is just superb and intricately detailed.
Rating: 9 / 10.0
... Last updated on January 20th, 2009, 3:39am |
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| Good manga but boring...? by wizzedrix on November 29th, 2008, 4:33am |
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| I agree with the comment below, imo it was quite a boring manga but still worth reading, I watched the anime long time ago and I highly recommend that one instead, but if you want a good read with much blood and gore I'd suggest you to read mangas like Berserk, Gantz, Claymore and Kiseijuu before reading this... ;( or maybe you should read this before reading them and you won't get dissapointed like I was xD |
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| overrated...sorry by usn014 on November 26th, 2008, 11:40am |
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its a good manga...but not great, people made it sound like it was legendary. but it wasn't. just alot of blood and gore non-stop and that was it. the plot was lacking development and it felt like people where fighting to no reasons sometime....
but the fighting was great. it was the only thing that made me keep reading...if you like blood and just fighting with alot of dark themes, you will LOVE this manga...but for me it was ok.
Rating: 8.5 / 10.0 |
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| A great manga!!! by lozanogo on November 2nd, 2008, 2:15am |
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Well, finally this manga has ended and I just have read the last chapter. And so the review is...
-The artwork is very good and usually detailed (overall, not in every scene). By the same token many scenes are simply bloody and gory.
-Plot: probably the greatest weakness and the reason I am rating 9 and not more this manga. Frankly the plot is weak, although there were hints of something big or mysterious... well, there is nothing of the sort for making it a great plot. The good side of the plot is that the three factions (Hellsing/church/major's army) are totally demential, giving a suspenseful atmosphere. And there are a couple of twists that will make you say 'whhhaaattttt?!?!?!' (the betrayal and how to kill an invincible monster). Another good point is that the plot does not seems to be extended artificially by adding 'brand new and disposable' enemies or sub-plots useless to the main plot.
-Characters. Definitely the most outstanding part in this manga. Characters are extremely cool, funny and definitely memorable. This is of the few mangas where even the secondary characters are as enjoyable and memorable as the main ones.
So overall this is a great manga with lovely characters, given you are fine with bloody/gore scenes.
Rating: 9 / 10.0
... Last updated on November 2nd, 2008, 3:01am |
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| A very entertaining series, provided you're not after something very serious by Walrothetacoking on October 21st, 2008, 9:39am |
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After reading the Hellsing manga to it's end, I have to say I was pleased. It's a great action series; it has lots of bloody violence, a good sense of humor, interesting characters and decent art.
The plot is a little lacking, perhaps overly simplistic and sometimes doesn't feel serious. It's still an engaging read though. Despite the sometimes ridiculousness of the plot, it manages to create this sense of immediacy.
The characters are probably the main reason to read. There are few protagonists in manga cooler than Alucard. There are few manga girls hotter than Seras. Every character, every main enemy is well designed and interesting.
All in all, Hellsing was very engaging read. It had it's flaws, but I'm not going to fault it too much on that. It's easily among the better manga I've read.
Rating: 9.4 / 10.0
... Last updated on October 21st, 2008, 9:40am |
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| nothing more than blood by hlm11 on September 25th, 2008, 4:36am |
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total 10 volumes and i read 5 but still nothing in story seems interesting to me, bunchs of crazy but mindless people, act without purposes or just something likes fun or order from someone higher
simple insane, no reason, no thought, not even a bit psycho here
the art is not bad but if you read enough manga, it's not really great either
and the fight can't even be called a fight, since most of notable characters are somewhat abnormal so they can't be killed easy, they go torn others body in order to give this manga more blood and finally killed by main char by his bloody but meaningless way
just as i said, this manga is nothing more than blood, crazy people fight mindless battle for nowhere goal
bloody violence can keep you for awhile but 5 volumes are my limit, compare to berserk or devilman, this manga is insignificant |
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| Dark by KittyTeea on August 20th, 2008, 4:48am |
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This manga is so dark, and the thing that vampires are scary, for once, instead of the usual shoujo cliché (since vampires are usually used in shoujo romances), it's what I appreciate the most.
Alucard has a pretty complex personality. On the first sight he may seem like a crazy monster who enjoys fighting, but on a closer look you see that he never actually starts a fight without a reason. Well it's not like he ever gets bored since there is always some idiot to start one. His relationship with the other characters is kind of hard to explain. More than care about them, he seems to respect and trust his friends, but the same thing goes for some of his enemies. When they are weak he destroys them without thinking, but when it comes to stronger ones, he is not that quick to annihilate them and takes his time to enjoy it.
I also admire that the author doesn't only focus on Alucard, but on the other characters as well. Everyone, including the minor antagonists are given a background and motives and have a role in the plot, this way avoiding the fillier kind of feeling.
The artwork it's not that great, but the story and the atmosphere totally cover for it.
Rating: 9 / 10.0
... Last updated on September 21st, 2008, 9:58am |
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