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Hellsing
Hellsing, Vol. 04
What's the result when the Nazis hiding in South America engineer an army of vampires and mount an all-out campaign of deathly dominance? Well, one thing you get is a little unity - seems the Protestant Hellsing Organization and the Catholic Iscariot agency might just have to think about teaming up. Looks like the First World War of the undead is about to erupt in history's biggest battle of blood and fangs. Things are just beginning to heat up in the fourth volume of Hellsing!
208 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2001
About the author
Kohta Hirano
65 books268 followersKohta Hirano (平野 耕太 Hirano Kōta) is a Japanese mangaka most famous for his manga Hellsing. Starting his career first as a mangaka's assistant (self-described as "horrible" and "lazy" in said assistant position), and later an H manga artist, he went on to enjoy somewhat limited success with other relatively unknown manga titles such as Angel Dust, Coyote, Gun Mania and Hi-Tension. His first major success came with his manga series Hellsing, which got its start and was subsequently serialized in a monthly manga magazine, Young King OURs, towards the latter half of 1997.
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April 29, 2021
More a downtime volume - you've got some bloodshed at the beginning as the undergoing conflict is messily done with, and some more at the end as a new battle is being set up. But in between there's mostly just talk, development, backstory and foreshadowing, and of course, the Major's famous speech.
You need a lot of build-up for the mess that is to come, after all.
You need a lot of build-up for the mess that is to come, after all.
October 13, 2018
I'm not a Manga reader, but I have a young friend who is lending me Hellsing originals and I read through them as I can. I do have to say this is a very creative take on vampires, and the setting up of the Catholic Church versus Protestantism as the background is clever. The female characters are all drawn as impossibly cute, even if they're werewolves or vampires.
The story is complex and the Nazis are brought into it as well. As the plot unfolds it's difficult to know who's a good guy beyond Alucard (and certainly Seras). The cooperation of the churches against the Nazis is a nice touch.
With the action, violence, and bloodshed, this is a quick read. Unlike many comics of my youth, it has depth and intrigue. The story is compelling, if sometimes hard to follow for a person my age. I appreciate the street cred, however, of knowing who Alucard is, should I engage any other young vampire fans in conversation.
The story is complex and the Nazis are brought into it as well. As the plot unfolds it's difficult to know who's a good guy beyond Alucard (and certainly Seras). The cooperation of the churches against the Nazis is a nice touch.
With the action, violence, and bloodshed, this is a quick read. Unlike many comics of my youth, it has depth and intrigue. The story is compelling, if sometimes hard to follow for a person my age. I appreciate the street cred, however, of knowing who Alucard is, should I engage any other young vampire fans in conversation.
August 13, 2021
Lots of bloodshed but more focused on what’s to come, talking between characters and foreshadowing
November 18, 2022
Not a whole lot of action this volume but we get to know our antagonists and get a bunch of set-up for what is to come! Some actual plot, who woulda thunk it??
July 18, 2014
Not the strongest volume, though it does introduce Rip and Schrödinger.
May 15, 2021
このシリーズはなぜ有名なシリーズかしら？
字は分かりにくい。アートはインパクトがあるけどキャラの外寸はおかしい。話はありえない過ぎ。吸血鬼はファンタジーから元々信じがたいが。。。信じられる吸血鬼の話もあると信じられない吸血鬼の話がある。例えば、毀滅の刃は信じられる吸血鬼の話。人間関係は本物。嫉妬とか愛とか決心とかキャラはちゃんと感じるとその気持ちで動いている。この話はそういうものじゃない。キャラは全員横柄から動いている。つまらない。横柄は文学的には立派なモチベーションだけどみんなが同じ動機付けなら変。人間はそんなにモノクロームじゃない。
字は分かりにくい。アートはインパクトがあるけどキャラの外寸はおかしい。話はありえない過ぎ。吸血鬼はファンタジーから元々信じがたいが。。。信じられる吸血鬼の話もあると信じられない吸血鬼の話がある。例えば、毀滅の刃は信じられる吸血鬼の話。人間関係は本物。嫉妬とか愛とか決心とかキャラはちゃんと感じるとその気持ちで動いている。この話はそういうものじゃない。キャラは全員横柄から動いている。つまらない。横柄は文学的には立派なモチベーションだけどみんなが同じ動機付けなら変。人間はそんなにモノクロームじゃない。
December 31, 2022
i have new favourites
April 24, 2017
The bad guy's motives just aren't interesting, so it's tiring to see so much time spent on their POV.
Plus, what is the mangaka's apparent obsession with feet??? Panel after panel of boot-clad feet. Doesn't anyone wear sandals? *sigh*
Plus, what is the mangaka's apparent obsession with feet??? Panel after panel of boot-clad feet. Doesn't anyone wear sandals? *sigh*
September 17, 2019
Cuatro tomos tardó Hellsing en volverse una basura sin sentido. Y me da igual que vengan las hordas de fans a matarme, porque yo ya estoy cansada de la vida.
January 16, 2024
A delightfully macabre festival of mayhem. It’s marred by obtuse dialogue and plotting at times but the story remains fundamentally simple, serving only to facilitate the action.
First is the conclusion of the fight against the Dandy. Seras befuddles him with a smoke round and Alucard is able to get the upper hand using his shadow form. At least I think that’s what happened. Anyway the card sharp gets annihilated.
After the opening action scene, there is a long stretch of unfocused chapters that lack a logical flow and are wordy, cryptic, redundant, and odd.
We learn from a Vatican inquisition that Millenium/the last battalion were conducting research to make a vampire army 50 years prior when they were thwarted by Alucard and Walter. And that their research has continued since.
There are some scenes within Millenium that show the major taking over and killing his superiors and it’s clear that he is quite mad.
Then there is a big scene where Schrödinger declares war on behalf of Milennium at a meeting of Hellsing HQ. The major gives a speech, references Machiavelli, and rhapsodizes about war for its own sake — means without a fixed goal in his words. He’s a compelling character because of how over the top his commitment to bloodshed is.
The major’s current objective is Hellsing and in particular Alucard. Partly this is revenge, and partly he’s interested in researching Midians, of which Alucard seems to be the most powerful.
There is a brief flashback that shows Alucard staked through the heart and subdued by an unknown vampire hunter. An ancestor of the Hellsing line, perhaps?
There is another scene where Anderson is on his way back to Europe but keeps getting mobbed by ghouls. He chats with his Iscariot superior and they plot to manipulate Hellsing and Millenium into destroying each other.
Earlier, in a particularly bizarre scene, Anderson barges into a safehouse and starts brawling with Alucard before abruptly offfering the use of a Vatican plane and withdrawing.
Finally, the book ends with another action scene as a Millenium sniperess captures a battleship and heads to England. And we get another great rant from the major.
The art of course is what makes all this insanity work.
First is the conclusion of the fight against the Dandy. Seras befuddles him with a smoke round and Alucard is able to get the upper hand using his shadow form. At least I think that’s what happened. Anyway the card sharp gets annihilated.
After the opening action scene, there is a long stretch of unfocused chapters that lack a logical flow and are wordy, cryptic, redundant, and odd.
We learn from a Vatican inquisition that Millenium/the last battalion were conducting research to make a vampire army 50 years prior when they were thwarted by Alucard and Walter. And that their research has continued since.
There are some scenes within Millenium that show the major taking over and killing his superiors and it’s clear that he is quite mad.
Then there is a big scene where Schrödinger declares war on behalf of Milennium at a meeting of Hellsing HQ. The major gives a speech, references Machiavelli, and rhapsodizes about war for its own sake — means without a fixed goal in his words. He’s a compelling character because of how over the top his commitment to bloodshed is.
The major’s current objective is Hellsing and in particular Alucard. Partly this is revenge, and partly he’s interested in researching Midians, of which Alucard seems to be the most powerful.
There is a brief flashback that shows Alucard staked through the heart and subdued by an unknown vampire hunter. An ancestor of the Hellsing line, perhaps?
There is another scene where Anderson is on his way back to Europe but keeps getting mobbed by ghouls. He chats with his Iscariot superior and they plot to manipulate Hellsing and Millenium into destroying each other.
Earlier, in a particularly bizarre scene, Anderson barges into a safehouse and starts brawling with Alucard before abruptly offfering the use of a Vatican plane and withdrawing.
Finally, the book ends with another action scene as a Millenium sniperess captures a battleship and heads to England. And we get another great rant from the major.
The art of course is what makes all this insanity work.
May 8, 2020
This is a review of the entire series.
Synopsis: There's a secret organization somewhere in England created to defend the Queen and country from monsters of all sorts. Their secret weapon? The most powerful monster in the world. What better way to deal with monsters than to send an even bigger threat their way?
Review: Vampires vs. Nazis vs. Catholic Extremists vs. Secret Agents of the Queen of England.
Hellsing is pure carnage, following a twisted cast of characters that know how to take pleasure in the unfettered chaos that war brings. Alucard is a high-class vampire that hunts down supernatural beasts, Alexander is a priest fueled by bloodlust and an unhealthy love for God, Major is the second coming of Hitler, Integra is the granddaughter of Van Helsing himself, and that's only a few of the main players. The premise of the plot and the characters playing the game of war make for an absolutely ridiculous and bloody fun time.
Again, the word that comes to mind here is carnage, and carnage is what is delivered in a very cunning and charming fashion. The plot may indeed be insane and a bit silly, but Hellsing takes pride in its crazy premise and has a badass sense of self-awareness that makes it a cut above the average pulp fiction escapade.
Synopsis: There's a secret organization somewhere in England created to defend the Queen and country from monsters of all sorts. Their secret weapon? The most powerful monster in the world. What better way to deal with monsters than to send an even bigger threat their way?
Review: Vampires vs. Nazis vs. Catholic Extremists vs. Secret Agents of the Queen of England.
Hellsing is pure carnage, following a twisted cast of characters that know how to take pleasure in the unfettered chaos that war brings. Alucard is a high-class vampire that hunts down supernatural beasts, Alexander is a priest fueled by bloodlust and an unhealthy love for God, Major is the second coming of Hitler, Integra is the granddaughter of Van Helsing himself, and that's only a few of the main players. The premise of the plot and the characters playing the game of war make for an absolutely ridiculous and bloody fun time.
Again, the word that comes to mind here is carnage, and carnage is what is delivered in a very cunning and charming fashion. The plot may indeed be insane and a bit silly, but Hellsing takes pride in its crazy premise and has a badass sense of self-awareness that makes it a cut above the average pulp fiction escapade.
December 12, 2021
Alucard logra enterarse de los planes de Milenium luego de asesinar a Alhambra (se acuerdan del Gambito que hizo su aparición estelar y que duro poco? Bueno ese..). El plan maléfico es simple, quieren una nueva guerra mundial en lo posible.
Estoy un poco harta de la organización Iscariote pero en este tomo Maxwell aparece para tener discusiones importantes sobre todo un poco. Mientras tanto una guerra se aproxima a Inglaterra de la mano de Milenium. Tengo que admitir que toda esta parte de la guerra fue interesante, hay un nuevo personaje conocido como la cazadora, el primer teniente Rip van Winkle (detesto poner los nombres de los personajes). En medio de todo este caos de muertes la organización Hellsing termina siendo llamada a la acción y Alucard aparece en todo su esplendor para arrasar con todos, especialmente con la cazadora. La pelea anterior estuvo mejor pero sigo apreciando que siempre haya un clímax de Gore proveniente de este personaje.
Estoy un poco harta de la organización Iscariote pero en este tomo Maxwell aparece para tener discusiones importantes sobre todo un poco. Mientras tanto una guerra se aproxima a Inglaterra de la mano de Milenium. Tengo que admitir que toda esta parte de la guerra fue interesante, hay un nuevo personaje conocido como la cazadora, el primer teniente Rip van Winkle (detesto poner los nombres de los personajes). En medio de todo este caos de muertes la organización Hellsing termina siendo llamada a la acción y Alucard aparece en todo su esplendor para arrasar con todos, especialmente con la cazadora. La pelea anterior estuvo mejor pero sigo apreciando que siempre haya un clímax de Gore proveniente de este personaje.
December 26, 2022
Now that we have faces to Millennium and villains to hate, the story is moving swiftly along. A Nazi faction, still surviving after half a century of peace, is making vampires willy nilly to create a large undead army for their own purposes. The purposes, however, are pretty simple: war. That’s all the heads of this faction want, and the only people standing in their way is Hellsing and their rather indignant counterparts in Ireland.
By this publication, the anime was also occurring alongside production, but doesn’t follow the storyline well past the first book. Regardless, the manga remains entertaining, gory, and fun to read.
By this publication, the anime was also occurring alongside production, but doesn’t follow the storyline well past the first book. Regardless, the manga remains entertaining, gory, and fun to read.
April 10, 2018
The Major is now recognized as the new Fuhrer. The story continues as the Hellsing organization and the Vatican become aware of how wide the conspiracy has become. Their are traitors everywhere.
Looks like a major invasion of Britain is about to begin and Alucard and his allies might not be able to prevent it.
The series keeps getting better and more intense. Also Hirano’s artwork continues to improve.
Looks like a major invasion of Britain is about to begin and Alucard and his allies might not be able to prevent it.
The series keeps getting better and more intense. Also Hirano’s artwork continues to improve.
May 4, 2023
I could have lived without the long ass war speech by wannabe Hitler at the end of the volume. Depending on the next volume I might just put this series away. I'm not really in the headspace for more weirdo war speeches. So while there's something cathartic about nazis being massacred, I don't want any to see their side of things.
July 9, 2024
Bir önceki ciltten sonra epey sakin bir ciltti. Diyalog ağırlıklı olsa da arada küçük aksiyon anları da mevcuttu. Ne yazık ki hikaye olarak seriden yavaş yavaş soğuduğumu hissettim. Dandik kötü adamlar ve onların cılız motivasyonları belki ileride düzelir ama şu an için iyi gitmiyor. Bu kötülerin Nazi olmaları bence yazarın seriye ne kadar kafa yorduğuna dair bir işaret olabilir.
May 16, 2021
Tohle bylo takový uf, jen debilní kecy hlavního záporáka, kterej kecá furt to samý.
Jako v minulých dílech byl v pohodě, ale teď jak měl více prostoru, tak už mě nebavil. Tohle zatím bylo nejslabší volumko, které mě místy docela i nudilo.
Jako v minulých dílech byl v pohodě, ale teď jak měl více prostoru, tak už mě nebavil. Tohle zatím bylo nejslabší volumko, které mě místy docela i nudilo.
August 28, 2021
Aquí se nos presenta al villano y todo va bien en esta historia. Sí me saca de onda sus caras de maniacos y la violencia extrema del tomo (hace un paro que todo sea en b/n). El dibujo del mangaka es diez de diez y mi personaje favorito sigue siendo la chica policía (debemos protegerla). <3
May 12, 2023
🤯🤯🤯
Ya entendí a donde nos querían llevar.
Más historia, más acción, no quería soltar el tomo sin embargo me hubiera gustado más suspenso. Casi todos los enfrentamientos con Alucard terminan muy pronto y no se sienten como verdaderos rivales…
Tengo esperanzas con el 5 tomo.
Ya entendí a donde nos querían llevar.
Más historia, más acción, no quería soltar el tomo sin embargo me hubiera gustado más suspenso. Casi todos los enfrentamientos con Alucard terminan muy pronto y no se sienten como verdaderos rivales…
Tengo esperanzas con el 5 tomo.
April 20, 2024
This volume is all setup for the future as the Nazis make themselves known to the Hellsing organization. The characters are WAY over the top and stereotypical. This feels like groundwork for a formal onslaught into Great Britain in the future.
October 19, 2017
The introduction of one of my three favorite characters in the series. Rip Van Winkle.
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December 21, 2019Hago la reseña en el último tomo.
July 19, 2020
Keşke naziler olmasaydı. Çizimler çok iyiydi. Çeviri de öyle. Alucard’a hâlâ aşığım. Ve hâlâ animelerinden çok daha iyi olduğunu düşünüyorum. Seras’a da hâlâ sinir oluyorum.
February 21, 2021
This is where Hirano’s art style fully matured but sadly it’s a very story heavy volume and the story is as always the weakpoint of this work.
February 28, 2021
Gentlemen, I love war
June 5, 2021
trigger warning
September 18, 2021
Reallly loved this manga, definitely one of the best vampire manga! Very exciting and great art😻👌❤️
November 20, 2021
Cerita memang telah berkembang, meskipun tidak terlalu signifikan lompatannya.
Namun artwork Hirano sensei terlihat membaik di volume ini. Artikulasi saat laga pun cukup bagus.
Namun artwork Hirano sensei terlihat membaik di volume ini. Artikulasi saat laga pun cukup bagus.
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