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A review by byrgenwerth_college11
Vampire Hunter D by Hideyuki Kikuchi
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
So I finished the first novella in Vampire Hunter D omnibus one. The book contains the three first novella of the Vampire Hunter D series. And it was a fairly good read. The story itself is very generic, where we have a hero, a denzel in distress and a hero, save denzel in distress from some foes and the main villain. But seeing that this story was released in 1984, it’s understandable.
So we fallow D a Vampire hunter, who is a Dhampire, which I believe means demi Vampire. It’s interesting, as a dhampire, that D is fear by the human because of his vampire side while looked down by the nobility (which is the vampire society) because of his human side. There’s this line I really like in the story which a character (Rei-Ginsei) sais to D “Out of some duty you feel for no more than a human girl, you would cut me down—me, a human who told you of my contempt for the Noble, and that I would take his life. Accused one, thy name is dhampir … You share the Noble’s world by night and the mortal’s by day, but are accepted by either. You shall spend all the days of your life a resident of the land of twilight.” It’s sad because in the story we see that the girl Doris (denzel in distress) like D and would like him to stay with her and her younger brother after the ordeal is take care of. But it’s clearly not possible. D Is destined to travel place to place for the rest of his life alone.
For me, the setting of the world and the lore behind it was what kept me ready. I mean It is 12,090 A.D., thousands of years since the human race nearly destroyed itself in a nuclear war in 1999. I’m intrigued to read more about the world and D backstory and see where the series goes.
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5
So we fallow D a Vampire hunter, who is a Dhampire, which I believe means demi Vampire. It’s interesting, as a dhampire, that D is fear by the human because of his vampire side while looked down by the nobility (which is the vampire society) because of his human side. There’s this line I really like in the story which a character (Rei-Ginsei) sais to D “Out of some duty you feel for no more than a human girl, you would cut me down—me, a human who told you of my contempt for the Noble, and that I would take his life. Accused one, thy name is dhampir … You share the Noble’s world by night and the mortal’s by day, but are accepted by either. You shall spend all the days of your life a resident of the land of twilight.” It’s sad because in the story we see that the girl Doris (denzel in distress) like D and would like him to stay with her and her younger brother after the ordeal is take care of. But it’s clearly not possible. D Is destined to travel place to place for the rest of his life alone.
For me, the setting of the world and the lore behind it was what kept me ready. I mean It is 12,090 A.D., thousands of years since the human race nearly destroyed itself in a nuclear war in 1999. I’m intrigued to read more about the world and D backstory and see where the series goes.
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5