Funny enough growing up I hated the Hellsing anime. But for some reason I was compelled to give this Deluxe Edition manga a try. Is it better? Yes. Is it still stupid? Very much so.

What is Helling about? Well It's about Dracula...I mean Alucard (You get it, Dracula spelled backwards? It's like that one video game series...hmmmm can't remember the name. :P) And so he works for the Hellsing corporation basically killing vampires and nazis and so on. Whatever basically creeps in the night. But first we're introduced to Police Girl who is almost raped and killed and Alucard saves her and transforms her into a vampire tus having a sidekick.

And here's the thing. For the over the top action, bloody gore, and stylish fight scenes this book is very much a blast. With some great, gory deaths, and vicious villains and characters this is super fun. Watching Alucard turn into a demon like dog with guns is both insane and badass all at once. Watching Cop girl lift a bazooka sized gun and shoot with aim like no other is silly and great. Hellsing when mindless pure action is happening is a ton of fun.

But the story...well it's silly. It's dumb. It's over the top. When a crazy priest with powers is the main enemy to Alucard I laughed but it was entertaining. But they we introduce the Nazi army and while it is cool to see them get killed it is long winded speeches that killed the momentum in the last third of this book. Too many speeches that lead to nothing very interesting.

Saying that though it is a blast to look at since 75% of this is pure action and the deluxe sizes get to display that really well. A 3.5 out of 5. I'll bump it to a 4 for the Hardcover.