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Hellsing Deluxe Volume 1 by Kohta Hirano
4.0
adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This is my first read of any of Hirano's work. I really enjoyed this first Deluxe Edition volume, snagged to contribute to team points during 2025 Wonderthon, and have already reserved Vols 2-3 from the library. 

Manga about a secret society of British aristocracy, policy makers, etc. who are in charge of an elite team who hunt down and kill vampires (and other creatures, though likely to get into that more in Vol 2). I enjoyed the entirety of these nearly 700 pages, it moves at a fast clip. I was not expecting the Nazis, but am fully with the intent to rid the world of them (again). 

I feel like Alucard is a vampire who shows up in a lot of manga/anime, so was interested to see him feature primarily here!