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Hell Blade #1
Jack the Ripper: Hell Blade Vol. 1
For fans of Hellsing and Berserk comes an all new ultra-violent supernatural manga series about history’s most famous slasher, with a twist.
Jack the Ripper is not what he seems—but the truth may be more terrible than anyone imagined.
A young police detective from Scotland Yard struggles to unravel the mystery behind the brutal slayings that grip 19th Century London. What he learns will turn his world upside down, and pit him face to face against the Ripper himself. But is Jack his savior or destroyer?
With bold and graphic artwork in the vein of the classic vampire hunter manga series Hellsing, Jack the Ripper: Hellblade is a shocking and fascinating take on the world’s most famous serial killer.
Jack the Ripper is not what he seems—but the truth may be more terrible than anyone imagined.
A young police detective from Scotland Yard struggles to unravel the mystery behind the brutal slayings that grip 19th Century London. What he learns will turn his world upside down, and pit him face to face against the Ripper himself. But is Jack his savior or destroyer?
With bold and graphic artwork in the vein of the classic vampire hunter manga series Hellsing, Jack the Ripper: Hellblade is a shocking and fascinating take on the world’s most famous serial killer.
192 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2009
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April 7, 2017
A fairly gruesome, bloody, violent graphic novel as the name suggests, with awesome art work but a fairly uninteresting story.
April 25, 2014
The ideas that were presented did hold my interest, but after making it half way threw the manga, it just felt like a diet version of hellsing (the anime) and the jack the ripper black butler arc. Be it the character designs (hair, eyes, chins), the angles, the 'rough' yet romanticized smokey atmosphere , its safe to say that this will quench the thirst of those into japan's romanticized victorian era sub genre, but there ARE better titles.
October 20, 2013
Uh... wow.
I love this style of anime. It's so bloody creepy. And yeah, bloody too. I definitely enjoyed the first volume. The story is very interesting and I definitely didn't see the little twist coming at all. UGH, so gorgeous. My style of anime for sure.
I only bought the first one, but I think I might be picking up a few more.
A+ for the artwork
A+ for the story so far.
I love this style of anime. It's so bloody creepy. And yeah, bloody too. I definitely enjoyed the first volume. The story is very interesting and I definitely didn't see the little twist coming at all. UGH, so gorgeous. My style of anime for sure.
I only bought the first one, but I think I might be picking up a few more.
A+ for the artwork
A+ for the story so far.
January 24, 2016
Very uncomfortable reading.
As a huge fan of the Victorian era I found it very uncomfortable reading. Portraying Jack as a form of 'anti hero' is perverse and having whores as 'men eating demons' is not only unimaginative, it's also insulting.
Utterly disappointing.
As a huge fan of the Victorian era I found it very uncomfortable reading. Portraying Jack as a form of 'anti hero' is perverse and having whores as 'men eating demons' is not only unimaginative, it's also insulting.
Utterly disappointing.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 21, 2025
This volume was engaging with pretty good art and evoking a good atmosphere of a little ‘edgy’. I am not sure if this is going to go in a direction that I will like however. I tend to get irritated with manga that are based on historic events but totally re-write history. We also have the added variable of a well known fictional character added in. That being said, with all the paranormal elements in this series, it may work. We will see how it goes in the next volume…
December 10, 2021
I think this is quite the mash up of historical horror elements, however while it bring a lot of names, after that initial understanding it settles, and works okay . I love the art and think that any horror lover would appreciate a few of these quick manga reads. The gore is not too over the top, but enough to enjoy. 5 stars because I genuinely enjoyed it myself. 4 stars in terms of quality.
March 15, 2018
I love the take on Jack the Ripper in this. The artwork is amazing but a bit bloody & gore (is this the right word. idk)
January 8, 2019
At first it was what I expected but it soon turned into a whole lot of wtf. Very reminiscent of Hellsing and not what I expected at all. Hell I don't know what I expected.
September 9, 2019
Holy crows, exciting from start to finish. Maybe not the smartest repurposing of the Ripper story (considering our current PC culture climate), but definitely an interesting take.
October 13, 2021
Gruesome and awesome
April 22, 2022
This is a weird spin on jack the ripper but i am intrigued enough to want to go to vol 2.
January 4, 2026
this was a new experience for me!! I enjoyed the violence and such
… smash tbh
… smash tbh
March 1, 2021
Per essere un primo volume spiega ben poco... si concentra su scene splatter e questo non mi convince a continuare la serie.
July 22, 2016
Quant on parle de réinterprétation du mythe de Jack l'Éventreur, c'est vraiment de la réinterprétation !
Londres, 1888, des femmes sont assassinées de manière violentes, des organes sont prélevés, la police piétine.
L'inspecteur Roy Johnson est sur l'enquête avec son collègue Herald et rien n'avance ! Jusque là, rien de neuf sur les pavés de Whitechapel.
Roy frouchelle aussi horizontalement avec Susan, une riche veuve, toujours sous la coupe de sa belle-mère et la vioque est plutôt violente.
Là où tout bascule, c'est lorsque Susan, en état de légitime défense, tue sa belle-doche et que son fiancé secret doit la sortir de là.
La réinterprétation est totale, je vous le dis, le Jack que l'on connait, on l'oublie, on zappe tous les suspects qui ont, un jour, été considérés comme LE Jack.
Ici, rien à voir et entre nous, que ceux qui n'aiment pas le fantastique passent leur chemin parce que ce manhwa (qui se lit de gauche à droite, contrairement au manga) est orienté plein pot sur le fantastique.
Les couteaux utilisés par Jack The Reaper (Jack le Faucheur) sont étranges, il utilise un flingue et n'a rien à voir avec l'idée que l'on se ferait du tueur de Whitechapel. L'idée du scénariste (qui est aussi le dessinateur) est même très bonne parce qu'inattendue.
Les dessins sont excellents, j'ai adoré cette ambiance de clairs-obscurs, les personnages sont intrigants peuvent nous réserver des surprises, de grosses surprises, même.
Tiens, au détour d'une page, j'ai croisé Sherlock Holmes ! Oui, un espèce de blondinet fumant la pipe. Et vu que j'ai revu le blondinet sur les couvertures des tomes 4 et 5, m'est avis que mon détective ne fera pas de la figuration dans l'affaire.
Âmes sensibles, s'abstenir quand même car c'est gore et violent.
Niveau personnages, les femmes sont mal barrées, pas à leur avantages et on toutes le même nez…
Niveau mecs, baraqués, remplis de muscles, sexy en diable, mais pour le moment, je ne me suis encore attachée à aucun. En espérant qu'ensuite ça change car c'est important, dans une histoire, de s'attacher à des personnages ou d'avoir des mystères autour d'eux.
Il y a deux choses qui m'ont déplu dans les dessins, dont une m'a énervé : lorsque l'on voit un document, un papier, un extrait de journal, dans les images, pas la peine d'essayer de le lire, on ne s'est même pas donné la peine d'écrire du texte dessus, c'est du Lorem Ipsum, autrement dit, on a utilisé un générateur en ligne de textes aléatoires.
Ce qui m'a prodigieusement énervé, par contre, c'est le fait que le dessinateur ne sache pas dessiner un cheval et ne prenne même pas la peine de vérifier sur le Net comment un harnachement se présente ! le mors ? Pas besoin… Ok, à l'époque victorienne, on montait sans mors, comme en licol éthologique, sauf qu'ici, il a tout d'une bride normale sans mors, donc, sans frein !
Pire, un attelage, deux chevaux… Oukylè le timon entre les deux chevaux ?? Pas nécessaire, sans doute. Au fait, vos chevaux, dans une descente, ils retiennent comment la roulotte ?
Parce que le dessinateur nous a fait un harnachement sans le précieux avaloire ! Il a oublié aussi la croupière, la barre de fesses, les courroies de reculement, les anneaux de sellette pour les rênes. My god, les boulettes !
Et puis, à Londres, on roule en fiacre, en cab, en tout ce que vous voulez, mais la roulotte, ça fait un peu ♫ le gitan, le gitan, que tu ne connais pas ♪ (et on en revoit encore une dans le tome 2).
Anybref, on voit bien que je n'étais pas dans les parages quand il dessinait parce que je lui aurais expliqué deux ou trois choses sur les canassons, moi.
Une relecture du mythe de Whitechapel à la sauce fantastique, mais qui ne m'a pas déplu et comme j'ai acheté les 5 tomes directement, en occase, je vais pouvoir les lire tous d'un coup car j'ai envie d'en savoir un peu plus sur l'affaire.
Londres, 1888, des femmes sont assassinées de manière violentes, des organes sont prélevés, la police piétine.
L'inspecteur Roy Johnson est sur l'enquête avec son collègue Herald et rien n'avance ! Jusque là, rien de neuf sur les pavés de Whitechapel.
Roy frouchelle aussi horizontalement avec Susan, une riche veuve, toujours sous la coupe de sa belle-mère et la vioque est plutôt violente.
Là où tout bascule, c'est lorsque Susan, en état de légitime défense, tue sa belle-doche et que son fiancé secret doit la sortir de là.
La réinterprétation est totale, je vous le dis, le Jack que l'on connait, on l'oublie, on zappe tous les suspects qui ont, un jour, été considérés comme LE Jack.
Ici, rien à voir et entre nous, que ceux qui n'aiment pas le fantastique passent leur chemin parce que ce manhwa (qui se lit de gauche à droite, contrairement au manga) est orienté plein pot sur le fantastique.
Les couteaux utilisés par Jack The Reaper (Jack le Faucheur) sont étranges, il utilise un flingue et n'a rien à voir avec l'idée que l'on se ferait du tueur de Whitechapel. L'idée du scénariste (qui est aussi le dessinateur) est même très bonne parce qu'inattendue.
Les dessins sont excellents, j'ai adoré cette ambiance de clairs-obscurs, les personnages sont intrigants peuvent nous réserver des surprises, de grosses surprises, même.
Tiens, au détour d'une page, j'ai croisé Sherlock Holmes ! Oui, un espèce de blondinet fumant la pipe. Et vu que j'ai revu le blondinet sur les couvertures des tomes 4 et 5, m'est avis que mon détective ne fera pas de la figuration dans l'affaire.
Âmes sensibles, s'abstenir quand même car c'est gore et violent.
Niveau personnages, les femmes sont mal barrées, pas à leur avantages et on toutes le même nez…
Niveau mecs, baraqués, remplis de muscles, sexy en diable, mais pour le moment, je ne me suis encore attachée à aucun. En espérant qu'ensuite ça change car c'est important, dans une histoire, de s'attacher à des personnages ou d'avoir des mystères autour d'eux.
Il y a deux choses qui m'ont déplu dans les dessins, dont une m'a énervé : lorsque l'on voit un document, un papier, un extrait de journal, dans les images, pas la peine d'essayer de le lire, on ne s'est même pas donné la peine d'écrire du texte dessus, c'est du Lorem Ipsum, autrement dit, on a utilisé un générateur en ligne de textes aléatoires.
Ce qui m'a prodigieusement énervé, par contre, c'est le fait que le dessinateur ne sache pas dessiner un cheval et ne prenne même pas la peine de vérifier sur le Net comment un harnachement se présente ! le mors ? Pas besoin… Ok, à l'époque victorienne, on montait sans mors, comme en licol éthologique, sauf qu'ici, il a tout d'une bride normale sans mors, donc, sans frein !
Pire, un attelage, deux chevaux… Oukylè le timon entre les deux chevaux ?? Pas nécessaire, sans doute. Au fait, vos chevaux, dans une descente, ils retiennent comment la roulotte ?
Parce que le dessinateur nous a fait un harnachement sans le précieux avaloire ! Il a oublié aussi la croupière, la barre de fesses, les courroies de reculement, les anneaux de sellette pour les rênes. My god, les boulettes !
Et puis, à Londres, on roule en fiacre, en cab, en tout ce que vous voulez, mais la roulotte, ça fait un peu ♫ le gitan, le gitan, que tu ne connais pas ♪ (et on en revoit encore une dans le tome 2).
Anybref, on voit bien que je n'étais pas dans les parages quand il dessinait parce que je lui aurais expliqué deux ou trois choses sur les canassons, moi.
Une relecture du mythe de Whitechapel à la sauce fantastique, mais qui ne m'a pas déplu et comme j'ai acheté les 5 tomes directement, en occase, je vais pouvoir les lire tous d'un coup car j'ai envie d'en savoir un peu plus sur l'affaire.
January 31, 2014
It was interesting to say the least- and I was quite surprised no one else thought of this!
The artwork is hardcore, showing all the gore, but sometimes overlooking detail. The deamons are thankfully not cliche, the other characters look good enough- but some clothing details do not fit the time period. Sherlock is there with his deerstalker hat, and a rather simple clothes which is a releif from other Holmes enduced manga
The main characters in this book is Jack the Ripper, a deamon slayer out to hunt deamon-whores that seduce men and then kill them. Though, it does not seem he is right in the head, but it breifly explains about Jack nearer to the end. Holmes is his ally, suspected of keeping Jack on the legal side, he does his detetcive work, but is aware of deamons- thus justifying fan-fable on why Sherlock did not/could not solve the Ripper case. I thought this fit rather well and is apparent Holmes will be essential later in the series.
Minor characters served their place, though I do not think they will appear later. They include Roy, a Scotland Yard detective that gets involved with deamon-whore Susan, who gets him to kill and mutilate a few people. When Roy realises that Susan is in fact crazy, Jack turns up to save him as Susan assumes her true form. From this, we can gather that deamons are human like and can change, though all seem to be poor whores in this volume. Harold was Roy's partner in Soctland Yard, but was demoted for what seemes to be a new protagonist. Either way, forgettable characters that just push the story to the people we want to see
Ian Riely leads the Ripper case as he was installed by the Chruch. Dorky but highly intelligent, but it is apparent he is hiding something and is probably crazy.
Overall, I enjoyed this volume, though the plot was a bit slow moving, it made you want more. With the basic footwork in place, this series can go many ways and I would love to see some character development in later volumes
The artwork is hardcore, showing all the gore, but sometimes overlooking detail. The deamons are thankfully not cliche, the other characters look good enough- but some clothing details do not fit the time period. Sherlock is there with his deerstalker hat, and a rather simple clothes which is a releif from other Holmes enduced manga
The main characters in this book is Jack the Ripper, a deamon slayer out to hunt deamon-whores that seduce men and then kill them. Though, it does not seem he is right in the head, but it breifly explains about Jack nearer to the end. Holmes is his ally, suspected of keeping Jack on the legal side, he does his detetcive work, but is aware of deamons- thus justifying fan-fable on why Sherlock did not/could not solve the Ripper case. I thought this fit rather well and is apparent Holmes will be essential later in the series.
Minor characters served their place, though I do not think they will appear later. They include Roy, a Scotland Yard detective that gets involved with deamon-whore Susan, who gets him to kill and mutilate a few people. When Roy realises that Susan is in fact crazy, Jack turns up to save him as Susan assumes her true form. From this, we can gather that deamons are human like and can change, though all seem to be poor whores in this volume. Harold was Roy's partner in Soctland Yard, but was demoted for what seemes to be a new protagonist. Either way, forgettable characters that just push the story to the people we want to see
Ian Riely leads the Ripper case as he was installed by the Chruch. Dorky but highly intelligent, but it is apparent he is hiding something and is probably crazy.
Overall, I enjoyed this volume, though the plot was a bit slow moving, it made you want more. With the basic footwork in place, this series can go many ways and I would love to see some character development in later volumes
January 7, 2017
he series is called Hell Blade, and the first installment is entitles Jack the Ripper. I picked it up because I am a bit of a Ripper enthusiast and I like to read all the different takes on the history.
The cannon present here only surprises me in that I personally have not seen it before and therefore am slightly surprised that no one else has thought to take this on.
Here we are introduced to Jack the Ripper, an artificial human creation similar to Frankenstein's monster, albeit he is hella more higher functioning and is actually on a mission to wipe out the demons terrorizing London.
Apparently in this world, once a woman becomes corrupted through sin of any sort, demons will attempt to gain entrance to the world through their...well...womb. Something along the lines of the whole birthing a new army thing.
So the demon is 'born' and takes over the body of the woman and takes over her place in the world to live and corrupt happily ever after.
At least until Jack gets wind of them, in which case he makes sure their ever after ends not so happily.
Don't get me wrong, the whole womb thing is creepy as hell and about the only thing I would change about the series, but otherwise it's not bad for a beginning. We're introduced to Jack the Ripper who is a psychotic, sadistic ass along the lines of Dexter where he revels in blood and gore but channels his lust for violence into a higher calling in wiping out those demons that come forth. We also meet his intriguing young detective friend, a young lad by the name of Holmes, who helps Jack in keeping the police of his trail.
Dark, bloody, gritty, and twisted, it's an interesting take on the Jack the Ripper story and I'm halfway interested in seeing where it goes from here.
The cannon present here only surprises me in that I personally have not seen it before and therefore am slightly surprised that no one else has thought to take this on.
Here we are introduced to Jack the Ripper, an artificial human creation similar to Frankenstein's monster, albeit he is hella more higher functioning and is actually on a mission to wipe out the demons terrorizing London.
Apparently in this world, once a woman becomes corrupted through sin of any sort, demons will attempt to gain entrance to the world through their...well...womb. Something along the lines of the whole birthing a new army thing.
So the demon is 'born' and takes over the body of the woman and takes over her place in the world to live and corrupt happily ever after.
At least until Jack gets wind of them, in which case he makes sure their ever after ends not so happily.
Don't get me wrong, the whole womb thing is creepy as hell and about the only thing I would change about the series, but otherwise it's not bad for a beginning. We're introduced to Jack the Ripper who is a psychotic, sadistic ass along the lines of Dexter where he revels in blood and gore but channels his lust for violence into a higher calling in wiping out those demons that come forth. We also meet his intriguing young detective friend, a young lad by the name of Holmes, who helps Jack in keeping the police of his trail.
Dark, bloody, gritty, and twisted, it's an interesting take on the Jack the Ripper story and I'm halfway interested in seeing where it goes from here.
October 14, 2016
I'm being slightly generous in giving this 4 stars, I would rather be able to give it 3.5.
I love the Victorian era and I'm incredibly fascinated by both murderers in general and Jack the Ripper, among others, in particular (the fact that his identity is still, to this day, unknown is both maddening and part of what makes it so intriguing).
I'm also a huge fan of horror so the combination should be - and to a certain extent is - the perfect union.
Making Jack the unlikely hero is something I'm a little torn about: I really do like this Jack, but I can't entirely shake the feeling of "wrongness" - after all, there is little doubt that the original Jack the Ripper was anything other than a monster.
Even so, the story of Hell Blade is genuinely interesting - and the art is pretty horrifying, which is a big plus in my book!
That which I take issue with, is the mixing in of so many different historical, both fictional and real, characters, such as Nikola Tesla, Sherlock Holmes & Mr Hyde among others. Also the depiction of some of them (Sherlock Holmes and Watson in particular - I know that not even Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock was born a middle aged man, but seeing him as a young, barely twenty-something, feels very odd and off for me) bothers me.
While the art, as I've already mentioned, is really good, it becomes slightly confusing at times to keep track of what's happening, especially in some of the more intense and action-filled scenes.
Overall, I'm sold, but there are some things that bothers me enough to subtract half a star.
I love the Victorian era and I'm incredibly fascinated by both murderers in general and Jack the Ripper, among others, in particular (the fact that his identity is still, to this day, unknown is both maddening and part of what makes it so intriguing).
I'm also a huge fan of horror so the combination should be - and to a certain extent is - the perfect union.
Making Jack the unlikely hero is something I'm a little torn about: I really do like this Jack, but I can't entirely shake the feeling of "wrongness" - after all, there is little doubt that the original Jack the Ripper was anything other than a monster.
Even so, the story of Hell Blade is genuinely interesting - and the art is pretty horrifying, which is a big plus in my book!
That which I take issue with, is the mixing in of so many different historical, both fictional and real, characters, such as Nikola Tesla, Sherlock Holmes & Mr Hyde among others. Also the depiction of some of them (Sherlock Holmes and Watson in particular - I know that not even Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock was born a middle aged man, but seeing him as a young, barely twenty-something, feels very odd and off for me) bothers me.
While the art, as I've already mentioned, is really good, it becomes slightly confusing at times to keep track of what's happening, especially in some of the more intense and action-filled scenes.
Overall, I'm sold, but there are some things that bothers me enough to subtract half a star.
May 5, 2016
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Review: **Please Note May Contain Spoilers**
I would rate it 2.5/5. It's not my favorite readings about Jack the Ripper. It ended up being a little predictable after his "secret" was revealed. I don't think I will be picking up the future issues, because again it did come off as predictable. The only thing I did not see was that Sherlock Holmes and Jack the Ripper apparently know each other? And Holmes is also a demon hunter of sorts? I would recommend it to anyone who is looking for a new horror manga, or who is a fan of Jack the Ripper.
The manga starts off with two lovers, one of them being the detective who is working on the Jack the Ripper case. Most people already know about Jack the Ripper, but this manga relied heavily on it. Most adaptions give you a little background about him, and his murders. Until the very end of the manga. The pacing of the book is a little off. The beginning seems to drag on a bit, and then towards the end it starts to pick up, them just BAM everything happens at once. I really liked the art, it was very detailed and of course gory!
Review: **Please Note May Contain Spoilers**
I would rate it 2.5/5. It's not my favorite readings about Jack the Ripper. It ended up being a little predictable after his "secret" was revealed. I don't think I will be picking up the future issues, because again it did come off as predictable. The only thing I did not see was that Sherlock Holmes and Jack the Ripper apparently know each other? And Holmes is also a demon hunter of sorts? I would recommend it to anyone who is looking for a new horror manga, or who is a fan of Jack the Ripper.
The manga starts off with two lovers, one of them being the detective who is working on the Jack the Ripper case. Most people already know about Jack the Ripper, but this manga relied heavily on it. Most adaptions give you a little background about him, and his murders. Until the very end of the manga. The pacing of the book is a little off. The beginning seems to drag on a bit, and then towards the end it starts to pick up, them just BAM everything happens at once. I really liked the art, it was very detailed and of course gory!
August 18, 2017
Okay then.
I literally read this in like 10 minutes. And it still felt like it went on too long.
It relied too heavily on the assumption that you know the basics about Jack the Ripper, but then didn't even build on them. Demonic Jack the Ripper isn't exactly original, and not particularly well done very often either. Even though they skipped over the assumed details, they still didn't expand on the details they added, which I still didn't fully understand.
And the art was just too difficult to follow. Particularly in the fight scenes. All the violence is everywhere and who knows who is winning who just got hit who's dying etc. And there was so much of it. I quite like good violence in my literature, but there was just too much for no discernible reason and why.
Why, in the middle of a fight, did one ripped, violent man call the other ripped, violent man a 'plonker'?
And god knows why Sherlock Holmes is suddenly all pally with Jack the Ripper. Or Reaper Jack. Idk what's going on. Idk if I'll continue (probably since there's only like 5 books).
I literally read this in like 10 minutes. And it still felt like it went on too long.
It relied too heavily on the assumption that you know the basics about Jack the Ripper, but then didn't even build on them. Demonic Jack the Ripper isn't exactly original, and not particularly well done very often either. Even though they skipped over the assumed details, they still didn't expand on the details they added, which I still didn't fully understand.
And the art was just too difficult to follow. Particularly in the fight scenes. All the violence is everywhere and who knows who is winning who just got hit who's dying etc. And there was so much of it. I quite like good violence in my literature, but there was just too much for no discernible reason and why.
Why, in the middle of a fight, did one ripped, violent man call the other ripped, violent man a 'plonker'?
And god knows why Sherlock Holmes is suddenly all pally with Jack the Ripper. Or Reaper Jack. Idk what's going on. Idk if I'll continue (probably since there's only like 5 books).
July 4, 2013
Entertaining, but felt like it took too long for the "twist" to show up. And I'm wondering why the demons always show up in the form of young women that have to be killed. And it's the woman who snaps and becomes a murder and makes her lover kill someone else. Not sure I like the theme thus far. I guess the details on why it's young women demons will show up next volume. Jack's body seems disproportionate, in that his head in some frames is very very verrrry time with abs that seem to stretch forever. It looks rather odd... Not sure if I would read more or not. And the inspector from the Church kinda looks like Jack, so much so that i thought it was him. Maybe it's a plot twist or it's just going to be a similarity in character design.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 1, 2013
So, when I first saw this. I thought that this book series would be pretty cool. The art seemed to be amazing (don't get me wrong it really is amazing.) I could tell right away that this author was heavily influenced by Hellsing since there are some uncanny homages to that manga. After reading the first volume of Jack the Ripper, I'm seriously confused at what is going on. I really wish that they explained it more in depth for me to understand. However, because I am a huge sucker for blood and gore, I think I may continue to read this.
October 4, 2013
This wasn't what I expected at all. I didn't read the back cover before I started reading so everything that happened was a total surprise. This made me laugh and I guess that's something. I'm actually amused enough to read the next volume.
April 4, 2016
This was one of the most incredible, exciting books I have ever read! It had a bit of history mingled in with the intense fantasy world, and I was easily captivated and compelled to immediately finish the series! This series of books was an incredible thrill ride and I thoroughly enjoyed it!
July 4, 2016
I am obsessed with the Victorian Era and ANYTHING related to Jack the Ripper. This did remind me a lot of Hellsing, at least in the art style. I liked this one a lot, and I can't wait to read the next one. I think this will become a new favorite.
March 24, 2015
This was so cool!! Jack the Ripper working with Holmes, demons, murders!! Awesome art!! Need to read more!
June 4, 2016
A different take on Jack the Ripper is a good description. It's an interesting story but is pretty bloody and dark at times, so if that's not you cup of tea I would suggest not reading it.
September 3, 2017
If you like Hellsing you will probably like this. Heads up though: the series must have been canceled, because it ends abruptly in the middle of an arc.
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