Hellsing, Vol. 9

Hellsing [ヘルシング] #9

by Kohta Hirano

After Alucard's triumphant return, the streets of London were flooded with the blood of vampire Nazi soldiers and crazed Catholic warriors. After the dust settled, only the Hellsing order of Protestant knights was left standing. Now it's up to the earthly agents of divine punishment to save the souls of the innocent. However, chaos soon engulfs the streets yet again. Come to find out, not all the Nazis were vanquished after all. Will Alucard and his allies have what it takes to save what is left of the city?

Genres: Manga, Horror, Vampires, Comics, Fantasy, Graphic Novels, Seinen

Comic

First published July 1, 2007

About the author

Kohta 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.

Reviews

[Juho Pohjalainen · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's pretty common to have all the all-powerful immortals really want to die, but I like this story's interpretation that all the war and bloodshed is really for finding a good place for it. Can't just go and end their lives themselves, that'd be anti-climactic.

I also like to see Alucard finally being put on the ropes, at least a little bit.

[Steve Wiggins · Rating 3 out of 5]

It’s a little difficult to know how to review a book that’s mostly illustrations. The 2019 Modern Mrs. Darcy’s Reading Challenge includes a book from a genre you normally don’t read. Manga fits that for me. A friend has been lending me his copies of Hellsing, apparently now quite rare. Perhaps it’s my age, but I find it difficult to follow what’s going on at times. My reading has been spread over a year and I read each one only once. If a character reappears after a prolonged absence I find myself not remembering.

The plot remains interesting—there are those who want war for its own sake. History remembers them as monsters, not necessarily the vampires, though. There is sophistication and betrayal and the religious elements are played down in this penultimate volume. The drawing is quite good. There remains enough unexplained to let the last volume go in any direction that it will.

[Elmax · Rating 5 out of 5]

I cried, it stressed me to the end, great character development and plot twists: five stars.
Can't wait to read the 10th and last volume!

[Michael Sorbello · Rating 4 out of 5]

Volume 9 covers chapters 69-79

Alucard sheds tears for his rival Anderson, a devout Christian warrior that became a monster of God to clean up the messes left behind by Millenium and fulfill his duty by facing off against the Lord of Vampires. He weeped for him because only a human can kill a true monster, he committed the same mistake that Dracula once did by sacrificing his humanity for unlimited power and mortality which ended up bringing him nothing but misery and ruin. Ever since Alucard was defeated by Van Helsing many years ago, he's been longing for the dream to die as a human, something that was robbed of him and then stolen from Anderson right in front of him. Though Anderson became a monster in the end, he was still a hero in his own twisted way, fighting to rid the world of ultimate evil and give the children of tomorrow a better future.

After Alucard and Anderson settle their score in the midst of the final battle for London, the Hellsing butler Walter betrays both sides he was working as a double agent for, swearing to face off against Alucard in a long awaited grudge match to end the suffering of the immortal monsters they have both become now that there is no longer any reasons to remain a faithful servant charged with hunting the supernatural.

The war is nearing its end. The nazi army has been toppled, the protestants and warriors of the church are no more. The undead vampire menace has been vanquished. All that remains is for the final adversaries left standing to settle their old grudges and take down the Major who orchestrated all of this madness to manufacture the greatest war between monsters that the world has ever seen.

[꧁ ꕥ James ꕥ ꧂ · Rating 4 out of 5]

nice to see Alucard on the defensive a little bit!

[Estefania Grajales · Rating 4 out of 5]

Al borde de la silla conque destruyen a Alucard, conque no.

[Viktorija B.]

Huh... WHAT is going on now... Volumes 7 & 8 had the bar damn high, so this little one was a bit of a disappointment...

[Brandon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Walter is a jerk, Alucard actually gets hurt for once, and Seras gets a puppy! Aww, what a cute little puppy she has. It's neat to see both Alucard and Seras fighting different opponents at the same time, for much of the series it was just Alucard or you had Seras with her big fight but now... now we get them both!

[Maija · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought I'd read this one before, but realized quickly after starting to read that I so clearly hadn't! Definitely the strongest volume of the series, in my opinion shadowing the actual final volume.

[Maddy]

"The ones who destroy monsters have always been human. An attempt at by anything other than a human will always result in failure."

[kelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

top 10 manga betrayals

[Liz · Rating 3 out of 5]

The war and story rage on, with plenty of fantastic art and fantastic moments.

...and then Girlycard shows up.

Every time I used to re-read the series, I'd always forget about that atrocious moment, and until it shows up. Girlycard is the Wesley Crusher of Hellsing, and she's the reason I can't read "Hellsing: the Dawn." WHY Hirano, WHY.

The obvious filler of stretched-out fighting and repetitive speeches doesn't help. And to top it all off, the butler did it. That is seriously the grand twist.

On the other hand, we do get the start of Seras and Pip's fight against the werewolf Captain. And as stated before, the art continues to rock. I also really enjoyed Irons and Welsh's cameos, and their words of respect for Penwood, who I always felt so bad for.

[Victoria Kitty · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wish there was more of this manga. I was honestly sad to learn there was only ten volumes. I don't want it to end, but I understand all good things must end. This volume is amazing, the detail and the characters. The story is at its apex along with every emotion that has been built up till this moment. You truly love the characters in this manga, and feel heartbreak for how they are treated and viewed by society.

[Francine · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Alucard/Anderson fight ends and immediately Alucard gets thrown into ANOTHER volume-long one-on-one fight. Poor kid can't catch a break. 🙃

Walter??? I don't know if I like this!

Integra being a badass as always. If she dies I will riot.

I always enjoy it when the Captain shows up! (dunno why, guess he just looks cool.) Very much into this Captain/Seras fight. 👀

Also Schrödinger pops in and out of existence once again, like his namesake. Gotta love a dead/alive doggy.

[Diane · Rating 4 out of 5]

The battle for London, and possibly the world, but really just London, is coming to a close in this volume as tertiary players are taken out and our main characters rise to the forefront of the story. Kohta Hirano really keeps us guessing as to how this will all end and I’m sure a lot of us don’t want it to, considering the gore and the fun ultra violence that is depicted in the pages.

[Seyma · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ya ne diyim bilmiyorum. Eskisi kadar zevk vermiyo bana Hellsing ama son 1 vol kaldı yani bırakmak mantıklı olmaz bence. Umarım o finalle fikrim değişir ve güzel hislerle geride bırakırım ilk manga serimi.

[Hannah · Rating 5 out of 5]

And there's the betrayal. UGH. So good and so sad. Poor Integra. This volume has two of Alucard's best looks, the all black outfit and his female form. We also now have a werewolf to deal with, but Pip is back so did we really lose? Loved this volume.

[Rebecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5

[Andrea Aguas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Everything just got better since Vol. 6 and now I wished I wouldn't need to finish the story! But I have to. ;w;

[Kurtis Burkhardt · Rating 5 out of 5]

Reallly loved this manga, definitely one of the best vampire manga! Very exciting and great art😻👌❤️

[Silena · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hellsing is attacked by the Catholic vampire hunter agency and betrayed by a traitor within.

[Chad · Rating 2 out of 5]

The art in this is excellent if you look at just a panel at a time. However as sequential art, I couldn't tell at all what was happening. It's just nonstop fighting between random people. Maybe if the whole series came out at once and I could read it straight through, it's be different. To me this read as just a bunch of random people getting dismembered and turn apart amidst swirling effects in every panel and the occasional terrible dialogue like "I will kill you until your die."

[Sylvette St Clair · Rating 5 out of 5]

Por muy lejos, el mejor tomo de la historia. Me da algo de tristeza porque solo me queda uno, es el más largo y no creo que el último tengo un cierre…ammm
¿Como decirlo?
No se que final quiero para Hellsing, solo espero que sea coherente y me haga decir “oh sure”

[Rae · Rating 4 out of 5]

This volume was good! Alucard was back in full force (Rae approved) and he took down a traitor!! (Also Rae approved).

I'm excited to see how the final volume will go. The lead up to it was amazing!

[Variaciones Enrojo]

Penúltimo tomo de la nueva edición.

[Tar Buendía · Rating 2 out of 5]

Sin spoilers, pero el giro me ha resultado graciosísimo (aunque no es la intención del autor).

[Lory Blanco (areaderheart) · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars

[Gabe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dos años se tardó esta re-edición. Madre santísima bendita.

[Eule Luftschloss · Rating 3 out of 5]

trigger warning
gore, mutilation

[Khari · Rating 3 out of 5]

若いアーカードは。。。怖い。鼻がないからすごく不気味。

セラスはカッコよくなってきた。

彼女と戦っているの男もかっこいい。彼の過去の話知りたいな。

少佐は人間。。。でも五十年前からずっと生きていてなぜ老いにならないの？