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Vampire Hunter D

Vampire Hunter D, Book 1

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Vampire Hunter D

By: Hideyuki Kikuchi, Yoshitaka Amano - illustrator, Kevin Leahy - translator
Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
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12,090 AD. It is a dark time for the world. Humanity is just crawling out from under three hundred years of domination by the race of vampires known as the Nobility. The war against the vampires has taken its toll; cities lie in ruin, the countryside is fragmented into small villages and fiefdoms that still struggle against nightly raids by the fallen vampires—and the remnants of their genetically manufactured demons and werewolves.

Every village wants a Hunter—one of the warriors who have pledged their laser guns and their swords to the eradication of the Nobility. But some Hunters are better than others, and some bring their own kind of danger with them . . .

©1983 Hideyuki Kikuchi; English translation copyright 2005 by DH Press and Digital Manga Publishing (P)2022 Tantor Dark Fantasy Fantasy Genre Fiction Movie, TV & Video Game Tie-Ins Fiction Paranormal Village

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Took a while to understand what was going on then it was great. Loved it

Really good

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Absolutely masterfully written. Vampires written in such a faithful and unique way. a true Fantasy story with clean page turning immersion. D is quite the Dark Knight in Gloomy armor. he reminds me of Characters like the man with no name in spaghetti westerns, rather than the first glance of ugh emo woe is me vampires that make me want to stake my own heart. make no mistake thought this beautifully written world is Cruel and ready to Devour your life. Absolutely going to read more and you should too if yer looking for something to spark your boredom from the drivel of current climate form modern media. 11/10 if you like Berserk and other Grimdark this is for you!

Vampires. Are. Monsters. Not. Lovers.

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A fan of the OVAs, the book is interesting and I like a lot of the style and themes introduced. That being said, there's a lot of prose on how gorgeous the young girl is, broad is the back and chest of the handsome D are which lends weight to some of the criticism I've seen others provide on the writing.

decent

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So bad it was funny. Felt like it was written by an adolescent. Was like listening to a 50s western. Was waiting for someone to say Timmys lost down the well. If the narrator has a day job he should really stick to that.

absolutely awful.

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Imagine a sexist, self-insert dream written by a hormonal teenage boy who always wanted to be Castlevania Alucard but edgier and more brooding. Well, you don't have to actually imagine it because it exists and it's this book. I genuinely feel bad for the narrator who had to read this.

What a trash fire

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