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Vampire Hunter D Volume 09: The Rose Princess (Vampire Hunter D #9)
In Sakuri, a young woman is about to be sacrificed to the vampiric Noblewoman who reigns over the village. But before the princess can drain the life from the woman, a young man tries to slay the vampire. He fails and manages to escape, but in doing so incurs the wrath of the entire town. The citizens of Sakuri have entered into a pact with the Undead princess and her mons...more
Paperback, 208 pages
Published
November 14th 2007
by Digital Manga Publishing / Dark Horse
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This point I think is where the VHD series is starting to pick up. The narrator finally gave us a break from describing D's attractiveness every other paragraph and got cracking at more of the interesting story setting. Though D still is amazing as ever (his sword can cut holograms apparently).
There are still the usual stock characters as to be expected. But in this case they work fairly well and the dilemma in the book is genuinely interesting. There isn't just a Vampire that needs...more
There are still the usual stock characters as to be expected. But in this case they work fairly well and the dilemma in the book is genuinely interesting. There isn't just a Vampire that needs...more
This VHD book is interesting. Kikuchi sort of abandons his normal method of introducing guys with sweet abilities in favor of setting up a scenario for D to overcome against a Noble princess who is oppressing a town and her four bodyguards, knights each of a different color. The knights still have abilities, but they are only mentioned in passing, if at all. The book is more about the relationships between the knights, the princess, D, and the town.
D does come the closest to being...more
D does come the closest to being...more
meh...had trouble finishing, though eventually I made it. Basically the luster of VampyD has worn itself away...The plots are usually the same, very formulaic with D appearing mysteriously to help vampire-plagued person/people, spunky girl who is a decent fighter, and a host of crazy monster fighters who are out of this world. There are sooo many out-of-this-world fighters that it's just not interesting anymore to see them one-up each other. Character-building is as flat as ever, and in a lon...more
I was pretty disappointed in this one. I didn't care about the characters much as we didn't really get to know them. I know that D is supposed to be a cool bad ass but in this one he was so cold I ended up not caring much about what happened. Still, it was a fun read.
Well, like most Vampire Hunter D books this one suffers from too many purple prose, and the unwavering perfection of the main character. I'm referring to the constant reminders of D's beauty and infallible skill at killing things stronger than he is. It gets old after a while. These novels read like just passable fanfiction, and I'm not sure it it's actually because of the author, or the translation, or a combination of both.
Now despite all that the Rose princess is an interesting sto...more
Now despite all that the Rose princess is an interesting sto...more
the writing of hideyuki kikuchi and the artwork of yoshitaka amano comes together again in the 9th volume of the vampire hunter d novels. it amazes me that kikuchi is able to continue to create fasinating stories in the vampire hunter d mythos. this one centers on a town who makes a pact with a vampire princess. the ensuing story is great.
I love this series. It gets mildly repetitive. but LOVE D anyway.
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