Hideyuki Kikuchi's Vampire Hunter D Manga Volume 4 (Hideyuki Kikuchi's Vampire Hunter D, 4) Paperback – 1 Dec. 2009

Great manga, Vampira D is a good read I would buy from seller again. It was delivered two days well pleased...

Death Comes To Town, August 25, 2010By The Kimi-Chan Experience - See all my reviewsThis review is from: Hideyuki Kikuchi's Vampire Hunter D Manga Volume 4 (Vampire Hunter D Graphic Novel) (Paperback)It seems pretty business as usual as the story opens, with D riding his horse across the desolate wasteland. Of course, if he just went wandering and never met anybody, there'd never be any stories. This time around, he encounters an odd looking motor home whose inhabitants are being slaughtered by a sand worm/dragon of epic proportions. Let me tell you, forget those things from back in the day when you watched Beetlejuice. Those things look like merely annoying garden slugs compared to this fearsome creature. D leaps in tor ender assistance, joined by a fellow traveller who happens along, one very brash biker dude with handle John M. Braselli Pluto VIII (yes, really).The family's daughter, Lori is the sole survivor, and she is very ill from radiation poisoning thanks to a leak in the family's motor home from rather dicey equipment. Lori and her family had only just taken leave from the travelling city where they had lived all their lives, and it is to this place that Pluto and D take the ill Lori for treatment. While there, the mayor hires D, as it seems a vampire is hidden somewhere in the city, making the idyllically bucolic small town a place filled with fear.But as usual, things are not quite what they seem. For when D kills the one vampire, he becomes aware that there are more. Only these don't seem to be "normal" turned humans, nor are they Nobles. Added to this conundrum is the laboratory and its contents that D comes across in Lori's former family home in the town. Seems daddy was trying to create something probably best left uninvented. If that's not enough trouble, the floating city's computers seem to have been hacked, sending the floating island city-state off its safely plotted course, directly towards some Noble ruins and what appears to be a graveyard of other former floating colonies. Just who is doing all this, and just what is awaiting the denizens of the city once they arrive at their unwanted destination? D struggles to solve the riddle, while townspeople turn against him and Pluto shows a rather surprising side to himself.It's non-stop action and adventure in this instalment of D, and Kikuchi certainly has pulled out all the stops. We get vampires, zombies, mutant sand dwelling dragons, mad scientists, and a city of the evil dead all in one volume. It could so easily have become a disjointed, rambling mess, but Kikuchi is in top form here, weaving a complex tale that utilises many of the elements previously encountered in this twilight world. The narrative flows gracefully, unveiling suspenseful clues to the mystery that D must solve while maintaining the brooding, hunting atmosphere that fully realises the horror aspect of the tale. As always, we are reminded of both the beauty that is found in humanity, always marred by that which is ugly inside, most notably as we watch D deal with unwarranted bigotry and ignorance while he struggles to save the very oppressors from a certain living death of the worst kind. With unexpected twists and turns and the Catch-22 situation D finds himself in within the pressure cooker environment, the reader is hurled head first into an adventure that keeps the adrenalin pumping until the very last page.Saiko Takaki's artwork fairly bursts with raw vitality, with attention grabbing anatomical detail of monsters and human/dhampir beings alike. The lines and shadings lend atmosphere and a portray a sense of natural movement during action scenes, while maintaining an ethereal stillness that reflects the outer calm beauty that is D. Her renderings of an outwardly picture postcard perfect society in a world filled with decay are filled with realism, and display naturally the facial expressions and stances and gestures of the characters, revealing at a glance their outer appearance of almost pleasant normality as well as their soon to be exposed rotten inner selves. This matches up beautifully with Kikuchi's prose, as we watch D and his companions struggle to salvage what they can of a peaceful utopian society whose own selfish machinations have led towards their own imminent destruction.With a strong emphasis on morality and personal character, strong world building, and a tightly plotted action filled plot, Vampire Hunter D volume 4 delivers a tale filled with indelibly vivid imagery that is sure to please fans of dark gothic fantasy.

It's in great condition and was reasonable priced the copy I ordered knowing the rarity since the some of the manga is not reprinted.

I am a big fan of the novels. I have read the almost all of the novels. The thing that I love of about this manga is that the manga stays true to the novel. It follows the novel almost completely. The art is wonderful and completely depicts the story line. There are some minor things that the graphic novel leaves out from the novel itself, but not enough to affect the story. I have a bias opinion since I'm a big fan, but I would recommend this graphic novel series to anyone.

Great story love these manga Vampire Hunter D is a story about D a vampire hunter but D has a secret of his own D is half vampire and half human himself D takes on jobs he's hired to do most are vampire related.

Looks great

I love all of the Vampire Hunter D anime series. The illustration is amazing quality and the story boards are equally entertaining. The story line isn't skimpy either, unlike other anime books that I have found, this one actual has a story.My only down fall on these is that the font is too tiny to read. I end up having to blow up the page to try and ready the font-which just makes things worst by distorting and pixelating the page. I wish that this series would update their books to the panel by panel option, where it shows you an enlarged sceen shot of each panel in sequence. This makes the words appear clear and legible, plus it makes the reading experience go smoother. I do love reading these stories over and over again, but the small font makes it real tedious to do so.