NAME: "D"
SERIES: "Vampire Hunter D", a manga with a feature movie and soon to be released remake
SERIES DESCRIPTION: A mysterious vampire hunter, known only as "D", is hired by a peasant girl and her younger brother to kill the vampires allegedly attacking her every night.
CHARACTER DESCRIPTION (SPOILERS!): D is known as a "dhampire", or a cross-breed between a human and a vampire. They have 'blood lust' but do not need it to survive. They can go out in sunlight and are not affected in any way by crosses, garlic, holy water, etc. but have the heightened senses and extraordinary powers. In other words, they have all of the strengths of a vampire and none of the weaknesses. But D is a very special vampire. He is the progeny of a human female and only the most famous vampire of antiquity, Count Dracula himself. Hence "D". Unfortunately, women cannot physically handle their bloodsucking babies and die; so D vows to kill every vampire in existence. Kind of a dark avenger thing.
INSIGHTS: D is a contradiction in himself. For one thing, it is very strange that a vampire- well, a half-breed, anyway- would want to kill his own kind and feels a certain amount of remorse over the whole thing (damn those human genes!). Should he give in to both or either the human and the vampire feelings that he has? It is obvious that he cares for the annoying little bitch that is Doris in a sexual way... I can tell from that pointless shower scene. However, I am glad that D showed some restraint and didn't exanguinate her, and that is another example of my above point. He also cares for her younger brother in a mentor kind of way. All of this causes a degree of confusion and inner turmoil for him, which is why he feels the need to always be on the run and in search for all that is unholy and undead. Sometimes it seems that his only friend and consoler is the deamon in his hand, I forget the specific term for those kinds of creatures. And I am not talking about what you are thinking about.
LINKS: None right now. All Vampire Hunter sites suck, and there are'nt very many either. If you know of one or two, let me know. PLEASE.
