Monday, October 10, 2016

Hellsing Part 2 Episodes 4-6


When live footage of a Hellsing operation gets leaked onto the web, Victoria is tasked with tracking down a mole within her own unit.  But Hellsing might have bigger problems on their plate, aside from their existence possibly being revealed.  A pair of bloodthirsty Vampire siblings, the Valentine Brothers, launch an all out, surprise attack on the Hellsing compound itself.  With their base on fire and Integra trapped with Council members on the upper floors, it’s up to Alucard, Seras and Walter to do a bit of house cleaning.  The Valentines are sure they can bring this bunch to their knees.  But in truth, they just messed with the wrong team of Vampire Hunters.

Can we get a Valentine Brothers spin off?  Or to be more exact, can we give Jan Valentine his own show?  It was clear from the moment they first appeared that these Vampire gangster assassins were going to steal every single scene they were in, Jan especially.  Sorry to just jump right to it without much intro but the good stuff of this weeks set is too good to not talk about right away.

I’ll back track a little bit thought to talk about the episode prior to the V Bros two parter.  It was pretty cool to see Hellsing under the threat of exposure to the world.  Sometimes it’s hard to remember they’re not exactly a public group and their best kept in the shadows to fight the monsters.  I also liked that the leader of this little crusade was a character we had seen before and probably would have forgotten as just another almost victim of a Vampire attack.  I wish we had delved a bit more into her, or that she would be would stick around to try and delve more into Hellsing.  But I guess it is not to be.  I’m sorry Seras didn’t get a chance to cap that a-hole field commander who was both the mole and an inappropriate pervert trying to push her buttons.  Come on, Alucard got to drink the reports, maybe Seras would’ve been ok drinking this douche’s blood.  But I digress.

There’s so much fun to be had in the Valentine Bros. massacre you almost forget it’s not nearly as gruesome as the manga.  They do more than make up for this in the Anime with dozens of quotes from Jan Valentines (I cant think of one nearly clean enough to post here, even with censors…ill try, just keep reading incase), and some bad ass moments for almost every character.  Alucard not jumping in on the action was kind of a waste as I keep hoping we’ll see him mow down dozens of demons with his (now two) guns, including my favorite Anime gun, THE JACKAL.  Still, his showdown with Luke Valentine was creepy and fitting of his character.  He was excited to face someone claiming to be able to kill him…so Alucard let loose and unleashed nearly all of his full power, resulting in some nightmarish imagery that scared even a Vampire like Luke.  Integra got to hold her own in a room of stuffy old men and deliver an amazing declaration that I swear you can hear even if you mute the TV.  Walter got to show off his moves with garrote wire and deliver the devilishly fun line, “Ghouls are fine, but I’ve faced the true armies of the undead.”  And even Victoria got to let loose her inner Vampire Hulk against her now undead former comrades.  It was a strong week all across the board.

What sort of fallout will come from this, that’s a good question.  Between the Valentine’s attack that’s pretty much a declaration of war, and these mysterious Vampire freak chips creating false Vampires, something big seems to be in the works and Hellsing is unable to see it coming.  They got his hard, God only knows what their overall loss count was for this battle.  But you better believe I had a certain line from X-Men running through my head when Alucard, Seras and Walter go into action and even when Integra shot up Jan, “I feel a great swell of pity for the poor soul who comes to that school…looking for trouble.” 

The Valentines may have dealt a serious blow to Hellsing but it was a bloody brilliant and fun battle while it lasted.  See ya next week for more Hellsing.

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