Just finished reading this and I must say I enjoyed it quite alot. The reason I picked it up was because I was a fan of the anime movies and I often wondered how an anime would be written as a novel. Needless to say the transition is seemless as the action is plenty and swift much like the movies and the descriptions are spot on.
The basic plot is simple. Baron Byron Balazs is a member of the vampire Nobility and has hired a bodyguard to protect him while on his journey to Krauhausen to slay his own father. That bodyguard is none other than D who as a hunter is strangely accepting the task to protect the very being he has sworn to kill- and also being a reknowned dhampir - (half vampire half human) himself. Along the journey they meet a couple characters who accompany them- the first being a vampire noblewoman by the name of Miska who happens to detest everything human. The acrobatic siblings May and Hugh and a runaway assistant by the name of Taki. These characters add some life to the quest as they have varying conflicts, personalities and backgrounds but theres nothing here on the level of say Harry Potter. Not to mention D himself isnt very talkative though I couldn't say the same for his left hand... (you'll know when you read it)
As mentioned earlier they're plenty of battles throughout the book and they're are all awesome and thoroughly explained. Each time I assume the enemy is unbeatable and yet somehow the characters manage to win with relative ease- especially D. Thus it makes the reader and other characters wonder just who this Dhampir is and perhaps who the Baron or Miska are also- theyre backgrounds are fairly hazy but there is a past which must be delved into.
The unfortnate thing is- that since they are two more parts to this story nothing is settled in this book:( Everything is just beginning with a nasty cliffhanger waiting for you once you reach the end. That being said it was a great read- the writing style was to the point and easily understandable even through the translation. Plus the world itself is very intriguing having interesting technologies, creatures and history which the author takes sufficient time to explain before moving on to the next plot point.
I'm glad to read it- was a great change from Potter and It iterates my previous opinion of Vampire Hunter D being one of the best vampire stories ever made
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