What I didn't like is that assault-as-backstory gets used for the motivation of Leila, the only female member of the Marcus clan that D immediately says that women shouldn't be hunters as soon as he meets Leila and that the girl that Mayerling falls in love with doesn't have a name. I did like that the Barbarois decided to betray their employer after the village elder let slip about the law that superseded all other laws. That's just a difference in the medium, though, and it's not the real problem I have, which is that the original book has much more annoying character arcs-such as they are-for nearly everyone available. On screen, there's plenty of room to show the theatrics D and his opponents display in fighting, so all the hyperbole about how fast D can move and how brutal the attacks that target him are isn't necessary. He hires three of them to protect him and his lady-love, then continues his flight toward the Claybourne States, where the rusted ruins of the Nobility's starport hints at the possibility of escape to a place among the stars, where there will be no one to stand in the way of their love. They chase down Mayerling, who hides in a Shelter built by the Nobility when the constant human rebellions were starting to pick up steam and the infrastructure was breaking down, then flees to the village of the Barbarois, half-human, half-monster hybrids. One is the Marcus family, a group of ruthless hunters whose kill count is in the triple digits but whose competitors never seen to survive their hunts, and the other is D. Her father pays two vampire hunters to go after her. A Noble, here transliterated Mayerling, and a human woman fall in love and decide to run away together. This is the book that Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust is based on, and it suffers for me because I think the anime is the superior version. Though not quite as interesting in terms of world building and lore this time around, it delivers some crazy action sequences and a touching Shakespearian ending. It adds a bit of depth and complexity to the moral decisions made by the main character and the way he goes about confronting his enemies. I liked the more humanistic emotions explored in the nobles this time around, showing us that they're not always the heartless tyrants they're often made out to be. Over-the-top violence, an insane blend of dark fantasy, dystopian science fiction and gothic horror and nonstop supernatural action. More of the same and that's not such a bad thing. The relationship between Mayerling and the elder's daughter isn't what it seems at first glance, and the rivalry between D and the Marcus clan hunting down the same target turns an already dire situation into a bloody disaster. If this were not enough, he has also regretfully hired the help of the ruthless Marcus clan who are infamous for not only killing their prey, but killing their competition and anyone that stands in their way as well. The desperate village elder turns to the mysterious Vampire Hunter D to save his missing daughter. Somewhere in a quiet village surrounded by trees, a young woman is abducted by the vampire Noble Mayerling in the middle of the night.
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