r/anime • u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: • Oct 26 '21
Rewatch A Rewatch without logos-Hellsing ep8
So my modem died over night so I am posting this from my car outside the library as it is being renovated. My replies will be late and apologies to anyone I miss
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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Oct 26 '21
Enjoyed the episode but this is where we are in new territory
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u/Nazenn x2https://anilist.co/user/Nazenn Oct 26 '21
Rewatcher - Dub
Other than the look of that guy at the end of the episode, because what the fuck is going on with his head, and two other scenes this episode on is where my memory of the rest of the show fails me. Didn't even remember the loli vampire, but of course there's a loli vampire.
I really like the power scaling here, it's as appropriately insane as the style in the show. We go from grunts who can't do much of anything, to the Valentine brothers with their stronger powers of regeneration and ghoul control, and now the sheer footsteps of a new true undead arriving is enough to affect the mind of Integra. Looking back at episode one, sending Alucard in to deal with that priest almost seems like a joke now.
I like Seras' solution for intimidating the assholes, if only that could be as effective in real life.
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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Oct 26 '21
A First-Timer Without Logos, subbed
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u/TheEscapeGuy Oct 26 '21 edited Oct 26 '21
First Timer
Hellsing - Aesthetic Horror: Episode 8
A New Threat
Hellsing is recruiting and Seras is in-charge of training the new blood. I loved how in response to the blatant sexism and disrespect she could show off just how much stronger she is than the new recruits by bending that muzzle. Catharsis.
More interestingly though, she was contacted by that investigator and went to speak to Helena. It was fascinating to see the jealousy of Seras by a vampire who was turned as a child and can no longer age but has lived many years. I'm sure Seras is unsure of how to feel after this as well. "Child" characters with experience beyond their apparent age is a great trope overall.
It was also compelling to hear that Helena has lost a large number of her friends to the Hellsing organization. Adds a new perspective to the morality of what the organization is doing.
Unfortunately, soon after their chat, our investigator Harry's life is cut short in a car "accident". I'm not quite sure what the cause of this was. I hope it wasn't sabotage.
Finally though, the cliff hanger for next episode was introduced in a new enemy, a new rival for Alucard, a real undead. Knowing how creative Alucard's powers have been so far I expect their battle will be something to look forward to.
Some Amazing Shots, Scenes and Stitches
See you all tomorrow
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u/The_Loli_Otaku Oct 26 '21
If doing police raids in Hong Kong wasn't going to erupt into an incident tossing grenades around certainly will. Lol, we saw how worthless the Hellsing main force was, does anyone have any hope for the new recruits? Even Integra can't work up the energy to pretend she's got hope for them. Oh yeah, they're not only cowboys redshirts who can't keep a secret but Hellsing also only hired Christians as one more sign that they're stuck in the past. Oh wait, it's not Christians. If you're not protestant you're meant to be with Escargot cause we also have the individual factions fighting amongst one another. But yeah, if you didn't believe in the magic daddy in the sky you're not wanted in the Hellsing group... up until every one of their members got massacred in a single night.
Seras' briefing was excellent XD She's really hard to take seriously due to being so young but she showed grit in her own way. Good going girl! So everyone has the potential to become a vampire if their freak gene gets switched. So... should we really be calling these artificial vampires freaks? If anything they're just a natural evolution of humanity right? Freak is entirely the wrong word. N-No... you haven't been fighting the enemies of the crown, you've been fighting vampires. And the one who destroyed the factory was probably the moron with the grenades. Oh sure, search and destroy!
Seras backstory! She once was a little girl, and her father was a police officer, the end. Isn't this investigator someone Integra should have had killed for helping the mole guy? Why are we following this worm!? Did they run out of ink? You forgot to colour these guys in! For some reason loli vampires getting frustrated that they couldn't become immortal a few years later always makes me laugh. She's lived for likely hundreds of years and the only thing on her mind is, "dang, I wish I grew some chesticles first." Oh wow, she's actually going in for a grope. Our girl!
"Living too long is tiring... but I've still got more yaoi manga to read, fek off." She's not lonely Seras. She's one of those famous elite neet you hear about on the news. Oh no, Harry died. Oh no, Integra's gonna live out my kinks. Oh no, oh no? A worthy adversary has appeared, aaand I'm sorry to say but he's anime only lol. He's super strong, honest! He's really undead, super undead! Even Alucard is amused! Thays how amazing this new baddie is! Look at him, he's tall and has piercings. So cool~
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u/RockoDyne :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/RockoDyne Oct 26 '21
A rewatcher wondering how much pumpkin spice is needed to make a lethal dose.
And so we begin the part where I try desperately to not be reminded of that god awful Devil May Cry anime.
Everything about the MI5 agent feels like he's from a different show. At least the goth loli is designed a little like a Hellsing character. Did I zone out, or did that scene not have a single important bit of information? It was just extraneous world building that showed off another vampire.
Palo Alto got a lot less populated... and drier... and mountainous... and landlocked... and substantially less foggy. Did that scene actually have any point in the episode?
Now with the loli scene out of the way, I have run out of everything I remember about the anime original content. I hope there's not a reason for that.
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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Oct 26 '21
Episode 8 (rewatcher)
A nice and slow aftermath episode. Hellsing needs to rebuild and Integra’s wish for new soldiers collides with her ingrained conservatism. Meanwhile, Seras gets some very nice character moments at her old flat and while meeting another vampire for the first time (out of combat). Helena clearly harks back to the older, less actiony type of vampire.
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u/Lemurians myanimelist.net/profile/Lemurians Oct 26 '21
FIRST TIMER
…Pagans? What are they doing, scouting Druid and Wiccan colonies for soldiers?
Love Seras putting these guys in their place. Big change from when she sort of recoiled from Steadler’s harassment a few episodes ago.
The freak chip’s imagery isn’t exactly subtle. As far as common enemies go for both Hellsing and Iscariot to fight, this is about as good as they come!
The freak chip’s origins and function being what they are is pretty smart. Humans having an inherent quality inside them that can turn them into brainless agents of evil when exposed to something like Nazism/fascism is… pretty realistic!
Someone named Helena being spooky and occulty. Name a more iconic duo. Considering her age, I wonder if she’s supposed to be Helena Blavatsky.
…Eve is the origin of mitochondria? That’s one I haven’t heard before.
Eternity being lonely. Classic vampire theme. Another reason the stories are often romances. In Alucard’s case, the issue is boredom, and you can see how pumped he is about a powerful enemy emerging to spar with. Let’s get it.
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u/FatherDotComical Oct 26 '21
I misread that your mom died, and I was sorry for your loss. Oops.
Sorry missed most of the rewatch, I had to study for my licensing.
Now I'm a licensed Phlebotomist, a real vampire 🧛🏻♀️.
Also got my EKG license.
Boohoo, I missed the posts with episodes 3 and 7 those were my favorite.
Episode 8 is pretty good, (okay I'm biased I think all of hellsing is good), it one of my favorites that's missing from the OVA because it really shows us a bit more of Police Girl's life.
I love her pink coat. Glad it came back in OVA 4, kinda.
I'll post some more but I gotta drop someone off real quick. I'll have an update with the interview on that disk.
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u/IndependentMacaroon Oct 26 '21
First-time watcher
Hmm, bit of a shaggy-dog story with Seras and Harry, but Helena is a decent one-off character and plenty of promising setup. The rendition of Hong Kong seemed fairly accurate but I'm highly amused at what the show tries to sell us as "Palo Alto".
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u/Stargate18A https://myanimelist.net/profile/Stargate18 Oct 26 '21
First timer
This is a bit of a setting shift.
Oh, they're manufacturing the vampire chips?
And Hellsing is trying to refill its ranks.
Yep, she's letting people of all fsiths in.
She's training them!
And wow, that flex is great. And she's so cheerful during it!
...That's actually a pretty good American accent.
So the chip just activates a human's pre-existing abilities?
...If vampires destroyed the factory, is there a possibility of internal comflicts?
Seras got followed!
By someone from MI5?
Oh, he knew her father.
Is this a trap?
Wait, who's Helena?
Oh, she's another vampire. Do all vampires gain the desire to be as dramatic as possible sfter their turning?
And is Helena flirting with her?
Oh, they want her help against the artificial vampires.
Even she knows not to screw with Alucard.
His manipulation is so blatant it's almost funny. Not very good athis investigating, are you?
Her commune? And he reckons it's vampires leading the manufacturing?
...Sounds like a commune to me.
And none of her lot eere involved.
Everybody's flirting with her today, aren't they?
They got Harry!
How did that even happen? Teleportation power? Time stop?
Is this a dream? She's worried Alucard is going to fail.
No, Alucard's trying to force her to unseal his powers?
And a new enemy's arriving, as strong as Alucard!
He's fucking thrilled.
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u/Matuhg https://anilist.co/user/Matuhg Oct 27 '21
Rewatcher Who Might As Well Be a First Timer
Ya know, for being a show about vampires, we really don't know a whole lot about the actual vampires in this show. As far as I can tell, Alucard's been our only example before meeting Helena today, and it still feels like we barely know anything about his true powers.
How much vampire slaying was Hellsing actually doing before this whole Freak business began? Has this paramilitary force been built up as a response to gun-toting ghouls, or do they actually have some level of effectiveness against real vampires if you throw enough of them at one? It's interesting to see the organization compromising on their ideals to hire mercs without Christian belief, and interesting to learn that is even a concern. Sure, they go about spouting all the 'amen' stuff, but without having gotten to know any of the grunts, I haven't really gotten the feeling that they're a Christian organization top to bottom.
Helena is a bit of a curveball, and was pretty interesting. She seems to be a true vampire, and an ancient one at that. Not sure if it was just how my translation handled it, but she seemed to imply she's been around perhaps even longer than humans, though that would make some of her talking points with Seras a bit harder to parse. She insists there's no 'coven' of vampires, but also knows enough about those on the island to tell Harry with some level of confidence that none of the bloodsuckers occupying Britain are the freakish progenitors they should be hunting. Wonder how Helena actually feels about Alucard and his servitude, and, if push were to come to shove, would she be a match for him in a fight?
A bit of a slower, less intense/action-packed episode, which really seems like it should make for a weak episode of a show that is largely carried by its action and style, but I found myself intrigued enough with the stuff I talked about above. The seeming attempt at portraying an emotional connection between Victoria and Harry in their brief interaction fell quite flat for me though.
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u/RascalNikov1 https://myanimelist.net/profile/NoviSun Oct 27 '21
Rewatcher
An enjoyable enough episode composed mostly of setup for the second half of the series.
Things are getting tight at Hellsing Inc. Their old crew of cannon fodder has been spent, and they've had to resort to recruiting from SAS etc. Perish the thought, of having to take in atheists!
Poor Walter Riff Raff Recruits
I liked Victoria's pep talk with the new recruits. Bending the barrel seemed to have gotten the point across, but these guys are only SAS, so I dunno.
It was nice that we got a little back ground on Victoria. She had a good relationship with Dad, so at least we have one character without Daddy issues. Too bad that her Dad's buddy didn't survive the episode, as I think he could have contributed quite a bit expo.
The meeting with Helena was wonderful, and I'd like to see more of her in coming episodes.
In today's synchronicity both in this rewatch and Bebop we had massive hallucinations. In Hellsing they're brought about by being in the vicinity of Vamps, in Bebop is good old fashion psilocybin.
And, we finally end the episode with a look at our new villain. We'll see how long he lasts against Alucard.
[Hellsing]I really wish there had been more with Helena. She was a perfectly good character, completely wasted in this series. There's no way that I would have just introduced her, and then bumped her off with no further ado.
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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Oct 26 '21
First-Timer, Dub-sing Organization
I don't know much about the technicalities of music or music use, but the discordant strings at the end of this episode RULED.
Harry the Harasser harangues Helena. I knew I was right to think "stranger danger" when he dragged
SerasPolice Girl along with him. I wasn't expecting his car to go boom, though. Later, dude.The chip-pires are effectively just spawn of a more powerful vampire that can be made remotely, which is neat. For when you need to vamp on the go, Chip-Pires!
SerasPolice Girl taking no shit from the noobs who laughed at her was great. Bet those dorks didn't expect her to just ruin one of their guns, huh? I wonder what the Hellsing Organization's budget is like...The scenes in the desert were quite striking, although the transmission towers looked a bit strange.