![]() That is genius.īut, on to ‘serious business’ now: the actual plot of this book picks up with a resumption of the unfolding story aboard the newly christened ship, The Adler. ![]() That could refer to the dream, to the meta comment that was in the dream, or to the manga as a whole. Well, I’m sorry, Willis, but I’ve already decided that these works are interesting, so there! But, at the end of that chapter, which has no bearing on anything else that happens in the book, what is the kicker? Alucard says, ‘No, it was nothing’ and gives a little laugh. He says, ‘You will appear in many subtle works that are hard to tell if they are interesting or not interesting for the rest of your life.’ I love that line for being so meta and for trying to defy my efforts. Though, the fake spirit of Alucard’s gun (a very Japanese concept if ever there was one) – that is, ‘Willis’ – utters one of my favourite lines of the whole manga. At first I wondered if it had been included in the OVA out of sheer confusion. It’s the sort of thing that’s so mad, you just wonder whether or not it’s meant to be part of the canon. He also assaults him with repeated use of the word, ‘Willis’. For those who have no idea what I’m going on about, an explanation: the fifth volume starts with a dream sequence – specifically Alucard’s – in which the vampire is verbally assailed by a cartoon Bruce Willis, with references to his films. I love it because it shows how Kohta Hirano is able to mess with the concept of pinning his story to a single tone, while at the same time making fun of people like me who would try to analyse it. The fifth volume of this manga starts with an interesting little aside, which I both love and am totally confused by. Ok! Here we go! And, this time, as I’m reading, I’m listening to ‘Blue Monday’ by New Order – and the combination of the two is quite a trip.
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