I love how many genres these novels mashup. Grimdark, science fiction, gothic horror, spaghetti western, pulp fiction, detective mystery, sword and sorcery, etc. The world building is insanely creative and the action scenes are delightful. I like all the weird descriptions of the lore, scenery and battle sequences. These books make me feel like I'm on heavy drugs lol.

Fantastic review brother. So glad you're giving Kikuchi the exposure he so much deserves.

I’m gonna give it a try Mark. I recently discovered the channel and I like it. Please keep up the good work

Your enthusiasm made me add it to the top of the Christmas list. This sounds so cool!

I love the context at the start. I’m glad you mentioned the perverted minds aspect, as now I know that going in, I can be prepared for it. Definitely will pick this up.

I remember watching Demon City when I was in high school. I didn't realize Vampire Hunter was an actual book! 😅 Shows how much I know! Haha. I'm going to have to check it out.

Nice. Bought this years ago and haven’t cracked it yet.

You sold me on it man, I was just about to purchase book 1 and 2 but thought that I should probably check out a review or 2 first and then found you so thanks man, I'm persuaded and have bought them now so yea, cool, I can't wait till they get here. P.s, I like berserk as well and also skate too so the anti hero hat was a neat little sign that I've come to the right place : )

Thanks for the review. Will need to take a closer look at these. Cheers.

I'm gonna start this series soon now, thanks homie. Also nice Moorcock shout out. 😎

Thanks for the review and giving us your opinions. I think, as someone who's read the first 10 novels, problems start to appear in unfortunate ways in terms of continuity, plot cohesiveness, and ridiculousness. What I mean by that is in a lot of these books there's a build up to a fight between D and an antagonist only for the fight to end in a quick kill. That really takes the air out of the room and ends up being ridiculous and disappointing in my opinion. As far as plot cohesiveness goes, Hideyuki is constantly introducing new elements to this world: plants, monsters, abstractions, etc. The problem with this is it's an overload of information and none of the earlier creatures or other-worldy elements are developed or expounded upon. This just makes the reader feel as if he's either not trying to maintain some sort of linearity to D's world or just writes things on the spot. Don't get me wrong: the books are a great experience and the first one especially so. However when you start to read the 5th, 6, and 9th novels you get a feeling that there's not as much of an overall plot build up or character development that's needed to keep the reader engaged.

Definitely adding this to the list, sounds super interesting- I got super into Beserk earlier this year and this sounds like it'll hit all the same spots!!

I just bought all three vampire hunter D omnibus books. the movie was too amazing and the way you explained the books sold me

Ay, glad to see you cover one of my all time favorite pulp series! Sadly, Dark Horses’s translations are pretty garbage, but damn it, Vampire Hunter D is METAL as hell.

i bought the omnibus thinking it was manga, it arrived and was instantly disappointed. then i read the first page, then the second, third... How amazingly wrong I was. this is AMAZING! 10/10

They are also coming to audible I'm sold man

I love your videos!

I am glad you are enjoying. I am on book 9, being buying since they were released and some are quite hard to find. I believe the translation gets better with each book. But I think as you, that this book should be re-translated because this one is probably one of the worst. I would like to add something, three is another series that I believe you could enjoy - not dark and dastardly sorry - it's the legend of galatic heroes by Yoshiki Tanaka. 10 books on epic space opera. To me, the best anime, ever made and the books are pretty good. And I agree with you, sometimes the masters are hidden and people should read - some elric, some kane with karl edward wagner.

Always thought this was a manga comic book, never knew it was actually literature. Worth a look. The Beserk series were awesome. Much better than the anime. Never read a Japanese author. I've read Shogun by James Clavell though. It was one of my first books and still one of the best I've ever read.

I’m currently listening vols 1-6 on audible

Sounds interesting might pick this up🤔

This sounds pretty cool

Love me some vampire hunter D the movies are also amazing

People called me “D” my whole life because my first name starts with a “D.” So, one can only imagine why I bought this book. I was pleasantly surprised at how engaging it was considering I’d never once thought about reading Japanese literature.

Hey. I haven't read any books. The anime movie is insanely good.

Review more light novels

Should I read book or manga? What do you suggest?

How many omnibus are they gonna publish

You like saying Kikuchi a little too much.