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Vampire Hunter D #22
Vampire Hunter D Volume 22: White Devil Mountain - Parts One and Two
Commissioned by an ancient vampire to recover the coffin containing the body of the demonic Gilzen, hated even by his own kind, D travels to a frightening mountain landscape perennially shrouded in snow. Within a castle piercing the mountainside, D discovers a group of knights tasked to protect Gilzen at any cost. It's time for D to use all the forces and powers at his command to prevent Gilzen's resurrection!
This volume of the long-running series combines two novels and features eleven original illustrations by Final Fantasy designer Yoshitaka Amano.
This volume of the long-running series combines two novels and features eleven original illustrations by Final Fantasy designer Yoshitaka Amano.
304 pages, Paperback
First published February 28, 2005
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August 23, 2025
Not a standout but solidly entertaining nonetheless.
3.5/5
3.5/5
December 31, 2020
I love Vampire Hunter D. This novel contains Parts 1 and 2 of White Devil Mountain. I don't know if it's just that there's SO MUCH happening or the jarring writing structure, but I had trouble visualizing most of the castle and felt that the story dragged on far too much. Gilzen constantly taunts D, "Oh, so you're ready to face me? Okay, but first follow me (or find me) and you just see this..." And that happens again and again and again and again... And loop and repeat. Just die Gilzen. You know D's not going to fail. D did a few exciting, uncharacteristic or rare things that I'd love to see in another film. Overall, the story is interesting, but too long. Hard for me not to give VHD 5 stars, but it is what it is.
July 30, 2016
So it was weird how obsessed the narrator was with how attractive D is. Otherwise, it was a good book.
July 6, 2023
Great story!
This was one of the more unusual D stories. Lots of science and cross over alien tech. Many side story arcs too. Almost too many to keep track of. They almost overshadowing D's story. In the end, the author ties up all the ends clean and neat. Seeing D showing more humanity is beautiful. I'm glad Mr Left Hand got to join the fun more too. Will be interested to see if the paths of the boy, Lilia and D ever cross again in another book!
This was one of the more unusual D stories. Lots of science and cross over alien tech. Many side story arcs too. Almost too many to keep track of. They almost overshadowing D's story. In the end, the author ties up all the ends clean and neat. Seeing D showing more humanity is beautiful. I'm glad Mr Left Hand got to join the fun more too. Will be interested to see if the paths of the boy, Lilia and D ever cross again in another book!
March 11, 2025
It was a great first half. Got a little confusing at the start of Part 2. Difficult to keep track of where everyone was, between inside and outside the castle. But really sped towards an exciting ending in the last 3 chapters.
March 3, 2015
Ah, the lurid, bizarre prose with its weird juxtaposition of metaphors is back. Oh, and D returns too. As icy as ever, D’s frigid demeanor is ever contrasted by his chatty little friend who never leaves him. In this volume, his little compadre seems even more verbose than usual, baffling the hell out of people around him who wonder where the hell that other voice is coming from and why it’s such a contrast to D’s own gelid tones.
A lot of Nobles experimented with human beings and animals back in the day—it was a way to pass the eternity. But Duke Gilzen took an outrageous turn when he began turning his attentions to aliens from another planet.
The action here ranges back and forth, with the corpses flying at you and people getting turned willy nilly by the crazed experimenter Duke Gilzen. People face dangers from an icy mountain, a labyrinthine castle, transformed aliens and resurrected soldiers. Folks escape, run back into danger, try to escape again, fight their way through myriad perils while all the while fighting their conflicting desires. It’s confusing as all get out and, through it all, D defeats enemy after enemy. But this time, it looks like victory comes with a severe cost.
It’s the usual mindless fighting that entertains so many Vampire Hunter D fans but at such an exhaustive pace that even people who prefer witless violence might get tired of it. In the end, almost everybody dies, no one gets their bounty and the ending is so enigmatic, it’s just—well, an ending.
Since none of these novels causes D to mature, change or alter in any fashion, acquire any friends or a team that attends him into another book and leave any of his enemies alive, they can all function as standalone novels. But this one seems the epitome of it, emphasizing the utter shallowness that lies behind its mythos.
A lot of Nobles experimented with human beings and animals back in the day—it was a way to pass the eternity. But Duke Gilzen took an outrageous turn when he began turning his attentions to aliens from another planet.
The action here ranges back and forth, with the corpses flying at you and people getting turned willy nilly by the crazed experimenter Duke Gilzen. People face dangers from an icy mountain, a labyrinthine castle, transformed aliens and resurrected soldiers. Folks escape, run back into danger, try to escape again, fight their way through myriad perils while all the while fighting their conflicting desires. It’s confusing as all get out and, through it all, D defeats enemy after enemy. But this time, it looks like victory comes with a severe cost.
It’s the usual mindless fighting that entertains so many Vampire Hunter D fans but at such an exhaustive pace that even people who prefer witless violence might get tired of it. In the end, almost everybody dies, no one gets their bounty and the ending is so enigmatic, it’s just—well, an ending.
Since none of these novels causes D to mature, change or alter in any fashion, acquire any friends or a team that attends him into another book and leave any of his enemies alive, they can all function as standalone novels. But this one seems the epitome of it, emphasizing the utter shallowness that lies behind its mythos.
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