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Thanks for starting this thread, Gorenza! Now, on to the discussion! blaugh



As I said in the Hellsing Ends, Drifters Begins thread, the story is said to center around a band of adventurers from Japan's Warring States Period. I'm betting that this band of adventurers is going to be thrust forward through time into WWII. It's the only thing that makes sense, considering the fact that the spoiler image, which I posted above, depicts what seem to be a pilot of the Imperial Japanese Airforce, a businessman, and a warrior wielding a machine gun which almost certainly didn't exist in the Warring States Period.

I suppose we'll find out soon enough. Next month's YKO, due out on April 30th, will feature a Drifters cover and colored pages. I'm quite looking forward to it. 3nodding

OH LAWD, EVEN MORE STUFF WITH WHICH TO DISTRACT MYSELF FROM SCHOOL.

I'm trying to figure out what's in that house on the upper-left?

and if the archery person is a chick or a dude? xd

The archer is definitely a "she".

Although feminine males aren't too odd a sight in anime and manga, they really don't fit in with Hirano's style.

Masculine females? Yes.
Feminine males? No.

(Save for Shrodinger, but Schro's a kid for crying out loud.... Although I will say, in the final chapters Alucard just kept getting prettier and prettier, so who knows.... D; )

Although "Warring States Period" are generally three words that make me back away slowly from a manga, I'm actually getting rather hyped up over this.

>.<

Of course, the premise of time travel is what's helping that.

(Normally my reaction would be "Omg, it actually takes place in japan? F*ck. Dx")

Subject change: I think mystery man is the time machine agent who gives them missions and is heading for the big a** mansion in the upper left since he has what appears to be a map too

you're right, it does look like a newspaper. sweatdrop I wanna know more about the pilot's character, he seems interesting. Any one person do you find most interesting than the others based on what we see here?

Phhhhhh. confused
I really meant it as a compliment to my love of Hirano's work. It's a fact, normally I don't like a good chunk of anime/manga that actually takes place in japan.
Especially japan in any other century then our own. sweatdrop

Honestly though, I don't think anything Hirano will do with this manga could be bad. 'Sides, reading Hellsing I got used to the fact that he'll do whatever the hell he wants, and somehow manage to have it make sense.




I'm unable to make any assumptions at this point, nor lead towards any characters... I may not even be able to do so after the first chapter, it'll still be so soon.

What I'm most interesting in, however, is what these characters will be like.

So far, everyone in Hellsing was re-formed from Hirano's old work. He just breathed some new life in them, and gave them a touch up. They were all amazing, but they'd all been hanging around for some time before the series was serialized and before it was finished. Although these guys have probably been in his head for quite some time aswell, the rest of the world has only just gotten a peak at them:

I'm curious to see what he'll do with this new cast of characters. I'm very interested in seeing if they'll be totally new, or still bare a resemblance to some of the characters in his older work.