An old manuscript takes our story back to the late 1930s. There's a storm approaching England, a beautiful girlish vampire stalking the night, and a young orphan in need of instruction on . . . butlering. Only butlering. No assassination training going on here, nosirree.

Under normal circumstances, the Hellsing organization knows how to handle fangirl invasions. With Integra laid low by a vicious flu and a certain inquisitive catboy getting in the way, this round is anything but normal.

Intent on discovering the full range of abilities granted by the Flowers of Perun, Integra decides to run a few tests. Naturally, Alucard gets to be the guinea pig.

No sooner had this story begun than the dōjinshi-ka was struck by a sequence of dire disasters. But it will be finished!

A round of sketches followed by guest strips, necessitated by the artist's hard drive deciding it didn't feel like working any more.

'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the compound not a creature was stirring, not even a Hellhound.

Heinkel and Yumiko head out on a mission to a Japanese Catholic girls' school, where they and tagalong intern Timothy clash with the local secret organization of hunters as they both try to track down a witch.

Three weeks of guest strips, including remixes from the Create a Comic Project.

Integra orders Seras to drink her blood; Walter catches Pip watching; two baobhan sith make a trip to London; a stray catboy turns up in a box; and all of this converges on Integra's birthday.

An experiment of Doc's, meant to advance some Plot, goes awry and promptly malfuctions, leaving the members of the Letzte Battalion stuck in the wrong bodies. As one might expect, chaos ensues.

Integra's on a secret mission that involves, among other things, a series of diplomatic favors; a piece of obscure Slavic mythology; and a cake. The servants are puzzled, the rumors are flying, and Alucard is worried. You see, she's going alone.

Ingmar Bergman called a kiss "a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous." It's a trick, all right; it just has far more uses than he probably had in mind.

Pip has a brilliant idea - or rather, a lot of them. Unimpressed with the variety of the Hellsing organization's weapons, he's gone and come up with his own. He has, however, underestimated the creativity that Hellsing already has.

It's Christmas Eve, and fourteen-year-old Integra's under a lot of stress. It doesn't help matters when Alucard decides to start messing around in her Nutcracker-inspired dreams. But the story (flashback dream sequence crossover parody ballet pastiche) proves stronger than Alucard.

Okay, so it's only three weeks. It's still enough time for some serious variety.

A handful of kids in a psychedelic van show up at the door of the Hellsing mansion looking for a tour. Security is not impressed with the idea of a tour group. The talking dog, however, doesn't even get a second glance.

Cosplay! Panels! Fanworks! Competitions! When a group of enthusiasts get together, they can make all kinds of cool things happen. In this case, the convention is Catholicon, the enthusiasts are religious fanatics, and the game of the day is Pray Pray Revolution.

The gang arrives back at home just in time to find Walter being assaulted by fangirls. The other Hellsing members have fangirls. The Iscariot agent has fangirls. Yomiko has fangirls. Of course, Nenene, being a brilliant author, has fangirls too; but they're quite a different story. Or are they?

In which the temporal crisis is pre-empted, and the healing can begin. Even though the unraveling of the timeline was stopped before it happened, it hasn't escaped without a few knots. (For one thing, Seras' uniform is suddenly yellow!)

One more leap through time, and our heroes are in the far future - for a few minutes, anyway. Can they make it home? Can they repair the fractured timeline? Can they put up with the amazingly bratty alternate Integral?

The I-jin Wells is somewhere in Victorian London, and our little troop of heroes must track him down - before he kills Integral's grandfather and wipes Hellsing out of existence. The obvious target is Abraham van Helsing, but why are we running into so many characters from Victorian Romance Emma?

Preliminary epic battles aside, the agents from three covert organizations get together to face their foe: a preternaturally powerful clone of H. G. Wells. And it's only going to get weirder, trust me.

Star author Nenene Sumiregawa came to England to sign some books. Yomiko Readman came to act as interpreter and guard her from any crazy fans. Nenene has fans in both Hellsing and Iscariot, but she's not worried: Yomiko's a secret agent too.

A Christmas story, Nazi style: The present Rip Van Winkle bought for her commander had vanished. With the help of Tubalcain Alhambra and Schrödinger, she sets off to buy a last-minute replacement.

In an effort to make up with Seras, Pip rents a suit, brushes his hair, and takes her on a date to the City of Light. Trouble is, he's also trying to supervise a vampire hunt - without her noticing.

Because Erin needed another break - and wanted to leave you in suspense.

Pip Bernadotte was just, in his own way, flirting with Seras Victoria. Unfortunately, she doesn't see it that way. After a conversation with Sir Integral in which he's informed that he's been reported for sexual harassment, Pip decides to try a new tactic.

A bit of amateur necromancy, a mishap with a magic spell, a few crossed links between reality - and the fans of a bunch of deceased characters finally get the chance to latch on to their obsessions, even though it means going to Hell and back.

The staff of Section XIII pulls out Enrico's Christmas present - a biblical board game - and plays a round, re-enacting the founding and early spread of Christianity. Of course, they can't resist updating the gameplay with a little modern-day Christian competition.

To give your dōjinshi-ka time to study for her AP exams.

Integral, Pip, and the Wild Geese can't find the vampire they've been tailing for a week. Walter can't find another speck of dirt to clean up. Alucard can't find a good fight. Seras - well, Seras has found a stray cat, but that's not going to help anyone. Or is it?

Your dōjinshi-ka loves the phrase "open-ended school project". It means she can work on schoolwork and get Shine done at the same time. This project's goal was to express characteristics of Puritanism. The members of Iscariot and Hellsing will be expressing some other things before it's done.

Our good Sir Integral, called also "The Grinch,"
Has gotten our other friends into a pinch.
She's sending out orders for canceling Christmas!
How will they react? Readers won't want to miss this!

Since we plunged straight into the fangirls' return, we didn't have much time to explai exactly who this Pip guy is, or why he's here, or what's going on with him and Seras. So we're going to back up and explain just how the Wild Geese joined Hellsing. Of course, if you've seen the second tankōbon, some of it will look very familiar.

When asked whether he ever celebrated Halloween, Enrico relates another childhood anecdote of dubious accuracy. But really, who cares if he gets the facts right when it's this cute?

They're baaaaaaaaaack...

Not only that, but this time there are dozens of them; they're latching on to more characters; and, best of all, they're all real.

If you had to be stuck on a desert island with only one person, who would you pick? Integral and Enrico both know who they wouldn't pick: each other. So, of course, that's exactly where they end up together.

Sun, sea, and serious relaxation: the essence of a Caribbean cruise. For Integral, the serious relaxation is aided by the fact that no vampire would want a week of sun and sea. Unfortunately, she didn't count on a certain human passenger.

Whence came that title, you ask? Was this story particularly difficult to draw, or time-consuming to tone, or complicated to compose, or otherwise hellish to finish? Not at all. This storyline literally takes place in the land where all our favorite villains ended up.

The big day is on Saturday, but pretend it's Valentine's Day all this week; because someone sent Integral chocolate, and it's going to take that long to explain who (and why).

Her spirit will wander the sky forever - except when it comes down to Shine to do reviews. Because Helena has had plenty of time to find good things to read, not to mention develop good taste.

Enrico Maxwell starts relating a flashback to the first time he met Integral: when they were about six years old. The feuds were on a smaller scale, the weapons limited to sandbox toys, and the flowers dandelions rather than roses; but it turns out that nothing ever really changes.

A very merry Hellsing celebration, beginning as soon as the vampires wake up in the early evening on Decembe 25. Featuring presents all around, eggnog, pudding, a cosy fire, carolers, and a generous heaping of Christmas spirit. Oh, and mistletoe.

In a moment of boldness, Seras challenges Integral to prove that she's not addicted to cigars - by going cold turkey for thirty days. Is Integral going through withdrawl, or just angrier than usual? Not sure. Can Alucard turn this into new and innovative ways to be irritating? You bet.

Because Shine had a schedule to keep and a hole to fill.

Big fancy full-color pictures of Hellsing characters in costume. Be awed by the splendor of it all - and the terror that is Aluchu.

On a regular basis Integral doesn't drink. She doesn't drink socially because she doesn't socialize, and she doesn't drink to relieve stress because she has cigars for that. As such, she wakes up after this party with a massive headache, gaps in her memory - and Alucard's coat.

You have seen Disney's adaption of the faerie tale, right? If not, do a little research; you'll need it. On the other hand, you won't need any knowledge about the movie to understand the scones, the dancing, the host's handsome yet sinister son, or the excess of champagne.

When all-work-and-no-play Integral gets a party invitation and Walter convinces her to accept it, Seras informs her that she absolutely has to go shopping. Needless to say, Integral is less than enthusiastic about the idea.

The Hellsing Organization faces its most frightening challenge yet. They're small, they're human-shaped, they latch on to characters and then rant obsessively about how cool those characters are. They can only be - fangirls! Now, how do we get them off?