Tale of the Dead Town

by Hideyuki Kikuchi

Other authors: Yoshitaka Amano (Illustrator)

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Series: Vampire Hunter D (4)

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The City, a tiny metropolis of a few hundred sheltered citizens floating serenely on a seemingly random course a few feet above the ground, has long been thought safe from the predation of marauding monsters. It seems like a paradise. A paradise shattered when an invasion of apparent vampire threatens the small haven. While the Vampire Hunter known only as "D" struggles to exterminate the scourge, a former denizen of the city, the attractive Lori Knight, and the brash John M. Brasselli Pluto VIII seize control of the city, lurching it onto a new and deadly course. D's travails are just the beginning.… (more)

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The cleanest, morally, so far. Also the dumbest. D goes to a floating town where experiments have gone on to spread vampirism like a plague instead of through bites. I'm not going to be reading any more of this trash. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Hideyuki Kikuchi	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Amano, Yoshitaka	Illustrator	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Leahy, Kevin	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Vampire Hunter D Omnibus: Book Two (Vampire Hunter D Omnibus, 4,5,6) by Hideyuki Kikuchi

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Tale of the Dead Town

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1986 (Asahi Sonorama Co. - Japanese)

2006 (Dark Horse Books - English Translation)

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On the Frontier, nothing was considered more dangerous than a journey by night.

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Please DO NOT combine with Hideyuki Kikuchi's Vampire Hunter D Manga Volume 4, they are DIFFERENT works.

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The City, a tiny metropolis of a few hundred sheltered citizens floating serenely on a seemingly random course a few feet above the ground, has long been thought safe from the predation of marauding monsters. It seems like a paradise. A paradise shattered when an invasion of apparent vampire threatens the small haven. While the Vampire Hunter known only as "D" struggles to exterminate the scourge, a former denizen of the city, the attractive Lori Knight, and the brash John M. Brasselli Pluto VIII seize control of the city, lurching it onto a new and deadly course. D's travails are just the beginning.

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