Seras Victoria (anime)

"I am... TRUE UNDEAD! Alucard gave his blood to me!"

- Seras Victoria

Seras Victoria (セラス・ヴィクトリア, Serasu Vikutoria), also called: Police Girl (婦警ーさん, Fukei ̄-san) is the main character of the 2001 Hellsing anime made by Studio Gonzo.

Seras was turned into a vampire by Alucard to save her from a would-be fatal gunshot wound in the chest, that he also caused while shooting the Cheddar Priest. She acts as the point of view character for the audience. Often, she is at odds with Alucard due to his preference for bloodshed and her refusal to fully accept her vampirism. Seras is a Draculina, a term used to refer to the female members of the Dracul bloodline, since she has been turned into a vampire by Alucard.

In both the anime and the OVA, her seiyuu is Fumiko Orikasa. Seras' English voice actor in both series was performed by K.T. Gray.

Physical Appearance
Seras is an attractive young woman with orange hair cut into a flare cut and blue eyes (red after turning into a vampire by Alucard). She had a fairly broad-shouldered torso, yet maintained a very voluptuous and buxom figure, which was further accentuated by the fact that she is considerably shorter than virtually all of her allies.

Attires
She usually wore an almost tight blue buttoned shirt with a dark blue turtleneck and pockets with a matching mini skirt and dark grey belt, long dark grey stockings, ankle fold black boots, a pair of white gloves, and a red armband on her right arm that has the Hellsing badge implanted on it with small gold pauldrons between her shoulders, on the top. In episode 9, during the raid on Bobhan castle, she was seen sporting black sunglasses with her third disguise, probably to protect herself from the sun as she was seen a couple of times using sunglasses when it was daytime. She wears a blue shirt with a dark blue vest and a dark grey-ish blue utility belt. She wears blue cargo pants and dark blue boots with white gloves. She wears a sleeveless double-button-up turtleneck, thigh-high boots, and opera gloves. She wears a pink jacket with pockets, a red beanie, a white shirt with red stripes, khaki pants, and black shoes. She was only seen in this form when she disposed of many ghouls on the Subway, shortly before meeting Anderson for the second time. She wears a denim vest, a black tank top, a black choker, black chelsea boots, white jeans, and a newsboy cap. Later on, at the end of episode 4, the color slightly changes; her cap is now dark magenta, a blue denim vest with a dark blue tank top, and blue jeans with brown chelsea boots. She wears a pink hoodless windbreaker, a pair of gray jeans, chelsea boots, a newsboy cap, and black shades. She wears red gloves, a red tank top, a brown belt, a black skirt, and brown boots. She only wore this outfit when she discovered Helena dead at the hands of Incognito.
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Personality
The story is told primarily from Seras' point of view, allowing her to act as more of a narrator. She is more aggressive than her manga/OVA counterpart as, on her first meeting with Alucard in the first episode, she shot him. In the next episode, she talks back to both Integra, for mockingly telling her to not drink the blood of her employees, and Alucard, for constantly calling her by her nickname. In the 8th episode, her impulsive personality can also be observed when she mockingly speaks to a mercenary and bends the barrel of his weapon without hesitation after he made fun of her. Nevertheless, she is still extremely loyal and returns the empathy of those who respect her.

She is empathic to characters who respect her, such as Walter C. Dornez, Peter Fargason, Gareth Henderson, and Helena. She showed her loyalty when she rushed to stop Incognito from cutting off Helena's head and staying at Alucard's side while his body was disappearing after he told her to run from the place. Meaning that she's probably one of the most sympathetic characters in Hellsing (besides Fargason), even showing empathy for Enrico Stivaletti when he was searching for Mick, and later, Helena when she realized that she was alone living in her apartment. Furthermore, apologizing to her for the Hellsing organisation's actions of apparently killing her friends, which Helena told Seras that the apology is not hers to give. Also, despite Integra's apparent dislike towards Seras when she was new to the Hellsing organisation, Seras has no ill feelings towards her, and later, blames herself for not being quick enough to save Integra. When Integra was clearly saddened about Walter sacrificing his life to save her, she goes to Integra's location and comforts her, assuring her that Alucard will win the fight with Incognito. Moreover, Seras had previously stated that she won't let any of the Hellsing organisation members die, "not because of [her]", meaning she had PTSD after her former colleagues on D-11 died and were turned into ghouls and is now coping with it, feeling that the only way she can atone for not being able to save them is to keep her new Hellsing colleagues safe.

Seras has also gained Alucard's respect for not giving up when death was inevitable. She was one of the two women that Alucard considers worthy of immortality due to their actions of not giving up and fighting for their life.

Seras was also shown struggling to pull the trigger to shoot someone, especially when she is forced to shoot one of her friends because they were turned into a ghoul, such was the case in episode 1 and 6, where Seras' acquaintance was turned into a ghoul and she was forced to shoot them. In episode 2, she didn't even pull the trigger when a ghoul was about to bite onto someone's neck, causing Fargason to command Gareth to do so. However, after getting much training from both Alucard and Fargason, she soon becomes quite confident in her abilities.

However, the most crucial part of Seras is her struggle of trying to still stay human, even if she isn't one. She struggles to drink anyone's blood and the one she came closest to drink their blood was Peter Fargason, a father figure to Seras, only managing to lick the blood on his jaw. She refuses to believe or accept her vampiric nature, therefore, even with the training she received from Fargason and Alucard, she still struggles to fully control her vampiric capabilities, wanting to stay human. It can be accurately said that Seras may have regretted her choice of accepting Alucard's request to become a vampire. However, she became a proud fledgling in episode 12, proudly stating that she is a "True Undead"; Alucard gave his blood to her, showing that she is no longer afraid, and is now accepting her vampiric nature. Despite this, she clearly still struggles to drink human blood. Seras also struggles with the temptation to drink Alucard's blood, thus fully realizing her vampiric powers, something she does in the last episode of the anime. However, she drank his blood when Alucard was apparently "dead', as Incognito stated; "even if you drink his blood, you will never become a true Nosferatu".

However, even if Seras can hold the temptation to drink blood, whenever she's trapped or being sexually harassed, she can quickly lose control and go berserk, an example of this is in episode 6. Seras was trapped by dozen of ghouls, and later, destroys almost all of them after losing control when a ghoul's saliva catches her eye. In episode 13, Paul trapped Seras and tries to convince her to join his side, only for Seras' eye to grow larger, and her pupils became thinner, as she was physically stronger than ever, finally being able to push Paul. After she showed her "true nature" in episode 6, it became clear that she isn't someone to mess with. The following is a list of how she can lose control completely, or can't completely control herself:


 * Someone who matters to her was killed. (Peter Fargason and Gareth Henderson)
 * Trapped, and there was no other way. (Episode 6)
 * Disgusted and annoyed by one's actions. (Paul Wilson)

To show her impressive development as a character, when she first joined the Hellsing Organisation, she was visibly shy, with everyone constantly talking about her looks or her nature as a true vampire, aside from Gareth and Fargason. But, in each episode, it is visible that she's getting used to it and is growing more confident. When she first joined Hellsing and was trained by Fargason, she hesitated to kill a ghoul, but instead of hesitating, in episode 4, she shoots a person who was turning into a ghoul with no hesitation after Alucard's lecture in episode 3.

Mr. Victoria
In episode 8, Seras visits her old apartment. On the drawer can be seen photographs of her father, a policeman, with a younger Seras. It is implied that Seras was raised only by her father in the anime, as there is no woman in the photos, and as she apologizes only to her father, not mentioning her mother. She is then interrupted by Harry Anders, who claims to be a friend of her father.

Alucard
In the anime, Seras and Alucard's relationship is less complicated, they act more as a teacher-to-student type, with Fargason and Seras having the father and daughter relationship. However, Seras' refusal to not drink blood can annoy Alucard sometimes. He has scolded her many times for that, though it proves useless until episode 4, where Seras finally drinks blood (Though she never drank anyone's blood, only medical blood). However, before that, Alucard seems to be rather patient and accepting of Seras' refusal to drink blood. Seras has always looked up to him for advice when she's confused about what to do and Alucard often gives her some guidance. Often demanding when they first met, Alucard tells her what to do. While Seras mostly does what she's told to by Alucard, she often doesn't, disobeying direct orders from him.

At times, Seras seems nervous and uneasy around Alucard, mainly due to his constant berating about her being a pathetic vampire during the early days of Seras' vampire life. However, even with the constant berating, Alucard truly respects Seras for not giving up, and that's why he chose Seras to be his fledgling; because she chose to fight for her life. As Alucard stated in episode 10; "When you refuse to surrender with all your heart, only then do you transcend your Humanity", meaning that Seras has earned the right to transcend her humanity. However, Alucard said that to Integra, but this was exactly what Seras did, demonstrating it in the first episode. When the Cheddar Priest was about to turn Seras into a slave, and despite being heavily outmatched, she refuses to give up and tells the priest that she will blow his brains out right when Alucard barged in. He mentions Seras' decision as an answer to Integra scolding him for taking a fledgling. He states that she is incomprehensible, along with humans. Seras appears to be extremely loyal to him, disobeying his order to draw back to help him against Incognito, though it proves useless as Incognito still manages to temporarily kill Alucard, leaving Seras critically injured. However, she doesn't give up, still trying to give Alucard the Jackal's Magazine while bleeding profusely from her eyes and mouth. Later on, Seras hugs Alucard's decapitated head after he "died", staying by his side, and finally, getting herself to drink his blood. Though Incognito states that even if she drinks his blood, she will never become a true Nosferatu. At times, Seras seems nervous and uneasy around Alucard, mainly due to his constant berating about her being a pathetic vampire during the early days of Seras' vampire life. However, she demonstrates great loyalty for him that transcends the actions of a slave obeying and serving a master.

Seras can also be annoyed at times with Alucard constantly calling her "Police Girl" instead of her name, something she mentioned in episode 2; "I have a name, it's Seras Victoria".

Peter Fargason
Peter was the one who was kind and accepting of Seras' nature. Aside from Gareth and some others, he has a very deep connection to Seras and works closely with her to train her to become a good soldier and to bring out her amazing talents. In episode 12, Seras sees Fargason standing, trying to negotiate with the British Military, but soon stops Seras before he was shot and killed by a British Sniper. Seras became enraged, killing many ghouls and also shooting the apartment room where the Sniper shot Fargason. She wiped out the SAS ghouls, crying after doing so. Seras also stated that she wished that she had hugged him when he was still alive.

Her loyalty towards Fargason is apparent, being someone she obviously did not want to lose. When he died, Seras felt like she had lost another father figure. Minutes after Fargason's death, Seras suited up, and for the first time, says the Hellsing motto with the likes of Chris Pickman, Gareth Henderson, and other Hellsing members, finally becoming a true Hellsing soldier.

Gareth Henderson
Seras seems comfortable with Gareth, responding quickly if she was given an order. Gareth is one of the few people that welcomes and accepts Seras' vampiric nature. He was understanding and teaches her how to aim properly and kill vampires. When Gareth died due to the hands of Alexander Anderson, Seras was shocked and has hated Anderson ever since.

Being the one who gave Seras her first weapon after joining the Hellsing Organisation due to Alucard's request, Gareth is kind and understanding. Even though Integra, the head of Hellsing, was clearly mad when he died, she described him as one of Hellsing's best members, also blaming Seras for his death.

Helena
Seras looks up to her and Helena inspires Seras to realize that she is a vampire. Despite this, Helena seems to hate the Hellsing Organisation, as she claims to have lost many friends to their "butchery" over the years. On the other hand, she appears to hold no personal grudge toward Seras. When Helena dies, Seras was distraught at not being able to save her, but Helena comforted the young Draculina, telling her not to be sad as she was now finally able to die.

In her last words, she told Seras to be a loyal and worthy companion to her master and to destroy Incognito, warning of his trap. After Seras left, Helena's remains were destroyed when her home caught fire and burned down. Her final wishes were realized when Seras helped Alucard defeat Incognito and his minions, thus avenging Helena and allowing her to rest in peace.

Walter C. Dornez
Walter was highly respected by Seras and was also her mentor as an elder. Walter often cared for and encouraged Seras as the butler of the Hellsing family. She respects Walter so much that even when Walter was trying to kill her, due to being hypnotized by Laura, Seras does not try to hurt him when she could've, but she instead tries to talk with him and snap him out of it. Walter apologized many times for that incident, to which Seras said that there was no need to apologize.

Integra Hellsing
Her relationship with Integra Hellsing is strained and professional in the TV series. It's purely employee-employer with a degree of prejudice on Integra's behalf. Despite that, Seras makes it her duty to protect Integra and even shows regret when she could not save her from Laura's attack. Seras' loyalty to Integra might be determined by Alucard acting like a bridge between her and his master. In episode 3, after losing Gareth, Integra was clearly mad about his death and states that Hellsing has no use for vampires that cannot take care of themselves. Integra has no tolerance for failure, and Seras makes mistakes because she is still learning how to adjust to her new identity.

Seras, for her part, has no ill feelings for Integra. She seems to highly respect Integra, even if it's just for being the director of Hellsing. When Integra is in danger in episode 9, Seras puts her life on the line against Walter in order to stop Laura from turning Integra into a ghoul. She is also clearly horrified and overwrought when Integra cuts her own throat. In episode 10, Seras blames herself for not being quick enough to save Integra.

Cheddar Priest
When they first met, Seras thought the priest was a normal human, but when he showed his true nature, Seras despises him, due to the fact that he was the one responsible for making her D-11 team into ghouls, she says that she'll blow his brains out.

Paul Wilson
Seras was really creeped out by Paul's obsession with her, telepathically communicating with her, and trying so hard to get her to join his side. Paul encourages Seras to discover her new identity as a vampire. Paul claims that Seras is a servant like him, but Seras, after spitting in his face, says that, unlike Paul, she's a true undead.

Incognito
Though the two never talked to each other much, Incognito's action in episode 11, in which he devours Helena, left Seras visibly disgusted by his actions and her hatred for Incognito only increased when he temporarily killed Alucard, calling him a "bastard" after he explains that she'll never become a true Nosferatu, even if she drinks Alucard's blood.

Incognito sees Seras the same way as he sees Alucard, calling her powerless even after having Alucard's blood, and threatens her by saying that he will chew the meat from her bones, though this never happened and Incognito instead left her with Alucard's decapitated head in episode 13 since he seemed to believe that she was going to die anyway.

Incognito also asked Seras; "Do you feel regret for not drinking blood and becoming stronger?", "Do you wish you had stayed mortal?", "Is your only regret that you allowed Alucard's filthy blood into your body?" Some of these questions Seras answered, such as regret for not drinking blood. However, the rest left Seras confused and paralyzed, which Incognito took the opportunity to point his Grenade Launcher at the Draculina before Helena saves her by forcing herself to get out of Incognito's body.

Enrico Stivaletti
Though the two never talked, Seras feels a little sympathetic to him after Stivaletti screams Mick's name, saying that his lover is not in this world, anymore.

Captain Steadler
It is clear that Seras despises Steadler, even going as far as admitting that she really wants to kill him after telling Alucard that he should be punished by the Law and not them. This hatred comes even after Steadler just got hired, as when he was going on his first mission with the Hellsing Organisation, he had nothing to do but just stare at Seras weirdly. He even teases Seras when they first met, saying that she doesn't belong in the human field. Nonetheless, Steadler was the one who gave Seras her second weapon, the Arwen 37.

Harry Anders
Anders investigated the FREAK chips' and questioned Helena, taking Seras with him for protection. He was killed when his car exploded, the circumstances of which are unknown. It is to be noted that Anders claims that he had been acquainted with Seras' father, though this is likely just to get Seras to defend him if anything goes wrong when he questions Helena.

Overview
Although she primarily uses weapons such as Hallconnen, Seras is well-trained in hand-to-hand combat and can easily take down opponents using brute strength, as shown in episodes 12 and 13 when facing the powerful FREAK ghoul. It isn't stated how well-trained she is or what techniques she knows. She demonstrates some maneuvers and attacks such as kicks and karate chops that suggest that she is taught in some kind of martial arts. Specifically, she put Jan Valentine in a hold, preventing him from moving.

Physically

 * Superhuman Strength: As a former police officer, Seras is well-trained in hand-to-hand combat and can easily take down opponents using a combination of brute strength and technique, as in the case of Jan Valentine. Specifically, she put the vampire in a hold, preventing him from moving, despite his strength. Despite having a slight frame and little weight, she has phenomenal lifting strength and load-bearing abilities, but her limbs come under none of the normal strain from heavy weaponry worth several hundred pounds, and such objects do not crumble when carried. Furthermore, extremely high-recoil and normally turret-fixed weapons like the Hallconnen I afford no such problems to Seras, even though powerful muscles would afford her little help without a strong footing. Before going on one of her earlier missions, she questioned her team's choice in giving her a cumbersome weapon, only to discover how light it felt in her hand. In episode 5, Seras was seen throwing a Hellsing soldier, who tripped when they were trying to escape from a building that was rigged to explode; she was seen struggling while doing so.
 * Superhuman Durability: Being a true vampire, Seras was seen being incredibly durable, in episode 5, she was able to protect a Hellsing soldier from being crushed by a ceiling when the building was crumbling due to a bomb, set by the Valentine Brothers. She was also able to withstand attacks from Paul Wilson, a FREAK vampire who was implanted with multiple chips, therefore, making him more powerful than average FREAKs.
 * Superhuman Smell: As a true vampire, Seras has the ability to sense some things with her enhanced smell. For instance, she was able to smell a bomb that was set by the Valentine Brothers as a trap for the Hellsing Military, since they knew that Hellsing would come to raid their place due to suspicious activities, but Seras was able to warn the Hellsing Soldiers. In the end, she managed to save everybody and none were killed or injured.

Abilities

 * Hematophagy: A normal vampiric ability; Seras' main source of food, is blood. Though she was never shown drinking anyone's blood, only medical blood.
 * Soul Absorption: A basic vampire ability. By draining a person of their blood, Seras gains dominance over their souls and inherits their memories and minds as they fuse together.
 * Third Eye: This clairvoyant-like sense lets her penetrate illusions and see things from afar as well. This ability also gives her superhuman accuracy, as she was able to snipe Jessica without using a scope, and was incredibly far away from her. This ability also lets Seras see Incognito when he's using his dark magic to turn invisible, while the Hellsing members can't see anything.
 * Regeneration: She has the regenerative ability of an average vampire, but blessed weapons, such as Anderson's bayonet, prevent her from regenerating. Her wound from episode 3 when she catches a bayonet through her throat was still visible, though the wound disappears many times throughout the series. Just like Alucard, Incognito's dark magic ability also hurts Seras, nearly causing her to die after being struck by one of Incognito's glowing pink lasers in the neck, the same spot where Seras got hit by one of Anderson's bayonets.
 * Daywalking: Like her Master, Alucard, Seras has no problem going outside under the sun. However, there seems to be a downside to this, as Walter told Seras to not go out during the day. It could possibly be, like in the original Dracula novel, vampires can go outside, but they are unable to use their abilities.
 * Hypnosis Immunity: Seras' immunity towards hypnosis and illusions caused Laura's plan to be ruined. However, it seems that this ability is not just exclusive to her and that all true vampires have this ability.

Weapon

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"Hallconnen" 30mm Hellsing anti-median cannon
The Hellsing ARMS Anti-Tank Cannon 'Hallconnen', often referred to as simply "The Hallconnen", is the preferred firearm of Seras Victoria. This is the weapon that Walter gives Seras in episode 5, "Brotherhood" and the OVA shows the same scene as well, in the 2nd episode. This weapon's name is rendered as "Hallconnen" but actually pronounced "Harkonnen" and is a reference to the primary antagonists of the novel Dune, House Harkonnen(the spelling discrepancy is the result of the Japanese pronunciation of "Hallconnen"). The cannon is almost hilariously oversized, but Seras soon handles it like a normal rifle because of her strength as a vampire. Weighing 120 lb. (approx. 60 kg) unloaded, the 30 mm, single-shot breech loader cannon uses various types of shells, including depleted uranium with silver for piercing armored targets and incendiary napalm rounds for destroying large groups of opponents both on land and in the air. Carrying this weapon, the vampirically-enhanced Seras serves perfectly as long-range fire support.

Her immense strength also allows her to use the weapon while moving; sometimes, especially in the manga, she wields it with extraordinary ease, even firing over her shoulder. The subtitles state that "It's combat effective against all ground and aerial weapons except main battle tanks." The barrel is connected to the lower receiver by a hinge at the front of the lower receiver. To reload, the barrel drops down at the forward end and moves up at the rear end, exposing the breech end of the barrel where spent cases are removed and fresh shells inserted (like a double barrel shotgun except with one, much larger barrel.)

This is effectively an artillery piece scaled down so a person can hold it like a rifle, which Seras does from time to time. It operates using a traditional breech-action system.
 * Caliber: 30mm Uranium Ammunition
 * Total length: 1900mm (1.90m)
 * Weight: 83kg
 * Magazine: 1 Bullet

Hellsing Anti-Midians 13.7mm
Seras received this rifle, which is assumed to be standard issue for Hellsing soldiers, in the first few episodes of the anime. This was before Walter decided that she needed a sidearm that complemented her superhuman vampire strength. This rifle was fully automatic, as it appeared to be self-loading.

The stock engraving reads "Anti-Midians" and gives the caliber of the round as a massive 13.7mm, which is unusually large for a rifle. This weapon is clearly manufactured by the Hellsing Organisation for anti-vampire combat. It is uncertain who was intended to wield it before Seras joined, though it is possible it was strictly a mounted support weapon, or that it was designed (presumably by Walter) between the time Seras joined and her first deployment.

Heckler & Koch Mark 23
The Heckler & Koch Mark 23 is a semi-automatic large-frame pistol chambered in .45 ACP. It was developed for the Offensive Handgun Weapon System (OHWS) project in 1989 to standardize a pistol for the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) while fitting the needs of the SOCOM. This pistol was used by Seras when she was still a human, working for the London Police Department, under Division-11. The pistol was later lost when Alucard was fighting the Cheddar Priest.
 * Caliber: .45 ACP
 * Total length: 245.11 mm
 * Weight: 1.47 kg
 * Magazine: 10 Rounds

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Voice Actors

 * French Dub: Frédérique Marlot
 * German Dub: Shandra Schadt
 * Japanese Dub: Fumiko Orikasa
 * English Dub: K.T. Gray
 * Italian Dub: Debora Magnaghi
 * Portuguese Dub (Brazil): Melissa Garcia
 * Spanish Dub: Carmen Ambrós

Seras Victoria Anime-To-Manga differences

 * The series' focus is shifted from Alucard to Seras; therefore, she's given much more development than that of her manga counterpart. Moreover, her past and her relationship with her father was further expounded upon.
 * In the manga, Seras drank Pip Bernadotte's blood. However, in the anime, she was never seen drinking anyone's blood and only drank Medical Blood instead. Therefore, she never turned into a true vampire and instead stayed a fledgling.
 * In both the manga and OVA, Seras' outfit is a mix of yellow and brown, but in the anime however, she sports a blue uniform.
 * Since Pip Bernadotte, Seras' love interest in the Manga and OVA is omitted in the anime, Gareth Henderson could replace him.
 * It seems that the anime changed her backstory; in the Manga, she was an orphan after her parents were brutally killed by muggers, but in the anime, it seems that she was raised by a single father who's a cop, as she only apologizes to her father and in the pictures, her mother was nowhere to be found. Even Seras' father's status is unknown.
 * It's clear that in the anime, Seras and Alucard's relationship is more of a teacher and student type, unlike the Manga's complicated relationship with each other.

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