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Seras Victoria (セラス・ヴィクトリア lit. Serasu Vikutoria) is a character from the anime and manga series Hellsing
. In both the TV series and OVA series she is voiced by Fumiko Orikasa.

Manga version

A policewoman who got the rough end of the ghoul-infested town, Cheddar, where a vampire dressed as a priest took control of the town and turned its inhabitants into ghouls (zombies). Taken hostage by that vampire, who used her as a human shield, she was given a choice by Alucard: she could either die together with the vampire, or be turned into a vampire herself and live. She chose to live, so Alucard turned her into a vampire, her virgin blood allowing her to survive the transformation without becoming a ghoul. (Why he did though is a subject of much debate. Given her pre-Hellsing cameos there may never have been a reason for the final version.) She was employed by the Hellsing Organization immediately afterwards. She is still the kind and doubting woman she was before, but now has to deal with her new condition and aggressive urges (which appear to be inherent in her human side as well). In the manga, she forms a romantic bond with Pip Bernadotte, the leader of the 'Wild Geese' mercenary group (though neither realizes the other's love until after Pip's death). During the siege of the Hellsing Mansion, he was killed by Zorin´s scythe, but not before getting a kiss from Seras. He tells her to drink his blood so they can win together but he dies before she responds. She does drink however and becomes a True Vampire. After killing Zorin, she uses her new powers to fly into London and defend Sir Integral from the treacherous Iscariot priests. It is debated whether or not Pip is really with her. Whether he is, is hard to say and seemingly open to opinion, a very well-known and respected group of fan-translators known as the Birds of Hermes have confirmed that the memories seen in Seras's mind are a Ricean metaphor where in which blood carries and transmits memories and essentially fragments of the soul like the negatives of film but spares the consciousness, basically making it a copy of the mind. Though it hasn't been directly stated as such, in the German Edition of the Hellsing Manga, Seras affirms to Integral she turned Pip into a vampire.

In her fight with Zorin (before she bites Pip), Zorin hypnotizes Seras into a flashback, and we see a gruesome scene from Seras' past. Apparently, thugs attacked her home when she was a child and brutally killed her father. Her mother hid Seras in a closet and (for some reason) walked out to face the criminals, and they immediately killed her as well. A distraught Seras then charges out and stabs one of the criminals in the eye with a fork. She is then shot in the gut and thrown against a wall, and the flashback ends with Seras seeing glimpses of the criminals having their way with her mother's dead body.

Seras starts off as the comic relief with little relevance to the plot but, in later volumes, she has become a major player next to Integral and Alucard. She’s the heart to their mind and power. Even possessing the most panel time next to Alucard, however she has the least dialogue next to the Captain making her quite the paradoxical character. Though it should be noted that she was in the prototype version of Hellsing: Legend of the Vampire Hunter.

Seras is an unsophisticated and simplistic tomboy. A very brave, strong willed and heroic girl that can sometimes be too stubborn and disobedient for her own good. She is, however, a very loyal and trustworthy soldier who will diligently follow the orders of her commander, provided said commander has proven his/her worth to Seras. It's somewhat questionable how mature she is compared to other characters, she seems to be the child the others could not be possessing a sort of worldly maturity and superficial intelligence that most other characters lack, as well as sort of 'nature winning against nurture' opposed to most other characters. Also widely believed to be the shy, introverted type she seems more like the brooding and anti-social who bottles up her emotions. Is also heavily erotophobic. The "light that stands out the darkness" quoting Kohta Hirano from a recent interview that may explain why he chose to color her uniform with a bright shade of yellow.

In recent chapters Alucard appears to be on losing end in his battle against a god-like Anderson. In the latest chapter Alucard is nearly sliced in two by Anderson's bayonet to which he can't seem to regenerate from. Seras appears at the last second and tears the blade from his chest but the thorns and what appears to be holy fire start to consume her. This gives Alucard enough time to shift into a more powerful form and resume combat against Anderson.

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