Talk:The Major (Hellsing)
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[edit] The Major's Name
I was wondering why the Major's name is Put in as "Montana Max" when his actual name has yet to be shown in Hellsing Proper at all. In the Manga, his name is never stated in Katakana, yet the Wiki page misleadingly puts the Katakana for Montana Max and a Romanji reading. With no Katakana to relate to, it's very wishy washy as to whether or not that is his real name in Hellsing Proper or if it is just an in-joke to His prototype for the Major. Also, Hirano isn't very consistant with the name either, so far it has been written in english 3 times in the manga, once on the back of Volume 5 on an ID Card, it is written here as "Montana Max" and it was written 2 times on a page in Volume 4, once spelled "Montain Max" and "Montana Macks", meaning that Hirano isn't even being consistant with the way he spells it. Also, in a practical sense, for a Still-practicing Nazi to use Identification with his real name would be very dumb all around. Furthermore, the Wiki article on Him says "Although some believe this is just an in-joke and not to be taken canonically (due to Hirano's frequent obscure movie and TV references), the use of it on his ID could be taken at face value, unless outright stated to be a joke." this Creates a Double Standard to the Hellsing Wiki articles, basically saying that The Major is allowed to be referred to as the name that Hirano wrote in english, despite it never being written in Japanese in the manga at all, and it's infrequent spellings, but Walter and Pip, whose Names were written by Hirano in english, Were always spelled the same way, and match the Katakana that were written in the Manga itself, are not to be taken at face value, even though the Major and Captain, who do not have any other facts to back up their names at all, are listed with their names Hirano wrote, inconsistancies and all. NOTE; I read Japanese, and did all of this Fact-finding in the Official Japanese Tankobon Demon Rin 01/17/07
- I was the one who put that there, and no double standard was intended. I found it increasingly nonsensical to simply gloss over the only name ever associated with the character. As for the names in general, I am of the opinion that the names most resembling real life names should be noted in particular, possibly with the horrendous "Engrish" alternate spellings as well. Captain Günsche 18:33, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
The other day I was reading Coyote, and found that "Montana Max" name is clearly used here to refer to him. Maybe this should be added to the article? Helios 14:01, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
- Coyote (and Hirano's other porno mangas) aren't part of Hellsing. The only other work of Hirano's that is part of Hellsing is Hellsing:The Dawn, a prequel. --Phirazo 00:51, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
About Montana Max.. Sure, you shouldn't simply exclude it since so many people refer to him like that, but since it's not official (right?), it should not be used as if it was. Just a quick trivia bit instead would work better, wouldn't you think? --12.206.2.162 (talk) 18:11, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Vampire or something else?
Am I the only one who has found it odd that niether the Major or Dok have aged a day over the past 50 years?
- Maybe they did age and then were rejuvenated, like Walter. In fact, a soldier states that they "used to be some weak old men", or something similar to that. Helios 03:15, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
- More of the Major's past is shown in chapter 83, where he participates in the Battle of Berlin, is shot and killed by Russians and appears to repulse the blood flowing from his dead soldiers. I think he might be some sort of anti-vampire. Captain Günsche 10:24, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
I think it's more he didn't take the same path as Alucard did. When Alucard's death was before him he drank from the spilt blood of his men. Hirano doesn't out right say this is the cause of his original Vampirism, but it can be assumed so.
In 92 it is revealed he is a cyborg or some robotic being.
[edit] Uniform
In Volume 4 when it shows his uniform at the time that he was an Obersturmführer, he seems to have the rank collar patch on both sides. Shouldn't the right one be an SS patch?--75.68.134.170 (talk) 18:12, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:MajorMax.jpg
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BetacommandBot (talk) 00:58, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
