Anderson is my absolute favorite Hellsing character, but I haven't read all of the series yet, so I have to tak your word on the facts past volume 5. But so far I like what you said, especially 'The story of her family has been all about using the enemy for their own ends.' <--brilliant; I never thought of that before. I'll be chacking out those recs as soon as I get my grimy little hands on volume 6 =D