Hellsing Ultimate: episode 2 review

• Alucard's laugh in English dub is better than in the Japanese dub.
• His affirmation that "there is no such thing as an immortal" is interesting! Isn't he himself immortal?
• His reaction to being called a "monster" is an interesting point to note!
• The dub version really tones down the rape stuff in this episode: In the Japanese version, the villain repeatedly says he's going to "rape, kill, and fuck [her] dead body again", but the dub only says that he's going to "torture [her] then fuck [her] corpse". I dislike such dumbing down of a serious/mature series like this, because it doesn't make the villain appear that evil anymore. Well, this anime is "seinen", not "shounen" FFS.
• Walter kicks ass in this episode!
• I'm a bit bothered by the revelation of Alucard's past in this episode: Abraham Van Hellsing came across as a hard-ass cruel guy who beat him into submission. Makes me feel bad, man, when Van Hellsing yelled to the defeated Alucard, "You have nothing, nothing!" But the circumstance isn't made clear to us. This episode only briefly mentions that, "Compared to what Sir Hellsing the First faced 100 years ago, this wouldn't even be a crisis," which sounds like Alucard stormed the Hellsing headquarter, but then Abraham was the first "Sir Hellsing" so I don't know if there was even a headquarter. Ambiguous.
• Then Alucard's undying loyalty to the Hellsing bloodline also perplexes me. The explanation in my head atm is that Alucard was mainly bound to Abraham and Arthur by magics and respect, while he truly has a bond with Integra because she treats him like a person [ Spoiler episode 3 : Walter reminds Integra that sometimes she forgets Alucard is a vampire ], which explains his undying loyalty (and more).