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When showing his power, Alucard tends to exhibit multiple extra eyes. I'm
wondering if this signifies something. I've seen this trope in other Anime
before when somebody or something is being shown as being powerful and creepy.
I want to know if there's some sort of deeper meaning than that.

![Alucard promo shot with some extra
eyes](https://i.stack.imgur.com/UefjU.jpg)


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Why does Alucard have so many eyes?


Alucard has so called [release
states](http://hellsing.wikia.com/wiki/Alucard#Release_States) those make him
less weak. In the manga (Chapter 9 Page 23), when he uses them the first time,
you can clearly see that a lot of eyes open on his whole body. The eyes that
you see on the picture are most likely the same ones. The reason why he has
them is unknown.

It could be that all those eyes belonged to other humans that he consumed
during his lifetime. However, this is just an assumption.


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The way I understand it, is that the vampires in the Hellsing series (at least
Alucard and Seras) have a third eye. This allows them to see things far better
than a human. Perhaps Alucard has multiple "third eyes" that make him able to
see attacks coming from every where.

It's kinda like how people say that mom's can see from the back of their
heads.


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Prenote: in America, we generally use the mouth to denote extract other
people's emotion, but in Japan and other oriental nations, they generally look
at the eyes because it is harder to fake. Thus comes the saying, "the eye is
the window to the soul."

That being said, I believe Hellsing takes it one step further, that being that
the eyes are the soul.

Vampires are said to possess a third eye that lets them have near out of body
experiences when using it, and I believe the difference between a standard
vampire and Alucard is the manner in which they feed.

For most vampires, the only soul they will accept into their being is their
own, therefore the only eye they gain is the third one. This causes Alucard's
disdain for them not being a true Vampire. However, Alucard accepts the souls
he feeds on into his being allowing for the growth of additional eyes and
additional power.

Therefore, the eyes we see in the show are just some of the people he has
consumed and accepted.

That's just my opinion anyways.


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