Berserk Volume 1-5 Collection 5 Books Set (Series 1) by Kentaro Miura

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Guts seems like a simplistic, edgy anti-hero at first glance, but he's so much more than that. Guts is one of the greatest characters the fantasy genre has to offer. Sigmund Freud could probably write a novel-length psychological analysis of this severely troubled and broken man. Guts is more complex than he leads people to believe as well. He's not a sociopathic antihero, he's a man that has no choice but to lie to himself to keep his emotions from crushing his spirit and getting innocent people involved with his deadly affairs. He's cruel and harsh for the greater good. It's the only way he can keep himself from going insane and continue to put up a good fight against terrifying creatures that are far stronger than he is. There's a bit of a joke in the Berserk community that says that no matter how bad your life might be, Guts will always have it worse. It's really not that hard to believe after you've read a bit of the series. His life was one big catastrophe literally from the moment he was born. There are once in a life time stories, and berserk is one of them the potential behind this simple manga, the suspense, the mystery of it all! Guts and his crew set out to Elf Island to restore Casca’s memories before deciding how to settle the score with Griffith once and for all. The arc was tying up loose ends at a very nice pace, answering questions that many readers have been contemplating since the beginning of the series such as the identity of Skull Knight, the origins of the God Hand, Griffith's true motives, how Casca confronts her trauma, the purpose of the Berserker Armor, Guts finding the answer to his life’s purpose, the secret history and lore of the greater universe and much more.

Hellraiser + Conan the Barbarian + Game of Thrones + Ash vs Evil Dead + Elric of Melnibone + Macbeth = Berserk.Miura's love for graphic brutality that still looks like something conceived by a bloodthirsty child (those people cut in half!) is more offputting than endearing, and the only remotely likeable character is that of a naked, sexless elf that looks like an offspring of Tinkerbell and a shop mannequin. No me puedo creer que mi novio me haya convencido para leer esto... PERO tengo que admitir que engancha, se lee fácil, rápido y Guts me ha gustado bastante (a pesar de no saber mucho de él aún). Es el primer manga que he leído en toda mi vida y no esperaba que me gustara tanto, pero al César lo que es del César. Eso sí, me han dicho que el dibujo mejora conforme van avanzando los volúmenes y lo he agradecido, porque me daba la sensación de que esto era un borrador que no quisieron mejorar. Y le doy de puntuación 4.75⭐️ porque he visto faltas de ortografía que me han molestado mucho y que la traductora pedante que hay dentro de mí no ha podido dejar pasar. There are internal struggles and philosophical battles throughout the entire series - themes of good vs. evil, power, as well as pretty perverse violence and sexuality (including explicit rape and sexual assault - you've been warned). But you know what? This is a minor issue compared to how it’s being made for three decades and there is no ending in sight. Since the Eclipse event, the only thing I wanted to see is Guts getting his final showdown with Griffith, but chances are I am never going to get it because Miura is busy playing Idolmaster and keeps throwing more shit between them to make sure they will never meet. At this rate the creator will die of old age before completing it. I mean, the pacing was always slow and not focused on plot progression as it was on getting to know the characters or getting prolonged random battles in between. But just like it happens with everything that overstays its welcome, it eventually becomes tiresome.

Blood, guts (in more ways than one), and huge swords (not even in the phallic symbol kinda way...okay it probably is). I haven't read a lot of manga, but this was great stuff. Schierke is a young witch that serves to explain the more magical, fantastical and metaphysical elements of the world of Berserk while aiding Guts’s crew in their journey to fight against the alarming uprising of demonic creatures overrunning the land. The first arc is only the tip of the iceberg of a very complex, dark and violent tragedy. If you find yourself to be not too impressed with the first volume, I highly recommend reading until at least volume 4 before deciding if this series is for you or not. The first three volumes serve as an interlude to help prepare you for the atrocities to come and may seem somewhat underwhelming in terms of plot, but believe me when I say the payoff is highly rewarding and memorable. The story is also expanding beyond its initial premise to something much greater and multilayered. What began as a simple revenge story of one guy versus another guy, it moves away from Guts’ objective and slowly gets enriched with all sorts of extra themes, such as the intrigue of politics, the concept of faith, the origin of magic, and different dimensions overlapping each other. Taking place in a peculiarly Japanese vision of Medieval Europe, Berserk is a relic of the Dungeons and Dragons-style fantasy boom of the 1980's. It always manages to make me nostalgic for something I never knew, in the same way the film Akira makes me nostalgic for 80's science fiction and cell animation. Berserk attracted a huge fan following immediately, and has since become an international multi-media hit, thanks to the anime and the Dark Horse translation of the manga.Miura inspired me as well and I regard him for being the person who taught me just how influential, meaningful and life changing art and literature can be when I first read his series over a decade ago. He changed the way I view entertainment and taught me how to appreciate the deeper meanings in everything I experience. In 1997, Miura supervised the production of 25 anime episodes of Berserk that aired in the same year on NTV. Various art books and supplemental materials by Miura based on Berserk are also released. In 1999, Miura made minor contributions to the Dreamcast video game Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage. 2004 saw the release of yet another video game adaptation entitled Berserk Millennium Falcon Arc: Chapter of the Record of the Holy Demon War.