Category: Berserk

  • Berserk Manga Review (Part 5): A Wind of Swords

    Pointless little fun fact: my copy of the manga had a typo in the table of contents, calling this chapter ‘A Wind of Words’. Which is honestly almost just as fitting as the actual title. I don’t know if this is a common issue, and it isn’t a big deal. I just thought it was…

  • Berserk Manga Review (Part 4): The Golden Age

    Now, to be clear, I’m not going to cover the entire Golden Age in this review. I’m going to cover each of the different sections of this arc as they are dictated in my copies of the manga (the deluxe hardcover edition). Here, I’m going to cover Guts’ childhood up to him joining the Band…

  • Casca and Farnese: Parallels of Illusion

    Casca and Farnese: Parallels of Illusion

    This might shock you, but Berserk is a fairly dark story. It’s a brutal world where bad things tend to happen to just about everyone. You name it, it happens, no matter how fucked up it is. And women really don’t have it easy. Which is probably why these two are… well, the way they…

  • The Perfect Character Design of Guts

    Something that always bothers me about a character’s design is wasted space. Plenty of characters in anime and manga have bits and pieces to their looks that are simply a waste of space. Why does Deku have those little red pouches if he never reaches into them? Then there are characters like Guts, who don’t…

  • Berserk Manga Review (Part 3): Guardians of Desire

    As the end of the Black Swordsman saga, Guardians of Desire is an often overlooked story in Berserk. Which is a shame. Because this one is among my favorite arcs in the series. Continuing his journey, Guts wanders into a town ruled by the violent Count, yet another demon for him to slay. But things…