Berserk Volume 6

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As if the deadly plague, religious crusades and rampant demon invasions weren’t enough, Emperor Ganishka of the Kushan Empire is making life an even greater hell for anyone that’s in his path of conquest. It’s a shame that Miura’s masterpiece wasn’t able to be finished, but he’s created the most influential manga of all time that heavily impacted millions of reads and thousands of artists all over the world. Almost gave this rating a 3 because the start of that damn elf arc (conviction arc lost children chapter) is just weird, but the conclusion kinda put me through a loop. Broken beyond healing, a frail ghost of his former glory, Griffith is now more an object of pity than a man, and the Hawks, who've grimly hung together under duress and death during his absence, are now on the verge of splintering to the winds.

Overall, the Golden Age is masterfully drawn, masterfully told, brilliant in every facet, and particularly I have to highlight that the impossibly intricate and monstrously detailed linework, particularly the gothic architecture.

An adult fantasy/horror epic of monumental proportions, Kentaro Miura’s Berserk is now offered at its original published size in handsome deluxe hardcover editions each collecting three volumes of the acclaimed manga series. For newcomers, this arc is a confusing yet exciting sword and sorcery tale of a vengeful barbarian warrior hunting demons in hopes of settling the score with his mortal enemy Griffith, and the evil lovecraftian beings that govern the world from the abyss known only as the Godhand.Guts is unable to reach Griffith in time as a God Hand's offer, the Hawks are branded by Void as the Apostles commence a ritual killing to begin Griffith's transition into a demon. In 2002, Kentarou Miura received the second place in the Osamu Tezuka Culture Award of Excellence for Berserk.

A lot of it was, I believe, to be setting up future players and concepts with the Holy Chain Knights hunting the “Hawk of Darkness”. Later, Griffith volunteers the Hawks to reclaim the impregnable Fortress of Doldrey from a Tudor governor named Gennon, previously the pederast lord Griffith served. Guts kills all but one of the bandits, telling him to inform his master that the Black Swordsman is coming. A year has passed since Guts left the Hawks and encounter a mysterious skull-faced knight who warns him that he triggered events that will end with a storm of blood. Demons appear during one of their battles, Griffith himself has a secret necklace of unknown, eldritch origins, and the Band of the Hawk proves not to be as invincible as Griffith fights tirelessly to make it appear.The band, being the mercenaries that they are, are hired by various princes and lords to fight battles, perform tasks, etc. Guts then sees a newly reconstituted Griffith, yet could not attack him due to Casca while the others use the Apostle's appearance to flee as a Kushan legion arrives.

Consequently, the deeper Berserk appears to sink into a nihilistic mire, the closer I think it might be getting to something properly transcendent. I guess what I'm saying is that it makes a lot of sense to me that this is the volume where Berserk gets interested in sadomasochism. Bearer of a gigantic sword, an iron hand, and the scars of countless battles and tortures, his flesh is also indelibly marked with The Brand, an unholy symbol that draws the forces of darkness to him and dooms him as their sacrifice. Each part contains mild spoilers, I would advise not looking any further than the arcs you’re currently reading or have already read. A few years later, an older Guts attracts the attention of a mercenary group, The Band of the Hawk, when he kills the knight Bazuso during a siege.

I love that this book pulls back from Guts' singular minded pursuit and starts looking at the world at large. 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. There will never be another like him, though many pretenders will try (and some will build their own well-deserved success). After regaining his compassion and conviction, Guts sets out to find the missing Caska, the woman who set the spark on his self-destructive quest in the first place to try and redeem his life from all the horrible things he’s been through and all the detestable things he’s done in the name of love. Guts later finds and kills the Baron before taking his leave, inspiring Puck to travel with the swordsman.