Manga: Berserk

[kAi]

I don't think anyone was saying they don't like the parts with Griffiths, but just more I don't think they could add anymore at this point, the whole charlotte and marriage thing, and saving the pontiff are very crucial to the story line. More Griffiths parts are going to be needed with the story especially in the stage it is at now, but would be nice to get some more development on the Guts side, it will be good to see when more people start to recognise him as the former Raiding Commander for the Hawks, and that he's opposing Griffiths.

[bagandscalpel]

I am actually anticipating the time in which Griffith reveals his true colors as the Hawk of Darkness and ushers in this foretold "age of evil" that's been eluded to a couple of times.

[lilphatboi88]

it's too hard and too boring to read manga. do u read from right to left?

[Shinji Ikari]

it's not hard, how can it be hard? And of course you read from right to left.

[Stoopider]

lol @ lilphatboi88.

[bagandscalpel]

it's too hard and too boring to read manga. do u read from right to left?
lol wut?

Protip: you're not mashing hard enough, ergo the text and images don't register as inputs into your mind.

[masamuneehs]

fanarts and stuff

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[bagandscalpel]

Hm, I must say, best piece of fanart I've ever seen is still that Berserk movie poster I tacked up dozens of pages back. Very little surpasses Miura's canvas works.

[kAi]

and now I present to you the 286 preview, although it seems to have nothing to do with the chapter it is a nice image.

Title: On the ship
http://www.younganimal.com/berserk/sp/img/07v13.jpg

Can't wait for friday, get to see Guts and co, with Azan.

[Shinji Ikari]

Wow, that is among the best art work I've ever seen. Next chap will be great if it's on the ship :D You the man Kai!

[kAi]

The raw has finally been released, this one took a while to actually get it self online.
No translation at this point.

[kAi]

and here it is
woot~~~!

Chapter 286 {Evil Genius] (http://bt.evil-genius.us:60000/files/torrents/%5BEvil_Genius%5DBerserk_v32c286.rar.torrent)

[Shinji Ikari]

Awesome!!! You the man. Sweet chap, quiet, calm, peacefull.

[animus]

Man Gutts face has even more detail in it now. Notice in the last panel you see even more of those scars on his face and his left shoulder.

[Stoopider]

Looking at him I feel quite sad. The berserker armor is slowly killling him. Although he needs the power to fight on.

[FullMetalAlchemist]

thats gay when i try to open the file it says the file is either damage or in a unknown format any ideas on what to do guys?

[masamuneehs]

... file worked perfectly fine for me.. Maybe you need to re-install WinRAR?

I never liked Firenze, but this chapter warmed me up to her a little. I'm glad to see she might become a secondary mage, but I doubt she'll ever be as useful as Serpico or Schiernke (sp?).

Isidoro's still as resourceful as ever, and Azan just as clumsy... The navigator has some brains, it appears... Not a whole lot to discuss. Beautifully drawn as always, but I enjoyed the more dynamic events around Griffith more than this... Let's hope they reach land soon and get moving.

[Shinji Ikari]

I was actually totally moved by Farneze... Which is actually quite surprising since I've hated her guts from the beginning. I liked this chap a whole lot more. all in all, great chap.

[Genma]

Yeah, I can't really say anything about this chapter that hasn't already been said. But who is that blackbeard guy? Is he the short dude that used the staff or just someone I totally forgot about? (With the chapters coming out so rarely, I tend to forget a lot of things).

It's nice to see Gutts again as well, even if it was only for a few panels.

[kAi]

Yeah, I can't really say anything about this chapter that hasn't already been said. But who is that blackbeard guy? Is he the short dude that used the staff or just someone I totally forgot about? (With the chapters coming out so rarely, I tend to forget a lot of things).

It's nice to see Gutts again as well, even if it was only for a few panels.
It's Azan, one of the higher ranked soldiers in Farnese's Holy Iron Chains.

Well, it will be good once they land on Elfheim, it will be good place for Guts to heal up, considering where they will be.

and were Guts and Casca looking at something, the island or some thing else on the last page.

[masamuneehs]

and were Guts and Casca looking at something, the island or some thing else on the last page.

that's the impression i got, especially from Caska's face in the last page. I'm glad, as I can't imagine they could cover much more on that boat...

[Carnage]

This chapter was alright, Farnese is most likely to play a huge roll later on if there's this much time being spent on her character.

I hope the land on the island soon :( .

[FullMetalAlchemist]

... file worked perfectly fine for me.. Maybe you need to re-install WinRAR?



Can't be that every other manga works its always berserk that doesn't work for me lol.

[kAi]

287 Preview
http://www.younganimal.com/berserk/sp/img/07v14.jpg

And it does seem something is out there

[Shinji Ikari]

I can't tell if she looks scared or if she's in awe because of something wonderful... Been staring at the pic for some time now. To me she doesn't look scared because she is kind of hanging over the railing not making an attempt to get away or anything, and generally when she is scared she runs off to Farneze to take cover.

[kAi]

and here it is: Chapter 287 [Evil Genius] (http://bt.evil-genius.us:60000/files/torrents/%5BEvil_Genius%5DBerserk_v33c287.rar.torrent)

[Shinji Ikari]

Yet another aweseome chapter. Won't say anything 'til everyone has read it but, Awesome, just.... awesome.

[masamuneehs]

not what i thought this chapter was going to be about AT ALL!

I was really enthralled throughout; it was a very interesting chapter, i thought. Sweet, but sad... And Guts' body... it's just terrible...

edit - enthralling, yes. i do like to see characters reflecting, i actually prefer it to the action a lot of the time...

[animus]

Yea I feel sorry for him. I kinda wish when he enters that Elf land, he'll have his body rejuvenated. Though, a new arm/hand might be out of the question.

[mage]

I fail to see the point of this chapter. Awesome and enthralling? What's so good about it? It didn't really accomplish anything besides tell us that Farneze might like Guts and show us his body.

[Carnage]

Thats what I thought too until the last page. It might give us some "insight" as to whether Guts will decide to return Caska's memory.

[Shinji Ikari]

I fail to see the point of this chapter. Awesome and enthralling? What's so good about it? It didn't really accomplish anything besides tell us that Farneze might like Guts and show us his body.

Then read between the lines. Everything that is and might be, what has not yet come to pass and what has passed before your eyes unnoticed.

As carnage says. This is a question that most of us readers have been asking ourselves for a long time, and now to see Guts ask this question is a proof of that he has matured and slowed down a bit. And not only that, with this question he is actually considering that "bringing Caska back" might not be the best for her.

But also, Guts saving Caska out of the water, what significance does that have to Caska who has been afraid of Guts for so long?

And beyond that, this chap was pure art in a mental state. When he was talking about his hand falling off, and thinking back to all the times he spent with Caska in different situations, just beautiful.

Unlike all the chaps with senseless fighting, this chap was one of those chaps that actually moves the series forward. And in what dirrection, well the creator likes keeping us in suspens, so, we'll just have to wait and see.

And what I feel about Guts question is that he doesn't have a say in it. Caska needs her memories back no matter how painful they are. I Realize that the reason she became that way was to deal with the ordeal. This was the only way possible for her. And if given her memories back she will probably go crazy to say the least, but I think she will be strong enough now to handle it. And not only she will need that inner strenght, but everyone around her needs it. She could be a great asset in their fight and she could be a very powerful motivator for Guts.

[Carnage]

Idk, Caska is going to have to deal with the memory of being raped by monsters and also not knowing where her kid is...maybe she's better off being retarded. :p

[masamuneehs]

i can't imagine a story so heavilly enamored with the theme of 'painfully overcoming impossible opposition' would allow for Caska to remain without her memories forever... Surely dealing with those memories won't be easy for her, but I feel that it'll have to happen eventually...

interestingly, remember when she was about to be raped by those random three guys? and Guts finds them dead, and her covered in blood and holding a sword? I think it might take a similar episode to revive not only her fighting skills, but her memory as well. that scene always sticks with me when i think about her future...

also, about this latest chapter, why didn't Firenze want to know what the end of Guts' sentence was? Just normal embarassment at eavesdropping? And, and probably more importantly, did Schierke hear it? It appeared that she got back to her body a bit after Firenze, and she had a face on like she had heard something she didn't want to face...

[Shinji Ikari]

I was actually thinking she might not want to know because she has taken a liking to Caska :P It's too kliché if for her to fall for Guts since every other girl out there also falls for him... So her falling for Caska would be interesting.

Masamune, I can't see her haing to fight demons to get her memories back because there aren't supossed to be any on Elfheim, but I do see her lashing out at Guts. Trying to kill him and what else might feel good at the moment... After all, that's what she has done to him earlier when a trauma has occured.

Actually he might even let her release her pain on him, killing him... Now that would be a twist in the story.

[Ryllharu]

There's one more possibility for why Farense backed out. What if Guts had said instead of the obvious guess "She is my woman," rather, "She is my comrade/commander/[other military connotation]"

None of his new comrades seem to realize the two of them are the famous Strike Leaders from the former Band of the Hawk. They clearly know of those two historical figures in Midland, but don't seem to connect that Guts and Caska are in fact The Guts and perhaps more prominently The Caska.

It's a long shot, but if Scherkie (sp?) can reach into the depths of Guts' mind while in the Astral plane, Farense may as well.

It's one thing to be war heroes. It's another to be a member of the Band of the Hawk.

[Shinji Ikari]

Dude, good thinking... Didn't consider that point at all. And I hope they will tell the story in connection to Caska regaining her memory... Hopefully on Elfheim.

[masamuneehs]

a hunch tells me she won't quite regain all her memories until it's some dark situation. also, i was wondering, what if Guts loses control again and attacks her again? They only casually hinted at it in this chapter, but it's still in play...

[kAi]

One of the things that I've always wondered with Caska losing her memory would be how she regains it. I've come to think of a few ways of this happening.

One possible way:
After Guts leaves Elfheim, on his search for Griffiths is that some how Caska goes missing or is picked up and she sees Griffiths and has the instant connection (like she already does, and something like what you see back when Guts fought Zodd over the swords) and gets early memories back from those times where Griffiths saved her and picked her up, followed with more memories of the band of the hawk.

Slowly getting more memories back, but the memories stop once Guts comes involved and she only sees him as the one that killed her comrades, possibly the one she layed down with to keep warm, and only has contempt for him.

Enter Guts, seeing Caska with Griffiths drives him mental, Caska only having bad images of Guts could possibly attack or doesn't care for him, Guts goes Apostle killing crazy.

After this point and between the next one is where I don't know what should happen.

Slowly Caska starts seeing memories of Guts being a person who saves her, and then at a point she notices Griffiths being the bad guy and then BOOM, Griffiths giving the Band of the Hawk as sacrifices and raping her, she's having a mental state as Griffiths and Guts are fighting at the moment, but then Caska finishes Griffiths off.

After this would be Guts realising his dream of swinging his sword with Caska or something like that
Griffiths would've already achieved his dream, so dreaming is good, and Caska is the one who finishes the fight between Guts and Griffiths.

[rockmanj]

Yea, that wouldnt be a bad way to go, since arguably Griffth has done wore to her than Guts. I think him raping her, taking her sanity, and taking her child is way worse than the mental and physical torture that Guts has been through....and that's saying something.

[Carnage]

^^ Yea, just look at his body! He looks like a fucking battle scarred Gundam action figure that I see on the commercials.

[Death BOO Z]

Gutts doing the yumi thing for Kenshin and jumps Griffith to allow Caskc to stab through both of them, and in his last breath says something stupid like 'thank you' fto guts.
Griffy dies, but does so in the hands of his beloved Guts.
Guts gets to see Griffith dead, but at the same times brings him back.
Caska gets her memories back, but has nothing left from her past life.


Edit:
I think Guts was about to say "She is my sin" or something like that (burden, responsability, debt, seal) in that lines, maybe he said she is his connection to the world, I can't believe he talked about love or friendship.

[Honoko]

Never thought I'd find myself posting in this thread but... here I am =P

At any rate, I won't attempt to summarize my impressions seeing that we're 33 volumes in and I'd probably end up writing a boring essay only I'd appreciate =P Manga's good and I'll keep reading.

Incidentally, I find the storyline more interesting when they're concentrating on Gutts than Griffith. I can't stand how his character is drawn and anything he does I know he will do brilliantly so I find him less intriguing and not as fun to read about. But that's just me. And I'm rooting for return of full mental health for Caska, no matter what the cost :p

[Shinji Ikari]

No matter what they all fall down. Everyone ends up here wether they like it or not ;) Welcome by the way :D

Yup, Guts is a whole lot more fun to read about than that man whose name I shall not speak.

[masamuneehs]

yay for another manga reader joining in!

I'm tempted to agree with DeathbooZ's second paragraph (the first bit would be a horrible disappointment, in my eyes, if it came to pass...) I don't think Guts would admit, to a relative stranger of all people, his true feelings for Caska. "My responsibility..." would be exactly what I'd fill the empty line with...

[kAi]

Just read chapter 288, raw and translation.

Title: Sea Battle
Not a bad chapter, but I'll wait until the scan is out to talk.

Although, there is now a small month break, no Berserk till September 14th.

[Shinji Ikari]

Oh man, it sucks to be a Berserk fan sometimes :S

Lucky you though man, already read it and all :P

[Ryllharu]

Sea Battle?

Ugh, it's going to be 2009 before they get to that island, isn't it?

[Honoko]

Methinks I'll abstain from the storyline once again and post in this thread again next year =P

[Stoopider]

Latest Berserk is out!

http://www.evil-genius.us/

http://bt.evil-genius.us:60000/files/torrents/%5BEvil_Genius%5DBerserk_v33c288.rar.torrent

Very cool!

[Ryllharu]

I didn't expect Roderick to be that skilled, I figured him for a merchant. I'm impressed, but I want the story to move a little faster than this, it's getting really disjointed.

[masamuneehs]

wow, Roderick has a reputation on the open seas... that's pretty badass...

but, like Ryl, I long for the story to move on... and it seems that next chapter will have to deal with the end of the pirate battle.

most interesting thing to me in this chapter was Caska's showing some signs of maturity, of almost telling us that she too knows her current personality is a fake ruse to help her cope and that she's capable of being more sensible and mature if need be.

[Shinji Ikari]

I think this is the perfect opportunity to stop reading for the rest of the year :)

[kAi]

I think this is the perfect opportunity to ban you :p


most interesting thing to me in this chapter was Caska's showing some signs of maturity, of almost telling us that she too knows her current personality is a fake ruse to help her cope and that she's capable of being more sensible and mature if need be.
Yeah, I also thought that scene was well done, showing Caska can still understand people's feelings, very nice.

[kAi]

289 Preview - Sea Battle
http://www.younganimal.com/berserk/sp/img/07v18.jpg

The chapter is out, no translation as yet, and the next chapter is the 28th, w00t!!!

[Carnage]

*Carnage checks his calender*

Nice.

It doesn't seem like much happened in the RAW.

[oni roh]

Scan is out. You can pick it up at evil_genius as usual

http://www.evil-genius.us/

Decent chapter but maybe i'm just getting anxious for what is to come. Beautiful artwork as usual and guts looks dreary as ever.

[animus]

It was kinda boring.

[Death BOO Z]

If gutts ever gets to mount a dolphin, he could use these cannon lessons to his advantge...
but yes, basically, nothing,.

[kAi]

Chapter 290 Preview - Roar from darkness
http://www.younganimal.com/berserk/sp/img/07v19.jpg

Look at that, he's gunna need some healing up, and we'll see if he can fight his demons.
I think we'll be at Elfheim real soon.

[animus]

It must suck not being able to sweat. Then again sweating sucks in the first place, but when it's necessary to your survival, oof.

[Carnage]

The new RAW already came out!
here! (http://www.sendspace.com/file/b7azac)

[Stoopider]

original is out from evil genius.

http://www.evil-genius.us/

Hehhee, Looks like my prediction is slowly coming to pass.

That in this story, Gatts is actually the bad guy, the tragic bad-guy.

[Genma]

I'm picturing an all out brawl between the beast inside Gatts and Griffith as a falcon or something. Then Gatts somehow manages to control the beast and destroy Grif on his own, all the while saving his newfound friends... something he was unable to do in the past.

Yeah, cliche as all hell, so I really hope it doesn't turn out that way. Doubt it will.

Anyways, another chapter full of development and full-page drawings of the beast. Not particularly boring, but we still have to wait 'till November for a new chapter. Damn. >:\

[masamuneehs]

we still have to wait 'till November for a new chapter. Damn. >:\

fuck. i totally didn't catch that part... ... i'm still praying Miura has a manuscript with the entire plot written out on it... because at this rate, he ain't gonna finish...

I really hate waiting months for chapters like this... I know it's asking too much for him to pump out a chapter a week, but I at least wish there were some kind of consistency in the releases....

[Foomanchew24]

I'm a little late to the game, but why exactly is this not pumped out once a week or even twice weekly? Is the mangaka working on other manga as well or hes just slow as all get out?

[Ryllharu]

Berserk is Miura's only ongoing work. He got really sick one time, and there were barely any releases for a year. Other than that it just seems to be the extreme detail in the art combined with long breaks he always seems to take.

[rockmanj]

Hmmm....maybe it will end when Guts' Kyuubi springs forth from hie body and he has to use Kage bunshin no jutsu to...errr wrong manga. But, I had totally forgotten about the Griffith vs. Kushan story. I thought he like, destroyed them all or something. The releases come out so sparingly, i forget parts of the plot.

[Foomanchew24]

So do people generally beleive Berserk is going to end some time soon, like in the next two years or 10 years from now?

[Ryllharu]

I was of the opinion that it would take more like 20 years to finish from this point. If you think about it, maybe a volume a year gets released at present pace. They've also been talking about taking Casca to this island for some time.

[Honoko]

I suddenly imagined this author as one of those typical side anime characters: the highly accoladed genius who's lazy as shit and totally unperturbed by his bosses/superiors' cries for making deadlines because he knows he's sitting on a golden egg and they can't do anything about it.

[Genma]

Doubt it. For example, look at HxH's last few chapters before the incredibly long hiatus. The art is awful, the plot is somewhat dull, and it just seemed half-assed as hell. Just because Berserk is pumped out once in a blue moon doesn't mean the mangaka isn't trying; look at the art, the explicit detail of Gut's burns, everything. And I mean come on, drawing the same manga for almost twenty years now (it premiered in '88, the year I was born :B) is bound to cause a lack of interest or motivation for the mangaka.

Just because he doesn't have deadlines doesn't mean he's lazy.

[Honoko]

I just shared what my mind came up with. It doesn't really mean I believe what my imagination can make up.

[bagandscalpel]

I'm starting to suspect that the arrival upon Elfhelm might turn out to be the second advent of the Eclipse. Only this time, Guts has the foreshadowing prophecy AND the experience; although, picturing him confronting Griffith with two iron arms and both eyes disabled shut is rather amusing.

[SilentSnake]

although, picturing him confronting Griffith with two iron arms and both eyes disabled shut is rather amusing.

He'll bite his legs off if needed :D

[Death BOO Z]

He'll bite his legs off if needed :D

insert monty pyton's holy grail reference here:


Look, you stupid bastard. You've got no arms left

[kAi]

and I now present to you, your 291 preview

http://www.younganimal.com/berserk/sp/img/07v22.jpg

[bagandscalpel]

If it weren't for the dark irises, I'd assume that Griffith was carved from wood.

[kAi]

291 is out and available at mangatraders.

Go and get it now.

[Carnage]

Shits goin' down.

I hope this happens quickly, so we can get back to Gutts.

[kAi]

292 Preview is out.

http://www.younganimal.com/berserk/sp/img/07v23.jpg

[Death BOO Z]

292 is out at genius.

looks like the emperor wants to ascend beyond the level of a super saiyan.
I wonder how he'll be taken by the rest of the advocates (how were those 4 called?) if they start viewing him as one of them and not as a poor imatation (do you think thy have any respect for the proper order of these stuff?), it might be the turnning point for griffith's victory, once taken down from the pedestal of the Messhia, he's nothing more than an apostle for Gutts sword to crush, and the Kushan emp doesn't want to change the world (other than taking it under his control).

[Shinji Ikari]

Does anyone know about when the next chap will be out?

[bagandscalpel]

looks like the emperor wants to ascend beyond the level of a super saiyan.
I wonder how he'll be taken by the rest of the advocates (how were those 4 called?) if they start viewing him as one of them and not as a poor imatation (do you think thy have any respect for the proper order of these stuff?), it might be the turnning point for griffith's victory, once taken down from the pedestal of the Messhia, he's nothing more than an apostle for Gutts sword to crush, and the Kushan emp doesn't want to change the world (other than taking it under his control).
Actually, at this point, I feel kind of bad for Ganishka. Afterall, according to the prophetic dream (probably manufactured by Griffith), the big, bad emperor will gain some horrendous power, but will simply be blown away again in the next confrontation with Griffith.

[SilentSnake]

Does anyone know about when the next chap will be out?

I heard a rumor that it's gonna be released along with duke nukem forever :rolleyes:

Anyway, even though it's slow, still...

Berserk > all

[¥»»ÄzäzëL««¥]

where do u get the manga chaps from again??
i get all of my scanlations from www.evil-genius.us

[kAi]

i get all of my scanlations from www.evil-genius.us
You do realise that the post you quoted is going on 4 years old.

Anyway, on the manga front no news is bad news, haha.
I predict a march release, either the 14th or 28th. (can only hope, heh)

[¥»»ÄzäzëL««¥]

You do realise that the post you quoted is going on 4 years old.

yeah, but i didnt reply to it as much for that person as i did for anyone else reading it. so if people need to know, they can take that answer from that question, and use it.

[Genma]

Geeze, I see this thread on the top of the manga section and I immediately think "OH MAN, A NEW CHAPTER IS OUT!!"

... Woe is me. :[

[Shinji Ikari]

Yeah, talk about inducing false hope. At least we have our dear KAI to bring us a light of hope

[Idealistic]

I finally picked up this manga, which is also my first. I went out and bought volume 1 today. This is suppose to help me stay away from games so I can focus more on school. Stay at the library and study, when I get bored, I'll just pick up my manga and read it.... Instead of losing focus and going home because I'm bored out of my mind.

Hopefully this plan works, or this $13 will be for nothing! lol.

How many volumes are out? I saw up to 20 at the store.

Right off the bat, Some differences from the anime are obvious. I see that the girl being kicked around in the bar in the anime was suppose to be that fairy named Puck.

[Shinji Ikari]

I seriously don't see how this is gonna help you study. You'll get so wrapped up in this manga you wish you'd never begun reading it, because you'll never want to put it away once you start. This is THE ALL-TIME BEST manga out there. Well, at least it's good that you have come closer to it and will begin reading it. There is a total of 33 volumes at the moment, but I can't say how many there are in the US stores, I just don't know since I live in Sweden :)

[bagandscalpel]

I finally picked up this manga, which is also my first. I went out and bought volume 1 today. This is suppose to help me stay away from games so I can focus more on school. Stay at the library and study, when I get bored, I'll just pick up my manga and read it.... Instead of losing focus and going home because I'm bored out of my mind.

Hopefully this plan works, or this $13 will be for nothing! lol.

How many volumes are out? I saw up to 20 at the store.

Right off the bat, Some differences from the anime are obvious. I see that the girl being kicked around in the bar in the anime was suppose to be that fairy named Puck.
Interesting plan, hope it works. At least you won't be bored once you start.

Oh yes, as I'm sure you've noticed, that "girl being kicked around in the bar in the anime" suffers a much crueler fate in the manga.

[Carnage]

I suggest you read the manga first, then the anime.

[Idealistic]

Meh, I've already seen the anime awhile back.... Just finally got into the manga.

[Shinji Ikari]

Meh, I've already seen the anime awhile back.... Just finally got into the manga.

I don't agree, I think reading the manga after has been much more awarding. Partially because I didn't know there was a manga in the beginning and when I found out I was super happy. But also because if you read the manga, there simply isn't any point in watching the anime, and also if you do watch it after reading, you will just start complaining about the little things.

[Chiodos]

...and after complaining about the anime, you'll start complaining on trivial things in the anime too!

It's really not the best way to get more focused in school. How about this, take a walk? It's dull and boring, ALMOST makes homework ALMOST interesting. Maybe.

And can someone tell me how "often" any chapters get out?

[Shinji Ikari]

There is supposed to be a new chapter every other week... (is that how you say it? :P) However, unlike most mangaka, Berserk mangaka is very special with it seems unlimited freedom to do what he wants when he wants. So if we even get 1 chapter each month it would almost be a miracle. KAi seems to think that march is the big month, lets hope he is correct. :D

[Chiodos]

Well, I know he takes his time but since they've introduced magic in the series it has become to soft....

But sure, a serie just based on raw-irites may become boring for a while..

[Shinji Ikari]

First off, sorry guys, still no news on when the next chap is due.

This is more about the content of the manga. I just re-read it for like the 100th time... And this is the first time I actually notice that Griffith wasn't able to shake his feelings for Caska and Guts.

You all remember he went to the cemetary to meet with guts to see if he would feel nothing, and he says he doesn't feel anything. And then Zodd starts doing the rumble with Guts.

This is the first time that I actually reflected upon the baby that Griffith used to become "human" again... It was just a minor but still significant part of this manga that I had totally overlooked.

Can't wait for the next chap... well I guess I can, since it's probably gonna be more Griffith bullshit, I skip reading his parts every time I re-read the manga because him and the little witch girl who follows him around make me sick to my stomach

[bagandscalpel]

Can't wait for the next chap... well I guess I can, since it's probably gonna be more Griffith bullshit, I skip reading his parts every time I re-read the manga because him and the little witch girl who follows him around make me sick to my stomach
Heh, the little psychic girl (whose name escapes me), you mean?

Considering the feelings she harbors for Griffith, I want to see her at least stir up some unease among Griffith's fantasy paradise.

EDIT at below: Ah, good, good. Come to think of it, Ganishka's been slow-roasting in that Apostle-amalgamation for some time now.

[kAi]

I hear on the grape vine that Berserk is supposed to be released this Friday!!
22/02/08

Miura apologized for the wait and said the story would resume in Wyndham castle.

[Shinji Ikari]

I hear on the grape vine that Berserk is supposed to be released this Friday!!
22/02/08

Miura apologized for the wait and said the story would resume in Wyndham castle.

Awesome, that's only two days from now, lets hope it's true... If so, the translated shouldn't be much more than a week away.

[Chiodos]

It might even be less but hey, let's not jump down the hill until we really know what's down there.

[Idealistic]

Ok, so I'm not sure if I'm willing to buy every single volume so I was wondering if there was a website to read the manga like how Naruto has one.

I'm about half way through volume 2 at the moment.

[Shinji Ikari]

If you want to read Berserk you need to either buy it or download it, you cannot read it off the net as far as I know. on the other hand, you can find torrents for Berserk just about anywhere since it's one of the most popular manga ever made.

www.tokyotosho.com is one of those place, just search for it and you will truly be blessed.

[kAi]

293 PREVIEW!!!!!!!
http://www.younganimal.com/berserk/sp/img/08v05.jpg

[Shinji Ikari]

You da man.

Awesome pic, Kentarou Miuras level of detail never cease to surprise me. Nothing extravagant about the pic, but awesome quality.

Hopefully this will also mean Miura is ready to release every other week this whole year.

[Chiodos]

I don't really remember what the name was but there are a site where you can online read manga and Berserk is one of them. They're also up-to-date.

But damn, I just don'r remember the site's name, sorry : P!

[Wren]

http://mangahelpers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=734710#post734710


raw out on mangahelpers.com

[FullMetalAlchemist]

Ok, so I'm not sure if I'm willing to buy every single volume so I was wondering if there was a website to read the manga like how Naruto has one.

I'm about half way through volume 2 at the moment.


I used to use onemanga.com but i believe last month darkhorse made them remove all the scans from there site, they are trying to be able to show em again so u can check there every once in awhile. But if anything u can get other manga there to tie you down like naruto bleach fullmeall alchemist and claymore. sorry about that though :(.

[SilentSnake]

293 PREVIEW!!!!!!!
http://www.younganimal.com/berserk/sp/img/08v05.jpg

NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION !!

[Death BOO Z]

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/430/293prebc9.th.jpg (http://img299.imageshack.us/my.php?image=293prebc9.jpg)

the only way to be wittyier than this is to use a 300 ref, and nobody will ever think of that! (...)



anyway, what do you guys say, a caption game for each preview pic that comes out? at least it'll keep the thread alive.



BTW: got the idea from seeing family guy rickrolling us at the end of season5

[Carnage]

293 Scanlated By Binktopia:

http://mangashare.com/dl/Berserk_293/362/

[animus]

Man, these chapters suck.

[Chiodos]

It doesn't feel fresh, brute or original anymore. Wich is quite sad. This series are going downhill.....

So, what? Have to wait another month?

[bagandscalpel]

Really like the atmosphere in this chapter, gotta hand it to Miura to be able to convey the loud and noisy as well as the still and silent equally well.

Of course, this also whets my appetite for the next chapter, when Ganishka pops out of his cocoon a beautiful butterfly, of sorts.

[Ryllharu]

However, the other half of the storyline is like Gilligan's Island in reverse.

"When will they ever get to the island?!"

I do really like these chapters, but I still feel we need to move on. Griffith is super nice and invincible, we get it. He's going to kill the Emperor, become king, rape Charlotte (again) and rule under the enormous lie that he is one of the God's Hand (embodiment of all evil).


But where are the other God's Hand in all this? We've seen them face off against the Skeleton Knight or Guts once or twice. Perhaps they are waiting for Griffith to set up their kingdom? Or is Griffith once again "good" after being reborn? Zodd's allegiance tells us otherwise, so perhaps they are only biding there time.

[Chiodos]

I actually like the theory that Griffith is only there to set up their kingdom.

But, woudn't they have done it way earlier? Or did they need someone that has the quality of a leader, like Griffith?
And what's going to happen IF after he has become left and right? They'll disspose of him and Guts going to have remorse and try to save him but will fail and have to fight up against the God's Hand itself? Maybe the Skeleton Knight got glimpes of this and turned out and does what he does.It seems though very unlikly but still.

I also don't see Zodd's allegiance more than just mere pawns that are easly to breed and move without big questioning.

[Ryllharu]

Zodd has always been the "Guts" of evil. He's one of the most powerful warriors in the land, and has a strange sense of honor for one of his kind. Still, he kneels before Griffith easily enough, and was the first thing to come to Griffith after he was reborn into the world. I would not be all too surprised if his code of honor leads him to betray Griffith.

There so little we know about the other 4 God's Hand. But at least some of them are the more interesting characters. I suspect the only reason they've never moved before is simply that none of them had the drive to do so. Perhaps the mortal world was now beneath them. Griffith on the other hand, had left so much unfinished. Griffith was tortured after nearly achieving his dreams of being somebody. Had he not gone crazy from Guts leaving and gone after Charlotte, it is likely he would have ended up King anyway. After using the Behilit, his aspirations continued anyway, and he returned to claim his Earthly throne.

(I needed to look up two of the names on wikipedia)
- Void (the brain guy), is simple enough. He appears to be the precursor to Guts and Griffith, his nemesis being the Skull Knight. He also appeared to be the leader, which meant he was either the first, or the last. Since Schierke's master knew the Skull Knight, we can presume he was the most recent.

- Conrad and Ubik (the ones I looked up), are fairly generic and uninspired. They are probably the oldest of the God Hand though.

- Lastly, there is Slan, the one who looks like a succubus. She and Void are by far the most interesting of the Hand. Berserk takes place in a medieval era, and if I remember right the God Hand are created every couple of centuries. It doesn't seem like Slan would work her way up the same way the others did. Unlike Griffith, and probably Void, it would be incredibly hard for Slan to carve her own little empire before ending up relying on a Behilit for power. After all, she's the only female Hand. That gives me the impression that she was either some manner of deposed nobility (like the infamous Countess, Elizabeth Báthory), or something even more interesting. Plus, she has had some strange fascination with Guts from her appearance in the first few volumes.

I would really love to see her backstory.

[Shinji Ikari]

There is no possibility for any of the god hands to join the real world like Griffith has. And the only reason Griffith was able to join the real world was because of Caskas and possibly Guts offspring. Rather, by having the egg eat the offspring he was able to be reborn.

And most of the people are blaming Guts and Caska for being heretics and stuff like that. And even though they aren't really, there ones blaming them aren't totally off either since most of what's happening in the real world has only been made possible because there is some being that live between worlds, the branded ones.

And now that the dark hawk of destruction (whom everyone thinks is the white hawk of salvation) Griffith is reborn the world have begun to merge and the apocalypse is closing in on the people. It's so funny that everyone belives Griffith to be the white hawk and follow him like blind sheeps when it has been said (for us readers to know) that he is clearly the dark/black hawk, muhahahaha.

That makes me wonder though. Since there clearly is a white hawk/eagle (whatever, the translation says different things several times) according to the prophecy of the world... Who is this person? Is it in fact Guts? And in that case, isn't it kind of ironical that the black is dressing up in white and the white is dressing up in black (aha, guess Guts lil' white hair might be the give-away).

Edit: One more thing about "making their move". They are making their move all the time by controlling the destiny of man. They say all the time (boating about it actually) that they are the ones who control destiny, but that they can't control every detail, and that in the ceremony, they can't fortell because they are kind of cut off. Getting the fifth and final god hand was their plan, what streches beyond that has not been mentioned. It might be that they need the fifth to keep a better grip on destiny, or it might because they knew that the fifth would be able to break through to the real world (kind of strange if the knew though).

[bagandscalpel]

While on the subject of the God Hand, to me, it seems that some of them only serve short spans and are capable of being deposed. I assume this is the case since the Eclipse that marks the ascension of a new God Hand takes place in a defined cycle of years (the number escapes me), as well as the special ceremony (when God Hand takes flesh, again, in 200 some-odd years). Makes me wonder if Griffith is, indeed, killable now.

[Ryllharu]

There is no possibility for any of the god hands to join the real world like Griffith has. And the only reason Griffith was able to join the real world was because of Caskas and possibly Guts offspring. Rather, by having the egg eat the offspring he was able to be reborn. I did not say that they would become corporeal again like Griffith. Griffith (as Femto) raped Caska, corrupting her child and Guts' for the sole purpose of his return.

But we have been learning that the two worlds are beginning to merge (the apocalypse). This is what Guts used to call "the border." Farense and Serpico (and all the others Guts encountered since the eclipse) were exposed to this sooner than everyone else.

If Griffith is able to accelerate this joining (as he already has by bringing so many Apostles into his new Band of the Hawk), perhaps he will become Femto once more when he is done and the rest of the God Hands will follow. The natural world has been corrupted since the Behilit was last used, and it has only been getting worse and worse.

They can and have manifested themselves into some semblance of physical form. Conrad (puckerface) showed up as a bunch of plague rats, and Slan appeared and fought with Guts as monster intestines.

If Griffith succeeds, they probably won't have to bother with that anymore.

[Shinji Ikari]

Yuh, I know you know, I was a bit late, but my answer was towards Chiodos.

[Chiodos]

What I don't really get (or remember) is what gives the resurruction of Griffith? I have a vauge memory that they just left that blank, that he JUST did.

I'm actually more interested in Skull Knight, though he is the most stereotypical and dull. Slan on the other hand, well, I can say that there's alwasy this female.
Still, will problaby take litteraly a year before we know anything more about her, considering where this is going. They still need to show more deeper in the others, or just...show them like they did with Slans encounter with Guts.

What I also want to know, there's no more Behelit?

[Shinji Ikari]

The rebirth of Griffith is made possible by a number of things. First off they had to make a new hand and have sacrifices. But the key ingredient in making this soup of sacrifices and already dead people (being the massive force of spiritual beings not able to cross to the other world lost in the astral plain) work was Caska and or Guts. As I get it, if they had not been there at all, the ceremony could not have been initiated properly. They would just have had a lot of loose ingredients. And then when it comes to Griffiths rebirth more closely, the egghead was the container and the baby he ate became Griffith. Or so it would seem to me, since Griffith later on gets irritated because he still has feelings for Caska and Guts (which is the cause of the demon baby/spawn).

So Griffith is in short born through the egg who ate the baby... And this was possible to begin with because Guts and Caska were the chefs who stired the soup of sacrifices and ghosts together.

But of course Guts and Caska are not to blame for this event, or not at least entirely to blame. Caska as we know was drawn there by fate/destiny (whatever).

And I think we won't get to know much more about the god hands or the Skull Knight since the story has so far put them up on a pidestal, sort of making their lives untouchable (not unkillable since that is Guts whole life (swimming against the stream of destiny)). Some interesting small things surely, but no real details probably.

The behelit still exists, well, at least the eggs that were sent out into the world. Maybe there can't be another one after the whole egg-event-thingy. But I think there can still be Behelits, it just seems like the God Hand needs them to exist.... I have no idea, just speculating

[Ryllharu]

I also have to say that I doubt we will ever learn anything more about any of the God Hands, except the slightest of chances with Void, who with the Skull Knight most parallels Guts vs. Girffith.

It's just some wishful thinking on my part.

[SilentSnake]

I also have to say that I doubt we will ever learn anything more about any of the God Hands, except the slightest of chances with Void, who with the Skull Knight most parallels Guts vs. Girffith.

It's just some wishful thinking on my part.

Our grandchildren might, though... :p

Unless Miura decides to use up all high aces for a mind-blowing Berserk ending (still, It wouldn't take less than 3 years to tie all ends imho ;) )

[Chiodos]

Would be wierd telling your grandchildren to read this "awesome and goory" manga. If I did, I would problaby get a restrain order from the parents =P!

[kAi]

Chapter 294 is out if you didn't know.

[February]

woot cant wait to d/l 294

the manga seems to be moving slower than ever and its taking forever for them to get to the fairy's land...i don't even know why he can't just bring caska along

its been such a long time but i wonder why Griffith even bothers staying in the mortal world? since he is one of the God hands, what makes him want to even stay out here? I know his inital goal was to becoming king or conquest but what will he do after he achieves it? destroy the world? so many unfulfilled questions..

[Chiodos]

He'll problaby want to cleanse the world he is dominating by wiping out almost every thing that according to him is bad. Or he is being pulled by strings from the shadow.

Just guesses though..

[Shinji Ikari]

Hey, have I missed something? Why is this place dead, a new chap has been released, rejoice brethren.

www.tokyotosho.com is the best link I can give, I get everything from there. search for it there if you don't find it, it's scanned by FH

[Munsu]

Hey, have I missed something? Why is this place dead, a new chap has been released, rejoice brethren.

www.tokyotosho.com is the best link I can give, I get everything from there. search for it there if you don't find it, it's scanned by FH
What about reading the posts before you... we already know a new chapter was released.

As to why this is dead, well the pace is too slow for this series... especially for a series that comes out so infrequently. Something big needs to happen soon or we better be well rewarded for this slow pace because it really makes no sense. This series comes out once a month or so, with a 20 page chapter with little content... The least this guy could do is either release more frequently or give us 30+ pages per chapter or so.

Well, I don't really want to complain... but it has to be explained why there's little discussion about this. The pace for this series is completely wrong, especially when it relates to release frequency.

[Shinji Ikari]

Opps, my bad. I totally missed the release of this chap I guess. Sorry, didn't mean to ruffle any feathers.

[Munsu]

Opps, my bad. I totally missed the release of this chap I guess. Sorry, didn't mean to ruffle any feathers.
Nothing to do with you, Miura is just pissing me off with his slow pace... I don't know about you guys, but I'm tired of the children with the white hawk dream. And it's not really about the slow pace, it's a combination of the release rate with the amount of content he's providing.

[Shinji Ikari]

Yup, totally. At least with mangas like Claymore you get a good long chapter every month, and no beating around the bush with the story.

Haven't read the two latest chapters, I probably won't start reading again until Guts and the gang is on the island. I just hate every time there is a chap glorifying Griffith.

[Munsu]

Yup, totally. At least with mangas like Claymore you get a good long chapter every month, and no beating around the bush with the story.

Haven't read the two latest chapters, I probably won't start reading again until Guts and the gang is on the island. I just hate every time there is a chap glorifying Griffith.
That's what I did last time, as I was like 10 chapters behind. And yeah, we need more Guts and company chapters.

[FullMetalAlchemist]

Ya i totally agree with u, i didn't even read this chapeter when i downloaded it, i went thru all the pages noticed it was more of the same crap we been getting the last 4months or so and deleted it right away. What brought many of us to this series is not being shown. I know the guy has health problems and all but that doesn't mean release the same thing every three months after a two month break lol.

[Carnage]

RAW 295 is out!

Get it here! (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WATDI8WW)


P.S. I came.

[Shinji Ikari]

You've got any other link for dl? That link sucked balls.

[Carnage]

It worked fine for me I just tried it, but I uploaded the chapter to two more links anyway:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/gy075n

http://www.mediafire.com/?dm0xw1jtonx

[Shinji Ikari]

Thanks man, very much appreciated

[Munsu]

295:
http://www.franky-house.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3946

[dragonrage]

looking to catch up on beserk i am up to volume 30 and am reading the band of the hawks version wanted to know where i can find the missing volumes/chapters.....thanks

[animus]

I was gonna say Mangatraders.com but I remembered that it's not on there for some odd reason.

[Ryllharu]

Mangatraders recieved a C&D letter from Dark Horse, so all the series published by them in the US were removed from mangatraders.

Just go to #lurk on irchighway instead.

[FullMetalAlchemist]

Yea as of late Dark Horse has been making manga sites remove berserk. It's freaking bullshit but can't do anything about it. Mangashare.com usually has it upon release though you can check there if they have some of the old ones.

[kAi]

296 Preview - Roaring/Thunderous Sky
http://www.younganimal.com/berserk/sp/img/08v11.jpg

[Shinji Ikari]

.................. It's in color?

[kAi]

This is an actual canvis painting apparently, I don't think the chapter will be in colour.

[Shinji Ikari]

Thought not, would've been too weird... still, nice colored pic. Pity its still gonna be all about the gay (you know who I mean, and I won't mention him by name).

[kAi]

Chapter is out but no translation at this point in time, and I really want one as there is a bit of text there. I don't want to mention to much in this as no one has read it yet, and would rather wait, but Ganishka is damn.

Oh, and something always makes it self back to a certain person.

[Death BOO Z]

I'm on linking fire today
new chapter (http://www.franky-house.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4993)



edit: that's some massive legwork the acsended super apostle has...
but first of all, the jokes that surrond him: "TIMBER!", "that's some wood!", any DBZ-tree of life.

seriously, when he goes down, somebody better be yelling T-I-M-B-E-R!

[bagandscalpel]

Stating it bluntly, I'll be massively dissappointed if all that brief traipse down to hell granted was an impossibly large wacky, inflatable tubeman body with none of the pseudo-divine trappings of the real Godhand.

[kAi]

Chapter 297.

Pretty boring chapter.

[Carnage]

Yeah except for the fact that we have a walking apocalypse no our hands. I mean, nothing happened, but still..... a multi-headed gigantic fire-breathing doomsday demon ranks pretty high on the bad-ass skill..... Miura didn't give us nothing.

[Death BOO Z]

how about a link?

[animus]

Yeah except for the fact that we have a walking apocalypse no our hands. I mean, nothing happened, but still..... a multi-headed gigantic fire-breathing doomsday demon ranks pretty high on the bad-ass skill..... Miura didn't give us nothing.

Except it was the same thing last chapter, all that was different was him contemplating who he was.

[Abdula]

how about a link?
Yeah seriously bitches, you can complain all you want after you give us a link.

[Carnage]

Except it was the same thing last chapter, all that was different was him contemplating who he was.

There was fire-breathing last chapter?

Link: http://www.mangashare.com/dl/Berserk_297/2175/

[animus]

There wasn't, but that's not the least bit interesting at all.

[Death BOO Z]

god, even god has gone all bitchy and whiny on us.
another one joins the griffth fanclub. and will soon turn to a mountain (volcano, tree of dominion - choose your legend).

show me some violence!

[Shinji Ikari]

Any words about a new chap coming out soon? Been quite a while since we last saw a chapter, and man do I want to see this Griffith business over and done with, haven't read anything since it started and I refuse to read it before Guts is back.

[masamuneehs]

it has been awhile. i caught up, and i'm actually enjoying what's going on with Griffith and the emperor. i really thought the latest chapter with the Emperor 'losing himself in himself' was a rather well done and dramatic one. too bad it's a character most of us don't care about.

so, griffith is doing all these good things and, and i can't believe i'm even wondering this... but is there a chance that maybe he's building a 'country of his own' that would actually be a good place? Sure, he's uniting the Vatican countries probably just to control them, but did he really need to save the lives of all those people in Midland? Or is this all a setup for when Griffith goes and fucks everyone over somehow?

I've been pondering this for awhile, and I'm going to be doing it anyway since it's something i think i'll enjoy.

i'm going to be writing a few little essays on some of the reoccurring themes in Berserk. there's alot more to this manga than just 'cool action and memorable characters', and i've pulled up a list of things i'd write about. tell me if you think i should add a theme or if i missed one.

losing oneself - 1 - losing oneself in oneself
losing oneself - 2 - losing oneself in others, in the world
eyes
Beauty and loss of beauty
animal, monster or human? - blurring the lines
water - 1 - kinds of, what they represent
water - 2 - flow
Dreams
Sexual violence
Followers and leaders - sacrifice and service
Friends
Shedding - bonds, blood
women
hands
doctrine vs personal beliefs/direction
nature and manmade manifestations
Revenge
Fire - sparks and steady flame

recommendations for additions are welcome.

[Shinji Ikari]

it has been awhile. i caught up, and i'm actually enjoying what's going on with Griffith and the emperor. i really thought the latest chapter with the Emperor 'losing himself in himself' was a rather well done and dramatic one. too bad it's a character most of us don't care about.

so, griffith is doing all these good things and, and i can't believe i'm even wondering this... but is there a chance that maybe he's building a 'country of his own' that would actually be a good place? Sure, he's uniting the Vatican countries probably just to control them, but did he really need to save the lives of all those people in Midland? Or is this all a setup for when Griffith goes and fucks everyone over somehow?

I've been pondering this for awhile, and I'm going to be doing it anyway since it's something i think i'll enjoy.

i'm going to be writing a few little essays on some of the reoccurring themes in Berserk. there's alot more to this manga than just 'cool action and memorable characters', and i've pulled up a list of things i'd write about. tell me if you think i should add a theme or if i missed one.

losing oneself - 1 - losing oneself in oneself
losing oneself - 2 - losing oneself in others, in the world
eyes
Beauty and loss of beauty
animal, monster or human? - blurring the lines
water - 1 - kinds of, what they represent
water - 2 - flow
Dreams
Sexual violence
Followers and leaders - sacrifice and service
Friends
Shedding - bonds, blood
women
hands
doctrine vs personal beliefs/direction
nature and manmade manifestations
Revenge
Fire - sparks and steady flame

recommendations for additions are welcome.

Well there is one aspect to his country that just means doom no matter how you look at it. He makes no distinction between alive and dead creature. I mean, living people are bound to be eaten in his little "utopia". As long as Griffith lives, evil will follow him like they do Gats and Caska.

And this brings me to a very sad topic, the only way for this to end is if Gats and Caska become free of their curse, which probably will only happen if all the god hands are dead. Pretty big task, and more likely is that Gats will die trying.

Also, to "kind of" add to your list:

The good guy being the bad guy in the eyes of people.
The bad guy being the good guy in the eyes of people.

I just love this theme of the manga. Only a few people know to call Griffith "The hawk of darkness", everyone else calls him "the hawk of light". On the other hand, where ever Gats goes he is hated like no tomorrow, and he is actually in the right, which only a few selected people know.

I just love that shit, could talk about it for hours.

[Carnage]

I saw an ad on /a/ for a Berserk/Someothermanga crossover battle coming out in November. Maybe this means another chapter is on its way?

[Carnage]

Here is the New Berserk RAW:

Megaupload (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2QCBUFG2)


Note: I came.

[Marik]

RapidShare (http://rapidshare.com/files/157078523/Berserk_298__FH_.zip) - MegaUpload (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=M0812JHH)

Next chapter November 14, 2008

[Death BOO Z]

Note: I came.

I wanted to be able to say the same... but I can't.

the last three pages were amazing, but the rest of it wasn't...
also, FH version had some weird wording and could use a proper grammatical QC.

[masamuneehs]

i'll have to check the RAW.

If he actually referred to them as 'demons' in front of the Princess, the Pope and everyone in Midland, then, wow, that's a great move on his part.

I mean, there's no way they can get out of this battle without acknowledging the power of Griffith and his Apostles. Just plainly showing them, "Yeah, my army of hell spawn just kicked the shit out of the evil invader (demon) and saved the entire kingdom." puts everyone in the uncomfortable position of plainly seeing what kind of power Griffith has and being unable to do much about it.

It's a brilliant power play. Nobody will ever get to say "Man, something's fishy with Griffith's most powerful soldiers" because everyone will know for sure that that's how he rolls, with butt loads of super powerful demons. He's thrown diplomacy and clever schemes to the wind, banking on his horrifyingly awesome impending victory (and probably a following reign of terror) to do all the talking.

at least, that's where i'm sitting. maybe he'll spin some kind of yarn about how he's so Jesus-like that even demons obey him, but i think he's beyond such deceptions these days.

edit - yeah, that's the kanji for 'demon' alright... some cases it might be 'a spirit' but, well... most often it's used for evil demons, especially when it's War Demon Army. Yeah. Griffith's got balls like Tiger Woods.

[animus]

When I saw the last couple of panels, all I could think was "Autobots transform!"

[Carnage]

When I saw the last couple of panels, all I could think was "Autobots transform!"

Times 10.

[masamuneehs]

Chapter 299 (http://mangashare.com/dl/Berserk_299/5411/)

edit - Blood and guts, but the only real thing of potential substance is the cliffhanger at the end, which is probably going to be how Griffith explicitly gets his message across to everyone...

I crave more development!

[Death BOO Z]

well, it's only two weeks until next chapter.

I think that Griffith's generals (the dragon guy, the lancer, etc) aren't all that special after all, the raid team had four other giant beasts beside the dragon, and they look just as scary as he does. especially the whale with legs, he is creepy.

Zodd (and the owl witch, and the weird Persian assassin) is the only decent fighter griffith has.

[Death BOO Z]

300 is out
check evil_genius (http://www.evil-genius.us/) for torrent

[bagandscalpel]

I think that Griffith's generals (the dragon guy, the lancer, etc) aren't all that special after all, the raid team had four other giant beasts beside the dragon, and they look just as scary as he does. especially the whale with legs, he is creepy.
What do you mean: "not that special?" I'd imagine Locus and Grundbeld are exceptional even amongst the apostles to earn positions as unit leaders of their own specialized squads.

Also, never imagined that Irvine's apostle form would look like what it does. Thought it'd be more like one of the more surreal type of apostle seen during the Eclipse event. Makes me wonder if Griffith will take on Godhand form to battle wacky-inflatable-tubearm-emperor.

[Abdula]

Bagandscalpel makes a rare appearance.

I hope all those humans following Griffith die. Thats why I hate religious coots who go on and on about faith, any logical thinking person would know somethings up. The reason they thought Guts was evil was because he was always involved with monsters, the fact that he was fighting them didn't make any difference because everywhere he went monsters showed up.

But here we have a man thought to be long dead suddenly appear out of nowhere calling himself the Hawk of Light and he has a freaking army of Demons, and she just says "so what if they're monsters" and thats it.

What a load of crap, and you know whats funny. They're shouting sorceress sorceress and the pope is right there. Doesn't the church hunt sorceresses down and burn them:D

[masamuneehs]

well, yeah, of course it's ridiculous hypocrisy for the church... but then again, the facts Sonya pointed out are undeniable: the monsters are fighting to protect the people of Midland (for now).

besides, what are their options right now, really? They're going to have to follow Griffith's excellent orders just to survive this battle, even with the demon army taking the brunt of the assault. there will be plenty of time for grumbling and religious fervor after they battle ends...

but i've got a feeling that, yes, by and large the people (particularly the Pope) are going to buy all of this crap and throw away all their pre-existing religious values and thoughts on magic in a bus-sized plot hole. but, we'll see...

[Munsu]

Miura's Berserk Manga Goes on Hiatus Again in Japan:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-12-12/miura-berserk-manga-goes-on-hiatus-again-in-japan

[Carnage]

For the love of god somebody please break Miura's Xbox so he can't fucking play idol master anymore. I want Gutts to reach that fucking island.

[Shinji Ikari]

chap 301 is out and finally works. http://www.evil-genius.us/

Lets see if this bad-boy starts making any resistance or if he is just gonna take it all the way to his fall.

[Carnage]

Manga is returning April 24th.

My source: http://www.skullknight.net/forum/index.php?topic=10129.0

http://aazealh.net/Divers/302-announcement.jpg

[Abdula]

I should be happy shouldn't I, but for some reason I'm not....

[Death BOO Z]

I bet you that If the promotional picture was of gutts and not Griffith, you would have felt differently.

still, it's good news. Berserk comes out (when it comes out) once every two weeks, right?

[Carnage]

Well it should, but for the past year its been coming out randomly so I wouldn't get my hopes up.....although I would think Miura is tired of fapping to Idol Master by now....

[Carnage]

New chapter is finally out and it looks like it will come out on a biweekly schedule:

http://www.franky-house.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9098

[Shinji Ikari]

New chapter is finally out and it looks like it will come out on a biweekly schedule:

http://www.franky-house.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9098

Yay, that was not a long wait at all... Now if only this arc would finish so we could get back to the more important stuff in "Berserk life".

[SilentSnake]

Yay, that was not a long wait at all... Now if only this arc would finish so we could get back to the more important stuff in "Berserk life".

By now I forgot what is happening at all... :p

*looks for EG release*

[Death BOO Z]

wow, pretty scarce on the dialog.

two weeks ain't a long time at all. that's good news

[SilentSnake]

wow, pretty scarce on the dialog.

two weeks ain't a long time at all. that's good news

If it was Naruto we were to wait 2 weeks for we'd be banging heads against the wall:D

but Berserk is really worth the wait, though... even with almost no dialog at all, the quality of Berserk chapters never ceases to amaze me.

[kAi]

I think this is the second chapter to come out this year, oh well, I'm happy that we get another chapter soon. We've always had to wait a minimum of two weeks, but Berserk fans are ALOT different to Naruto fans!! and the quality is on different scales!

Not much to go on here, but it looks like it will be a kind of flashback chapter next before Ganiska is gone.

Think I might re-read the series to catch up on everything and see if I can spot anything new.

[Carnage]

Think I might re-read the series to catch up on everything and see if I can spot anything new.

You're mind will explode re-reading this series.

I hear when Miura works on his regular schedule, he really works his ass off even harder than other mangaka. Perhaps thats why he takes such long breaks.

[kAi]

You're mind will explode re-reading this series.

I hear when Miura works on his regular schedule, he really works his ass off even harder than other mangaka. Perhaps thats why he takes such long breaks.
Yeah, it does every time, this will be my fourth I think.
This is probably the only series I can read many times and even enjoy it more.

[SilentSnake]

Yeah, it does every time, this will be my fourth I think.
This is probably the only series I can read many times and even enjoy it more.

I reread it twice.

Second time within a whole day and somewhere into the night.

It was a weird night haha :D

Berserk >

[Carnage]

Saw a spoiler for next week's chapter and all I want to say (not gonna give anything away).

The 5 month wait was worth it.

[Carnage]

The New chapter is out by Franky-House:

http://www.franky-house.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9281

[kAi]

Woah! I was not expecting him to show up like that.
Some great pages in this chapter, nice double spreads!
Gotta love Miura's style.

[Death BOO Z]

did he always have a bailith sword?

[Shinji Ikari]

did he always have a bailith sword?

Well he did use in in vol 25 was it? When he saved Guts from the wicked hot god hand in the troll cave. I think he showed the Behelit Sword to Guts one time before that as well, just to brag about his mad skills, might have been somewhere around the time Griffith was born unto the world again (I might be totally wrong about that one though)...

But god dang what a chap, as you said Kai, totally unexpected, and a serious feeling of cliffhanger, one feeling that Berserk had not given in a long time. Not that Griffith is gonna die, and even if the human form of Griffith did die, the battle would not be over until Guts went to hell and ripped Griffith's guts out.

[Carnage]

New chapter:

Download link (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CXCGSSCN)

I just shat so many bricks.

[rockmanj]

Whoa...a new world? Hmmm, I think now would be a good time to get back to the Guts crew. Hopefully its not all like, we're on a boat http://www.youtube.com/watch?p=0516A45938BF35B7&playnext=1&index=0&feature=PlayList&v=6_YlkEUOonI and they just get to Elfhelm.

[Death BOO Z]

305 (http://bt.evil-genius.us:60000/torrents/%5BEvil_Genius%5DBerserk_v34c305.rar.torrent?info_ hash=13bfe202729cfcd0d5338fbcc2df434fc2ef50c0) is out (torrent)


sweet...


I was worried that Grifitth is going to get an epic virgin mount (not in a freaky berserk 'mount' kind of way), but it turned out for the better.

[rockmanj]

It seems that "light" actually broke the barriers between the real world and shadow world, for possibly a large part of the world. And we got to see the Gutts crew (albeit briefly)!

[samsonlonghair]

I still love the art in Berserk, but I'm sick of all the new characters. Why can't we get back to Gutts?

[kAi]

Yeah, the more time that goes by the more the two worlds merge. It's funny that the humans around Griffith are safe but ones that aren't, are attacked by monsters, waiting for Griffith to come tame them to be the hero and strengthen the kingdom. I really can't wait for some Gutts destruction!

I'm just looking forward to when we get back to Gutts' crew and they get to Elfhiem, and the story continues on from there.

[Death BOO Z]

not actually manga related, But yesterday I've found out there exists an abridged version of berserk
(first episode) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZWoRQNZBNM&feature=PlayList&p=442F9290791E856D&index=0&playnext=1)

it's quite funny, and passes up a few hours of watching, and since it's complete, it's really enjoyable.

[rockmanj]

Yeah, the more time that goes by the more the two worlds merge. It's funny that the humans around Griffith are safe but ones that aren't, are attacked by monsters, waiting for Griffith to come tame them to be the hero and strengthen the kingdom. I really can't wait for some Gutts destruction!

I'm just looking forward to when we get back to Gutts' crew and they get to Elfhiem, and the story continues on from there.


I must say that is a savvy way to become the saviour of the world. I mean, since he can control all monsters, then in that case he is the ideal leader of the world. The thing is, that he is a major cause of that (which most people have no idea of). As powerful as the Gutts crew is, its spurious to say whether or not they can change that. Although things would get interesting if Farneze can become an effective witch. We've already seen that he could be Skull Knight II. I say a good timeskip is needed soon.

[Prof. Chaos]

Question: I watched the anime years ago. Should I read the manga from day one or just skip to where the anime ended?

[Shinji Ikari]

Question: I watched the anime years ago. Should I read the manga from day one or just skip to where the anime ended?

Short answer is: Yes.

To elaborate a bit, the 3 first manga volumes are not included in the anime, only the first episode of the anime follows like a 3rd or less of the first volume of the manga. There are also a lot of details that they have cut out because it wasn't fit to put in an anime. Just fun things that makes the story more colorful.

But if those things don't interest you and you remember the anime well, then you could start from volume 9, because that's where the difference in the anime and the manga starts to show.

[Carnage]

Just start from page 1. It's worth it.

[masamuneehs]

it's been awhile for me...

chapter 301:
i thought this chapter was actually a lot better the second time i read it. before i was really hoping for dialogue and plot advancement, but if you're just looking to see how Griffith is actually bringing together demons and humans (although he is responsible for their needing to co-exist...) it's almost moving. this would be a 'feel good end of a battle' chapter in just about every other anime/manga. shockingly, seeing what Griffith's done with his fate, i can't say it seems terrible at all. it almost makes you forget, makes you think maybe he isn't all bad... almost...

but we'll see.

chapter 302: only thoughts are, when this whole thing is finally finished, they NEED to make a full anime adaptation. chapters like this are just not the same with stills, even though some of the shots were impressive

chapter 303: excellent use of contrast shading in this chapter.(rendering the Behelit the exact same color as human flesh was a particularly nice touch) really well done. i particularly like the part about the emperor becoming completely paranoid about his own family, only to be justified in it. Griffith also pwns him in particularly regal, again almost sympathetic fashion. Excellent echoing of Gutts being 'blinded'. Skull Knight, you are without a doubt my favorite undead character in anything.

another chapter where Griffith almost seems too good to be true. the Skull Knight's emergence is used to throw another FUCK! wrench into the plot

chapter 304: manipulated by Griffith, the Skull Knight unwittingly has his one greatest power end up helping the God Hands he despises. you can hardly get him any closer to Gutts. Also, the Emperor becoming 'the door/light' is so reminescent of The Egg for the New World, it's almost redundant. however, the effect seems to have connected even normal people to the ethereal. Looks like Schiernke is going to be obsolete in a short bit...

chapter 305: overall, wow, they have been spending alot of time on Griffith's side of things, but i don't think it's bad. this whole development feels right epic and, really, is it so much different from focusing on the Heretics and the Egg of the New World characters from way back when? if they rushed through and were all, "oh yeah, Griffith manipulates Skull Knight to get the two worlds to merge" out of nowhere, it'd feel alot crappier, at least to me.

humans be fucked. What I liked about this chapter is the ending, which shows that, no matter how beautiful Griffith is and how elegant and breathtaking everything he does is, he's still a bastard he doesn't care one iota for anything else. it pretty much is a slap for idiots like myself who were going all, "man, Griffith is doing some really good deeds". Of course he is, because HE'S going to benefit most from it.

I really am interested to see what happens with the 'new world' and Gutts' 'inner demon'. Can't imagine that it's going to be any easier controlling it now... I took the ending to be a sign that they will be getting back to Gutts shortly. Of course, that's who i want to read about first, but this last arc was really pretty good.

i think rockmanj is right. once they get to Elfheim, they'll have to deal with some of the new issues about the worlds being merged, (read: at least 8 chapters) but after that, a timeskip would seem to fit perfectly.

ah, stockpiling chapters of Berserk to be read all together is truly my favorite way of doing it

[Carnage]

I highly doubt there will be a big time skip.

[Prof. Chaos]

Yeah so I started with 1 and right now just finished volume 28. I must say this is freaking amazing.

[Death BOO Z]

306 (http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=71569) is out on franky house (torrent)



next issue is in September 25, god dammit


I really like how the demon soldiers are equally shit-their-pants surprised as the human soldiers

[kAi]

New world Fantasia.
Weird designs on page 18-19.

At least there is a date on this break!

[bagandscalpel]

Weird designs, indeed. Why, there's Ubik having a spot of tea with a group of chaps in the garden of earthly delights.

Also, Void's spread is surprisingly impressive given that it's just a giant brain.

[SilentSnake]

whoa, this chapter felt too short :D

On the other hand, you can never get enough Berserk...

Shame we have to wait for more till september, but at least we can be sure of 1 thing - it's gonna be worth it :>

[masamuneehs]

fuckin beautiful chapter. can never have too much Berserk indeed.

thoroughly enjoyable no-plot vision feast. I too particularly thought the two page spreads of the Godheads were striking.

[rockmanj]

And if you didn't know already, this is why it takes so long to get new Berserk Chapters: http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/05/02/the-madness-of-kentaro-miura-deepens-now-eroge-otaku/

[Shinji Ikari]

Berserk 307 out! Get it at the source you find best. Could be found at www.tokyotosho.info with a quick search.

It was a nice chap, but the things that are coming are going to be amazing, looking forward towards the next chaps.

[bagandscalpel]

Huh, so the Millenium Falcon arc is finally over.

Boat ride is finally over.

Griffith's ambition is bearing fruit.

Never thought I'd live to see the day~

[Wren]

http://www.franky-house.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10560

berserk 308 is out at frankyhouse.

[Death BOO Z]

got to love that pirate.
"don't you think it would've killed me by now?!"

[masamuneehs]

mother of god, these double-page spreads are exhausting to look at. absolutely beautiful.

i love the note at the bottom of 307, about Miura forgetting it was the anniversary of Berserk, when it was even the 20th anniversary.

that pirate is motherfucking tenacious. he's a pretty entertaining character, because he's so crude but somehow almost admirable in it. i would have preferred him and his actual crew continuing to chase Gutts, but Zombie/Ghost ships/pirates has to be one of the most played out gimmicks...

[bagandscalpel]

that pirate is motherfucking tenacious. he's a pretty entertaining character, because he's so crude but somehow almost admirable in it. i would have preferred him and his actual crew continuing to chase Gutts, but Zombie/Ghost ships/pirates has to be one of the most played out gimmicks...
I'd say we're in for the long-haul of played out gimmicks in Neo Fantasy Earth.

That said, it's true that it's a standard ghost-ship, but with Guts prepping his megabuster, the next few chapters should be anything but.

[Carnage]

i love the note at the bottom of 307, about Miura forgetting it was the anniversary of Berserk, when it was even the 20th anniversary.



Somebody is a bit too busy fapping to ~moe~.

[Carnage]

Chapter 309!

http://www.franky-house.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10632

[Prof. Chaos]

So much in such a short time.

[masamuneehs]

oh Gutts.

[Atheist]

Guts is back! o/

[SilentSnake]

310!

http://bt.evil-genius.us:60000/torrents/%5BEvil_Genius%5DBerserk_v35c310.rar.torrent?info_ hash=ae609a86ff8b91058eba599823dce87902f3ad86

praise the sword and pass the cannonball!

[bagandscalpel]

I almost feel bad for the pirates. Now they're nothing more than literal cannon fodder to Guts' warm-up.

[Prof. Chaos]

I've been waiting a long time for this. Also Feb 12th. =(

[The Heretic Azazel]

Why do all the new monsters look like vaginas and buttholes?

On another note I so wish I could see the pirate captain animated. This whole show deserves a complete remake for at least 150 episodes. But I guess Berserk fever has died down over the years..

[Carnage]

Why do all the new monsters look like vaginas and buttholes?

On another note I so wish I could see the pirate captain animated. This whole show deserves a complete remake for at least 150 episodes. But I guess Berserk fever has died down over the years..

No, actually there's been demand apparently for an anime, and there are plenty of funds and animators available to do it. Its actually Miura holding them back, he's probably afraid of the any anime catching up and having to stop, like the last series did. But I agree, what confuses me is when Miura says he doesn't know where he wants the anime to pick up from; why not the beginning?

[kAi]

Feb 12th being the next release date is good, it's a normal release.
2nd Friday of the month.

310: It's finally good to see some Guts action, always enjoy it, and awaiting the arrival to Elheim!

[masamuneehs]

he's just so badass, it's not even fair.

and, yes, goddamn, whenever this thing gets finished, it NEEDS to be animated. the art is beautiful, but, really? an action adventure of this caliber needs fluid motion

[Belial]

new chapter is out by EG, and looks like the next one will be out in 2 weeks

but with this one I lost all hope of seeing Elheim this year

[masamuneehs]

Torrent - Evil genius - Berserk chapter 311 (http://bt.evil-genius.us:60000/torrents/%5BEvil_Genius%5DBerserk_v35c311.rar.torrent?info_ hash=efefec869ca1c9e75b3928639d881d3b5b7e1e38)

Evil Genius also released a "correction" of two pages from the previous chapter
http://www.evil-genius.us/
Unfortunately, these "fixes" are even more loopy and awkward than the original TL... I do appreciate their work (the stupid references in 311 are thoroughly presented, then explained in a TL note), but they always seem to make some very silly mistakes...

311:
i can never stop appreciating the way Miura draws landscape. the last frame was just so Berserk...

Isi perving on the spooky girl and "mystery" abounds. Mini-arc here we come...

next chapter is Feb 26

[bagandscalpel]

I feel rather bad for those ghost pirates, now.

Not only were they losers alive, they're not even "proper" Berserk undead in the sense that they don't even react to Guts and Caska being branded.

[Carnage]

Will they ever reaching fucking Elfheim?

[SilentSnake]

I feel rather bad for those ghost pirates, now.

Not only were they losers alive, they're not even "proper" Berserk undead in the sense that they don't even react to Guts and Caska being branded.


I'm not sure if they took part in any kind of eclipse, so they might simply not know about it yet. They're... newbies of the undead :D

[Wren]

http://www.franky-house.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11250


Berserk chapter 312 is out by Franky House

[Shinji Ikari]

http://www.franky-house.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11250


Berserk chapter 312 is out by Franky House

This Arc Greatly disappoints. It seems like it's gonna be interesting, and in some ways it's gonna be a way of showing the transition between the normal way of life to the demon being integrated into peoples lives. However, They should have reached Elfheim like ages ago, it's as if the creator himself is uncertain which line the manga will take when they are there since it's a pivotal step in the storyline.

[Prof. Chaos]

There has to be something redeeming about the girl/old sea god.

[SilentSnake]

EG release:

http://bt.evil-genius.us:60000/torrents/%5BEvil_Genius%5DBerserk_v35c312.rar.torrent?info_ hash=bfc628bab01764fb1d88276880942fa69e57d34e

There's nothing certain about her, the way Schierke sees her Isma is connected somehow to the water element, but that's all we can tell really.

Is she the old sea god herself? maybe, but then again why would she treat Isidro the way she did in front of her *own* cave?

Is she a good water element spirit? she seems too... well, girlish for an ages old spirit with vast knowledge of the world.

Guess we'll just have to wait (again -.-) and see.

But more importantly... REACH ELFHELL ALREADY !

[masamuneehs]

more stalling... sure, this might be entertaining, but we all are not in this for the little side stories.

[Carnage]

Chapter 313 is out:

http://depositfiles.com/en/files/zux8n9dj7

[Sam98034]

So does this mean there's going to be updates more often now?