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.
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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.
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.
I think this is the perfect opportunity to stop reading for the rest of the year :)
I think this is the perfect opportunity to ban you :p
Yeah, I also thought that scene was well done, showing Caska can still understand people's feelings, very nice.Quote:
Originally Posted by masamuneehs
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 checks his calender*
Nice.
It doesn't seem like much happened in the RAW.
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.
It was kinda boring.
If gutts ever gets to mount a dolphin, he could use these cannon lessons to his advantge...
but yes, basically, nothing,.
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.
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.
The new RAW already came out!
here!
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.
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. >:\
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...Quote:
Originally Posted by Genma
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....
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?
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.
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.
So do people generally beleive Berserk is going to end some time soon, like in the next two years or 10 years from now?
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.
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.
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.
I just shared what my mind came up with. It doesn't really mean I believe what my imagination can make up.
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.
He'll bite his legs off if needed :DQuote:
Originally Posted by bagandscalpel
insert monty pyton's holy grail reference here:Quote:
Originally Posted by SilentSnake
Quote:
Originally Posted by Monty Python - Holy grail
and I now present to you, your 291 preview
http://www.younganimal.com/berserk/sp/img/07v22.jpg
If it weren't for the dark irises, I'd assume that Griffith was carved from wood.
291 is out and available at mangatraders.
Go and get it now.
Shits goin' down.
I hope this happens quickly, so we can get back to Gutts.
292 Preview is out.
http://www.younganimal.com/berserk/sp/img/07v23.jpg
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).
Does anyone know about when the next chap will be out?
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Death BOO Z
I heard a rumor that it's gonna be released along with duke nukem forever :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Shinji Ikari
Anyway, even though it's slow, still...
Berserk > all
i get all of my scanlations from www.evil-genius.usQuote:
Originally Posted by rockmanj
You do realise that the post you quoted is going on 4 years old.Quote:
Originally Posted by ¥»»ÄzäzëL««¥
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)
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by kAi
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. :[
Yeah, talk about inducing false hope. At least we have our dear KAI to bring us a light of hope
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.
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 :)
Interesting plan, hope it works. At least you won't be bored once you start.Quote:
Originally Posted by Idealistic
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.
I suggest you read the manga first, then the anime.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Idealistic
...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?
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
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..
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
Heh, the little psychic girl (whose name escapes me), you mean?Quote:
Originally Posted by Shinji Ikari
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.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by kAi
It might even be less but hey, let's not jump down the hill until we really know what's down there.
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.
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.
293 PREVIEW!!!!!!!
http://www.younganimal.com/berserk/sp/img/08v05.jpg
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.
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!
http://mangahelpers.com/forums/showt...710#post734710
raw out on mangahelpers.com
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Originally Posted by Idealistic
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 :(.
NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION !!Quote:
Originally Posted by kAi
http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/430/293prebc9.th.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
293 Scanlated By Binktopia:
http://mangashare.com/dl/Berserk_293/362/
Man, these chapters suck.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shinji Ikari
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.
Yuh, I know you know, I was a bit late, but my answer was towards 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?
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
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... :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Ryllharu
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 ;) )
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!
Chapter 294 is out if you didn't know.
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..
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..
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shinji Ikari
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.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by 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.
That's what I did last time, as I was like 10 chapters behind. And yeah, we need more Guts and company chapters.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shinji Ikari
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.
RAW 295 is out!
Get it here!
P.S. I came.
You've got any other link for dl? That link sucked balls.
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
Thanks man, very much appreciated
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
I was gonna say Mangatraders.com but I remembered that it's not on there for some odd reason.
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.
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.
296 Preview - Roaring/Thunderous Sky
http://www.younganimal.com/berserk/sp/img/08v11.jpg
.................. It's in color?