Have fun reading 12 volumes of flashback, Nobody . Is that the longest flashback in manga history?
Berserk
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Oy now, I know he's asking the questions but lets not give too much away for him.
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It's okay, I've heard a fair bit about this manga, so I kind of get the gist of what happens.
Anyway, I just started said flashback. Actually it surprised me when I first saw Griffith in his evil armor getup since, from what I understand, he and Guts were allies, but then Griffith went all crazy evil and killed everyone Guts knew or cared about. So yeah, I didn't know we got that story through a flashback.
Anyway, here's another question, has the series stayed consistently good, more or less, throughout its run? I mean, how was the Hawk of the Millenium Empire and how is this most recent Fantasia arc? (don't give me the details, just give me a general idea of the quality).
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I think that it's stayed consistent in quality. It's kind of hard to tell when the chapters have such long spaces between them but when I read them all in one go it was amazing. I can't think of one part in particular that was worse than anything else.
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High quality throughout, enjoy the ride. I have the first 30 volumes myself. Once you've caught up be prepared to be tortured by having to wait months for a new chapter sometimes. One of the reasons I think it's the best is because it's awesome all the way through.
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Okay, I've seen a child skewered on a pike, the possessed body of a dead girl kill her own father, and another girl witness her mother getting torn asunder and her father being dragged into hell, but this is the page that broke my heart.
http://www.mangareader.net/96-1123-169/berserk/chapter-3.html
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Okay, I've seen a child skewered on a pike, the possessed body of a dead girl kill her own father, and another girl witness her mother getting torn asunder and her father being dragged into hell, but this is the page that broke my heart.
http://www.mangareader.net/96-1123-169/berserk/chapter-3.html
That page stayed with me as well.
Pretty much the first instance I saw that Guts wasn't bad, his life just got fucked up somewhere in the past. -
Okay, I've seen a child skewered on a pike, the possessed body of a dead girl kill her own father, and another girl witness her mother getting torn asunder and her father being dragged into hell, but this is the page that broke my heart.
http://www.mangareader.net/96-1123-169/berserk/chapter-3.html
Yep! Knew just which page you were talking about before I even clicked the link! I think that's the page that there was more to Gutts than just being an a**hole protagonist.
Also, I'd say it's high quality throughout though many people will say the 'Golden Age' is Berserk's peak, and a lot of people will quit the manga afterwards. Personally, I think the people who quit afterwards are the same people who claim Gantz is a masterpiece.
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FYI, I tried reading it from this site before and for some reason some of the chapters were all skipping around midway thru the flashback arc. As if they were auto uploaded from a big folder but put in the wrong order. I had already watched the anime already so nothing got spoiled for me, but …. yeah, watch out for irregular jumps in the story. Or maybe find another site?
Might I suggest http://www.thespectrum.net/manga_scans/berserk/
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Okay, I've seen a child skewered on a pike, the possessed body of a dead girl kill her own father, and another girl witness her mother getting torn asunder and her father being dragged into hell, but this is the page that broke my heart.
http://www.mangareader.net/96-1123-169/berserk/chapter-3.html
I think the rest of Berserk after the Golden Age arc is of very good quality, though I would agree that the Golden Age arc was the best of the series in terms of writing quality. The thing is after the Golden Age arc, you care about Guts' character that wherever the series goes after that, it's still interesting. That's my take on it anyway.
And if you think that broke your heart, can't wait til you get to volume 4. And especially when you get to volume 13!
…. I'm sad now. :sad:
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People that quit constantly saw Guts as this lone warrior that show remain alone and face his resolve alone. Heck, some are even hoping his current party suffers the same fate like the Band of Hawk did. That's complete and utter bullshit. It's obvious that Guts does not like being alone. He could not tend for the disabled Caska by himself and he did not know how to moderate pushing his own body. And while he denied it at first, he's a natural born leader and teacher.
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Anyway, here's another question, has the series stayed consistently good, more or less, throughout its run? I mean, how was the Hawk of the Millenium Empire and how is this most recent Fantasia arc? (don't give me the details, just give me a general idea of the quality).
The quality, both in art and story, has stayed really high.
For me personally (and this is mostly just my own opinion) the long ass flashback, "The Golden Age" arc, is the best part of the series and everything in the present hasn't really matched up to it. It's been very good with plenty of action and twists and turns and characterization and whatnot, but its sort of a different series at the same time. I enjoyed the political stuff a lot more than the wandering adventurer, Conan the barbarian stuff. (Partly because I've read a lot of Conan, probably.)
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A new CM for the Berserk movie is airing on tv this week with never before seen footage!
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Hey guys, seems like Episode 325 is on it's way and will reach us this Sunday! Spoilers are at the usual place.
Also, Hirasawa (componist for the original Berserk OST) returns for the theme song of Berserk Golden Age I - Egg Of The Emperor. Great news if you ask me.@Nobodyman:
Don't read Berserk on a Mangareader, please. This series has great and detailed artwork (especially later volumes), it doesn't deserve to be read as an online downscale. If you're on Bakabt, use the Berserk torrent there. Best scans available on the net - including readable scans on the first three volumes. Just register if you aren't a member, you won't regret it.@Robby:
While Golden Age certainly is the most reowned arc, Lost Children is still superior to me. It features the very essence of the revenge-seeking Guts at the low point of his life, facing of one of the best written "villians" in all of Berserk. -
Golden Egg? That's One Piece, Golden Age :D
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Hey guys, seems like Episode 325 is on it's way and will reach us this Sunday! Spoilers are at the usual place.
Also, Hirasawa (componist for the original Berserk OST) returns for the theme song of Berserk Golden Age I - Egg Of The Emperor. Great news if you ask me.@Nobodyman:
Don't read Berserk on a Mangareader, please. This series has great and detailed artwork (especially later volumes), it doesn't deserve to be read as an online downscale. If you're on Bakabt, use the Berserk torrent there. Best scans available on the net - including readable scans on the first three volumes. Just register if you aren't a member, you won't regret it.@Robby:
While Golden Egg certainly is the most reowned arc, Lost Children is still superior to me. It features the very essence of the revenge-seeking Guts at the low point of his life, facing of one of the best written "villians" in all of Berserk.Also looks like after this chapter no Berserk until maybe the end of the year.
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pics, Isma and her mother and Guts is really struggling. http://skullknight.net/images/325preview2.jpg
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Just in case anyone here cared, preorders for figma Guts are up.
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The new CM is gonna show tonight I think. Pics:
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It airs at Midnight (end of the Sept. 22nd beginning of 23rd) in Japan, so in like 6 hours from now. It's supposed to have samples of Griffith's, Guts', and Casca's voices.
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And it looks like…
! Guts has lost his 5 senses.
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They also said on the twitter that it'll be up on the official site at 11AM Japan time. So that's good in case nobody in Japan uploaded it to the internet by then,
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i wanna watch this already
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Really does look great. Color me excited. And we're going to get Serpico, Schierke, Isidrio etc. down the line too? Color me very excited.
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I can't wait to see the post-Eclipse stuff animated. Especially Albion.
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This also reminds me that it's time for a reread of Berserk, it's been awhile.
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I've been rereading some of it.
Anyway here we are, curse 15 second tv spots!
Nothing interesting being said really, cross promotion stuff.
Clip 1
Charlotte: I love it…I truly love it...
Casca: I love...I love Berserk!
Announcer: The newest volume of the critically acclaimed Berserk series is now on sale. And there's a movie coming soon!Clip 2
Casca: This is bad!
Guts: What's wrong?
Griffith: What's wrong?
Announcer: The newest volume of the critically acclaimed Berserk series is now on sale.
Griffith/Guts: That's no problem at all!
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Interesting how they went with comedic for this… But whatever.
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No Berserk trailer is complete without some forces:
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How much longer do you think this series will go on for? How much does Guts have left to do?
I've been wondering this for a while.
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Well I'm guessing he still has to kill all the God Hands including Femto/Griffith. And I want to see them fight a dragon so badly.
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I think we are half way through the series.
Guts still needs to…
1. Kill most...if not all apostles.
2. Find a way to return Casca to normal.
3. Take his revenge on Griffith. I hope its not in the form of death. Eternal torment would be nice.
Didn't Guts fought with a Dragon already? that giant apostle.
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I hope we are a further than halfway done. At the current pace of a volume a year Miura would probably not be able to finish the manga if it were another 35 volumes. I mean he's already 45 and closing in on an age most mangaka retire at. He'd be writing at the age of 80 still. I hope it's more like another 15 years or so. I'll be interesting to see what's finished first.. One Piece or Berserk.
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I've been told before than in an interview he said he was about 60% done with the story, which seems appropriate for where it currently is. I'm expecting this series to go on for a minimum of 15 more years myself.
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Didn't Guts fought with a Dragon already? that giant apostle.
Yeah but we (I) want a real dragon, not a talking one with a creepy face in the forehead.
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That was Grunbeld and that was an awesome fight, not the last time those to are gonna go at it!
I hope we are a further than halfway done. At the current pace of a volume a year Miura would probably not be able to finish the manga if it were another 35 volumes. I mean he's already 45 and closing in on an age most mangaka retire at. He'd be writing at the age of 80 still. I hope it's more like another 15 years or so. I'll be interesting to see what's finished first.. One Piece or Berserk.
OP will be done long before Berserk I think lol
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I was rereading and saw this page. Is that the sea god in the book ?
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Yeah but we (I) want a real dragon, not a talking one with a creepy face in the forehead.
That was a mole… a birth mark...what are you talking about...silly you. XD :ninja:
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I was rereading and saw this page. Is that the sea god in the book ?
Oh Nice find. I looks like it, it seems to have some tentacles branching off its head… and a circular form...although it appears to have a face... who knows maybe the sea god will show its external eyes.
On another note...is that the elf king in the right page of the book?
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On another note…is that the elf king in the right page of the book?
Nah dont think so, both pages seem dedicated to sea creatures.
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Huh I guess with this chapter Shirahoshi won't join the SH.
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So I thought I read something about the anime making it's bad ass return A while back.
But was it just news about the movie that they're talking about now int heis chapter?
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Back on hiatus again?
Well alright
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Seriously guys, stop linking to awful downscales for good manga on online reading sites. Use [Evil Genius]'s torrent, Berserk doesn't deserve to be read in lower quality.
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Huh I guess with this chapter Shirahoshi won't join the SH.
Nah, Chopper still has to discover the world, i'm sure Kureha will tell him to go.
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Nah, Chopper still has to discover the world, i'm sure Kureha will tell him to go.
STOP D: you're hurting my brain.
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Are there any good websites to read Berserk? I read it before on a site and I can't remember the name of it, been re-reading it and mangareader skips stuff and the shit that is thespectrum.net keeps on timing out.
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So I thought I read something about the anime making it's bad ass return A while back.
But was it just news about the movie that they're talking about now int heis chapter?
Movie, followed by other animation projects. They haven't officially said what. More movies, OVA, actual tv series, but the intent is to cover the whole thing. Supposedly.
Depends on how the movie does I suppose. (I think its supposed to be three movies covering the Golden Age arc, and then other stuff?) Personally, I'd prefer they didn't start from the beginning and did material that hasn't been animated before, as I have doubts about them keeping it going… But so it goes.
Not to mention if this takes anywhere as long as the Eva movies have... oh well, better a slow product than a lousy one, is the Berserk way I suppose.
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Are there any good websites to read Berserk? I read it before on a site and I can't remember the name of it, been re-reading it and mangareader skips stuff and the shit that is thespectrum.net keeps on timing out.
Bakabt has a nice torrent.
@RobbyBevard:
Movie, followed by other animation projects. They haven't officially said what. More movies, OVA, actual tv series, but the intent is to cover the whole thing. Supposedly.
Depends on how the movie does I suppose. (I think its supposed to be three movies covering the Golden Age arc, and then other stuff?) Personally, I'd prefer they didn't start from the beginning and did material that hasn't been animated before, as I have doubts about them keeping it going… But so it goes.
Not to mention if this takes anywhere as long as the Eva movies have... oh well, better a slow product than a lousy one, is the Berserk way I suppose.
I personally hope for a new anime after these three movies, encompassing everything til the end of the Falconia chapter. After that, they should either do OVA's for each concluded arc or wait til it's nearly over (I guess that will be in around 15 years) and animate the rest in one go.