@Mr.:
Nah, I definitely enjoyed Volume 3 quite a bit, due to the surprising refusal of the apostle count to sacrifice his own daughter, THE Black Swordsman/Femto encounter, and one of only two times the Guts experiences the behlit being used. I thought the parting shot of Guts weeping was well done. And Guts mercilessly cutting up the count's face with a sadistic grin on his face was hilarious for some reason, especially since the old translation I used for it was "No wonder you monsters are so above humans! You don't know how to fucking die!!"
Also, the first two have some sort of cheesy campiness about them. Characterization of Guts is more simplistic, and the plot lacking focus–Guts was just killing monsters in hopes of randomly stumbling upon the elusive God hand. But they're definitely fun to look back at after becoming familiar with the series. The art is still great though (if surpassed in later volumes). And they are still interesting in seeing a completely visceral, bloodthirsty Guts. The Guts as the Black Swordman was given much more depth in the subsequent Lost Children arc (although still as sadistic toward his foes at times).
Now now, I agree, but the volumes are best enjoyed after reading the rest.
At a first read thier poop.
. Plus you get to check out berserk's amazing art XD.
