What, Berserk fans haven't suffered enough?
Berserk
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Please say it is fake.
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It's fake. https://www.instagram.com/p/CO-iqpjjjVo/
("This is a joke" after the hashtags)
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Miura died. Rest in peace you magnificent madman.
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His hiatuses were never portrayed as being because of health reasons either so this came pretty out of nowhere.
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I'm in utter disbelief right now
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I know everyone always joked he'd die before ever finishing Berserk but it sucks more when it actually happens.
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FUCK. Fuck fuck fuckity fuck **FUCK.**
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This is some Stan Lee shit.
This hurts my soul. I'm shaken and heartbroken.What the fuuuuuuck. I never thought it would happen.
I thought he still had time.RIP to a legend.
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RIP to an ABSOLUTE LEGEND. You will be missed. Prayers for him and his family. He will go down in history as one of the greatest of all time.
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According to the webpage he was only 54. And, if my and google's translation is correct, he died of acute aortic dissection. Which is something like a heart attack, only nastier.
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Just absolutely horrible news. The manga industry lost a giant.
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Well…shit.
This sucks. This just...really fucking sucks.
RIP Miura.
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It's now gone 6am and I'm still too shaken to sleep.
@Satsuki:Damn…. I forgot that Hiromi Tsuru (Bulma) died of this too.
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I thought someone was trolling on reddit when I saw it on the front page. Couldn't believe it.
RIP Kentaro. You were an absolute legend and easily one of the greatest mangaka.
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Oh, wow. That’s such sad news. Damn. I’m really bummed out now.
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Tragic news. :'(
RIP to a legend and such an important artist and person.
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Oh god…
I've never felt so upset by the death of a celebrity before.
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I am at loss, I really expected to see the proper ending of Berserk. :(
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OMG, I’m in tears, I’m shocked. RIP Miura!
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My heart breaks knowing he'll never get to complete his story. Rest in peace.
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Rest well, Legend.
Hope he had spent the last of his days enjoying and doing what he loved.
It's really touching to see him continue drawing for his fans and for his work despite combating health issues.
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Sad news. Can't even focus on my work now.
Thank you Dr. Miura. Grateful that we all had an opportunity to read the wonderful story he created. Inspired video games that defined my 2010s.
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Always expected I'll just read it all once he finishes it. Been reluctant to start since I stumbled onto massive spoilers early in 00s. Such a loss.
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It's selfish to think of, but I wonder if he ever told anyone (like his editor) what he planned for the ending.
This is why I'm so worried about Ai Yazawa (author of NANA). She's disappeared for over a decade now with no news on what's happening (her hiatus started because of surgery on her hands), and her fans have no idea what's going to happen with the manga. If her hands aren't fit for drawing she can have assistants do it or even write a damn novel, but she has hordes of fans who are painfully waiting to find out what will happen, to see if her characters will get a happy ending (probably a bittersweet one, if it's her). Maybe Miura's death will spur her into action.
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It's not really selfish, people have been curious to see how the story would end for years now and it's only normal to want to know if we'll at least be informed what would have happened. I do feel grateful that the last chapter was a lighthearted one, that it was in a peaceful part of the story and we got the big Casca moment we always wanted.
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Oh god…
I've never felt so upset by the death of a celebrity before.
I felt the exact same thing with Kobe Bryant’s passing in January 2020, got a tattoo of his signature. Coincidentally, my first atattoo before that was the Brand of Sacrifice, and now, another celebrity death that shook me.. I am devastated. Berserk is one of my all time favorites, and Miura was just a GOAT imho. May he rest in peace, the legend.
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I'm sure Miura has left ample notes on how the Berserk story should go. What the editors do with this (hire an artist to continue the manga, or go the route of animated-only ending) should set a precedent for what will happen to HunterXHunter once Togashi passes away or passes on the manga industry.
Eh, fuck it.
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It feels like the Hand of God is torturing us right now or something.
It's not really selfish, people have been curious to see how the story would end for years now and it's only normal to want to know if we'll at least be informed what would have happened. I do feel grateful that the last chapter was a lighthearted one, that it was in a peaceful part of the story and we got the big Casca moment we always wanted.
True, if nothing else we at least got to see Casca wake up.
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I'm sure Miura has left ample notes on how the Berserk story should go. What the editors do with this (hire an artist to continue the manga, or go the route of animated-only ending) should set a precedent for what will happen to HunterXHunter once Togashi passes away or passes on the manga industry.
Togashi has the advantage of Naoki Takeuchi, the author of SAILOR MOON, being his wife, and she's been helping him for years. If he were to pass she could take up the mantle and continue it as a professional manga-ka.
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Oh wow… I've never read Berserk, skimmed through it on occasion but never found the time to sit down and read it. But the legacy of the series is plain for anyone to see. Rest in peace Miura. I hope his last days were ones enjoyable and fun.
...It really puts things in perspective somehow. How fast something can end. I wonder what the future of this series will be now, if someone will pick it up or it it will be laid to rest with Miura.
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Damn, that's a shock.
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Utterly devastated.
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Legitimately the saddest news to hit the manga world since the death of Jiro Taniguchi.
He truly was the greatest fantasy mangaka to ever exist, may his soul rest in peace.
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This news honestly has me shook, I've been a fan of Berserk for 19 years since I first saw the OG anime. I hope Miura is at peace and passed knowing how many lives he touched with his work.
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Was hoping it were some twisted joke from the internet but no
Dammit
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I was never bothered by the death of a celebrity, even in recent times when it became common, but I woke up to the news of Miura's death and it definitely hit me.
Curious, since I knew nothing of him as a person, don't think I ever saw his face at all. But I think when you like someone's work so much, it is impossible to not end up fond of the person behind it. He created one of my favorite manga, probably my favorite manga character and definitely wrote the lines that I find the most memorable (particularly Goto's "hatred is where a man who couldn't stand sadness goes"), so I can't help but like him even if I know nothing about him beyond Berserk.
It is sad he'll never get to complete the work of his life and show us the full picture of his vision (particularly sad when Berserk was moving from the gritty/edgy tone toward a more edifying and optimistic, almost solemn, one), but he managed to create a legacy that will always make people remember and regard him as a genius. Hopefully he lived a pleasant life.damned image of rapey-horse coming to my mind now just to ruin the moment…
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Man the news hit me hard .
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This is just awful news; he was still so young.
According to the webpage he was only 54. And, if my and google's translation is correct, he died of acute aortic dissection. Which is something like a heart attack, only nastier.
Miura being a smoker probably played a role in that sadly on top of his workload. Yoshifumi Kondo also died from the same thing and likely because of his work on Whisper of the Heart and Princess Mononoke.
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I don't know what to say.
I've been aware of Berserk since I saw a random spattering of episodes at Akon back in 99, tracked down bootleg tapes of the whole thing the same year… (yes, tapes, that's how far back this goes) and then started hunting down the raw japanese manga at every con after until I was caught up... and then continued getting new volumes until Dark Horse got the license.
The series has been with me as an ongoing longer than almost any other, and anyone dying that young is tragedy... especially when it seems he was gearing up for the final act and might have actually finished in the next few years. Like everyone else the hiatuses sort of kept it on my back radar and from ever being really important, but it was always a visual treat when it arrived, you could tell Muira was putting his all into every page.
The manga industry has lost a giant.
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Awfully young age to go. I read up to conviction arc a few years ago, I was always planning to catch up sometime, but even if someone else finishes it I don't think I want to anymore. I feel for his family and all you die hard fans.
Smoking can be a cause of aortic dissection, and Oda is a smoker too. Yikes…
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I still can't believe the news… I'm deeply saddened.
Even if it never gets finished, the current state of the story is really satisfying, I imagine reaching that moment was a milestone for Miura.
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FF14 players lining up by the thousands as Black Knights to honor Muira. Line goes literally around the city. On multiple servers. Servers can't even hold everyone getting on. I.
I'm on the wrong server to get in the line, and never quite made it to Dark Knight, but I went and found a bunch of dark knights holding pose and kneeled as a witch for about an hour.
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I just know what to say. I'm utterly devastated. This was one of the few mangakas who's story actually touched me on a very deep level enriching my own life that way. RIP legend. You surely will be missed. :(
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The world lost a great artist today, devastating news to wake up to especially when you remember that one footnote from a few chapters ago about a friend of his passing away from covid and him feeling lonely.
May he rest in peace and may we all celebrate his life and his magnum opus that influenced many works and gave us hours of entertainment.
It's so surreal and i still have a hard time accepting it, feels like i lost an older brother somehow.
Thank you Miura.
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Absolutely devastating. Gonna take a while for this to truly sink in.
RIP to a true titan of manga and art in general.
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Uh, Miura died two weeks ago(?)
Any particular reason they held on this for so long?
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Uh, Miura died two weeks ago(?)
Any particular reason they held on this for so long?
Privacy concerns most likely, the guy was a popular author and they probably wanted his family to grieve for a bit without being bothered by fans.
I've never read the series but I've seen art of it and yeah, the man was good. The fact he started this in his teen and kept it going this long is the most impressive to me. that's dedication.
Plus having felt the loss of a favorite artist of mine last year, I absolutely understand what his fans are feeling. May he rest in peace. -
this news just hit me as hard as when Sir Pratchett's death was announced.
I wasn't aware of his health condition, I just assumed the pauses were a breather and a way to focus on other things after pouring so much into his work…so I'm really feeling like it came out of nowhere.
It's kinda funny how we can create some attacthment to someone we know very little off purely due to how massively impactful an art-work can be.
He left behind a colossal body of work that is a cultural staple in the genre. He did so much and I can only be thankful for the ride.
I really wish that he attains peace in his resting - every ounce of info that pop up about him reforced the idea that his work was very taxing on him, his death cause is quite a painful one too, so I really hope that whatever is next for him brings him peace and joy.
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Uh, Miura died two weeks ago(?)
Any particular reason they held on this for so long?
Privacy for the family.
Also to maybe figure out what exactly they as a publisher are going to do. There's likely still a chapter or two that were finished or mostly finished, and a team of assistants that can apparently match the style. Maybe figure out if there's enough notes to make an ending out of, or if there were still 10 years to go so its impossible. Discuss it with the anime house… and the estate.. business stuff.
They haven't made any announcements yet but those talks has to have been going on behind the scenes.
