Guts learns from the Skull Knight that their "Brands of Sacrifice" leave them open to be preyed upon by supernatural creatures. However, the ordeal traumatizes Casca, causing her to regress to a childlike state. Only Guts and Casca survive while Griffith is reborn as the Godhand's fifth and final member "Femto", raping Casca while Guts loses his right eye and left forearm in his attempt to save her before they are rescued by the Skull Knight. Griffith willingly accepts once reminded of the ambitious man he has always been, with the Hawks branded with a demonic sigil and slaughtered by the God Hand's "apostles" - humans like Zodd who sacrificed their loved ones and humanity for power. The item transports the Hawks to another dimension where they encounter four archdemons collectively known as the "Godhand", who have gathered for an event known as the Eclipse where Griffith will sacrifice his comrades and transcend his humanity to join them as their fifth member. While making for Midland's borders, Griffith regaining his Behelit at his moment of despair over his condition during a solar eclipse. The group soon end up on a crossroads upon learning Griffith had been reduced to a crippled mute. Guts learns of the Hawks' predicament and rejoins them to rescue Griffith while consummating his feelings for Casca.
Guts spends the next year training to become a better swordsman, but is warned by a mysterious being he names "the Skull Knight" that his actions have instigated an "Eclipse". But Guts' departure causes a devastated Griffith to ruin his fortune by seducing Charlotte, resulting in his arrest and torture while the Hawks are branded criminals by the Midland army. But when Guts overhears Griffith confessing to Charlotte that he considers someone with their own dream a friend, Guts decides to leave the group once Midland has won its war. Guts would later learn of Griffith's desire to rule a kingdom of his own and his mysterious pendant known as a Behelit, which was instrumental when they were spared by Nosferatu Zodd, a monstrous immortal while leaving Guts with a cryptic warning of a painful demise for being Griffith's friend.Īs Griffith begins to mingle with Midland nobility and acquaint himself with the king's daughter Charlotte, Guts began developing feelings for his fellow commander Casca, the Hawks' only female member. Griffith forces Guts to join the group after defeating him in battle, with Guts becoming his best fighter while quickly rising through the band's ranks as they are hired by the kingdom of Midland during its century-long war against the Chuder Empire. His fearsome reputation catches the attention of Griffith, the charismatic leader of a mercenary group known as the Band of the Hawk. Guts is a lone warrior who was born from a hanged corpse and raised as a mercenary by adoptive father Gambino, whom he was forced to kill in self defense. Berserk has been widely acclaimed, particularly for its dark setting, storytelling, characters, and Miura's detailed artwork. It received the Award for Excellence at the 6th installment of the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2002.
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A second 24-episode anime television series adaptation was broadcast for two seasons in 20.Īs of May 2021, the Berserk manga had over 50 million copies in circulation, including digital versions, making it one of the best-selling manga series of all time. The Golden Age arc was also adapted into a trilogy of theatrical anime films the first two films premiered in 2012 and the third film premiered in 2013. Following Miura's death in May 2021, a chapter was published posthumously.īerserk was adapted into a 25-episode anime television series by OLM, which covered the Golden Age story arc, and was broadcast from October 1997 to March 1998. The series began the following year in the Hakusensha's now-defunct magazine Monthly Animal House, which was replaced in 1992 by the semimonthly magazine Young Animal, where Berserk has continued its publication intermittently. Miura premiered a prototype of Berserk in 1988.
Set in a medieval Europe-inspired dark fantasy world, the story centers on the characters of Guts, a lone mercenary, and Griffith, the leader of a mercenary band called the "Band of the Hawk". Berserk ( Japanese: ベルセルク, Hepburn: Beruseruku) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kentaro Miura.
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