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theprof00 on 10 May 2009
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Killergran said:

I started to read Berserk, but I stopped after four volumes. It just didn't seem worth the effort.

I watched some of the anime, but was never really hooked either.

And of course, I re-read the manga again, without getting hooked, just because everybody continued to tell me how awesome it was. But it still wasn't.

It wasn't until the fourth time I started reading it that I really got hooked. And then it jumped up high on my list of best manga.


In doing what it does, Berserk is awesome. If you're looking for brutal action and senseless violence, this is the manga I would point you to. It excels in it. It does have some pretty boring drawing in the beginning, but it really gets better the further into the series you get. And if you ever get to the end of the VERY long flashback, you'll be stuck in it. Impossible to get out of. You'll just want more of the badass action and mindless swordfighting :)

Haha that's a great story. I'm surprised you didn't get hooked the first three times. I wonder if you stopped reading the first couple times because of the breaks in it ie: flashbacks.

Admittedly, you never really get the motive to the fighting in the first two or three books until you finish the flashbacks. But what a wonderful ride it is. Once you have the back story, the first two books are great because you understand why he is so brutal and you even get to see him kill a monster that appeared numerous times in the flashback. (the second one he kills. the fat slug one)

What you need to think about throughout the story is that Guts is the most badass guy in the world.

born from a corpse, breathing blood and afterbirth for the first few hours of life. Raised mother dies of the plague. Kills his own father. This is truely a cursed man. It's a great story, not just the mindless violence and nudity. Great mood and feel.