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Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Gore, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Toxic friendship, War, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, War
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Toxic friendship, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Cannibalism
Minor: Confinement, Miscarriage, Suicide, Xenophobia, Vomit, Medical content, Death of parent, Classism, Pandemic/Epidemic
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Violence, Blood
Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Sexual content
Minor: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, War
Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Rape
Gripping, dark and yet couldn’t get enough. The first volume set up characters and major events well, without giving too much away - keeping the air of mystery and intrigue.
The art is outstanding, and lives up to all of the hype it was given when it was recommended to me.
A must read.
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood
Moderate: Emotional abuse, War
Minor: Miscarriage, Sexual assault
This is a beautiful edition of the book that deserves a home on any shelf and is packed with the content you would want from such a pretty book. It's most definitely Grimdark and offers as a nice introduction to that style of fantasy, one that I haven't found so effectively captured in other Grimdark labeled books. That does mean there's not a whole lot of happy following the main character Guts and all the people he meets along the way.
While there's the occasional light hearted moment, there's a lot of grief throughout and that's largely what the draw for this seems to be. At the moment Guts seems like a jerk but the start of the Golden Age arc seems to begin addressing why he is like he is. There's also a lot of action with plenty of stunning shots that make it identifiably Berserk.
This is the perfect start to Grimdark Fantasy to really sink your teeth into what it is as a whole. I just hope you like a lot of black ink used in your scenes.
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail