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Berserk, Volume 18 by Kentaro Miura

30 reviews

pvnkcorpse's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, War

saintsunflower's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence

Moderate: Rape

duke_of_failure's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Very dark and not for everyone. Absolutely beautiful art, very gory and detailed yet beautiful.

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Content Warnings

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

bohboh's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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With some backstory starting to rear its head, the demonkind-oppressed world of Berserk is finally seeming like a fitting fantasy adventure setting. It lacks a bit of the macro-political intrigue I like in fantasy genres (so far) but the action and art are superb.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Violence, Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Sexual content

Minor: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, War

zone_a3's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Gore, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement

moth_mcgangis's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, War

ghostboots's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Rape, Violence, Murder

bookishpriest's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

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

moogle_exe's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Not for the faint of heart. 
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.

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Content Warnings

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

Rated R for a reason.

merrrry's review against another edition

1.5

dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

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Read most of this last year but never quite finished volume 3 because the Black Swordsman arc ends before volume 3 ends and I just never started the Golden Age arc. Um ya, so I didn’t like this. After years of hearing raving about the genius and beauty of Berserk, I decided to take the plunge after the manga 3x3 ep of trash taste. Not only were these first couple of volumes basic and cliche, I didn’t like the art style, or Guts, or the little fairy thing. I usually like unabashedly dark and explicit stories, but the way it was done here felt gaudy and purely for shock value. I have since heard that the Black Swordsman arc is generally agreed to be worse arc, and having read a bit into the next arc I already agree. I will read at least another couple volumes before I decide whether to continue the series or not.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Rape