Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Berserk, Volume 18 by Kentaro Miura

11 reviews

m3rcury_'s review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence

Moderate: Animal death

shhsleepytime's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic

diamon57's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The beginning of one of the best mangas out there. If you can handle the trigger warnings I encourage you to read the incredible story Miura-sensei was able to give us in his life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, War

Moderate: Grief, Suicide attempt

Minor: Emotional abuse, Miscarriage

souponthebarby's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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This is a brutal series, there is no getting around that. No one in this is happy, and everything's awful. Horrid violence is the norm, and war is always going on in a fantasy setting. But it is CAPTIVATING. There's a glint of something more under the surface with Guts, even as he goes to act like he's nothing more than a violent dog off his leash, willing to bite at anything that moves. He and his massive sword are on the hunt for evil, and plans to stomp and slice it out, consequences be damned. Near the end of this collection, in what would be the third volume, we get the beginning of his story, from just after his birth to a child, and it's just as grueling as his adulthood. It doesn't excuse all he does, nor does the story seem to be trying to do that with the backstory. They just try to show why he's the near monster he is now, and we only see the beginning steps of it at that. 

I've considered reading this for years and years and kept away because of the violence, but while that is brutal and crushing and disgusting, it at least feels like it does that in service of showing this awful world that they exist in. But if you feel like it would be a no go for you on that front, absolutely skip out. I think watching more horror movies over the years kinda made me ready for a story with this presentation. Now I finally did and I'm absolutely glad I did. This feels like if it's more than just the violence, it could be an incredible story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail

abbyynormal's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Grief, Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Miscarriage, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt

jhugenroth's review against another edition

5.0

dark sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

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, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail

action_bastard's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Berserk is challenging, horrifying, inspirational and at times hopeful. I have never read anything that matches the brutal fantasy world created by Kentaro Muira. This will be remembered for generations as the genre defining epic of Dark Fantasy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Abortion, Murder, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, War, Classism

christchinseller's review against another edition

3.0

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Pretty weak start for the series. Guts is extremely unlikable in these first few volumes, and that’s the main issue. It veers into overly edgy territory at points. The art is great, and Puck serves as a good foil for Guts that prevents the book from becoming too bleak. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Blood

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Sexual content, Torture, Suicide attempt

lordofcinder21's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

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

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