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4.37 AVERAGE
4.37 AVERAGE
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence
Moderate: Animal death
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Wow! Really good. I can't wait to read the rest of the series!
adventurous
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
That was DARK!
Too dark to be in my cup of tea, but I kind of like it. And, I know this was just but the surface of a mountain. I am really excited to read what happens next.
Too dark to be in my cup of tea, but I kind of like it. And, I know this was just but the surface of a mountain. I am really excited to read what happens next.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I'm shocked it has taken me this long to dive into the world of Berserk. This series is cited as the inspiration for a handful of my favourite creators and stories. After experiencing this first volume I can understand why.
In all honesty, the first few chapters were a tad difficult to get through. I felt that the edginess was almost too much at times. However, the plot picked up quickly and I found myself by the setting, the characters and the world-building. The art alone compelled me to keep my eyes glued to the pages. The demons and monsters are exquisitely designed. The vast variety of forms they can take is impressively conveyed. Furthermore, the gothic wasteland atmosphere is masterfully depicted.
At the start of the story, the reader is thrusted in the middle of Guts' ongoing struggle with demon kind. As a result, the characters goals and motivations are shrouded in mystery. This writing style may be frustrating to some, but it peaked my curiosity and kept me turning the pages. I was rewarded with complex characters and strong emotional arcs.
Kentaro Miura is obviously an incredibly talented artist and story-teller. I can't wait to experience the rest of this series.
In all honesty, the first few chapters were a tad difficult to get through. I felt that the edginess was almost too much at times. However, the plot picked up quickly and I found myself by the setting, the characters and the world-building. The art alone compelled me to keep my eyes glued to the pages. The demons and monsters are exquisitely designed. The vast variety of forms they can take is impressively conveyed. Furthermore, the gothic wasteland atmosphere is masterfully depicted.
At the start of the story, the reader is thrusted in the middle of Guts' ongoing struggle with demon kind. As a result, the characters goals and motivations are shrouded in mystery. This writing style may be frustrating to some, but it peaked my curiosity and kept me turning the pages. I was rewarded with complex characters and strong emotional arcs.
Kentaro Miura is obviously an incredibly talented artist and story-teller. I can't wait to experience the rest of this series.
While passable as a gory, fun ride, I had really high expectations for this, owing to it being heralded as the best manga ever written by so many people. So far, at hundreds of pages in, we know next to knowing about the world. It’s a standard dark fantasy affair, underscoring violence to women as various drives for the male cast, and a literalization of the worst in humanity manifesting as demons and the occult. At the end, there’s one chapter on Guts’ backstory - finally - and otherwise its little more than population to one fight after another where there is no real stakes, since it is not believable that Guts would ever lose. Or even come close to doing so.
The artwork is quite basic, for my taste. The pseudo gothic Victorian setting flavour is never explained in the slightest, but it’s relatively interesting for character design. I’m sure it’s important, in terms of its influence in the medium, but that’s an importance placed as a macro perspective and not something I care about when consuming anything, even “classics”. I want a story that’s compelling and interesting, not just to see what was first (and therefore probably worse than things that iterate on it).
The artwork is quite basic, for my taste. The pseudo gothic Victorian setting flavour is never explained in the slightest, but it’s relatively interesting for character design. I’m sure it’s important, in terms of its influence in the medium, but that’s an importance placed as a macro perspective and not something I care about when consuming anything, even “classics”. I want a story that’s compelling and interesting, not just to see what was first (and therefore probably worse than things that iterate on it).
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
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