156 reviews for:

Berserk, Vol. 15

Kentaro Miura

4.23 AVERAGE

mand_al_orian's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

blackcatkai's review against another edition

5.0

dark

introvertbird's review against another edition

4.0

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Puck is such a smart addition to the series, bringing comic relief and longevity to the restless and dark world the series is set in.

This is the most fairytale volume yet, and I really enjoyed that

21wotan's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

prysen's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark fast-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: Yes

nonesensed's review against another edition

5.0

dark

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I love Rosine's story! It's sad, it's horrifying, it stabs you in the heart, and you kiiiinda want to side with her, until you realize the children are no better off with her; in fact, they're worst off! They're all dying, slaughtering each other, and they see it as "a fun game". The children shifting back to human form when they die is heartbreaking in the best of ways. Even the inclusion of rape here was portrayed in the same tone as the rest of the horrors and didn't take me out of the story (unlike in earlier parts of Berserk). Also, the nakedness of the characters is becoming slightly more equal opportunity. Baby steps, yes, but small progress is still progress!

ajtye's review against another edition

3.0

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"...Berserk is a streaking manga fireball, an epic riot of galvanic action, grotesque horror, and grim humour with an army of fanatic loyalists ready to convert unbelievers or drive them screaming into the wilderness. Speak, hands, for me!"
-Berserk Volume 15 blurb

Not much to add with Volume 15! We're knee-deep in Berserk's first episodic story post-Eclipse, and I'm still wondering what, exactly, is the goal. We're seeing Guts as the ultimate demonic form in a story riddled with flesh-eating bugs - that's definitely something, but not exactly the stuff of an arc spanning three books. I'm honestly surprised that a story centred around elves hasn't given us more insight into Puck, though I am still glad to have him here, balancing out the nihilism (side note: is Puck meta?! I think he might be meta).

Stunning art, as always, and I'm having more fun with this Lost Children chapter than The Black Swordsman arc, if only because it is now riding on the backstory and nutrition of The Golden Age, but it also feels a little like a stop-gap before Miura gets the big story wheels turning again.

momotan's review against another edition

4.0

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La storia della regina degli Elfi.
Ma si è impazienti di tornare al presente.

evaburgers's review against another edition

5.0

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I adore the Lost Children Arc. It's the perfect mix of childhood alienation, superb action, and some of Kentaro Miura's best art.

halrom's review against another edition

4.5

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes