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A review by thecastlebuilder
Berserk Deluxe Volume 1 by Kentaro Miura
3.0
Berserk looms pretty large among the influences of some of my favorite creators and works, so it's been an object of curiosity for me for a long time. I wasn't quite sure what to expect going in.
I think its opening is a little rough, a little bit too abrasive for its own sake. There's an edgy sensibility in the opening chapters that I found tedious, even if some of its more gruesome panels are well-executed gut punches. There's likely also a degree of acclimation that I needed to pass through so I could start to understand what it was doing.
However, as the story picks up steam into the end of the Black Swordsman arc, and with just a toe into the Golden Age arc, I already find myself much more interested than I was at first blush. There's a sense of mystery to unravel and the world's bleakness is more affecting once Guts begins to have an overt place in it beyond just being an impudent badass.
I think its opening is a little rough, a little bit too abrasive for its own sake. There's an edgy sensibility in the opening chapters that I found tedious, even if some of its more gruesome panels are well-executed gut punches. There's likely also a degree of acclimation that I needed to pass through so I could start to understand what it was doing.
However, as the story picks up steam into the end of the Black Swordsman arc, and with just a toe into the Golden Age arc, I already find myself much more interested than I was at first blush. There's a sense of mystery to unravel and the world's bleakness is more affecting once Guts begins to have an overt place in it beyond just being an impudent badass.