there are many gutting things about this book and not a few trigger warnings, but it is one of the most beautiful graphic novels I’ve ever read and worth the tears. the second volume was released last year, after a significant delay due to the author’s loss of the original draft (honestly tragic), so now is a good time to meet the first one. there are also laughs!
Jan 31, 2025
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Jan 15, 2025
Manga and the 1997 anime
This goes so fucking hard. My favorite thing about Berserk is how the creator Kentaro Miura originally made it to just bring his coolest teenage boy, ultra violent, badass fantasies to life but through the story of Guts and how this character evolves we also see Miura maturing. It's a process that many young boys have got to go through and it's uncomfortable and scary and that's what Berserk is. It's horrifying and beautiful and sometimes funny and mostly heartbreaking.
*As a warning, Berserk is incredibly graphic*
May 20, 2025
This is a 12 volume manga by Inio Asano. I'm not a big manga reader & consider myself highly selective. This was one of the best & most beautiful series I've ever read. A love letter to imageboard culture alongside exploration of diverse human responses to horrific circumstances that can't be understood even as they happen to you and those you love. Sympathy, empathy, pity. Aliens and teen girls trying to cope.
I believe it's getting an anime adaptation soon, which I hope will be well done and impactful. I don't know, it just really stuck with me.
Sep 11, 2024
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Jan 26, 2025
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Jan 30, 2025
I’m sure you’ve seen it, but if it’s been awhile (it had been for me) I recommend a re-watch. My mom‘s husband had been politicking for its election as our annual x-mas watch for years and I was finally out-voted in its favor this year; I can admit I was wrong. I was near to sobbing by the end and its old-timey-ness did not detract from the incredible writing, pacing, and understanding of the human condition, rendering it - actually - time*less*.
Jan 27, 2025