The result is beautifully rendered badass action with enough bloody violence to keep fans of the genre happy. Kentaro Miura's BERSERK has outraged, horrified, and delighted manga and anime fanatics since 1989, creating an international legion of hardcore devotees and inspiring a plethora of TV series, feature films, and video games. In 1976, at the early age of 10, Miura made his first Manga, entitled "Miuranger", that was published for his classmates in a school publication; the manga ended up spanning 40 volumes. Among the Hawks are Casca the hot-headed female warrior, Judeau the smooth talking assassin, Corkus the drunken realist, Pippin the gentle giant, Rickert the blacksmith and of course, the infamous leader of men named Griffith. Human resilience is a recurring theme, with many characters coming from traumatic backgrounds, constantly struggling against an unjust world.

At this pace, it will take a little over two years for the Deluxe Editions to catch up to the individual volumes.By September 2023, the Berserk manga had over 60 million copies in circulation, including digital versions, making it one of the best-selling manga series of all time. Along with containing the conclusion to the saga, Volume 14 features the Berserk Official Guidebook to help contextualize your reading experience with important background information and expanded lore. Schierke begins to teach Farnese magic and dampens the effects of the sacrificial brands on Guts and Casca via magical seals. Brittany Vincent of Otaku USA said: " Berserk is undoubtedly one of the most unique and engaging Western-style fantasies of all time. In a collaborative event with Dragon's Dogma, the weapons and armor sets from the Berserk: The Golden Age Arc films were added to the game, [139] and Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2 made characters as they appeared in the 2016 TV series adaptation of Berserk playable.

Miura commented about the influence of shōjo manga on the series, stating that it is about "expressing every feeling powerfully.

For newcomers, this arc is a confusing yet exciting sword and sorcery tale of a vengeful barbarian warrior hunting demons in hopes of settling the score with his mortal enemy Griffith, and the evil lovecraftian beings that govern the world from the abyss known only as the Godhand. After her encounter with Guts, she finds it increasingly difficult to resolve her faith with the atrocities she became party to, as Guts, inversely, takes action against something he disagrees with. For devoted followers and newcomers alike, this 13-volume collection is the definitive way to experience Guts’ epic struggle against demonic forces.