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Berserk is a series that exemplifies everything seinen should be.

It couples well crafted and believable characters with an epic and unbelievable story. It has the most gruesome and grotesque imagery of any series I've ever seen, but offsets this with moments of levity and lightheartedness. These respites are necessary, not just for the characters, but for the readers, because the intensity and engrossing nature of the series makes it hard to handle.

However, I'm definitely glad I stuck with it - Berserk is probably the best series I've ever read.

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Alchemistx4 | Yesterday, 6:40 PM

I ordered the volume 31-33 from Rightstuf but they're back ordered. I can't wait to get them.

The only fear I have is that Miura mightl die before he finishes it. That would really suck.

Baman | Yesterday, 8:01 AM

I also feel 20CB really lost it's shine towards the end. The plot was splendid in the start and the middle, but somehow it wasn't resolved very well.
But who knows, Berserk might suffer some similar fate too. But at least Miura seems to have gotten back on track a bit lately.

Draculoid | Yesterday, 7:23 AM

currently reading the american release of 20CB and its quite awesome, still love Berserk alot more though.

Though they are completely different stories so they are hard to compare, as an 18 year old male i think its only natural i would gravitate far more heavilly towards berserk :)

erosplusmassacre | Yesterday, 6:21 AM

Ok: That's what initially pulled me in - the story factor. The deep emotional impact that occurred in the later volumes.

ok__ | Yesterday, 5:23 AM

Agree with Rob. Gore and violence are not there because it is just "cool". It support the story (if we want to see evolving of characters - they will be cursed with pain from war, fights etc, so we can better imagine) and give it more realistic background (imagine huge sword hitting a human body - it WILL be a real mess, so why not describe a huge mess?)

RobdeFR | 11-19-09, 2:09 PM

Having loved Monster, I went to 20th CB with high expectations, I couldn't avoid it. So I ended disappointed a little bit, still a great work. The Live-Action movie was pretty weak in my opinion.

And there's more to Berserk than just some gore and violence. There a pretty cool psychological suspense, strategy and some more interesting points.

erosplusmassacre | 11-19-09, 12:52 PM

I think Berserk and 20th CB are on totally different playing fields. One one hand, 20th is more cerebral and Berserk is just fun ol' action.

The 20th CB film is quite brilliant, too.

Mormegil | 11-18-09, 3:40 PM

@ok__: Yep. =)
I chose that name back when I was a huge Tolkien geek(I use the same name at other forums and sites, too) It just sort of stuck with me.

Oh, yeah. Urasarawa's a great mangaka(only started reading 20th Century Boys, it's excellent so far), but Miura's still my favorite.