Kentarou Miura's Assistants Resume 'Berserk' Serialization, 'Holyland' Creator Kouji Mori to Supervise

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Jun 7, 2022 12:33 AM | 70 Comments

The editorial department of Young Animal announced on Tuesday that the late Kentarou Miura's Berserk manga will resume serialization in the 13th issue on June 24. The magazine will publish six chapters till the end of the Maboroshi-zukuri Sekai-hen (Fantasia arc) and Yousei Shima no Shou (Island Chapter), followed by a new arc.

Studio Gaga—a manga production studio founded by Miura where he worked with his assistants—will be credited for the manga as it resumes. Manga creator Kouji Mori (Holyland), a close friend of Miura with whom he often consulted Berserk's storylines, will serve as the supervisor. Miura will remain credited for the original work.

In a statement with Hakusensha, Mori explains that he and Miura have been discussing Berserk's complete storyline since the manga's Eclipse chapters 30 years ago. Following Miura's death, Mori considered conducting an interview or publishing an article with some illustrations to discuss the ending, but he decided that these methods were inadequate. When Studio Gaga approached Mori to continue the manga, he carefully considered and accepted the proposal.

Mori promised to "recall as many details as possible and tell the story," and maintains that while the telling will not be perfect, he feels that he "can almost tell the story that Miura wanted to tell." Similarly, Young Animal's editorial department assures readers that they will not deviate from Miura's original work and will deliver Berserk as faithfully as possible to Miura's vision.

Hakusensha published Berserk's 41st volume on December 24 last year, the last volume containing the final chapters Miura drew prior to his passing (pictured right). The volume's special edition bundled a drama CD based on the Casca no Mezame (Casca's Awakening) chapter.

Miura died on May 6 last year at the age of 54 from an acute aortic dissection.

Source: Comic Natalie

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I really hope the ending is nothing like the way Attack on Titan was ruined.

Aug 2, 2022 5:41 AM by Mila91

Estod said:
I hoped something like this would happen.
The story needs to end and we'll finally see it. Awesome.

Cynically as it may sound but I think Miura's death could be a good thing overall for Berserk as a piece of art/creation.

bruh you might want to rephrase what you just said. or you can keep it as is if you find it okay. the problem is you are making it sound like yeah it's good that a person died.

Jun 27, 2022 4:08 AM by Ubada03

I really don't understand what you're trying to say with this; like Miura never would've finished it if he left on his own?
You do know he had an ending in mind and was heading towards it at a rapid fire pace, right? The hiatuses were over, if that's what you mean.

Still, kind of a gross way to put it.

Jun 23, 2022 5:20 PM by CrimsonCW

I hoped something like this would happen.
The story needs to end and we'll finally see it. Awesome.

Cynically as it may sound but I think Miura's death could be a good thing overall for Berserk as a piece of art/creation.

Jun 23, 2022 5:12 AM by Estod

CrimsonCW said:

Beautiful video to check out, everyone. For context.

This was beautiful :')

Jun 21, 2022 8:21 PM by Tokoya

Beautiful video to check out, everyone. For context.

Jun 21, 2022 1:25 PM by CrimsonCW

Glad the masterpiece is back, brings a shining light to the life of many even after going through the loss of the Master himself.

Also lmfaoing at your typical MAL retards going back and forth with brain numbing barely related discussions to the topic, no sense of respect is found within yourselves. You never disappoint me average MAL babies no matter how many years go by.

Jun 18, 2022 5:01 PM by GRAYLIGHTNING

RayReynolds said:

Ok, so you're actually just stupid and haven't thought critically about Souls or Berserk beyond just "bad ting happen"

Both Berserk and Dark Souls are about enduring and struggling, they have always been about that, and always will be. Hell, Dark Souls is literally even more on the nose about it than Berserk. How can you play through DS and not feel that hope and urge to keep fighting when you lose, because you know that you can beat this game.

My god... I'm genuinely shocked that you've completely missed the entire point of these series.

Do you think that a person like Guts can have a normal and bright life after everything he has had to go through? of course not, he is also evil, he has killed people and done horrible things, you are a absurd idealist, hope is for the naive

Goddamn you're edgy.

Jun 13, 2022 10:20 PM by DisconnectedUser

RayReynolds said:
at least miyasaki has some consistency in his work, something that was born dark must end like this and not believe that there is hope

Jun 13, 2022 10:37 AM by RayReynolds

Well i hope, they will end it's as soon as possible, or just find this "logical" end of story, still tho, i thinks that probably starting from Fantasia Ark big part of manga written or edited by assistants of Miura, not Miura themself, maybe just Miura during this time getting older, and that affected on a manga. But still tho, new chapters hits different against old chapters.

Jun 12, 2022 3:19 PM by removed-user

RayReynolds said:
at least miyasaki has some consistency in his work, something that was born dark must end like this and not believe that there is hope

Jun 12, 2022 2:35 PM by SeekerOfTachyons

RayReynolds said:

Wow, you actually took the meme seriously... just wow.

anyway, the manga no longer has the dark tone as it used to have

Your favorite part of the manga was probably the prototype. You only liked the edgy stuff and missed the overall point of the story, that it couldn't stay in that way forever. Fantasia was definitely a lot more high fantasy, but that's the story; the world changed, and it's pretty obvious it was a lull in the dark before the climax began.

Jun 8, 2022 5:37 PM by CrimsonCW

I hope with this more people would read Holyland. It's a fantastic manga. Better than Berserk for sure.

Jun 8, 2022 5:28 PM by Edocchi

at least miyasaki has some consistency in his work, something that was born dark must end like this and not believe that there is hope

Jun 8, 2022 2:00 PM by RayReynolds

RayReynolds said:

the manga was not the same since Miura was obsessed with the idols

Wow, you actually took the meme seriously... just wow.

anyway, the manga no longer has the dark tone as it used to have

Jun 8, 2022 1:58 PM by RayReynolds

CrimsonCW said:

Tokoya said:

Wait, what's the meme about idols lol

You never heard it? "Miura's hiatuses are caused because he plays too much Idol Master"
It was literally a joke in a magazine and it became a bit of a meme in the community, on par with Donovan, but some people actually took it LITERALLY. ._.

Ahh so it's like how us Hunter x Hunter fans joke around and say that the real reason why Togashi is on so many hiatuses is so that he can play Dragon Quest lol

Jun 8, 2022 1:01 PM by Tokoya

Tokoya said:

CrimsonCW said:

Wow, you actually took the meme seriously... just wow.

Wait, what's the meme about idols lol

Jun 8, 2022 12:42 PM by CrimsonCW

CrimsonCW said:

RayReynolds said:

the manga was not the same since Miura was obsessed with the idols

Wow, you actually took the meme seriously... just wow.

Wait, what's the meme about idols lol

Jun 8, 2022 12:35 PM by Tokoya

RayReynolds said:

CrimsonCW said:

I'm glad people like you aren't calling the shots. That would be a beyond horrible idea, nor does the story need to be "improved."

Mori was literally the person who helped Miura craft the story all throughout it; he's the best man for the job.

the manga was not the same since Miura was obsessed with the idols

Wow, you actually took the meme seriously... just wow.

Jun 8, 2022 12:22 PM by CrimsonCW

CrimsonCW said:

RayReynolds said:
the most competent person to continue the berserk manga is the best fan of this and is the creator of the dark souls, the one that in fact would improve the story a lot.

the manga was not the same since Miura was obsessed with the idols

Jun 8, 2022 12:17 PM by RayReynolds

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