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A wonderful insight to the realities of modern people's issues and traumas with a supernatural twist, including perspectives from the bottom of society to the top.

The art is top notch, facial expressions and details are a high point of this manga, with most characters having immensely detailed and believeable faces and emotions. The way their inner demons are manifested as supernatural forms are incredibly interesting and creative.

Characterisation is amazing, tackling modern topics that are very serious including a doctor's son repressing his desire to be a woman was very beautifully put from my perspective. Each character has a lot of growth even those ... that are relatively minor.

The story is riveting with lots of questions being asked and answered with every story beat revolving around the charismatic main characters mysterious past and those he interacts with. There were a few arcs that fell a little short, however. For example, some people could interpret one girls trauma being "solved" by being raped, which is poor taste. But these characters are complex, and their exact motives are unclear so it's hard to tell for me personally where the author was going with that story in particular. However, all of the other parts of the manga hit the mark pretty much across the board.

All in all, a very interesting perspective into modern societal/familial traumas and issues all wrapped in a bizarre supernatual film.

The pinnacle of dark-fantasy. This classic story is the inspiration for so many works of art, including the Dark Souls franchise.

The main character Guts is the embodiment of struggle and the idea of extreme hardship elevating someone beyond human, even without supernatural powers. His life and growth is one of the saddest but must humbling stories of a unfortunate protagonist that is faced continually with events that would traumatize most men, but he somehow keeps going.

The art of Berserk is peerless, most pages could be blown up and put on a wall as stand-alone piece of work. Details are immense and sometimes even ... overwhelming. However, every once in awhile it gets repetive and I found myself getting lost in the endless pages of vicera, but regardless I appreciated the gritty detail and passion in each page.

The story is fairly consistance with some lulls here and there, but it just makes the insane high parts of the story that much more noticeable when it gets batshit crazy, with events taking place that had me questioning the meaning of existence in itself.

All in all, a fantasticly dark story of struggle, sacrifice, betrayal, and redemption.

Really good start to an amazing series. It's even better the second time through with all of the witty dialogue and character build-up. You can see how they've grown from this point compared to the later series.

The show can be a little hard to pick up but just keep an open mind and observe what's happening between the characters and I'm sure you'll come to love them. Keep in mind they like to mess with each other quite a bit :) Be sure to expect some quirky behavior sometimes, but it's also not all fun and games as you'll see. Every so often shit ... will get real.

All in all, this show has a lot going on and it is a really amazing story continued through multiple arcs and smaller stories. The character interaction is so so fun.