Hangout Berserk General Discussion Thread

[Notice me Escanor senpai]

When I said he's like Inoue, that was for this case. They're peerless drawer and aren't Kazuo Kamimura. They can't produce four hundred pages per month, for two or more series. They have to drag one of their series.

That's actually the case with Vagabond. And let's hope that Miura isn't in this case...

Vagabond is dragged? It only started in 1999, which is 10 years less than Berserk and I'm pretty sure the story entered its final arc, with the faceoff between Musashi and Kojiro.Inoue is another case, he had a few exhibits and he really has another long running series which as of now isn't the case of Miura. No announcement was made about Gigantomakhia becoming a long running series, or even getting a second volume.
As for Berserk, according to an interview Miura did a while back, the story is around 70%finished, before the pirate arc iirc. But in another interview he also said that he doesn't have a clear idea of how long the story will be. It's most likely that he's making it as he goes, and I don't think he's like shonens authors in that regard who not only drag their stories, but they use the same boring repetitive stuff. Berserk is certainly not like this. I've never felt bored while reading it or said "Hey look this is just X arc all over again". If he end us dragging it I'm sure that it would be because he wants to add something interesting and relevant (like a flashback of SK and the God hand) and that each arc will be unique in the way it unfolds, meaning that it won't repeat elements of previous arcs.

And of course the intricate art makes it less easy to produce chapters very fast, however considering Miura's experience, and the fact he has assistants, it's more likely that it is the inspiration for the drawings that can be time consuming. Between having the idea, and then doing some research to find the right kind of pictures that are later used to draw the buildings, the weapons, equipement etc, that must be time consuming, not the process of drawing itself. Authors don't have an unlimited amount of creativity and in the case of Berserk many places in the manga are based on real life buildings. So clearly Miura has to do his homework before putting everything on paper.

 

[Josef]

Well going from experience be it regular or irregular Berserk always has a special place in my heart, looking at the manga as a whole I have no regrets reading it, at this point it's nothing within our hands if it continues or not, but we're all here cuz we've enjoyed it for what it IS and WAS.

 

[Bonefist]

Seven chapters in one year and a half, yeah it drags. I don't have other words to say that the publication is weak and fluctuant. Like Berserk.

However, I can't agree with you on the arcs of Berserk. They're more like Homer's Odyssey, with a lot of steps and pitfalls to cross. And right now, some seems useless. Rosine's arc, for example, will be useless if Jill isn't used in the future. The Sea God's arc too. Even if Miura wants to put the maximum culture into his work — that's his right —, and manage it perfectly and in an unique way, you can't say that the story moves fast.

 

[Notice me Escanor senpai]

Seven chapters in one year and a half, yeah it drags. I don't have other words to say that the publication is weak and fluctuant. Like Berserk.

However, I can't agree with you on the arcs of Berserk. They're more like Homer's Odyssey, with a lot of steps and pitfalls to cross. And right now, some seems useless. Rosine's arc, for example, will be useless if Jill isn't used in the future. The Sea God's arc too. Even if Miura wants to put the maximum culture into his work — that's his right —, and manage it perfectly and in an unique way, you can't say that the story moves fast.

Lol I don't see it that way. Guts interacting with all those characters, even the prostitutes from Albion is not useless, and look where they are now. Heck even in terms of character development Rosine's arc was important, since it was in the midst of Guts revenge on the Apostles, and it so happens that he was captured by Farnese afterwards. So we can already say that it's not useless in that regard. As for the sea god, the Merrows ended up becoming allies of Guts and co because of Isma. All this was done on purpose in order to have Guts form allies, or just people that are willing to join his cause and believe him when the time comes.
I'd like to believe that we'll hear of all the characters we've seen in the past, but I don't think it's feasable. Jill or even Theresia may or may not appear again, but that won't really stop me from enjoying their respective arcs or the rest of the story. But maybe that's just me.

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Well this is not really the place to discuss Vagabond, but to me it always was about the psychological and philosophical aspects about Musashi's quest, it's not so much about the fighting, so it's only natural that there would be some parts like the farm saga that were oriented over that. The lack of a regular schedule seems to be a problem tied to the genre, even Vinland Saga is irregular. At the very least it's not like Bastard!! that has been on hiatus for years now, or even HxH.

 

[Heiji]

Episode #338 will be published in Young Animal #15 (24/07).

 

[Notice me Escanor senpai]

Episode #338 will be published in Young Animal #15 (24/07).

HALLELUIA!
Hehe my prediction wasn't wrong after all, it will come back in July

 

[Shinsatsu]

About time we got a fixed date. I hope they keep coming one after the other after these last two hiatuses (even if he doesn't call them that ... They are!).

 

[gnut]

About time we got a fixed date. I hope they keep coming one after the other after these last two hiatuses (even if he doesn't call them that ... They are!).

hey shin....now you know you too old to believe that bullshit that they will keep coming

 

[Notice me Escanor senpai]

Well I'm just glad it's Berserk, and not another oneshot. Even if it's good it can't replace Berserk

 

[gnut]

I just hope we get to see guts.... falconia

 

[Notice me Escanor senpai]

If we're seeing Falconia I want to see Rickert bitchslap Griffith again

 

[gnut]

idk if Griffith would let him get away with it twice

 

[Shinsatsu]

hey shin....now you know you too old to believe that bullshit that they will keep coming

Well ... I'm just trying to be optimistic here. guess it's too much to believe when it comes to Berserk huh?

 

[RaffoBaffo]

Also, Heiji wrote this, on the SK forum.
[Don't know is confirmed (Yeah, i'm paranoid)]:

"Look like serie will became monthly from this episode."

I think i'm going to cry.
It's like a dream come true.

 

[xi0]

There's just no way that's true. It might become monthly for long enough of a time to release a new tankoubon, but the series will never become hiatus-less again. There's just no reason to believe such a thing, even if by some miracle Miura intends it.

 

[Wowzers]

It's back this month!!? Follow the signs please!

There's just no way that's true. It might become monthly for long enough of a time to release a new tankoubon, but the series will never become hiatus-less again. There's just no reason to believe such a thing, even if by some miracle Miura intends it.

And yet, I am fully capable of self-delusion.

 

[xi0]

I mean you can delude yourself all you want I guess ...sure it would be pretty amazing, but I could see Young Animal saying it'll be monthly from now on so we get 5 more chapters for a volume and then another break. There just isn't enough detail there for it not to look like ambiguous information.

 

[Notice me Escanor senpai]

Yeah Miura will always take his breaks after 4 or 5 chapters. There's no way it could go for a whole year without a single break. Even if it's monthly I bet Miura will just get tired after a while. Imo the comment has more to do with the fact that when the manga is back it will only be featured in one issue, instead of two issues in the past. Doesn't mean Miura will stop taking breaks altogether...That would be too good to be true.

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I take that back:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...to-resume-as-monthly-series-this-month/.90187
It's confirmed to be monthly. There really is a god in this world

 

[xi0]

It still doesn't give any details on the future of it, so I'm going to take it as having the same kind of schedule it had before the most recent hiatuses. It's better than having 10 month droughts though, obviously.

 

[Notice me Escanor senpai]

It still doesn't give any details on the future of it, so I'm going to take it as having the same kind of schedule it had before the most recent hiatuses. It's better than having 10 month droughts though, obviously.

This announcement was made by YA, the magazine so there could be some kind of understanding between them and Miura.In the old schedule Berserk was featured in two issues a month, not just one. Then Miura would take a three months break after 4 chapters. According to this schedule Miura was able to release a volume worth of material a year, which is around 12 chapters (episodes).
If the manga becomes monthly without Miura taking breaks (like AoT), we will still get 12 chapters, with one volume getting released per year. It works out pretty well. On one hand Miura wouldn't be too stressed because he'd have to release two chapters a month, so chances are he won't need to take breaks that often. On the other hand even if it's just one chapter per month it's still better than having the manga go on such long breaks. And we would in theory get the same number of chapters.

Looks like years of breaks had all made us skeptical about Miura's ability to keep a schedule.