BERSERK: A Blind Review - The Black Swordsman Arc
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Berserk has been on my radar as a story I needed to review for years. On top of it being
one of the most requested stories I should review for the longest time, the fans surrounding
the series have proven to be some of the most passionate.
Unfortunately this year saw the tragic passing of one of the best manga artists of the last
generation in Kentaro Miura. His work has touch the hearts and minds of millions
across the world and so this is chance to give back to the community of Berserk in
a small wall.
Join me in the blind review as I Totally not Mark embark on this epic dark fantasy journey through the world of Berserk alongside Guts and Puck as they try to stay alive and achieve their goals in this cruel and gritty world!
MUSIC USED:
-Better End (Drakengard 3)
-Waiting So Long - Berserk's ED (Cover by Daniel Grimsby)
-The Only Thing They Fear Is You (Doom Eternal)
-Genocide (Genocyber)
-Behelit (Berserk 97)
-Ten Piedad (Blasphemous)
-Thornfelt Swamp (Ori)
-Monster (Berserk 97)
-Murder (Berserk 97)
-Bell Gargoyle (Dark Souls)
-Theme of Guts (Berserk 97)
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Hey mark! Would you one day review Naoki Urasawa's Monster?
I honestly want to hear how you think berserk would've ended if Miura was still alive
When are you doing naruto
Mark, PLEASE Review Magi: the labyrinth of magic and its prequel. Its an amazing manga with the worldbuilding of One Piece mixed with the Grayness and complexity characters and situations of HxH (and with much less exposition). Its one of the best Mangas out there, yet continues to be underrated and underappreciated as its anime stopped abruptly and we never got a conclusion in the anime.
Work with Derek instead
You have no idea how much joy this brings to me #ThankYouMiura
I have been waiting so long for this review
I didn't know you were a. fan of mark nice wow
I really hope you eventually make a collab video discussing berserk
@@parkermaisterra8532 that would be nice
@@parkermaisterra8532 that needs to happen when mark is done with the series
Saying "Guts has a troubled backstory" is the equivalent of saying "you can fit at least an apple in the universe". It is true, but it's an understatement so big that it isn't even funny
Cue an entire review of Mark just weeping in the corner
@UCVPXjW0ud2tHBRjWDnV8pfg bruh go away with your self advertisement
@Shin Shaman dude, Ik you're trying to make a name for yourself and I respect that. But I think you'll be better off if you promote your channel elsewhere, it's fine if you don't like Berserk but let us enjoy it if we do. Sorry if this bothers you
@Shin Shaman you on some god tier trolling rn, respect
@Shin Shaman dudes whole channel is negative, why don’t you go do something good if no one else can?
Hey mark, just to let you know, when he cuts the little girl he doesn’t cough up blood. He’s actually vomiting. The idea of killing a child sickened him.
And we know exactly who he was thinking of, too......
@@KLWarlord son of that old he-man general?
@@CasulsGittingGud Shhhh...
@Lydia He killed her by choosing to be in their company. Initially he tried to wave them off, but then went against his better judgment.
@@CasulsGittingGud "old he-man" lmao
feeling opposite of sad guts theme rn
Yooooooooo, I didn’t know u read beserk
Huge W
*plays forces*
AAAAAAHHHHH!!!! PAAAAAIIIINNNN!!!!!!
I broke my hand yesterday because of the hate comments I get all the time. I was so angry that I punched a hole in my computer. Please don't hate me, dear ha
@@GCplus9162 beserk is awesome I think I started reading in 2016 or so?
@@Haedox That date... Don't tell me you've started reading it because of THAT adaptation...
The girl did not lure the demons and skeletons, she actually gets possessed by them. Guts himself is the one being followed by evil spirits because of the brand in his neck.
I understood don't worry. Perhaps I didn't make it clear in the video.
@@TotallyNotMark I love you mark you a g
@@TotallyNotMark hey mark hope you enjoy the manga its pretty fun seeing guts kill things
@@TotallyNotMark I noticed you understood it later in the video. Thanks for the reply!
@@TotallyNotMark Yes you certainly, didn't give the correct information.
fun fact about the art: Miura was obsessed with getting things just right in his images. So he is one of the few people whos art output slowed after switching to digital drawing because he would literal go over each pixel in an image to make sure it was up to his standards.
I also remember hearing from somewhere that his producer and co-workers kindly called him out for it too.
Was it true? Its hard to believe even though he is legend himself.
@@proxnoob6177 that is why he is a legend, because he puts so much time and care into what he does
A slave to perfection
correction: he wouldn't *actually* go pixel by pixel, but yes he would look at every single detail in the image to make it perfect.
“A scarring backstory for Guts”
Understatement of the century
Technically correct, though
Guts has the most tragic backstory of any fuckin animanga character I've seen
Of the millennia*
crippling would be more accurate
@@strangething7379 ya to this day idk any MC with a more brutal backstory
"He's forcing himself to become a monster to defeat these monsters"
oh boy
Mannnn
*foreshadowing intensifies*
His hatred for these monsters.
Is like a truck.
BERSERKER
When I heard that line I knew he was gonna love this series so much
@@PauloSSBM I mean he's loving the "worst" arc without the context of what comes after, so he's gonna have a field day with the rest
"Has a troubled backstory"
The floor is made out of atleast 1 cm of floor
Every 60 seconds, a minute passes in Africa
You can fit an atom in a universe of space.
A right triangle has a 90 degree angle.
The number octoquadragintillion is greater than 1
Mark, Guts doesn't cough up blood, he actually throws up after killing the girl which is much more impactful.
Ye
ye
Like he did after the whole Adonis situation
probably editor little error
He also confused Collette as a demon who intentionally lured the carriage there when actually her corpse was just possessed by one of the dead spirits lingering around the area.
If he liked this arc so much I can only imagine how crazy he’s gonna go over golden age next month
I am afraid and looking forward to seeing how long that video is going to be.
@@aidansoe5502 Golden Age Blind Review: The Movie
If he found the hunter x hunter ants arc depressing I can only imagine how he will find this
Calling it now after he reads the Golden Age arc he's going to then re-read the Black Swordsmen Arc because the former makes the latter *even better*
Don't forget lost children
I just realized that Guts was crying because he gave Theresa a reason to live
the same reason that he has to live
he became her Griffith
Never thought of it that way
From here on imma get ready for him to say “this is the greatest Berserk arc I’ve read” every week
I don't know if we'll get much of that after golden age lol, not even other berserk arcs could surpass it. Imo it's one of the best arcs in any manga ever.
@@mambaforever9593 golden age is golden
@@mambaforever9593 I think the story catches up in quality by the time of the lost forest arc and maintains that level of quality. The eclipse though is 11/10.
@@mambaforever9593 fotme is a little better tbh
He said because Berserk is so thick, were only getting 1 video per month, so see you all next month
The cart was actually more tragic.
The girl was possessed by the evil spirits guts summons. It wasn't a trap.
Its just his normal day.
Exactly. Also killing her made Guts vomit, not cough up blood. The reason being that the act of killing children is sickening to him, perhaps also reminding him of the assassination mission where he kills the noble’s son.
@@Wagmiman spoilers, but you're right
Yeah not sure how Mark missed this, she obviously died and then became evil. It's pretty clear on the page.
@@erayergi spoilers? this manga is old as fuck lol. Thats like being worried about having LOTR spoiled in 2021.
@@chadking8767 i would agree but considering the video title and its content it definitely is a spoiler
I'm glad he caught on how in this arc Guts has to constantly remind himself that one must always be strong, not because he wants to but because he needs to after everything that happened to him. A lot of people criticize this arc because they say it portrays Guts as someone completely different from the rest of Berserk, saying that he is edgy or cartoonish but I strongly disagree. This is the exact state of mind anyone who lived through what Guts has would be in. As he pointed out, all that "the weak deserve to die" talk is Guts trying to convince himself that he will most surely die if he does not become strong.
I don't think they're entirely wrong either. It's pretty clear the early parts of Berserk has some dissonance with future chapters. Miura did his best to make it fit but there are some holes although it's not that big that it's bothering me really. Just keep in mind that Berserk is a manga from 80s and Berserk is perfectly fine, It's a tad bit silly to think Miura planned all of this perfectly beforehand . Things change over the span of decades on an ongoing Manga series even One piece who I think is a Amazing at setting up future events didn't certainly plan all of this ahead of time.
@@NinjapowerMS Chapter 1 was released in 1990. Honestly I'm surprised it didn't turn out much more contradicting.
I thought it was written like that on purpose because it's kind of like real life, when you first meet someone you don't know who they really are until you get to know them better
Im a bit late but i really doubt there are a lot of people who dont catch on to that
Its literally said and shown multiple times with interactions with puck
You could only not notice this if you dont read the text and only look at the pictures and EVEN THEN there are panels like him crying after "playing" hard
Mark's reviewing Berserk. You're really moving up in the world.
Is Berserk objectively a masterpiece on its own yes it is of course.
@@saudbintalib5701
You're damn right.
@@Gardetrace Uhhh who's your favorite Berserk character though?
This is WHAT I've been waiting for
@@saudbintalib5701
Guts.
"He died doing what he wanted, no matter what, right? I bet he was happy." - Guts
Rest in Peace, Kentaro Muira, The Struggler - July 11, 1966 - May 6, 2021
I loved this line of him because it reminded me of luffy
he was and still is a legend
Berserk: The story that shows why living in a fantasy world is a terrible idea
If you live in a Dark Fantasy world, then absolutely it would be.
It’s pretty much like living in a fantasy world with no plot armour
@@amogus3yearsago762thats why it is so special isn't it?😄
@@dustywarplane2456 exactly it actually shows how cruel and sad the world back in those days like woman getting r*ped by thieves and merchant, people losing their families cuz of war
@@amogus3yearsago762 yeah meanwhile i find the story depressing it's also refreshing to see a story completely different from pretty much all other mangas. That's why i love berserk😊
I can’t wait for Mark to start dissecting Griffith as a character. Going to be very interesting.
Will he feel Griffith Did nothing Wrong? Only time will tell
He'll need to provide a comparison of the two's development. I just can't wait till he reads more about Guts and his development... The story is so good, I can hardly believe that he hasn't touched on it till now
yep, hes never even been close to reading any character on the level of griffith
I *truly* hope he doesn't skip the chapter Mirua omitted, because it's the most important chapter to the core themes of Berserk he's ever omitted and the only reason he removed it was likely because he wanted to reveal those ideas later towards the climax of the story.
Mark : "I love the first arc, I wonder what happened to Guts in his backstory"
Miura : "Hold my beer!"
*inserts picture of Kentaro Miura holding a beer*
he's... going to be holding it for a while...
@@jonnysilia5740 can't say you're wrong there
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I'm so glad you included the end of the arc and discussed it in detail. That transition from calm and collected badass to "I've set someone else down the same miserable path as myself" is heartbreaking, but really does show so much of Guts' character in a few panels.
Fun fact: the medieval iron prosthetic hand is a real thing. A german mercenary working during the early 1500s by the name of gotz von berlichingen had two made for himself after his hand got shot off by a cannon. One his arms even had special magnetic fingers so that it could hold a sword hilt or shield. Sadly it didn't have a built in cannon since that probably would break your arm every time it fired.
Gotz was a right crazy bastard too. He got into feuds with whole cities. That is to say: there were cities he hated so much he put together bands of mercenaries and bandits and waged private wars against them, not to conquer them, just to make life as difficult as possible for those cites and everyone in them. The Holy Roman Emperor had to threaten him with jail time twice to get him to stop.
Funny you mention the cannon potentially breaking his arm.
Because Guts arm cannon does in fact dislocate his shoulder every time he uses it.
:O
Gotz Guts
@@CocTheElf well technically Götz which is pronounced different.
This man is simultaneously a badass and a fricking nutcase! And I can’t tell either to love him or hate him!
Berserk is, and I say this with absolutely no hint of exaggeration or hyperbole, my Favorite story in all media. For my final thesis I dedicated MANY pages analysing Miura's writing style and Guts' character development. It's THAT good.
Now I'm interested on what your thesis was about
Link to thesis? I'm legit curious about it
Agreed my boy agreed. Man of culture
Yep, Berserk is personally the greatest story i have ever experienced even without a final.
Waiting for that link
Not gonna lie, hearing him say he's going to take a month to read and review each arc made me incredibly excited for this series. Unlike any other manga, this one is worth the time. Please, I hope you enjoy it Mark.
Hey Mark, great decision. Doing 1 review a month giving yourself time to digest is something I've thought you should do for a while. It takes a lot of the pressure of, gives you time to talk about many other things in between that are less dense or that you might have clearer thoughts on, I'm keen for this. This would allow you to go into more depth about specific moments too. For as neat as the 'Blind Review' idea was, It just doesn't quite suit the scripted, highly produced video style you're so good at, it's just a reaction channel type thing. I think me and many other fans would just prefer a proper review on the stories we already love.
Seconded
Guts figure when?
Yup, especially after the semi-disaster that was his HxH "review" which just turned into a recap.
Naahhhh
Bro stop being such a nerd
“Put your grasses on, and prepare to CLANG: it's gonna be a loooooong boat ride.” - Tv Tropes
Good on mark that he recognises how genius the legendary sad Guts panel is.
I get the feeling the line: *_"What the hell is that thing?! Kill it with fire!!"_* is going to become a regular catchphrase for you in this series, Mark.
God editor-san must have had a lot of work let's just take a moment to thank him
I liked the part where the editor went “I run out of ideas for this” lol 😝
The golden arc is going to be so much easier on our god tier editor.
And I also like the more subtle hint/spoiler than were shown in the one piece reviews lmao 🤣
Thanks, Editor-San! I'll wait patiently for every video and hopefully some jokes to the 3D adaptations
@Editor-san editing manga panels is hellish (I've been working on one lately), wish you the best of luck post-golden age stuff
Mark: be ready. This story will make you laugh, cry, jump with excitement, etc
You will see the darkest aspects of humanity and this is nothing like what you’ve reviewed before
youre not wrong
It's beautiful and horrifying at the same time. Guts is the best protagonist from any piece of fiction ever created.
@@virn333 "Guts is the best protagonist from any piece of fiction ever created, in my opinion" there, fixed it for you
@@Ricardonsg I mean, it is an opinion a lot of people who have read Berserk share. The Struggler has my vote for best protag.
@@rahl163 right, everyone can have an opinion. So write it as an opinion, not a fact. Maybe write it like "guts is the best protagonist that I've ever seen" - like this, this is not a controversial or exaggerated sentence, this is a fair judgment. There's literally millions of books, movies, series, mangas and so on with fictional characters and I seriously doubt that he has consumed every piece of fiction existent to be able to say that guts is the best protagonist from any piece of fiction ever created.
The aesthetic is heavily inspired by Yoshitaka Amano. He's mostly known as the Final Fantasy character designer, but take a look at his old movie "Angel's Egg" and some of his other work.
Yeah. He definitely take some of Angels egg esthetics.tho later in the newer arc, the art style super drastically change
He also did a lot of sick stuff for Vampire Hunter D
“It gets pretty intense from her on in”. Boy, you have no idea whats coming
Cries in volume 13
Every couple minutes I could practically hear the Golden Age arc laughing in the distance.
Nobody expects it
@@GlitchToph I did. I was straight faced when reading it
"I don't like to dwell on very serious subject matter all too often"
Said Mark right before reviewing freaking Berserk
(I can't wait to watch your reviews, this is going to be a hell of a ride)
oh god his poor virgin eyes are not ready,especially not for the stuff that makes the manga adults only
I never thought he would do it, The mad man. He is not ready for what’s to come
3:12 It was too big to be called a book. Massive, thick, heavy, and far too rough. Indeed, it was a heap of raw art
Look guys, i tried my best
raw art*
@@Ash_Wen-li thank you
@Matthew Herman the books are cool but i don't usually get the manga that're 3 in one cause ya don't get the gorgeous cover art
@@marvelous_jack5228 that is true but the big Berserk book is beautiful even without the cover art tbh much more so than other 3-In-1's
I thought your best was pretty damn good.
Worried about this dude reading the golden age and conviction arc since he wasn't into the nihilistic dark themes of the chimera ant arc.
I didn't know it was the themes that he had a problem with, I always thought it was the narration.
Yeah but Berserk is nihilistic and dark from the beginning so he should be expecting it I think
Berserk isn't a nihilistic series, it's the opposite. It's a story of hope and prevailing against all odds
@@MaxPaynefan1 you're right it's not but I think it at least questions nihilism as well as fate and other dark subject matter.
Well we're not here to have our opinions affirmed, we're here to see his own unique opinion on it and if he doesnt like it, it will still be interesting to see/hear why
Mark: “I’m holding this volume with two hands because it’s a thick and heavy boi.”
Comments Section: Bro, do you even lift?
'That thing was too big to be called a volume. Too big, too thick, too heavy, and too rough, it was more like a large tome of a book.'
@@vermilionrubin I knew I'd find this comment.
Thank you kindly.
Man Mark was really impressed with the art and panelling in this arc huh?
I wonder what he'll think of LITERALLY THE ENTIRE REST OF THE SERIES
I don't know of any other mangakas that utilize blacks and dark shading as beautifully or as dramatically as Miura. Not to mention the layouts. I want to see his reaction to the bonfire of dreams and so many iconic Berserk pages.
We're gonna get another string of "this is the best arc in the series so far" aren't we
@@melciah1234 The Fantasia arc is gonna blow his mind. It blew mine, and I knew beforehand I had to expect greatness of it
Let’s wait for the golden arc, the arc of arcs, the backstory that feels like a whole story
@@redrage369 Mark is NOT ready haha
You could say Guts' passion for killing that one man really eclipses everything else.
Badum tss
Go to feels jail!!! lol
Ayyyyyyyyyyy
buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
Griffith did everything wrong
Guts swinging his big sword into his enemies is so good it's almost like fanservice
"Ever struggling, ever pushing for freedom."
You, sir, have landed on the core of all that is Berserk. I mean, the character's name being Guts is pretty on the nose.
Its name... Is the Attack Titan.
Guts’ humanity is expertly questioned in threee ways:
1) “how is he swinging that slab or iron?”
2) “how is he fighting all those enemies alone?”
3) “I can’t even read his facial expressions”
His otherness is portrayed as cool at first, but transitions into questionable if not scary.
The first 2 questions get explained in the golden age arc, and that arc is the next after this one, the last question it’s more of an artistic choice, and believe me, the why of his acts and his character development is one of the most worked in all of manga history
That scene where he's fighting Rosine and he looks like a monster. God damn that shit is awesome.
I don't know about the third one, it was always easy to me to empathize with guts, yeah a lot of mixed feelings, but that's exactly what he's going through.
That Waiting So Long combined with Miura's death simply destroyed me.
Mark : Puck must be an important character moving forward
I see no lies at all
I love when Puck at one point says:"Without me, this story would be way too dark"
Well puck....you are way too late for that.
Master yoda puck is the most important character in berserk
Chestnut Puck is an atrocity
@@DeadRattle4444puck was one of the greatest character until the end of the conviction arc
i mean puck did save guts from certain death at the end of the lost children arc sooo....
I do love how Guts puts on this act, trying so hard to be heartless and uncaring, because he knows things go bad for anyone he gets to know, it's common for the loner archetype to push people away for angst reasons, but with him its so clear that he can't stand watching people die because of him being around
Plus even aside from that, the golden age arc really highlights how much letting hismelf get attached to people lead to his pain....
fucking GRIFFITH, man...
I told myself that when Berserk ended I would read it all. I opened twitter and saw his passing and I got emotional. Not knowing the story, but seeing a mangaka so passionate for his story. Thank you Miura
Read it anyway. Honestly, it is almost fitting and thematically appropriate that it was never finished by the man who started it.
19:20 OH SHIIIIIIIIIIIT!! IT's THE THING
ITS THE THEING
The eggy egg
Do you mean the Horror movie because that’s what I get from the imagery
@@UltraAzul_Studio oh you don't know
@@niallcampbell2487 No what
Just remembering, it's not a sword. It's a piece of metal too big to be called a sword
More like a slab of iron
If the 2016 anime is to be heard it’s a frying pan with extra bass
there's no way he can wield that hunk of metal on a stick in battle...right guys? there's just no way..
@@duckfuckles9000 2016 anime? What is it? Never heard of such a thing
Honestly, Mark's got me convinceed: that's a sharpened fridge door.
Mark is one of the few content creators to always mention his editor, love the appreciation they get
It’s going to be a long 4 weeks to hear Mark say the next arc is one of his favourite’s of all time
Wasn’t expecting this but let’s Relive the Struggle Boys!!!
Always down for it
I’m down
The Black Swordsman Arc is honestly my favorite arc in Berserk, and rereading it after understanding the previous events and the events that have yet to take place are quite the treat!
It reforms almost the entire experience of the Arc and the complexity that you understand from Guts
I also love that this is Guts when he is at his most lost state and where he is trying to cope the most with his trauma and overwhelmingly uphill battle
Susumu Hirasawa, the musician who composed the music for the Berserk series (composed music for other animes like Paranoia Agent and paprika) is amazingly good with versatility based on his music which is astonishing to witness. Once you hear another song from him or something else he composed, it's always attaining a different flow and vibe that ring's distinctively than the last piece of music he composed/sung.
He's also composed for a berserk game with the english name bein "Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage"
Susumu Hirasawa and Berserk are inextricably linked
Holy fuck you’re doing it. Let’s go, grasses on boys 😎
Nothing will be Wong 🔥
grasses on 😎
😎
The fact he died doing what he loved is amazing many people dont die like that he helped me a lot #ThankYouMiura
He’s actually doing it holy shit he’s actually doing it
CAUSALITY!!!!
DOING WHAT? WHAT'S HE DOING THAT HAS EVERYONE SO WORKED UP?!?! JEEZ!
I read the entire manga, and learning he’s doing it is amazing.
@Shin Shaman I just remember when he did the poor for Joe Joe’s hunter hunter Naruto and AOT everybody in the comments were saying berserk berserk berserk and I was telling all of them there’s no way he’s doing berserk it’s too graphic for CZcams and I was wrong and I’m like holy shit he’s actually doing it
Berserk and One Piece are a must-read for any fan of manga. I'm glad you're taking on another classic!
So true. Berserk arguably the greatest seinen and one piece arguably the greatest shonen.
@@mambaforever9593 Vinland saga is arguably the best seinen IMO.
Edit: Kingdom too. Kingdom being second for me.
@@adarshsridhar6051 Kingdom is upthere too
@@adarshsridhar6051 okey
Amazing manga and just amazing stories
I seriously can’t get over how much I love Berserk.
*everyone that knows the Berserk story*
"this is gunna be one hell of a ride"
The ride only stops in an emergency. Crying is not an emergency.
@@BenjiroSensei this is accurate
Emphasis on 'hell'.
“No crying until the end” despite it being from the wrong franchise
@@iantaakalla8180 crying will be a given
After fully reading Berserk I teared up when seeing Guts cry knowing the context of why he was crying.
"Be warned: It gets pretty intense from hereon in" You have no idea lol
What I love most about berserk isn't the art, the grim storytelling or the brutal violence.
It's the notion that no matter what your circumstances are. No matter how bleak things seem to be. You should never ever stop fighting. Because even if you've lost things you fought for, there are always still things in the world worth living for
Can't wait for his reaction to "Lost Children"
@coulson lloyd-Clare Its uncomfortably brutal, but it's also the turning point for Guts, starting his turn away from the loner Black Swordsman before the Conviction Arc kicks off.
The entire Conviction arc was pure brutal. Can’t wait on his thoughts about the priest and Farnese
Lost Children is like a little taste of Black Swordsman Arc, just to recap and get us acquainted back with his previous characteristics before the giant change to the story and Guts' outlook. It's genius story telling. Miura really knew what he was doing.
@@ToneSherpa It's a taste of the black swordsmans arc, but it's also the point where Guts finally starts to come to terms with the fact that he ISN'T just a single-minded murderous lone survivor. He meets Jill, a girl who shares the experience of having her closest friend achieve her dreams by sacrificing the innocent to become an Apostle, and having someone who to relate to on that level basically reignites Guts' ability to feel empathy moving forward.
@@PainCausingSamurai yep. that's why it's such a great mini arc. it gives you the full experience from Black Swordsman Guts, to a little bit of a sneak peak of the progression to the end of Conviction.
God bless Kentaro's soul. He had passion in what he loved and he put in every strand of his emotions within Berserk. You made a great decision here, Mark. Reading this manga will change you, and once you get to The Golden Age, ....brace yourself for that change. That's all I can say.
Berserk is, alongside One Piece, some of my favourite fictional reading, ever. The story of Berserk, the struggles of Guts and what we see him go through, his slow redemption to become human again, its beautiful, but it fucking hurts to read too, cause a lot of what Guts goes through, can be reflected in people's day to day struggle to keep on going through their own hardships and battles. Some people lose that battle, while others have the tenacity to keep going like Guts.
Berserk also spurred on and inspired some of the best known and well made games and series in the dark fantasy genre, setting a precedent other manga could only dream of achieving. The sheer impact of Kentaro Miura and Berserk will be felt for years to come, and I truly feel Miura is one of the greatest Mangaka history has seen so far. His dedication to the medium and his contribution to the world of manga can only be respected. I was fucking devastated for the entire week after the announcement of his passing.
I sincerely wish nothing but the best for his family, and hope they're given the time needed to grieve without the internet bombarding them with questions related to Berserk.
Rest in peace, Miura. #ThankYouMiura
I wondered a few years ago how an interview between and old Eichiro Oda and Kentarou Miura would have been, talking about their creations. Sadly, it will never happen and now One Piece is the last one standing. RIP Kentarou Miura
Both are two of the best fantasy to come out of the medium of manga
Miura made the dark angsit, big sword welding architipe. Then ask a simple question, what could possibly have happened to this man to justify his actions and outlook.
A struggle of unimaginable proportions…unimaginable to all save one man Miura.
The Black Swordsman arc is in my opinion the worst part of all Berserk, it's still a 10/10, that's a testament of what an amazing piece of literature Berserk really is. It only gets better from here :).
I like reading it after golden age makes it kinda better.
bad berserk is better than most stories best arcs
Pirate Arc is by far the worst arc
@@BGeezy4sheezy and its still a 9.5/10 at worst
Really I’ve just finished what mark covered this video and thought it was amazing, I’m very excited to keep reading now
11:05 he doesn't actually cough up blood here, he throws up... just thought i'd let ya know, it's kind of important...
@@adrianpg4460 It shows Guts more human side, he's disgusted that he just butchered a young girl. Which plays more into his backstory explained in the Golden Age Arc.
@@adrianpg4460 Every time he kills children he throws up. Its not THAT important.
@@apemayor3046 I disagree, it's especially important in the Black Swordsman Arc specifically as it characterizes Guts to be effected and disgusted at the fact he killed something in child form. Remember that this is the absolute start of the story so seeing how Guts is actually effected by what he's doing instead of being as brainlessly edgy as Coldsteel the hedgehog helps making the reader avoid rolling their eyes.
@@adrianpg4460 Spoilers but it's not the first time he killed a child and it was traumatizing for him. Hell It's a fictional story and it's traumatizing for me too.
The production quality on the GFuel sponsor segments is actually crazy
It felt like a genuine japanesse comercial
"I don't know anything about Berserk." Hooooooooo boy.
RIP Kentaro Miura. May his work never be forgotten. True legend.
Oh boy, I can't wait for Mark to see Griffith and Guts' backstory.
I’ve cried a lot since Miura’s passing and the end of this video made me do so all over again. This is evidence that his work will continue to inspire forever, and that fills me with so much hope. Thanks for such a beautiful video Mark. I can’t wait to see the next one.
When I first read the scene of sad guts after the encounter with the count, I was confused as to why he felt that way and after reaching a certain point on the story I could finally understand why guts is hurting for the inside ever since the start of the story. Kentaro miura is a genius and always will be.
The fact that these berserk videos will be a one a month kinda deal has me feeling hopeful not just to give the absolute legend of editorsan more time but also more time for you to formulate your own opinions and provide more coverage.
A lot of the complaints from hxh was how you completely failed to mention characters and plot points which has always been a criticism of your weekly series from just how brutal of a schedule you've had to adapt to to play with the youtube algorithm
So I really hope you're able to cover more via giving yourself more time and if you do get affected by an arc or anything else that causes some fatigue there's no harm in taking a break like you did during one piece or splitting an art in multiple parts.
Still best of luck with berserk and I'm still looking forward to you and the amazing editor san tackling this series.
The fact you said "ever STRUGGLING" this early in your read is a very, VERY good indictment if your analytical skills.
Given the production that this clearly needs, I'm more than fine with this becoming a monthly thing. Given the current state of Berserk it's also nice to keep remembering it for the rest of the year.
"while it doesn't justify him it humanizes him somewhat" - Totally Based Mark 2021
The Golden Age arc review is gonna be insane, after reading many different manga I've come to the conclusion that Golden Age is probably the best arc in animanga, ever.
RIP Kentaro Miura, can’t wait to follow Mark’s journey through this amazing series
Mark just embark on an incredible journey that will never end
May he rest in peace
That Panel with Guts shedding a tear at the end of the arc really made ME tear up. Incredible artwork.
Berserk is the greatest manga of all time and I'm so glad that you're reading it
Naw SAO is a lot better. Kirito is the best protagonist and Guts doesn't even begin to compare.
The black swordsman vs the blacked swordsman
@@kitay03 Ah yes. Kirito. Male Mary Sue.
@@kitay03 :trol:
I’d say vagabond has the edge
It still hurts knowing we'll likely never have an end to this incredible story.
We won't? So I shouldn't get into it?
@@kunkundalin the journey is worth it alone it doesn’t matter if it continues or not it’s at a good stopping point where you can fill in the details of the end there’s enough lore and theory to play with its truly a modern Shakespearean tragedy
@@kunkundalin believe it's the best thing I've ever read,and it's not even confirmed that it will or will not have an ending coz miura was training his assistants for quite a long time so being optimistic I think it might end coz almost 80% of the story is complete
@@kunkundalin it probably won't have an ending but it's still one my favorite mangas of all time (4th to be precise) , the story uptill now is just sooo good, it makes up for not having an ending, many folds at that.
@@kunkundalin It's absolutely worth getting into
Wow. I think that was the best sponsorship section I've ever seen in a youtube video.
...I'm still not gonna buy it or anything, but that was great.
I'm just gonna say it right now BERSERK IS A FREAKING MASTERPIECE OF A STORY!!!!!!!!
Oh boy... If you thought the chimera ant arc was dark, get ready
Chimera Ant arc ain't got shit on Berserk
well the big differnece is that berserk is full fiction it's teh darkest fiction i know, but the chimeras ant arc is using fiction to expose the cruel reality we actually live in
@midrutogg I'm not saying Chimera arc isn't dark, it's definitely the most intense arc of Hunter x Hunter. I'm just saying that the very nature of Berserk is pretty bleak. That doesn't mean there isn't some hope though eithet.
@@gizel4376 How is one more like our world than the other? Medieval warfare happened in our history, a little more common than super strong animal hybrids. I'm a bigger fan of HunterxHunter than Berserk too just saying.
@@jackroberts2704 sure Berserk is somehow closer to the real history, but that's history it's not really close from what we actually live in, on the other hand the HxH world seems like the present day in a very different world, but this world really feel like what the world would have been if all those fantaisy stuff were real, the world is different but the people are just the same, the ant are amazing at giving us a different perspective, like when people were begging for mercy and meruem reply something like:you are really dumb, would you spare the pig if he beg for mercy?
or when they talk about how human with no intelligence, no strength and no talent at all got power because of their relation or family, there's a lot of moment like this that expose the cruelty, the stupidity and the hypocrisy of the human race, but berserk goes over the human nature, it's even darker, it's less relatable, but that's why it's the darkest story i know...
Two of the most influential stories in my life are Dragon Ball Z and Berserk, so seeing this channel make loads of content on the first and about to make loads of content on the second means so much to me and most likely a lot of others
Man this is going to be quite something, hope he doesn't end up dropping it.
Definitely not.
The only thing he'll drop on the way might be hope for closure.
@@LinkEX He just doesn’t strike me as the type of guy to like things like berserk, he seems more of a shonen guy to me. But I’m already being proven wrong with this vid.
@@DIO-ls7zi "shonen guy" I don't know what that means but it seems pretty useless in 2021 to still think shonen / seinen is relevant. They are just, demographics.
@@Sympyismoon by that I meant that I thought that he probably didn’t like stories like berserk maybe he preferred shonen stuff for whatever reason. I’m not saying oh only true intellectuals read Seinen manga and shonen is for plebs, if he doesn’t like it that’s cool and if he does that’s better
@@DIO-ls7zi I like plenty of seinen series but berserk just wasn’t it
Fun Fact: The Dark Souls/Demon Souls Franchise is heavily inspired by “Berserk”
Another fun fact: The heavy metal band Battle Beast have made several songs singing about the manga.
I think he knows dude... he put the bell gargoyles' theme in the video
@@yuturtuyieie5544 the comment was for anyone to see
Another fun fact: If you gone 7 years without sex you're technically a virgin again since all your cells have died and been replaced.
@@MohdFareedOzir I don't like thinking of being replaced every seven years, lord XD
"...Puck, who will, no doubt, play a massive role in the dynamic moving forward"
Yeaaaah about that...
My god, I cannot believe we are eventually gonna get a “Golden Age” video soon.
I haven’t read or watched Berserk even though I’ve been meaning to for a while, and I was going to watch this video to see if I should start it. But after that intro I think I might just go start it instead and come back after I’ve read a decent amount.
Try your best to avoid spoilers, it's worth it.
You won't regret it. One of the most compelling pieces of fiction ever written. It has its faults but the heart put into berserk is hard to rival
Whatever you do!...Read it first DO NOT (and I repeat!!) DO NOT watch the anime without reading the manga. You’ll be doing yourself and Miura a disservice otherwise.
Also strap in cause you won’t want to put it down.
It is a terrific story. But a warning if you suffered trauma regarding sexual abuse: the story deals with sexual violence (in childhood and adulthood) and the traumatic impact it has on people pretty heavily. It does it very well and isn‘t exploitative or anything, but still. Safer to know, just in case.
@@paperbackwriter1111 id edit the comment to be less specific but a good point overall. There are many dark themes but when and where they happen should be left to the reader to discover.
You say Parasite and Berserk might be inspired by a third party… It might be the Horror Movie “the Thing” but it is just be a theory of mine.
Literally doing an assignment on some of the most impactful Berserk panels to me. Then this pops up. C A U S A L I T Y
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This might be my favorite panel from the series. Right before the shape of his armor changes.
Personally like this style of video a bit more than the anime scenes being someone who watches a ton of Black Clover and One Piece manga review (manga reviews in general why I'm here) I feel that the mangaka has such a nice style and draws action well enough for this to workout for you.
Man Miura is genuinely one of the only people that has passed and I actually want to tear up thinking about. Man created the singlehanded best Manga of all time and could never finish it. Not knowing the end of berserk will probably haunt me until the end man i literally grew up reading his work.
Berserk is the GOAT, nothing has come close for me, and I’m afraid nothing ever will.
Right? It feels bad knowing it's all downhill from here.
In the sense that nothing can top Berserk for me.
@@kevinmabryii3091 yes, even the awesome manga being made right now falls short when you compare it to Berserk.
@@alexcanelo434 ok, quick list, what is it that you like about berserk?
Dont be, enjoy it for what it is, for what it did. But dont bring down the works of others if it doesnt meet those heights, enjoy them for what they are, especially if they have the same amount of love and care behind them. Dont bring down your own enjoyment and critisize someone elses work because its not berzerk but enjoy them because its its own work
Anyone else have a sudden realization that Mark has never seen the The Thing!! it hit me when he struggled to find the common inspiration for Berserk and Parasite’s creature designs. Conceptually Parasyte is basically a Japanese Thing sequel/spin-off lol
I love the original thing mark needs to see it so so good
@@garthalmunemuralias9101 define "original", most claim that it's the John Carpenter film, but that in itself is actually a remake of a movie from the 50's or so called "The Thing from Another World"
Hi, im normally not the person who watches a review, and then instantly feel emotions to the story the review is about. But this rewiev was different it felt like i had guts' pain and horror in my hands... The sword on his back being the only weapon to combat this horror and pain, and the conlict in his mind.. This is truely a fantastic review, i have never myself read beserk but after this i will thank you for an amazing video
Have fun! You're in for a ride
Avoid the comments section, you'll probably get spoiled