Luca sacrificed herself so Jerome can save Nina, only to be saved by the Skull Knight then spirited off by the observer: a behelit-like Apostle self-dubbed the Egg of the Perfect World. Guts lived with the swordsmith Godo and his daughter Erica before learning that the Band of the Hawk are now wanted outlaws and Casca is their captain, aiding them in fending off Midland's hired Kushan asassin Silat. Griffith rapes Casca in front of Guts as the latter loses his left arm and right eye in an attempt to save her, the two sprited back to their plane by the Skull Knight. While Luca and Isidro use Jerome to free Nina, Guts forces Farnese to take him to the torture chamber where Puck tells that Casca is trapped within the blood as it is pursuing Mozgus and his men before they are transformed by the observer. It tends to just be one long drawn out fight sequence for 20 or 30 pages which you can get desensitized too real quick (even with the ultra violence found within).

saw the release of yet another video game adaptation entitled Berserk Millennium Falcon Arc: Chapter of the Record of the Holy Demon War. Already really enjoyed the first three volumes but volumes 4-6 got me completely invested in the story.We honour Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' continuous connection to Country, waters, skies and communities. After being captured, Guts is interrogated by the Holy Iron Chain Knights' commander Farnese over the demise of the Band of the Hawk. In 1997, Miura supervised the production of 25 anime episodes of Berserk that aired in the same year on NTV. Guts succeeds, but is emotionally scarred when he killed the noble's young son Adonis to conceal the deed. After the Egg flees the Skull Knight with only a mortal wound inflicted on him, the Skull Knight takes Luca to safety as the living mounds of starved corpses rise up.

The Band of the Hawk manage to fend off the Black Dog Knights, only to go through a ordeal when facing their sadistic commander Wyald. The Tower collapses once the ritual ran its course, killing everyone inside it before daybreak as Guts and the others find themselves surrounded by Silat and his Kushans before Zodd drives the Kushans. The Queen, Charlotte's stepmother and Julius's secret lover, hatches a scheme with Foss to poison Griffith during the banquet.

Nosferatu Zodd’s appearance here is way cooler than it was on the show iirc; also having now seen flesh + blood it’s nice seeing the influence/nods to that film in the character design. The mysterious observer witnesses Guts, Isidro and Luca make their way into the tower while the spirits within are stirred by two Brands of Sacrifice in close proximity, manifesting as a flesh-eating blob of blood. There’s no longer any weird horny ambiguity to scenes that are supposed to be horrifying, and he eventually finds a way less exhausting tonal balance with the introduction of a comic-relief child character.