McElhatton wrote that he was "pretty unimpressed" with Miura's art at first, but he changed his mind after the demons appeared, stating: "Miura draws demons in such a wrong and disturbing manner that it's unsettling. Violence Jack by Go Nagai and Guin Saga by Kaoru Kurimoto inspired the series' story and atmosphere.

Delirious and horrified at what he has been reduced to, Griffith takes off in a wagon and crashes into a shallow lake where he fails to commit suicide. Miura took a break to work on his six-chapter mini-series Giganto Maxia, [36] and Berserk was published intermittently from April 11 to September 26, 2014. Guts finally manages to drive Serpico off upon disarming him, only to learn Casca and Nina are captured and taken Tower of Conviction. Kentaro Miura’s legendary adult fantasy/horror manga is now available at its original published size in handsome deluxe hardcover editions, each collecting three volumes of the acclaimed series. Guts defeats most of Adon's men while covering Casca's escape, eventually coming to a conclusion to leave the Hawk so find his own dream to become Griffith's true friend.Miura said that his favorite manga series was Dororo by Osamu Tezuka, and that he wanted to create a fantasy work that possessed dark, "muddy" and yōkai-like elements. Mori related how he had visited Miura nearly 30 years ago when the latter was drawing "the Eclipse" event of Berserk and how his friend completed the storyline for the manga up to its last chapter that week. The story follows Guts, an orphaned mercenary on his quest for revenge, and consists of five major story arcs: "The Black Swordsman Arc" [nb 1] (volumes 1–3); "Golden Age Arc" [nb 2] (volumes 3–14); "Conviction Arc" [nb 3] (volumes 14–21); "Falcon of the Millennium Empire Arc" [nb 4] (volumes 22–35); and "Fantasia Arc" [nb 5] (volumes 35–). Following a pause, three consecutive chapters about Guts' childhood were published from June 8 to July 13, 2012; [30] [31] [32] the main storyline resumed eight months later on October 12, [33] [34] and the series went on hiatus after a chapter published on December 28 of the same year.

Miura also mentioned animator and manga artist Yoshikazu Yasuhiko and manga artist Fujihiko Hosono as early influences to his art style. The Queen and her conspirators celebrate in a tower before finding themselves locked in with the tower set ablaze, Griffith revealed to have coerced Foss into faking his death to kill his remaining opposition with Guts executing the thugs he hired to held Foss's daughter hostage for the minister's compliance. Since then, the series has been supervised by Miura's friend Kouji Mori and drawn by Studio Gaga, consisting of Miura's assistants and apprentices. In 1988, while working with Buronson on a manga titled King of Wolves, [8] Miura published a prototype of Berserk in Hakusensha's Gekkan ComiComi.Brittany Vincent of Otaku USA said: " Berserk is undoubtedly one of the most unique and engaging Western-style fantasies of all time. The series might take you on a rollercoaster of emotions or provide a steady companion on lazy Sunday afternoons. Originally serialized in Monthly Animal House, after that magazine ended the series was moved to the new magazine Young Animal where it became one of the biggest franchises of the long-running magazine. Zodd takes his leave while warning Guts that Griffith will be his doom once the latter dream crumbles while still considering him a friend. Critics like Gene Park of The Washington Post and Ramsey Isler of IGN stated that Berserk started a visual trend of characters wielding giant swords that spread to Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII, Dante from Devil May Cry, and Ichigo Kurosaki from Bleach.