Berserk, Tome 20

ベルセルク [Berserk] #20

by Kentaro Miura

A la recherche de Casca qui a disparu, Guts s'infiltre dans la tour des châtiments. Mais une créature monstrueuse née dans la salle des tortures avale Casca et continue de s'étendre.
La troupe des chaînes d'acier sacrées, Mozguz et ses inquisiteurs, ainsi que la créature font obstacle à Guts, qui ne peut rejoindre Casca. C'est alors que l'apôtre qui jusqu'ici se dissimulait entre dans la partie...

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Comics, Horror, Graphic Novels, Fiction, Seinen

240 pages, Paperback

First published November 5, 2000

About the author

Kentarou Miura (三浦建太郎) was born in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, in 1966. He is left-handed. In 1976, at the early age of 10, Miura made his first Manga, entitled "Miuranger", that was published for his classmates in a school publication; the manga ended up spanning 40 volumes. In 1977, Miura created his second manga called Ken e no michi (剣への道 The Way to the Sword), using Indian ink for the first time. When he was in middle school in 1979, Miura's drawing techniques improved greatly as he started using professional drawing techniques. His first dōjinshi was published, with the help of friends, in a magazine in 1982.

That same year, in 1982, Miura enrolled in an artistic curriculum in high school, where he and his classmates started publishing their works in school booklets, as well as having his first dōjinshi published in a fan-produced magazine. In 1985, Miura applied for the entrance examination of an art college in Nihon University. He submitted Futanabi for examination and was granted admission. This project was later nominated Best New Author work in Weekly Shōnen Magazine. Another Miura manga Noa was published in Weekly Shōnen Magazine the very same year. Due to a disagreement with one of the editors, the manga was stalled and eventually dropped altogether. This is approximately where Miura's career hit a slump.

In 1988, Miura bounced back with a 48-page manga known as Berserk Prototype, as an introduction to the current Berserk fantasy world. It went on to win Miura a prize from the Comi Manga School. In 1989, after receiving a doctorate degree, Kentarou started a project titled King of Wolves (王狼, ōrō?) based on a script by Buronson, writer of Hokuto no Ken. It was published in the monthly Japanese Animal House magazine in issues 5 and 7 of that year.

In 1990, a sequel is made to Ourou entitled Ourou Den (王狼伝 ōrō den, The Legend of the Wolf King) that was published as a prequel to the original in Young Animal Magazine. In the same year, the 10th issue of Animal House witnesses the first volume of the solo project Berserk was released with a relatively limited success. Miura again collaborated with Buronson on manga titled Japan, that was published in Young Animal House from the 1st issue to the 8th of 1992, and was later released as a stand-alone tankōbon. Miura's fame grew after Berserk was serialized in Young Animal in 1992 with the release of "The Golden Age" story arc and the huge success of his masterpiece made of him one of the most prominent contemporary mangakas. At this time Miura dedicates himself solely to be working on Berserk. He has indicated, however, that he intends to publish more manga in the future.

In 1997, Miura supervised the production of 25 anime episodes of Berserk that aired in the same year on NTV. Various art books and supplemental materials by Miura based on Berserk are also released. In 1999, Miura made minor contributions to the Dreamcast video game Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage. 2004 saw the release of yet another video game adaptation entitled Berserk Millennium Falcon Arc: Chapter of the Record of the Holy Demon War.

Since that time, the Berserk manga has spanned 34 tankōbon with no end in sight. The series has also spawned a whole host of merchandise, both official and fan-made, ranging from statues, action figures to key rings, video games, and a trading card game. In 2002, Kentarou Miura received the second place in the Osamu Tezuka Culture Award of Excellence for Berserk.[1]

Miura provided the design for the Vocaloid Kamui Gakupo, whose voice is taken from the Japanese singer and actor, Gackt.

Miura passed away on May 6, 2021 at 2:48 p.m. due to acute aortic dissection.

Reviews

[Tawfek · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yay finished this amazing issue much faster than the last one.
There is something annoying me about the art, Guts's Big ass sword measurements is not always right.
its like the artist is trying so hard to make it fit into the panels, but ending up dwarfing them.
Its another one of those crazy nights!
The falling of the tower scene was amazing.
All those crazy monsters rising from the ground amazing.
The priest, and his band becoming demons is amazing.
Oh but the crazy monsters aren't really that creative, they are slow, and their weapons aren't varied, yes their flesh is acidic in nature, but i need more creative monstrosities.
Zodd is back to occupy the skeleton king dude, so he will be unavailable probably for the rest of the night.
I can't guess who will rescue Casca.
I seen somewhere on the Internet another upgrade in the gear of Guts i wonder, when will he show up with that gear, and will he ever gain amazing powers like the Skeleton king or not.
Enjoying the ride on to the next ❤️

[Emma · Rating 3 out of 5]

I need to get me a man that looks at me like Guts looks at Casca. 🤔

[Maria · Rating 5 out of 5]

this is BREATHTAKING. MIND-BLOWING. The symbolism!!! The parallels!!! Hol y shitttt. It’s Eclipse 2.0 but everything is in reverse. Fake Eclipse.
Honestly, this is so awesome I’m shaking.

[Dream.M · Rating 4 out of 5]

آرت تغییر کرده، برام یجوریه بخصوص قیافه کاسکا
فکر میکردم بهیموت چیز خفن تری باشه ولی نبود
و خب، تا الان فکر میکردم بهیموت خالق دستان خداست ولی اینجا فهمیدم نیست. خیلی گیج شدم دیگه

[Samane⚘️ · Rating 5 out of 5]

توی این دنیا هیچی خطرناک تر از یک مذهب فاسد شده نیست.

[Ali · Rating 4 out of 5]

داره همونی میشه که می‌خوام.
نیمه دوم این جلد کاملا تداعی‌کننده لحظات درخشان گلدن ایجه.

یه فکر اساسی باید واسه نمره مانگاهای قبلی که خوندم و اینجا اد کردم بکنم. نمره‌هاشون نسبت به برزرک دارن رنگ می‌بازن.

[Ashleigh Marie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I cannot stress this enough... CASCA 😭

[fioo ! ♡ ∗ ˚ ˖࣪ ∗ ‎˖ ݁ . ° · ˚ ₊ · Rating 3 out of 5]

i can't wait to see Griffith (?

[Krysia o książkach · Rating 3 out of 5]

zaćmienie ale odwrotnie, to co ta małpa Griffith się zaraz pojawi?

[holden · Rating 5 out of 5]

this reads even better if you read all of Father Mozgus's lines in a southern baptist voice.

[Amir · Rating 3 out of 5]

خیلی دیگه کش داده شده اون هم بابت ماجرایی که تکراریه و نه هیجان خاصی بهم داده و نه داره حرفی می‌زنه. پرداخت‌های شدید و جوندار نسبت به شخصیت‌هایی داریم که واقعاً اهمیتی ندارند و این مورد توی آرک کودکان گمشده هم بوده. کاشتی که بعدش خبری از برداشت نباشه به چه کار می‌آد؟ آرت ولی کماکان ستودنیه.

[Youssra (semi ia) · Rating 5 out of 5]

wtf is happening😭

[Himanshu Karmacharya · Rating 4 out of 5]

Volume 20 offers some epic battle scenes, all complemented by the jaw-dropping art by Miura which are nothing short of masterpieces. Among the tension of the battle, subtle humor by Isdiro and Puck provide relief and do not seem forced. The volume also asks philosophical questions about the human nature, especially coming from a villain makes it all the more intriguing.

[Grace Arango · Rating 4 out of 5]

this one had me almost smashing my laptop.

[Juho Pohjalainen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Here the big gears at long last begin to turn. The mock eclipse begins, and with it also begins the end of the world. Probably. We'll see, sometime in the 2050s when the story is finally finished.

The final showdown with Mozgus still gets pushed to the next volume, but we do get Guts beating up some of his disciples so there's that.

[Hamad · Rating 4 out of 5]

Berserk Vol 1 ★★★★
Berserk Vol 2 ★★★★
Berserk Vol 3 ★★★★
Berserk Vol 4 ★★★★
Berserk Vol 5 ★★★★
Berserk Vol 6 ★★★★
Berserk Vol 7 ★★★ ½
Berserk Vol 8 ★★★★
Berserk Vol 9 ★★★★
Berserk Vol 10 ★★★★
Berserk Vol 11 ★★★★
Berserk Vol 12 ★★★★ ½
Berserk Vol 13 ★★★★
Berserk Vol 14 ★★★★
Berserk Vol 15 ★★★★
Berserk Vol 16 ★★★★
Berserk Vol 17 ★★★ ½
Berserk Vol 18 ★★★★
Berserk Vol 19 ★★★★
Berserk Vol 20 ★★★★

This was so action packed and interesting!

[Armin safa · Rating 5 out of 5]

و اینم از جلد بیستم مجموعه مانگا برزرک...
این جلد عملیات نجات کاسکا رو نشون میداد و همچنان در ارک اغاز ایین به سر میبریم و این ارک کلا خیلی مرموزه مخصوصا اون شیطان کوچکی که همیشه دنبال گاتس و کاسکاست خیلی مرموزه....
این جلد شاهد فایت های بی نظیر گاتس بودیم که در برابر شکنجه گر های لرد مازگار(نفرت انگیزه)بودکه واقعا سری فایت عالی بود و دوستش داشتم و انقدر هرج و مرج این جلد زیاد بود که حتی نفهمیدم که کی تموم شد....
آرتش فوق العاده عالی بود و احساس میکنم که ارتش جدیدا یک سبک جدید و خیلی بهتر گرفته که خیلی مدرن تر از سبک قبلی هست...
برزرک رو اصلا از دست ندید...
Rate:5/5

[Drew Canole · Rating 4 out of 5]

Guts and co break into the Tower of Conviction to try and save Casca (and Nina).

Mozgus, the chief inquisitor with the flat face, gets involved now.

Luca almost dies but is saved by the Skull Knight. A behelit apostle named "The Egg" tells Luca his story. It's pretty interesting and gives some metaphysical theories to the world of Berserk. The Egg eventually swallows Casca's demon child for some reason.

[T.R. Preston · Rating 5 out of 5]

So, so, so good. Mozgus is one of the most potent villains in manga, and he's only here for an arc. Such great writing and art in this arc.

[Sara · Rating 4 out of 5]

وای عالیه!

[Miguel Alves]

Vols 16-20

Since the Eclipse we’ve seen a shifting of the players at the table, with the current set up being a three-way fight between the zealous tortuous inquisitors (often surrounded by a kind of symbolically muddled religious imagery), the almost-comedic-levels-of-kinky heretics, and man-against-the-world Guts and his comedy sidekicks (which are an addition I like, showing that Miura doesn’t always take himself too seriously, although their chibi goofs sometimes drop in at the wrong time, taking the edge out of some moments).

There’s an attempt, very clearly spelled out, to replicate the crescendo and horror climax of the Eclipse, still the pivotal moment of the series, but so far it’s failing to be nearly as effective. The Eclipse was pretty elegantly set up, while this feels more like the series going through the motions with these epic congruence of evil events, although the strong setting and atmosphere keep it steadily compelling, as does the amazing, nightmarish artwork . Still a waste to have a pretty great character like Casca deleted and made into basically an agency-less MacGuffin for the duration of these latest volumes, though. In fact, the series has predictably suffered from dropping off two of its three well-rounded central characters.

[Hachi ◇♡◇ · Rating 5 out of 5]

**Español abajo**

Berserk continues to leave me speechless in every way, the way in which Kentaro Miura captures in his drawing, the detail which shows a point of obsession and perfectionism and in his dialogues all type of human feelings in such a sublime way is genius.

I love seeing the courage that Kentaro shows in some characters but at the same time the cowardice and pettiness of others, who don't want to die but don't know how to live either. I think the author is very good at showing the human being at the limit of his capabilities.


***Español***


Berserk me sigue dejando boquiabierta en todos sentidos, la manera en que Kentaro Miura plasma en su dibujo de manera magistral incluso obsesiva y en sus diálogos todos los sentimientos humanos de una manera tan sublime es una genialidad.

Me encanta ver la valentía que Kentaro muestra en algunos personajes pero al mismo tiempo la cobardía y mezquindad de otros, que no quieren morir pero tampoco saben como vivir. Creo que el autor es muy bueno en mostrar al ser humano al límite de sus capacidades.

[C. Varn · Rating 5 out of 5]

The flirting with a second Esclipse and introduction of the egg of the perfect world make this volume fascinating as the retribution arc seems to have real overarching plot significance that the last few arcs really didn't have. Casca' continued importance and The Skull Knight's fatalism hint at the significance. This volume reads incredibly quickly.

[bailey elizabeth smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

5⭐️

That’s a weird egg.

[Daken Howlett · Rating 4 out of 5]

La serie di eventi legati all'inquisizione è una delle parti più disturbanti e complesse della serie fino a questo punto, in questo volume finalmente assistiamo alle conseguenze degli abusi condotti dai religiosi sulla popolazione raccolta nei campi profughi al di fuori della sacra torre della verità, già stremati dall'avanzate dell'esercito invasore nella terra d'Albione e gli eventi predetti da skull knight iniziano a mostrarsi...
Sorprendentemente, la serie ci offre una nuova eclissi dopo pochi capitoli dalla conclusione traumatica della narrazione della precedente, dimostrando ancora una volta la capacità dell'opera di mostrarsi imprevedibile e sempre interessante.

[Subham · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a cool volume and it continues the story of Guts trying to save Casca and as he approaches her, he has to fight the servants of Father Mozgus who has been given some strange powers and in some other area we pick up with Luca and her ordeals and her meeting with Skull knight and her affirming her convictions and in some other place the fight happens for Guts and he rips them like nothing before the darkness takes over, demons pouring in, the refugees seeing Father Mozgus and constructing a tower as its the appearance of Godhand and what will be Casca's fate? How will the meeting of Guts and Griffith go again now?

[Bulent · Rating 2 out of 5]

Aksiyonu bol ama enerjisi düşük bir cilt. Guts herşeyin tekrar edeceğini anlayıp, engellemeye çalışıyor ama başarılı olup olamayacağı belli ki daha sonraki ciltlerde anlaşılacak.

[atlas]

luca best girl

[Maria Manaia · Rating 4 out of 5]

"The people caught between the order of the crooked system and death. The bizarre festivals where with their own hands... they gave shape to the shapless fear they wished to escape."

[P.E. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hinterwelten


'Je ne savais pas qui j'étais et il n'y avait personne pour me le dire. Cette haute tour qui s'élevait dans le ciel... et ce froid qui me transperçait... C'était tout ce qu'il y avait. [...]
Je suis sorti de mon trou et je suis allé observer les humains récemment arrivés. Et ce que j'ai vu chez eux, c'est la mort qui s'abat partout sans raison. Et bien qu'ils auraient l'énergie pour s'échapper... leur douleur, leur terreur et l'ordre mensonger qui a été plaqué afin de dissimuler ce chaos […] ils acceptent cet ordre déviant sans brocher, ces humains écrasés par la mort. Afin de s'échapper d'une terreur sans visage, ils lui construisent une forme de leurs propres mains lors d'étranges fêtes où, chasseurs ou proies, mais tous effrayés, ils se perdent dans la fièvre.'

Au cours de ce volume, on entend le discours de l'Œuf du Monde Parfait, qui aspire à la destruction du monde qui l'environne, celui de Saint-Albion et de sa lugubre Tour des châtiments, pour donner naissance à son monde idéal. On y aperçoit quelques points communs assez évidents avec la situation de Griffith à la veille de sa métamorphose. Il s'y déroule aussi l'affrontement entre le groupe de Guts et les moines-bourreaux de l'inquisiteur Mozgus, et on y observe enfin les premiers signes non équivoques d'une nouvelle occultation, qui précèderait le retour de Griffith...