Berserk Complete Collection: Books 1-41 by Kentaro Miura

by Kentaro Miura

**NOW INCLUDES BOOK 41**
The adult horror manga series against which all others are measured. Kentaro Miura's BERSERK has outraged, horrified, and delighted manga and anime fanatics since 1989, creating an international legion of hardcore devotees and inspiring a plethora of TV series, feature films, and video games. Berserk is manga mayhem to the extreme – violent, horrifying, and mercilessly funny. And now the champion of adult fantasy manga is available in this complete collection of all 41 illustrated paperback books. Included
Berserk Volume 1; Berserk Volume 2; Berserk Volume 3; Berserk Volume 4; Berserk Volume 5; Berserk Volume 6; Berserk Volume 7; Berserk Volume 8 Berserk Volume 9; Berserk Volume 10; Berserk Volume 11; Berserk Volume 12; Berserk Volume 13; Berserk Volume 14; Berserk Volume 15; Berserk Volume 16; Berserk Volume 17; Berserk Volume 18; Berserk Volume 19; Berserk Volume 20; Berserk Volume 21; Berserk Volume 22; Berserk Volume 23; Berserk Volume 24; Berserk Volume 25; Berserk Volume 26; Berserk Volume 27; Berserk Volume 28; Berserk Volume 29; Berserk Volume 30; Berserk Volume 31; Berserk Volume 32; Berserk Volume 33; Berserk Volume 34; Berserk Volume 35; Berserk Volume 36; Berserk Volume 37; Berserk Volume 38; Berserk Volume 39; Berserk Volume 40; Berserk Volume 41

Genres: Manga

9272 pages, Paperback

Published June 1, 2022

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

[Jesse Graczyk · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 stars What a christmas holiday treat, soooo good. Sometimes a bit repetitive hence the 1/2 star drop. Couldn't be bothered marking all 41 volumes as read so thank you for whoever put this on goodreads.

[Mahyar · Rating 5 out of 5]

حیف که نویسنده فوت کرد آخر داستان باز موند جز اولین مانگاهابی است که خواندم واقعا حرف نداشت واقعا مانگا خوب سخت پیدا می‌شه

[Geoffrey Jonas · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a long haul. It was epic, majestic at times, confusing and overwhelming, and sometimes too much. The art, at first, seemed relatively rudimentary; however, as the series developed the art became exquisite. From massive battles and monsters, to beautiful landscapes and cities, the detail became almost too much. I could spend hours looking at much of it. How do you even find ink pens that can make such fine lines?

What lost a star here is some of the excessive brutality and trauma. This is NOT an easy read at some points. As a trauma survivor and writer, it felt to me that some of the trauma storylines were not well informed and did not portray trauma realistically. I understand it is fantasy and involves monsters; however, there are lines that need not be crossed and could have been portrayed through implication, not realism.

I am disheartened that he was unable to complete the series before he died. I understand that the series will continue based on ideas and stories the author relayed to his team, and I look forward to it. Overall though, this was a towering achievement to the manga genre.

[Sisyphus · Rating 5 out of 5]

RIP TO THE GOD!!!

I got into this cause I wanted more Elden Ring-ish stuff after I beat the game after 200 hours.

[Carla · Rating 5 out of 5]

i'm not crying, you're crying

[Guillermo · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5

[Dionisio Zarco · Rating 5 out of 5]

El Camino del heroe en su máximo esplendor. Top 5 de mis mangas favoritos, increíble.

[Muhammad Ali · Rating 5 out of 5]

Finally, after a tedious year, I've finished this masterpiece.
Kentaro Miura is a legend.

[Leonardo Berry · Rating 5 out of 5]

Uma das minhas obras favoritas da vida!!

[Alessio Turturiello]

Ho iniziato la lettura di Berserk circa un mesetto fa, in questo periodo di tempo ho divorato tutti i 376 capitoli attualmente disponibili. L'opera non è terminata ed in più l'autore Kentaro Miura è scomparso nel 2021 (l'ultimo suo capitolo è il 364 del volume 41)... Nonostante ciò, riesce ad essere un capolavoro.
Non starò a sciorinare tutta la quantità di riflessioni che quest'opera innesca nel lettore, così come sarebbe inutile dilungarsi sulla profondità e sulla crescita dei personaggi o sulla bellezza dei disegni (in ogni capitolo troviamo almeno una dozzina di immagini degne di essere estrapolate per farci un quadro), il background stesso dell'autore e dei riferimenti più o meno espliciti e più o meno consapevoli dell'opera... È semplicemente un qualcosa da recuperare, nonostante il calo della qualità dopo la Golden Age.
Spero Berserk possa trovare una degna o quantomeno rispettosa conclusione. Nel frattempo, Miura ha con me guadagnato un nuovo... Apostolo.

Aggiornerò, eventualmente, questo commento con eventuali considerazioni successive alla lettura dei nuovi capitoli.

[Gusi · Rating 5 out of 5]

mi manga favorito que pajote de manga