Berserk is an extravagant work by the mangaka, Miura Kentaro. The storyline of berserk was excelletly paced. The first chapter draws the viewer in perfectly hardcore action scenes as well as creates mystery through many of its unanswered questions, It was started as seinen (men's) manga approximately 23 years back in 1989and has never dropped from the top 5 on the seinen's list. The flow of the story never bored the viewers. In most cases, stories get boring and not seem to be ultimately going anywhere.One of my grip is that the manga is still going even with Miura releasing just one every two months or three, and it is totally moving towards an eventual end. The only prolem that caught my attention is that it is updated like once in a blue moon. Current ratings says berserk is the #1 in Top 10 best rated (bayesian estimate), and #2 in the Top 10 best rated (weighted average), and #9 on top 10 most popular, kick ass.Berserk also got some public recognition in USA, althourh it'd still be the greatest even if it got last place in the poll. Other than the flow of the story and it action what struck me was the artwork. The shades, strokes and the clearity in the design of the characters was a breathtaking work by Miura.

Guts, known as the black swordsman, wandered out of vengeabce through an era which one can recognize as the medieval period. He was in search of the man named Griffith who branded him as an unholy sacrifice. His path was devoid from the rest of the humanity. He had to slay demons attracted towards his neck because of the branded mark. Berserk is a dark and brooding about outrageous swordsplay, fate and dreams.

The goldem age arc details the life of Guts prior to him becoming "The Black Swordsman". In this arc he travels through a variety of locations throughout the Chuder Empire and the Midland Empire. He fights over 30 Apostles during this arc, mainly encountered during the Eclipse...of the three major Apostles he battles, one of which he kills...another he grievously wounds and the third he barely manages to survive against. Guts meets Gambino, Griffith, Casca and the Band of the Hawk in addition to various other characters, friend and foe alike.Guts also loses only a handful of these fights, being the first against Griffith, then against Zodd, then against Adon Coborlwitz and ultimately is beaten down by Apostles during the Eclipse. This shows that berserka was not based on one sided probabilty.

Over all i haven't found much of flaws in the story, the art is detailed. Maybe i daresay you find a better seinen manga than berserk. All thanks to Kentarou Miura who is a pure genius when it comes to character development.