Berserk is a dark and gritty medieval blood bath. The manga starts off with a introduction to the world as it is right this minute and then it pans back to the origin of it all. Now it doesn't give away any huge spoilers just shows you two very different versions of the same character.

It spends a majority of the series telling you how one became the other. You may think this at some point may feel like a cheat or its boring cause it isn't the brief summary you read at the start of scouting this. My opinion is keep reading cause the origin is well done, its interesting and it piles on more interest as you go until you finally reach the present and things are a total apocalypse on the rise.

Berserk is a action manga filled with blood,gore,violence and monsters. This is no typical manga and it really can't be described at how well they made it. The hardest thing to accept while reading Berserk is that there's no ending yet, its still in production for like over 20 years. The depth of character and plots go pretty deep and you really get sucked into this universe and can't help but turn pages faster and faster.

I suggest you view this Boy Mercenary become a Dark Avenger in this epic saga.