Now that I’ve fully caught up to the latest chapter, I can confidently say this is the best manga I’ve ever read.

What can I say that hasn’t been said already?

The story is amazing, dark, unpredictable and shocking, but it’s also very easy to follow and enjoy. There’s a lot of foreshadowing, backstories and plot twists that will make your jaw drop and you’ll just be unable to stop turning the pages. Really well made and thought out story and amazing world building.

The art is just mind-blowingly good, by far the best I’ve seen in any kind of book. It’s a bit rough during the first arc (Black Swordsman) but it really picks up in the next arc (Golden Age), and just keeps getting better and better with every new arc.

The characters are extremely well made and believable. They all have motives, objectives and very interesing personalities that makes them all stand out. In my opinion, the best character is by far the protagonist, Guts. It’s a joy to have such a likeable, cool, relatable and complex character as the main character of this story.

To conclude this review, I’d like to comment about the very popular opinion that the manga peaks in the second arc (GA) and then keeps declining. I couldn’t disagree more with this statement, the next 2 arcs after GA are just as good or even better for me, and the current 5th arc keeps getting better every chapter, please don’t stop at GA or you’ll miss out on the best of Berserk.

This is how I would rate the arcs:
1. Black Swordsman: 7/10
2. Golden Age: 9.5/10
3. Conviction: 9/10
4. Millenium Falcon: 10/10
5. Fantasia: 8.5/10 (so far)