No wonder the 3 part OVA and the Musou game solely focused on the Golden Age Arc, cause any arc outside Golden Age is straight up trash, and most likely the Japanese manga readers know that well.

The art is quite well detailed, but that doesn't always mean it's eye-candy, and Berserk is no different. The art was best done on Guts' initial design, being the only uniqueness I've seen in Japanese art so far, for a supposed giant sword wielder.

Guts is the only standout character throughout the whole series, due to his character development and realistic emotional changes; also the fact he's a walking tank. Griffith becomes completely disappointing from the Millenium Falcon arc onward. I would've even appreciated him as a complete Faggith, if he wasn't dumbed down, especially when he orders those weird ass tasks to Zodd in that same arc. I liked Casca in the Golden Age arc too, but a certain curse afflicting her yearns me to be cured, but Miura had to smoke blunts and write the story off the top of his head for him to illustrate one chapter per month.

Speaking of the arcs, like I said, only Golden Age was good, allowing me to score the 1997 anime adaptation a 9. It started very horribly, especially with Puck going like "ooh the emotions (talking about Guts)... they pain my heart". Not even shounen such as fucking One Piece would try to directly convey in-manga what the mangaka tries to show on one specific part. After Golden Age, the story becomes a Kill Bill clone with repetitive hacking and slashing in towns every arc, yes, especially inside towns, with guards and trolls. This travesty for a story will never get any better.

I could've slapped Berserk with a 1 but due to Golden Age and certain quotes, I decided to add three extra mercy points