Before I begin, I want to say I at one point loved berserk. Everywhere I went, I only heard berserk this, berserk that, and the most famous quote within the fandom, "Griffith did nothing wrong" I decided to check it out one day and I hated it. I just though it was another overrated manga that was only popular because it was edgy. Later on, I started getting into SoulsBorne games and I heard that they took inspiration from berserk. I went back to read berserk and once I finished the golden age arc, I loved it. My mind was flooded with thoughts consisting of, "Where is the story gonna go from here?" then I finished black swordsman arc and I was crying. Kentaro is amazing when it comes to foreshadowing later events and is great at using character designs to tell a greater story, I realized this on my second read yet I haven't gotten caught up. Why is that, you might be asking? That's because after a Guts fights Zodd, the series feels like it's going nowhere. Every chapter used to be pumped out consistently and now berserk fans are lucky to get a single chapter in a year. My theory is that Kentaro doesn't know what to do with berserk anymore, it went from a very grim story, one filled with sorrow, to just your average shonen. I wouldn't be mad if it was a spin-off or something but everything that happens is canon which is honestly surprising because nothing feels like it's going anywhere unless you see Griffith. Before, I kept asking where is this series gonna go. Now, it's plain as day because Kentaro really doesn't seem to know where else to take berserk. I prefer to pretend that the newer chapters don't exist because that is not what berserk became known for.

Tl:Dr: I was sucked into berserk for it's dark tones, it's extremely human characters, and it's creativeness in story telling and concepts. Now, it's just a generic shonen that really isn't going anywhere unless you see Griffith.