Guts the Black Swordsman just can't seem to find a little peace. On his way to the idyllic tranquility of his miniature pal Puck's homeland of Elfhelm, Guts and his companions, at the behest of a local witch, assist a village beset by a plague of hideous and deadly trolls. Assisted by the witch's disciple, Schierke, the warrior band manages to turn the tide against the beasts, but when a monstrous ogre hits town, a tide of another kind is needed, a mystic flood to wash the town clean. But when Casca and Farnese are carried away by the flood, they become prisoners in the troll's den, where a fate far worse than any imaginable death awaits!
Characters like Farnese and Griffith are polished and refined and new characters are given at an avalanche, opening our eyes to how big Berserk's world truly is, while opening us up to the magic of this world. Which works as a good way of self-defense against forces like the God-Hand. In that way, magic is a necessary tool that Berserk did a brilliant job of slowly integrating. The problem is that magic is something that Miura is clearly a big fan of, and his persistent indulgence into it causes major parts of the arc to feel immoderate. This is most evident in volume twenty-five. Entire parts of this volume I would deem 'unreadable' if any reader is attempting a re-read. So much of this volume is uncurbed and low-price in it's execution that I find little to compliment in it's writing, with the exception of a few notable moments. Aside from mentions of Griffith, how magic is integrated into combat, and the scene in which Farnese tries to protect Casca, there is little char Read Full Review
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