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Berserk |OT| - Big men, bigger swords, OFF THE BOAT - Berserk #344 24/6/2016
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Tricky I Shadow
Banned
Wow...seeing a ton of praise for Vagabond. Looks like I made a good choice to pick it up. Looking forward to getting stuck into it soon!
Ah okay! Well it does come up when I search for it, so I assume they would have it in stock. I'll shoot them an email just to make sure.
Hopefully my package isn't far off now. I looked up an unboxing video from InStockTrades on YouTube, and yeah, they pack stuff well.
Ah okay! Well it does come up when I search for it, so I assume they would have it in stock. I'll shoot them an email just to make sure.
Hopefully my package isn't far off now. I looked up an unboxing video from InStockTrades on YouTube, and yeah, they pack stuff well.
CD Projekt Red
Don't care about the details in terms of story so long as it's made by them because it would be a huge, epic experience with beautiful graphics.
From Software would be a great pick too although moreso for the combat and art direction than anything else.
throw some Platinium Games in there and baby you got a stew going
PG are fantastic but I don't think think they'd be a good fit. I think they would be too tempted to unnecessarily inject their own quirkiness into the game. I'd much rather they work on a One Piece game.
Definitely in Berserker mode, 100% agree on that.
Ivan Amiibo
Banned
so when i'm done with Berserk, my next long manga series will be Vampire Hunter D. is this legit y/n
It's a light novel series. There are mangas but those aren't the original stories.
Werewolf Jones
Member
Apparently it's still on going.
YesNOnoNOYes
Member
Wolfsmund is gorgeous. Terrific art, intense storyline, unflinching outcomes. Would recommend 10/10. Please try it.
OT, I just caught up with Berserk! \o/
That Rickert's slap was soooooooooooooooooo delicious and loooooooooooong overdue.
SolarPowered
Member
Now that we're on this subject I'd have to say that he feels more like a Ninja Gaiden character. Tecmo really mastered the art of tactile feel with bladed weapons with that franchise and the feeling of using the dragonslayer in one of their classic styled games would be... I think I'm gonna need a minute.
*puts on "likes" list*
*takes off "like" list*
If we're talking seriously they might be the top choice for Western made Berserk game. Midland would shine brightly with them on the large scale.
From's art would probably be the best on a smaller scale. Their castles and ornate architecture would be great. The combat would probably be the best, especially if they make an effort to be faithful to the manga in the brutality and detail. The gore would be sick.
Werewolf Jones
Member
Just make a Berserk game like Ghosts n Goblins except you gain armour as you take damage instead of losing it.
Huh, seems like it, but it has been stuck on vol. 6 for quite a while.
To clarify: I wouldn't care if CD Projekt Red started at the very beginning of the story. All of Berserk is pretty solid for an adaptation. Realistically, though, it's too long for them to cram it all in one game.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
Bought this today:
Been tearing though volumes ever since I got volume 9 in from Amazon.
I just finished 13 and wow. The story has taken a huge, dark turn and it's been great, but I feel like I'm a little lost.
Spoilers through volume 13
I just finished 13 and wow. The story has taken a huge, dark turn and it's been great, but I feel like I'm a little lost.
Spoilers through volume 13
I'm sure this is way premature and we'll get more insight into the new version of Griffith and why he did what he did, but I feel a little disappointed. Griffith was such an interesting character and now all of a sudden he's just Evil Incarnate? I mean he even raped Casca while Guts watched? Wut. Was it because he was jealous that Casca didn't worship him anymore and he had started to pick up on the relationship between Guts and Casca?
I guess I'm just reeling a bit from volume 13. That was a crazy 200 pages.
I guess I'm just reeling a bit from volume 13. That was a crazy 200 pages.
RadioHeadAche
Member
I think he blames Guts for leaving and everything that happened after. I'm not sure how failthful the dialogue in the anime is to the manga, but I remember a line from Griffith that went something like "he's the only one who obscured my dream". What he did to Casca was just to spite Guts, and maybe her too.
After volume two, Puck has grown on me. Particularly, him trying to mimic the behelit face.
I am the same as you... =[
Is all 3 on there? There is 3 for the golden arc saga movies.
Errytime
Mitch
Banned
For some reason, Netflix only has part 1 available. Part 2 can be watched via Google Play and Amazon ($3.99) if you're into that.
Just the first one. I haven't checked if there were others.
It's late and I'm about to go to bed, but I did want to respond to say that you actually get a huge amount of insight into this before that. You get
the clearest picture inside Griffith's head
It's actually explicable, in spite of the initial shock.
I guess I understand why Griffith made the sacrifice. He's hellbent on achieving his dream and all that, but man. He went straight to ultimate evil. I guess I'm just lamenting the loss of human Griffith as a character. He was really interesting.
And I know I'm probably jumping the gun on the new Griffith as a character because this just happened, but volume 13 was a real gut punch.
And I know I'm probably jumping the gun on the new Griffith as a character because this just happened, but volume 13 was a real gut punch.
Basketball
Member
ALRIGHT WHO BUMPED THIS FKN THREAD
Laurentius
Member
Haha. This is just from the last few pages. Y'all may want to subscribe to a Berserk news site instead or something, rather than assuming that a bump to this thread means a new chapter. (It's fun to discuss Berserk even when there's not a new chapter.)
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
I'm still waiting for volumes 2-8 and my Vagabond 3 in 1 volume to arrive, but I just ordered volumes 9-37 of Berserk. I think I've gone a little mad. InStockTrades had one copy of volume 9 left but didn't have volumes 24 and 34. I had to go to eBay for volume 24 (the price of it was pretty ridiculous) and Book Depository for volume 34.
I wasn't going to buy so much, but the more I got in one go the more I saved on shipping from InStockTrades - and I thought I'd eventually end up buying them all anyway. All up it cost me around $560 Australian Dollars for all 37 volumes....add in the fact that I've just spent like about $14,000 Australian Dollars on a holiday to Greece next month (I'm paying for my Mum too), this has been a really expensive year so far!
RadioHeadAche
Member
They better be reprinting those. I really don't want to pay more than msrp for second-hand.
Man, big kudos to that dedication Tricky. Both Berserk and Vagabond are incredible in every regard.
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Remember when Guts and the others are on the boat and suddenly they are engulfed by a bright light? That's what will happen when a new chapter releases.
I hope we get at least one this year.
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Remember when Guts and the others are on the boat and suddenly they are engulfed by a bright light? That's what will happen when a new chapter releases.
I hope we get at least one this year.
RadioHeadAche
Member
I suppose it's good that I don't really buy a lot of $60 games these days (in fact it's very rare) as that makes spending $70 on eight books an easier pill to swallow. Just ordered books 5-12, so I'll at least have the golden age mostly complete for the time being.
True Savior
Member
There are various ways you can explain his decision. First and foremost , the world in Berserk is bound by the laws of causality. Griffith lived a conditioned life to make that decision. In the occulation he was even manipulated (he hallucinates with Guts , Ubik shows him a false past , etc). Why he made that decision ? Well , Griffith more or less lives in his own reality. He suppresses everything around him in order to achieve his dream. After being rescued he is as far way as possible from his objective . From the beautiful , almighty conqueror he is now a disfigured blob of absolute nothing. He is past the point of being fragile. Seeing the one man who made him rethink his dream (Guts) with Casca led him to try to escape that miserable existence and condition. And at his lowest point they give him in a platter his dream. He sees Guts one last time before saying Yes knowing that man was the only thing that broke his reality. He ends up sacrificing everything for a dream he started to see as inaccessible.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
Volume 24 was listed as new on eBay, so don't worry. Just be prepared to pay more for it than the other volumes - it seems to be the rarest.
Thanks. Berserk has blown me away. It oozes quality and everything about it is just so rich. I might even post mini reviews for each volume.
Valdfellgar
Banned
Hell I'd be okay with it going on for another 10-20 years (with regular updates of course) if Kentaro Miura passing away before it's finished wasn't such a terrifying possibility.
manipulate
Member
Man I was just thinking I have the volumes up to somewhere on the boat, since like .. 2010 or 2011, sitting on my bookshelf
Then I read just now they're still on the boat? SON
PS, is Wolfsmund good? It looks pretty sweet but I'm scared to pull the trigger on it
Then I read just now they're still on the boat? SON
PS, is Wolfsmund good? It looks pretty sweet but I'm scared to pull the trigger on it
I agree with the gist of what True Savior is saying, until we get to the bolded part:
He suppresses everything, and nothing more than his own humanity. So, I don't think he's sacrificing everything for his dream, but is instead running from his own humanity. It isn't the manipulations While he is imprisoned, there's a line - I don't have the volume in front of me so forgive me for the vagueness - where he says that while his dream is fading, Guts is shining as bright as ever. Guts shattered Griffith's carefully constructed persona, and it was in that moment when he saw Guts again that he made the sacrifice. I think that everything else - the manipulations, his current condition, his desire to achieve his dream, etc. are all relevant. But in that moment, he's running from Guts and everything that he represents about Griffith that Griffith can't face.
the Berserk Reddit keeps an updated date on when the next possible chapter could come out. It's already been changed from 5/8 to 5/22 as the next "possible" date there could be a chapter in Young Animal. 5/8 would of made sense since its a week after Golden Week, but were talking about Berserk.
Mitch
Banned
You know, I've stopped myself from spending anymore money on manga, because I will end up emptying out my account. InStockTrades is a godsend. I had volumes 1 through 10 of Vagabond in my cart the other day, and it wasn't even over $150.
I'm still waiting for volumes 2-8 and my Vagabond 3 in 1 volume to arrive, but I just ordered volumes 9-37 of Berserk. I think I've gone a little mad. InStockTrades had one copy of volume 9 left but didn't have volumes 24 and 34. I had to go to eBay for volume 24 (the price of it was pretty ridiculous) and Book Depository for volume 34.
I wasn't going to buy so much, but the more I got in one go the more I saved on shipping from InStockTrades - and I thought I'd eventually end up buying them all anyway. All up it cost me around $560 Australian Dollars for all 37 volumes....add in the fact that I've just spent like about $14,000 Australian Dollars on a holiday to Greece next month (I'm paying for my Mum too), this has been a really expensive year so far!
You're going to feel complete when you see these on your shelf.
I just finished collecting Vagabond recently, myself. And yes, it is nice. <3
Mitch
Banned
I had not actually seen a physical copy until just yesterday. What a huge book (3-in-1). Over 700 pages, and from what I skimmed through, it all looked really well done.
To satisfy my urge to buy manga, I hung out at B&N for a bit, just flipping through different books. I didn't see any Berserk, though. I've been to three different B&N stores in my area, and none of them seem to carry any volumes.
Yeah, Berserk volumes never seem to be around, except occasionally in used bookstores.
I'm not quite sure. Might just be on a hiatus right now.
That's probably fairly accurate.
It's certainly not on a similar level as Berserk. Basically more like gratuitous horror where you just wonder what terrible thing might happen this time to the protagonists. I'd say if you can get it for cheap it's worth a look.