Berserk anime and manga Was Re: Disappointed in Anime recently (vague spoilers for Berserk)

[S. Tanry]

Once again, the post below contains some Berserk Manga spoilers post-vol
13 or so.

Michael Lo wrote:
> Hi I only seen the earlier Berserk comics, what happens after the
> interlude about Guts's past?

Well, you should read it yourself I suppose. But like I said, nothing
much happens. If I were to sum up the first volumes, there's many plot
points to mention, ending with the eclipse. However after the eclipse
there's not much worth mentioning. Hundreds of people die by demons
hands in generic and gory ways, Gutts kills some bugs, generic knights,
and some religious fanatics. Caska and other females are in various
states of undress, constantly one second from being raped by a mob of
demons. Rickert and Erica are the only characters not yet raped or
killed, but I'm sure they're saving them for the coup de grace, the
ultimate fucking over of Gutts. Oh yeah, and Griffith's suddenly a human
again, decidedly noncommunicative, but a bunch of ultra powerful guys
(Zodd included) have his back. There's where we're left. It took us 9
volumes to get some semblance of progress going again.

> I'm not bothered by the violence of Berserk (there's worse things
> out there), the really important thing is how is the storyline and
> characterisation after? It'd be disappointing to me if Guts doesn't
> show at least some kind of minor change what with Puck hanging around
> him.

He's constantly obsessing over saving Caska(who needs to be saved
repeatedly, now that she's filling the damsel in distress role), if
that's what you mean. But he also kills about a hundred children in a
round about way. There's maybe a slight bit of remorse as he's doing it,
but not much.

> Also where did you see the comics? The only place I've seen is
> in Chinatown where they have the Cantonese translated ones. In
> any event I just look at the pictures since I can't read either
> Japanese or Chinese
>

Downloaded fan scans/translations.

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-S. Tanry

[Michael Lo]

Can you recommend some websites? The 7 volume stretch doesn't
sound promising in terms of quality but I'll decide for myself
whether its good or not. Anyways thanks

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[S. Tanry]

Michael Lo wrote:
> Can you recommend some websites? The 7 volume stretch doesn't
> sound promising in terms of quality but I'll decide for myself
> whether its good or not. Anyways thanks
>

Unfortunately no. I can tell you I got all of mine from
alt.binaries.pictures.manga. The whole thing was posted over the last 40
or so days. Unless you have a news server with good
retention(www.easynews.com) they won't be very accessable. A web site
may have them, I just don't know about it.

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-S. Tanry

[brewthatistrue]

On 11 Jun 2002 07:35:24 -0700, Iwillnev...@hotmail.com (Michael Lo) wrote:

>Can you recommend some websites? The 7 volume stretch doesn't
>sound promising in terms of quality but I'll decide for myself
>whether its good or not. Anyways thanks

http://www.chop-stix.net/~mangadownloads/berserk.html

http://thehawks.org/

p.s. i like the manga, and i don't have a problem with the filler being too disconnected from the
main plot.

[Jason Leeming]

Anyone have any Berserk Manga (preferably earlier in the series) that they're willing to share? (and
any way to send it over to me?)
Thanks.
Also, as I missed the earlier bits of this thread, what was the "7 volume stretch" refering to?