Berserk Volume 3

Barring a short and largely inconsequential bit of Puck shenanigans right at the beginning, this volume is where Berserk really begins to hit its stride. Plenty of great scenes with the God Hand's first appearance, a few hints on what drives the main character so hard to begin with, a tense and emotional ending to the first true story arc in the series... followed by a pretty intense flashback into Guts's childhood that quite honestly explains almost everything about how he ended up. This is where the Golden Age begins, where all of the issues I've previously listed finally disappear and - I'd argue - never come up again. This is where I was forever glued - and my immensely high opinion of the series has only soared higher since. If you've made it this far, over the few rough volumes and storylines, without deciding it's not a story for you (or quitting in disgust), then you're certainly in to stay.

Good

The first 3 volumes of Berserk are set in his present time. It really establishes the world and the character himself GUTS. It gives a lot of mystery to the character and you want to know more and more about him. How did he get to where he is? These first 3 volumes follow GUTS on his own adventures. Going to towns and slaying demons. Each demon with their own twisted personalities with amazing art style to show this off. Same goes for the world around GUTS. The art style is amazing. So much detail and sometimes it has minimal pieces come up which are just as good. The books have dialogue but sometimes. It feels like it doesn’t have much and it lets the art tell the story which I really enjoy. The first 3 volumes leave you wanting more and get you asking how GUTS ended it up the brash warrior he is now and why all these problems are piled on top of him.

So much happens in this volume. So many important plot beats met. And it's really long. This volume continues the storyline of the previous volume but also sets up Guts' backstory in the Golden Age arc.

great item, a bit long to wait but 10/10 package

Came quickly and good quality. Gift for my son.

This volume was extremely sad however the action was easy to follow and the storyline was good... this volume sets up the perfect understanding as to Gut's current suffering after the Golden Age Arc.

I loved this more than the first two. Pace picks up well as the bad guy being more entertaining. Getting to see a certain group is also very exciting

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Origin starts here. If you think it was gruesome, cruel, violent before, its going to be way worse. But if you decide to read, it could probably become the best book you have read. Origin starts last chapter in this volume and now we will know why Guts is hunting demons

Very cool!

Amazing series

This the 3rd volume in the Berserk series and wraps up the storyline started in the 1st and 2nd books. It is very well done and, as with the other volumes, full of incredible action and violence. In this book Guts finally defeats the monstrous Count only to have the Count activate the Behelit and send them all (the Count, his daughter, and Guts) to a different realm where the five God Hands rule over a hell like world. Here we find out that Guts has some sort of history with the God Hands and is desperate to take them down. Additionally the Count finds out that his pleas won’t be answered exactly in the way he hoped (the God Hands are demons after all). As with previous volumes the illustration is well done, detailed, and easy to follow. There are a ton of action scenes which are also incredibly well done. This volume continues to be full of a lot of gore and violence, so a caution to those who don’t like that. Of course if you are ready to read the third volume in the series I would imagine you are fine with all that. Overall an incredibly well done continuation of the Berserk series. I loved meeting the God Hands and learning more about Guts history with them (of course if you have watched the manga you know a lot already about Guts’ history with the God Hands already). Guts continues to impress with his determination, durability, huge sword and straight-out..well...gutsiness.