Berserk 2
Posted: December 28, 2007 Filed under: Berserk 2 Comments »This volume carries over the story that started up in the last pages of volume one. We learn that the one-eyed old man that called Guts and Puck down to his lair used to work for the King until he was tortured. His wife and children were consumed by the King along with his legs and most of his face. He urges Guts to kill the king on his behalf. Guts smacks him around a bit before he declares he’s going to kill him for his own reasons. This doesn’t get very far before a warrior possessed by a demon breaks in and starts fighting Guts, because something extreme hadn’t happened for, like, thirty pages at that point aside from the flashbacks of demons eating women.
The demon-possessed warrior actually has a piece of the king in him. We learn that the King went insane after pagan worshipers kidnapped and killed his wife when they were denied their right to freedom of religion. He’s been wiping out many people in his kingdom in the name of heresy since that day, and we find out he was in possession of some sort of key to the demon realm, so… he’s basically turned into a demon himself in order to protect his daughter, who he locks in a tower.
The reason I’m so copiously going through the plot is that I’m still having a hard time believing these things transpired. It is truly an insane masterpiece of storytelling.
Amid this awesome setup, there’s also a lot of choice battles that Guts engages in. Some are with humans that he easily wipes out in insane rampages, but he also tangles with the demon warrior twice, and the battle that carries over into the next volume with the King was also pretty choice. I’d like to see the end of it.
This series is so awesome.
when did Berserk 2 come out???!
It’s not a sequel or anything, I just review individual volumes of series here. I’m only talking about the second volume of the series.