
Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire than J.R.R. fill those pages with an epic of boldness, elegance, horror, adventure, love, redemption, perseverance, friendship, humor - an epic of contradictions: beautiful, grotesque, whimsical, cosmic."Īs CBR.com noted in 2019, Berserk's gritty tone is more reminiscent of George R. "I went to open a copy of Berserk just now, and I pictured for a moment that every page was blank, to remind myself that's how each one of Berserk's thousands upon thousands of pages began," Dark Horse manga editor Carl Horn wrote in a remembrance released by the publisher last week. The English translation will release later this year from Dark Horse Comics.Miura's English-language publisher, Dark Horse, reports that he passed away on May 6 of an acute aortic dissection.
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The final chapter of the series by Miura, chapter 364, was released posthumously and collected in tankōbon format as volume 41 in December 2021. Kentaro Miura died unexpectedly from an aortic dissection in May 2021 leaving fans and the manga world stunned – with tributes pouring out in the worlds of comics and gaming.īerserk is an international bestselling manga with over 50 million copies in circulation. Still, I think I can almost tell the story that Miura wanted to tell.” I will only write the lines and stories that Miura described to me. I will not write episodes that I don’t remember clearly. “I will only write the episodes that Miura talked to me about. I will recall the details as much as possible and tell the story.” “I have a message and promise to everyone. On being brought on board to produce the rest of the Berserk story alongside Miura’s apprentices at Studio Gaga: We did so ever since we were students, consulting each other while working on manga.”

I continued to talk to Miura often, whenever there was a big episode. Strangely, the story for Berserk went on exactly as we discussed at the time, with almost no changes. I sensed it would be hard work, but couldn’t believe it when I was trapped indoors for a week… In that very moment, the storyline for Berserk was completed, until the very last chapter. “Nearly 30 years ago, Miura called me and said, “I need to talk to you about drawing a rough draft.” I went to his workplace just to talk as we always do, but Miura looked more serious than usual. Kouji Mori manga author of Holyland and Destroy and Revolution, gave a statement: Miura envisioned to everyone as faithfully as possible.” “We believe that this policy, although imperfect, is the best way to deliver the Berserk that Mr. We would like to take the “Kentaro Miura” that we knew so fondly through our conversations and work and convey this to all of you in a sincere manner. However, we will write the manga so as not to deviate from Mr. “Since he did not leave behind rough drafts, it is impossible for us to create a manuscript exactly in the way he would have intended. The continuation of the series will hew as closely as possible to the ideas for the series that Miura would discuss with friends and colleagues, as Miura did not leave behind any formal outlines or written drafts to work from: Our hope is for everyone to read the last episode that we have put together, until the very last frame.”

“We were reluctant to end his story without sharing these with his fans. We have also found memos of ideas he wrote and designs for characters that he drew and left behind. Our minds and hearts are still filled with the thoughts Mr. “Such ordinary days continued for more than a quarter of a century. He wondered, would everyone be surprised if I drew something like this? How about a character like this? Would this storyline be interesting? The talks were not meant as his last words, but were a part of his ordinary days as a manga artist. He also had similar talks with his studio staff and editor. “Before his passing, Kentaro Miura spoke to his close friend Kouji Mori about the stories and episodes he had in mind for Berserk.
