Manga Rec #4

HELLO GUYS! I AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS WEEK'S "MANGA REC" BECAUSE I AM RECOMMENDING "BERSERK" ONE OF MY FAVORITE MANGA SO FAR. I THINK YOU SHOULD TOTALLY READ BERSERK, BECAUSE OF ITS GREAT STORY AND ART WORK.



BERSERK IS A MANGA WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY . A PROTOTYPE OF BERSERK WAS RELEASED IN 1988BUT THE FIRST VOLUME OF THE MANGA WAS PUBLISHED ON NOVEMBER 26, 1990 BY HAKUSENSHA IN ITS JETS COMICS COLLECTION. IN 1992, AFTER THE PUBLICATION OF THREE MORE VOLUMES, BERSERK WAS SERIALIZED IN YOUNG ANIMAL. THE SERIES WAS ADAPTED INTO A TWENTY-FIVE EPISODE ANIME SERIES COVERING THE SERIES' FIRST STORY ARC BY ORIENTAL LIGHT AND MAGIC FROM OCTOBER 7, 1997 TO MARCH 31, 1998. A SERIES OF FILMS WERE RELEASED, BEGINNING WITH BERSERK GOLDEN AGE ARC I: THE EGG OF THE KING ON FEBRUARY 4, 2012, AS PART OF AN EFFORT TO ADAPT THE ENTIRE MANGA SERIES. GENRES: ACTION, HORROR.




PLOT: GUTS (GATTSU) KNOWN AS THE BLACK SWORDSMAN, SEEKS SANCTUARY FROM THE DEMONIC FORCES THAT PERSUE HIMSELF AND HIS WOMAN, AND ALSO VENGEANCE AGAINST THE MAN WHO BRANDED HIM AS AN UNHOLY SACRIFICE. AIDED ONLY BY HIS TITANIC STRENGTH, SKILL AND SWORD, GUTS MUST STRUGGLE AGAINST HIS BLEAK DESTINY, ALL THE WHILE FIGHTING WITH A RAGE THAT MIGHT STRIP HIM OF HIS HUMANITY. BERSERK IS A DARK AND BROODING STORY OF OUTRAGEOUS SWORDPLAY AND OMINOUS FATE, IN THE THEME OF SHAKESPEARE'S MACBETH.
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