» Posted July 28th, 2007 by psi29a
海戦 – Sea Battle
It was released, here is the proof. 
I personally just got back in town from a week of work related stuff, but as per usual the team is on it like white on rice. Warning that the raws we do have are of lower quality, but we are currently looking out for better ones. So, if by the time the translation is done and we still don’t have the raws, we will push forward.
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July 28th, 2007 at 1:31 pm
poor Guts
he’s already all fuckedup
and now a Sea Battle
July 28th, 2007 at 1:36 pm
w00t!
July 28th, 2007 at 1:40 pm
Well, maybe the elf king will give Guts his arm and eye back. Then these battles won’t be as inconvenient.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:46 pm
Good Quality or Bad Quality.
we appreciate it either way guys, you’re the best EVER !!!
July 28th, 2007 at 1:54 pm
Holy tap-dancing jesus! I’m betting that we get to see slain pirates this chapter… or maybe NINJA pirates! Meh, that would actually suck. Now if the Skull Knight was on the bow of the other ship… holy shit, I think that I would crap my pants.
Heh, I’d be funny if “Sea Battle” was actually an allegory of the sexual strain between Guts and Caska.
July 28th, 2007 at 2:04 pm
Thanks Ahmed, that means a lot to us. ^_^
You guys can keep refreshing if you want, give us some time to deal with this though so go play some C&C 3 or catch Zodiak or Number 23 at the local video store.
July 28th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
I feel sorry for gutts, he never comes out in good shape after a see battle, I bet his reaction to the whole seen was ” Oh they just keep shitting in my cereal!”
Take your time EG Crew we got ALONG wait a head of us for the next issue.
July 28th, 2007 at 2:57 pm
Woot new berserk soon
Keep it up guys I’ve been downloading EG berserk since your first release and I think you’re doing a truly excellent job. Quality on your scans is HQ too
Always a pleasure to look forward to more berserk!
July 28th, 2007 at 3:09 pm
EG, Thank you for making my week of hellish work worth surviving. I am so tired from work that I could thank God Hand if you guys finish the release when i wake up one of these next few mornings.
You make work worth it with your releases.
July 28th, 2007 at 4:44 pm
Thanks guys!Keep it up
July 28th, 2007 at 4:57 pm
Just to have an idea, in which year were volume 12 and 13 published?
July 28th, 2007 at 5:15 pm
To Joyrock:
Wait, wait, wait; long wait? How long? Please tell me that we won’t be going two months without Berserk. If we are, well, I don’t want to think about the consequences, they’re too ghastly to imagine.
July 28th, 2007 at 5:16 pm
Now I can breathe… I know reliable team is on the move. For sure, Berserk release won’t last long ! Thanks for all your work !
July 28th, 2007 at 5:19 pm
The problem isn’t going to be the quality of the scans, or the translations, there are never any problems there; it’s just… I’ve gotta have more cow bell!
July 28th, 2007 at 5:32 pm
To Wickian:
Maybe Guts will just take an arm and an eye from someone else and try them on for size. A man in his position has many options, mainly tearing or maiming appendages from hapless enemies.
July 28th, 2007 at 6:09 pm
I can understand getting a new eye but if I were Guts, I would probably keep the artificial arm for its arrows, cannon, and to punch people hard
July 28th, 2007 at 8:04 pm
Damned exploiter…
If Berserk was just another D&D like story it wouldn’t be so good.
I would really like to see some of the nerds changing their hands with chainsaws…
As for the multiple options… Did you see Gatsu’s arm in the last chapter? Come on, people on steroids in our time have an arm at most half his size. Doubt he’s gonna find a non demonic arm that would actually fit.
Phireo
July 28th, 2007 at 8:07 pm
The last chapter kinda gave a reason for Guts to want his real arm back I think. If not for that, I would agree he would find a cannon arm more useful.
July 28th, 2007 at 8:10 pm
Let me spoil your pleasure again for those who don’t know yet… Next chapter will come September 14th ! Yep.
July 28th, 2007 at 8:11 pm
well Guts can punch ppl hard anyway. Plus the arrows could be used without the metal arm. the only thing he would lose is the cannon. But i cant see Guts getting his arm back and i definately cant see him gettin his eye back. The is still too much potential with the whole “eyes last sight” to screw up Guts and Caska’s relationship
July 28th, 2007 at 8:18 pm
Nraaaaagh! More bad news! Time to rally the horde, raid, pillage, plunder, and wreak havoc among the innocent.
July 28th, 2007 at 8:20 pm
It’s most definitely time to disembowel something cute and furry…
July 28th, 2007 at 8:27 pm
I just started reading this series around October of last year, so I’ve never read this at a stable rate. Did Berserk ever have a scheduled release time?
July 28th, 2007 at 9:01 pm
“Next chapter will come September 14th ! Yep.”
I’m no longer surprised. I’ll be surprised when it actually is stays on a regular release again.
July 28th, 2007 at 9:01 pm
Berserk is typically released in the Young Animal magazine which features several manga, usually on a weekly -> monthly basis. sometimes the berserk well comes up dry for long periods of time, but this is by far the most detailed, involved, thorough, and delicious manga that they feature. So, in answer to your question, it’s somewhat regularly released; I started reading the manga out of despair from finishing the anime. I must say, it’s a damned good thing the manga continued where the anime left off (for us fans that started with the anime).
July 28th, 2007 at 9:06 pm
A sea battle with an elemental sorceress on board. I don’t know who wan’t to attack them but he might regret his choice :p
July 28th, 2007 at 9:14 pm
Indeed i just hope it’s not some demon looser,or the sea monsters guts was fighting previously…
July 28th, 2007 at 9:24 pm
“hey look everyone! Its the Hooters Boat Cruise!”
speaking of which, what season is it in Berserk? It was snowing awhile back, so I’m thinkin’ its around spring right now on that boat.
July 28th, 2007 at 9:31 pm
A battle and a delay? Ohh crap, there goes my hope of seeing Elfhelm before 2008 . . .
July 28th, 2007 at 9:36 pm
Don’t get me wrong, battles are nice when they advance the plot, and maybe this one will too . It’s just that i’ve waited all this time for some important plot advancements and now that they are so close , even the slightest delay is a torture for me.
July 28th, 2007 at 10:03 pm
the mangaka needs to hire more assistants! I know the berserk manga is extremely detailed, and it is the reason why some chapters require alot of time.
July 28th, 2007 at 11:07 pm
No matter what the quality is, your translations are always the best. I have confidence in that. Now…BERSERK’S COMING! WHOOOOO!!!!
July 28th, 2007 at 11:18 pm
Sheesh. I don’t want to see another three chapters of battles..
We’ve been traveling to Elfhelm since 2001
JUST GET THERE ALREADY.
Thanks EG!
July 28th, 2007 at 11:40 pm
What I don’t understand is why do they even bother to release two chapters in a month and then have a month delay? They could just hold over a chapter so that there were no delays. At least an appearance of no delays.
July 28th, 2007 at 11:42 pm
I’m curious as to why any of you have any right to complain, are you paying for it?
Just let it go and enjoy was does come out. It is a serial, it helps sell YA and has been running for decades, exactly like this so just get used to it.
July 29th, 2007 at 1:20 am
It would be so cool if the sea battle were an actual ship battle with broad siding and whatnot, with canons and stuff. Though, from what we’ve seen in Berserk lately, it most likely will be a new apostle. I kind of miss the old days of Berserk when the battles were with real people. Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate the demon designs and respect the character development with those that have to deal with them, especially Guts. I’m just saying that an actual ship battle would be refreshing. Also, I really want to see Roderick in his element. By the way, I want to make costumes for a Berserk cosplay, and I was thinking of either Roderick or Serpico. Roderick was my first choice because of his awesome piratey coat he’s wearing, but I don’t know what the colors are. Could someone enlighten me? Also, I have hair like Rodericks, so that would be easier for me than Serpico. And yes, as a Berserk cosplayer, I will most likely be making a dragon slayer for a Guts costume too.
July 29th, 2007 at 6:43 am
Probably an enemy…
July 29th, 2007 at 8:07 am
When Shierce made those ‘serpent of thorns’ familiars to farnese.
I was thinking would it be possible to do same thing to guts fake arm?
(PS:Sorry if there are some spelling errors)
July 29th, 2007 at 8:08 am
Thanks to share, we now have a better, higher quality berserk chapter to work with. That makes translating easier than the fuzzy kanji we had to work with earlier.
July 29th, 2007 at 8:34 am
w00t! HQ!
If Gutz get a new eye and arm thats fine, but for him to go one eye and iron fist thats just bad-ass. So I say F#&@ that eye and arm.
July 29th, 2007 at 8:41 am
THEY SEE ANOTHER SEAGULL!
…xDD
Theres no fear on their faces, so it may be something neutral (like unidentified ship or island, or another fucking seagull ;D)
July 29th, 2007 at 8:55 am
An Elven Huge Battleship (boat sized) with an army of insect-like armored elves, all with Pakku like chubby faces… Screaming IKE! (Yeah, I know, been playing too much Berserk on PS2…)
By the way, maybe their faces do not show fear… but they certainly are not relaxed either. Remember these men did not abandon ship even when they saw the emperor in his fiery form…
Phireo
July 29th, 2007 at 10:27 am
Maybe they’re encountering a ship attacked by another and have no idea which to help; maybe that’s gonna be new allies? More characters that enter the scene that way too
July 29th, 2007 at 10:53 am
It would be bad ass if they go attacked by pirates and have Guts board the pirate ship and wipe out the whole crew single handed..
July 29th, 2007 at 1:31 pm
Tnx to crew for his job! Keep it up
I think Guts will own some power from Elf-King if he stay alive. Or he will be healed from many deadly injuries
Will see..
July 29th, 2007 at 2:29 pm
Or the Elf king has a Puckish personality… -_______-
Phireo
July 29th, 2007 at 2:47 pm
I wonder about what time its going to come out?
because I cant wait!
July 29th, 2007 at 4:46 pm
I really don’t think they need any new allies, I am still waiting for the current group to get killed off. Then we can go back to lone angry gutts. He’s been to calm as of late.
July 29th, 2007 at 5:20 pm
If Schierke died I think I would cry…
July 29th, 2007 at 6:17 pm
well, i’m gonna disagree, i think he’s been going more berserk than usual thanks to the armor. Before he would still recognize the enemies, now when he wear’s the armor it’s more like he gets lost in it and just slashes away no matter what. if it wasn’t for schierke, he would have killed everyone, quite a few times already.
When it comes to his eye and arm, well he might be getting an upgrade, but that wouldn’t take back the traumas he’s been through(eclypse), he would probably get something more usefull.
But hey, that’s just me
July 29th, 2007 at 6:32 pm
It would seem that Guts is more of a pirate than most pirates. I mean, he has lost an eye, and an arm, and instead of a hook he has a prosthetic cannon; I think that beats anything a pirate could come at him with. Instead of wielding a cutlass, he has a sledge, a freaking huge zweihander. He also has no need of a parrot; he does have Puck, after all. He’s the new pirate captain in town
July 29th, 2007 at 6:34 pm
problem with berserk is, i can’t wait till the next chapter comes out
July 29th, 2007 at 9:48 pm
evil_genius rocks
July 29th, 2007 at 11:04 pm
EG =
July 29th, 2007 at 11:05 pm
love.
that is all.
(did
July 29th, 2007 at 11:48 pm
Thank you for all the releases of Berserk.
July 30th, 2007 at 1:41 am
thanks guys for all the hard work.
a new chapter, yay XD
July 30th, 2007 at 4:22 am
I bless EG for all the Berserk and the other mangas releases. It’s free and as it seems, they care about giving us quality stuff. ^^
July 30th, 2007 at 10:27 am
As always we thank you for the excellent work!!!
July 30th, 2007 at 12:21 pm
My prediction is that guts will fight the apostle Luffy D. Monkey for the battle at sea mwhahaha. Then towards the end Luffy after getting the smackdown of his life by Guts, Luffy will summon the Leviathan apostle followed by the Kushan Navy mwhahahaha.
July 30th, 2007 at 1:20 pm
perhaps Schierke could use magic to make the iron arm more life-like, so gutts could control it like a real hand, that way you keep the bad-assness of having a cannon for a forearm, without the loss of function. As for the eye, I’m sure there’s all kinds of magical eye replacements they could come across. Or he could just use the empty socket, maybe keep the bejelith or an extra bomb or something in there, well maybe not a bomb, but you get the idea.
July 30th, 2007 at 1:45 pm
great ideas i’ve come across so farr aaron . really ! u got me all excited dude.
thx eg for ur releases. i appreciate that u guys take heavy concern for hq releases. keep it up!
July 30th, 2007 at 2:05 pm
thanks for the releases and good quality… keep it up EG
July 30th, 2007 at 2:37 pm
I doubt Gatsu would get his arm repaired, i think its guna play a big role in his future.(the next eclipse) Its really effective against Apostles, especially with the berserker armor on. Either way i cant wait to see what happen, thanks EG! ^^
“You dont pay tolls
We dont eat no rolls”
July 30th, 2007 at 3:16 pm
W00T New Chapter!!!
I may seem like an ass for saying this, but I WANT MY BERSERK FIX!!! The faster the better EG.
July 30th, 2007 at 3:42 pm
Actually not having an arm and an eye makes him more badass. What I owuld like to happen is if the elfs could somehow return Cascas memory.
July 30th, 2007 at 3:56 pm
I’d bet that evil-genius’ website is getting pounded by all the rabid fans. We want you to work cheaper, harder, and more fervously than a sweatshop labor kid that’s accustomed getting whipped by a Farnese-like women (a women that resembles her “old” ways, anyway.)
We want more.. MORE… MOOOOOOOORE!!!
Oh, and… keep up the good work! :3
July 30th, 2007 at 3:57 pm
I’d bet that evil-genius’ website is getting pounded like child Guts by that black guy. We want you to work cheaper, harder, and more fervously than a sweatshop labor kid that’s accustomed getting whipped by a Farnese-like women (a women that resembles her “old” ways, anyway.)
We want more.. MORE… MOOOOOOOORE!
Oh, and… keep up the good work! :3
July 30th, 2007 at 4:24 pm
psi29a , i have a right to complain by your standards because i actually do buy Berserk (the official translation) but i wasn’t complaining. I was just stating my opinion which isn’t better or worse than yours, or anybody else’s .
If your comment wasn’t directed at me, sorry for misunderstanding you.
July 30th, 2007 at 6:55 pm
Everyone would love to read every week a new chapter but, it is impossible…
We should just try to wait and maybe do something else, instead of always thinking about: “What’s going to happen in the next chapter?” The curiousity is the best enemy for a Berserk’s fan…=P
I’m curious too but, we have this great fortune…We can read the chapters before the official release in our countries (I’m Italian, so =(…) Isn’t enough?…
However, I just hope that Caska reminds her feelings for Guts…And that she’ll continue to love him…
I think that Guts is losing Faith in everything…He possess just memories of what Caska was and, even if he still loves
her, everything is fading…
It’s so sad…Only Caska’s memory could do something about it…
For Guts’ arm and eye…I don’t think that will be possible to recover them but, never say never…
It would be just great to have the old Guts back…
(Forgive my English)…
July 30th, 2007 at 7:11 pm
i have been reading berserk over and over again, but now i can ‘t wait to know what will hapen
July 30th, 2007 at 7:56 pm
what is Share?
July 30th, 2007 at 8:17 pm
to SkiesOfAzel
You may buy the english release of Berserk but you don’t buy the release made by EG. You can complain all you want about the English release that you have in your room to the publisher but the fact is… you are getting a brand new released version straight from Japan and into EG’s hard working hands which might I add are not getting paid and from there it goes to you.
Sorry but as psi29a stated, you have no right to complain
July 30th, 2007 at 9:17 pm
On the contrary. We have all the rights to complain, not on the releases of EG who do an amazing job, but on miura’s rythm of work.
And enough of the “detailed drawings” bullshit to explain his extreme slowliness.
Take Tetsuo Hara for instance. He is the author of Hokuto No Ken and SOuten No Ken. Now Souten No Ken has some absolutely STUNNING visuals. And I’ll go as far as saying that the way Hara draws his characters is superior to Miura’s style. The backgrounds? You have to see how detailed his depiction of Shanghai is.
Also, Tetsuo Hara has a very rare disease and he is progressively becoming blind from one eye. He has repeated in several interviews that he was losing his eye, but would not stop drawing mangas. So here you have a guy, who is handicapped, who draws even better than Miura, and the Souten No Ken tankobon come out every 3 months. Regularly.
So once again, ENOUGH with the “oh yeah but Berserk is so detailed !” BULLSHIT. This is BULLSHIT. Miura is taking his time, it’s his right. But it’s also people’s right to complain and not be happy about it. And this has nothing to do with Evil Genius.
July 30th, 2007 at 9:55 pm
HAHA, you must be insane if you think that Fist of the North Star is better than Berserk. I can understand Miura’s speed, sometimes it takes a little while for WRITING of this caliber to take a while. C’mon, it took Mark Twain ten years to finish Huckleberry Finn. What, did you think using the Japanese name would fool anyone on here who reads Berserk for its value as a realistic way at looking at the 100 year war in France? That being said, Miura is not French, therefore setting his epic in a fantasy like world based off of Europe would be very difficult. And, just use your brain before you come on this site cursing your mouth off about Berserk. Maybe the reason Berserk takes longer, other than the astounding drawings, is because it creates fanfare, making people more engrossed in the story by the time the next one comes out? Remember, Young Animal is a business. Its just like with Star Wars taking 3 years between each movie. They could do it in one year like the Harry Potter movies, but the wait is what makes it stay in your brain. That way you actually read what’s on the page, not skim over. Also, Miura is probably drawing all three or four chapters that come out in a group at the same time. That’s how the artistic mind works. If you want this caliber of a production, be patient, and appreciate the artistic process.
July 30th, 2007 at 10:20 pm
Well I know souten no ken is very detail, because i have seen his first vol, but I havent seen enough to compare to berser.
July 30th, 2007 at 10:23 pm
enough debating already, berserk kicks major ass, and EG kicks even more ass since they are the proprietors of the aforementioned ass kicking…
nuff said
July 30th, 2007 at 10:25 pm
p.s. C&C G poons 3
July 30th, 2007 at 10:35 pm
If you wish to complain, then do so to Miura himself and stop buying his merchandise as we really don’t want to hear it. The rest of us like it just fine.
My opinion trumps all, because I have your IP address and can and will ban complainers from the site which includes tracker access.
Comments to the contrary go to the spam bucket. There is no room for debate. Thank you and have a nice day.
PS: the ‘new’ copy of the raw turned out to be a just a resized image of the LQ version from SK’s pdf, so it is still craptastic. If a better scan is available, we will use it otherwise we will use what we have already which is absolutely better than nothing.
July 31st, 2007 at 12:24 am
Well, Manga Underground has a really decent RAW posted – it’s linked to here http://chapjump.free.fr/ under Berserk.zip.
Though I’m sure my info’s late. They’ve had it up for a good bit now…ah well, in case it isn’t…
July 31st, 2007 at 6:40 am
@The Herald: can you even read? I NEVER ever said Hokuto No Ken was “better” than Berserk. Never. It certainly is lightyears away from Berserk plotwise. But really, can Berserk’s extensive plot explain such slowliness? I have my doubts about it. Oh well, life goes on until September 14th lol. But it DOES irritate me, and I know I’m not the only one.
PS: My IQ is 136. I know I may not be the smartest guy out there, but my brain is there and working just fine. Thanks a lot.
July 31st, 2007 at 6:55 am
to Sparda : You should read my previous posts before you jump to conclusions , I wasn’t complaining about EG, in fact i wasn’t complaining period.
to psi29a : Your arguments about private property can be applied to every site known to man. That doesn’t mean i can’t express my opinion in a civilized and non offensive manner. If you choose to ban me for that, so be it. I am a real Berserkaholic and EG are practically my heroes for what they are doing, but some things are more important then a manga, no matter how great it is. Anyway , sorry for hijacking the thread, spam bucket here i come
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July 31st, 2007 at 7:51 am
the-REvamped, thank you. That site is actually a RSF dump of everything they find on share, MU links against it. So kudos for catching that, just look at the timestamp, its fresh. timestamp: 31-Jul-2007 09:08 which isn’t the same resized/scaled LQ crap.
The scanner of the raw actually contacted us and said they would redo the scan in a much higher quality so please, if you thank anyone, thank Anonymous for he/she delivers.
July 31st, 2007 at 8:04 am
@SkiesOfAzel: There is a legal distinction here that should be brought up and I pulled your comments out of the spam bucket.
You do indeed, at least in the states have the freedom of speech, on public and private property so I mispoke above.
However, on private property, I the owner have the right to eject anyone I care to from the site for whatever reason I choose as this isn’t a business.
It comes down to this, we don’t like complainers. From our point of view, they come in here, leech when its convenient for them then spend their time complaining about this or that and actually don’t contribute anything back to the community.
We really don’t care for it, so complaints now goto the spam bucket. The caveat being is that it is queued there and I do read them for false positives like I did your’s SkiesOfAzel.
Opening up comments was our idea to help encourage a sense of community, but if it is just going to digress into Miura/Berserk bashing then we are just going to remove their ability to do so. It is a privilege to be here, not a right.
July 31st, 2007 at 12:17 pm
so like, is there a system in the time between the chapters like once every 3 weeks or whatever? or is it just /b/ ?
July 31st, 2007 at 2:02 pm
Hey guys, check out the forum. I just posted berserk cosplay pics from otakon. Maybe it will help with the wait for another release?
July 31st, 2007 at 4:13 pm
@psi29a
So guess some noobs come here to complain…BAN ALL WHO OPPOSE EG!
@lon3vvolf
Nice Pics.
July 31st, 2007 at 5:24 pm
I feel you can’t really compare fist of the northstar with berserk. There both just two completely different stories, completely different ideals, the only thing they have underline in common is the main chars iron will to meet there goal.
Beserk is slow, but How is Miru he has to be pretty damn old by now and he does fantstaic work all by his lonesome. Sure we all bitch from time to time, about how slow it goes, and his breaks which he seems to take more & more these days. But we all understand and respect his work. Same really goes for EG who has been at the head of the beserk community for so long.
July 31st, 2007 at 5:26 pm
P.S. there’s a new Berserk Abridged out on daily motion.
July 31st, 2007 at 6:05 pm
I wonder if YA has some kind of signature membership that allows international shipping of anthology to any one that signed. Example is me living in Portugal could i buy this and received at home? Do they export? Per example i buy Newtype USA every month and i also see on sale Newtype Japan every month.
July 31st, 2007 at 6:05 pm
Ahead of the race by far, I would say. Hell, TheHawks haven’t released any Berserk since volume 30!!
July 31st, 2007 at 6:11 pm
@psi29a:
If there is an invention that allows you to karate-chop someone in their throat via the internet, I’m sure that you’ll find it. Seriously, you should do send some Internet thugs find out who they are and the loyal EG fans will pay them a visit!
July 31st, 2007 at 8:13 pm
@Joyrock
well thats your opinion, but seriously some people have low IQ
The guy and I said Fist of the north star was somewhat better drawings or quality than berserk, we werent comparing the story, because story wise NOBODY can beat berserk.
July 31st, 2007 at 11:06 pm
@Joyrock
Yes, you CAN compare Berserk to Fist of the North Star. Miura himself has done so, but not in the tense you are thinking of. He considers himself part of that “Era”, in which mangaka struggled to create something “unique” into their seinen manga, in Miura’s case, the Dragon Slayer. You could also easily draw parallels between the two characters. To say Hakuto No Ken was a “primary” influence on Berserk is stretching things a bit far, but then again, Miura has acknowledged things like “Highlander” and Blood and Steel being such, and you can no more point them out than other influences/possible references.
As for being “slow”, he’s not slow. July 28th was the official release, only two after the previous chapter. Its not a sunday comic like Naruto and other shonen titles, you shouldn’t even COMPARE these principles, they are different genres. If it wasn’t for the internet and “instant” scanlations, you would realize you should treat the release more like bi-monthly/bi-weekly magazine articles and less like “ON THIS WEEKS EPISODE…” segments…
anyways, yadada yadada, ego stroking of EG+Berserk+Miura, later.
July 31st, 2007 at 11:55 pm
This isn’t a race, mind you. The minute the need for quantity overcomes the need for quality, shoddy quality is invited through the threshold to drop a load on everyone’s parade. Also, I find it distasteful to speak ill of anyone else’s manga or anime preferences on principle, but I will say that Story, at least in my mind, is always of primary importance in a fine manga; yet, for someone’s style of art AND story to be so magnificent and synergistic is incredible, let alone the fact that he has accomplished his story and art on his own for so long.
August 1st, 2007 at 8:00 am
I just keep refreshing and refreshing and refreshing… and I think my F5 button is broken but I keep refreshing and refreshing and ……… (:| ……..
August 1st, 2007 at 8:10 am
Everybody knows how you feel Vegeta.
I am hoping to see at least an estimated time of arrival – the wait is starting to effect my work efficency – i’m stoping everything checking for the relese every 15 minutes.
August 1st, 2007 at 9:44 am
Guys, i must thank all of you for the great effort you are putting to bring us Berserk, i can feel things are about to get as awesome as the eclipse arc anytime soon
once again, many thanks to all of the staff.
August 1st, 2007 at 10:41 am
To correct just one thing: I compared the drawings of Berserk, not to Hokuto No Ken, but Souten No Ken which is the prequel started in 2001 to Hokuto No Ken, taking place in 1935 Shanghai. HNK was certainly well drawn, especially the latest volumes. But it is nothing to be compared to SNK where the boards are absolutely gorgeous. And this will be my last post on the subject. I’m just sad that only two kind of posts are allowed on EG talkbacks, the “THANK YOU EG” posts, and the “GO PIRATE NINJA” posts. From now on I’ll stick to leeching. Sayonara.
August 1st, 2007 at 2:29 pm
Does it usually take a little less than a week to translate?
Just curious because I think that I’m dying from the anticipation I had built up on Fri, Sat, and Sunday.
August 1st, 2007 at 2:37 pm
I always forget what name I use on here. Certainly is a lot of drama around here lately. Fenrisulfr apparently doesn’t abide by the principle of “If you don’t have anything nice to say don’t say anything at all” lol
August 1st, 2007 at 3:09 pm
Dahm i think im the only Greek person who has the complete berserk collection. I have to say guyz i am waiting like crazy for u to finish the translation and see whats going on
. Cheers for all the good work and know that your work reaches countries you wouldnt think it does 
August 1st, 2007 at 3:13 pm
I just wanted to bring the post count to 101 and the refresh count to 1001 ……
August 1st, 2007 at 3:27 pm
I remember when the wait for 286 (or was it 285?) was a bit longer than usual. I also remebered that it did come out as soon as postcount under the preview went up to 286.
So start spamming people !
August 1st, 2007 at 3:45 pm
So, who’s going to usher in the inevitable guessing competition of “What is the preview character looking at that is of interest to them?”
Also, next time that Caska is the character of the preview, I think it’s safe to say that she’s looking at a tern, or a ladybug, or a stray soap bubble. I don’t think she would care about anything as serious as a mushroom cloud, or as strange as a carpenter and a personified walrus leading oysters to their doom. Poor Guts, he could try anything up to and including his own personal sexy dance, and it would still be null.
August 1st, 2007 at 3:48 pm
Thanks for the kind and sometimes not so kind words. No need to blow sunshine up our asses, but it is nice to read.
Here is the rundown of what is going on: we are a bit behind on the Berserk, we know and are working on it as I type this. Real life obligations of the staff come before EG, for sake of our sanity and continued work on our projects.
We are shooting for a release this weekend of EG goodies, no promises however. Obviously if you want to take a peak at the raws, or read other translations then by all means do so. Don’t let us hold you back.
However, we do plan on trucking right along and getting back to a normal schedule that is somewhat more reliable than Miura’s.
August 1st, 2007 at 3:53 pm
damn, curses, my post ended up on 103 but I am freakin’ sure there were only 100 posts when I wrote that…. wtf…. strange things are happening while waiting for a berserk chapter…. I really don’t get it…… oh well…. refresh!
August 1st, 2007 at 4:03 pm
can griffith transform into femto?
August 1st, 2007 at 4:13 pm
i admit the amount of time it takes for one release is painful for me, its like watching 3 minutes of an episode of anime then spending 2 months waiting for another 3 mins. Either that or a girl who is an enormous c*cktease but nevertheless you are totally addicted to her.
Anyway, without berserk i couldn’t randomly talk about how crap horror films are like resident evil.. nemesis would be no match for guts, so what kinda lame ass bad guy is he?.. Anyway thats all i have to say..
Anyone wanna release mock comics of gutts fighting other comic book heroes?
lol
August 1st, 2007 at 4:17 pm
Yes. But only once.
August 1st, 2007 at 5:33 pm
I dont know why but for some reason tete’s post seemed to be to be linked with tranformes coming out this year.
@psi29a- Thanks for the info. Naturally we all understand the EG team are human and lead a normal life(despite being compared to gods right afer releses) so please take your time if you need to- it’s the quality we are after. That status report you gave really helped. Have you ever thought about doing something like status bars here -> http://www.thenoobcomic.com/ ?
p.s. all hail EG- i simply can’t thank you guys enough for the time and effort you put in the project
August 1st, 2007 at 5:43 pm
Wait, he can transform into Femto? Why only once? Also I don’t get why he’s prophesied as the Dark Hawk that will plunge the land into darkness or some such (only the protagonists seem to hold this view), I mean yea, he did sacrifice his entire army and his best friends and he raped Caska but he had been tortured for over a year and was face to face with the man that pretty much caused it. I’d be pissed too. He had to make a choice between living as a paralyzed cripple dependent on others when he used to be a powerful warrior, noble, etc,. OR becoming a god (more or less). Combined with the mental tension of being tortured I mean…I probably would have done the same thing. And he doesn’t seem like THAT bad of a guy now. Lol. Anybody agree?
August 1st, 2007 at 7:14 pm
I’m dying in antcipation of the new release! I hope they release NHK with it as well. ~_~
August 1st, 2007 at 7:21 pm
@Saruto
If griffith had good intentions, do you think he would have care about the sorceress Flora? His army is not really a friendly one too. They hold their appetite for humain for a greater cause (which one).
August 1st, 2007 at 7:27 pm
Still, in order to prove his villainy he must be sure to take up some kind of evil musical instrument; Most villains opt for the pipe organ, but maybe Griffith’s more of an ocarina villain.
August 1st, 2007 at 7:30 pm
Feminine, long-white-haired villains seem to be the mainstay of anime and manga antagonists these days. I always thought such appearances were far more fitting for protagonists.
August 1st, 2007 at 7:32 pm
Ok before I say anything I’m sure Guts has a reason to be mad at Griffith he only had all but 4 people he ever cared about eaten by demons and had his way with Caska but all that aside, didn’t Griffith tell every one that joined the hawks that they would used to the extent of death solely to further his ambitions? (or something along those lines) Everyone just thought that meant glorious death in battle not being thrown into a demon phenomenon and brutally consumed by a mass of tentacles, teeth, and other pointy poky appendages.
August 1st, 2007 at 7:33 pm
lol…”appendages”…
August 1st, 2007 at 7:34 pm
Too late, you said something! ;P
August 1st, 2007 at 8:12 pm
“can griffith transform into femto?”
I don’t think anything has been explained about how Griffith relates to the god hand’s after his rebirth.
The Berserk Encyclopedia (http://www.skullknight.net/encyclopedia/information/index.html) says “Femto is the spiritual form of Griffith’s ego, after he is reborn as the fifth God Hand at the eclipse (volume 13). Even further down the line, Femto becomes reincarnated as Griffith Reborn (volume 21), using Guts/Casca’s demonic child as a fleshly vessel. Each incarnation (Griffith, Femto, Griffith Reborn) has the same mind.”
So for all intents and purposes he is one in the same as Femto anyway… but whether he can get back into the form or not without needing a major evil magical ritual is a question not answered yet.
August 1st, 2007 at 8:16 pm
I swear, Griffith’s gotta stop with the cosmetic incarnations; I mean, it’s like he thinks he’s competing against Micheal Jackson. That competition was really evident with his Femto form.
August 1st, 2007 at 8:47 pm
Question to all you Berserk fans.
I don’t remember in what volume or chapter but there was a child that Guts and company(including Casca and all recent ones)found on a beach. The kid seemed to like Guts and Casca as if they were his parents and also the demonic unborn destroyed child that sometimes hunts or visits Guts once transform its face into that same child Im talking about.
I don’t know who the child is but from what I can see while reading the manga is that perhaps that child is Guts and Cascas kid in his human form, that is unless he never trully died and after the years grew up.
Also the same kid is picked up by that premonition or farseer girl The Hawks new band has.
August 1st, 2007 at 9:12 pm
Sorry to double post here but I was reading that Berserk encyclopedia and after seeing that Berserk creator was inspired by the manga Guin Saga I wanted to know if any of you knows if there is a place to download translation of that manga.
August 1st, 2007 at 9:42 pm
Guin Saga? I just googled that its a novel series and, apparently where the tiger headed guy in Tekken 5(?) came from.
August 1st, 2007 at 9:46 pm
And just by lookin’ at some of the covers you can see where Miura got some inspiration. http://homepage1.nifty.com/roka/GUIN1.html
August 1st, 2007 at 10:14 pm
Sea Battle I hope is pirates, Gatts is in no condition fighting sea monsters. Looks like the new Berserk will be a Friday release.
August 1st, 2007 at 10:19 pm
HOLY CRAP! If Miura were to make that many volumes of Berserk, I’m not sure what my reaction would be; I think it would be another 30 years before the series would finish!!! It’s a double-edged blade I say!
August 1st, 2007 at 10:37 pm
My bit – EG/Berserk/Miura are all awesome, and EG does the best of all possible jobs.
Saul – I would say the general consensus is that the Moon Child is Guts’ and Casca’s kid, freed from the demonic influence of Femto by Griffith’s rebirth. Or something like that. It’s pretty up in the air.
August 2nd, 2007 at 12:00 am
To the Femto notes:
Griffith -is- Femto, people. There was no “transformation” into his “new body”. Once Griffith ascended into God Hand, he became Femto. It is Femto who is reborn into a new “body”, he did not revert to “Griffith”. Not at all. Guts notices this not only with his brand bleeding at the hills of swords, but that was the WHOLE point of Femto going to the hill of swords, to make sure his “transformation” from Griffith to Femto was complete and that he felt nothing. However, the “child’s body” he “claimed” did feel something, to his parents obviously (or at least Casca), which caused Femto to be set back a little and is the reason he left the hill…
No offense guys, but before RUSHING 288, please go back and re-read the manga -slowly- versus downloading/reading all episodes in a single night…
Secondly, Guin Saga has very little influence on Berserk’s primary story. The setting if anything is what is important, much like Hokuto no Ken’s, the influence isn’t something you’re going to find a parallel of Berserk therein..
August 2nd, 2007 at 1:46 am
107. Mystyc Vegeta
August 1st, 2007 at 3:53 pm
That’s true, I saw it too o_O Strange…
August 2nd, 2007 at 2:06 am
The trick with the evil vs. good with the Griffith debate is actually very simple. Griffith is evil because he is selfish, plain and simple. He uses people – and demons – to further his own ends. He’s marrying Charlotte not because he loves her but because he wants her kingdom. He’s never done anything for anyone else. Guts, on the other hand, cut off his arm trying to save Casca. If he were like Griffith, he’d keep running away, instead of going back looking for people. Evil is a base instinct. Even if Griffith were tortured and crippled, if he were a good man he would not have agreed to having his army eaten. Especially not his captains, for whom he was supposed to hold a special bond. I can understand his jealousy for Guts and Casca’s happiness, but raping her was way evil. He was of sound mind by that point, he did that just to shove it in Guts’ face. His Femto form is another good example of his selfishness, whereas he has wings so that he doesn’t need anyone’s help to get to wherever he wants. Even after the Eclipse Guts was good enough that he still kept people safe and allowed them to travel with him. Now he’s going out of his way to help Casca.
August 2nd, 2007 at 2:59 am
ok, now the thing with the reincarnation of griffith is complicated… at the tower of conviction at the second eclipse griffith was reincarnated as human but there was some kind of apostle down there. That apostle had sacrificed the world in order to become the egg for a perfect world and he was shaped like an egg. And gutts and caska’s child appeared there and the egg shaped apostle swallowed it. It’s like an embryone put inside an egg. And from that griffith came out or something like this….. did I misunderstand anything ?….
August 2nd, 2007 at 3:22 am
Maybe all of these breaks are because Miura is secretly working with a team on the next amazing Berserk game for ps3 or wii?
Wishful thinking I know, but you never know….
Either way, provided he always comes back, he can take as long as he wants. Nothing worse than a mangaka just disappearing off the face of the planet, like Togashi did with Hunter x Hunter. Broke my heart, he did
Cheers for all of the hard work, EG Team!
August 2nd, 2007 at 6:49 am
I always had that feeling also that the child from the beach could have been thier child…its only a hope though :p
August 2nd, 2007 at 8:04 am
re: RyanT – Berserk Wii game? Now that’s asomething I’d love to own. PS3 would have better graphic but with Wii system wielding the Dragons Slayer would be worth the price the price.
August 2nd, 2007 at 9:32 am
I’d prefer Miura working on the next Berserk anime if there was one. The Berserk games are never released much outside of Japan anyhow, and besides, I prefer to hear Marc Diraison as Guts, not Zolo (what a travesty, that.) Yeah, there are some minor problems that arise in the plot, if Miura were to continue the anime, but everything would work itself out. Still, it’s better than a game that only takes us where we’ve already been.
August 2nd, 2007 at 9:38 am
Also, I believe that the child will play a much larger role in the story than it has so far. The child also appeared to have aged quite a bit, or perhaps that was just my interpretation. Nonetheless, it would be an interesting addition to the story if the child bailed his father/mother out of the frying pan as a teen/young adult. Funny thing though; if he keeps the hairstyle of the child, the boy will look very similar to Griffith as well as his birth parents.
August 2nd, 2007 at 12:01 pm
god i hope they make a ps3 berserk game (it wouldnt matter if it wasnt released here, as blu ray games are reigonless)
a second series of the anime would be cool too, but i mean i would LOVE another game
August 2nd, 2007 at 12:26 pm
Muira won’t make another anime. It ended the way it did because he wasn’t going any further with it.
If there would would be another anime, then, I’d want him to remake the entire story.
August 2nd, 2007 at 12:30 pm
and add puck and wyald
August 2nd, 2007 at 1:27 pm
And the skull knight!
The anime is good as long as you didn’t see the Manga…
August 2nd, 2007 at 5:37 pm
If Miura added Wyald, that would be an instant pornographic rating. World’s horniest apostle.
August 2nd, 2007 at 5:41 pm
LOL@post 117
It would funny if someone on trial used that on his defense, like “hey, i admit i raped her, drink a bit of her blood, eating her flesh, making her suffer a tremendous amount of physical and psychological pain, that would make anyone’s mind regress into a 2yo state to finally kill her in the most gruesome form. But that doesn’t make me evil”.
I bet a lot of murders and rapist in jail are simple misunderstood creatures.
Remember, boys and girls, we are dealing with a moral system different from ours, which makes the symbolic system different. White and Black symbolic valor doesn’t share the same meaning that the western counterpart.
August 2nd, 2007 at 5:52 pm
What im wondering about is, how would a remake of the berserk anime look like with todays skills?
you can clearly see that berserk isnt a more recent anime, and i really think the battles would come much better to their right with today’s standard in animating.
August 2nd, 2007 at 6:22 pm
Ah, yeah. I’d be furious if they used CG animation like with Ghost In The Shell, or Appleseed or crap like that. Sometimes an anime is better expressed through more traditional styles of animation. As much as I love how such animation styles form a synergy with the story, such as in Gundam SEED or Yukikaze or Soukyou no Fafner, Berserk is better off like Jin Roh, or Ninja Scroll. Style is not to be trifled with.
August 2nd, 2007 at 6:24 pm
The 3D anime craze is the bane of the manga and anime elite.
August 2nd, 2007 at 7:29 pm
I was wondering if Zodd could be guts dad…
from the back, the head and hair looks the same
August 2nd, 2007 at 8:18 pm
Zodd: Why do you hate me so much guts?
Guts: Because you killed my… no wait because my father had me butt raped!…errr shut up douche bag.
Zodd: I don’t remember that…*ahem* Guts I am your father!
Guts: Huh, who’d a thunk it, lets hit Starbucks.
Zodd:oooh! Sweet!
August 2nd, 2007 at 8:21 pm
If they made a new Berserk manga they could just edit or simply cut all those extremely pornographic scenes. They can still have Wyald and everything else but toned down a bit like:
Instead of showing us all those naked women they can all be covered in blankets covering themselves but they can still be there.
The tentacle/monster hentai rape of the Sacrifice chapter can be covered a little or showed but not in such a explicit way, after all I am sure every watcher will understand what is going to happen.
Now all the extreme gore and blood can be shown since the anime Gantz was also extremely ewxplicit in those parts.
Now for a game the Wii would be a very good console for the game. They could use the cel shade style of graphic(used in Wind Waker, Rogue Galaxy, Dragon Quest 8, etc) and use the extremely good and original Wiimote to let players simulate sword slashing and very accurate repeating crossbow/cannon shooting. Forgot to add, no swords techniques, the way you swing is the way the sword goes. (more realistic that way and more like guts too)
Of cource the developers would have to be amazing to pull the controls right but here is a fan hoping badly for it. And dammit Nintendo needs a mature game badly.
August 2nd, 2007 at 8:38 pm
If Guts’ birth parents were revealed and some light was shed on his lineage, it would kind of ruin the awsomeness of where he came from I think.
August 2nd, 2007 at 9:07 pm
We already know her mother was hanged..probably considered guilty of some crime or being a witch…as for the father maybe someone raped her..but I don’t really think that would ruin anything cause it doesn’t even matter to this story =/
August 2nd, 2007 at 9:13 pm
Guts’ birth mother was already revealed, she was hanging from a tree when he was found crying in a pool of blood and afterbirth. Now if his birth father was to be revealed to be an apostle, it would explain alot about how he does the stuff he does. His abilities are way above that of any human being regardless of how hard he trained throughout his life. Remember how he gave Zodd a good fight back when he was still a Hawk and his real training didn’t even begin until after he left the Hawks. Who knows, maybe he’s the Skull Knights son. Not to say I would want the story to turn that way but I wouldn’t be surprised if Guts’ has some kind of special lineage.
August 2nd, 2007 at 10:30 pm
I seem to remember getting my ass handed to me when I argued that Guts could have been the Skull Knight’s son. Reason being, we can pretty much be certain that Skull Knight is the current identity, or form, of the once mighty emperor Gaiseric. He lived, what, close to a thousand years before the current era? It’s kind of hard to argue against, considering Skully and Gaiseric both wear the skeletal helmet into battle. Kinda old to be Guts’ daddy, isn’t he? Even if he was an immortal, or at least untouched by time, I don’t think that it would be Miura’s way to write that into the plot. I think it adds to the sense of darkness in Guts’ was something of an “Idiot’s Guide To Suffering”.
August 3rd, 2007 at 1:05 am
Still someone has to explain the fact that Guts can kill Apostles with or w/o the Berserker’s armor. And it’s not just the Dragon Slayer doing all the work. Also I keep wondering how he’s going to be able to kill Griffith when he couldn’t even get close to him as Femto (back in like Vol. 2). If they use the whole “he’s been reincarnated into a human form so he’s killable” dealy that’ll be kind of cheap and obvious.
August 3rd, 2007 at 5:01 pm
Just a quick question to E.G. here; is it your team that posts the new chapter onIsohunt or other Bittorrent sites?
August 9th, 2007 at 8:02 pm
Why can’t Gut’s parents, or Griffiths as well (we have nothing about them that we know of) just be human? Just to add a bit more depth and storyline to things that were already happening before the birth of Gutts… It doesn’t need to be “oh it’s Zodd’s son” or such things that I can’t help but say are the worst scenarios you could ever think of. They don’t even make sense, either.