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May 22 comes early for some of you.

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82 Responses to “Berserk 304”

geroprog Says:
May 21st, 2009 at 2:48 pm
Thank you very much!
It was really fast!
Dequer Says:
May 21st, 2009 at 2:55 pm
*High five*
black87 Says:
May 21st, 2009 at 3:08 pm
Thank you, as always!
Kain Says:
May 21st, 2009 at 3:11 pm
And Berserk is really back this time! Thanks a lot for this wonderful chapter, I had not felt that reading berserk in a while!
dude223 Says:
May 21st, 2009 at 3:46 pm
Holy epic chapter! Thanks EG. Very exciting stuff.
Mystyc Vegeta Says:
May 21st, 2009 at 4:35 pm
sweeeet and fast lots of thanks !
Crappola Says:
May 21st, 2009 at 5:38 pm
Wow! Simply… WOW!
Berserk_gr Says:
May 21st, 2009 at 6:27 pm
AAARGH!!!! That was perfect!!! I went berserk after reading it Keep up the good work EG!
Patrick Says:
May 21st, 2009 at 7:33 pm
Um, fuck yeah! EG comes through in the clinch. Thanks for all the great effort!
Diver13 Says:
May 21st, 2009 at 8:33 pm
Ganshika going down! woot thanks for the translation
Barasu Says:
May 21st, 2009 at 10:31 pm
THANK YOU PURE LOVE!
VF Says:
May 21st, 2009 at 10:37 pm
Whoo!! can’t wait, thanks a lot EG!

got my <3
vashfanatic Says:
May 21st, 2009 at 11:25 pm
It may not be until June, but thank goodness we know there will actually be another chapter and when!

Okay, spoilers in the rest of the post:
So, did Griffith/Femto just open a direct door into the astral realm? Breaking down the barrier between the two worlds? Am I reading that right? Because in that case… HOLY CRAP!!!
Breads Says:
May 22nd, 2009 at 1:09 am
Thank you! <3
Kain Says:
May 22nd, 2009 at 4:58 am
vashfanatic: well it is said that Ganshika is the incarnation of the astral realm, so yeah that’s what it would seem. That’s a new world for sure…
Phireo Says:
May 22nd, 2009 at 5:10 am
Another two weeks of waiting, that’s good. 12th of June, I’ll be here again.

*SPOILER ALERT*
Yeah, not only Ganishka’s being sucked in something, but his essence is powering that light, which may well be the Astral Plane, which will now merge with the Material World. And so the God Hand could finally exist in reality and modify it by their thoughts alone.

Phireo
LoverofHokuto Says:
May 22nd, 2009 at 5:42 am
I tip my hat to you guys!
Jinbei Says:
May 22nd, 2009 at 6:04 am
Psst, June 12 is -three- weeks away.
BeastKnight Says:
May 22nd, 2009 at 9:35 am
Man, thk for your scans, but can u do them not so DARK?
Brock Says:
May 22nd, 2009 at 10:37 am
Thanks!
carlos Says:
May 22nd, 2009 at 11:39 am
LOL so much for Ganishka being stronger than apostles and godhand.

I am right once again.
Thana Says:
May 22nd, 2009 at 12:20 pm
You are incredible, carlos! No one ever thought of that!

To the more serious guys ***SPOILER***:
So in fact Femto used Skullknights attack to kill Ganishka? With that time/space thing… how could Femto possibly be defeated? With moves like that he could make Gatts kill himself.
wollfyn Says:
May 22nd, 2009 at 12:58 pm
Thanks for another great chapter! =)
Argen Says:
May 22nd, 2009 at 1:39 pm
first of all, thanks for the chapter

now with the spoilers…..

its just me or it smell like a world wide eclipse right on the corner
dude223 Says:
May 22nd, 2009 at 3:22 pm
*spoils*
“Yeah, not only Ganishka’s being sucked in something, but his essence is powering that light, which may well be the Astral Plane, which will now merge with the Material World. And so the God Hand could finally exist in reality and modify it by their thoughts alone.” -Phiero

Ouch for Gutts and company. I feel bad for Skull Knight since he was denied so hard. I hope Gutts can find some uber allies in Elfheim.
Yeeeeah Says:
May 22nd, 2009 at 4:51 pm
Manga chapter is best read with “adagio for strings” playing in the background. Epic.
Mystyc Vegeta Says:
May 22nd, 2009 at 5:06 pm
-spoiler-
Thana, I think Femto used SK. He could have probably killed Ganiska by himself but I don’t think he has the power possessed by the sword of resonance. Therefore Femto can’t cut through dimensions so he used SK. I guess it was a long shot based on the prediction that SK would appear. But Femto isn’t the only god hand with that power. Void also used something very similar during the first eclipse to redirect SK attack back at him.
Anyway, Guts is practically no match for Femto right now. The difference between their powers is simply too big. Guts can barely get close. It’s going to be a long time before he can take on Femto but how is he going to become strong enough ? Probably a few more surprises and plot twist by mr Miura…
lilaceboy Says:
May 23rd, 2009 at 12:29 am
Wow, that was completely unexpected. A game changer. Cant wait to get back tot he company
herlock99 Says:
May 23rd, 2009 at 2:49 am
hi, thanx again.

spoil and questions:
when Femto says “within this sword strike”, whose sword is he talking about? SK’s one or what looks to be his own, this kinda Yin Yang shaped one? or is this Yin Yang form a kind of materialisation of the blow that SK first intended to Femto and that was stopped or materialised anyhow by Femto?
it would be logical that SK had the power to cut dimensions but I don’t “see” it in text or images. then who does what??
DamnedBones Says:
May 23rd, 2009 at 4:44 am
Thanks a lot EG, keep up the good work.
Anonymous Says:
May 23rd, 2009 at 5:54 am
In hindsight, this all seems very “just as planned”, if you know what I mean. Griffith in his white hawk form pushing Ganishka so hard (but never killing him), Ganishka had no choice but to try and get more and more power, then in Femto form going to a place where he would appear to be vulnerable so Skull Knight would try to kill him. In the end, all the pieces of the puzzle just presented themselves to him so he could achieve what appears to have been his goal all along.

Right now Guts would be little more than a temporary distraction for Femto, if even that. But being what it seems like the only uncontrollable factor in Griffiths plans, no matter how small, might still enable him to throw a wrench in the gears at the right time.
Good Imbecile Says:
May 23rd, 2009 at 8:18 am
I think SK will eat both gatts and the resonance sword to make him powerful enough to defeat the god hand!
Mystyc Vegeta Says:
May 23rd, 2009 at 8:29 am
*spoiler*
after the final chaotic battle Puck will be the only survivor and will rule the world ! muhaha
Thana Says:
May 23rd, 2009 at 9:18 am
***SPOILER***

However, Ganishka is down. I doubt the Kushans have any leader left – Dabu or how the weird wizard is named is not the leader type, probably he will join Femto. So the war seems to be over and Griffith will become King.

And that means this arc is most liekely done after the crown ceremony which will most likely happen in the next few chapters – time for another break?
I would prefer to know what happens on Elfheim. Hopefully the chapters after this arc will clear things up… way to less Gutts group in the last chapters.
h101 Says:
May 23rd, 2009 at 10:15 am
honestly i dindt like thsi chapter … no enough input for me .. disappointed
tfc Says:
May 23rd, 2009 at 11:32 am
It’s the best chapter we’ve had in a while. Besides, how much input do you expect from 20 pages?
carlos Says:
May 23rd, 2009 at 12:59 pm
skullknight.net sucks balls!
DamnedBones Says:
May 23rd, 2009 at 11:34 pm
@tfc:

I have to disagree, 303 is no doubtly the best chapter in a “long” time.
What makes this chapter so good for you, besides the amazing art?
Don’t get me wrong, it’s not a bad chapter, but certainly not great either.
tfc Says:
May 24th, 2009 at 12:00 am
What makes it so good is that we finally have plot moving forward. Previous chapters including 303 had great artwork, but that’s all they had going for them.
DamnedBones Says:
May 24th, 2009 at 1:27 am
@tfc:
“What makes it so good is that we finally have plot moving forward”

I kinda agree with you, because that’s basically the only reason I can think of to even consider this chapter good.

“Previous chapters including 303 had great artwork, but that’s all they had going for them”

I’m not trying to be a douche bag, but did you actually read chapter 303?
Chapter 303 told us more about Ganishka’s past, it didn’t made the plot progress any further, I’ll give you that, but it was very interesting to read.
convict Says:
May 24th, 2009 at 11:49 am
thick and thin best manga ever reason we are all here also EG ARE GODS.thx thx
bobtx81 Says:
May 24th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
*SPOILER*

i’m curious to see what being bathed in ganishka’s “radiation” is going to do to those humans present…i thought an eclipse following battle with ganishka was going to happen…but what if the humans are sort of “aspostle-ized”? it said its going to be a new world…obviously gatsu n company have what seems like an impossible enemy (femto and monster+human army) to overcome…too bad it won’t be resolved within my lifetime…
bobtx81 Says:
May 24th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
oh yeah… thanks eg for dosing me with my berserk heroin
Jinbei Says:
May 25th, 2009 at 9:58 am
So…. what happened to that mask-wearing black assassin guy? He must have been there for a reason…
vashfanatic Says:
May 25th, 2009 at 5:39 pm
DamnedBones:
DId you /miss/ the part we’ve all been talking about excitedly? Where, ya know, Griffith just changed the structure of the universe in such a way as to give himself gobs of power and totally screw over the heroes? This is a PIVOTAL chapter.
your mom Says:
May 25th, 2009 at 9:07 pm
best chapter ever in a long time! need more berserk!
DamnedBones Says:
May 25th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
@vashfanatic:

Why are you asking me that?
I do acknowledge the importance of this chapter, I simply found chapter 303 to be a more interesting read, but that doesn’t mean I’m less excited about it.
Mad Pete Says:
May 25th, 2009 at 11:19 pm
Liked Bobtx81 post… If Ganishka radiation is changin’ the world and the people, and spreading all around the world, I wonder what does it will do to Guts and Caska.
I mean, as they’re branded, and living in the edge between astral and real world, they’re ought to be more affect, don’t you think?

And I’m also wondenring what does the masked guy was doing there
Mystyc Vegeta Says:
May 26th, 2009 at 3:57 am
i don’t think the light coming out of ganishka will change the people literally. Maybe it will just change the way they see things and the world in general, metaphorically speaking putting everything in a different, new light. However ganishka was supposed to be filled with evil, not with light. Daiba asked a retorical question after ganishka transformed- “just how much evil did the emperor store in his body” or sth like that, can’t remember exactly. And Griffith told the emperor about the light that he was searching for and that the light can be seen only from the darkest places. Maybe these words caused a profound change in Ganishka’s structure so when SK cut him open it just erupted. However it is possible that this light is just evil in disguise; notice that the graphics of picture 10-11 is a bit similar with the one of the vortex in the ocean of feelings in volume 13 ch 04a (if we are to consider the ch although Mr Miura withdraw it right after publication and replaced it). What’s more, Griffith himself said that the “strike reached beyond the depths of the realm of the dead” and that the door had been opened so i guess we are looking at a direct connection between the human world and the afterworld of whatever you call that…
EvgenijM Says:
May 26th, 2009 at 5:06 am
Perhaps the light is not evil in disguise, but instead, the very nature of any light and and any good – is absolute evil?
Mad Pete Says:
May 26th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
All the same, the astral world is spreading from Ganishka body, and Skull Knight, Flora and Shrierk have said that it does affects people being in contact with the astral world.

Hm.. 13 ch 04a is the one Griffith talks to a evil-heart-god-thing?
Mystyc Vegeta Says:
May 26th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
Hm.. 13 ch 04a is the one Griffith talks to a evil-heart-god-thing? – yeah, that’s it. well… being in contact with the astral world enables people to see things like elves or other elements that belong to the astral world, it can extend life length and other things you’re right about that. But Griffith said that the strike reached beyond the depths of the realm of the dead. If i’m not making a confusion, the realm of the dead is on the same layer with the astral world. So SK sword cut beyond this layer, directly into that ocean of feelings or whatever it is. Anyway it would be pretty weird to have all the people in the world changed at once…
Good Imbecile Says:
May 26th, 2009 at 6:09 pm
If not even the sword of resonance can cut members of the god hand what the hell are they going to defeat them with?
Pure love??

God help us all…
Everton Brazil Says:
May 26th, 2009 at 7:01 pm
that Miura delay both to launch the next chapter, I think we have a lot of people wanting to help financially in their work and that only thing we can do, if I continue I will die and not see the end of the sleeve
Mad Pete Says:
May 26th, 2009 at 8:34 pm
Guts’ sword was able to cut that troll guts godhand woman…
Still Griffith looks much more powerful than her…

Perhaps in Elfheim they find some wizard smith that can fuse the Dragon Slayer with the Sword of Ressonance!!!

If this doesn’t work, then Gatts and co are really screwed
Mystyc Vegeta Says:
May 27th, 2009 at 11:43 am
Good Imbecile we don’t know if the sword of resonance can or cannot cut Godhand members. Femto wrapped space or sth like that to make SK’s strike to hit in front of him. So he practically wasn’t touched. SK attempted on several occasions to cut Godhand members with his sword (even before forging the sword of resonance, like during the first eclipse) but as far as we have seen, he never succeeded. He is either trying to see if it works or he knows he can inflict damage. Anyway, SK seems to know what he’s doing.
dude223 Says:
May 27th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
It has been mentioned a few times that the Dragonslayer is slowly becoming more ‘magical’ since Gutts has killed so many beings from the other side. Sort of like SK forging his resonance sword, Gutts is forging his own simply by killing his enemies. But I still think the table turner is going to be the elf king and whatever he does for Gutts.
Mystyc Vegeta Says:
May 27th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
yeah, guts was able to inflict damage upon ganishka in his mist form. His sword can reach beings in the astral world. I’m pretty sure SK old sword could to, I mean he also probably killed thousands with it.
Mad Pete Says:
May 27th, 2009 at 5:44 pm
Well, it’s just look at SK face and see what centurys of killing apostle has done to him.

And Gatts sword may be as magical as it may be, Griffith just need to blink his eyes and teleportate through space-time, just like Hiro Nakamura
Mystyc Vegeta Says:
May 27th, 2009 at 7:18 pm
some time ago I was wondering how come Guts can barely get close to a Godhand (Femto for ex) and SK seems to have no inconvenient being in their proximity, although they are powerful demons. It’s probably those centuries…
rebellion Says:
May 28th, 2009 at 4:12 pm
the only way guts can become stronger that grifith is by dieing, if guts ever gets in that place where apostoles ad god hand members are created(astral or death plane w/e) on the eclipse, so if now guts gets there and dies a unwillingly ritual will take place and guts will be transformed into an equal of what the members of the god hand are
and who knows because grifith,the white shiny hawk becomes dark when he transformes to femto, when guts will transform he will be a bright hound with wings thus the prophecy of the good light hawk-hound(guts) defeating the evil dark hawk(grifith) comes true
Mad Pete Says:
May 28th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
What?????
If Guts dies, his soul or whatever becomes one with Hell, or the Heart-God-Thing, or something like that.
Why would a ritual take place then?

And a ritual only take place because the behelit owner will! If one its not willing to do the rtual, then it won’t happens, just see how the Count has died!!!

And even if you’re right, I think the Elf King has some pretty badass ways to turn Gatts stronger
Pokes Says:
May 29th, 2009 at 4:03 am
I can’t wait for puck to die and his bechi to power him up.
Mystyc Vegeta Says:
May 29th, 2009 at 6:01 am
the prophecy of the good light hawk-hound(guts) defeating the evil dark hawk(grifith) comes true – cool

I wonder if SK knows elf king. Maybe he visited him long time ago. There are a few similar things about SK and Guts…

Anyway, a mutant hawk-dog(hound) Guts ripping off Femto’s wings with it’s teeth would do.
rebellion Says:
May 29th, 2009 at 7:29 am
there are countless times when unexpected thing happens in anime so if guts died in that eclips place and with a who knows some sort of good behelit from the elf king maybe would be cool that when guts died his soul would set free and fuze with armor and stuff and transform in a light werewolf with wings, so somethin similar to what happens in rituals on ecplises
Neikius Says:
May 29th, 2009 at 7:54 am
I think its just a matter of time before I get fed up and stop tracking berserk. And wipe it out of my mind… its for my own sanity!

Guess a lot of people think like this, why not? This tempo is crazy, I don’t even know what is it about anymore.
bobtx81 Says:
May 29th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
hilarious, rebellion. we know that manga/anime has its patterns,i.e., protagonist overcomes seemingly impossible odds and defeats an enemy who originally seemed impossibly hopeless to overcome…its just the way that its done that makes or breaks a manga, and berserk delivers on so many levels that it actually breaks into the territory of philosophy and really deep literature…thats why we wait.
but anyway, I wonder if Miura is revealing Godhand’s main agenda. Correct me if I’m wrong or if I’ve forgotten cause its been so damned long…but Godhand can’t exist in the “real” world…Griffith can cause he was reborn in 2nd eclipse…so that allows Femto to exist in this plane? He appeared on top of Giant Ganishka…so what if Griffith/Femto is drawing the rest of Godhand into this world? There is something obviously planned, and Femto’s birth was the initiating phase of this plan. Otherwise, it would be pointless for Godhand to exist in any capacity other than to make apostles from humans. So Godhand comes to exist on the “real world” plane. Maybe to get closer to bringing their realm (Hell is you want to call it that) into the existence of man, and not in just wherever the heck apostles are made. To bring Godhand here, maybe Femto had to unlock the door. The “realm of the dead” comment is cryptic…obviously Godhand already exists “beyond” the realm of the dead cause they transcend death… Now, Griffith/Femto gives them a doorway to this world, sorta like FreddY Krueger being taken out of the dream world into the real one so he can die. So, two things can happen, in this scenario that probably won’t happen since all our theorizing seems to always be off or just ridiculous…1., Godhand comes to the real world and brings Hell to earth and apostles get to try the human buffet line forever,or 2., They’re finally within actual reach and Guts n company rip sh*t up.
I’m voting for the latter
Mad Pete Says:
May 29th, 2009 at 10:54 pm
Well said, Bob… But I wonder maybe it was SK intention to bring Void in to a reachable layer of reality so he can kill him off… But I was more inclined to believe that if the astral world was pouring out from Griffith/Femto himself, as I tought it would happens before ch 304…

Another thing that was bothering me is that strange boy that appear in ch238, when they’re at the beach… I mean, Caska’s son has become Femto vessel, hasn’t it? And Shierk sensed some strange od in the child…
Maybe only the spoild part of Caska’s son could be used as a vessel, then the good part of the fetus has now his own body?
I don’t really think that way, but was the only idea that came up…
Mad Pete Says:
May 29th, 2009 at 11:06 pm
Forgot to say in the previous post, that wicked child also send a badass crocodile while Shrierk was chanting her spell
Eric Says:
May 30th, 2009 at 3:14 am
Berserk is so Epic…even when its not even trying…
Booya June will come soon enough… and SWITCH TO BOAT .
Senaka Says:
May 30th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
I don’t know why, I have the feeling that kid is deeply conected to the Elf King… He could easily convey a message to a berserk’d Gatts and commanded the crocodile away…

Also, I think Griffith/Femto in the mortal plane can control the casualty, that’s would explain how is manages never to be hit, and to make history flow like a movie script. As Gatts is the struggler, the one almost outside casualty, he could be the one to slay Femto (after a beefy power-up, or at least a full healing. Have you noticed he’s fighting harmed since…. Albion?)
cerilium Says:
June 2nd, 2009 at 12:25 pm
All the pieces are in play, something big is happening that is going to change everything
Sturzvogel Says:
June 2nd, 2009 at 1:50 pm
THX VERY MUCH!!!!!!!!!!

YOU ARE THE BEST
dude223 Says:
June 2nd, 2009 at 8:37 pm
He’s been injured for a while now. He hasn’t fought inside the armor at 100% yet.

One thing that itches my brain is God. He sent these so called angels (the godhand) to punish the emperor (SK), why is he still letting the godhand run wild? He also sent 5 originally, there’s only 5 now so where is the original 5th, before Femto? Unless Griffith is actually doing what God wants………………..
Fang Says:
June 3rd, 2009 at 9:32 pm
what? god sent the godhand to punish gaiserik? care to explain hmm..
Mystyc Vegeta Says:
June 4th, 2009 at 3:08 am
the idea of god created the god hand to punish gaiseric… i think it’s a bit too much.. i mean…. this whole thing JUST to punish him ? manipulating the casualty in order to make gaiseric suffer or sth would have been enough ? maybe.
dude223 Says:
June 4th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Fang, take a look at volume 10 chapter 6 if you can, I wrote down in my notes that God sent the godhand to punish the Emperor and then there’s never any further explanation of God’s intentions. At least known that I know of.
«maxi Says:
June 6th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
«what would be awesome is…

The Elf king -remove the brand on gats ans casca
-Give memorie back to casca
-give a new real arm to gats (that way, his sword skill gonna be a lot more better and powerfull)
-1 year in the real world is 10 year on the Island so.. they all gonna train like crazy

10 year later :
- Farnese = Witch with healing spell and support
- Serpico = Master of wind (can fly and control wind)
- Isidro = Like a ninja (fast,skill, agillity)
- Schierke = Destruction magic
- Casca = she may get a magic weapon like everyone but idk

and then they return to kick Griffith ass and his party

would be so awesome. everyone 10 year older

btw sorry for my bad english ><
«maxi Says:
June 6th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
oh and gats 10 year later : fully control the power of his armor
InterRage Says:
June 6th, 2009 at 11:41 pm
@dude223 it was 4, it was explained during the griffith rescue mission, Judo blundered the facts, saying it was 5 at first, then the princess(I think) corrected him.
dude223 Says:
June 7th, 2009 at 9:03 am
Really? I may have to go back and reread that. But that clears it up somewhat.
Mad Pete Says:
June 7th, 2009 at 11:34 am
I don’t think they really punished Gaiseric. In my opinion, there were an eclipse, in which Gaiseric was sacrificed(perhaps by Void), and as people doesn’t know what really happened,they began to say god punished Gaiseric