Well I used to go on SK.net and every time you were a new comer they'd bash anything you'd say. You'd write up three sentences and they would break up each sentence into five parts trying to describe why you're not a know all of Berserk like they are. As much as they have useful information, it's easier talking to a wall. I forgot the moderators name Aaz or something, he was quite pretentious.. but I digress, just a healthy tip to stay away from there unless you have the answer to life, or else...CCS wrote:Alright true, I guess it wouldn't make a lot of sense to leave out parts of the story considering how few Berserk chapters come out per year.
You guys are a lot more polite that SK.net
To come back to the subject, I also find the first three volumes to be the lesser of his work, maybe because we don't really care for Guts much and don't know how he got to that point yet. I'd say they should start with the Golden Age but incorporate the first volumes after the eclipse (which is when all this happens) instead of breaking up the Blackswordsman Arc into two, keeping a constant continuation to the movies/ova. It would also keep the eclipse as a surprise to newcomers because those first three volumes foreshadows a little too much. They give us enough clues during the golden age arc that the Berserk World is fantastical (Behelit, Skull Knight, Wyald, Zodd etc..) so yeah my opinion.
EDIT: Haha I went just for kicks to see your post on SK.net and as usual they bash you and question if you actually like Berserk or not... man they don't change. The first three volumes were nowhere as deep and as moving as what followed, the reason being we didn't know who Guts was. Take the entire story and yes that part ends up significant but as an opener.. I could see how some people would disagree with Berserk's greatness. All you mentioned was that you felt like it was the weaker side of Berserk and bam, you don't understand anything. Well depending on how many times you read the manga, the first time you DON'T know whats really going on. You find out as you go and that's where the first three volumes become really interesting. If the animation adaptation sticks to the original format with good atrwork (which the first three volumes didn't really have compared to the rest of the manga) it could work quite well.