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KENTARO
MIURA

JASON DeANGEUS
LETTERING AND RETOUCH
DAN NAKROSIS
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© 1994 by Kentaro Miura. All rights reserved. First published in Japan in 1995 by HAKUSENSHA, INC.. Tokyo.
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CONTENTS

KNIGHT OF SKELETON.5

START OF THE EVERLASTING NIGHT.27

THE FALLEN HAWK.49

DEMISE OF A DREAM .69

ARMS TOURNAMENT.89

THE FUGITIVES.110

THE FIGHTER.131

COMRADES IN ARMS .153

CONFESSION.173

WOUNDS, CHAPTER 1 .195

WOUNDS, CHAPTER 2.215

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This is the back of the book!
This manga collection is translated into English but oriented in right-
to-left reading format at the creator’s request, maintaining the
artwork's visual orientation as originally published in Japan, if you've
never read manga in this way before, take a look at the diagram
below to give yourself an idea of how to go about it. Basically, you'll
be starting in the upper right corner and will read each balloon and
panel moving right to left. It may take some getting used to, but
you should get the hang of it very quickly. Have fun!
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'ELS/MANGA / HORROR

Griffith, charismatic leader of the elite mercenary Band of the

Hawk, has seen better days. His fearless champion. Guts, has left
the Band, defeating Griffith in personal combat as his ticket out.
j With his judgment clouded by this unthinkable humiliation. Griffith
eases his pain in the arms of the daughter of Midland's king. But the
(King doesn't take kindly to an employee picking the royal flowers,
and the next stop for Griffith is the dungeon and the torture rack!
Without Griffith and Guts, the Hawks become easy prey for Midland's
army, and the AWOL Guts may be the only answer to the Hawks'—and
Griffith's—lethal problems.
I
Created by Kentaro Miura, Berserk is a bleeding-edge manga bat¬
tering ram, an epic fantasy of intense action, unsettling horror, and
gallows humor that has spawned legions of devoted readers and
scores of horrified onlookers. You can't handle the truth!
f
This collection is translated into English but oriented in right-to-left
reading format, as originally published.

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