basically miura's best friend, kouji mori, that he's known for his entire life and is also a mangaka, has had conversations about berserk with miura and he's the only person that really knows how the series is going to end.

so right now mori supervises the manga and miura's assistants are making it. it's not a complete telling of the story because miura didn't leave any notes behind of how he truly wanted the story to end so whatever kouji mori remembers from their conversations is what will be told and whatever mori doesn't know or remember they wont tell it.

mangadex.org/chapter/838e7e74-75dc-48cd-b9e1-7fc6535ef62d/1

Chapter 374 official translation out now @op

most of this chapter felt like a retread of the last one but just showing more details on how the kushans got on the boat tbh. still not sure how or where they came from after elfhelm was nuked but hopefully they'll explain it in the next chapter. rickert showing up is pretty big and could possibly lead into them teaming up with guts & the crew to go to falconia.

We're so back
The art was already good but they really stepped up their game.
Started reading Berserk when I was 15, was up to date in two nights.
Insane how almost a decade later I can now for the first time see the start of a new arc lmao.

Just waiting for that behelit to get activated now

Volume 30

thoughts so far

Very very good

So the Skeleton swung on Griffith but missed and hit Ganishka and thats how he was defeated?

yeah

when ganishka activated his artificial behelit, he gained massive power from the astral world that his normal body couldn't handle, causing him to essentially become this big portal for the astral world and the real world to merge.

griffith and the god hand already had this planned from the very start so when skull knight came in to attack griffith, he already anticipated it and used the slash from skull knight's sword of actuation to open ganishka/astral world into the real world

One of the most confusing parts of the whole series, good explanation

Is that rickert ?

Yup, looks to be the case.

What a f***in beast man cant wait till he tells guts he slapped the dogshit outta griffith

The drop in quality is so noticeable man.

wym

after miura left you mean, right?

yes

been reading this again. just finished the Nosferatu Zodd chapters. this s*** is so gas

you got to the continuation that fast?

sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2023/09/29/kiji/20230929s00041000098000c.html
interview with kouji mori on the release of volume 42

not gonna be perfect translation cause google translate but some interesting stuff here

"Even after they became popular authors, they consulted with each other about their works. "He told me about his plan for Berserk right up to the final episode," he said. After Miura's death, a memo describing part of the development of the work was found, but it was discovered that there were no staff members or editors in charge of the work who were aware of the final installment."

"Last June, the series resumed with a group of assistants. He says that his role is "basically just to explain the story. I don't have much to do," he says, "but I inherit the story in a way that only a close friend who has spent a great deal of time together can. He says that he was able to convey in the skits the phrasing of lines, facial expressions, swordsmanship, actions, and other aspects of the story that are difficult to convey in written form. This method was made possible by the fact that the two were not shy or reserved. A person involved in the publishing industry points out, "There have been cases of manga being drawn over in the past, but this may be the first time that the concept has been shared at such a deep level."

"Berserk is a work that Mr. Mori is deeply attached to. Griffith, the former ally and arch-enemy of the main character Guts, "may have been a projection of me in some scenes," he says. The emotional portrayal of friendship and rivalry between the two men was partly based on their relationship. He said, "There are some embarrassing lines in the manga that I used to say when I was a teenager, like, 'I'm going to build my own kingdom. He remembers every word of it," he laughs."

"The story, as he says, is already in the "folding phase. It won't take more than 10 years," Mori said."

color illustrations for vol 42

The new author is Griffith

"As for Berserk chapter 375, it has already been completed, so I think it will be published in Young Animal soon.
Thank you very much as well."

Chapter 375 coming nov 10