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Going to the Berserk exhibition in Sapporo

As you guys know, Grail, Gobolatula, Walter and I went to see the Great Berserk Exhibition in Sapporo, capital of Hokkaido, the northernmost island of Japan. Why this city? Because it was the first showing of the exhibition after the Japanese government finally reopened its borders. We went in January 2023, so it was the heart of winter there, and temperatures ranged from -5 °C to -10 °C during the day (25 °F to 15 °F).

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Bonus card included with German volume 41

Skullknight.net member Benoît recently registered only to spread the word that a rare illustration of Guts was included with the German version of volume 41, published by Panini. Of course I was intrigued and promptly ordered a copy myself.

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YA showing off international editions of Berserk

In February 1997, Young Animal published a little showcase of various international editions of Berserk. Taiwan and Hong Kong are featured, as well as Spain, Thailand, France and Italy. It would be six more years until Dark Horse picked it up for release in the USA!

Fun drawing from a doujinshi cover

When we visited the Berserk exhibition earlier this month, we saw an original drawing (or more likely a copy of it) Miura had made for the cover of a doujinshi he released with his friends in late 2004. This reminded me that I had never posted that cover, so here it is.

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Podcast: The Great Berserk Exhibition, day 4

Grail, Gobolatula, Walter and Aazealh recently flew to the northernmost island of Japan – Hokkaidō – to attend the first installment of the Great Berserk Exhibition taking place since Japan reopened its border to foreign tourists.

This podcast was recorded on our last day at the exhibition. These will be posted publicly on Skullknight.net along with written impressions, but they are being made available to patrons firs...

Podcast: The Great Berserk Exhibition, day 3

Grail, Gobolatula, Walter and Aazealh recently flew to the northernmost island of Japan – Hokkaidō – to attend the first installment of the Great Berserk Exhibition taking place since Japan reopened its border to foreign tourists.

This podcast was recorded after our third day at the exhibition! These will be posted publicly on Skullknight.net along with written impressions, but they are being made available to patrons ...

Podcast: The Great Berserk Exhibition, day 2

Grail, Gobolatula, Walter and Aazealh recently flew to the northernmost island of Japan – Hokkaidō – to attend the first installment of the Great Berserk Exhibition taking place since Japan reopened its border to foreign tourists.

This podcast was recorded after our second visit to the exhibition! These will be posted publicly on Skullknight.net along with written impressions, but they are being made available to patro...

Podcast: The Great Berserk Exhibition, day 1

Grail, Gobolatula, Walter and Aazealh recently flew to the northernmost island of Japan – Hokkaidō – to attend the first installment of the Great Berserk Exhibition taking place since Japan reopened its border to foreign tourists.

We went there four times, and recorded a podcast after each day to document our thoughts. These will be posted publicly on Skullknight.net along with written impressions, but they are being made available to patrons first as a mark of our appreciation. 2023-01-22 13:07:52 +0000 UTC View Post

Learning Japanese with Berserk: Hydra

After Norse mythology, Greek mythology! In episode 356, other than the word Jötunn for giants, we learn about the word for "hydra" from Raban. One such creature had first been seen in episode 305, but not been named. Miura uses the kanji 多頭蛇 for it, alongside the furigana ヒドラ (HIDORA). The word is composed of two parts: 多頭 (たとう), which means "many-headed" in this case, and 蛇 w...

What sacrificial ceremonies are actually called in Berserk

The sacrificial ceremonies of the God Hand aren't without a name.

While we usually just refer to it as "the apostle ceremony", Void uses a specific name when the Count gets his second chance in volume 3: 降魔の儀, pronounced こうま の ぎ (KOUMA NO GI). Notably, Miura added furigana to specify the pronunciation (KOUMA and not GOUMA) and therefore the meaning of it (unrelated to buddhism).

In English, the best translation I can think of is: "the ceremony of receiving evil"....

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Learning Japanese with Berserk: Jötunn

Episode 356's title is 巨人 (normally pronounced きょじん, "KYOJIN"), which means "giants". Miura added the furigana ヨトゥン to indicate that it should be pronounced "YOTUN". It it a reference to Norse mythology, which features a type of beings called Jötunn (plural: Jötnar). As was often the case, while Miura applies a mythological name to give some color to Berserk's world, there's no clear relation beyond that.

Ending the year with a "bang!"

What better way to celebrate the end of the year than with one of Miura-sensei's illustrations! This one is sadly very rare as it was only printed on a telephone card, and there aren't many going around. It's an homage to Akira, the legendary sci-fi manga by Katsuhiro Ōtomo, and the incident that destroyed Tokyo in that story.

Quite a fitting tribute for the end of the millennium! And of course here it's reinterpreted with Puck instead of Akira, and a with chestnut-shaped explosion ins...

Learning Japanese with Berserk: Dwarf

We get a hint of dwarves or similar spirits in Berserk as early as volume 14, when the Skull Knight explains to Guts that elves (妖精) once dwelled in Godot's cave. But it's only at the end of volume 26, in episode 226, that Schierke drops the name when she explains how the Berserk's armor was created.

She uses the word 鉱精, which Miura created, along with ドワーフ as furigana, giving u...

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Podcast #23: Shizuya Wazarai's tribute to Miura

Walter and Aazealh give their thoughts on Wazarai's heartfelt tribute (Part 1 | Part 2) to his friend, on how it differs from Mori's and reveals what kind of a man Miura was.

Something I (Aaz) forgot to say while we recorded is that, much like Wazarai, I wish I had written to Miura more over the years, a...

A look at Animal House #2, 1992

Here's another issue of "Monthly Animal House", the magazine that came before "Young Animal". This is the February 1992 issue, where the first segment of volume 5 was first published. I wanted to show the index page this time because it highlights the simple numbering system they used.

The title page of the manga itself goes with a relatively fancy subdivision name: 戦慄のヒーロー伝奇 REVENGE15. It translates to "the fantastical story of the thrilling hero, revenge 15", 2022-12-15 00:06:08 +0000 UTC View Post

Episode 371 translation

Fantasia arc
Elf island chapter
Light going out on a narrow dark night    [not sure about the first kanji, it's too small and blurry]


Page 1

Roderick : Open up!
Roderick: Guts!!

Schierke : Guts…

Page 3

Schierke: Memories of battles…
Schierke: Of Guts… and the sword

Page 4

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