Manga Review – Berserk Vol 37 by Kentaro Miura (4/5 stars)

Reading Level: Adult
Genre: Fantasy/Manga
Length: 232 pages
Publisher: Dark Horse Manga
Release Date: December 3, 2013
ISBN-13: 978-1616552053
Stand Alone or Series: 37th volume in the Berserk series
Source: Bought
Rating: 4/5 stars

“Guts the Black Swordsman has again donned the accursed Berserker armor, and he’ll need all its unholy power to battle the titanic Sea God — from the inside! As the creature takes on an army of beautiful merrow, Guts plunges deep within the God to find its sole vulnerability and pierce its living heart. But even if he can manage this impossible task deep within the leviathan, how will Guts get back out?”

This is the 37th volume in the Berserk series and the sea god arc is finally tied up in this volume.

In addition to the sea god fight being wrapped up, we get a flashback to when Guts was a boy and a young mercenary. He has some mysterious interactions with a flower fairy of sorts. After that we follow Ricket and Erica as they flee monsters and have run in with the Band of the Hawk.

This volume jumped all over the place. I liked that we finally tie back into the main story but didn’t like how much jumping around there was between different stories.

The illustration remains very well done. The story is still intriguing, if a bit fractured. I am not sure where this is all going.

Overall a well done volume in the Berserk series but a bit scattered. I would recommend this manga series to mature readers of fantasy/horror manga.

This book goes towards the following reading challenges:
– Goodreads Reading Challenge
– Mount TBR Reading Challenge
– Graphic Novel Reading Challenge