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The Dragonslayer
It was too big to be called a sword.
Exe.Eyes Labs · A homage to Kentaro Miura
I · The Brand
Those who bear it are hunted by the dead, every night.
II · The Wound
It was too big
to be called
a sword.
The narration · Berserk
Massive, thick, heavy, and far too rough.
Indeed, it was a heap of raw iron.
III · The Blade
My sword has gotten
very dull. However,
it’s gotten much heavier.
Guts
V · Nightfall
Kentaro Miura · 1966 – 2021
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VII · The hand that drew it
Kentaro Miura · 1966–2021
1966
Kentaro Miura was born on 11 July 1966, in Chiba. At ten he drew his first manga, Miuranger, for his classmates, and it ran to forty volumes. In 1977 he began to draw in India ink. In high school he met Kouji Mori. In 1985 Futatabi won the Weekly Shōnen Magazine newcomer award, and he went to study art at Nihon University.
1989
In 1988 a 48-page prototype of Berserk took second place in a Monthly ComiComi contest. In 1989 Berserk began in Monthly Animal House, which became Young Animal in 1992. It opens on a sword too big to be called a sword.
1990
“What I think a friend is… is one who is my equal.”
Griffith, Berserk
2002
In 2002 Berserk received the Award for Excellence at the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.
2006
From 2006 the chapters came further apart. He made Giganto Maxia in 2013 and 2014, and Duranki with Studio Gaga from 2019.
The EclipseBerserk, episode 73 © Kentaro Miura, Hakusensha
6 May 2021
Kentaro Miura died on 6 May 2021, aged 54.
7 June 2022
“I will only write the episodes that Miura talked to me about.”
森恒二Kouji Mori
Berserk continues, supervised by Kouji Mori and drawn by Studio Gaga. More than 60 million copies are in print.