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Message: <blockquote data-quote="horacethegrey" data-source="post: 3977949" data-attributes="member: 40123">I think anyone here at Enworld who's had some small interest in fantasy or anime has at one time encountered Kentaro Miura's Berserk. I also think most of you will agree that the series is one of the best illustrated and well written fantasy stories in the market today (although not for the feint of heart, as it's also one of the darkest too).While reading some reviews on the manga, I came across a statement made by Miura-san on how Berserk is his life's work, and that it'll take at least 50 collected manga volumes to tell the whole story. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f615.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":confused:" title="Confused    :confused:"  data-smilie="5"data-shortname=":confused:" /> Needless to say, that threw me for a loop. 50 volumes is quite a big number for a manga series whose chapters are released in an anthology magazine on a biweekly basis (unlike most manga which come out on a weekly schedule). To date there have been 32 volumes of Berserk released in Japan, with 20 currently in release in the US from Dark Horse. If one does the math, it means that'll be a good 10+ years before the saga of Guts finally comes to a close. So my question is, are you loyal fans of the series prepared to go all the way? I know how much of a pain it is for us fantasy fans in having to wait for the next installment of our favorite series. Robert Jordan is a prime example, having unfortunately passed away before publishing the final volume of his Wheel of Time epic. And us A Song of Ice and Fire fans have been especially peeved at how slow George RR Martin is in finishing A Dance of Dragons (and once the book is finally released, we still have the last 2 volumes to look forward to! AGH! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f615.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":confused:" title="Confused    :confused:"  data-smilie="5"data-shortname=":confused:" /> ).If I were to answer my own question, I'd say yes. Berserk has consistently been one of the best comic reads I've had the pleasure of enjoying. Miura's masterful art is matched only by his wonderful storytelling. So it'll be great to see what surprises he has in store for us till the end of it. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> So what about you guys?</blockquote>

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