Berserk, Volume 16 (v. 16)
by Kentaro Miura
Book Summary Information
Author: Kentaro MiuraArtist: Kentaro Miura
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-04-11
ISBN: 1593077068
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Dark Horse Books/Digital Manga Publishing
Book Reviews of Berserk, Volume 16 (v. 16)
Book Review: Alot of turmoil and suspense in another great volume
Summary: 5 Stars
As the title of my review suggests, there isn't alot of rest for the Black Swordsman in volume 16. The book starts out with Guts fighting the fairy queen, Rosine, who has a few tricks up her sleave for Guts, and ultimately transforms into a more powerful form and the battle takes on a whole new level testing Guts to the limit again. Sadly, after a well deserved and hard fought victory, he encounters the Holy Chain knights, who have terrible timing since he just fought one of his toughest foes yet, and is captured. The leader of the Holy Chain Knights, Lady Farnese, becomes more than a little frustrated with Guts' disreguard for their religious beleifs, and she reveals a deeply conflicted personality, one that hopefully we will get to learn more about and see her character grow in the series.
One of the more notable parts of this book are the manifested "Beast of Darkness", an apparition within Guts which taunts him at times and commands him to spill more blood. The Beast takes many shapes but most often it takes the silhouette of a large wolf. Another important note is Guts' image itself, as he seems to appear more like the evil he's fighting than a normal man, as if the horrors he endures again and again have twisted him into something else entirely. It's not the prevalent image of him by far, but in this novel you see Guts' appearance change into something more reminiscent of a monster or a devil, like he belongs in the darkness more, or at least like he is certainly not out of place there to say the least.
I thought seeing this side of Guts outside of a battle and during a simple conversation a little exciting and troubling at the same time. It marks an interesting change in Guts' character, one I can't wait to see develop in the story. This was a fairly good novel of the bunch, one that deserves a read, it's also pretty good action and character growth so it goes by faster than some, but it leaves you hanging. None the less, I highly recommend this installment of the series.
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