History Trivia / Berserk

* CowboyBeBopAtHisComputer: At the time of Miura's death, Spanish newspaper ''El Mundo'' published an [[https://www.elmundo.es/cultura/comic/2021/05/20/60a602f521efa0c70d8b4616.html article]] about him, which included a brief synopsis of ''Berserk''. Oddly enough, however, the journalist seems to have got ''Berserk'' and ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' mixed up in his memory, because his synopsis claims its story is that of "Guts, a lonely warrior pursued by dark forces who seeks to avenge his old master."

** There are pervasive rumors that writing ''Berserk'' has given Miura repeated {{Creator Breakdown}}s which require him to take long hiatuses to recover, but there is no official evidence that this is true.
** Tying into the above, many people are under the impression that Miura has been putting off working on Berserk due to him becoming addicted to ''VideoGame/TheIdolmaster''. This is a very large extrapolation of comments made by Miura commenting on him playing the games a few times and commenting about internet videos of it with friends, propagated by a few websites pushing the angle of him being some addict who can barely work on the series anymore due to this.

** Verm, the protagonist of ''VideoGame/SmallSaga'', pretty much ''is'' Guts in a [[LighterAndSofter dangerous, but less harsh and dire]] world. In which he's [[MouseWorld a mouse]]. From the cloak and handwraps and {{BFS}} (in his case, [[GiantsKnifeHumansGreatsword a human's switchblade]]) that makes other characters wonder how he can even lift it, to making a LifeOrLimbDecision and severing a part of his body with a broken sword, being an InstantExpert with a prosthetic, striving to take revenge on "gods" who are far ''far'' [[HumansAreCthulu above him in ability]], being rather terse and stoic [[BloodKnight except in battle]]... One of his lines is "As long as I was swinging my sword at a foe, I didn't have to think". There's also a shot of him [[https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3089642080 riding an owl]] while holding the Titan Cleaver that's a clear visual reference to Guts riding on Zodd's back. Verm's dark period is not nearly as pronounced or sinister as the Black Swordsman's of course, but eventually learns the same kind of lesson about doing better with friends and allies and contemplates a life without {{Revenge}}. Because the Yellow God, and humans in general, aren't ''Griffith'', [[spoiler: he's actually able to abandon his quest when he allows himself to realize that he'll never really be able to avenge his brother.]]

** Some learned about ''Berserk'' from "Guts VS Nightmare" on ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle''.

* IKnewIt: Chapter 362 introduces a particularly insane one of these, all but explicitly stating that the central characters of the legend of Emperor Gaiseric (Gaiseric himself, his nemesis the Wizard of the Tower of Conviction, and the "four angels" summoned by the wizard to destroy the Emperor) are, respectively, [[spoiler:Skull Knight, Void, and a previous generation of the Godhand]]. Said identities have been the most commonly speculated ones since the legend was introduced, ''twenty real-time years'' prior.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://berserk.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page The Berserk Encyclopedia]].

** On the significance of the Demon Child: "I made the one-eyed child show up to Guts in vol. 1 as a symbol of the 'weakness' which Guts hates. But I also think the child is connected to the image of Griffith (vol. 10-12) in my subconciousness who lost the freedom of his body because of the horrilbe torture when he was still young. For this reason, I think I made a setup which the child played a role to accept his spirit when Griffith as a demon king got his new body (vol.21). The story gets much bigger because of this."

** Guts is pretty much the ur-NinetiesAntiHero for Japanese media, so he's got quite a few expies running around in other works. Caim from ''VideoGame/{{Drakengard}}'', Artorias from ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'', and Arngrim from ''VideoGame/ValkyrieProfile'' are just some of the most blatant examples. Other really notable examples include [[VideoGame/{{Nier}} Father Nier]], [[VideoGame/SoulSeries Siegfried]], LightNovel/GoblinSlayer, and seemingly half the bosses in the ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' series.

** Actually involving another series, but which is so frequently cited by ''Berserk'' fans that it deserves mention: ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' creator Hidetaka Miyazaki has cited ''Berserk'' as an influence on the ''Dark Souls'' video game series in several interviews. In [[https://www.pcgames.de/Dark-Souls-3-Spiel-55615/Specials/Hidetaka-Miyazaki-im-Gamescom-Interview-1167759/ this interview]], he acknowledged he is a ''Berserk'' fan and that it has greatly influenced the series since the first game. In [[http://skullknight.net/images/darksouls_berserk1.jpg another interview]] he gives a {{Shout Out}}, noting that when Art Designer Masanori Waragai showed him his Catarina armor design, he felt reminded of Bazuso from ''Berserk'' and thought that old design was appropriate for Siegmeyer's character concept. He also said that the greatsword arts and playstyle in ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII'' were inspired by Guts. However, {{fanon}} sometimes exaggerates it, with some fans of both ''Berserk'' and the ''Souls'' games suggesting that ''Berserk'' was ''the'' primary inspiration of ''Souls''. Miyazaki didn't cite it as the primary inspiration, but mentioned it among other sources of inspiration, including other manga such as ''Manga/SaintSeiya'', ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'', and ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', as well as his collection of {{Tabletop RPG}}s and FantasyLiterature, the earlier Creator/FromSoftware game series ''VideoGame/KingsField'', and the ''Literature/FightingFantasy'' gamebooks.

* InspirationForTheWork: Series creator Kentaro Miura cited the Middle Ages, ''Franchise/{{Hellraiser}}'', ''Literature/TheNameOfTheRose'', Creator/TheBrothersGrimm, ''Manga/ViolenceJack'', ''LightNovel/GuinSaga'' and other Western and Japanese works as the influences behind ''Berserk''.

* NamesTheSame: Don't mistake Gaston with the other [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Gaston]], okay?

* BuryYourArt: Chapter 83 was famously printed only in the original magazine run and not reproduced in tankoubon volume 13. This was done at Miura's request on the grounds that he decided in hindsight that the chapter gave away too much information about TheVerse's cosmology too quickly.

* OutlivedItsCreator: On June 7, 2022, over a year after Kentato Miura's death, it was announced that the series is to be continued with Kouji Mori as writer/supervisor and Miura's assistants as the artists.
* PosthumousCollaboration: While the manga was put on hold after Miura's death, in 2022 it was announced that it would still continue, with Kouji Mori as the writer/supervisor and Miura's assistants as the illustrators.

* OutlivedItsCreator: On June 7, 2022, a few months after Kentato Miura's death, it was announced that the series is to be continued with Kouji Mori as writer/supervisor and Miura's assistants as the artists.

* WordOfSaintPaul: Miura once quoted Music/SusumuHirasawa as saying "I think Guts' sword [[PhallicWeapon represents a penis]] and the monsters destroyed by it represent women's genitalia."[[note]]From an interview when Miura got the 2nd Tezuka Osamu prize (2002)[[/note]]

* OutlivedItsCreator: On June 2022, a few months after Kentato Miura's death, it is announced that the series is to be continued under the direction of Kouji Mori and his assistants.

* OutlivedItsCrsator: On June 2022, a few months after Kentato Miura's death, it is announced that the series is to be continued under the direction of Kouji Mori and his assistants.

* DiedDuringProduction: Kentaro Miura suffered a fatal aortic dissection on May 6th, 2021, which left the manga's future uncertain. The September 10th, 2021, issue of ''Young Animal'' magazine featured Episode 364, completed by Miura's assistants from the last manuscript he was working on when he died. This episode was accompanied by an official statement from the Editorial Department of YA magazine, saying there was unfortunately no information to share about the future of ''Berserk'' at that date.

* SeriesHiatus: Creator/KentaroMiura was about as infamous as Yoshihiro Togashi for his long breaks in the publishing of ''{{Manga/Berserk}}'', so much that the fact that Guts and his companions were on a boat for years in real time became a meme. There were all sorts of rumors as to why, but no one really knew the reason. Miura was more open about some of the reasons for the later hiatuses, [[https://www.otaquest.com/kentaro-miura-interview-duranki-berserk/ such as his struggle to transition into a fully digital workflow to make it easier to work on the series]], [[https://www.facebook.com/1813962368827954/posts/2886373004920213 as well as trying to pace himself so as to not compromise his health]]. And with his untimely death on May 6, 2021, followed by the publication of the last chapter he had a hand in on September 10 of that year, the series may be on permanent hiatus.

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