It destroys, it rips and tears, because it is mechanically compelled to by its own existence as an alienated view and being in the world.

The aim of the physical berserker is accomplished with rage and brutality, yet the aim is not with a will to evil, it is not with a desire to make another suffer for the pleasure of the berserker, but it is simply a disinterested will which is pure rage manifest as slaughter.

This piece is in his honor.Įvil is a central concept of Berserk, and how could it not be? The state of being berserk is a state of supreme evil, for in it an absolute opposition is set up within a consciousness: the absolute war of self against the infinite plurality of others which surround and aim to destroy the berserker. Berserk is no mere common artwork in the comic book industry, it shines even outside of this medium, even if it is a tragically unfinished masterpiece.

I came to read this work only in the last two years, and it immediately impressed me. The author and artist behind the long running manga Berserk, Kentaro Miura, passed away May 6th, 2021. In this world, is man ever able to possess anything more solid than a dream?” Even if the dream ruins his life, man cannot allow himself to leave it behind.

Each man is tortured by this dream, but the dream gives meaning to his life.

Berserk tell me why art