BERSERKS
KENTARO
MIURA
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JASON DeANGELIS
LETTERING AND RETOUCH
DAN NAKROSIS
PRESIDENT AND PUBLISHER
MIKE RICHARDSON
US EDITORS
CHRIS WARNER
FRED Llll
English-language version produced by
DARK HORSE COMICS and DIGITAL MANGA PUBLISHING.
@ 1991 by Kentaro Miura. All rights reserved. First published In Japan In 1991 by HAKUSENSHA. INC.. Tokyo.
English-language translation rights In the United States of America and Canada arranged with HAKUSENSHA,
INC., Tokyo, through tohan corporation, Tokyo. Engllsn-language translation © 2004 by Dark Horse Comics,
inc. All other material © 2004 by Dark Horse Comics, me. Dark Horse Manga" Is a trademark of Dark Horse
comics. Inc. All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted. In any form
or by any means, without the express written permission of the copyright holders. Names, characters, places,
and incidents featured In this publication either are the product of the author s imagination or are used
fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons Hiving or dead), events. Institutions, or locales, without satiric
Intent, is coincidental. All rights reserved.
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First edition: April 2004
ISBN 978-1-59307-022-9
20 19 18 17 16 15
Printed in the United States of America
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CONTENTS
THE GUARDIANS OF DESIRE, CHAPTER 4.5
THE GUARDIANS OF DESIRE, CHAPTER 5.65
THE GUARDIANS OF DESIRE, CHAPTER 6.121
THE GOLDEN AGE, CHAPTER 1.
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This is the back of the book!
This manga collection is translated into English but oriented in rightto-left reading format at the creator’s request, maintaining the
artwork s visual orientation as originally published in Japan. If you've
never read manga in this way before, take a look at the diagram
below to give yourself an idea of how to go about it. Basically, you'll
be starting in the upper right corner and will read each balloon and
panel moving right to left. It may take some getting used to, but
you should get the hang of it very quickly. Have fun!
»HIC NOVELS / MANGA / HORROR
Cuts, the feared Black Swordsman, finishes his desperate battle with
the monstrous Count, cutting and blasting the hideous abomination to
gory scraps. But Cuts won't even have the time to clean his gigantic
sword when the Count's agonized pleas activate the mystical talisman
Behelit, summoning the Codhand, five demon lords of immeasurable
power. Cuts' journey so far has been a long road of pain and death, but
that's a walk in the park compared to fighting his way out of Hell itself!
And for their help, the Codhand have a price to exact from the Count, a
price too dear for even such a heartless monster to consider!
Created by Kentaro Miura, Berserk is exactly what its title advertises, a
savage, gruesome, and often darkly funny roller-coaster ride, inspiring
the internationally popular anime series. If you're looking for graphic
fiction to take home to Crandma, this ain't it—unless Cranny smokes
cigars and rides a Harley!
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