Monk delivers.
I hope the last class is something that completely throws everyone off and entirely goes against the integrity of their creative decisions so far.
Candidates for the ruining D3:
Ninja
Beastmaster
Cavalier
A Furry
Pirate
Hey now, a beard can still be elegant.
And to be fair, the OP really does come off too harshly - as if Miura read Heike Monogatari and Gikeiki and then suddenly wrote Berserk. Ugh, I really don't have that opinion in regards to Miura's influences and I should've edited that post from my earlier...
Facial hair and all that.
Everyone is right, is there is just absolutely too little similarity to suggest these works of literature might have been even the slightest influence, or even be neat little unintentional similarities that would be worth discussing.
I suppose if someone doesn't more...
Heike Monogatari is massive. Why would I bother summarizing portions of it that would be otherwise irrelevant on a board about Berserk? I chose to go with the bits that do seem to run a similar course to the story Miura has created.
In no way am I trying to do Miura a disservice. I am aware...
This is something I've posted on other boards and something that I thought I had posted here long ago. However, upon review of my (tiny) post history I see that I have yet to share this goldmine with you all.
Here goes...
Although set in an incredibly detailed western world, it is my belief...
I know it's no longer relevant, but I really do miss Judeau and his relationship with Casca. Something about the sad, one-way, kind-of-sort-of crush type of relationship that Miura created made things seem more realistic. And of course made you cry when Judeau bit it.
For that matter, I think...
I know that Book-Offs have lots of English-language books and movies for the Japanese to indulge themselves in, but I can't say that I recall ever seeing any English manga on the shelves in one. If however, any place does have English manga it would probably be a Book-Off.