Where does Berserk rank in your favorite stories list?

It ranks 1st in my list(Hunter x Hunter is a close second). Curious to know about your rankings/ratings...


(I hope it is acceptable here and hope it doesn't qualify as "shitposting")
 
  • Best Story: 1st
  • Best Worldbuilding: 2nd (right after The Lord of the Rings)
  • Best Characters: 1st
  • Best Protagonist: Easy 1st
  • Best Antagonist: Easy 1st
  • Best Locations: 2nd (right after Majula in Dark Souls 2 - obviously :schierke:)
  • Impact on my life through literature or art: Probably on par with Immanuel Kant or Baltasar Gracián, though I won't give a ranking to this.
  • (As a side note) Best Quote: "Is it right to yield oneself to something inscrutable?" - Silat (Though I can already hear @Aazealh's keyboard clicking, typing that's a mistranslation and he actually says "Fuck Griffith" or something)
 
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Umm, in terms of Manga it is the only series I own. Also my only comic fan group. In overall story, I'm unsure. I don't think of my interests in a sort of ranked tier. I can however give a recommendation for someone else who rules: Osama Tezuka. I loved Buddha as much as the novel Siddhartha.

Similar experience for me was in reading Lonesome Dove and watching the mini series as a kid.
 
  • Best Worldbuilding: 2nd (right after The Lord of the Rings)
  • (As a side note) Best Quote: "Is it right to yield oneself to something inscrutable?" - Silat (Though I can already hear @Aazealh's keyboard clicking, typing that's a mistranslation and he actually says "Fuck Griffith" or something)
It's easily my favorite story but Miura's very utilitarian about the world building, I think some time around Millennium Falcon the immersion broke for me on that front. Great quote btw.
 
It's easily my favorite story but Miura's very utilitarian about the world building, I think some time around Millennium Falcon the immersion broke for me on that front. Great quote btw.
Do you think you could elaborate? I am interested in your point of view.

Berserk is my number 1, followed closely by Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, and Final Fantasy 7.
 
Berserk is my favorite story, period. On a surface level, it has everything I want from a story: swords, magic, castles, dragons, epic battles, and so on. The fact that it's also a genuinely great and profound work of art is a (massive) bonus.

It's easily my favorite story but Miura's very utilitarian about the world building, I think some time around Millennium Falcon the immersion broke for me on that front. Great quote btw.

Ditto the above request for elaboration.

In any case, the comparison to Tolkien isn't apt. Tolkien built his world first and foremost and then wrote a couple of stories he didn't intend to publish initially. But for him, the world came first. Miura's story is more character and event driven and his world building works accordingly.
 
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Considering everything (art, story, themes, philosophy...) Berserk is the best thing ever for me

But I should also mention that, before the series come to an ending, I still consider Code Geass the closest thing possible to a perfect story (i'm a bit worried about how things will end, specially now that Miura is dead)
 
In any case, the comparison to Tolkien isn't apt. Tolkien built his world first and foremost and then wrote a couple of stories he didn't intend to publish initially. But for him, the world came first. Miura's story is more character and event driven and his world building works accordingly.

Sounds to me like two writers with different styles of writing and background; doesn't mean I can't compare the worlds they created on a) an objective level (which I'm not interested in) and b), above all, my very subjective own ranking list.
 
Sounds to me like two writers with different styles of writing and background; doesn't mean I can't compare the worlds they created on a) an objective level (which I'm not interested in) and b), above all, my very subjective own ranking list.

Oh, I wasn't commenting on your favorite list.

I just got the impression from the post that I replied to that, since Miura's world building is 'utilitarian', it is inferior, which I don't believe is the case. I believe that Tolkien's world building, in the way that he did it, remains unmatched, but I wouldn't hold every story to the same standard or style. Different works have different demands. Other worlds can be just as compelling as his world even if they're built differently or aren't as detailed. That was what I was trying to say.
 
Do you think you could elaborate? I am interested in your point of view.

Berserk is my number 1, followed closely by Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, and Final Fantasy 7.
I think it might just be a consequence of the almost mythical fight between a previously unseen gigantic empire and Griffith's practically invincible demon army. The scene where Serpico gave some context about the kingdoms in the Holy See alliance was refreshing but pretty much the first we were even hearing about some of these players right before the merging of the worlds made them irrelevant anyway.

In any case, the comparison to Tolkien isn't apt. Tolkien built his world first and foremost and then wrote a couple of stories he didn't intend to publish initially. But for him, the world came first. Miura's story is more character and event driven and his world building works accordingly.
I totally agree, which is why it doesn't bother me. When I called it utilitarian I meant that Miura's worldbuilding mostly serves to aid a very personal narrative following Guts and co.
 
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