Went ahead and did my best translating the summary on the back of the guidebook's cover protector. At the very most it gives a primitive sense of the book's contents. Keep in mind, I'm the furthest thing from a professional translator and I can almost certainly guarantee that there are errors. Nevertheless here's what I got:
The text on the inside of the protector gives a synopsis of Berserk and Gigantomakhia and a quick notation of other popular works published by Hakusensha that Miura has contributed to. I'll try translating a few other things too but as I've already suggested, any and all translations I post should be read skeptically.
*Edit:
Had some extra time on my hands and decided to measure out the given attributes of the main characters. Kinda weird that they decided to list them the way they did. Made me feel like I was reading a guidebook for a video game. At any rate, some of the measurements are extremely close to the measurements of other characters so my order below might not be 100% accurate as some of the diagrams were indeed quite small. On top of that, despite my best efforts, some of the characters seem to have an equal measurement of certain attributes, hence the equals signs.
I found the order somewhat odd in certain areas; Casca and Serpico scoring higher than Guts under agility for instance. Nevertheless, this is what I came up with.
First "Berserk" Official Guide book, finally covering the complete story since publication!! Episode 1 to Volume 38. A full introduction to the main characters, the Apostles, and a view of the world. A long interview looking back on a whole record of the story writing of Mr. Kentaro Miura, and a first look at the reference materials used for characters and settings. Also a special glimpse of unreleased content past volume 38, a pre-writing of what's to come! One book "Berserk" readers must have!
The text on the inside of the protector gives a synopsis of Berserk and Gigantomakhia and a quick notation of other popular works published by Hakusensha that Miura has contributed to. I'll try translating a few other things too but as I've already suggested, any and all translations I post should be read skeptically.
*Edit:
Had some extra time on my hands and decided to measure out the given attributes of the main characters. Kinda weird that they decided to list them the way they did. Made me feel like I was reading a guidebook for a video game. At any rate, some of the measurements are extremely close to the measurements of other characters so my order below might not be 100% accurate as some of the diagrams were indeed quite small. On top of that, despite my best efforts, some of the characters seem to have an equal measurement of certain attributes, hence the equals signs.
Muscle Strength (listed highest to lowest):
Guts, Azan, Serpico, Roderick, Casca, Farnese, Isidro=Isma=Magnifico, Schierke, Puck, Ivalera
Endurance (listed highest to lowest):
Guts, Azan, Serpico, Roderick, Casca, Farnese=Isma, Isidro, Schierke=Ivalera=Magnifico, Puck
Agility (listed highest to lowest):
Serpico, Casca, Guts, Puck=Isidro, Isma, Ivalera, Roderick, Azan=Farnese=Schierke, Magnifico
Brainpower (listed highest to lowest):
Schierke, Serpico, Roderick, Guts, Isidro=Magnifico, Azan, Farnese, Isma=Ivalera, Puck, Casca
Mental Stregnth (listed highest to lowest):
Guts=Schierke, Isidro, Farnese=Azan, Serpico, Roderick, Isma=Magnifico, Puck=Ivalera=Casca
Sociability (listed highest to lowest):
Roderick, Isma, Puck=Isidro, Ivalera=Serpico=Azan, Magnifico=Casca, Farnese, Schierke=Guts
I found the order somewhat odd in certain areas; Casca and Serpico scoring higher than Guts under agility for instance. Nevertheless, this is what I came up with.