This is bittersweet in a way I find hard to eloquently describe. On one hand, I'm very excited for a new chapter, as I always am. On the other, this is for certain the last chapter drawn by Miura, and very possibly the last ever in general too.
I would usually spend a lot of time speculating about the chapters story contents before hand, but im sort of at a loss in this case. Trying to gather my scattered thougts... I think I just hope it's a good chapter, honestly. Thats an obvious one I guess. I hope the focus is on guts, the moonlight boy, and casca. If this is to be the last ever berserk chapter, seeing them together, happy, as family, if even only for a single panel after all of this would allow me to make peace with the story, I think for good. I know we had that moment before, but casca wasn't sane at the time.
On another note, im left wondering how much of this chapter was completed by Miura, and how much needed to be completed by assistants. Will the artwork take a somewhat noticeable hit in quality midway through? Or did Miura manage to complete enough for the visual presentation to be consistent here? Personally I had anticipated that rather then a proper release for the chapter, they would have simply released the story boards. So this is somewhat curious. Regardless, I'm very grateful we`re getting anything at all. I was willing to accept anything, regardless of the format.
The messages to Miura inclusion is going to make me cry again, im pretty sure. Heck the leak itself almost had me in tears to begin with again. And the poster will be going up on my wall and never be taken down the moment its in my hands. Perhaps its not entirely emotionally wise to have a grief reminder pinned up, but I will try to see it as a small sort of celebration of miuras life myself. No matter how this all turns out, im gonna hold this very close to my heart. I'm going to try to savor this chapter in my memory. The same way one might savor the feelings important emotional moments bring within your personal life.