Kentaro Miura Books in Order

Guts, the feared Black Swordsman, cuts through demons and men alike while the Brand of Sacrifice draws darkness to him. With only Puck at his side, he begins a revenge quest soaked in blood and fate.

Marked by a supernatural Brand that draws demons to him, swordsman Guts travels with the elf Puck in pursuit of vengeance. His enormous sword and relentless determination carry him through a world where dark forces regard him as prey.

Guts attacks the Count's castle to rescue Puck and finish a brutal fight. As the Count reveals his monstrous true form, the series leans hard into horror, cruelty, and Guts's refusal to back down.

The showdown with the Count brings Guts face to face with the God Hand and the larger horror behind his curse. Then the story swings into the past, tracing the brutal childhood that made him.

Guts assaults a sinister Count's castle while Puck becomes a captive in the household of the ruler's isolated daughter. The Count's transformed servants and demonic powers turn the rescue and confrontation into a formidable test of Guts's strength.

Guts's confrontation with the monstrous Count reaches a new danger when the Behelit summons the powerful God Hand. Facing beings far beyond ordinary enemies, the Black Swordsman must struggle to escape the supernatural realm their appearance opens.

Guts survives a savage youth and wanders from battlefield to battlefield until Griffith notices him. Their first clash draws Guts into the Band of the Hawk and the story's defining partnership.

The story turns to Guts's brutal upbringing among mercenaries and his difficult relationship with Gambino. Wandering between battlefields, his exceptional fighting ability attracts Griffith, the ambitious leader of the Band of the Hawk, who challenges him directly.

Now one of Griffith's top fighters, Guts helps the Hawks rise fast. But a terrifying encounter with Nosferatu Zodd hints that Griffith's dream, and the strange beherit at his throat, carry a darker fate.

With the Hawks winning fame, court politics turn poisonous. An assassination plot, royal attention, and Guts's loyalty to Griffith pull the band from open war into deadlier intrigue.

Guts fights as a champion of Griffith's Band of the Hawk, but an encounter with Nosferatu Zodd exposes a threat beyond human warfare. The monstrous opponent tests both warriors and raises unsettling questions about an object Griffith wears.

Griffith's increasing influence at Midland's court and his connection with the king's daughter provoke dangerous jealousy. As a plot forms against the mercenary leader, Guts's loyalty and combat skills become crucial to navigating enemies beyond the battlefield.

As Midland and Chuder hurtle toward a decisive battle, Guts and Casca are stranded together after a brutal fall. Casca's past with Griffith comes into focus, and her bond with Guts begins to change.

The century-long war nears its end, but peace does not mean safety. Griffith's success makes him powerful, admired, and increasingly dangerous to the nobles circling the Midland court.

While the Band of the Hawk fights for Midland, Guts and Casca fall into a river and become separated from their comrades. Sheltering together lets Casca explain her history with Griffith, but pursuing enemy soldiers threaten their uneasy understanding.

Griffith leads the Band of the Hawk toward a decisive confrontation in Midland's long war with Chuder. Battlefield success could elevate the mercenaries further, but ambitious rivals within the royal court see Griffith's rise as a threat.

Guts leaves the Hawks after defeating Griffith in a deeply personal duel. Griffith's reckless collapse, arrest, and torture shatter the band and send the story racing toward catastrophe.

Guts returns to help the battered Hawks rescue Griffith from Windham's dungeons. What they find below the castle is worse than defeat, and the long road to the Eclipse begins.

Guts leaves the Band of the Hawk after defeating Griffith in a duel, destabilizing the leader's judgment. Griffith's subsequent involvement with the princess brings royal punishment, leaving the mercenaries vulnerable and raising the stakes of Guts's absence.

Returning to the endangered Band of the Hawk, Guts reconnects with Casca and prepares to rescue imprisoned leader Griffith. Entering Midland's dungeons means confronting the aftermath of prolonged torture and hidden dangers lurking beneath the king's stronghold.

The remnants of the Hawks flee with the broken Griffith while the savage Wyald hunts them down. This is a relentless escape volume that shows just how ruined their world has become.

Griffith is alive, but barely a shadow of himself. As the Hawks start to splinter, the Crimson Beherit stirs and the doors to something far more terrible begin to open.

Guts and Casca lead the surviving Hawks away after rescuing a gravely weakened Griffith. Their escape draws pursuit by the Knights of the Black Dog, whose brutal commander Wyald presents a threat far beyond an ordinary military chase.

Griffith's rescue leaves the Band of the Hawk facing his devastating injuries and the possible collapse of their shared dream. As the mercenaries struggle to hold together, supernatural powers take an interest in their leader's desperate ambitions.

The Eclipse erupts in full, turning the Hawks from warriors into sacrifices. Guts fights through a nightmare of apostles to save Casca as Griffith chooses power at an unbearable cost.

In the aftermath of the Eclipse, Guts loses nearly everything except his rage. Armed with the massive Dragon Slayer, he sets out as the Black Swordsman again, and this volume also includes the Berserk prototype.

The Crimson Behelit brings Griffith and the Band of the Hawk into the terrifying realm of the God Hand. With the mercenaries threatened by monstrous forces and a proposed sacrifice, Guts fights to protect Casca and his comrades.

In the aftermath of the Hawks' destruction, Guts confronts severe injuries and Casca's shattered mind while pursuing revenge against Griffith. The volume also includes Berserk Prototype, Miura's early story that helped establish the series during his college years.

Haunted, branded, and alone, Guts enters the Lost Children chapter. A seemingly quiet village hides a twisted fairy-tale nightmare that shows how badly the Eclipse has scarred both him and the world.

Guts battles Rosine and the deadly mock-elf children of Misty Valley in one of the series' darkest arcs. It is a brutal fight that also shows how far his revenge has pushed him from ordinary mercy.

Haunted by the Brand of Sacrifice and the losses of his former companions, Guts continues his dangerous solitary struggle. An apparently ordinary village conceals disturbing secrets, confronting him with supernatural horrors shaped by suffering and hatred.

Guts's battle against monstrous creatures resembling children draws him toward their powerful ruler, the Queen of the Elves. Her deceptively innocent appearance conceals a lethal threat, forcing him to confront the source of the village's nightmare.

The Holy Iron Chain Knights capture Guts, hoping to force repentance from a man they barely understand. Farnese enters the story in force, and the horrors around Guts crack open her ordered world.

Midland is falling apart as invasion, cults, and church terror spread at once. Casca drifts into terrible danger, and the Brand of Sacrifice turns every bad situation into a magnet for monsters.

The Holy Iron Chain Knights capture Guts and intend to punish him under their religious authority. Escaping with their commander Farnese as a hostage exposes her to the demonic forces drawn to his Brand and challenges her beliefs.

Midland suffers invasion, religious persecution, and growing supernatural disorder after its king's death. While Guts fights invading forces with his repaired sword, vulnerable Casca falls among dangerous people who do not understand the darkness attracted by her Brand.

Casca is taken in by pagan cultists and hunted as a witch by the Holy Iron Chain Knights. When her Brand draws possession and chaos, Guts charges straight into the madness.

Casca is dragged toward the Tower of Conviction, where Mozgus and the Holy See plan a public execution. Guts races to reach her as the tower becomes the center of another demonic upheaval.

Guts heads for the Tower of Conviction to rescue Casca from the fanatical inquisitor Mozgus and his followers. Meanwhile, gathering supernatural forces suggest that the tower's brutal persecution may become the center of a much larger catastrophe.

Guts storms the Tower of Conviction to stop Mozgus and save Casca. The battle turns apocalyptic as holy judgment, personal vengeance, and hell itself collide in collapsing stone.

After the Tower falls, peace never arrives. Griffith returns in human form and begins building a new Band of the Hawk, proving that the old dream of a kingdom is not dead at all.

Casca faces execution at the Tower of Conviction as Guts confronts inquisitor Mozgus, whose power exceeds that of an ordinary man. The Brand draws demonic forces into the collapsing stronghold, making rescue a struggle against multiple threats.

After the Tower of Conviction's fall, Griffith returns in a familiar human form with his ambitions intact. As he assembles a new Band of the Hawk from terrifying allies, Midland faces renewed uncertainty rather than lasting peace.

Traveling with Casca should bring Guts closer to safety, but her presence and his own inner darkness make every mile harder. The road to Elfhelm becomes a test of protection, restraint, and trust.

Guts presses toward Elfhelm with a rough new party and fresh allies from a hidden woodland refuge. Troll attacks and witchcraft widen the world while showing how fragile any safe haven can be.

Guts escorts Casca toward the hoped-for safety of Puck's homeland, but their Brands turn the journey into a constant supernatural ordeal. Protecting her also means confronting the dangerous impulses his own anger and despair can unleash.

Seeking sanctuary for Casca, Guts and his companions encounter new allies in a magically protected woodland home. Their apparent refuge is threatened by marauding trolls, forcing them to question whether enchantment alone can shield it from violence.

A village under siege by trolls pulls Guts and company into another desperate fight. With Schierke's help they push back, but Casca and Farnese are swept into the creatures' lair.

To rescue Casca and Farnese, Guts storms the trolls' breeding cave in a stretch of pure nightmare fuel. Even his rage is tested when Slan appears and the fight turns spiritual as well as physical.

Guts's company helps defend a village against trolls with assistance from the young witch Schierke. When an ogre intensifies the battle, a magical flood creates new danger by sweeping Casca and Farnese into the monsters' captivity.

Guts enters the trolls' lair to rescue Casca and Farnese, confronting horrors that his sword can fight but cannot fully control. The appearance of Slan of the God Hand escalates the danger into a struggle for his soul.

Wearing the Berserker Armor, Guts faces Grunbeld and the cost of power in the most literal way yet. At the same time, Griffith and Ganishka drive Midland toward an even larger war.

The Berserker Armor enables Guts to battle Grunbeld and his apostle forces, but its power threatens his already battered mind. Elsewhere, Griffith and Kushan emperor Ganishka mobilize rival armies whose confrontation could devastate the kingdom of Midland.

At last the group reaches the sea, but rest does not last in Berserk. A mysterious child appears, old feelings surface, and Kushan sorcery turns the shoreline into another battlefield.

The port city of Vritannis offers ships, politics, and a different kind of danger. Schierke and Isidro tangle with slavers while Farnese is pulled back toward the family ambitions she wanted to escape.

Reaching the coast offers Guts's companions a brief rest and introduces a mysterious child connected with him and Casca. Their respite ends when enchanted sea creatures attack, requiring another dangerous use of the Berserker Armor amid tensions within the group.

Arriving in Vritannis, Guts's companions discover dangers rooted in human greed as well as supernatural violence. Schierke and Isidro confront pirate slavers, while Farnese's family presses its political ambitions, complicating the group's effort to obtain a ship.

Guts and his companions are close to leaving Vritannis, but Kushan forces descend before they can slip away. Loyalties are tested as the city tips toward chaos and open attack.

The battle for the docks becomes a fight against monsters, sorcery, and the limits of the Berserker Armor. Even if Guts survives, the Kushan emperor may have his own plans for him.

A passage aboard Magnifico's ship offers Guts and his companions a way to continue their journey, but taking it may mean leaving Farnese behind. Their difficult choice unfolds as the Kushan emperor's monstrous forces threaten the port.

Guts's group struggles to reach a ship through Vritannis's monster-infested docks. A powerful necromancer commands the attacking creatures, testing whether Guts and Schierke can control the Berserker Armor effectively enough to protect their companions and escape.

Guts joins forces with Nosferatu Zodd against Ganishka's astral power, a team-up that says everything about how strange the world has become. Griffith, meanwhile, moves pieces that could remake Midland itself.

Guts makes an unlikely alliance with Nosferatu Zodd to confront the Kushan emperor's astral form. Griffith pursues his own plans for the conflict, while Guts's companions seek passage toward Elfhelm before the warring powers turn against them.

The party heads across the sea toward Elfhelm, where Casca may finally be healed. But every step toward sanctuary also pulls Guts farther from his unfinished reckoning with Griffith.

Guts and his companions sail toward Elfhelm, hoping its ruler can restore Casca's mind. Prioritizing her recovery postpones his pursuit of Griffith, whose expanding ambitions could transform Midland before Guts is able to return and confront him.

Griffith's new Hawks reveal their monstrous true forms as they battle the transformed Kushan emperor. It is a huge war volume, but the real sting is watching Midland learn what kind of saviors it now serves.

The Kushan emperor's monstrous transformation forces Griffith's soldiers to reveal their own demonic forms in battle. Midland's refugees must confront the nature of their supposed rescuers, while the immense clash threatens consequences extending beyond the battlefield.

After surviving sea monsters, Guts and company land on an island that should be a repair stop and nothing more. Instead they find a place soaked in old malice and watched by a vengeful power.

After battling sea monsters, Guts and his companions stop at an island to repair their ship. The apparent refuge conceals sinister powers and an ancient sea god whose strength grows as the approaching full moon changes their circumstances.

The island refuge turns out to be the Sea God's domain. To protect his friends, Guts must use the Berserker Armor again, even though every battle threatens to bury his mind a little deeper.

Guts discovers that the island sheltering his companions belongs to the sea god controlling their monstrous pursuers. With escape blocked, he turns to the Berserker Armor, risking loss of control without Schierke's usual protective influence nearby.

Guts takes the fight inside the Sea God itself, turning this volume into one long impossible assault. Winning means finding the creature's living core and somehow getting back out alive.

Guts enters the enormous Sea God to seek its vulnerable heart while an army of merrow fights outside. The Berserker Armor sustains his assault, but surviving inside the creature and finding a way out present separate dangers.

This companion volume maps the first 38 volumes of Berserk through character profiles, creature notes, setting details, and artwork. It is the handy lore book to pick up once the main series has its hooks in you.

Skellig finally comes into view, along with the possibility that magic can heal Casca. At the same time, Rickert's journey to Falconia shows just how dazzling and unsettling Griffith's new kingdom has become.

Guts's group reaches Skellig in hopes that elven magic can heal Casca, though the cure may carry a dangerous price. Meanwhile, Rickert visits Griffith's splendid capital Falconia and encounters the unsettling forces concealed beneath its apparent prosperity.

To reach Casca's damaged mind, Schierke and Farnese enter the Corridor of Dreams on Elfhelm. The closer they get to the truth, the more dangerous her inner world becomes.

This Berserk side novel follows Grunbeld from a brutal childhood to his rise as the Flame Dragon Knight. It adds war, court intrigue, and dark fate to one of the series' most intimidating foes.

Inside Casca's shattered dreamscape, Schierke and Farnese face layer after layer of fear and memory. Healing her means uncovering the buried center of the trauma that broke her.

Schierke and Farnese enter Casca's dreams to seek the traumatic secret imprisoning her mind. Their effort to restore her brings them through a landscape of nightmares whose creatures pose real danger to the visitors from the waking world.

This oversized hardcover collects Berserk, Vols. 1 through 3. It is the best big-format way to meet Guts, the Brand of Sacrifice, and the series' brutal shift from revenge tale to origin story.

Collecting Berserk, Vols. 4 through 6, this deluxe edition follows young Guts into the Band of the Hawk. Griffith's rise, battlefield glory, and court intrigue all start tightening the story's fatal knot.

This hardcover gathers Berserk, Vols. 7 through 9, covering the end of the Hundred-Year War and the collapse that follows. Casca takes center stage, Guts makes his choice, and Griffith's downfall begins.

Collecting Berserk, Vols. 10 through 12 in oversized format, this edition covers the rescue of Griffith and the Hawks' desperate flight. It ends with the Crimson Beherit stirring and the Eclipse closing in.

This volume collects Berserk, Vols. 13 through 15 plus the Berserk prototype. You get the full horror of the Eclipse, the start of Guts's Black Swordsman road, and the opening of the Lost Children chapter.

Collecting Berserk, Vols. 16 through 18, this edition moves from Misty Valley's nightmare to a collapsing Midland. Guts searches for Casca while Farnese and the Holy Iron Chain Knights enter the story.

This hardcover gathers Berserk, Vols. 19 through 21, all centered on the Tower of Conviction. Casca is marked for execution, Mozgus stands in Guts's way, and the whole arc builds to infernal chaos.

Collecting Berserk, Vols. 22 through 24, this edition begins Griffith's return and expands the road to Elfhelm. New companions, witchcraft, and troll-haunted forests make the world feel wider and stranger.

This volume collects Berserk, Vols. 25 through 27, where the troll cave arc erupts into pure horror and the Berserker Armor arrives. It is a turning point for Guts, both in power and in cost.

This illustrated reference explores Berserk's characters, world, and story, supplementing the manga with artwork and notes from Kentaro Miura. Previously unseen images, including a color section, accompany a guide to the series' dark fantasy setting and development.

Collecting Berserk, Vols. 28 through 30, this hardcover follows the group to the sea and into Vritannis. Quiet character moments give way to Kushan attacks, political trouble, and another brutal siege.

This edition gathers Berserk, Vols. 31 through 33, covering the escape from Vritannis and the huge clash around Ganishka and Griffith. It also sets the course for the long-awaited journey to Elfhelm.

Collecting Berserk, Vols. 34 through 36, this hardcover moves between Griffith's terrifying war in Midland and Guts's haunted voyage at sea. By the end, the Sea God arc is fully underway.

Casca's mind is restored, but recovery brings its own pain when Guts reminds her of the Eclipse. A strange silent boy may hold the key, making Miura's final volume both tender and quietly devastating.

Griffith's arrival on Elf Island tears open the island itself and sends a corrosive horde swarming through the ruins. Escape becomes the only option, and not everyone will be able to leave together.

After escaping Elf Island, Guts and his companions enter Kushan waters and face an empire preparing to fight Griffith. Guts remains imprisoned by despair while dangerous tribal politics and hostile sorcery leave his friends without the warrior they need.