Easily one of the most overrated manga I've read in a while.
From reading the first 20 chapters which do a good job of getting you interested you might think this compares to monster but it doesn't.
The story is all over the place, there's so much filler, too many irrelevant side characters which you're supposed to like, an enjoyable twist or turn or progress in the plot is far in between - the majority of the manga is just cheesy dialogue and random things. There's so little substance for a manga with this many chapters.
The villain isn't well written and the way he's defeated is just
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Feb 9, 2021
Would definitely recommend it, great characters, compelling story, enjoyable fights that have strategy in them and a well-done dark theme.
If you're looking to get into it your options are either the 1997 anime or the manga. From the black swordsman arc to the conviction arc (if you're reading in that order, you could also read it chronologically) this manga is a 9/10 but falls off afterwards, the fights no longer have as much strategy and there's way too many side villains or conflicts that don't feel impactful + can get repetitive watching guts just beat every enemy with the berserker armor, if you expected the quality ... |
