Reviewing the first volume, Michael Aronson of Manga Life described Berserk as "a curious mix of medieval barbarism, sorcery and futurist technology, combining ghouls, guns and gore. I've always loved how Jill and Puck brought Guts's humanity back to the surface after being stuck in such a devastating and harmful state for so long. The sound effects are also translated in the Deluxe Editions in the beginning volumes, which is something that was not done in the individual volumes until later on. Guts must again don the Berserker Armor to give his troupe any hope of survival, but the accursed shell threatens his very soul . He commented that outside of Japan the big works of fantasy, like The Lord of the Rings, contain dark elements, and in Japan, the fantasy genre was popularized by video games like Dragon Quest, which were aimed at children, and therefore, expurgated the dark elements, but since he received the influence from novels before that of those games, Miura "naturally turned to dark fantasy.

It came to a head when Guts was forced to kill a drunk Gambino in self-defense, fleeing his mercenary group and becoming a wandering sellsword. The Lost Children arc is not only arguably the most gruesome of them all, but it also completely wrecks your emotions as well.a b Consisting of Miura's former assistants: Yoshimitsu Kurosaki, Akio Miyaji, Nobuhiro Hirai, Naohide Nagashima, Hideaki Sugimoto and Shigeru Kinoshita. I’m so happy they made these Deluxe Editions hardcovers and that they have an eye, which gives some space between the spine and the binding and allows the book to lay flat while reading. While the series continues on despite Miura's death, these 14 books are the definitive Berserk collection as of now. Among the Hawks are Casca the hot-headed female warrior, Judeau the smooth talking assassin, Corkus the drunken realist, Pippin the gentle giant, Rickert the blacksmith and of course, the infamous leader of men named Griffith. Berserk, um dos melhores mangás da história, completa 30 anos" [Berserk, one of the best manga in history, turns 30].

Farnese is presented as the figurehead of the Holy Iron Chain Knights, inquisitors tasked with burning heretics and witches at the stake. This manga has inspired many famous works of art that are popular in today’s media such as the Dark Souls franchise, Final Fantasy, Attack on Titan, Evangelion, Castlevania, as well as countless fantasy novels, comics, manga, movies, tv shows, video games, musicians, artists, illustrators and so much more. There are few manga that come anywhere close to creating a complex tale that includes medieval warfare, magic, and horror.

Miura also mentioned animator and manga artist Yoshikazu Yasuhiko and manga artist Fujihiko Hosono as early influences to his art style. The posthumous 41st volume came in both regular and special editions; the latter included special canvas art drawn by Miura and a drama CD.