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BERSERK lFOl. 14 by KENTARO MIURA
© 1988 by Kentaro Miura. All rights reserved. First published in Japan in 1997 by HAKUSENSHA, INC., Tokyo.
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INC., Tokyo, through TOHAN CORPORATION, Tokyo. English-language translation © 2006 by Dark Horse Comics.
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DEMON INFANT.5
ARMAMENT.27
HE WHO HUNTS DRAGONS.51
CONVICTION ARC
LOST CHILDREN CHAPTER
THE BLACK SWORDSMAN, ONCE MORE.79
THE ELVES OF MISTY VALLEY.111
JILL.131
BY AIR.153
ELF BUGS.173
BERSERK: THE PROTOTYPE.193
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This story is a submission piece created by Kentaro Miura
during college in 1988, which became the basis for what is now
Berserk. The establishment of details, world view, and whatnot
differs at points from the Berserk series being published today,
but the intent is still present in this early incarnation. This story
is set after the conclusion of the “Band of the Hawk” story arc.
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Also included in this volume: "Berserk: The Prototype," the very first
Berserk story, created during Kentaro Miura's college days as his au¬
dition that sold the series!
This collection is translated into English but oriented in right-to-left
reading format, as originally published.
