The late Kentaro Miura helped redefine seinen manga with his legendary series Berserk. This franchise combines many storytelling elements, themes, and tropes into a multi-layered package that’s immensely rewarding to read, including the fact that it elegantly blends many genres. Berserk is primarily a dark fantasy story of kings, monsters, and swords, but it also has strong romance elements and certainly some horror elements as well.The high fantasy elements are usually what drive the story of Berserk, while the horror elements set the tone and create a grisly atmosphere that set Berserk apart from lighter fantasy manga/anime series. At times, though, Berserk’s horror tropes aren’t just an aesthetic – they fuel some essential plot twists and have inspired the designs of entire characters or groups.In the Conviction story arc, the Holy See was portrayed as an antagonistic force, partly with the knight Farnese and very much so with Father Mozgus. Mozgus used his role as an inquisitor to abuse his authority and torture anyone whom he liked, with a squad of torturers/warriors to aid him.RELATED: 10 Best Dark Fantasy Anime, Ranked
The late Kentaro Miura helped redefine seinen manga with his legendary series Berserk. This franchise combines many storytelling elements, themes, and tropes into a multi-layered package that’s immensely rewarding to read, including the fact that it elegantly blends many genres. Berserk is primarily a dark fantasy story of kings, monsters, and swords, but it also has strong romance elements and certainly some horror elements as well.
The high fantasy elements are usually what drive the story of Berserk, while the horror elements set the tone and create a grisly atmosphere that set Berserk apart from lighter fantasy manga/anime series. At times, though, Berserk‘s horror tropes aren’t just an aesthetic – they fuel some essential plot twists and have inspired the designs of entire characters or groups.
In the Conviction story arc, the Holy See was portrayed as an antagonistic force, partly with the knight Farnese and very much so with Father Mozgus. Mozgus used his role as an inquisitor to abuse his authority and torture anyone whom he liked, with a squad of torturers/warriors to aid him.
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