Finally, pivotal moment is here. although he feels loyalty to his comrades in arms Griffith is so far off in his pursuit of glory that it takes but a nudge from the daemon world to push him into accepting the offer of daemon-hood.

And as a final act he will sacrifice his very men, his troops, people who went through Hell and back to save him.

This is very sad volume in oh so many levels. Griffith's betrayal, sacrificing his troops to untold daemons during the Eclipse event, despair and horror that start to take toll on Casca's mind and Guts' disbelief that slowly erupts into total berserk rage as he decides to take on the daemon hordes single-handedly.

This very volume has so much in common with another universe I enjoy reading about - Warhammer, more specifically Horus Heresy era. World is now opened for infiltration of unspeakable horrors and our heroes seem to be only ones who can make a difference. But they will hardly be fresh and scar-less after this volume.

Excellent volume, highly recommended to fans of manga and horror/gritty/bloody fantasy stories. ( )

I finished till ch 112 or something last year and it the best manga series .. planning to continue reading it ( )

This is the twelfth volume in the Berserk series. This book is takes you almost to where the original anime series ends. It was incredibly well done and engaging and continues to be very gory and violent.

In this volume Griffith regains the Egg of the King and the Band of the Hawk is transported into a hellish dimension to meet the Godhand. Griffith is forced to face the road of bodies that lead to his position of power in Midland and gives up the Band of the Hawk as sacrifice for his ascension to demonic power.

Illustration continues to be amazing. The story didn’t make quite as much progress as vol 10 and earlier; but what does happen is very epic and I enjoyed it. The story takes a huge turn in tone in this volume and we get a large hint as to how Guts ended up where he was in the first volumes of this series.

We also meet Puck and find out what he was doing before he joined up with Guts.

Overall a very well done continuation of the Berserk series. Some seriously epic things happen in this volume and I enjoyed it a lot. Since I watched the anime I know where the next volume is leading as well, but I am still eager to see it played out and see what the anime left out that the manga includes. Again, this manga is for mature readers only. ( )