The Idea of Evil appears to one of the main characters of the plot, Griffith, after they have sacrificed all of their former comrades in the Band of The Hawk in exchange for the power to realize his dream of ruling a kingdom. Nonetheless, despite its general non-canon status these days, its themes are still present in the artwork. So much that is foundational to the world was laid out in the short chapter that to retain it as canon threatened to severely constrain the free development of the story before Miura himself was sure where it could or should go. The Idea of Evil is an entity in the world of Berserk which is only in the background, its existence and purpose only revealed and developed in a short chapter which the author, Kentaro Miura, retroactively decided to remove due to how concretely central the concepts revealed were, and how much of the flow of the plot was implied by this entity’s being. It destroys, it rips and tears, because it is mechanically compelled to by its own existence as an alienated view and being in the world. The aim of the physical berserker is accomplished with rage and brutality, yet the aim is not with a will to evil, it is not with a desire to make another suffer for the pleasure of the berserker, but it is simply a disinterested will which is pure rage manifest as slaughter. This piece is in his honor.Įvil is a central concept of Berserk, and how could it not be? The state of being berserk is a state of supreme evil, for in it an absolute opposition is set up within a consciousness: the absolute war of self against the infinite plurality of others which surround and aim to destroy the berserker. Berserk is no mere common artwork in the comic book industry, it shines even outside of this medium, even if it is a tragically unfinished masterpiece. I came to read this work only in the last two years, and it immediately impressed me. The author and artist behind the long running manga Berserk, Kentaro Miura, passed away May 6th, 2021. In this world, is man ever able to possess anything more solid than a dream?” Even if the dream ruins his life, man cannot allow himself to leave it behind. Each man is tortured by this dream, but the dream gives meaning to his life.
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