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Popverse Jump: I've been slowly working my way through the Berserk manga for more than five years and I refuse to go any faster
Berserk is a story of trauma, pain, and the slow process of healing, with artwork so good I want to stare at it for hours, which is why I couldn't read it any faster if I wanted to.
If there is one manga that is almost impossible to recommend to new readers, it is Berserk. Kentaro Miura’s iconic work has a special place in my heart for being the most beautifully drawn and emotionally devastating comic I’ve ever read and I’m still working my way through it. After five years and over two dozen volumes, I’m in no hurry to finish.
For me, Berserk is the ultimate anti-binge media. It is not designed to be blasted through in a couple of weeks. Though its 300-plus chapters pale in comparison to One Piece or Naruto, Berserk simply doesn’t lend itself to being read at the same pace. The art is too good to rush past, for starters, but the story itself is something that needs time to simmer in my mind and soul.
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