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Berserk fans are used to a long wait, but soon we’ll get to sink our teeth into the first brand-new Berserk chapter in almost a year. We don’t know the reason for the long delay other than the fact that the artwork is always incredibly detailed and the characters are remarkably difficult to write. However, the man who has been in charge of guiding Berserk to its eventual ending since Kentaro Miura’s death has posted a sincere apology to fans for the long delay.

“Berserk will be featured in Young Animal, which goes on sale tomorrow,” Koji Mori wrote in a recent social media post. Mori has been writing Berserk since Miura’s death. The two mangaka were longtime friends and colleagues. “I’m truly, deeply sorry for keeping you waiting so long. This chapter is an episode that Miura agonized over for twenty years, and even I, who heard it from him dozens of times, found it incredibly challenging.”

As for the reason for the delay, Mori talked about the extensive rewrites that he and the editorial staff went through to get Berserk Chapter 384 onto shelves. “We somehow managed to reach the finish line after going over the dialogue countless times with [Akira] Shimada-san, who was our editor at the time and has been a longtime mentor to both Miura and me. Once again, everyone at Studio Gaga, starting with [Yoshimitsu] Kurosaki-kun, did absolutely outstanding work!! I’d be thrilled if you enjoyed it.”

Berserk Chapter 384 hits shelves in Japan on June 12, 2026.

Each week, Popverse's resident anime expert Trent Cannon runs down the latest and, dare we say "greatest," in anime and manga in Popverse Jump. Some recent columns have included... 

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