In his review of the twenty-first volume, Scott Cambpell of Active Anime wrote: "The deep, dark places that this manga travels to both in story and in artistic expression can be as interesting and captivating as they are horrifying," adding that there are not many other stories or manga quite like Berserk. Bertschy praised the story and character development, concluding: "Not for the faint of heart, Berserk is perfect for mature manga fans who like a little blood with their drama. Initially he does not attempt to be heroic or protect the innocent, though his self-motivated actions sometimes do so incidentally.

When the Great Goat attempts to consummate his marriage, Guts arrives to cover Casca's escape with Isidro and Nina before following them after killing the Great Goat. In a 2023 interview, on the occasion of the 42nd volume release, Mori commented that Miura "was a manga genius bursting with talent," and that "[h]e had an eagerness to see things through to the end as well as an outstanding ability to paint, conceive stories and employ narrative devices effectively.After the original creator, Kentaro Miura, passed away in May 2021, the series continues under the supervision of Kouji Mori, a close friend of Miura, and being illustrated by Studio Gaga, a team made of Miura's assistants. Following Miura's death in May 2021, the final chapter that he worked on was published posthumously in September of the same year; the series resumed in June 2022, under supervision of Miura's fellow manga artist and childhood friend Kouji Mori [ ja] and Miura's group of assistants and apprentices from Studio Gaga. He allows Isidro, Farnese and Serpico to follow him out of fear that he will lose control of himself to his dark impulses—embodied as a demonic black dog within his mind—with Farnese becoming Casca's primary caretaker.

Written and illustrated by Kentaro Miura, Berserk debuted in Hakusensha's Monthly Animal House [ ja] on August 25, 1989. After escaping the destruction of Flora's home, during a full moon, Guts' party encounters Moonlight Boy, a small boy who does not speak but expresses a fondness for Guts and Casca. Miura took a break to work on his six-chapter mini-series Giganto Maxia, [36] and Berserk was published intermittently from April 11 to September 26, 2014. By July 2015, the manga had over 27 million copies in circulation in Japan and 8 million overseas; [209] over 40 million copies in circulation by January 2016; [210] over 50 million copies in circulation (including digital versions) by May 2021; [211] over 55 million copies in circulation (including digital versions) by October 2022; [212] and over 60 million copies in circulation (including digital versions) by September 2023.

Guts encounters Griffith and Zodd at Godo's home and they engage in battle; the nearby enchanted mine, which sheltered Casca from the nightly demon attacks, is destroyed by Zodd while Griffith realizes some lingering traces of the Demon Child persist within him.