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{{quote|''"[[In a World|In this world]], is the destiny of mankind controlled by some transcendental entity or law? Is it like the hand of God hovering above? At least it is true that man has no control, not even over his own will."''|'''[[Opening Narration]]'''}}
The Black Swordsman walks the land, a brooding, blood-stained figure. His name is Guts, and wherever he goes, the demons from Hell follow. Guts bears the cursed brand of sacrifice on the back of his neck, which draws the demons to
Guts is a warrior haunted by his past; namely, the events of his life that ended in the loss of his arm, his eye, and everyone he cared about. He walks the Earth seeking only one thing: vengeance against Griffith, an old friend who betrayed Guts and sacrificed him in aid of his own rebirth. Griffith became a powerful and near-godlike demon as a result, so Guts' revenge will not be gained easily.
Guts loves the challenge, though, since he grew up on battlefields. Born from the womb of a hanged woman, Guts had to fend for himself from the moment he hit the (gallows)
[[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|The Black Swordsman wants revenge, and if he has to cut his way through every demon in Hell to get it...well, that's just a bonus, right?]]
Not to be confused with the classic arcade game, ''
Aside from Griffith, the Band of the Hawk arc sets up the other major characters of the series: Casca, an [[Go Mad from the Revelation|ill-fated]] female mercenary who eventually becomes Guts' love interest; Nosferatu Zodd, a demonic but honorable [[Blood Knight]] who cements the reality of demons to both Guts and Griffith; and the Skull Knight, an enigmatic figure who opposes the Godhand.
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When Guts and Griffith's luck finally turns, the Band of the Hawk arc ends messily, and the series returns to the present day to show the deep-rooted effects of everything that happened in the previous arc. In later arcs Guts calms down somewhat, encounters non-demonic supernatural creatures and gathers a new, smaller group of companions; at the same time, Griffith slowly spreads his influence across the world.
The series was adapted into a twenty-five episode anime that covered the opening and Band of the Hawk
In 2011, a new anime film trilogy based on the manga and produced by [[Studio 4°C]] was
There's also [https://web.archive.org/web/20131104090643/http://berserk.chaosforge.org/ a fangame] created by the maker of ''[[Doom the Roguelike]]''. Notably, despite technically being a [[Roguelike]], it plays more like an arcade game than ''[[Nethack]]'', having special moves and being an [[Endless Game]] where you fight a neverending series of enemies.
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