Deconstructing Comics #793: ‘Berserk’ Vol. 7-8: The Battle for Doldrey

by Erik Amaya

While Kentaro Miura’s Berserk is meant to feature the swordsman character Guts, in volumes 7 and 8 the focus is on Griffith and the progress made — at any cost — toward his dream of having his own kingdom, a machine in which Guts is just a major cog. Casca is the other major figure as Tim and Kumar wonder just what her real feelings for Griffith — and for Guts — might be; why this lengthy flashback has so much less magic in it than the pre-flashback story did; and how Griffith gets from this point into the Godhand.