Le Figaro Interview (2019)
The Reunion with Guts and Casca
Interviewer: The reunion between Guts and Casca is imminent and the confrontation with Griffith is looming. Is the end of
Berserkapproaching? You estimate to be 60-70% of the story in 2009, after 176 chapters... This number has now doubled!
Miura: For the reunion between Guts and Casca, it's done.
I think I'm always wrong when I try to estimate this kind of delay. However, it is true that the first serious duel with Griffith is approaching. As for the overall advancement of the series, however... It's coming to an end, that's for sure. But if I say that there is still a fifth or a quarter to draw, this estimate may be lower than the reality. So I prefer not to advance.
Casca's Upcoming Course of Action
Interviewer: It's true that the story/plot is still going fine
Miura: Yeah I think so and it's going to focus again on Guts and Griffith. We're nearing the final chapter.
The assistants of Studio Gaga had aided Miura in the production of
Berserk for some years before
Duranki, though Miura has still been the primary author and illustrator of the manga. With
Duranki, Miura serves as a producer, responsible for storyboarding and maintaining artistic cohesion, somewhat similar to an anime art director. He hopes for the assistants to gain extensive experience illustrating in a cohesive, high-quality style, with intentions of eventually relying on them more in general, particularly in the case of illustrating
Berserk – the often primary reason for the manga's long serialization times being such – thus increasing the rate and consistency at which the manga is published from that point onward.
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