Berserk

From Dark Horse: His name is Guts, the Black Swordsman, a feared warrior spoken of only in whispers. Bearer of a gigantic sword, an iron hand, and the scars of countless battles and tortures, his flesh is also indelibly marked with The Brand, an unholy symbol that draws the forces of darkness to him and dooms him as their sacrifice. But Guts won’t take his fate lying down; he’ll cut a crimson swath of carnage through the ranks of the damned – and anyone else foolish enough to oppose him. Accompanied by Puck the Elf, more an annoyance than a companion, Guts relentlessly follows a dark, bloodstained path that leads only to death or vengeance. Warning: For mature audiences only, since it has sexual content and graphic violence (gore, rape, etc). The scanlated Episode 83 God of the Abyss (2) was published in Young Animal No. 14 in 1996 but is left out of all collected editions. Vol 14 includes Berserk: The Prototype (1988). Note: The 1988 Prototype chapter won a prize at the Comi Manga School Miura attended. Nominated for the Tezuka Osamu Award from 1998 to 2001 and won the Award for Excellence in 2002. Won the prize for Best Seinen Manga at the Japan Expo Awards in 2007, the Manga Barcelona award in the Seinen Category in 2013 and 2021. Berserk Deluxe Edition Vol 14 (Dark Horse) was nominated for the Harvey Award for Best Manga in 2024