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The ending of Berserk feels almost legendary to most manga fans. The series has been ongoing for so long and continues to this day, albeit with a different creative team since Kentaro Miura’s passing in 2021. While fans love to speculate about what the final chapter of Berserk will unfold, only four people know for certain how Berserk will end – and they say it won’t be a happy or sad ending. Instead, it will be something fans never see coming.

Akira Shimada has been involved in Berserk for years. He was Kentaro Miura’s editor and still advises Kouji Mori, the manga’s current writer, on how to proceed with the story. The reason for that is that he is one of the few people who knows how Berserk will end. “Including myself, Kouji Mori-san, [Yoshimitsu] Kurosaki-san, and Young Animal editor Takamura-san are the only 4 people that know the complete ending to Berserk,” Shimada said in an interview.

Naturally, he was careful not to spoil anything about the ending, but he did say that it won’t be what fans expect. “All I can tell you about it is that it’s not a happy ending nor is it a bad ending. Nothing you can put into a mold we’ve grown accustomed to, but it’s truly a tremendous ending.”

Considering how slowly Berserk chapters tend to be released, it may take a long time for the ending that Miura originally planned for Guts to finally be seen. Either way, it sounds like it will be something wholly unexpected, which is fitting for Berserk.

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