The editing department of Hakusensha 's Young Animal announced that the late Kentarou Miura Berserk manga will continue with this year's 13th issue of Young Animal on June 24th, and will run until the end of the “Fantasy Arc Chapter / Isle of Elves”, with a new arc starting afterwards.
It is worth noting that from now on the manga will now have the following credits: “Original work by Kentarou Miura, manga by Studio Gaga, supervised by Kouji Mori ”.
Studio Gaga is Miura's studio with his assistants and apprentices who also worked on Berserk alongside him. Mori is a close childhood friend of Miura, whom Miura often consulted for plot details of Berserk. Mori said in the statement that he “knows the story of Berserk to the end.”
In the statement, Mori noted that he has discussed Berserk's ending with Miura since the manga's iconic "Eclipse" event 30 years ago. After Miura's death, he thought about discussing the ending through an interview, or through some illustrations with an accompanying article, but found these methods insufficient. He welcomed Studio Gaga's offer to continue the manga and promises to "recall the details as much as possible and tell the story," assuring readers that while the narrative is imperfect, he thinks he "can almost tell the story what Miura wanted to say.”
Both Mori and the Young Animal editing department promised not to “deviate from Mr. Miura’s own words.”
Source: ANN
