The editing department of Hakusensha 's Young Animal has 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/Elf Island Arc Chapter," with a new arc starting afterward.
It is worth mentioning 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, along with his assistants and apprentices, who also worked on Berserk alongside him. Mori is a close childhood friend of Miura's, whom Miura frequently consulted for details on the plot of Berserk. Mori said in the statement that he "knows the story of Berserk to the end."
In the statement, Mori noted that he had discussed Berserk's ending with Miura since the manga's iconic "Eclipse" event 30 years ago. After Miura's death, he considered discussing the ending through an interview, or through some illustrations with a follow-up article, but found these methods insufficient. He welcomed Studio Gaga's offer to continue the manga and promises to "remember the details as much as possible and tell the story," assuring readers that, while the narrative is imperfect, he believes it "can almost tell the story Miura wanted to tell."
Both Mori and Young Animal's editing department promised not to "deviate from Mr. Miura's own words."
Source: ANN
