--- product_id: 2214612 title: "Berserk Volume 1" price: "£11.83" currency: GBP in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/2214612-berserk-volume-1 store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # Stunning artwork 200+ pages Epic battles Berserk Volume 1 **Price:** £11.83 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 📚 Get ready to binge-read your new obsession! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Berserk Volume 1 - **How much does it cost?** £11.83 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/2214612-berserk-volume-1) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **A Cult Classic:** Join the legion of fans who can't get enough of this iconic series. - • **Engaging Storyline:** Follow Guts on his journey of vengeance and self-discovery. - • **Perfect for Collectors:** Add a timeless piece to your library that sparks conversation. - • **Artistry That Captivates:** Experience breathtaking illustrations that bring the story to life. - • **Unleash Your Inner Warrior:** Dive into a world of relentless action and adventure. ## Overview Berserk Volume 1 introduces readers to the dark fantasy world of Guts, a lone mercenary battling against monstrous foes and his own inner demons. With over 200 pages of gripping narrative and stunning artwork, this volume sets the stage for an epic saga that has captivated fans worldwide. ## Description Created by Kentaro Miura, Berserk is manga mayhem to the extreme - violent, horrifying, and mercilessly funny - and the wellspring for the internationally popular anime series. Not for the squeamish or the easily offended, Berserk asks for no quarter - and offers none! 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. Review: A Masterful Manga of Blood and Gore - (Note that I saw the anime series before I read the manga, so consider this as you read on.) Berserk, both anime and manga, is one of the most violent and bloody series out. Yet it's also very deep and well-plotted, with a unique anti-hero, that being Guts, a.k.a. The Black Swordsman, a man who loves to hate, cares nothing for those around him, and wants nothing more than to swing his massive, horse-cleaving sword around. The sight of blood doesn't bother him, he shows no emotion, and will even blow the face off of a lover (though in all fairness, she was a demon as well). And to help him in this matter is the demon-calling brand on his neck, essentially feeding his blood-lust. When demons aren't coming for him, he's going after them. His main goal, however, are the mysterious demons of the Godhand, and continually haunting his dreams is a deformed baby-like creature that crawls toward him endlessly. Alongside Guts is the elf Puck, who helps Guts in times of need, whether he wants it or not. Everyone else who helps him usually ends up dying, so supporting characters are few. Guts cares only about himself, and had not Puck had its own motives it surely would have abandoned Guts to do what he would with his life. Guts's journey in volume one takes Guts from between the legs of a demon lover, and follows him as he enters a city dominated by corrupt soldiers who follow the lead of an evil snake demon. Beyond that, it shows Guts in his everyday life of endless wondering and fighting. He meets a priest and his daughter, and must fight a hoard of undead, and soon after enters another city, locked in the terror of an Inquisition, where falsely accused heretics are being slaughtered. By the end of this volume, a key point in Guts's past is shown, an evil charm known as a Behelit. Though surely Berserk is one of the best and most entertaining, and I'd like to recommend it to everyone, I can't. I will only recommend this to mature readers (the book recommends 18+), because it has some partial nudity and gore on nearly every page. Not only that, but children are shown being killed. If you believe yourself mature enough to understand that this is only a story, then pick this up. Otherwise, leave Berserk for adult readers. Also, if you saw the series and would like to better know the history of Guts, then pick this up, because the first season of the anime jumps pretty far ahead from where the manga is. The anime and manga start in nearly the same spot, but the manga continues from there and later gets into the story with Griffith, while the anime goes almost immediately to that dramatic point. Review: Wow didn't realize when I heard someone talking about it that it was a Manga, absolutely fantastic!! - Wow I've never been a big manga fan or really read anything in that genre. A few issues of dragon ball but really nothing. Have watched a few shows but only the 1st and 2nd season of jujitsu kaisen. Other then that watch a few episodes of demon slayer, hunterXhunter, dragon ball and dragon ball z, but never finished them or watched them cause my brother is into them. I'm 40 and have never read or wanted to read a manga. But the way someone was talking about this one BERSERK, it was all great things but said it was very emotional and just different then alot of what's out there and stuff like that. I don't know if it's true cause I only have this as comparison to what I like which is Batman, DC (some of their characters), not a big marvel guy. Like image and some of the stuff they do with Kirkland and now ghost machine from Geoff Johns and alot of other top names. And the 1st graphic novel is read was WATCHMEN and it's things like that I find myself coming back to, not always cause I love a good batman story or story set in Gotham. So I love those things and this volume of BERSERK was amazing. I'm hooked already bought up to volume 6 and I wanna tear through this. Story even though I don't know much, what I've seen and read makes me want to see and read much more. Love the art style, the weapons the dialog, ALL OF IT WORKS AND IS BAD ASS. Some of the coolest full page sword swings and other things that were just amazing. Can't wait to learn more and find out more. And didn't even bother me you have to read it from right to left not left to right lol. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!!!!!! ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #8,930 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #21 in Dark Horse Comics & Graphic Novels #86 in Fantasy Manga (Books) #425 in Action & Adventure Fantasy (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 7,561 Reviews | ## Images ![Berserk Volume 1 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91rdTtLWAHL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Masterful Manga of Blood and Gore *by A***I on February 1, 2006* (Note that I saw the anime series before I read the manga, so consider this as you read on.) Berserk, both anime and manga, is one of the most violent and bloody series out. Yet it's also very deep and well-plotted, with a unique anti-hero, that being Guts, a.k.a. The Black Swordsman, a man who loves to hate, cares nothing for those around him, and wants nothing more than to swing his massive, horse-cleaving sword around. The sight of blood doesn't bother him, he shows no emotion, and will even blow the face off of a lover (though in all fairness, she was a demon as well). And to help him in this matter is the demon-calling brand on his neck, essentially feeding his blood-lust. When demons aren't coming for him, he's going after them. His main goal, however, are the mysterious demons of the Godhand, and continually haunting his dreams is a deformed baby-like creature that crawls toward him endlessly. Alongside Guts is the elf Puck, who helps Guts in times of need, whether he wants it or not. Everyone else who helps him usually ends up dying, so supporting characters are few. Guts cares only about himself, and had not Puck had its own motives it surely would have abandoned Guts to do what he would with his life. Guts's journey in volume one takes Guts from between the legs of a demon lover, and follows him as he enters a city dominated by corrupt soldiers who follow the lead of an evil snake demon. Beyond that, it shows Guts in his everyday life of endless wondering and fighting. He meets a priest and his daughter, and must fight a hoard of undead, and soon after enters another city, locked in the terror of an Inquisition, where falsely accused heretics are being slaughtered. By the end of this volume, a key point in Guts's past is shown, an evil charm known as a Behelit. Though surely Berserk is one of the best and most entertaining, and I'd like to recommend it to everyone, I can't. I will only recommend this to mature readers (the book recommends 18+), because it has some partial nudity and gore on nearly every page. Not only that, but children are shown being killed. If you believe yourself mature enough to understand that this is only a story, then pick this up. Otherwise, leave Berserk for adult readers. Also, if you saw the series and would like to better know the history of Guts, then pick this up, because the first season of the anime jumps pretty far ahead from where the manga is. The anime and manga start in nearly the same spot, but the manga continues from there and later gets into the story with Griffith, while the anime goes almost immediately to that dramatic point. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Wow didn't realize when I heard someone talking about it that it was a Manga, absolutely fantastic!! *by D***F on January 3, 2025* Wow I've never been a big manga fan or really read anything in that genre. A few issues of dragon ball but really nothing. Have watched a few shows but only the 1st and 2nd season of jujitsu kaisen. Other then that watch a few episodes of demon slayer, hunterXhunter, dragon ball and dragon ball z, but never finished them or watched them cause my brother is into them. I'm 40 and have never read or wanted to read a manga. But the way someone was talking about this one BERSERK, it was all great things but said it was very emotional and just different then alot of what's out there and stuff like that. I don't know if it's true cause I only have this as comparison to what I like which is Batman, DC (some of their characters), not a big marvel guy. Like image and some of the stuff they do with Kirkland and now ghost machine from Geoff Johns and alot of other top names. And the 1st graphic novel is read was WATCHMEN and it's things like that I find myself coming back to, not always cause I love a good batman story or story set in Gotham. So I love those things and this volume of BERSERK was amazing. I'm hooked already bought up to volume 6 and I wanna tear through this. Story even though I don't know much, what I've seen and read makes me want to see and read much more. Love the art style, the weapons the dialog, ALL OF IT WORKS AND IS BAD ASS. Some of the coolest full page sword swings and other things that were just amazing. Can't wait to learn more and find out more. And didn't even bother me you have to read it from right to left not left to right lol. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!!!!!! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazing already *by K***R on December 28, 2025* I can tell I will love this anime series for sure. It's dark but also gripping to the point I can't take my eyes off of it. ## Frequently Bought Together - Berserk, Vol. 1 - Berserk, Vol. 2 - Berserk, Vol. 3 --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/2214612-berserk-volume-1](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/2214612-berserk-volume-1) --- *Product available on Desertcart United Kingdom* *Store origin: GB* *Last updated: 2026-05-23*