It’s also here that the real horror of this manga can be found.īerserk was a heavy inspiration for the monstrous world of Dark Souls, and it shows. Guts is recruited by the Band of the Hawk and their calm, fierce, power-hungry leader, Griffith.īeyond its characters, it is the world of Berserk that leaves a lasting impression.
Guts is our protagonist: a man born from a hanged body and raised by a band of mercenaries their leader, Gambino, is the closest thing Guts had to a parent. It is twisted and frightening, but hope is the thing that keeps us reading on.
It’s a bleak world deadly and unforgiving. If you have yet to read it, Berserkis a dark and twisted fantasy manga series with some grotesque horror elements. The world, stories, and characters he created through Berserkwill live on for generations. Kentaro Miura was one of the great gifts to manga this is no secret. Read More: Essential Horror Books (Not by Stephen King) Shiver by Junji Ito I also wanted to try and cover the horror spectrum, including body horror, psychological horror, and even some horror-comedy. Readers will undoubtedly take issue with this list in one way or another - that’s unavoidable.īut the goal here is to mix popular horror manga with hidden gems, while also making sure that every horror manga mentioned here is actually available for purchase. So we’ll start with two of his best works, before then moving into a mix of popular horror manga and some gems you may have missed. Now, no list of horror manga has done its job unless it includes the king of horror himself: Junji Ito.
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