So, to come up with a novel or fantastic idea was a trend among us mangaka at that time. The idea of Hokuto Shinken: once attacked, they explode. In "Hokuto no Ken", Hokuto Shinken was a lot more important than Kenshiro's personality. It was a time when the idea was considered to be the core of it, preceding the story or the characters. The idea is the most important part of the manga. It's because I'm from the generation that was impacted directly by "Hokuto no ken". The canon and the sword are my signature items. The arm canon, the big sword, the outfit of a black knight and the one-eyed man. Miura: As for the related materials, so many sources were mixed together. Interviewer: In terms of style, what specific things did you focus on when you created the huge sword? I learned about this coincidence a long time afterwards though. I thought it's also good that it can bear some atmosphere that evokes a "wildcat". However, there's one thing I learned later: the German word meaning "cat" sounds like "Katte" or "Gatte", which sounds similar to "Guts". It was simply because I thought the name would suit a shônen manga at that time. There already existed many cool names or names that went well with Fantasy stuff. Besides, "Guts" sounded somehow like a German name. Likewise, I thought about a name for a shônen manga hero, and I thought that a voiced sound would be good for it. Miura: No, I came up with it like for the other things, when I barely managed to start doing my work. Interviewer: What about the name, Guts? Had it been in your mind for a long time? Basically, each element came from something different. Other things were inspired by various sources, for example, the appearance of the character came from Science Fiction. I can't say they're the prototype for Guts, but I was able to create him by merging them together: the initial image of the knight was nothing more than a black knight with an artificial arm. Some of my doodles from back then are similar to him. Miura: Well, I have loved Science Fiction and Fantasy since my school days. Interviewer: Did you always have a prototype of Guts, of that kind of hero, in your mind?
It was my first serialization not based on an original work, I didn't know what to do! First of all, I focused on creating an atypical hero. just "Bastard!!"? So I thought about going for a niche genre. And well, there weren't many fantasy manga at that time. I just thought to do a shônen fantasy manga with a dark hero because the manga of mine that had received a prize was published in a shônen magazine. At first I didn't have any advanced plan. Interviewer: When you started the serialization, did you already plan the manga at this scale? Miura: Mmm, yeah I guess, though I made my debut by drawing one-shots. Interviewer: " Berserk" is your first work, right?
2 Interview with Yukari Fujimoto (2000).1.4 Will Midland Be the Background Again?.1.3 What's the Relation Between the Skull Knight and the Legend of Midland's Founding?.1.1 BONUS QUESTIONS: How Will Griffith/Femto End?.1 Berserk Illustrations File Interview ().
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