This arc is a flashback showing Guts' youth and what led him to become the "Black Swordsman". Guts grows up as a young mercenary until his enrollment in the Band of the Hawk. He develops complex ...

My trepidation and anxiety about the arc’s “overhyped” quality faded away upon the very first panel. The now iconic image of the hanging tree, with soldiers riding past, and a newborn baby lying ...