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INTEREST: Creators Offer Condolences for Berserk Creator Kentarou Miura's Passing


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PostPosted: Thu May 20, 2021 10:49 am Reply with quote
This just reminds me of how influential Miura and Berserk really were, even if people don’t realize it or never read it. Just that first condolence and story from the creator of Hajime no Ippo got me misty eyed. I wasn’t aware the two knew each other, let alone went to the same college.

And it’s kinda adorable that Miura created fanart for other series or interacted with other mangaka like Ken Akamatsu in such a goofy way. Even if the loss is still devastating, seeing so many people in the industry share their experiences with him and their love of his work is heartwarming.
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PostPosted: Thu May 20, 2021 12:32 pm Reply with quote
Ishibumi (DxD's Author) https://twitter.com/ishibumi_ddd/status/1395225453850361856
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PostPosted: Thu May 20, 2021 12:40 pm Reply with quote
Damn, that interview with the Cestvs author, released just a month ago, really hits hard. From his words it sounds like he was completely unaware of his condition or was ignoring the symptoms (or there were no symptoms and it took him without warning). Truly an unimaginable loss of an amazing person.
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PostPosted: Thu May 20, 2021 12:57 pm Reply with quote
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I've been planning to start wrapping it up soon. laughs* Just thinking of wrapping it up without expanding the story further.
That's interesting, I wonder if at times he had decided to add arcs to build upon the world, and had gotten to the point where he decided it was time to start the final arc which was pre-planed but kept getting pushed back.

I had forgotten he did end card illustrations for March Comes in like a Lion, they sure do look great.
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PostPosted: Thu May 20, 2021 4:05 pm Reply with quote
Carrie Keranen, the voice of Casca in the Berserk English dub: https://twitter.com/CarrieKeranen/status/1395277291178000387?s=20
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PostPosted: Thu May 20, 2021 6:06 pm Reply with quote
It's really great seeing these remembrances from other creators in the field who worked with Miura.... Really shows you how many people he worked with and inspired along the way.
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PostPosted: Thu May 20, 2021 7:02 pm Reply with quote
LegitPancake wrote:
Damn, that interview with the Cestvs author, released just a month ago, really hits hard. From his words it sounds like he was completely unaware of his condition or was ignoring the symptoms (or there were no symptoms and it took him without warning). Truly an unimaginable loss of an amazing person.


From what I understand, accute aortic dissection is a tear in the aortic valve that is sudden and immediate, not something that one can see coming. Kotaku writer Mike Fahey also suffered from the exact same thing, and he survived (because he got immediate help) but ended up paralyzed.
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PostPosted: Thu May 20, 2021 8:24 pm Reply with quote
The one upside to all of this is that people will now start to understand the legacy of Berserk better. Jim Lee, for example, drew a commission of Guts in 2020:


Actual news outlets covered Miura´s death. Even the Hollywood trades picked this up. The manga overachieved is a fashion gritty adult audience works basically never do. Before A Song of Ice and Fire's HBO adaptation that is. And Dark Souls. Berserk paved the way for this market to exist and Guin Saga paved the way for Berserk in Japan. Kaoru Kurimoto equally died in her mid-50s.
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PostPosted: Thu May 20, 2021 11:36 pm Reply with quote
Both Cascas - Yuko Miyamura, and Toa Yukinari tweeted about him.
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PostPosted: Fri May 21, 2021 9:53 am Reply with quote
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The series' creator, Chica Umino, shared how she is struggling with news after finding out two weeks ago


Ok I'm confused. How did some mangaka have this information for two weeks, while others didn't?
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PostPosted: Fri May 21, 2021 10:04 am Reply with quote
v1cious wrote:
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The series' creator, Chica Umino, shared how she is struggling with news after finding out two weeks ago


Ok I'm confused. How did some mangaka have this information for two weeks, while others didn't?


I'd say it was all up to Miura's family, who decided who should know beforehand & who shouldn't. I imagine those who did know were invited to the private ceremony & had to promise to not reveal it until the family decided to go public with the information. I would imagine George Morikawa also knew in advance, considering how close they were, but waited until the news was public to share his story via those tweets.
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PostPosted: Fri May 21, 2021 10:17 am Reply with quote
Yeah, Umino wasn't "some mangaka" in this case. She and Miura were friends, so she'd know if her friend died.
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PostPosted: Fri May 21, 2021 5:24 pm Reply with quote
Dang it now I’m sad all over again.
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PostPosted: Fri May 21, 2021 5:57 pm Reply with quote
FF XIV programmer commented on it. https://www.pcgamer.com/final-fantasy-14s-naoki-yoshida-on-the-death-of-berserk-creator-kentaro-miura-its-unfathomable/
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PostPosted: Sat May 22, 2021 1:33 am Reply with quote
Also, @mockman spotted a quote from a former notable Capcom programmer, which is ironic, because Casca inspired one of the SF 3 characters.
https://mobile.twitter.com/Yoshi_OnoChin/status/1395234352963801089
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