Berserk Vol. 16: Berserk Volume 16
- ISBN
- 9781593077068
- Publisher
- Dark Horse
- English release
- Pages
- 240
- Chapters
- 111–121
Guts confronts the Queen of the Elves in Berserk Volume 16, continuing the village conflict. The publisher places Guts against an enemy whose appearance gives little indication of her destructive power. This is a continuation of the preceding village story rather than a new fairy-tale excursion. It begins the standard material collected in Deluxe 6, which contains Volumes 16 through 18, so a hardcover boundary divides an already continuing conflict.
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The publisher's description refuses the usual correspondence between a threatening appearance and a dangerous opponent. The Queen of the Elves is presented as visually appealing and lethally powerful, following violence involving possessed children. This is not the reason to buy the run as an isolated installment: its premise inherits the village crisis rather than supplying a separate entry point. What distinguishes the continuation is the difficulty of sorting appearance, vulnerability and threat. Calling the opponent monstrous does not remove the discomfort created by the forms through which that danger has appeared.
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