For the second time since Kentaro Miura’s death in 2021, Berserk has delivered something its fans rarely get: momentum. The dark fantasy epic just completed a run of three consecutive chapters over roughly six weeks, a cadence the series has only managed once before under its current creative team.
Three chapters in six weeks
Chapter 384 landed in Young Animal on June 12, 2026, ending a roughly nine-month wait since Chapter 383 ran back in September 2025. It was billed as the first of three consecutive releases, and the schedule held: Chapter 385 followed on June 26, and Chapter 386 arrived in mid-July, closing out the promised run.
That kind of steady output is genuinely unusual for post-Miura Berserk. The only comparable stretch of three back-to-back chapters happened once before, in 2022. For a manga defined in recent years by long, unpredictable hiatuses, three chapters landing this close together counts as a hot streak.
What the chapters covered
The new chapters pick up with Guts in the aftermath of the revelations inside the stupa, digging into his long-standing connection to the Astral World, a thread that traces all the way back to the grim circumstances of his birth. The story has drawn pointed comparisons between Guts and Griffith as beings tied to the Interstice, framing developments that could shape both Guts’ path forward and the group’s ongoing search for Casca.
The series continues under the supervision of Kouji Mori, Miura’s longtime friend, working from the story outlines Miura left behind, with the artists of Studio Gaga handling the illustration. Mori has been candid that the manga will inevitably feel different without its creator, and he has warned that darker times are still ahead for Guts.
What comes next
Here’s the catch that longtime readers will recognize: with the three-chapter run finished, there’s no confirmed release date for Chapter 387. Young Animal’s original announcement covered only these three installments, and the series has never held to a truly regular schedule. Another long break is entirely possible.
For English-language readers, Dark Horse Comics has Volume 43 scheduled for October 27, 2026. Because collected volumes typically gather around nine chapters, the timeline for Volume 44 remains distant. Berserk now sits at over 70 million copies in circulation worldwide.
Whatever the wait for Chapter 387 turns out to be, this summer offered Berserk fans something to celebrate: three chapters, real narrative progress, and a reminder that Guts’ story is still moving forward.
