Remembering Kentarou Miura

Only 3? It feels like it was 10 years ago, at this point. The anniversary itself doesn't hit me much anymore, because I think about Miura almost every day. It's a hard lump inside me at this point, unchanging, unhealing. There's no rationalizations left to make. What I've settled on is that his death is a symbol of this chaotic existence that is unmoved by perseverance or the good one brings into the world.

It's a consolation that diving back into his older material still makes me wonder at how he was so thoughtful about episodes like The Brand, where he was slowly peeling back the layers of the world he was building, even though he was barely 20. Man was a genius.
 
A thought for Miura-sensei, who would have been 58 today. May he rest in peace.
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I felt it was important to jump into this thread to share my own thoughts.

I only discovered Berserk back in January 2025. So this is my first time really experiencing this... its possible that I knew about Miura's passing when it happened back in 2021, but I was too caught up in my own life to understand his influence and his massive importance to anime culture in general.

But now I have different context -- I've already met plenty of new friends over the course of the last few months since I first watched the 1997 anime. And I've begun to write and draw again. It is a strange feeling -- knowing that this man who was already gone by the time I began his story... and yet, what he left behind was become so impactful on me.

I will continue to grow as a person and honor his memory. May we some day meet in the next life, Miura-sensei.
 
Enoch said:
But now I have different context -- I've already met plenty of new friends over the course of the last few months since I first watched the 1997 anime. And I've begun to write and draw again. It is a strange feeling -- knowing that this man who was already gone by the time I began his story... and yet, what he left behind was become so impactful on me.

I will continue to grow as a person and honor his memory. May we some day meet in the next life, Miura-sensei.
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It's nice to read your experience as a newer fan of Berserk! It's such a heartwarming thing to see how your experience with the series has mirrored my own (and probably several others' here) almost two decades down the line. Your story, to me, signifies the power of Miura's legacy as a storyteller, and his ability to inspire and bring fans of his work together after his passing.

His work, and his memory, continue to live on.
 
It is a sadness that it was only your passing what led me to discover your masterwork. There is not a single day when I don't find myself daydreaming about what was meant to be, what you would've shared with us if you had stuck around just a little longer.

But you were on this planet just long enough. Just enough that the work you shared has allowed me to continue my life, and better it, as well as hundreds of thousands of other lives.

Thank you Miura.
 
Mori posted a message about Miura on Twitter:

三浦の誕生日はだいたい夜中に「よう　ジジイ」と電話をかける感じだった。三浦のほうが数ヶ月早いからである。あいつと対話するようにあいつがデザイン手伝ってくれた炎の鬼を描いている。胸の炎の様な鱗鎧を肩から背中に繋げてくれ、更に腕に向って鱗鎧を足してくれた。腰の大きな鎧もあいつが付けた。とても格好良くなったが自分の画力には少し荷が勝ちすぎる感がある。しかしこいつを描く時自分は喜びを感じるし心が落ち着くのだ。これからも一生懸命描くよ。

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Basically saying he used to call Miura in the middle of the night for his birthday and call him an old man because Miura was born a few months earlier. Then talks about how Miura helped him design his character's demon form for D. Diver, and how it's a little beyond his drawing skills but doing it brings him happiness and peace.
 
It is strange to grieve a man who was already absent when I came across his work. I can barely imagine the pain and shock of those who followed you at the time.

Your work opened my eyes inward. The undeniable brand is profound. I will forever thank you for that.
 
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I still remember when I heard the news. I thought it was a sick joke at first, as people often speculated about Miura's mortality when it came to finishing Berserk.

I was in shellshock at first. Then I decided to rewatch the '97 anime and the moment I heard "Earth" I ended up bawling like a baby.... and it usually takes a lot to make me cry. Not only was I distraught that Miura had been taken so unexpectedly, but it sunk in that Berserk was over.

We are truly living in the worst timeline.
 
Kouji Mori posted about Miura on Twitter.

Original message:

今日は結婚してから毎年受けている人間ドックの日で気が重い。
若い頃からの不摂生で数値はいろいろ悪いのだ。それでも妻のおかげで改善はしている。
人間ドックでいつも思い出す事は同じだ。
2016年、三浦は人間ドックに行った。毎年私にギャンギャン怒られ ５０を越えてやっと行ったのだ。数値はめちゃくちゃ良かった。オールA。三浦は得意気だった。そして行かなくなったのだ。
また毎年喧嘩になる…そして コロナがきた。
毎年夫婦でうるさく行け行け言われて三浦も折れだしたのだが「今混雑している病院に行ってコロナをもらったらバカみたいだ。落ち着いたら行くよ」と言われ納得してしまった。
2020年コロナが収束に向かい私はまた三浦にガーガー言い始めた。
しかし不健康なのはこっちなのでいつも「それよりオマエが気をつけろ」と言われ終わる。そして2021年…後悔してもしきれない。殴り倒してでも連れて行くべきだった。

皆さん。いい歳になったら検査に行って下さいね。お願いします。

Machine translation:

Today is the day of the annual medical checkup that I've had done since I got married, and I feel depressed.
My numbers are bad in all the different exams because of my unhealthy lifestyle since I was young. But thanks to my wife, I'm making improvements.
The thing I remember at medical checkups is always the same.
In 2016, Miura went for a medical checkup. He finally went when he was over 50 after I had yelled at him every year. His numbers were really good. All A's. Miura was so proud. And then he stopped going.
Again, every year, I had to fight with him... and then COVID-19 came.
Every year, my wife and I would nag him to go, and Miura eventually gave in, but then he said, "It would be stupid to go to a crowded hospital right now and catch COVID-19. I'll go when things have calmed down," and I agreed. In 2020, as COVID-19 was coming to an end, I started to nag Miura again.
But since I was the one who was unhealthy, I would always end up being told, "It's you who should rather be more careful." And then in 2021...I can't regret it enough. I should have taken him even if I had to beat him up.

Everyone. Please go for a checkup when you are at an advanced age. Please.
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