Berserk. Volume 5

A whole year has passed since Guts left the Band of the Hawk. During this time, the reclusive warrior lived in the wilderness, sharing a roof with an old blacksmith and his little daughter, and trying to hone his swordsmanship.... But one day at a town fair tournament, he inadvertently learns that his former battle comrades have fallen out of favor with the king, and Griffith has been thrown into prison. Tormented by a sense of guilt, Guts attempts to rectify the consequences of his long-ago impulsive decision and save the man he once considered a friend. He does not yet know that the attempt to reclaim the past has set the wheel of fate in motion, and only a few days remain until the tragic finale once foretold by the Immortal Zodd...