A lone figure kneels, curled over, in a vast moonlit field of grass that stretches to a dark horizon, rendered in dense black-and-white ink hatching.

Berserk, Vol. 13, Episode 90 “Sprint” — Guts in the field of grass

Title: Berserk, Vol. 13, Episode 90 “Sprint” — Guts in the field of grass
Artist: Kentaro Miura (Japanese, 1966–2021)
Date: 1997
Medium: Pen and ink (manga illustration)
Dimensions: Volume 13, Episode 90 “Sprint”, p. 161 (tankōbon)
Provenance: Digital capture (photograph or scan of a real scene/object)

A panel from Berserk, Volume 13, Episode 90 (“Sprint”, p. 161), where Guts sits in an empty field of grass in the aftermath of the Eclipse — a moment of profound emptiness and grief. Kentaro Miura began Berserk in 1989 and drew it for over three decades, celebrated for his staggeringly detailed pen work: sprawling battlefields, intricate armour, and a baroque, grotesque imagination rendered almost entirely by hand. The series became one of the most influential works in the medium, leaving its mark on games, anime, and artists far beyond manga (the Dark Souls series among them). Miura died in 2021 at the age of 54 with the story unfinished; serialization has since continued under his lifelong friend Kouji Mori together with Miura's Studio Gaga, carrying his vision forward.