I really enjoyed rereading this volume, seeing Guts cutting a bloody swathe through hordes of monstrous creatures is always fun but its the little story devices that make this book shine. In the third volume of the series Kentaro introduced the idea that when inhumans are killed they revert back to their human form and in this volume he explores the consequences of this fact. I loved the way that to everyone else it appears that Guts is indiscriminately butchering people, as if he didn't have it bad enough!
I did feel that Puck was slightly over used at times. Considering the dark tone of the Lost Children chapter its understandable why, his antics are amusing and do lighten the mood but he can be a little annoying.
The fights in this volume are stunning as are the monster designs, the battle in the woods with the giant insects was brilliantly choreographed. The depiction of children playing war was pretty disturbing but well used and I liked how there is an ever present air of malevolence about this current arc. Generally it was another quality volume of manga for Kentaro Miura.
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