After the epic that was the Golden Age arc it was nice to read a more compact story. At only two volumes the Lost Children chapter is positively compact and thoroughly enjoyable to read. A friend of mine stopped reading Berserk when this arc began saying it had gone off the boil and was boring but I have to strongly disagree. I loved the fight between Guts and Rosine, I especially enjoyed the chapter 'Monster' which asks who is the real monster out of the two.
Kentaro has previously said that he is heavily influenced by the Guin Saga, a huge series of fantasy novels by Kaoru Kurimoto. Having read these books I can clearly clearly see the influences on Berserk, the Conviction arc is peppered homages to the Guin Saga the most obvious being Lady Farnese who plays a central role in the coming volumes. Unfortunately only the first five volumes of this series have been released in the west but their is a relatively recent anime adaptation that covers the first thirty volumes. It's pretty good.
I like the idea of the Holy Iron Chain Knight and their pursuit of Guts and the ending of this volume is superb, its an interesting new twist and one I enjoyed immensely. The Skull Knight makes a brief cameo in this book and the art and execution are both top notch so all in all another great book. Nice one Miura!
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