Question: How do you follow something as magnificent as the Golden Age arc? Simple. You write something like the Conviction arc.
Rereading this arc has made me realise just how brilliant it really is. Each of it's three 'chapters' help to build an over riding sense of foreboding and it fleshes out the world that the story is set in by introducing both the Holy See and the Kushan empire. It showcases some of the best characters in the series, i.e. Serpico and Isidro, and helps to expand the back story of the Skull Knight. I loved it's frequent and shameless references to the Guin Saga and all the brilliant side stories and bit characters. Of course the art, monster design and fights were simply stunning. However it is it's ending that really make it shine. Somehow Kentaro manges the impossible by making an event to rival the Eclipse. Effectively it is the same idea just done in reverse but I felt it worked brilliantly.
Question: How to do resolve the fact that Guts can't reach his nemesis? Simple. You bring him back in one of the most visually stunning volumes of the series so far. In one fell swoop Kentaro fundamentally changes his stories dynamic.
Honestly, I can't wait to reread the Hawk of the Millennium Empire arc!
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