This volume is essentially one giant brawl. What I liked most about it was seeing Guts protecting his new party members. With the berserker armour on he looks like some sort of super hero as he mows down hordes of beast solider and takes on a Kushan magician. There are some great moments involving the other party members especially Scheirke. It was interesting seeing how far she has come since the earlier volumes. She is much less timid now and there is a determination about her that I find really endearing. I liked how Kentaro uses Roderick and the cowardly Magnifico, as outsiders to Guts' world their reactions to the events help ground the story very nicely.
The bulk of the volume is taken up with Gut's fight with a Kushan magic user. It is an interesting change of opponents for him as up until now he has only taken on monsters. The choreography is brilliant which really helps to showcase the terrifying power of the berserker armour. The end of this book is a bit of a cliffhanger as first Emperor Ganishka appears in all his apostle glory and then Zodd steps into the fray. I like seeing heroes struggle, if things are too easy they are boring but Kentaro is brutal to Guts in this book.
Volume thirty sets the tone for the next few volumes and begins the conclusion of the Falconia chapter.
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