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Nearly 30 years into Berserk, Kentaro Miura basically said Guts and Casca were still in the talking stage
Berserk’s Guts and Casca invented the 30-year situationship.
NewsbyTrent Cannon, Senior Contributing writer
Published on Tue Aug 18 2026
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Romantasy fans know the importance of a slow burn, where the writer leaves the reader hanging for as long as possible before the final payoff. However, few can claim to have kept their fans waiting as long as Kentaro Miura, who, nearly 30 years into the Berserkmanga, still felt he was just getting to the romance between Guts and Casca.
While discussing his decision to include romance in his 2019 manga, Duranki, Kentaro Miura admitted that he still didn’t feel that he had started exploring the romance between Guts and Casca. This is despite the pair very much seeming like a romantic pairing for more than two decades at that point.
“The momentI chose this androgynous character as the protagonist [of Duranki], I knew I had to properly depict romance,” Kentaro Miura explained. “I haven’t been able to properly depict it in Berserk yet, so I’m a little insecure and nervous about it.”
At this point, the interviewer pointed out that Guts and Casca had seemingly been in a relationship for years, but Miura had a different interpretation of their relationship. “Those two may look like that, but it’s like they’re stuck in an endless stage before they actually start dating.”
It is fair to say that Miura threw some roadblocks in the way of Guts and Casca’s relationship, but the fact that, even in 2019, he didn’t feel that they were an actual couple feels a little harsh. Who knows – in another 40 years, maybe we’ll see what Kentaro Miura had in mind for the end of Berserkand find out if this pair officially starts dating.
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Trent Cannon: Trent is a freelance writer who has been covering anime, video games, and pop culture for a decade. (He/Him)
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