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KENTARO
PRESIDENT AND PUBLISHER

US EDITORS
CHRIS WARNER
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COLLECTION DESIGNER
DAVID NESTELLE
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BERSERK vol. 5 by KENTARO MIURA

© 1992 by Kentaro Miura. All rights reserved. First published in Japan in 1993 by HAKUSENSHA, INC., Tokyo.
English-language translation rights in the United States of America and Canada arranged with HAKUSENSHA,
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CONTENTS

THE GOLDEN AGE, CHAPTER 7.........cccccccccecsceccccsccesccseee 5

THE GOLDEN AGE, CHAPTER 8............cccccceccecececsecececes 41

A WIND OF SWORDG.............ccccccccceececsccecsccccececcccscececsee 83

NOSFERATU ZODD, CHAPTER 1.............cccccecececececenee 125

NOSFERATU ZODD, CHAPTER 2..........ccscecececscececececee 145

NOSFERATU ZODD, CHAPTER 3..........cccccesececececececeeee 165

NOSFERATU ZODD, CHAPTER 4............2cecececscececececee 187

MASTER OF THE SWORD, CHAPTER 1...........2.c-ceceeee 208

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THINGS.

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ENTIRE BAND HEAD-ON ALONE?!
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TIME YOU CHANGED
WENT OFF ON j IN THE PAST
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YEARS.

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SATISFIED AS
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COMRADES
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BAND OF THE HAWK
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DISPLAY MUCH

BUT IN THE IN THE NAME OF GOD

FACE OF THIS, WE AND THE SP/R/T, T
CANNOT AFFORD TO BESTOW THE STATUS
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TELLER
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