The WORST episodes of Berserk (2016)

Every episode of Berserk (2016) ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Berserk (2016)!

Now branded for death and destined to be hunted by demons until the day he dies, Guts embarks on a journey to defy such a gruesome fate, as waves of beasts relentlessly pursue him. Steeling his resolve, he takes up the monstrous blade Dragonslayer and vows to exact vengeance on the one responsible, hunting down the very man he once looked up to and considered a friend. Along the way, he encounters some unlikely allies, such as a small elf named Puck, and Isidro, a young thief looking to learn swordsmanship from the former mercenary. As the ragtag group slowly comes together after having decided to join Guts in his quest, they will face incredible danger unlike anything they have ever experienced before.

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A Nighttime Feast: Burning at the Stake
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7.12
195 votes

#1 - A Nighttime Feast: Burning at the Stake

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/5/2016

As Mozgus and his men continue their witchhunt for heretics, Farnese can't help but feel a twinge of doubt. Meanwhile, Guts unexpectedly encounters a familiar face, who brings ill tidings.

Directors: Shin Itagaki
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Revelations
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7.30
213 votes

#2 - Revelations

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/22/2016

Guts returns to a place he'd left two years ago to reconnect with old friends, but finds that someone he holds most dear has vanished. Guts tries to lay blame, but he is not entirely innocent.

Directors: Shin Itagaki
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City of Humans
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7.34
98 votes

#3 - City of Humans

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/23/2017

Guts' group approach the city of Vritannis where Ishidro upsets Schierke about her witch’s clothing. Schierke's learns that Vritannis traded in Kushan slaves, but all the slaves have been hanged as religious enemies of the Holy See. Schierke adn Ishidoro save a group of children from pirate kidnappers.

Directors: Shin Itagaki
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Banner of the Flying Sword
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7.35
116 votes

#4 - Banner of the Flying Sword

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/14/2017

Guts receives unexpected visitors with a surprising request. Meanwhile, Griffith and his force continue their advance, gaining new allies both fair and foul along the way.

Directors: Shin Itagaki
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The Dragonslayer
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7.36
321 votes

#5 - The Dragonslayer

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/1/2016

Into a tavern walks a man with a massive sword, where he encounters a caged elf being bullied by grown men. Thus begins the strange partnership between the elf, Puck, and the swordsman, Guts.

Directors: Shin Itagaki
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The Holy Iron Chain Knights
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7.36
246 votes

#6 - The Holy Iron Chain Knights

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/8/2016

Guts is still coming to terms with his fateful encounter with the monk and his daughter when he is confronted by the Holy Iron Chain Knights. Their commander berates him about his many sins is declares he is to be brought to the Holy See...

Directors: Shin Itagaki
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Night of Miracles
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7.37
237 votes

#7 - Night of Miracles

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/15/2016

Guts and Puck are taken aback by Farnese's inability to see the elf. However, Farnese's refusal to accept anything beyond what she considers to be real in her world is about to be sorely tested.

Directors: Shin Itagaki
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Forest of Demonic Beasts
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7.37
121 votes

#8 - Forest of Demonic Beasts

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/21/2017

Farnese has a moment of self-realization as she tries to adjust to her change in circumstance. Her abrupt about-face surprises Guts and his comrades, but nothing prepares them for the surprise audience with a witch in the forest who seems to know everything about them.

Directors: Shin Itagaki
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Hell's Angels
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7.38
183 votes

#9 - Hell's Angels

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/2/2016

Mozgus and his disciples have been turned, and Guts must work fast to keep them from taking Casca. Meanwhile, Luca finds herself face to face with a strange entity who begins to tell her a story...

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Winter's Journey
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7.40
131 votes

#10 - Winter's Journey

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/7/2017

In order to get away from the disasters that the brand brings to them, Guts decides to head toward Puck’s homeland. However, traveling with Casca was proving to be difficult, and darkness was stirring within Guts. Meanwhile, Farnese and Serpico, who had parted ways with Guts in Albion, had renounced the Holy See and were trying to find him. Under the cold winter night, Serpico remembers the day that Farnese had first found him...

Directors: Shin Itagaki
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Reunion in the Den of Evil
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7.42
195 votes

#11 - Reunion in the Den of Evil

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/19/2016

As Guts fights his way to Casca, his way is barred by the possessed leader of the heretics. Little does he know that a far more formidable human opponent lies in wait up ahead...

Directors: Shin Itagaki
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Tower of Conviction
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7.44
194 votes

#12 - Tower of Conviction

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/29/2016

Intent on finding Casca, Guts continues his journey toward the Tower of Conviction. Meanwhile, Farnese is already there, witnessing unspeakable horrors committed by those who serve the Holy See.

Directors: Shin Itagaki
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The Rent World
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7.48
148 votes

#13 - The Rent World

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/7/2017

Guts manages to get Casca back at Albion and returns to Godo’s shack. There, he sees Rickert talking to Griffith, who had just regained physical form in Albion. Guts is unable to hold back his rage and attacks, but Zod gets in his way. An intense battle between the two who have improved their swordsmanship begins!

Directors: Shin Itagaki
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Spirit Realm
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7.50
115 votes

#14 - Spirit Realm

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/28/2017

While speaking with the witch of the forest, she tells Guts she is much more knowledgable of his situation than he thought. She indicated someone has told her to expect them. Guts is keen on finally getting some answers to all of his questions, but the witch can sense Guts' inner turmoil. She has her young apprentice join Guts' band to help remove trolls from a nearby village.

Directors: Shin Itagaki
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Fight for Survival Against the Demonic Legion
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7.51
115 votes

#15 - Fight for Survival Against the Demonic Legion

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/5/2017

Guts' band are not welcomed kindly when they arrive to help dispel trolls from a nearby village. Despite this, they manage to be allowed to stay the night, hoping they can intercept the trolls. Soon enough, the trolls come, but unlike before where there were just a few...the entire heard comes storming upon the city.

Directors: Shin Itagaki
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Shadows of Ideas
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7.57
186 votes

#16 - Shadows of Ideas

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/9/2016

Guts faces off with Mozgus, who has transformed into a giant monster, while trying to save Caska from being burned at the stake. Guts has trouble defeating Mozgus in his current form, due to his body being so hard that even his sword cannot break through. Meanwhile, the Egg has a fateful encounter...

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Proclaimed Omens
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7.57
98 votes

#17 - Proclaimed Omens

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/16/2017

Guts and party resume their journey to Puck’s home, an island called Skellig that exist between the planes and is home to both elves and mages. Skull Knight warns Guts of the effects of using the Berserker Armor. At night they are attacked by giant humanoid crocodiles controlled by Kushan sorcerers.

Directors: Shin Itagaki
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Those Who Cling, Those Who Struggle
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7.59
207 votes

#18 - Those Who Cling, Those Who Struggle

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 9/16/2016

As people struggle to survive the onslaught of demonic forces, the eclipse reaches its zenith. What will happen when the prophesied God materializes among mortal men?

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A Journey Begins in Flames
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7.61
110 votes

#19 - A Journey Begins in Flames

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/9/2017

In his new cursed armor, Guts does not feel pain. This makes him near unstoppable, to the point that even one of the apostles of light cannot defeat him. But even if he doesn't feel pain, the damage still remains, and the armor itself threatens to engulf his soul...

Directors: Shin Itagaki
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Blood Flow of the Dead
star
7.70
186 votes

#20 - Blood Flow of the Dead

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/26/2016

As Luca leads Guts, Ishidro, and Puck into the tower, Casca is brought to the torture chamber. Just as Mozgus attempts to torture her, however, there is an unexpected turn of events...

Directors: Shin Itagaki
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The Black Witch
star
7.71
202 votes

#21 - The Black Witch

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/12/2016

Guts is finally close to finding Casca, but Casca has caught the heretics' eye, and the Holy Iron Chain Knights are also homing in on the heretics' location...

Directors: Shin Itagaki
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The Arcana of Invocation
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7.76
110 votes

#22 - The Arcana of Invocation

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/12/2017

Schierke's shield withholds against the trolls, but an Ogre and Kelpie appear and cause further havoc. As Guts and Serpico fight them off, Schierke loses control of the water spirit and the town floods. Just as everything washes away, two fall in...

Directors: Shin Itagaki
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The Corruption of Qliphoth
star
7.77
118 votes

#23 - The Corruption of Qliphoth

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/19/2017

Farnese and Casca have been taken by the trolls to Qliphoth, an astral place between life and death. Just as Guts and his party save them, a member of God Hand appears...

Directors: Shin Itagaki
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The Berserker Armor
star
7.85
110 votes

#24 - The Berserker Armor

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/26/2017

After rescuing Casca and Farnese, Guts has retained grievous injuries from his encounter in the spiritual realm. The group decides to take Guts back to Flora for treatment, only to discover that Griffith has sent an assault force to kill Flora.

Directors: Shin Itagaki
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