Sad new for lovers of dark fantasy

Kentaro Miura author of one of the most influential dark fantasy manga, Berserk, recently passed away for acute aortic dissection at the age of 54.

I was recently joking with a friend that at the release ate of the albums we would probably be dead before the end of the story (the manga started more than 30 years ago). To reinforce the irony, it seems that the author thought the same. Here is an extract from a joint interview given to Anime Times last month with the author of another long standing series:

Miura: Do you know how the story will flow until the ending of Cestvs?
Wazarai: That’s the question, isn’t it? laughs* Now let me just ask directly, how much of Berserk have you gone through now?
Miura: I’ve been planning to start wrapping it up soon. laughs* Just thinking of wrapping it up without expanding the story further.
Wazarai: And here I am not even halfway done with my story idea. What are we going to do with ourselves?
Miura: At this point, it’s just question of our continued health, right?
Wazarai: Like, whether your life will run out before you ever get to finish it.
Miura: Well, they say humans can live up to 100 years old now, and some people can keep on working no problem until they’re 90, if they’re careful about it.