Teardrop of Morning Dew

Puzzled by why the Moonlight Boy has come to Elfhelm, Guts carries the child, who perches on his shoulders, back to the others. Schierke guesses the boy might be Danan in disguise, a notion undone the instant Danan herself appears. Following the child's searching look, Guts has him brought to Casca, and the boy springs at once into her arms. Casca holds him close, remembering the moonlit meetings they shared while she lived as Elaine.

Danan judges the child no ordinary boy, sensing a pure Od like that of the elves and reading his presence on Skellig as free of malice. She ties his arrival to the group's shared fate and the deep bond linking him to Casca and Guts. The gurus watch him the next day and agree he acts like any child, though they resolve to stay watchful.

Training bare of his armor beside a waterfall, Guts finds his failing eyesight throwing off his knife-throwing until the Moonlight Boy turns up clad in the Berserker Armor, and Guts humors the child before sending him back. That night Casca, resting beside the boy, recalls the Demon Child who once saved her in Albion during her time as Elaine. The memory jolts her awake to find the child gone.

She discovers him outside beneath the moon, unclothed and turned away from Guts, his hair paling and curling as he ages rapidly. A man's voice speaks of a dream of being a child wrapped in warmth and longing. The grown figure faces Guts and stands revealed as Griffith, letting fall a single tear that he compares to morning dew.

This installment is the last manga episode drawn chiefly by Kentarou Miura, with the remaining art finished by his Studio Gaga assistants after his passing. Its Young Animal issue, number eighteen, ran an unusual Berserk cover rather than the magazine's customary gravure idol layout. A nine-month hiatus followed, ended when Hakusensha confirmed on 7 June 2022 that the series would resume on 24 June 2022 under Kouji Mori's guidance.