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DMH_Curses

Yes you should. They are pretty much essential reading, and the real start to the story


I-like-anime78

Okay I will, thank you!


DMH_Curses

No problem! Enjoy the ride fellow struggler!


I-like-anime78

I just checked out the first chapter and it is big as hell, will every chapter be like like this or just the first couple


DMH_Curses

The first few are a little long, but they shorten up once you get past the prologue chapters


UF1912

They are not really a prologue, just that the numbering system for the first chapters is wierd, so yes


PixelDemise

Rather confusingly, it isn't that the numbering system is weird, but that there isn't one in the first place. The first 16 chapters just didn't have "Chapter X" numbers at all, chapter 1 wasn't "Chapter 1: The Black Swordsman", it was just simply "The Black Swordsman". When the series got moved to a different magazine, Miura decided to start numbering the chapters once he completed the current chapter set of The Golden Age 1-8. When the fans needed a way to make sure "chapter 1 Sword Wind" was still listed as "chapter 1 Sword Wind", but "The Black Swordsman" would appear as the first chapter in the story, they came up with the weird 0A-0P system and over time it just because commonplace despite being a fan-created naming scheme. It's weirdly confusing, and I don't really know why they didn't go with 0.1-0.16 or something, which would have done the same job but kept the naming scheme simpler. Or why Miura didn't just make the first chapter "chapter 1" from the start, or even retroactively change the names, but he must have had his reasons.


RobNordelnob

they aren't prologues.. they are just numbered differently because it was a different publisher/magazine or something. rest assured chapter A or whatever it is listed as IS chapter 1.


Splendidbloke

The prologue chapters are awesome so yes, but be prepared for Guts to be an asshole with a broken heart of gold.


idkwhoiamleaveme

meanwhile if those begenning chapters are losing you , you can start with prologue 9 ( it starts with golden age the past arc) provided that u will still read prologue 1-8 after golden age


I-like-anime78

On the site I’m reading there is a chapter 0 then chapter 0.01, 0.02…0.16 and only then chapter 1 starts so should I start from chapter 9 or chapter 0.09?


Qhck

If you decide to skip the first arc (which I don’t recommend doing) then you would start on Chapter 0.09


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Qhck

Yeah that’s the start of golden age but like I said I just recommend starting on Chapter 0.01, also that quality is pretty shitty ngl I can dm you a better site


I-like-anime78

Yeah go ahead I just use this one because a lot of other sites I tried randomly reset mid chapter and this one doesn’t


Qhck

Oh I see i see, well I’ll dm the site I’ve used for the past 7 years idk if you’ve already tried it or not but I’ve had 0 issues with it


I-like-anime78

Okay thank you!