"Though Guts the Black Swordsman lies at death's door from battling against the giant dragon knight Grunbeld and his legion of demonic Apostles, the witch Schierke has a dangerous card to play to put Guts back in the fight: the unholy Berserker Armor. But the accursed shell that holds Guts together--in a nightmarishly literal sense--unleashes its hosts inner demons, which could tear apart Guts tortured mind and send him into eternal darkness!"--