Ubel Blatt

 A relatively old Fantasy Manga that i stumbled upon recently and at its time, it could have been a good contender for Berserk. Taking a Medieval Setting based on Holy Roman Empire era, Ubel Blatt is the tale of revenge of a Hero. Betrayed by his allies and left to die, a prodigy swordmaster who served as the Hero of his Kingdom somehow rose from death and sets upon a quest of vengeance. Taking form of a Demihuman Boy, the former hero about to hand down Retribution at his seven betrayers who now become the prominent people of the Kingdom after bidding his time for 20 years.

 Overall Ubel Blatt is an entertaining read but it is yet another Fantasy Manga that doesn't reach its potential. The tone that the Ubel Blatt start with would make readers imagine that it will be an epic Dark Fantasy series on par with Berserk. However around halfway of the series the mangaka is wavering between making the series a Shonen or Seinen genre, but in the end decided to tone down the setting rendering Ubel Blatt into generic shonen fantasy manga.

I think due to the tight Deadline demand during the series serialization, the mangaka unable to realize his world building plan for the series making some of the characters felt unpolished and the last part are mostly become a battle manga story. Ubel Blatt might only reach half of its potential but at least the story is still concluded properly somewhat. So if you look for some distraction while waiting for next Berserk Chapter, Ubel Blatt could fill the void and at least the first half will be still quite satisfying