Bloodborne borrowed a lot from H. P. Lovecraft, which is fairly obvious and which is due in part to the popularity and well-known status of Lovecraftian lore. However, what is less known is that Dark Souls and Demon's Souls took a lot from Berserk, a Japanese manga.

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From enemy designs, to armor, all the way through to the atmosphere and lore, the Souls series has taken its fair share of inspiration from Berserk, which is something that has been confirmed. With that in mind, here are ten things that are taken from the manga.

10 Gold/Silver Skeletons

Many compare Berserk's skeletal soldiers on horseback to Dark Souls' Darkwraiths, but they have a lot more in common with the Gold and Silver Skeletons of Demon's Souls, from the bulkier and more metallic look to the shape of their heads.

If you were to merge the Darkwraiths and the Gold/Silver Skeletons of the two games, you'd get a similar result. All that Demon's Souls is missing is the bulky pauldrons and the flowing cape, but everything else is fairly similar.

9 Man-Serpents

The Man-Serpents of Sen's Fortress and the Duke's Archives are a menacing sight, with four arms and a snake-like head atop their humanoid, albeit scaly and lizard body. They are incredibly similar to the snake men of Berserk.

The key difference is that in Dark Souls they have more arms and their head's pattern doesn't stretch down into their body for quite as long, cutting off at the neck, as they have a more humanoid physique.

8 Taurus Demon

The Taurus Demon is a gigantic bull-like demon with fur, sharp teeth, and curved horns. there's various of this demon's species in Dark Souls, with them even appearing in Dark Souls 3.

He has his very own counterpart in Berserk, just as the Man-Serpents do. The key difference is that his head sports far more fur and his teeth are far more pronounced. However, the similarities are undeniable.

7 Iron Maiden

No, Iron Maiden isn't a reference to the incredible band, but rather the Egyptian-ESC tombs that hold people within them. They're practically identical between Berserk and Demon's Souls and so it's safe to say that Miyazaki likely pulled them from the pages of the manga.

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In Demon's Souls, opening these for new players is like playing Russian Roulette. Will you get poisoned by a stabby-boy or will you get some treasure on a corpse? Open up the loot box and find out!

6 Plague Babies

These horrifyingly nightmarish demonic fetuses are quite the sight, and it's one of the many gruelingly brutal concepts that Miyazaki and his team at From Software lifted from the pages of Berserk and, unfortunately, brought to life in their game.

Demon's Souls has them in a fleshy red with a lot more detail than is necessary. They never did anything quite similar in their spiritual successor, Dark Souls, but perhaps that's for the best.

5 Artorias

Artorias looking like Guts in his Berserker Armor

Artorias' pose on the box art of Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition is a near-identical reference to Guts. There's a lot the two have in common, from their arm to their tainted greatsword to their armor's design, but beyond the surface level similarities in appearance, there's a lot of differences.

The main one is that Gwyn employed Artorias who braved the abyss as one of his knights whereas Guts was only briefly a knight. However, the two characters are heavily associated with the wolf and so it's clear that Artorias was heavily modeled on Guts.

4 Andre the Blacksmith

Andre, the humble knight who made a resurgence in Dark Souls 3 nearly had a much larger role, as evident by cut content in the original game. What is also clear from his very design is that he is modeled on the blacksmith of Berserk.

What is also interesting is that the young blacksmith in blue pictured above is called Rickert and there's also a blacksmith in Dark Souls by that name who is fairly young, albeit not quite as young as the one in Berserk.

3 Catarina Armor

There are quite a few pieces of armor in the Souls series that resemble that of Bazuso, from Horace's set to the Catarina armor all the way through to the Iron Toad men of Dark Souls 2 and the Winged Knights of Dark Souls 3.

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However, the one that most compares to Bazuso is the Catarina design which came first. The helmet is fairly different, but they share similar pauldrons and rolls in their armor. In Bazuso's case, they're limited to the legs and arms, not the stomach area. Horace has a much similar helmet, so you could likely re-create Bazuso with relative ease in Dark Souls 3.

2 Bonewheel Skeletons

The bonewheel skeletons were at their peak of annoyance in the first Dark Souls, rolling you into an early grave repeatedly. Their very nature is that of a skeleton merged with a spiked wheel and they can cause incredible damage from stun-locking you into a repeated pattern of spam-attacks.

Their design appears to have been taken from Berserk, as similar hybrids make an appearance, only looking more like tires when they roll at top speeds. Seeing them at such momentum in a Souls game would be far too much, however, as they already cause headaches for players, so perhaps slowing them down a notch was a good call on From Soft's part.

1 Brass Armor

The brass armor in Dark Souls that is seen being worn by the Firekeeper at Anor Londo bears a striking resemblance to Locus in Berserk. The Darkmoon Knightess, as seen pictured on the right in Dark Souls, is only really missing the spiked pauldrons and the more Sentai-like helmet.

The two are fairly different characters, however, and it's likely that Miyazaki and his team only really made reference to Locus in design, rather than much else. You can find the Darkmoon Knightess at the first bonfire, standing stoically by its side.

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