Recent
Time was
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In fairness the most recent volume published at the time was 15, which was only up to the Lost Children Chapter, so they couldn't really have had any idea where the manga was going past that point or which plot threads were going to be important later on.
Source: Anime / Berserk (1997) -
Megumi gets smashed whenever a boy dumps her
which has happened multiple times (though only the most recent time was shown).
Source: Manga / Ah! My Goddess -
The most recent time was because Sally was turned into a robot, Bunnie was Brought Down to Normal and Antoine was nearly killed.
Source: Breaking the Fellowship
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