17 improved i feel like just as 16 was at its worse at the beginning

*too

There's this joke stating we'd all be dead by the time Berserk ends...

or just get back to what happens with casca i could wait longer if i knew casca would finally make a mental return

The latest chapters are all about Casca. A few members of the group have entered her mind to find the shattered fragments of her psyche and work out what happened to her. So, it's looking like she may make somewhat of a return fairly soon. (On the Kentaro scale that is.)

Kaiman so, he’ll finish it in 2049

bookcoda SHe did a mental return 3 chapters ago.

A True Seinen Visionary.

The review is very poor.

This review mediocre

Griffith: Charisma 18, has a million 'friends', but doesn't really consider anyone a friend. Guts: Charisma 8, just needs ONE FRIEND Feels bad man.

First thing I thought when I watched this video

I think that Griffith did see Guts as his equal and a true friend. I think they both just misunderstood each other. Guts thinking that Griffith didn't see him as a "true friend" or equal. Griffith depended on Guts to carry out multiple behind the scenes schemes and keep it a secret from the rest of the band of the hawk. You wouldn't tell a friend a secret or ask them to do you a favor let alone depend on them in times of need but a true friend and confidant is someone you can trust completely. This is how Griffith in my opinion saw Guts; however, Guts didn't realize that. The conversation with Charlotte led to Guts misunderstanding and at the same time Griffith didn't acknowlwedge Guts as a true friend at this point. He had everything a man could ever want yet that one mishap caused his downfall. For these reasons this is why I believe they both fell short of realizing they both already had what they desired. The irony is that Griffith lost all of that over the course of one night after years of climbing to the top. I think Griffith realized it more than Guts his pride just wouldn't let him say what he truly felt so he thought he would subdue Guts like he did in the past. I think Guts may have possibly stayed if Griffith would have said I can't let you go because I see you as a equal, a true friend. Then again Guts may have left anyway. I love this anime it is incredible.

THANK YOU for pointing this out. I had looked online and was starting to think I was in some kind of silent minority that saw Griffith as an idiot for this part of the story. A "master" strategist that can plan for anything in advance yet one big hicup in his "flawless" overall plan and he suddenly turns into the brother of Daenerys Targaryen of game of thrones. Someone who cannot adapt to a flaw in their vision never had a chance to begin with.

Maui Caui kek

PiecesMissing well, a sociopath wouldn't even realize that

PiecesMissing stop trying to give psycho analysis, he isn't anywhere near a narcissist. Although you did get his child like behavior correct just not in the right context.

PiecesMissing i agree which raises an interesting thought; while Guts leaving greatly crippled his chances to succeed his plans you could argue that there were in fact still chances. But he flipped and actively sealed his fate by doing the biggest, dumbest no-no anyone in his situation could've done. Like a champion chess player making a rookie mistake and then completely loose his cool and flip the table! It's actually kind of funny if not for the fact that *it absolutely totally very much wasn't!!!* XD

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HIIII-AAAAA-TUUUUUUS

Missed the second iiiiii.

How that wasn't the show's opening is one of anime's greatest mysteries.

@@ZeldaEd123 I know, Right?

This barely-animated, practically non-existent style?

You have to admit, this style did come with its advantages. Because there is little to no animation and the lack of a budget is obvious, time and care had to go into other things, such as plot, character development, and the placement of certain scenes. That way, when the animation does appear, it has more impact overall.

ikr :(

Damien Suluai You are so naive.

That's what this Berserk did. The new one's direction.....I can't even follow it.

Literally a hell of one. I didn't see the ending coming when I watched it. Screw that necklace.

My new favorate passtime is watching millennials react to ep 25 and mentally breaking.

@@TheZephyrsWind Femto

I'm distracted by Elana's icon. All I'm thinking is "Danger Dolan" XD

Not really, but Kentaro Miura is a huge fan of Shoujo mangas, Because he said that he grew up with it as a kid

@@brayanargandonaflorentino548 and then he made one of the most manly manga series ever.

@@zacharypreval3186 and then he died before finishing his manga.

@@animechic420 we all knew it was going down that way. Even with assistance, drawing those densely packed panels was time consuming, and that’s when he was well enough to draw them. It took thirty years to get where he did. We’re talking Golgo 13, Hajime no Ippo, JoJo. Not a lot out there lasts this long, let alone anything like as visually detailed.

The man liked Shoujo Manga (it's kind of why Berserk has such character depth: he wanted to make a story that had as much character focus -if not, more than the action it had) is a well documented fan of Idolm@ster, and said in one review that his favorite film at the time was Star Wars.

If a person loves an anime and it doesn't finish, read the manga, period. Very important advice for many anime series.

Reading the manga won’t do anyone any good now….

Griffith is in love with guts but guts is straight (especially after his childhood IE raised by women at young age all pain and hardship that he experienced was by men (raped injured almost killed) which continued well into his teenage years). Guts cares for casca as he can respect/relate to her personally as well as the kindness and the fact that he is attracted to her. Casca idolizes and is in love with griffith which angers guts as she repeatedly throws herself at griffith only for him to turn her away as again griffith is gay. Guts left as with no more battles to fight he has no way to become equal with griffith as violence is all guts has ever known and he needs to find himself as his own person rather then languishing with no purpose in somewhere where he feels he does not belong. Griffith trying to fill the hole that losing guts has caused in him accelerates his plan to sleep with the princess resulting in his capture and torture. griffith probably knew guts was not attracted to him in that way which is why he kept him close being satisfied that guts is nearby as long as guts wasn't with someone else. You could even theorize that what set him off might have been him somehow finding out about guts and cascas relationship thus some of the events of the eclipse.

bookcoda I personally don't view Griffith as gay, but if the theory was true and he did indeed care for Guts in a romantic way then I would be okay with that. I just think that his emotional attachment to Guts is the most emotion he has ever felt about anyone ever. Two guys can love each other as friends, it doesn't have to be romantic. He just has so little experience with it that he doesn't know what it is and how to act on it. Plus, he feels that emotional attachments could make himself seem weak. Which is why he never lets his anger or disgust show when he whored himself out to that gross lord. The cracks in his facade showed a little, but ultimately he suppressed it like he does everything else. Love comes in many forms, it isn't always romantic, I can see the logic that Griffith might be in love with Guts, but personally I think Guts is the person Griffith let come closest to him. A true friend he never realised he already had and destroyed that bond himself.

I dont think grifith would see guts as an equal unless he left. grifith said is equal would be some one who fights for the own dream sake not any one elses. as long as guts was fighting for grifith he wouldnt be able to fight for his own dream, or even fidn it.

Orsonfoe A very good point. Griffith likes being depended on, he likes being the leader and he likes being the source of admiration for people. The thought of one of his own soldiers leaving him to peruse their own dreams is inconceivable to him. Guts leaving him is probably the first time he has ever been rejected. That, coupled with the fact that he unknowingly cares for Guts and doesn’t want him to leave, sends Griffith into a downward spiral. Because his soldiers “belong” to him, none of them could be his equal. If they tried to be then he would not allow himself to be rejected. Guts is the only one to ever do so.

MsAbixxx. I think it's more to do with guts than an ordinary soldiers. But guts did flat out beat him to move on. Grifith is not usr to losing and he already by ghost as huged stress to win non stop.

the only wrong i see is the lack of the scar at 13:56

Venom Snake *triggered*

He certainly lost the Game of Thrones didn't he?

'Wong'

Destroyer Of Skulls man... I wish I thought of that.

Can SAO Abridged stay?

bue OF COURSE, that show is brilliant!

Tess Tesla *wong

Even when he put his ding dong in the princess?

That time with the princess was clearly with a strap-on.

Griffith had no choice's only illusions of them.

Griffith should have just beat off that fateful night

He didn't feed the goldfish.

He kept playing despasito every other song on the radio station.

@@ashenknight4023 He didn't flush the toilet after using it.

I personally disagree with that approach. Seeing the Behelit in the hands of the snake demon helps to mystify it later on and adds an aura of impending doom to the rest of the series once you see it around Griffith's neck. It heightens of tension of every battle, every royal scheme and strange encounter to know that sooner or later the story of the Band of the Hawk is destined to end in blood and horror. It's essentially the opposite of plot armor.

While I think that the first five should've been the full Black Swordsman arc in order to better get the idea that Golden Age is a flashback and better create the curiosity of "Why is he the way he is," I still think it's better to start off with episode one because it's the foundation of what the story becomes, as the other episodes are still a flashback. This would be better explained by having Puck be there, as it can be taken many ways as to why the flashback is there. He could be thinking back to remember why he fights, trying to soothe himself by remembering better days, or even just explaining to Puck as to why he's fighting. Plus, I feel that having episode one be the final episode, as it is now, is made pointless by the same issue that people have with the start of the series but in reverse. I know that most people watch Black Swordsman last because of a perceived better flow of conscience, but you'd essentially finish off the story with that flashback to where you started; just making the same problem you had at the beginning be given a different issue with the same result.

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Agreed. I already knew all about the eclipse before I read the manga. Because I knew the anime cut things. And I thought griffith always planned to sacrifice the band of the hawk to become a Demon. I had no idea he was basically fucked if he didn't do it. So it added a lot more to my opinion of him

Reading this comment made me sad in 2022..

They both came out in 1997

*Pokemon

"They're Crap!"

Would've been great if the animators laid off the CG a bit more. Used once or twice is okay, but after a while it was an eyesore. The three movies were okay visually. At least they balanced it well enough. But then TV seasons come around, "Hey guys, know what'll make our seasons look more spectacular? MORE CG & LESS HAND DRAWN! .......Oh Hell No!

Let's just say the new Castlevania show is everything the new Berserk should have been.

Prime92 you already know hes gonna say its crap

Absolute garbage.

He said it himself he doesn’t have the patience to finish a long running manga, with few exceptions of course

Sadly that’s Bennett’s loss

Then he doesn't like it nearly as much as he claims then.

@@InvertedWIng I agree. While you don’t need to read every manga the anime is based on if it’s unfinished, if you claim you love it, then it seems weird.

That's a brilliant point you make

Meh i really liked the music and voice which made it better then that part of the manga for me

No shit

I Disagree

its not just better its a masterpiece in manga storytelling

Yes and the sky is blue.

This anime made me a better man.

If you thought the anime was dark, you won't be prepared for the manga. There was a lot of fucked up shit in the manga that was omitted from the anime.

I think he wanted to talk about the series overall and not to focus too much on the characters unless it was needed

Unless that female Humpty Dumpty gets herself back together again, of something finally slices up that potato and fries her in oil with a side of ketchup I can't say why she's "hella important". What's worse than another hiatus? A hiatus in the middle of a Casca arc...

yes im stuck on the damn cliffhanger of what will happen in her mind

Dream The Endless she is a hella important character he might as well have been the only thing that kept guts from going crazy after the eclipse

Dream The Endless dude im loving the current arc. Casca is such a great character im so hype to see her come back. If she doesnt and stays crazy after this i cant follow the series anymore and will just gobble it up if/when it finishes. Too nihilistic imo

Berserk Abridged is one of the best Abridged Series. The ending is awesome.

That's how I got into Berserk as well. I still love how he handled the eclipse.

I mean it depends what you mean by techniques because all the basic cuts (fendenti/sottani/mezzani or oberhauen/unterhauen/mittelhauen) are all doable even with a greatsword, not to mention thrusts. Yeah maybe some German stuff would be hard to do but a lot of the fundamentals are the same for a sword that has two sharp edges that is held in two hands.

correct me if I'm wrong but isn't the latest bit of the manga (I've sadly never read it) where they just make it to that city with Casca in tow. (I'm trying to avoid spoilers but you know the one Gutts thinks will help)

More stuff came out a few months ago Now we're finally at the point were Casca might recover

Maui Caui I tend to focus more on the story and NOT the horrible things that happen in the story

I agree you should read the Manga, however when you read it is debatable. Because once you catch up, you've got a lot of waiting to do.

I thought the CG was fine its a more comfortable if slightly worse way to experience the continuing berserk storyline.

I prayed... and now she’s back!

I just read the manga. I don’t really plan to watch the Berserk anime

He had it on his website im assuming he cut some stuff from that version for this.

Oh yeah I knew that, it's just nice that it's back on youtube where it's more convenient for me to watch it

Sage said that he doesn't really read that much manga except The Love Hina and Trigun.

Asahamana I know that,buthe should really change that with Berserk.It had that issue of having many volumes with many of them out of print and pricey,but they all have recently been digitally released.

I mean if you love the anime but haven't read the manga there is something wrong with you.

nintendoluigi you can like it, but without reading the manga, you can't call yourself a Berserk fan. The manga is a masterpiece that the anime* can't really* compare to. *Edited for typos.

I hate the 'you're not a *real* fan unless you've watched *and* read it' argument. Why can't someone just prefer to only watch/read, and still be considered a big fan?

I agree that's why I kind of hated the 25th episode of berserk. Because the real story is the trauma of Guts and Casca go through afterwards. Simply ending on the eclipse was a bad move I believe. It was enough to get the audience interested in the manga but it killed the overall anime to me.

True, and man The animation from The 90s version still looks Amazing