everything you said are all my buzzwords when it comes to anime/manga 😬 I will take all the trauma!

​@booksandtropes this isnt your standard anime trauma, this is some depressingly dark and real shit. Ive had a pretty traumatic life and the shit it deals with is brutal. But it also deals with it in such a real way that guts own journey has helped me personally heal. I fucking love berserk

I really really don't like Berserk but even in that case, I know it's one of the greats. Definitely a recommended read for anyone who's into manga. Even if you end up hating it like me, you need to give it a shot at some point.

@@Lumberyack105 I have several reasons. One is that I never liked Dark Souls-like medieval / fantasy aesthetics, which despite the several unique features, Berserk still very much falls under. I also don't like Miura's style in the slightest. I know he's arguably one of the most talented out there, but every single page feels incredibly cluttered, every texture has a thousand or more little lines that really aren't needed, and every single thing is so detailed, it's actually quite annoying to read. I very much prefer the clean style of Takehiko Inoue in Vagabond or Naoki Urasawa in 20th Century Boys or Inio Asano in Goodnight Pun Pun (all of which are mature masterpieces), than Miura's. Also, I think most of the supporting cast is weaker than you'd hope for a story of that scope. Griffith's team just wasn't all that interesting, which makes the following events fall a bit flat. I like the Hand of God and how absolutely vile they all are. I think the whole thing with Griffith and Casca works great for a series as incredibly dark and disturbing as Berserk. But I also think Casca's trauma is postponed for so long after the eclipse, it loses a lot of its impact by then, and the whole infantilisation of Casca plotline felt a bit cheap to me. Overall the whole look of the manga just seems dated, and its edginess in the story doesn't feel compensated enough by anything to balance it out. It's way too 90's in a way that I just don't think is cool at all. It reminds me too much of that overdone ultra cheesy American aesthetic from the 90's like Todd McFarlane's Spawn comics. So I can't say I enjoyed it in the slightest, no. But it's 100% a preference thing.

@@Lumberyack105 I think I managed to start the Millennium Falcon arc but didn't get too far before I just decided it wasn't worth it. The aesthetics really put me off, the characters didn't seem interesting enough, it's too edgy and I don't think the moments of humanity, compassion or kindness are effective enough when they should be, and it really felt a bit like it was going to take *forever* for any major developments to take place. I've kept reading spoilers, and I'm intrigued by Moonlight Boy because he's a character that seems to bring something new and interesting to the table, but ultimately I think I'm over giving it a shot. I read around 170 chapters before giving up altogether.

I thought the same reading this for the first time. Volume 13 changed that

People don't like Puck at first ??? 😱 would die for this elf! I love him! I'm really surprised I don't see any berserk on tiktok at all, but I'll block the tag just incase :)

Wow that's a very good way of putting it

Puck was one third of the reason why I just stopped reading a few chapters in (the other two thirds being asshole characterization and violence/gore for violence's sake)

I feel the same way

@@booksandtropes Tiktok would have a mental breakdown if they hear about it. Not to mention Berserk has a lot of nuance and subtalty that the Tiktokers would ignore because any sort of layered discussion in any slightly disturbing topic result in everyone circle taggging eachother spending days on respond videos. Plus they don't actually have the attention spam to sit down and read it...

Your ass wasn’t reading

I wouldn't say it is a slow burn as much as it is that the 1st Arc is definitely the worst of the series and a bit stifling as far as getting a total grasp on what to expect. It is a little like getting thrown in the deep end and also the artworld improves a lot in the following arcs

that is an important clarification :)

this is slightly wrong. muira didnt know where the story was going at the beginning of Black swordsman arc with the first page of guts being balls deep in a apostle to guts not liking being touched and to him killing the snake baron. He then came up with the entire story setting up the behelit, the brand of sacrifice, the god hand, and griffiths introduction leading into the Golden age and to what we know of berserk now.

You are definitely from Zimbabwe 😂😂😂

@@GolDFish-if1ov surely..!

What vol u at? Everything past vol 3 of the single volumes is where it turns to masterpiece level for me. First 1-3 volumes only work on reread to notice the parreles between a certain character you’ll see

"Unrealistic expectations"... kek. If anything we're not setting them high enough.

you would think... but what happens when I want to start buying figures from this series lol

@@booksandtropes buy a sword instead! they're cool and practical

@@droid00 I nearly bought law’s sword at comic con but I changed my mind at the last second Gut’s sword hanging on the wall would look awesome! Very practical!

😂😂😂

Dark and disturbing is what I’m here for! I’m very excited to see where the story goes :)

I’m excited to learn what that means :)

​@@booksandtropes 😔

future me usually questions the decision of past me lol

I love the art so far!

@@Lumberyack105 i don’t think i could deal with how graphic it is, honestly. i had someone show me a scene from the anime a couple years ago that made me very uncomfortable (can’t even remember what it was)

that's what I'm hoping for! :)

I wanted to comment something about Berserk but I couldn't edit: The first page is a good tone setter, but other than that, is better to ignore it hahaha

This is great to know :) I definitely enjoyed the black swordsman arc but it was more 'i'm intrigued' rather then thinking it was great So it's good to know you feel the story continues to get better :)

it's on my list, but it is a little lower compared to other series... but I will get to it eventually

Oh I'm still reading that, I'm almost finished volume 3 and should have that video out in the next few days. but i've been in such a horror mood and nothing I've been watching is what I'm looking for. I watched the two terrifier movies, I started devilman crybaby,... we seen how well jjk worked for me I really just want to read/watch something horror/dark

watching it, I got to finish HxH, then I plan to watch mob psycho and AoT I have seen the first season (possibly 2 seasons) of AoT but when the next season wasn't uploaded to Netflix I fell behind and never picked it up again so I am excited to eventually continue :)

THATS AWESOME! Im so excited to see you review the show because it sure is a masterpiece@@booksandtropes

Sadly it’s far to early for me to say, But the series has peaked my interest with its characters

@@booksandtropes Thank you, then I will form my own opinion. I really don't want to sit it out. I already have so much FOMO because of OP. xD

@@booksandtropes Ok, I'm hooked. xD I love the world building, the art style, and all the hints about Gust's past. Puck is also my favorite character and he is so important as a glimmer of hope in this gruesome world. I'm not completely sold on Gust, he's just too edgy, but it's clear there's more to his facade. I just hope it won't take 100 chapters before we see some character development. I didn't realize the manga could be so gritty and it's a nice change of pace. I'm not hyped yet, but it looks really promising. Thanks for the recommendation :D

@@Flammewar yea! I’m happy you started it! Yes I’m hoping Guys gets developed soon and from what it looks like he will be :)

​​​@@Flammewar, in terms of world building, without spoiling anything in particular, Berserk was the biggest inspiration to the Souls franchise. And if I say it inspired Dark Souls, I mean it's a carbon copy of the world, lore and all. Berserk singlehandedly became the prime groundwork for every modern dark fantasy without many authors writing in the genre even realizing.

I cry very, very, easily so this is going to be fun 😬

Trauma is my favorite!

@@booksandtropes graphic trauma lol. Oda gives us the blessing of not being graphic at least

@@Rumham729 All types of trauma! I'm in a constant struggle with myself whether I want to see the characters I love happy or to see them suffer lol

oh trauma is my favorite the more soul crushing the better... and I cry very easily so this is going to be fun :)

@@booksandtropes would be here for the ride just try to dodge spoilers like you do with Onepiece

Really? because it sounds exactly like my vibe

that is on my list :) I'm going to try squeezing it in between longer series :)

I’ve started monster! Should have the next video for that one up soon But I am enjoying it :)