They definitely like exposed the guys brain like skinned his (void as a human) whole face sewed his eyes removed his lips…god even talking about it is creepy

@jayqueuescontent8075 yes he was in total despair probably ditched his faith or hope in mankind and then made a sacrifice as we see in The Skeleton Knight's flashback

@@mcbdllc2848 0

Void is spongebob in helloween episode

I think it's pieced together that skull knight was gaiseric, and void was the sage who worked with the king, biggest mystery is how the riff between skull knight and void get to such an extreme point, I do hope one day we get a flashback to that, that would be glorious

What if this sh*t isn't fiction?

Amen 🙏

The only Manga that makes me feel truly terrible and lost. What a masterpiece

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@@yongamangculu9505 that is a scary thought.

From a naive perspective, it seems that Griffith is a narcissist of the utmost kind. Narcissists use their relationships with others to obtain narcissistic supply - admiration and attention. Griffith fostered their loyalty and love precisely so that he could obtain narcissistic supply and to eventually abuse them as all narcissists eventually do. The victims of a narcissist have no choice but to love them because of the manipulations of the narcissist, who does not love them in return and ultimately ruins them if they do not distance themselves in time.

@@general_electricsthat’s not necessarily what happened

They could have done that maybe a year earlier.

I seen an article back in the day about how Kentaro would write the story chapter by chapter, he didn't really plan forward but instead he would think of ideas after a chapter (makes sense seeing how the story has close to no plot holes and how far each chapter is released from each other the past couple years). I do hope we get an original explanation though.

@@bigfax24I love skull night so much he is the best character ever. And he is the biggest Chad and such a good person I’m glad he exists

Allegedly it was and his assistants have the framework for the whole story and know how it is supposed to end. They only produced a couple of chapters after he died before stopping though.

@@bigfax24 I saw that as well, but I saw somewhere else that he reached a point where he felt (knew as it turned out) that he would not live to see Berserk completed and started writing ahead until he finished the story itself.

According to his lifelong friend and current director of berserk Miura already had the entire story planned out after the eclipse and had shared it with him. The story is in safe hands and recent chapters have been amazing

Yeah but Slan is thiccc

@@calculatedrage2819 UberCoomer

@@calculatedrage2819 Slan is f@cking gorgeous

You must love hellraiser too then ?

@@calculatedrage2819 Slan is hot but Conrad tho 🥵🥵🥵

Karma at its finest. I love it.

All mangas and animes are following this trend the good darkness and the bad/evil light the evil angels and the good demons or even bad evil god and good misunderstood satan coinsedance!? I think not

@@ghost-writer007 Actually this is nothing new. You never read John Milton? Paradise Lost? Berserk, The Devil Advocate, Lucifer, both the TV Show and the source material of Neil Gaiman. all have a more secular view of religion, and originally in the bible, Satan wasn't an antagonist of God, but an advocate, later writer added more to his character and make good points against God and Heaven, for all the good teachings of Christ, Heaven is not a good place, not if you like your free will and autonomy. So like Berserk. Who are the angels and who are the demons? Or both are the same thing? Also The Idea of Evil is a very old philosophic idea, popularise by Niche, that we created God, not the other way around, also discussing another philosophical ideas like humanity is incapable of living in a totally happy Utopian world, because isn't in our nature, we are selfish, arrogant and violent creatures, everything that we create, is to kill each other, we cant live without pain and misery, Berserk is not doing nothing new, other than Muira giving his own take of this concepts.

Bet: Gaserick went debaucherous because of some relation to the fairy/elf forest witch... locked up the sage for wtv happened & went mad dog mode till the collapse. bet he was constantly revoking destiny that maybe HE wasn't the true "king" who'll untie the lands for whatever matter

@@nassports8 Hope that's true, i'm not a fan of the good guy role that the elves currently have in the story, doesn't fit the themes.

18 years ago... my age.

Pretty sure the Godhand members with Void in the Skull Knight vision were Void’s predecessors, and that ritual was was the ritual that made Void a member of the Godhand. I dunno if that qualifies him as OG technically.

He was SK's right hand man. Void is the last member of the previous god hand, and the first member of the current god hand. The roles are the same, the players change.

​@Etticos he was the last member of that god hand, and the first member of the current god hand. After using the red behelit, the final member of thengod hand will have a normal behelot fall into their ownership. Evidenced by Griffith getting a second, normal behelit. It's hiw the god hand restars for the next cycle.

It's either that. Or there was no Godhand when void transcended his humanity. Like this theory suggests -granted, it could be incorrect-. Maybe the four we saw with void in SK's memory were the manifestations of the four elementals Schierke refers to as gods of the world -Keep in mind that we never see a physical vision of said elementals in the series. Only silhouettes in their elemental construct-. And so, maybe the Godhand was created in response to Gaiseric's actions while he was king. Seemingly disregarding the natural order of the world, and life itself. Maybe they came into existence as guardians in some way. As to keep humanity in check so that another Gaiseric situation doesn't happen again. Of course, non of this is confirmed. But this video does display some compelling evidence to support the theory. It would be a wild narrative. And would fit perfectly in the Berserk universe.

That's the same year I discovered and became a Berserk fan. Nice.

@@katra777 the berserk community is so peaceful compared to other anime communities, I love the wholesomeness. We just want the lore😂

Yeah that blew me away too

Bro that's the year I was born

is it finished?

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Bad news boyos

See you in 50 years

The only thing that gets me is why would he sacrifice the kingdom? The kingdom wasn't his tether to humanity it was the Supreme kings. The holy man's religion is the only thing he had to sacrifice. What if we have it backwards?

@@tim6454 now that is a good question. I think and this is just my theory that he sacrificed his conviction in god. that at the moment of the activation of voids behlet he was having a "father why has thou forsaken me" moment and so became the first dark apostle or angel of the dark god born of human desire. and that like the egg apostle in conviction arc was able to transpose the sacrifice onto all who were in the area because they forsook existence itself. This is also why void has his name and talks of causality is because he is an empty void a person who no connections or convictions other than understanding in causality, like religious nihilism.

@@charlesballiet7074 and these type of interactions are why I love berserk so much. Nobody knows for sure but the mystery makes us discuss our takes on what's being told

@@charlesballiet7074fire theory

@@charlesballiet7074 10 months late, but I think the Father that was an apostle who told the story to Farnese, mentioned that the Sage (Void) was the person who was actually running the kingdom for King Gaiseric, and that he loved his kingdom dearly. In other words, the kingdom itself is what matters to the sage to most like his family, and thus it was used for the sacrifice. Much like the Band of the Hawk is in no blood relation to Griffith, he's always been using them to achieve him own selfish dream, but it was also the most important thing to Griffith as they were basically his family.

Crap, yeah, that fits the themes and spiraling arcs of the series. It's both predictable and surprising, at the same time.

No that makes no sense guts is human he literally means nothing in the grand scope of things. Griffth has been chosen thousands of years b4 the eclipse to be the vanguard for the godhand in the physical realm gits is just a fish who got lucky nothing more hell if it wasn't for skeleton knight (aka the real main protagonist) he would have been DOA mutiple times 1st eclipse 2nd From Slan guts I'd a plot device in his own story 😆

@@mcbdllc2848 zodd and skull knight are legit seen by many as counterparts to guts paths. How are you going to call skull knight the main protagonist then say the character he guided to the berserk armor meaningless. Guts whole thing is implied to be that he could follow a lonely path of skull knight or a vicious path or zodd but he’s developing to follow a path where he relies on others and finish what skull knight couldn’t. He’s not just a meaningless human. That’s literally the point of him lol. He’s the embodiment of struggling against the odds to overcome.

@@Justicejuice179 Guts has a sword that can harm astral beings and Femto incarnate can be hit, so. Yeah I think that matters.

@@nouhorni3229the problem is a sword swing did nothing to Griffith

Yeah, he seems obsessed with idea of enlightment/nirvana, but end up become envoy of darkness/void

That set of Godhand are so intriguing. They seem so much more primal in design, almost prehistoric.

Yeahh the current God Hands looks like a bunch of nerds but it still has a twisted looks

According to this guys those 4 are the elemental kings that love humans and not the previous god hand. Interesting theory.

I wonder if Void possessed a deeper connection/understanding of the flow of causality than his other comrades; maybe he gained a greater power over them as a result and killed them? Or, it could have been a Count situation; they encountered something that reminded them of their days as humans and, even if just for an instant, yearned to cast aside their godly powers and go back then BOOM cast into the Abyss.

Are you sure that was the previous god hand, and not a god hand from the future?

What about the outro lines?

Funny seeing you here! Lol makes sense you like Berserk, true horror fan!

It’s weird because I just got into beserk

Ouuuu good one, never thought of skull knight being from the future

It would have to go back 1000 years since King Gaiseric is a big key to the story and Skull Knight says how fated events are cyclical in nature so it all would still make sense.

If this theory is true and Skull Knight isn't King Gaiseric, Then I theorize that Skull Knight, is Guts, from a future where he gave in to the rage, and lost against Griffith, From a future where Griffith's plan became successful, He returned to make sure that he won't lose, Griffith won't win, and humanity will never have to suffer.

In addition to Skull Knight being possibly being from the future and all of this being a thousand-year occurrence, what if this is a prequel to how King Gaiseric became a king? We know nothing about his origins and how he became this great warrior... what if Guts is actually King Gaiseric? "Guts" could be a cover-up name for plot twisting reasons.@@southindianv1nce662

Giancarlo Esposito or James Earl Jones would be perfect VAs for Void!

Nah Keith David

True, but John Avner is the only Void I know.

That is if Void is actually the high priest, sage or in some translations holy man. It would seem that the story wants us to believe Skull Knight is Gaiseric and Void was the High Priest. But I believe it is a red herring..

@@jenothemississippianofmand5202 agreed. They're obviously linked but I never bought into the Gaiseric/High Priest backstory.

@@jstos3675why? Any wholes?

I think guts is void and Griffith is the skull knight.

Because of Guts. He was the one keeping Griffith anchored in reality, no one else has ever been able to do that.

Honestly I think that he was the same as griffith, he was the NEW godhamd member of the old group, and now he is the oldest of the new group

@@ZaiDrizzleDrop Fair point. Think that's why he has a higher or older status who clearly little bit or maybe younger even by higher or certain demonic status.

That or maybe somehow someone found a way to kill them but void just happened to be too strong

Skull Knight killed them all

i figured it was probably because skull knight killed them. And i also think that void was the one who sacrificed skull knight

You copied this theory from Real Life Ryan KZfaq channel

@@FOREVERAMBIANCE Yeah bro there's no way that more than one person could ever think of the same thing, literally impossible.

@@cryo2156 The likelihood you come up with a LARGE-SCALE (DETAIL ORIENTED) descriptive theory that is word for word the same as Ryan’s is pretty low …. Also he came out with the theory 2 years ago lul buddy

@@FOREVERAMBIANCE so then it's almost as unlikely as you getting a girlfriend?

@@cryo2156 just own up to it bro this is a random hill to die on

Yeah I was thinking something similar, the holy see worships void as the sage and we know gaiseric was knowledgeable of the astral world and such So if there actually is a direct conflict with void opposing the other gods and Gaiseric sharing good relationships with them I wouldn't doubt void tried to weaken peoples believes in them, maybe even killed & replaced them warping magic with his influence The old godhand also just looks less abstract, like one is straight a lion making a cute face

Also griffith is the same as void the fifth, most powerful apparently, member of the god hand Maybe they'll cycle now or griffiths kingdom will be sacrificed for something even bigger

How did you come across the series?

@@scytheviper2748 as in the manga or just in general? The manga I found on a website but years ago I remember seeing clips from the remake of the anime in movie form and thought it looked interesting. When I looked into it I saw there was the original from 1997 and since then I've been meaning to read it and finally started a couple weeks ago.

Don't rush it. Take it slowly.

@slackerofhell My apologies for not seeing you're answer. Don't rush through is probably the best advice you can get, savor every panel. How's the read coming along?

@@slackerofhell take your time because of u read the hole thing up to the current chapter u will get mad and be ready to make a sacrifice for more

I would honestly just read it now and watch these as you go. having some mystery to the characters is what makes them interesting in the story

I agree, I also think that the four beings surrounding void were in fact the godhand at that time and that they are cycled over time wether they are defeated or step down from their position. I also always questioned the skulls in the bottom of the tower of rebirth because sacrifices are eaten by apostles, for all of their branded heads to remain after the ceremony is definitely weird (I know things can be left over from being in the interstice like the human bodies of slayed apostles and body parts of sacrifices, like the lake of blood that was left after the eclipse, still though) definitely need more to go off of

@@xxxdevin247 Fair point . Think their old _ cycled or former God ✋ Hands that step down or were defeated before new or different members were chosen to add to your point.

My head cannon is that the Sage was a close friend of Skull Knight and someone who helped him build the empire, and watched him lose himself to his own beast of darkness to create his perfect kingdom. So when he tried to tell him hes doing things wrong, he gets tortured for who knows how long. Then the sacrifice makes sense. The other 4 dudes were previous God Hand members, and that was going to show they are killable. And Skull Knight got 4. But wasnt able to stop more from being made. Hes a struggler against fate, and the God Hand are Fated to be.

@@williamcortelyou9072 well said I essentially believe in this interpretation, however I didn't think of it a the beast of darkness so that's a new thought, makes sense as he was in the armor during this flashback and likely wore it often before then to gain his reputation

I believe you get a brand on your forehead if your already dead possibly? Maybe he loved the people of the kingdom, or they loved him as a Sage/priest kinda like how everybody loves griffith in falconia who knows

I think skull knight could have killed 4 of the god hand when he fought his way to death using the berserker armour, it's been hinted that Flora has something to do with skull knight being the animation he is now using some sort of taboo magic so she must have found him after which means he drove them off or escaped with him if she was also present in the eclipse

@@stephenallen4635 I could totally imagine Flora helping SK with the berserker armor just like Schierke helps Guts; dive deeper and deeper while retaining his sanity.

Mars Attacks is from 1996 while berserk started in the 80s.

@@therealistintheboot8822 Mars Attacks is based on trading cards from the 1960's.

That is the accurate translation from Japanese. Hawk and Falcon are the same “word”, or Kanji in Japanese. It’s The Band of the Falcon, not Hawk. The reason it’s persisted over the years is because the English translation messed it up a long time ago, and as such it would have been too jarring to suddenly swap. Either works really. Hawks and Falcons are birds of prey, so it comes down to preference on the non Japanese side of things.

@@scoticvsgossage9378 isn't that also true for the words green and blue? I remember hearing that somewhere.

in cambodian. green and blue are the same word

Ack ack

@@Mr.ThunderMan ack at at ack ack at!

Wouldn't the armor have killed him after multiple uses?

@@tuff3jayhe existed in a time where magic creatures were common ofcourse he had help holding back the armour so it doesn't fully consume him and yes he failed at some point and when he died inside the armour it consumed him and he lived his life as a spectre

He did only sometimes

I personally do not think this story is about battle between good and evil, but rather it makes you wonder what is good and what is evil. It's about how life really sucks most of the time. The stronger ones navigate through this mess and finds their way of living, while the weaker ones who cannot see through the madness of the world becomes just another pawn for the powerful. It tells us that the world is connected in ways we would never imagine, and that the things you do can cause a ripple effect that could last for a very long time. Because when you sit down and really think about it, who in this story is actually good at the bottom of their hearts? Every person has their own selfish reasons to move forward. The helpful young witch Schierke actually doesn't want to help, she's just extremely fascinated by Guts and wants to follow him. Her fairy Ivalera is not that kind either, she only cares about the well being of Schierke and nobody else. Farnese is on a constant guilt trip so she's doing everything she can to cleanse her own sin, while Serpico's only purpose is to protect Farnese at all necessary cost, even if it's betrayal. The kid Isidro is getting braver as the story goes, but he never helps anyone not in their group out of his kindness. Puck would literally watch you suffer while he pretends nothing happened. And Guts.... well, this whole story is about Guts getting his revenge, taking anyone and anything down in his way.

Mr Slave for Slan

@@instalockdotde That be would 👀 sweet I agree with both of you.

That would be not as interesting it would take away from the awe and mystery, and it sounds kinda lame

@MCBD*LLC you never once seen the parallels between the first four and never wondered if it happened with the others? and you're entitled to your opinion but it seems for the little we know, femto and void caused skull knight and guts for all we know the others had rivals/friends they crossed in life too.

Doubt it

Lop he wrote himself into a hole

U got to remember there where no apostles when void became a god hand

Maybe Void wanted to know everything,so he sacrificed everything that mattered to him. That's why he's just a brain with a spine right now. He gave it all away: his body, his sight and his free will. Now he KNOWS that free will is just a lie, so he does his job to fasten the end of everything.

Hm idk, the cycle theme is present but just like in reality events do not happen exactly the same, every time small differences happen. I still think skull knight was the king and that the debauchery hes accused of is perhaps greatly exaggerated, losing youre sense can drive you mad (we have sensory deprivation rooms and people that stay in them too long can experience anxiety, weird thoughts, depression and hallucinations now imagine losing them forever) In an insane attempt to get his senses back skull knight mightve done something iredimable to his friend Void and imprisoned him and tortured him, perhaps thats what dove void to go to the deepes levels of the astral world where the idea of evil was present. Im still not sure about the previous 4 who were there before void, they dont look like elements outside of the crystal looking dude which can represent earth idk but this isnt really whats important I dont think griffith abandoned humanity, rather humanity is just a concept, we are animals after all and our selfish atitude is what drives us to get better and make the world better. You can argue that heroes like superman have a selfish drive in their heroism because ive seen supermen in comics end the lives of creatures that dont resemble his definition of inteligence, and whats to say humans dying isnt good for the rest of all living organisms on this planet, also it seems to me that life doesnt have just 2 goals, but 3 which are codependent on one another: multiplication, survival and domination Man im just rambling at this point does any of this even make sense?

Why does everybody call skull knight your majesty

@@emv1309 yes