the way they end this anime is criminal

It's funny that everyone always asks "Is that how it ends?" considering the answer generally is "no, that's how it begins!". This whole anime series is just a huge advertisement to go buy the manga to find out what happens after this flash back arc.

The most unhinged way to get people to read the manga of all time

Just imagine being someone who saw this episode back in the day and was left dumbfounded by the crazy cliff hanger

I watched this back in 2001 when I was in college. That ending pretty much forced me to seek out and read the manga. Been following it for decades. I was gutted when Miura died. Casca is one of the best female characters in anime. Makes what happens worse. Giffith could have been alright, but so much pride, couldn't acknowledge he had real friends, turned it into weird possessiveness. Judeau was the real one and Pippen was solid.

Was traumatized 20 years ago, still traumatizing today.

Griffith hater club, assemble

The events of the eclipse messed me up pretty bad, but Judeau’s death in particular broke me for a little while. I had to go for a long walk after this episode, I was depressed for a few days.

The last thing Guts' right eye saw before it was closed forever, was Griffith doing that to Casca. The Struggle begins.

griffith didnt just betray his band he betrayed all of us...

The ending is the reason why I started reading Berserk and got me into Manga.

Berserk only get crazier from here. These kids are in for a treat when they get into the manga. All of this is simply to get you into the main story. Guts goes in to real dark places and makes you think about your life and meaning. I love it.

the ending is so abrupt for a reason, it gets you to read the manga. I think it's genius, there's no way you'd watch the entire series, get invested in Guts, Casca and Griffith and not want to read the manga right after the anime.

Berserk Memorial Edition came out last year, it adapts the same from the movies, but with additional scenes, the good thing about this version is that it shows how they are saved from the eclipse

Berserk is the only anime who succesfully made me taste the true feeling of despair, being doomed no matter where you run, where you hide, death will be your only fate. I ve watched this episode sooo many times because this is litterally all the army was just running for their lives, just look how they have been eaten just like candies......

And this is why Kentaro Miura is the master himself. Rest in peace Miura Sensei 🙏🏻

The soundtrack that plays during the parts when the Band of the Hawk are being slaughtered is some of the most haunting, terrifying things I've ever heard.

I remember to watch this episode with my friends and, after it ended, we all just stayed there with no words. Amazing dark fantasy anime.

21:57 “there’s gotta be something more.” I love watching someone lose their soul. 20+years later we’re still waiting. 😂😂

best adaption of the Eclipse ever, the storyboarding and the directing are amazing. The movies' version have some really impressive moments, but the aesthetics and the super franctic pacing... I dunno it's not the same imho, it hasn't got the terrible impact this one has...

jesus, still gives me chills everytime i watch it. are you guys also going to react to the 3 movies?

I love watching people’s reactions to the last three episodes. It had me speechless for two days when I first watched it.

Well at least you four now understand when people say 'We do not talk about the Eclipse '.

No matter how many times I rewatch it, my heart beats with excitement like the first time I watched it

The only reason i even popped this on is to see the reaction to Judeau's death. I cried. What we get here is an edit. Cooool.

the anime is meant to get you to read happy you guys could enjoy this and you should do book breakdowns for it!!

Guts and Griffith are the most compelling characters I’ve ever had the pleasure of reading. After you finish the 97 anime is the best time to start reading the manga.

A channel ran this late at night durning my summer break on tv in the early 2000's when i was like 8-10 ish.... Good times

All my homies hate that GRIFFITH 🤬

Read the manga, it's worth it. The anime ends around chapter 40 or so, the manga is now at chapter 375 (?) The story only now starts, this was just backstory

Great reaction 🙌🏽 berserk is amazing, im glad yall liked it! The manga has a lot of extra stuff and i hope yall enjoy that too🙏🏽

the ending is insane bro I couldn't believe it

No one is the same after reacting to this the first time.

Welcome to the trauma group 🤝

the movie makes this scene so much more graphic!

This is going to get hundreds of thousands over time easily

Oh God, ya'll really made it to the end. Hope you're not as traumatized as the rest of us.

I highly recommended the berserk memorial edition 2021 is better than trilogy movies

The 3rd movie shows you how he got out. But yea your gonna have to read the manga like the rest of us, been reading it for over 20 years now. It will never be the same since Miura died but Mori has been doing a good job with it since they started it again.

The anim that touched my inner most ..made me think of the world in Anim Perspective aspect level .. 😢😢 Whoever the Maker is truely a Legend 🙏🙏🙏

i saw this anime when i was like 15 back in early 2000's and had no idea about the manga. when it was over i was traumatized and heart broken by what they did to the hawks. and i was confused where the story went next or if they stopped it. luckily i quickly discovered the manga and i was glad there was more to the story lol.

Ive always felt like this series taps into something unique. In the sense that Guts, Casca and Griffith are kind of all the main character at the same time. Like the main character of Berserk isnt really one individual, its all of them, and good or bad, its what they have and experience together. Thats the character. Its all of them, and all of us, and thats pretty dope.

i hear the doomshop tape in the back lol dope shit, i love OCCVLT!! banger anima/manga as well.

The last reaction I commented if ye were going to continue with the story...and this answers my question!!! You bought the DVD's AND got a mini Dragonslayer sword! Delighted my brothers and sister 🙏

I kinda like how they ended it. Kinda keeps it a mystery for anime onlys

It truly never gets easier

I'm glad your hands were all on deck watching Casca.

I finished the 1997 anime a couple weeks ago and I remember being so frustrated about the ending and just had to read the manga haha. I'm catching up with the recent chapters now.

That was sick, rly entertaining!

Now watch the ending of the third movie if you want to see how Guts escapes.

Well guys, this has been a journey

The music in this episode is phenomenal. The eng dub version of this episode is more effective...specially guts scream in the end...chillllssss. I will suggest you to read manga first and then watch the other movies. The art in the manga is top notch...animation hasn't been able to match the standard of manga.

Griffiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiith

I was waiting for this reaction and you guys delivered 🔥 I remember when i first watched this episode, i was at a complete loss for words. It still is wild. Griffith gotta die bro.

998th like, always great to see people get sucked into the world of Berserk, hopefully two more people come along and push it to 1k B)

This is my favourite anime of all time personally hit me in the gut ha

Enjoyed your reaction to Broserk😂

Помню когда я смотрел финал бересерка, у меня было такое же лицо как у этих парней

Such a cruel scene, forged into my eyes as a teenager, really hurts whenever you recall this memory. The rage, the will to destroy femboy Griffith myself shall never go in perish. Can't even un-watch this depressing thing in existence.

Berserk is just so damn good

Dont cry because it happened, struggle because its over.

Recently watched this berserk 1997!! ENDING FUCKED ME!!! GOT ME DEPRESSED!!! HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA THIS ANIME IS NOT FINISHED AND TOO LONG!!! IT WAS JUST THE BEGGINING!! MINDBLOWN!! After researching man!!! Knowing what i know now! This anime is fucking lit!!! GENIUS!!! RIP!!!!! MIURA!!!

When i finished this about 2 months ago i felt so empty sad and angry such a painfull end and it got me in the manga too😢

All I can recommend is read the manga, because this is really just the start of the beautiful story

What a series, you all had great reactions and phenomenal theories all the way to the end!!! I hope after the movies that you consider doing updates every few volumes, take your time of course!!! Don't let some people on the internet make you feel pressured to complete something!!! The anime left on a huge cliffhanger, thankfully I read the manga before watching the anime so I can only imagine how confusing this could be, I don't know if the movies provide anything more but I hope for everyone's sake that it does lmao Probably one of the most popular statements "Griffith did nothing wrong" is extremely valid to have a question about and there's multiple answers because it depends on who's saying it There's some people that genuinely believe that Griffith was right in *everything* he did since the Band members that were sacrificed had little value besides being sacrifices to Griffith in the end. There's people who seperate Femto from Griffith and recognize that what Femto did, Griffith was not directly a part of. Of course there's people who just say it ironically because there's plenty of things that Griffith did wrong, this episode and what he did after Guts won his freedom is evidence of this. There's also people who just don't believe what Griffith did is bad It's safer to not associate with people who say Griffith did nothing wrong because you can't immediately tell what context they're saying it in lol

I love this masterpierce, many emotions in same place❤

The person on the right looks like Keira Knightley.

If you watch the dub version the person who voice acted Guts sounds so well. A complete Gigachad 😎👌🏻

Somehow, knowing what happens after, makes this episode even worse. The first time I saw this I was so confused at what was going on. I thought it was horrible. But seeing it again after reading the manga makes it even more disturbing

injustice this is just the beginning. skull knight would've blown everyone's socks off.

This is the ending in the anime, and the beginning in the manga.

This was too crazy! I need more!

Ending music hit way harder than in previous ending episodes.

The eclipse in the movie is 10x worse, in the manga it is 1000x worse, especially Caska's r@pe (it's much more violent and graphic)

You should definitely read the manga, I'd say you should read it from the start. One of the best written manga of all time, even tho The Eclipse is probably the peak of the series, there's still so many goated arcs in the manga with great moments, character development and interactions between characters that are amazing

this is a wild series to react to hahahahaha but gets an instant subscribe

My hands are literally shaking before clicking on this reaction video..💔💔

Now we need more Berserk and you know it

if person on far right had grey/white hair they would look exactly like Griffith lol

Haaiii aii foorces :D

We agree that Skull Knight arrived 2 minutes too late. He could have avoided the rape or at least the end of the rape so that the baby was not contaminated and thus prevented Guts from self-mutilating and Casca from being defiled and going crazy. Damage. All because of that asshole Zodd!

this kind of anime is the kind that u watch alone

Uhg sub...missed out on the 🔥EN voice work

I don't know if it had ever been brought up already also, but there is a huge skipped battle right before the eclipse with an army called the black dog knights. It's definitely worth reading the manga before the eclipse for that battle because it's Guts first true battle fighting against an apostle. It also gives more depth to the weakened state he was in during the eclipse and shows why he didn't have his sword in the eclipse. (I remember back when I watched the anime I always wondered why he only had the knife and not his giant sword lol)

Just recently finished this anime and INSTANTLY had to order the manga, because goddamn...

Guys there is a masterpiece anime called Crying Freeman … I believe it’s 6 episodes… you gonna like it 👍🏼

Read the series . There’s a point where you actually start trusting Griffith again. Whether that be intelligent writing, or because his vision of the world is actually admirable in a way. I can understand why people say Griffith did nothing wrong . But he did wrong. He just did wrong to accomplish a potentially better world. At least in his view . He’s similar to thanos in that way. There must be sacrifices

That get back is gonna be sweet

I watched his blind in 2011 at the age of 22 and had no idea any of this would happen in the last few episodes. Even at that age, this shit was so heavy I felt effed up for days afterward. I just kept thinking about the storyline over and over again.

Wish they can continue the series and see what guys can transform into in order for vengeance

the movies handle the eclipse way better, you see how they get out and escape fate.

Reanimated version shows the full end of this arc and eases into the next one

Nothing could have Prepared me for that...

Not sure if you guys are gonna read this or not but you guys should definitely check out the memorial edition for berserk their 13 episodes and it is basically the golden age arc trilogy just extended and polished in episode format with more scenes that were not featured in the movies Definitely gain a subbed

I really started reading manga just to know what's after. But godamn I shouldn't have restarted it but at the same time too many things are missing like the 10 manga chapters are basically guts fighting demons and figuring out how the behelit and everything works. Also puck is really something

I was probably 14 and i saw back to back first evangelion and then berserk. I was probably traumatized for the rest of my high school years. It was all an accident to having found my dads dvds. This crap had me silent for months. Back in the 90s and you were just left as in" thats it" kind of ending really messed me up.

Griffith all episodes: Cool af! Final episode: Biggest mf of all time in anime history!

haha. Amazing reaction as always :) Don't feel forced to read the manga right away. Do it when you really want to get into it :).

Its continued to anime series berserk 2016-2017 which was on TV in Japan.

u need to see the movies there is more in the end to explain what happened and how he leaves