I like the theory of the godhand punishing Griffith. Still, I think instead of killing him they would revoke his demon powers and revert him back to his crippled physical body. Once he regains his humanity it could be interesting to see him actualise after all he's done.
This would be the perfect ending. It's obvious that Griffith still retain some of his human emotions (pride and some sort of affection for Casca), and I think that will be his downfall. At some point, I see him going against the godhand's will thinking that he's more powerful than them, maybe indrectly helped by Guts in some way (Guts adds unpredictability into the mix, thus why the godhands cannot forecast that) and then, they punish him for his actions by making immortal but with his crippled useless body. God, I even see some fucked up shit like being immortal but let his body rotten a la Death Becomes Her.
@@marcoc7388I’m not sure what the other 3 are doing but I feel Void and Femto will betray the shit out of each other. They both seem like the scheming types with loyalty to only themselves and no one else.
BREAKING NEWS: Miura's best friend announced he is finishing the series! He's had in-depth conversations with Miura about how the story will end and he said he will only do the chapters he and Miura talked about so as not to change anything from Miura's vision.
Breaking news part 2 2 new chapters have been brought out (chapter 365 and 366) The drawing quality has dropped but only a little, if Miuras drawing is a full 100 points Kouji's drawing abilitys are a 95, its still fucking beautiful
Not only that, but the artists that worked with Miura also have the basic pointers for the characters (kind of like a character bible) and decided they could continue the series after discussing it for roughly a year and preparing for it. Mr. Kouji Mori reported that they may be skipping some details, but the overall story was laid down.
@@Arthur-tv2gz It’s the same people that were already working with Miura. They are alumni of him and their former assistants. They had been working on the manga (and their own manga, Duranki) for a long time now. It looks similar because they have already been doing work on Berserk. I feel a lot of fans were extra critical without knowing this due to confirmation bias.
Berserk implies that when someone make the pact with the godhand and dies/lose your power you get restored to the form you had before you made the pact. So if Griffith loses his power he’s just gonna turn into the form he took at the end of golden age
If Guts *DOES* die, his Dragonslayer better get the top spot at the Hill Of Sword, as a near-votive object! I'm sure Rickert & Erica will tend to its upkeep, with no complaints.
Miura was probably following some sort of path described by Nietzsche, which would include Guts' triumph over his own resentment, and a love of his fate (life affirmation). I just don't know how the story would get there. My corniest idea was imagining Femto and Guts killing the idea of evil together and Femto saying "that was my plan the entire time." And then they both go retrieve the band of the hawk members from hell and eat ice-cream singing "Tell me Why" by Penpals
I think Femto is a replacement for Void, we see in the flashback from the Berserker armor that Void was inducted into a God Hand of different members. I know the timeline is alittle off but Femto being the final member could be the next head, hence why he has his own kingdom. If the theories are correct, Void sacrificed Gieseric’s whole kingdom to be where he is where Griffith only sacrificed his army which he has rebuilt and created a kingdom. Guts will realize that the moonlight boy and Griffith share a body, and will hold off on swinging the sword, he’ll be conflicted and Skull Knight will try to tell him to kill the boy, they’ll duel with a possible draw or Guts beating him but not killing him (if he can even die) and will tell him he’ll figure out a way to separate the child from Griffith, and then SK can do what he wishes with the God Hand after. We’ve been shown that Guts is starting to put protection and preservation of what he has above mindless revenge, and Skull Knight is a walking talking representation of what will happen to him if he continues to fight. Guts decided to walk his own path when he dueled Griffith to walk away, he’ll duel SK to pull away from his revenge. He’ll stay with Casca on Elf Helm where they are mostly at peace, and they’ll struggle and live through hell each night just for the good moments with their child and eachother. Slowly she’ll be able to see him, or if she never does he can still love her and protect her from afar. He’ll come to accept that he couldn’t save Band of the Hawk and it can’t be him that saves Midland. Griffith may sacrifice his kingdom and time will continue on, but Guts will make peace with the past, the present and live for the future. Perhaps if someone kills Griffith, and maybe then the brand will fade from their skin, but I don’t know if it will still be Guts unless he can find a way to get Griffith out from the boy. Maybe realizing he must protect Griffith to protect his son, he will serve under him like Void did to Gieseric, and at the right time or when Griffith pushes too far, Guts will use the beihlet to sacrifice himself to separate his son from Griffith. I don’t know it’s hard to peg, but he can’t continue on swinging his sword forever and killing Griffith will be a step back. Someone else said that maybe they will fight one more time and Guts will destroy Griffith in human form, and will walk away once again showing Griffith that nothing has changed, he still won’t bend his knee to him and that there’s one person in this world that will never submit to him making his Kingdom and power meaningless. I also agree that Griffith being alone, completely isolated from other humans may have been a blessing to provide him his dream but it’s a curse because just like rich people tend to say “what good is money if you don’t have people to enjoy it with?” Griffith has a kingdom but these people idolize and follow a false version of him, where the band of the hawk followed and LOVED him because they believed in him and became a family. If Griffith were to be withered down to a stick with no tongue again, would his followers/soldiers be going to rescue him and take care of him? No. He has no one in his life, he sold his soul and lost his personality and emotions to have a pile of bricks with strangers living in the walls. He has people who worship him because of what they think he can do instead of what they believe he is capable of. He slaughtered the people who loved him and fought for his dream, and the two people closest to him despise him and see who he truly is now. He can feel the echoes of love, warmth and happiness from the boy forever teasing him of what he’ll never experience again.
I saw a theory somewhere that Griffith would repeat what void did and sacrifice the kingdom he built, Falconia in order to give more power to the Godhand and let them manifest in their world
@@pass6749 that’s solid but the only thing is, is Griffith said himself that Guts was the only one to ever make him stray from his dream. When they met at the hill of swords he said he feels nothing and does not worry about losing sight again. The only way I can see him sacrificing his kingdom/dream is to become the head of the GH. People with power only want one thing; more power. Griffith believes he should never bend his knee to anyone else again, I feel he’s letting the GH/ Void teach him about their world, their power and their limitations so that Griffith can overthrow him once he serves no use to him anymore. Muira was a big Star Wars fan, and that’s kinda what Darth Vader was about… and Griffith is a good representation of Anakin/Vader, this beautiful, strong, inspiring and powerful hero who once his personal conflicts got in the way was willing to destroy everyone near him to get what he wants. The only reason Darth Vader doesn’t overthrow palpataine is because he becomes basically tortured husk version of Griffith (as in, losing his limbs, his inspiration, and his confidence in himself) where Griffith has only become more powerful and more “inspiring” to the world and GH members. But who knows, just thank god we’ll find out eventually
I was thinking about this question ," how could Berserk end more tragically than just everyone dying?"-- and came to the idea that tragedies usually hit harder when theres some form of misunderstanding or things didnt have to end the way they did. So what if that night Griffith said he had no friends , wasn't what Griffith actually said--But the God hand altered Casca and Guts perception to get Guts to leave . What if Griffith , did regard casca and guts as his friends-- but the only ones who would know what Griffith actually said would be the princess , someone Casca is in close proximity to right now. What if Griffith knows that his entire life has been carefully manufactured by the god hand , and is just going along with their plans just to have the opportunity to kill them all -- Griffith is awful but I dont think anyone can say he isn't smart . What if Griffith let Guts live just so the person he saw as an equal could be the one to finish him off, which would be incredibly hard now that its clear that Griffith is also fused with Guts child. These are just ideas I thought would make the manga more tragic.
Now this is how you make a theory video. I also love one thing you said: “there’s a difference between wants and needs in a story. You want Griffith to die, but what Griffith needs is his comeuppance..”
My personal crackpot theory is that Guts will jam his Behelit into his eye socket and it will allow him to see causality, allowing him to adequately fight the God Hand.
10 out of 10 video bro. Some very interesting theories and points about the story and its direction. Hopefully they continue the story but guess we have to wait and see
I think the moon child is the key to how it all ends. He shares Griffith's body and they've dropped hints that he also shares his powers, though the child probably isn't really aware of it (yet). I think it would be most fitting for Griffith's comeuppance to happen at the hands of the child of Guts and Casca that he corrupted when he viciously violated her during the eclipse. Much like Voldemort, Griffith will have created the device of his own downfall. The possibilities are endless with that but ultimately I'd like to see it revealed by the moon child removing the brands of sacrifice. Calling it now, my money is on moon child being the key to Griffith's downfall.
@@autumnalgloom5360 pretty sure it's only those who have interacted with demonkind by becoming an apostle / Godhand or by being offered as a sacrifce for one those reincarnations. I'm not sure if people who get killed by apostles go to the vortex too, but I don't think so.
I feel like the ending has to have Griffiths philosophy collapse.Maybe something along the lines of a more powerful and more stoic Guts, not full of rage but calm and composed fighting Griffith in Falconia in front of the apostles and citizens. As the fight continues, the image that Griffith portrays begins to shatter, as he becomes more emotionally unstable and desperate to defeat Guts. As the fight continues support from the Apostles and people sway towards Guts, which continues to break down Griffiths psyche. As he stares at the horrified faces of the Falconia citizens, along with Charlotte that are finally seeing his ugly side, his ego is once again destroyed by Guts. Falling to his knees he breaks down in tears realising the errors of his ways, despite achieving his dream he is still unfulfilled and alone he has lost all of his true friends.He monologues about how much he hates Guts and his guilt from the eclipse all whilst crying like a little boy. Guts slowly walks towards Griffith raising his sword and sticking it into the ground next to Griffith. He says something guts like humorous like "stop being such a baby, the Griffith I knew would...."along with something philosophical that he has learnt from his struggle. Although not forgiving him Guts spares Griffith content with destroying his image. In this moment Griffith sees guts similarly to how every character has seen Griffith in the story so far. Griffith then shouts at Guts as turns his back on him and walks away leaving dragonslayer behind , retiring from his mission of revenge and leaving the story. I feel at this point skull knight should appear to Griffith and enlist his help in destroying the godhand with the war demons. Then right at the end of the story we return to Guts who is an older man living peacefully with Casca and their child which they name Judeau. Theresa should then appear on her mission of revenge and kill Guts by surprise, In his final moments we look back on his life, Guts sees the humour in this being his fate, after everything he survived. He dies with a smile on his face looking up at a starry sky, the final panel him reuniting with the hawks. Thats how I would end it but It really could be anything
Something interesting to see would be Griffith's psyche breaking leading to Griffith using the beherit to sacrifice Falconia (his dream) in a vain effort to defeat guts.
Honestly, I feel as though Casca should have a key role in defining how everything ends. For almost the entirety after the eclipse she was a mad woman and now seeing that she has her mind back is something very crucial. Seeing as Guts main priority is protecting her instead of getting vengeance I feel as though she should be the one to do it somehow (Possibly by killing the moonlight child or some other means). In the process overcoming the regressed pain of the eclipse being able to speak with Guts one final time as he passes trying to save her.
I think they will use the behelit to transport to the Astral plane to fight the God Hand. Griffith will either be trapped dormant inside the Moonlight boy or separated from him somehow. Because Miurua was a Star Wars fan, Griffith may help fight the God Hand and redeem himself.
I love the idea of Griffith helping to fight the godhand but I can’t help but feel like it’ll only be for selfish reasons. I don’t think Griffith can be redeemed n I don’t wanna see him redeemed either unless it’s like thru his death and he regrets everything in his final moments.
I think we're headed up for another elicples-like event on the elf island. I think Serpico will be the one to use the behelit if Farnese dies. Who he could sacrifice IDK.
I feel Griffith will ultimately feel some form of regret. He captured Casca but despite her mark of sacrifice and countless apostles present she is not devoured or torn apart. Griffith has to be shielding her somehow. Which means he is cautiously going back on his sacrifice. Which again could be the greatest taboo for someone in his position. His power is built upon his sacrifice, it might wane thanks to this course of action. Thing is, we have seen with the slug baron, that doing the „right thing“ eventually will not absolve you from you past sins. Similarly the king of midland is technically not punished for his misdeed, but his regret drove him into madness. Griffith will get his come uppence, I wonder if he will feel like he deserves it.
Cheers for the shout out Mugen. I think now that Kouji mori is stepping up to finish his best friend's master piece, we will finally see how this all works out. I feel like we will get the skeleton of berserk and not the full fleshed out story. But - we have everything before that. And I can live with that. Guts deserves his conclusion.
This is a theory that I haven’t thought through all the way, but in some way Guts and Griffith have a confrontation, but Guts chooses to spare him. This causes Griffith to have crisis, like when Guts left the band of the hawk. Griffith has shown he doesn’t react well when when he doesn’t get what he wants. Guts, in this scenario will say something actually similar to what you actually said in the video. Griffith will be alone and end up killing himself, because he can’t take being isolated at the top. He will realize that he achieved his dream of being a king, but it is unsatisfying because he’s isolated the one person that he ever saw as someone to care about, guts. This will cause him to willingly kill himself.
I honestly feel like Guts is going to get a bit of a buff to his armor or another powerup to help him survive while in his berserker armor, possibly to slow or halter his blood from spilling out, or to somehow regenerate and close his wounds when he's using the armor similar to Fairy Dust, afterall they are on Elfheim so it wouldn't be too outta the picture. But of course, even this would more than likely push him over the edge and cause his death, but he'd last 10x longer and has a much higher chance of surviving because of it, but the wear and tear of the armor will really get to him in the end.
tuff because it doesnt work like that,the armour canot upgrade itself,only if the high ranking mages on the island can cast a spell on it,but thats also hard because their powers are "good,heavenly and blessed" meanwhile the armour is "cursed and unholy"
@@markokaplic9328 Technically the armor isn't "cursed and unholy" but it does feed on negative emotions and fuels them, not to mention the armorsmith who made the armor is literally on the island too, so I'm sure they'll do something with him.
I don’t have a well constructed theory, but my hope is it ends somewhat similarly to the Gungrave anime. If you haven’t seen that, you may not want to read what I’m about to say and watch it first, it’s incredible and follows a similar basic plot to Berserk. The hero, betrayed and killed by his best friend and fellow gang member, is brought back to life for the sole purpose of revenge. After dismantling his former friend, now Mafia boss’s entire organization, a coup emerges amongst his ranks to take him out. With no one left to defend him, the hero, finally able to exact his revenge…..does the exact opposite and protects him from his pursuers. He has already taken everything from him, all that is left is the helpless shell of a once powerful man. Only the friend he once knew remains., completely humbled and alone. There are tears and remorse as they reminisce on their lives up to this point. They both have nothing left to live for and die together in a blaze of glory fighting together like the good old days with smiles on their faces. I’m not suggesting that Griffith deserves forgiveness or that it should end exactly like this, but I just don’t see Guts arc ending in anything close to something as simple as him killing Griffith. That really goes against his entire progression. Theres needs to be real closure between Guts and Griffith in a way that allows Guts to put aside his hate. Regardless of how exactly it ends, I would bet money on the fact Guts and Griffith will somehow be forced to fight together one last time against a greater threat. That will almost CERTAINLY happen. If you really can’t see that happening, I question if you’ve been reading the same story. I know it will sound real corny, but I can imagine Guts and Griffith ultimately dying on the same battlefield, on the same side, as their Astral bodies move on to meet the original Band of the Hawk…..go on, laugh at me. 😂. You all know it would be damn beautiful.
I always assumed the story had to end with Guts' death because of how it was set up early on. Guts is someone who struggles against his cruel fate, knowing that only hell awaits him if he dies. So I thought that whatever happened along the way, Guts would go to hell in the end. After all, it's where Judeau, Pippin, Gaston, Corkus and everyone else went. While I would like an ending where he somehow gets rid of the brand and is no longer doomed, I feel like that would come across to many people as him having protagonist plot armour, and the ending being too corny and shounenesque. Berserk has been surprisingly lighthearted since the conviction arc (no major character deaths, things seem to be looking up and Guts stops being an asshole) but I don't think we should assume on this basis that the mercilessness of the first two arcs is off the table.
Your theory of Griffith defying the godhand and fighting against them to pursue even grander ambitions is cool, BUT there's a problem witch is Femto is a literal different being than Griffith with different emotions and motivations, we haven't gotten any of Griffiths inner monologue in so many years since he questions whether the emotions are his or from the fetus witch fused with him. Does he only have emotions for a brief moment after transforming from moon light boy ?? either way i think that theory is impossible, Femto sadly is just another god hand member, a pawn in some ways. witch makes him childhood dream so tragic
I obviously don’t know how to end berserk but I really feel like almost non of these comments understand the writing style and themes that miura would use.
I know it's a controversial thing but my theory is that Guts will use the green behelit he's been carrying around. HEAR ME OUT, my theory is that the godhands in berserk works sorta the same way of the gods in american gods. It's the beliefs of humans that creates them, we can see that a set of previous gods existed that look very roman like and they were here during the reign of Gaiseric and Falconia which roman. Void was the first member since he is the god of reason which makes sense since humans will always try to find or make sense of things they don't understand in the world and that's why he is basically the leader and why the other godhands were replaced while he is still there. Our new set of godhands reflects the world/life in the current era of berserk, is basically stages of nihilism. They all get their powers through how influential they were as humans, we see this with Griffith, he was basically a fairytale/an escape from the nihilistic world of berserk, a "light" in this world(the hawk of light). But that's all he is, a dream, nothing else and when the citizen of falconia realize well all their troubles of the real world still exist like the politics in falconia and especially after griffith has gone to the elf island where time passes differently to the real world. I can see him going back and seeing the politicians completely fucking up Falconia politically and morally. SO if the world can't rely on dreams and nihilism is the only thing reigning, What will humanity need? WILLPOWER and Guts is willpower, a walking representation of Nietzche view on Nihilism, "in a world of no absolutes, man shall be able to rise above it and create meaning in their life"(paraphrasing here, don't kill me philosophy buffs out there). Guts will be put in a situation where he will have to use it in one way or another and he will become some sort of godhand(we don't know if all gods have to evil or corrupt or if there is a singular godhand out there) that will defeat all the rest by just sheer influence and in one way defeat griffith by basically outshine his dream. The idea of evil will probably still exist but Willpower will be the reigning belief in the world
Either he kills griffith but dooms the world and himself in the process. Ends up in Eternal hell. Fighting endlessly in the void. Or maybe he doesnt kill griffith, griffith ends up losing his powers instead, and guts saves everyone but dies in the process. Or maybe guts teams up with griffith to take down a greater threat to save the world. Griffith dies in the process, is remembered as a hero. Guts forgives griffith and gives up fighting.
With the excitement of the series ending riding high, I’d like to post my theory for anyone who will read. To keep it as short as possible here it is: Griffith leaves elfheim and time has passed in the real world. When he leaves, casca goes willingly to be with her son, or she is taken by Griffith because the moonlight boy going to see her is a weakness. Guts and co obviously pursue. So In this time skip, with Griffith gone, falconia and humanity has fallen apart. With his kingdom crumbling, Griffith decides to sacrifice falconia to build a better kingdom from the ashes, and becomes femto for all the world to see and rule in fear. Two things can happen for guts at this point: first is he uses the behelit he has had since the beginning to sacrifice the most important thing to him, his sword/rage/beast of darkness- the part of himself that helped him survive his entire life. He then emerges in white armor as the true hawk of light to defeat Griffith, stop the sacrifice and save humanity. With his new powers he can hurt griffiths astral form without harming the moonlight boy, and we get our happy ending which honestly after everything I would love. The other ending is if the idea of evil IS canon. The people see Griffith and guts, and the peoples hopes change the idea of evil to the idea of hope- guts gets the power up to fight Griffith and the godhand and change the world for the better, becoming the true hero we have watching him grow into. There’s probably a lot more that has to happen but that’s the idea. Thank you for reading.
I was with you until guts becoming the hawk of light. If he is going to use the behilit he should 1 sacrifice someone important to him. Maybe casca willingly gives herself in order to stop griffith. Guts should turn into a powerful beast of rage. A wolf like apostle.
@@swordierre9341 I’m more hoping they bring the idea of evil into canon by showing the chapter in a flashback. I’d prefer if the people watching guts fight to save them gives birth to an “idea of hope” that guts gets his power up from to fight the godhand on equal footing.
@@kennethhernandez9243 Yeah i see what you're going for. It makes guts usurp the old idea of hope and suprapss griffith not only in strength but in philosphically. I see the appeal conceptually, but it just goes against the aesthetic of guts. Which to my artistic taste is a sacrifice to large to make. So i respect what ypire going for, but its just too much of an aesthetic u turn.
@@swordierre9341 thanks for the sensible response. Where do you think it’s going? With the last chapter and casca indeed being taken, everything is moving quickly towards an ending. I like reading other theories since we’re all in this together in this final leg of this journey.
There’s the theory that an astral being can be threatened by having their true name said by someone else. I guess it’s possible for Guts to recall Void announcing’Femto!’ during the Eclipse and putting two and two together. I really like this theory but it does seem like a bit of a stretch. There’s also the theory that Femto isn’t complete without Guts and Casca absorbing into him after being devoured by evil beings, though that one seems like a real stretch considering Griffith’s mere decision to sacrifice them is enough. But what if they all escaped the Eclipse? At what point/percentage do sacrifices need to be devoured by evil beings in order to initiate the transformation? Maybe each ceremony has different requirements needed to be met. All I keep reading about though is how the dynamic between Guts, Griffith, and Casca will play out. Sure that's interesting but I have always cared way more about The God Hand (especially Void) and general lore. In an interview Miura left one hint as to where the story will go and he said 'Void'. He named the God Hand after sci-fi novels with names in their titles so maybe a hint is in the book Destination Void.
My question on this is Griffith would want to reach a higher level but because the two sacrifices that means the most to him are still out there may result in his actively going after Guts and Casca. It's either that or Casca deciding to go after Griffith, to avenge the band of the Hawk and more importantly save her child. This would mean Guts has to go after her...I would love for the story to place Guts in the back end and focus on Casca and her becoming the new black swordsman
I don't usually like making theories, but I've been thinking a lot about how to defeat Griffith and I imagined a way to do so without killing him and saving the moonlight child. I don't want to make this post too long, so I will put some details aside. So, in short: Guts and Shierke manage to make Griffith wear the berserker armor and separate his soul from the moonlight child's body. Griffith's soul will be trapped in the armor for all eternity as long as nobody wears it ever again. The bittersweet part of this ending is that Gut's and Casca are still branded and will finish in hell when they die. But, they both accept their fate and will enjoy the time they're left with their son. Again, I tried to keep it really short. If someone is interested, I'll be happy to give more explanations. Have a good day.
From what I’m seeing, there’s way too many parallels from the first arcs that have been set up where we’re at now. Firstly the falconia situation where Griffith is the hero which parallels the original band of the hawk before the eclipse. And guts building a new band of characters that each have aspirations. What I predict is guts will seek out Griffith after recovering in elfhime but find him protected as a hero by his kingdom forcing him to reconsider his revenge plot. After that, Griffith will attempt another even greater eclipse using his whole kingdom as a sacrifice to ascend to the next ‘level’ which gives guts reason to get revenge only now he has to save the kingdom who still reject him as the black swordsman. I think to reach Griffith and stop him. It will cost guts all or most of his comparisons. Like you’ve mentioned, he won’t fully kill Griffith and from there guts can think about breaking his and casca’s curse but I can’t decide how or where that needs to tie in. In terms of the ending, I’d take loads of inspiration from JRR Tolkien’s bitter sweet endings where the characters win but are left massively hurt and with loss. In the end, guts will learn to open up to people by saving the kingdom and loosing everyone around him to learn the value of companionship. Like him recounting to Teresa as you proposed. I’d like instead to see him finally rest by a fire and deliberately leave out any clue of where he goes from there to emphasise the themes of fate and freedom.
I think the ending will be a throwback to the golden age duel between guts and griffith, guts will fight griffith at the end this im sure of (either through some shenanigans making him become stronger or sk bullshit) but he won't kill him, at the end of everything he decides to put griffith behind him and walk away, leaving griffith once again with the realization that even after destroying guts' life he can't control him, left alone utterly beaten and sad as an eternal slave for the idea of evil, after all what's the best way to punish the man who would do anything to be a king than to have him living as a slave. In terms of what happens to skull knight and the rest of the god hand, i think we won't actually see the conclusion to that, berserk is the story of guts and for him to have a happy ending he is going to have to leave the crusade against the god hand behind, i have no idea what will happen when it comes to the whole "void/previous god hand" situation but i don't think we'll see the group completely destroyed, skull knight already had his bad ending and the final way to show this is by just not giving his story an ending, his crusade is eternal and he never gets his peace.
I think there are a few givens: Guts has to give up on revenge or choose to use his violence in order to protect . The Berserker armor has to take a major, irreversible toll on Guts, it will likely cause harm to his companions leading to his renouncing of his vengeance . Guts has to come to terms with Griffith and Casca having an inseverable connection. Rickert will reveal Griffith's past to the Kushans who will use that to create a plan of attack. Guts will fight Grunbeld, likely to protect Rickert. Falconia will collapse likely the result of the War Demons letting loose. Charlotte will learn Griffith raped Casca. Casca will reject Griffith while embracing the moonlight boy. And of course there will be another eclipse which will bring an end to Void in some way. Some feelings that I have: Guts and Griffith will reconcile in some way, likely Guts will accept Griffith as both nemesis and as the man who was his best friend, and all the rage will be replaced by sorrow and he will drop his sword and walk away a final time. Skull Knight will find his own kind of peace in Guts's final actions, he might opt to seal himself and Void away together, locked in an endless struggle against one another, freeing Guts and Casca from the brand. Elfhelm will be the symbol of the real freedom that man should strive for, as the mirror image of Falconia, a true paradise. Zodd will not get the fight he wants, he will continue to wander endlessly. Griffith will return to his pre-femto form with Charlotte taking care of him as Casca did in his vision.
I believe that Guts will ultimately become an astral being comparable to Skull Knight. As seen in the last chapter , Guts getting to the point where he wont be able to physically fight anymore, I see this making him even angrier. He will probably use the Berserker Armor to its fullest extent one last time and die in it (possibly against a very powerful apostle). I just don't see him letting go of revenge on Griffith|/Femto. We will most likely see him be resurrected by Schierke or some other magical way. I also believe this is the only way for him to truly defeat Femto. Casca will never be safe otherwise & I believe Guts will be ready to fully sacrifice his humanity for just that reason. All the while Skull Knight takes the upper hand against the God Hand with his newfound ally.
What if in order to Griffith to attain his full godhand power / stability, all of the branded ones must be sacrificed but he didn't knew that? Think about it, at some point he figure out his powers are slipping while carrying Casca, then the other Godhand members tells him that he need to fulfill his last sacrifices in order to become a full Godhand member, then he rushes to kill Casca while holding her and the Moonlight child suddently takes control over his body and fall on the ground, begging for guts to kill him/Griffith in order to save Casca.
when miura put guts infront of slan and pointed out that the sword is imbued with the blood of the inhumans he already set up a plot device for a possible godhand being killed or harmed , but given his interview and already mass hiatus lays down (miura knows the ending but didn't knew the means) as he pretty much made guts more of forgetting about the revenge when he left the boiling rage still happening inside him , there is a major conflict between his capacity of fighting as being branded and forced to and a major possibility of elfhelm being destroyed so there is no reason for us to think that casualties aren't expected , there is no way anything would get into griffith siding to guts in any way , by placing the moonlight boy inside Griffiths vessel signifies the nerf , but the message of the story is so well rounded to the human nature that all fingers point in guts loosing his humanity in a vengeful but meaningful way of defending those around him , im trying to figure out myself how the story should go , killing Griffith won't destroy the ideea of evil so the bitter sweet sounds like guts finds away to separate the moonchild from Griffith thus in someway using the moonlight child to seal/kill the ideea of evil or the godhand and him dying in the process leaving casca with the child , we know that the godhand is "extremely powerful" we don't have feats yet also gaiseric's eclipse hints that some of the god hand members were slain by him also skull knight could play a role but all of this has to be set up in even more than a complicated way so there is no hint for a primer that would lead this course of action
You know what I think? Given the most recent release of chapter 267, the sluglord's behelit was not destined for Guts, it surely would've come to him given the low point of Casca being taken and utterly unable to even touch Griffith while he took her. Instead of the behelit beckoning, it was the Berserk armor that was. Given Griffith is arming for war against the Kushian empire, and that's where the crew is currently headed, I think Guts is the carrier of the behelit to transfer it over to another warrior of the Kushian empire. I think Zodd will betray Griffith after seeing a possibly stronger foe to Griffith. Guts might be able to step out of it or become Griffith's torture piece by the Kushian user of the behelit to finish torture to Griffith while he is being defeated.
my theory on the ending is that guts will be in the same position as Griffith's vision before the eclipse where he is crippled and living with casca who cares for him. Guts's body will be totally destroyed from the berserker armour and he and cascade will settle down somewhere. For Griffith, this future was unacceptable. his ambition drove him to reject it and sacrifice the band of the hawk. However for Guts, this future is all he has dreamed of. a life where he has finally stop struggling. as for Griffith's ending I think it will mirror his defeat after his dual with guts
This is something I stumbled upon on Reddit, so it's not my theory, but I think it makes a lot of sense and has a degree of merit to it: "The Skull-Knight was going to find out about Griffith's shared body with the moonlight boy, and he would hatch a plan to kill Griffith and strike the Godhand by killing the child. Guts would discover that there would be no way to kill one and spare the other, since they share the same body. He would be faced with an ultimate dilemma: does he sacrifice his own child in order to satiate his desire for revenge against Griffith? Ultimately, no. He would decide not to, and it would represent his moving past his inner darkness, by turning away from the man who has wronged him more than anyone else (while not necessarily forgiving him either). Skull-Knight, however, would not be swayed. He in a way stands for the worst case scenario for what Guts could have become-- an eternal ghost who, in his quest for revenge against the God Hand, lost everything: his love, his humanity, and even his physical body. An eternal revenant that haunts the earth in desire of revenge. Guts would then have to take arms against the Skull-Knight, in order to protect his child and, ironically, Griffith as well. I'm like 90% sure this or something similar to this was going to comprise the final arc of the story. It fits too well not only with the basic story/lore but with the subtext and themes of the manga as well. I'm not sure how it would conclusively end, and where all the characters would individually end up, but I'm fairly confident that this would be the last true struggle for Guts, letting go completely of his hatred. Coming to true peace by putting down the sword and taking off his armor, even if it means letting Griffith win (even though, I'm sure Griffith would have some sort of punishment. Probably something ironic, like getting his kingdom in Falconia only to be utterly bored with it because he can't connect to anyone anymore, perhaps realizing that what he wanted more than his kingdom was to have someone like Guts at his side? The true friend he always had but never realized it in his narcissism?"
getting rid of the godhand = eradication of evil itself. i think it’s likely that skull knight will manipulate gust into becoming someone like him, more people to eventually kill the godhand
Devilman's ending was perfect, because the villain got the most cruel punishment. Not your ordinary "let's chop his head off" Berserk fandom so loves to thing about.
Guts uses the behelit and gets the option to sacrifice and meets the idea of evil and guts kills it or talks to it. But I feel that someone Griffith will loose his powers and the God hand will too, something is going to happen were all the God hand has to go down in a way
I saw an interesting comment saying their theory and it went like this. The theory is that guts will awaken the behelit he has and jam it into his eye socket, he will then be able to see into causality and be able to fight Griffith and the other god hand members on an equal playing field.
I believe femto is tied to the power of belief the more people believe his cause the more powerful he is.i believe guts will expose Griffith to his kingdom showing his true colors thus shattering Griffiths dream leaving him with nothing
The idea of Charlotte using the Behelit to sacrifice Griffith is pretty cool actually. Could be something like she sacrifices what she thinks he is, making him appear as he really is, instead of Knight Jesus. That would ruin his perfect kingdom, wrecking his dream. Perfect set up for him getting mad for the first time and starting the final battle. And being weakened enough for Guts to have a chance.
I think the final ending is going to mirror Griffith vision before he became femto. But instead of casca taking care of a broken Griffith she will be taking care of a broken guts.
Less a final theory and more just an interesting point. The look into the skull knight's past that shows Void and several unknowns, assuming they are other God Hand members that are no longer around it means that they come and go. Thus means there is a way to essentially destroy them. What that method is ks up for debate. Is it that they need to be destroyed first then replaced or are they replaced over time as a cycle?
Wot I think (reasoning/character analysis paragraphs in a comment): 1) Griffith never fully became Femto because Guts and Casca still wear the brand 2) As he sacrificed the happy Band of Hawks, he must sacrifice his utopia and G+C to reach a cosmic level of ambition, an attempt to fully bring hell to earth with Femto as King 3) Protecting Casca and seeking revenge, Guts locks in epic battle with Griffith as the demons in Griffiths army run amock in the city 4) Casca, recovered and recognizing her love for both G+G tries to stop them fighting. 5) Casca uses Moonboy, aided by Schierke, Skull Knight, and Charlotte (who are also holding back the demon threat), to find the last remaining Griffith inside Femto 6) Only Guts can distract Griffith from his ambition, and Moonboy helps Griffith awknowledge the depth of his love for Guts, and he refuses the final sacrifice 7) As potential demons who can't go through the sacrifice get pulled to hell, this sentences Griffith to hell, but he recognizes he sacrificed many others to build his bridge, and that his ambition will never be satisifed, so he is happy to sacrifice himself to hell to save Guts 8) Without a King, demon activity falls and hell retreats from Earth, Skull Knight sacrifices himself to speed up this process 9) Casca and Guts start a family and name moonboy Griffith, while the utopian city Griffith created falls apart due to infighting and lack of a common enemy
Berserk is not a Lovecraftianish (sic) story about how terrible and hopeless the world is (like Devilman) - characters change and find happiness. Each character also has a defining problem that's symbolic for universal real-world struggles, so think in terms of the main characters story arcs, and how they can resolve their defining problems. a) Griffith, as Femto, represents pure unbridled ambition, sacrificing those he loves for his own ends. The utopian city he creates mirrors the idealized band of brothers he created and sacrificed before. There is no foreshadowing of demons returning back to humans, that seems like a one-way street, but there is an example of a potential demon who couldn't perform his sacrifice. Griffith never completed the sacrifice at the Eclipse, and he will be forced too, but first he's being given a taste of the power he will have. Skull Knight tried to stop the Demon King by delaying the sacrifice but another Eclipse must happen. Griffiths arc is to let go of ambition, stop sacrificing others and that can only be done by sacrificing himself for someone else. b) Guts clearly finds happiness in a group, but has some major intimicy issues due to heinous betrayals. He is literally chased by demons, and needs to learn to forgive rather than seek revenge, see the humanity in people, and stop running away due to some vague notion of self-determinancy. He will have a chance to walk away and survive another day solo, but will refuse to, instead staying to protect the group. c) Casca, in my American interpretation, defines herself too much on others. But I think it goes against the rest of the story to think she needs to become self-determined. More likely, she needs to stop seeing idealized versions of the ones she loves and see them for who they are, and accept that she loves both G+G rather than having to pick one or the other. Moonboy is her link to both of them, and through Moonboy Griffiths last link to humanity, across the physical and spritiual planes. To complete her arc she must stop following Griffith or Guts and instead forgive them for their dark sides and get them to reconcile. Griffith and Guts are foils for each other - both representing toxic ways of relating to others. Griffith invites people in and uses them for his own ends. Even when we know who he is, we as the readers are seduced by him. Griffith even explicitly says this - everyone knows what he is capable of, even though his charisma fools us. Guts instead pushes everyone away, despite selflessly helping when he sees others in trouble. He leaves the Band of the Hawk, but he stays to see things through. People fear him at first, but learn to love him when they see what he is capable of. He never gets over his truama enough to let people in. Casca has a healthy way of relating to others, but willfully ignores peoples dark sides. As a allegorical story, these characters represent tendencies that exist inside all of us in one way or another, and to complete the allegory they all need to learn to go against their defining flaw and come together.
i think it could be super likely that but wins zodds favor in the future and he becomes a teammate i also think it could be likely that griffith gets so powerful his power ruins him. kind of like the icarus story. or perhaps he acts out of frustration once again like he did to get the band killed. all we need to do is wait and he will continue to do the work for us and guts won’t need to sacrifice his life to kill him
Guts Squad will find a way to reverse the crimson behelits power and strip Griffith out of his godly aura. The old band of the hawk will come back to life and fight the new band of the hawk in an epic battle. Guts will get back his arm and eye while Griffisu will be weakened. Guts will swing towards Griffith but then stop close before he would split his head in half. Saying he's done with him and is gonna move on. After that Griffith will kill himself... since Griffith is now an emo boy again after his god powers are gone.
I feel like it would be very satisfying to have Griffith lose his godlike powers and for guts to somehow lose the berserk armor. Then for the two to just fight with there normal level of strength and end in a draw where guts chooses to leave Griffith alive and abandon hate. It would also be cool to see Griffith go through a redemption much like the anakin, death Vader story.
I love hearing all these ideas of how the story could end. Personally I think that killing Griffith satisfies some revenge fantasy. Berserk has been moving away from the idea of revenge and the focus on healing for a long time. How would it end? I have no idea! Yes, I think that the moonlight boy needs to be cleaved from the body of Griffith. Could that happen with another eclipse that goes pear shaped? Possibly. Would Guts and co. have something to do with messing up the eclipse? ( I’m looking at you Falconia! ) with the intervention of Rickert and Silat? Possibly. If the eclipse part 3 doesn’t go as planned, Griffith wouldn’t die, he may just go back to not having a physical body….thus separating Femto from the moonlight boy. How would this be achieved? I have no idea…….. Casca would be left in Elfhelm with Farnese to recover from her trauma. Later on the survivors would go back to Elfhelm, with the boy, and try to pick up the pieces…. The end.
@@mugenbop well, I don’t know how many people just want Guts to kill Griffith for what he has done in the past. It is a cathartic moment for the “ bad guy “ to finally receive justice at the hands of the protagonist. I just don’t think that the story is meant to enforce that need for revenge. I call it a fantasy because in real life, we often don’t get the justice for injustice done to us or others. It could be that I’m also a middle aged woman so revenge is not really my thing…..
@@moominkomet Sorry, but Guts eventually fighting against Griffith has been the main crux of the story, and it would be very cheap and anticlimactic if it didn’t happen. Yes, Berserk does explore the idea of finding a life of happiness outside of revenge, but that doesn’t mean that you have to let it go completely. It’s not that he’s let go of revenge, but that there is more to him than just revenge.
@@TheSupaman98 I agree, as I’ve said they do have to go to meet their destiny by thwarting a third eclipse. That can’t happen without conflict. Yes, some characters would be lost. That’s why I said survivors would go back to the island. My point was that I don’t think that Griffith had to be killed out right. Anyway, it’s just an idea and it would be interesting to see if they even continue the series or leave it as is. I’m ok with either.
agreed, I also think the ending would've been a lot more nuanced than just "Griffith dies brutally". Heck, even an ending were they separate Femto from moonlight boy but Guts remains a public villain sounds like an ending to me. That being said, given all the reader goes through and the "struggle", I do see the manga choosing to give us a pure happy ending for once. (Griffith being killed vangefully by Guts tho- I don't think so....Maybe if Griffith committed suicide after he sees people break from his manipulation/spell🤔. I can see that being an end to Griffith that would've been surprising but properly set-up/worked-up-to during the last arc)
I think it will at least end in a way where Guts can finally put down his sword and live a calm and simple life. Whether that’s with Casca and the crew…idk, but I don’t think Guts dying is what will make the story complete
Moonboy is the key. He will sacrifice himself. After that, Caska can´t be with Guts because of her feelings towards Griffith/Moonboy. Guts could be alone once more, or he could loose his heart and become some sort of Skullknight.
To me the most satisfying ideas for how Berserk could end are many. Griffith getting his comeuppance from nature/the four elements being invoked by magic users which may be what can challenge the Godhand’s powers. Charlotte sneaking the Bakiraka into the palace would make sense to get Casca out while Guts, Serpico, Isidro, Puck, Azon, the midland army and the Apostles fight. Guts and Griffith finally speak to each other as people since the hill where Griffith lost those years ago.
I think it's possible that instead of separating Griffith from the boy, the boy might take over. What if femto the God hand member ends up being taken over by the mind of the child in a moment of Griffith being weakened? It seems like every time the egg of the king is used, the 5th god hand member rebuilds a new God hand. Maybe, the boy, given femto's power, rebuilds a new God hand that is less malevolent?
personally there are some ideas that i really liked, however i'd like charlotte to be once again in some way the cause of griffith fall cause with guts casca and rickert she'd be the one to deserve it the most, and honnestly i'd like to see what kind of ruler she might become. for guts and casca either they go live a peacefull life in elfheim (wich is a symbolic death) or really like the idea with théresia but we don't se her decision. for griffith i hope he goes back to his old crippled form before the eclipse then guts bring him to a sanatorium and leave him there alone and forgoten for the rest of his life.
I love the whole “guts ignores Griffith after battle” theory. Reminds me a lot of apocalypse of devilman when Akira just decided ryo isnt worth it n leaves ryo to live in his loneliness. Very fitting ending for Griffith to have everythin he dreamed of stripped away and have him left with nothing but the realization of how much he fucked up
skullchad can see the big events of the future and somewhere near the conviction arc he said the gut is like a fish who doesn't go with the flow of river but goes against it or breaches it or something like that so i don't think that guts will die as a sacrifice and there might be some possiblity that guts would get a serious powerup for his sword (ik i am late) but i don't think that griffith and charolette's father have similarities and hence imo , charolette won't have a significant role in the ending also, provided that the sk's predictions are mostly correct i think that the ending will be jaw dropping and more probably a mindfck one
I like the Idea of Guts defeating Griffith and losing himself because of the Armor. His team manages to get the armor off but he is in a state not unlike Casca so in the future she will care for him as he has cared for her.
I am thinking the direct link to the astro plain and material plain is broken and all the god hands and monsters are pushed out of the material plain. The moon boy gets a chance to live with Caska from Gut's sacrifice.
In the chapter called Back Alley Boy we see Griffith being fed by Casca. Could this be foreshadowing. A warning for Griffith of what will happen if he accepts the Behlits 'gift'.
I want to point out that the blacksmith on the elf island already hit the berserk armor in one of the author’s last characters so the armor could already have the ability to be stronger
My idea on what could happen would be: berserker armor leaves Guts almost dead, the behelit activates. Guts sacrifices moonlight boy. That buffs guts and nerfs Griffith at the same time.
The battle with the Kushian empire might be the one to give way to Griffith's demise. That behelit Guts kept might be meant for a leader of the opposing empire and give rise to an apostle that can defeat Griffith. Zodd might betray Griffith and side with the new apostle. Might not happen, but still could since Guts happened to keep it
I think that if Guts does fight Griffith (and maybe win) that it won't be out of revenge, but in order to protect Casca, as well as his friends. I think Guts has grown too much as a character for him to just give in to revenge. To me, it would feel like taking a massive step backwards, and wouldn't feel like a satisfying ending. I also don't think Guts will die, nor will he be turned into skull knight. Somebody said that Griffith will have his powers taken away and will be returned to his prior state, a shriveled, broken body. I think this is a likely outcome. I do think there will be some tragic elements to the ending, somebody from the main group will probably die (Serpico most likely, maybe even Puck), but I do think that Guts and Casca will be together along with their child, as this has already sort of been teased in the manga. When it comes to the Godhand, I actually think that Griffith will either defeat or become the new leader of the Godhand. This could mean 1 of 2 things, either we get an even more threatening villain then thought possible that needs to be taken down, or Griffith just ascends to such unimaginable power that he destroys himself, obviously it won't be that simple. but something along those lines.
Dude, Idk how I would feel if Puck dies the man who's stuck it out for the long ride with guts. It would really hurt to see him die, especially its to save one from the group
Skull knight been grooming Guts this hole time to kill void. He want Guts to fuck him self up with the beserk armor as the armor will kill him, then he will be a soul trap in the armor with out a body or brand. Zodd even say to skull knight "so you intent to have him follow in your foot steps."
I think the reason why Griffith took Casca away from Elfhelm is because he knows he's vulnerable and will wander towards Casca when he is the moonlight boy, so he brought Casca to Falconia to minimize any damage that could be done to him. So if Guts will kill Griffith then he'd have to kill the moonlight boy
Miura said himself he wants to give berserk a happy ending, that it was have bittersweet seeds but overall happy. This is why he has made so much of it so bleak and harsh, because he wants a payoff thats great and happy to contrast the horrors because he has an overall optimistic view of the real world. A lot of people who say guts will die are misinformed about Miura's writing I believe personally. (could see about guts dying being a rest for him bc he had such a hard life etc)
also Flora said time is a spiral not a circle, I think guts is meant to follow in the footsteps of skull knight but he will correct the ending by saving casca when skull knight couldn't save his lover etc
I think Guts may end up like gow Griffith after being tortured. Just not as bad, but bad enough he will need someone. With him no longer being a "threat" Casca could feel safe around him again. Bittersweet ending with those two. Griffith, death is to quick. Either make him wish for a death that will never come. Or a deal is struck where Griffth agrees to leave them be because of the threat of the moon child. Or due to the other God hand members.
How about this: Guts just let's everything go seeing as how Casca is now. The whole party remains where they are and Griffith through the Moonlight Boy senses that Guts has no space in his heart for him anymore. This triggers Griffith and just like the slug duke before the godhand visit him and ask if he's willing to sacrifice again for even greater power. His whole empire gets branded, he barges to where Guts is but Gits really has nothing anymore for him and with a word Griffith despairs yet again but now with nothing to sacrifice and in turn swallows his fate and gets dragged. Guts and Casca looking at him while Griffith's vision blurs and he sees's them wearing their Band of the Hawk armor and with the original band behind them and Griffith is no more. Moonlight Boy comes in separated from Griffith and they're given the choice to go back to Midland or stay.
whether or not Griffith or Guts love, or die is unimportant. personally, I think an ending with them both dying can be a good ending... but at the end of the day... what matters is the feels...and the message that come with the end. personally I think it's the boy... Casca realizing he is her child... speaks his true name... bringing him out... allowing the boy to choose to sacrifice himself for the sake of humanity... where as the apostles and the god hand a like all sacrificed others for power.... power over life, over making their desires happen... and power over man. be it large or small. but what happens if you sacrifice a demonic demigod ? the Moonlight Boy may show us, he may not.
What if the moonlight boy sacrifices himself to save his dad from having to die, in a horrific brutal fight, like a you won the race wink from the Kid, and it will destroy Gatsu to see the son he was once about to kill, more than willing to die to save him and Casca
I think whats gonna happen is Skull Knight will tell Guts how to weaken the godhand and they will be able to neutralize Griffith so that he regresses back to how he was before the Eclipse happened.
So from a cultural perspective as well as at least from where the imagery and vernacular are concerned, Berserk also draws a lot from a mix of Slavic and Nordic folklore. This is a shot in the dark, but seeing as how the God Hand, while God like, are not truly immortal, assuming the figures in the past visions of king Gaeseric are meant to be former God hand members. This means that while increadibly powerful they are potentially closer to demigods or angelic beings vs truly omnipotent. I had come up with a long diatribe, but instead what I would say is this. I wouldn't be surprised if Berserk has a kind of Ragnarok. We have seem the start of it with the merging of the prime material with the Astral realm to unleash hordes of monsters upon the world. I am more than willing to expand on the theory I just didn't want to leave the full diatribe here.
I firmly believe that Skull knight is King Gaiseric and i firmly believe that King Gaiseric was that eras Femto. If time is a spiral, some conflict happens between Femto and the rest of the godhand and Griffith ends up being the new skull knight.
My theory: Guts will have to make a choice - use his behelit to sacrifice his friends and beat Griffith or to move on his hate and live with them. Leaving Griffith ambitions taking him further and eventually Femto defeats the godhand with Skull Knight(all part of sk plan)
This is the ending I see Guts reaches Casca they begin their escape during it Casca true self comes back fully and it's when Griffith reaches them by this point he is almost separated himself from the moonlight boy yet their fate is tied together. Guts and Griffith begin to fight but it's obvious Griffith is only toying with Guts meanwhile Casca sees the moonlight boy as the fight goes on and Guts is at the verge of loosing his life Casca is presented with the impossible decision let Guts die or kill the moonlight boy and it fades to black as she tears and sees a sword. Cuts to Casca at an old age leaving it inconclusive so that the reader decides.
I don't think Guts and Femto are going to fight to the death. I think the Void is going to take Femto's abilities away and he reverts back to the way he was before he created the Eclipse; mangled and broken the way Guts found him. Guts will temporarily give in to the darkness within him, combined with the power of the Berserk Armor and kill the God hand himself. The fight to become a normal human again will be a struggle - Blahblablablahblah - he returns to normal, But decides to leave Griffith alive in a dark cell for the rest of his miserable life as a physically broken man who now has his ability to feel bad again as he constantly thinks how he had the power of a god on the verge of getting his own kingdom and now is back to where he was... Forever. And of course Casca can finally look at Guts again without having a meltdown because seeing Griffith in his pitiful state again, forever to live a life of misery as opposed to the life of love he had from all his comrades before he had them all gruesomely killed, brings closure to her mind at last; Because in the end, the quest for Revenge makes you crazy and miserable (as we've seen with Guts *Several* times) and does nothing for you, justice is the one true thing that will heal this world and it's people. Also Isidro would be the new wielder of the Dragon Blade. Please feel free to criticize.
I like the theory of the godhand punishing Griffith. Still, I think instead of killing him they would revoke his demon powers and revert him back to his crippled physical body. Once he regains his humanity it could be interesting to see him actualise after all he's done.
This would be the perfect ending. It's obvious that Griffith still retain some of his human emotions (pride and some sort of affection for Casca), and I think that will be his downfall. At some point, I see him going against the godhand's will thinking that he's more powerful than them, maybe indrectly helped by Guts in some way (Guts adds unpredictability into the mix, thus why the godhands cannot forecast that) and then, they punish him for his actions by making immortal but with his crippled useless body. God, I even see some fucked up shit like being immortal but let his body rotten a la Death Becomes Her.
@@marcoc7388that would be a depressing death ngl
@@marcoc7388I’m not sure what the other 3 are doing but I feel Void and Femto will betray the shit out of each other. They both seem like the scheming types with loyalty to only themselves and no one else.
BREAKING NEWS: Miura's best friend announced he is finishing the series! He's had in-depth conversations with Miura about how the story will end and he said he will only do the chapters he and Miura talked about so as not to change anything from Miura's vision.
Breaking news part 2
2 new chapters have been brought out (chapter 365 and 366)
The drawing quality has dropped but only a little, if Miuras drawing is a full 100 points Kouji's drawing abilitys are a 95, its still fucking beautiful
@@Arthur-tv2gz kouji isnt drawing the chapters, miuras studio assistants are. kouji probably helps with the storyboards.
@@RaZn-Gurifisu Really? im sorry then
Not only that, but the artists that worked with Miura also have the basic pointers for the characters (kind of like a character bible) and decided they could continue the series after discussing it for roughly a year and preparing for it. Mr. Kouji Mori reported that they may be skipping some details, but the overall story was laid down.
@@Arthur-tv2gz It’s the same people that were already working with Miura. They are alumni of him and their former assistants. They had been working on the manga (and their own manga, Duranki) for a long time now. It looks similar because they have already been doing work on Berserk.
I feel a lot of fans were extra critical without knowing this due to confirmation bias.
Berserk implies that when someone make the pact with the godhand and dies/lose your power you get restored to the form you had before you made the pact. So if Griffith loses his power he’s just gonna turn into the form he took at the end of golden age
If Guts *DOES* die, his Dragonslayer better get the top spot at the Hill Of Sword, as a near-votive object! I'm sure Rickert & Erica will tend to its upkeep, with no complaints.
What if rickert can’t pick it up lol
@@AloysiusDsouza-qm5ud He can manage it. Young man has put on some muscle!
Miura was probably following some sort of path described by Nietzsche, which would include Guts' triumph over his own resentment, and a love of his fate (life affirmation). I just don't know how the story would get there.
My corniest idea was imagining Femto and Guts killing the idea of evil together and Femto saying "that was my plan the entire time." And then they both go retrieve the band of the hawk members from hell and eat ice-cream singing "Tell me Why" by Penpals
Bro what? Mfer talking philosophy then one of the wildest head-canons I’ve heard.
@@DavisonVoices funniest shit I’ve ever seen, no cap.
Guts would then castrate Griffith calmly, without any resentment.
Al I can hear In my head is
Tell me why tell me why tel me why tell me why
I think Femto is a replacement for Void, we see in the flashback from the Berserker armor that Void was inducted into a God Hand of different members. I know the timeline is alittle off but Femto being the final member could be the next head, hence why he has his own kingdom. If the theories are correct, Void sacrificed Gieseric’s whole kingdom to be where he is where Griffith only sacrificed his army which he has rebuilt and created a kingdom.
Guts will realize that the moonlight boy and Griffith share a body, and will hold off on swinging the sword, he’ll be conflicted and Skull Knight will try to tell him to kill the boy, they’ll duel with a possible draw or Guts beating him but not killing him (if he can even die) and will tell him he’ll figure out a way to separate the child from Griffith, and then SK can do what he wishes with the God Hand after. We’ve been shown that Guts is starting to put protection and preservation of what he has above mindless revenge, and Skull Knight is a walking talking representation of what will happen to him if he continues to fight. Guts decided to walk his own path when he dueled Griffith to walk away, he’ll duel SK to pull away from his revenge. He’ll stay with Casca on Elf Helm where they are mostly at peace, and they’ll struggle and live through hell each night just for the good moments with their child and eachother. Slowly she’ll be able to see him, or if she never does he can still love her and protect her from afar. He’ll come to accept that he couldn’t save Band of the Hawk and it can’t be him that saves Midland. Griffith may sacrifice his kingdom and time will continue on, but Guts will make peace with the past, the present and live for the future.
Perhaps if someone kills Griffith, and maybe then the brand will fade from their skin, but I don’t know if it will still be Guts unless he can find a way to get Griffith out from the boy.
Maybe realizing he must protect Griffith to protect his son, he will serve under him like Void did to Gieseric, and at the right time or when Griffith pushes too far, Guts will use the beihlet to sacrifice himself to separate his son from Griffith. I don’t know it’s hard to peg, but he can’t continue on swinging his sword forever and killing Griffith will be a step back.
Someone else said that maybe they will fight one more time and Guts will destroy Griffith in human form, and will walk away once again showing Griffith that nothing has changed, he still won’t bend his knee to him and that there’s one person in this world that will never submit to him making his Kingdom and power meaningless. I also agree that Griffith being alone, completely isolated from other humans may have been a blessing to provide him his dream but it’s a curse because just like rich people tend to say “what good is money if you don’t have people to enjoy it with?”
Griffith has a kingdom but these people idolize and follow a false version of him, where the band of the hawk followed and LOVED him because they believed in him and became a family. If Griffith were to be withered down to a stick with no tongue again, would his followers/soldiers be going to rescue him and take care of him? No. He has no one in his life, he sold his soul and lost his personality and emotions to have a pile of bricks with strangers living in the walls. He has people who worship him because of what they think he can do instead of what they believe he is capable of. He slaughtered the people who loved him and fought for his dream, and the two people closest to him despise him and see who he truly is now. He can feel the echoes of love, warmth and happiness from the boy forever teasing him of what he’ll never experience again.
Solid theory mate
I saw a theory somewhere that Griffith would repeat what void did and sacrifice the kingdom he built, Falconia in order to give more power to the Godhand and let them manifest in their world
@@pass6749 that’s solid but the only thing is, is Griffith said himself that Guts was the only one to ever make him stray from his dream. When they met at the hill of swords he said he feels nothing and does not worry about losing sight again. The only way I can see him sacrificing his kingdom/dream is to become the head of the GH. People with power only want one thing; more power. Griffith believes he should never bend his knee to anyone else again, I feel he’s letting the GH/ Void teach him about their world, their power and their limitations so that Griffith can overthrow him once he serves no use to him anymore. Muira was a big Star Wars fan, and that’s kinda what Darth Vader was about… and Griffith is a good representation of Anakin/Vader, this beautiful, strong, inspiring and powerful hero who once his personal conflicts got in the way was willing to destroy everyone near him to get what he wants. The only reason Darth Vader doesn’t overthrow palpataine is because he becomes basically tortured husk version of Griffith (as in, losing his limbs, his inspiration, and his confidence in himself) where Griffith has only become more powerful and more “inspiring” to the world and GH members.
But who knows, just thank god we’ll find out eventually
I was thinking about this question ," how could Berserk end more tragically than just everyone dying?"-- and came to the idea that tragedies usually hit harder when theres some form of misunderstanding or things didnt have to end the way they did.
So what if that night Griffith said he had no friends , wasn't what Griffith actually said--But the God hand altered Casca and Guts perception to get Guts to leave .
What if Griffith , did regard casca and guts as his friends-- but the only ones who would know what Griffith actually said would be the princess , someone Casca is in close proximity to right now.
What if Griffith knows that his entire life has been carefully manufactured by the god hand , and is just going along with their plans just to have the opportunity to kill them all -- Griffith is awful but I dont think anyone can say he isn't smart .
What if Griffith let Guts live just so the person he saw as an equal could be the one to finish him off, which would be incredibly hard now that its clear that Griffith is also fused with Guts child.
These are just ideas I thought would make the manga more tragic.
Now this is how you make a theory video. I also love one thing you said: “there’s a difference between wants and needs in a story. You want Griffith to die, but what Griffith needs is his comeuppance..”
My personal crackpot theory is that Guts will jam his Behelit into his eye socket and it will allow him to see causality, allowing him to adequately fight the God Hand.
Its actually a good theory
That’s metal af
That would be the Hardest thing ever created by mankind
That would be one of the coldest and most badass things ever drawn in mankind
Holy fuck that sounds absolutely sick you're like the only person I've ever seen coming up with this idea damn
10 out of 10 video bro. Some very interesting theories and points about the story and its direction. Hopefully they continue the story but guess we have to wait and see
Thanks mate, let’s wait and see ✌🏻
I think the moon child is the key to how it all ends. He shares Griffith's body and they've dropped hints that he also shares his powers, though the child probably isn't really aware of it (yet). I think it would be most fitting for Griffith's comeuppance to happen at the hands of the child of Guts and Casca that he corrupted when he viciously violated her during the eclipse. Much like Voldemort, Griffith will have created the device of his own downfall. The possibilities are endless with that but ultimately I'd like to see it revealed by the moon child removing the brands of sacrifice. Calling it now, my money is on moon child being the key to Griffith's downfall.
Especially considering how impactful cascas (rpe) was. I think that moment of evil will turn around to bite him (i.e guts child)
Guts died in the eclipse with everyone else, and now he is living in hell and everyone else is living his/hers own hell
That is kinda mind blowing actually
I like it. But skull knight exists solely to stop this ending. In fact, he might have killed four godhands already.
The ending for berserk needs to have Guts and Casca to remove the brand of sacrifice, otherwise they'll both go to hell when they die.
@@noxturn8620 Do we really know if people without the brand of sacrifice will NOT end up in hell? Maybe it’s just everybody.
@@autumnalgloom5360 pretty sure it's only those who have interacted with demonkind by becoming an apostle / Godhand or by being offered as a sacrifce for one those reincarnations. I'm not sure if people who get killed by apostles go to the vortex too, but I don't think so.
I feel like the ending has to have Griffiths philosophy collapse.Maybe something along the lines of a more powerful and more stoic Guts, not full of rage but calm and composed fighting Griffith in Falconia in front of the apostles and citizens. As the fight continues, the image that Griffith portrays begins to shatter, as he becomes more emotionally unstable and desperate to defeat Guts. As the fight continues support from the Apostles and people sway towards Guts, which continues to break down Griffiths psyche. As he stares at the horrified faces of the Falconia citizens, along with Charlotte that are finally seeing his ugly side, his ego is once again destroyed by Guts. Falling to his knees he breaks down in tears realising the errors of his ways, despite achieving his dream he is still unfulfilled and alone he has lost all of his true friends.He monologues about how much he hates Guts and his guilt from the eclipse all whilst crying like a little boy. Guts slowly walks towards Griffith raising his sword and sticking it into the ground next to Griffith. He says something guts like humorous like "stop being such a baby, the Griffith I knew would...."along with something philosophical that he has learnt from his struggle. Although not forgiving him Guts spares Griffith content with destroying his image. In this moment Griffith sees guts similarly to how every character has seen Griffith in the story so far. Griffith then shouts at Guts as turns his back on him and walks away leaving dragonslayer behind , retiring from his mission of revenge and leaving the story. I feel at this point skull knight should appear to Griffith and enlist his help in destroying the godhand with the war demons. Then right at the end of the story we return to Guts who is an older man living peacefully with Casca and their child which they name Judeau. Theresa should then appear on her mission of revenge and kill Guts by surprise, In his final moments we look back on his life, Guts sees the humour in this being his fate, after everything he survived. He dies with a smile on his face looking up at a starry sky, the final panel him reuniting with the hawks. Thats how I would end it but It really could be anything
I really like this wow. Maybe not guts dying by theresia but the way u described guts and Griffiths final battle sounded amazing
Something interesting to see would be Griffith's psyche breaking leading to Griffith using the beherit to sacrifice Falconia (his dream) in a vain effort to defeat guts.
Honestly, I feel as though Casca should have a key role in defining how everything ends. For almost the entirety after the eclipse she was a mad woman and now seeing that she has her mind back is something very crucial. Seeing as Guts main priority is protecting her instead of getting vengeance I feel as though she should be the one to do it somehow (Possibly by killing the moonlight child or some other means). In the process overcoming the regressed pain of the eclipse being able to speak with Guts one final time as he passes trying to save her.
I think they will use the behelit to transport to the Astral plane to fight the God Hand.
Griffith will either be trapped dormant inside the Moonlight boy or separated from him somehow.
Because Miurua was a Star Wars fan, Griffith may help fight the God Hand and redeem himself.
I love the idea of Griffith helping to fight the godhand but I can’t help but feel like it’ll only be for selfish reasons. I don’t think Griffith can be redeemed n I don’t wanna see him redeemed either unless it’s like thru his death and he regrets everything in his final moments.
Griffiths last words: thank you, friend
I think we're headed up for another elicples-like event on the elf island. I think Serpico will be the one to use the behelit if Farnese dies. Who he could sacrifice IDK.
I feel Griffith will ultimately feel some form of regret. He captured Casca but despite her mark of sacrifice and countless apostles present she is not devoured or torn apart. Griffith has to be shielding her somehow. Which means he is cautiously going back on his sacrifice. Which again could be the greatest taboo for someone in his position. His power is built upon his sacrifice, it might wane thanks to this course of action. Thing is, we have seen with the slug baron, that doing the „right thing“ eventually will not absolve you from you past sins. Similarly the king of midland is technically not punished for his misdeed, but his regret drove him into madness. Griffith will get his come uppence, I wonder if he will feel like he deserves it.
Cheers for the shout out Mugen. I think now that Kouji mori is stepping up to finish his best friend's master piece, we will finally see how this all works out. I feel like we will get the skeleton of berserk and not the full fleshed out story. But - we have everything before that. And I can live with that. Guts deserves his conclusion.
This is a theory that I haven’t thought through all the way, but in some way Guts and Griffith have a confrontation, but Guts chooses to spare him. This causes Griffith to have crisis, like when Guts left the band of the hawk. Griffith has shown he doesn’t react well when when he doesn’t get what he wants. Guts, in this scenario will say something actually similar to what you actually said in the video. Griffith will be alone and end up killing himself, because he can’t take being isolated at the top. He will realize that he achieved his dream of being a king, but it is unsatisfying because he’s isolated the one person that he ever saw as someone to care about, guts. This will cause him to willingly kill himself.
Guts needs to bring up with Griffith about his conversation with the Princess. Like, "I left because of what YOU said to her! Was that a lie?"
Guts waken back up in the band of the hawk In the golden age and realizes he is happy where he is at and decides not to leave.
whoa that would be kinda mind blowing
I honestly feel like Guts is going to get a bit of a buff to his armor or another powerup to help him survive while in his berserker armor, possibly to slow or halter his blood from spilling out, or to somehow regenerate and close his wounds when he's using the armor similar to Fairy Dust, afterall they are on Elfheim so it wouldn't be too outta the picture. But of course, even this would more than likely push him over the edge and cause his death, but he'd last 10x longer and has a much higher chance of surviving because of it, but the wear and tear of the armor will really get to him in the end.
tuff because it doesnt work like that,the armour canot upgrade itself,only if the high ranking mages on the island can cast a spell on it,but thats also hard because their powers are "good,heavenly and blessed" meanwhile the armour is "cursed and unholy"
@@markokaplic9328 Technically the armor isn't "cursed and unholy" but it does feed on negative emotions and fuels them, not to mention the armorsmith who made the armor is literally on the island too, so I'm sure they'll do something with him.
I don’t have a well constructed theory, but my hope is it ends somewhat similarly to the Gungrave anime. If you haven’t seen that, you may not want to read what I’m about to say and watch it first, it’s incredible and follows a similar basic plot to Berserk. The hero, betrayed and killed by his best friend and fellow gang member, is brought back to life for the sole purpose of revenge. After dismantling his former friend, now Mafia boss’s entire organization, a coup emerges amongst his ranks to take him out. With no one left to defend him, the hero, finally able to exact his revenge…..does the exact opposite and protects him from his pursuers. He has already taken everything from him, all that is left is the helpless shell of a once powerful man. Only the friend he once knew remains., completely humbled and alone. There are tears and remorse as they reminisce on their lives up to this point. They both have nothing left to live for and die together in a blaze of glory fighting together like the good old days with smiles on their faces. I’m not suggesting that Griffith deserves forgiveness or that it should end exactly like this, but I just don’t see Guts arc ending in anything close to something as simple as him killing Griffith. That really goes against his entire progression. Theres needs to be real closure between Guts and Griffith in a way that allows Guts to put aside his hate. Regardless of how exactly it ends, I would bet money on the fact Guts and Griffith will somehow be forced to fight together one last time against a greater threat. That will almost CERTAINLY happen. If you really can’t see that happening, I question if you’ve been reading the same story.
I know it will sound real corny, but I can imagine Guts and Griffith ultimately dying on the same battlefield, on the same side, as their Astral bodies move on to meet the original Band of the Hawk…..go on, laugh at me. 😂. You all know it would be damn beautiful.
I always assumed the story had to end with Guts' death because of how it was set up early on. Guts is someone who struggles against his cruel fate, knowing that only hell awaits him if he dies. So I thought that whatever happened along the way, Guts would go to hell in the end. After all, it's where Judeau, Pippin, Gaston, Corkus and everyone else went. While I would like an ending where he somehow gets rid of the brand and is no longer doomed, I feel like that would come across to many people as him having protagonist plot armour, and the ending being too corny and shounenesque. Berserk has been surprisingly lighthearted since the conviction arc (no major character deaths, things seem to be looking up and Guts stops being an asshole) but I don't think we should assume on this basis that the mercilessness of the first two arcs is off the table.
Hard to predict but I believe things were leading to another eclipse, something resembling the memory from the armor.
Your theory of Griffith defying the godhand and fighting against them to pursue even grander ambitions is cool, BUT there's a problem witch is Femto is a literal different being than Griffith with different emotions and motivations, we haven't gotten any of Griffiths inner monologue in so many years since he questions whether the emotions are his or from the fetus witch fused with him. Does he only have emotions for a brief moment after transforming from moon light boy ?? either way i think that theory is impossible, Femto sadly is just another god hand member, a pawn in some ways. witch makes him childhood dream so tragic
Why do you say that? From what I see, Femto is just griffith in a latex suit
i dont think thats true. Yes Femto is a more idealized version of Griffith but hes still pretty much the same
I obviously don’t know how to end berserk but I really feel like almost non of these comments understand the writing style and themes that miura would use.
Yeah felt the same way, all the theories were pretty bad. Although the theory about Charlotte is pretty interesting
Yeah I see you, too hollywood or too cookie cutter, or just both
I know it's a controversial thing but my theory is that Guts will use the green behelit he's been carrying around. HEAR ME OUT, my theory is that the godhands in berserk works sorta the same way of the gods in american gods. It's the beliefs of humans that creates them, we can see that a set of previous gods existed that look very roman like and they were here during the reign of Gaiseric and Falconia which roman. Void was the first member since he is the god of reason which makes sense since humans will always try to find or make sense of things they don't understand in the world and that's why he is basically the leader and why the other godhands were replaced while he is still there. Our new set of godhands reflects the world/life in the current era of berserk, is basically stages of nihilism. They all get their powers through how influential they were as humans, we see this with Griffith, he was basically a fairytale/an escape from the nihilistic world of berserk, a "light" in this world(the hawk of light). But that's all he is, a dream, nothing else and when the citizen of falconia realize well all their troubles of the real world still exist like the politics in falconia and especially after griffith has gone to the elf island where time passes differently to the real world. I can see him going back and seeing the politicians completely fucking up Falconia politically and morally. SO if the world can't rely on dreams and nihilism is the only thing reigning, What will humanity need? WILLPOWER and Guts is willpower, a walking representation of Nietzche view on Nihilism, "in a world of no absolutes, man shall be able to rise above it and create meaning in their life"(paraphrasing here, don't kill me philosophy buffs out there). Guts will be put in a situation where he will have to use it in one way or another and he will become some sort of godhand(we don't know if all gods have to evil or corrupt or if there is a singular godhand out there) that will defeat all the rest by just sheer influence and in one way defeat griffith by basically outshine his dream. The idea of evil will probably still exist but Willpower will be the reigning belief in the world
Either he kills griffith but dooms the world and himself in the process. Ends up in Eternal hell. Fighting endlessly in the void.
Or maybe he doesnt kill griffith, griffith ends up losing his powers instead, and guts saves everyone but dies in the process.
Or maybe guts teams up with griffith to take down a greater threat to save the world. Griffith dies in the process, is remembered as a hero. Guts forgives griffith and gives up fighting.
With the excitement of the series ending riding high, I’d like to post my theory for anyone who will read.
To keep it as short as possible here it is:
Griffith leaves elfheim and time has passed in the real world. When he leaves, casca goes willingly to be with her son, or she is taken by Griffith because the moonlight boy going to see her is a weakness. Guts and co obviously pursue. So In this time skip, with Griffith gone, falconia and humanity has fallen apart. With his kingdom crumbling, Griffith decides to sacrifice falconia to build a better kingdom from the ashes, and becomes femto for all the world to see and rule in fear.
Two things can happen for guts at this point: first is he uses the behelit he has had since the beginning to sacrifice the most important thing to him, his sword/rage/beast of darkness- the part of himself that helped him survive his entire life. He then emerges in white armor as the true hawk of light to defeat Griffith, stop the sacrifice and save humanity. With his new powers he can hurt griffiths astral form without harming the moonlight boy, and we get our happy ending which honestly after everything I would love.
The other ending is if the idea of evil IS canon. The people see Griffith and guts, and the peoples hopes change the idea of evil to the idea of hope- guts gets the power up to fight Griffith and the godhand and change the world for the better, becoming the true hero we have watching him grow into.
There’s probably a lot more that has to happen but that’s the idea.
Thank you for reading.
I was with you until guts becoming the hawk of light. If he is going to use the behilit he should 1 sacrifice someone important to him. Maybe casca willingly gives herself in order to stop griffith. Guts should turn into a powerful beast of rage. A wolf like apostle.
@@swordierre9341 I’m more hoping they bring the idea of evil into canon by showing the chapter in a flashback. I’d prefer if the people watching guts fight to save them gives birth to an “idea of hope” that guts gets his power up from to fight the godhand on equal footing.
@@kennethhernandez9243 Yeah i see what you're going for. It makes guts usurp the old idea of hope and suprapss griffith not only in strength but in philosphically. I see the appeal conceptually, but it just goes against the aesthetic of guts. Which to my artistic taste is a sacrifice to large to make.
So i respect what ypire going for, but its just too much of an aesthetic u turn.
@@swordierre9341 thanks for the sensible response. Where do you think it’s going? With the last chapter and casca indeed being taken, everything is moving quickly towards an ending. I like reading other theories since we’re all in this together in this final leg of this journey.
Pretty good idea.
There’s the theory that an astral being can be threatened by having their true name said by someone else. I guess it’s possible for Guts to recall Void announcing’Femto!’ during the Eclipse and putting two and two together. I really like this theory but it does seem like a bit of a stretch.
There’s also the theory that Femto isn’t complete without Guts and Casca absorbing into him after being devoured by evil beings, though that one seems like a real stretch considering Griffith’s mere decision to sacrifice them is enough. But what if they all escaped the Eclipse? At what point/percentage do sacrifices need to be devoured by evil beings in order to initiate the transformation? Maybe each ceremony has different requirements needed to be met.
All I keep reading about though is how the dynamic between Guts, Griffith, and Casca will play out. Sure that's interesting but I have always cared way more about The God Hand (especially Void) and general lore.
In an interview Miura left one hint as to where the story will go and he said 'Void'. He named the God Hand after sci-fi novels with names in their titles so maybe a hint is in the book Destination Void.
My question on this is Griffith would want to reach a higher level but because the two sacrifices that means the most to him are still out there may result in his actively going after Guts and Casca.
It's either that or Casca deciding to go after Griffith, to avenge the band of the Hawk and more importantly save her child. This would mean Guts has to go after her...I would love for the story to place Guts in the back end and focus on Casca and her becoming the new black swordsman
Oh damn I never considered that; would be beautiful for that to happen and see it play out
Jesus, you just blew my mind with that analogy
I don't usually like making theories, but I've been thinking a lot about how to defeat Griffith and I imagined a way to do so without killing him and saving the moonlight child.
I don't want to make this post too long, so I will put some details aside.
So, in short: Guts and Shierke manage to make Griffith wear the berserker armor and separate his soul from the moonlight child's body. Griffith's soul will be trapped in the armor for all eternity as long as nobody wears it ever again.
The bittersweet part of this ending is that Gut's and Casca are still branded and will finish in hell when they die. But, they both accept their fate and will enjoy the time they're left with their son.
Again, I tried to keep it really short. If someone is interested, I'll be happy to give more explanations.
Have a good day.
From what I’m seeing, there’s way too many parallels from the first arcs that have been set up where we’re at now. Firstly the falconia situation where Griffith is the hero which parallels the original band of the hawk before the eclipse. And guts building a new band of characters that each have aspirations.
What I predict is guts will seek out Griffith after recovering in elfhime but find him protected as a hero by his kingdom forcing him to reconsider his revenge plot. After that, Griffith will attempt another even greater eclipse using his whole kingdom as a sacrifice to ascend to the next ‘level’ which gives guts reason to get revenge only now he has to save the kingdom who still reject him as the black swordsman.
I think to reach Griffith and stop him. It will cost guts all or most of his comparisons. Like you’ve mentioned, he won’t fully kill Griffith and from there guts can think about breaking his and casca’s curse but I can’t decide how or where that needs to tie in. In terms of the ending, I’d take loads of inspiration from JRR Tolkien’s bitter sweet endings where the characters win but are left massively hurt and with loss. In the end, guts will learn to open up to people by saving the kingdom and loosing everyone around him to learn the value of companionship. Like him recounting to Teresa as you proposed. I’d like instead to see him finally rest by a fire and deliberately leave out any clue of where he goes from there to emphasise the themes of fate and freedom.
I think the ending will be a throwback to the golden age duel between guts and griffith, guts will fight griffith at the end this im sure of (either through some shenanigans making him become stronger or sk bullshit) but he won't kill him, at the end of everything he decides to put griffith behind him and walk away, leaving griffith once again with the realization that even after destroying guts' life he can't control him, left alone utterly beaten and sad as an eternal slave for the idea of evil, after all what's the best way to punish the man who would do anything to be a king than to have him living as a slave.
In terms of what happens to skull knight and the rest of the god hand, i think we won't actually see the conclusion to that, berserk is the story of guts and for him to have a happy ending he is going to have to leave the crusade against the god hand behind, i have no idea what will happen when it comes to the whole "void/previous god hand" situation but i don't think we'll see the group completely destroyed, skull knight already had his bad ending and the final way to show this is by just not giving his story an ending, his crusade is eternal and he never gets his peace.
I think there are a few givens: Guts has to give up on revenge or choose to use his violence in order to protect . The Berserker armor has to take a major, irreversible toll on Guts, it will likely cause harm to his companions leading to his renouncing of his vengeance . Guts has to come to terms with Griffith and Casca having an inseverable connection. Rickert will reveal Griffith's past to the Kushans who will use that to create a plan of attack. Guts will fight Grunbeld, likely to protect Rickert. Falconia will collapse likely the result of the War Demons letting loose. Charlotte will learn Griffith raped Casca. Casca will reject Griffith while embracing the moonlight boy. And of course there will be another eclipse which will bring an end to Void in some way.
Some feelings that I have: Guts and Griffith will reconcile in some way, likely Guts will accept Griffith as both nemesis and as the man who was his best friend, and all the rage will be replaced by sorrow and he will drop his sword and walk away a final time. Skull Knight will find his own kind of peace in Guts's final actions, he might opt to seal himself and Void away together, locked in an endless struggle against one another, freeing Guts and Casca from the brand. Elfhelm will be the symbol of the real freedom that man should strive for, as the mirror image of Falconia, a true paradise. Zodd will not get the fight he wants, he will continue to wander endlessly. Griffith will return to his pre-femto form with Charlotte taking care of him as Casca did in his vision.
Pretty cool ending tbh.
I believe that Guts will ultimately become an astral being comparable to Skull Knight. As seen in the last chapter , Guts getting to the point where he wont be able to physically fight anymore, I see this making him even angrier. He will probably use the Berserker Armor to its fullest extent one last time and die in it (possibly against a very powerful apostle). I just don't see him letting go of revenge on Griffith|/Femto. We will most likely see him be resurrected by Schierke or some other magical way. I also believe this is the only way for him to truly defeat Femto. Casca will never be safe otherwise & I believe Guts will be ready to fully sacrifice his humanity for just that reason. All the while Skull Knight takes the upper hand against the God Hand with his newfound ally.
What if in order to Griffith to attain his full godhand power / stability, all of the branded ones must be sacrificed but he didn't knew that? Think about it, at some point he figure out his powers are slipping while carrying Casca, then the other Godhand members tells him that he need to fulfill his last sacrifices in order to become a full Godhand member, then he rushes to kill Casca while holding her and the Moonlight child suddently takes control over his body and fall on the ground, begging for guts to kill him/Griffith in order to save Casca.
I'm gonna say It. Giffith doesn't have to die. As long as his suffering is worse than death I'm happy with it.
when miura put guts infront of slan and pointed out that the sword is imbued with the blood of the inhumans he already set up a plot device for a possible godhand being killed or harmed , but given his interview and already mass hiatus lays down (miura knows the ending but didn't knew the means) as he pretty much made guts more of forgetting about the revenge when he left the boiling rage still happening inside him , there is a major conflict between his capacity of fighting as being branded and forced to and a major possibility of elfhelm being destroyed so there is no reason for us to think that casualties aren't expected , there is no way anything would get into griffith siding to guts in any way , by placing the moonlight boy inside Griffiths vessel signifies the nerf , but the message of the story is so well rounded to the human nature that all fingers point in guts loosing his humanity in a vengeful but meaningful way of defending those around him , im trying to figure out myself how the story should go , killing Griffith won't destroy the ideea of evil
so the bitter sweet sounds like guts finds away to separate the moonchild from Griffith thus in someway using the moonlight child to seal/kill the ideea of evil or the godhand and him dying in the process leaving casca with the child , we know that the godhand is "extremely powerful" we don't have feats yet also gaiseric's eclipse hints that some of the god hand members were slain by him also skull knight could play a role but all of this has to be set up in even more than a complicated way so there is no hint for a primer that would lead this course of action
Nice thumbnail, this will be my wallpaper now.
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6:32 yes he is
You know what I think? Given the most recent release of chapter 267, the sluglord's behelit was not destined for Guts, it surely would've come to him given the low point of Casca being taken and utterly unable to even touch Griffith while he took her. Instead of the behelit beckoning, it was the Berserk armor that was.
Given Griffith is arming for war against the Kushian empire, and that's where the crew is currently headed, I think Guts is the carrier of the behelit to transfer it over to another warrior of the Kushian empire. I think Zodd will betray Griffith after seeing a possibly stronger foe to Griffith. Guts might be able to step out of it or become Griffith's torture piece by the Kushian user of the behelit to finish torture to Griffith while he is being defeated.
my theory on the ending is that guts will be in the same position as Griffith's vision before the eclipse where he is crippled and living with casca who cares for him.
Guts's body will be totally destroyed from the berserker armour and he and cascade will settle down somewhere.
For Griffith, this future was unacceptable. his ambition drove him to reject it and sacrifice the band of the hawk. However for Guts, this future is all he has dreamed of. a life where he has finally stop struggling.
as for Griffith's ending I think it will mirror his defeat after his dual with guts
This is something I stumbled upon on Reddit, so it's not my theory, but I think it makes a lot of sense and has a degree of merit to it:
"The Skull-Knight was going to find out about Griffith's shared body with the moonlight boy, and he would hatch a plan to kill Griffith and strike the Godhand by killing the child. Guts would discover that there would be no way to kill one and spare the other, since they share the same body. He would be faced with an ultimate dilemma: does he sacrifice his own child in order to satiate his desire for revenge against Griffith? Ultimately, no. He would decide not to, and it would represent his moving past his inner darkness, by turning away from the man who has wronged him more than anyone else (while not necessarily forgiving him either). Skull-Knight, however, would not be swayed. He in a way stands for the worst case scenario for what Guts could have become-- an eternal ghost who, in his quest for revenge against the God Hand, lost everything: his love, his humanity, and even his physical body. An eternal revenant that haunts the earth in desire of revenge. Guts would then have to take arms against the Skull-Knight, in order to protect his child and, ironically, Griffith as well.
I'm like 90% sure this or something similar to this was going to comprise the final arc of the story. It fits too well not only with the basic story/lore but with the subtext and themes of the manga as well. I'm not sure how it would conclusively end, and where all the characters would individually end up, but I'm fairly confident that this would be the last true struggle for Guts, letting go completely of his hatred. Coming to true peace by putting down the sword and taking off his armor, even if it means letting Griffith win (even though, I'm sure Griffith would have some sort of punishment. Probably something ironic, like getting his kingdom in Falconia only to be utterly bored with it because he can't connect to anyone anymore, perhaps realizing that what he wanted more than his kingdom was to have someone like Guts at his side? The true friend he always had but never realized it in his narcissism?"
getting rid of the godhand = eradication of evil itself.
i think it’s likely that skull knight will manipulate gust into becoming someone like him, more people to eventually kill the godhand
God Hand members are just pawns and can easily be replaced.
I personally, would want Guts to not fight Griffith again or not care about killing him
I like the idea of Griffith becoming fully human again and then being unable to cope with what he's done and ends up killing himself
I get The Evil Dead vibes when reviewing The Black Swordsman arc. I do wish the ending does not go like Devilman.
Miura said the ending will be happy, so that's now a given.
Devilman's ending was perfect, because the villain got the most cruel punishment. Not your ordinary "let's chop his head off" Berserk fandom so loves to thing about.
Guts uses the behelit and gets the option to sacrifice and meets the idea of evil and guts kills it or talks to it.
But I feel that someone Griffith will loose his powers and the God hand will too, something is going to happen were all the God hand has to go down in a way
I saw an interesting comment saying their theory and it went like this. The theory is that guts will awaken the behelit he has and jam it into his eye socket, he will then be able to see into causality and be able to fight Griffith and the other god hand members on an equal playing field.
I believe femto is tied to the power of belief the more people believe his cause the more powerful he is.i believe guts will expose Griffith to his kingdom showing his true colors thus shattering Griffiths dream leaving him with nothing
The idea of Charlotte using the Behelit to sacrifice Griffith is pretty cool actually. Could be something like she sacrifices what she thinks he is, making him appear as he really is, instead of Knight Jesus. That would ruin his perfect kingdom, wrecking his dream. Perfect set up for him getting mad for the first time and starting the final battle. And being weakened enough for Guts to have a chance.
It would be hilarious if Charlotte sacrificed Griffith
I think the final ending is going to mirror Griffith vision before he became femto. But instead of casca taking care of a broken Griffith she will be taking care of a broken guts.
Less a final theory and more just an interesting point. The look into the skull knight's past that shows Void and several unknowns, assuming they are other God Hand members that are no longer around it means that they come and go. Thus means there is a way to essentially destroy them. What that method is ks up for debate. Is it that they need to be destroyed first then replaced or are they replaced over time as a cycle?
Wot I think (reasoning/character analysis paragraphs in a comment):
1) Griffith never fully became Femto because Guts and Casca still wear the brand
2) As he sacrificed the happy Band of Hawks, he must sacrifice his utopia and G+C to reach a cosmic level of ambition, an attempt to fully bring hell to earth with Femto as King
3) Protecting Casca and seeking revenge, Guts locks in epic battle with Griffith as the demons in Griffiths army run amock in the city
4) Casca, recovered and recognizing her love for both G+G tries to stop them fighting.
5) Casca uses Moonboy, aided by Schierke, Skull Knight, and Charlotte (who are also holding back the demon threat), to find the last remaining Griffith inside Femto
6) Only Guts can distract Griffith from his ambition, and Moonboy helps Griffith awknowledge the depth of his love for Guts, and he refuses the final sacrifice
7) As potential demons who can't go through the sacrifice get pulled to hell, this sentences Griffith to hell, but he recognizes he sacrificed many others to build his bridge, and that his ambition will never be satisifed, so he is happy to sacrifice himself to hell to save Guts
8) Without a King, demon activity falls and hell retreats from Earth, Skull Knight sacrifices himself to speed up this process
9) Casca and Guts start a family and name moonboy Griffith, while the utopian city Griffith created falls apart due to infighting and lack of a common enemy
Berserk is not a Lovecraftianish (sic) story about how terrible and hopeless the world is (like Devilman) - characters change and find happiness. Each character also has a defining problem that's symbolic for universal real-world struggles, so think in terms of the main characters story arcs, and how they can resolve their defining problems.
a) Griffith, as Femto, represents pure unbridled ambition, sacrificing those he loves for his own ends. The utopian city he creates mirrors the idealized band of brothers he created and sacrificed before. There is no foreshadowing of demons returning back to humans, that seems like a one-way street, but there is an example of a potential demon who couldn't perform his sacrifice. Griffith never completed the sacrifice at the Eclipse, and he will be forced too, but first he's being given a taste of the power he will have. Skull Knight tried to stop the Demon King by delaying the sacrifice but another Eclipse must happen. Griffiths arc is to let go of ambition, stop sacrificing others and that can only be done by sacrificing himself for someone else.
b) Guts clearly finds happiness in a group, but has some major intimicy issues due to heinous betrayals. He is literally chased by demons, and needs to learn to forgive rather than seek revenge, see the humanity in people, and stop running away due to some vague notion of self-determinancy. He will have a chance to walk away and survive another day solo, but will refuse to, instead staying to protect the group.
c) Casca, in my American interpretation, defines herself too much on others. But I think it goes against the rest of the story to think she needs to become self-determined. More likely, she needs to stop seeing idealized versions of the ones she loves and see them for who they are, and accept that she loves both G+G rather than having to pick one or the other. Moonboy is her link to both of them, and through Moonboy Griffiths last link to humanity, across the physical and spritiual planes. To complete her arc she must stop following Griffith or Guts and instead forgive them for their dark sides and get them to reconcile.
Griffith and Guts are foils for each other - both representing toxic ways of relating to others. Griffith invites people in and uses them for his own ends. Even when we know who he is, we as the readers are seduced by him. Griffith even explicitly says this - everyone knows what he is capable of, even though his charisma fools us. Guts instead pushes everyone away, despite selflessly helping when he sees others in trouble. He leaves the Band of the Hawk, but he stays to see things through. People fear him at first, but learn to love him when they see what he is capable of. He never gets over his truama enough to let people in. Casca has a healthy way of relating to others, but willfully ignores peoples dark sides.
As a allegorical story, these characters represent tendencies that exist inside all of us in one way or another, and to complete the allegory they all need to learn to go against their defining flaw and come together.
i think it could be super likely that but wins zodds favor in the future and he becomes a teammate
i also think it could be likely that griffith gets so powerful his power ruins him. kind of like the icarus story. or perhaps he acts out of frustration once again like he did to get the band killed. all we need to do is wait and he will continue to do the work for us and guts won’t need to sacrifice his life to kill him
Guts Squad will find a way to reverse the crimson behelits power and strip Griffith out of his godly aura. The old band of the hawk will come back to life and fight the new band of the hawk in an epic battle. Guts will get back his arm and eye while Griffisu will be weakened. Guts will swing towards Griffith but then stop close before he would split his head in half. Saying he's done with him and is gonna move on. After that Griffith will kill himself... since Griffith is now an emo boy again after his god powers are gone.
I feel like it would be very satisfying to have Griffith lose his godlike powers and for guts to somehow lose the berserk armor. Then for the two to just fight with there normal level of strength and end in a draw where guts chooses to leave Griffith alive and abandon hate. It would also be cool to see Griffith go through a redemption much like the anakin, death Vader story.
I love hearing all these ideas of how the story could end. Personally I think that killing Griffith satisfies some revenge fantasy. Berserk has been moving away from the idea of revenge and the focus on healing for a long time. How would it end? I have no idea! Yes, I think that the moonlight boy needs to be cleaved from the body of Griffith. Could that happen with another eclipse that goes pear shaped? Possibly. Would Guts and co. have something to do with messing up the eclipse? ( I’m looking at you Falconia! ) with the intervention of Rickert and Silat? Possibly. If the eclipse part 3 doesn’t go as planned, Griffith wouldn’t die, he may just go back to not having a physical body….thus separating Femto from the moonlight boy. How would this be achieved? I have no idea…….. Casca would be left in Elfhelm with Farnese to recover from her trauma. Later on the survivors would go back to Elfhelm, with the boy, and try to pick up the pieces…. The end.
Interesting, could you expand more on killing Griffith satisfies some revenge fantasy?
@@mugenbop well, I don’t know how many people just want Guts to kill Griffith for what he has done in the past. It is a cathartic moment for the “ bad guy “ to finally receive justice at the hands of the protagonist. I just don’t think that the story is meant to enforce that need for revenge. I call it a fantasy because in real life, we often don’t get the justice for injustice done to us or others. It could be that I’m also a middle aged woman so revenge is not really my thing…..
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Sorry, but Guts eventually fighting against Griffith has been the main crux of the story, and it would be very cheap and anticlimactic if it didn’t happen. Yes, Berserk does explore the idea of finding a life of happiness outside of revenge, but that doesn’t mean that you have to let it go completely. It’s not that he’s let go of revenge, but that there is more to him than just revenge.
@@TheSupaman98 I agree, as I’ve said they do have to go to meet their destiny by thwarting a third eclipse. That can’t happen without conflict. Yes, some characters would be lost. That’s why I said survivors would go back to the island. My point was that I don’t think that Griffith had to be killed out right. Anyway, it’s just an idea and it would be interesting to see if they even continue the series or leave it as is. I’m ok with either.
agreed, I also think the ending would've been a lot more nuanced than just "Griffith dies brutally". Heck, even an ending were they separate Femto from moonlight boy but Guts remains a public villain sounds like an ending to me. That being said, given all the reader goes through and the "struggle", I do see the manga choosing to give us a pure happy ending for once. (Griffith being killed vangefully by Guts tho- I don't think so....Maybe if Griffith committed suicide after he sees people break from his manipulation/spell🤔. I can see that being an end to Griffith that would've been surprising but properly set-up/worked-up-to during the last arc)
Nice ost. Indra is one of the best songs together with Forces
I don’t understand why people hate Griffith... after all the sacrifices he made for... wait!!!!
I think it will at least end in a way where Guts can finally put down his sword and live a calm and simple life. Whether that’s with Casca and the crew…idk, but I don’t think Guts dying is what will make the story complete
Moonboy is the key. He will sacrifice himself. After that, Caska can´t be with Guts because of her feelings towards Griffith/Moonboy. Guts could be alone once more, or he could loose his heart and become some sort of Skullknight.
To me the most satisfying ideas for how Berserk could end are many. Griffith getting his comeuppance from nature/the four elements being invoked by magic users which may be what can challenge the Godhand’s powers. Charlotte sneaking the Bakiraka into the palace would make sense to get Casca out while Guts, Serpico, Isidro, Puck, Azon, the midland army and the Apostles fight. Guts and Griffith finally speak to each other as people since the hill where Griffith lost those years ago.
The kingdom will likely either be destroyed like Gaiseric’s or be heavily impacted by storms of the elements.
I think it's possible that instead of separating Griffith from the boy, the boy might take over. What if femto the God hand member ends up being taken over by the mind of the child in a moment of Griffith being weakened? It seems like every time the egg of the king is used, the 5th god hand member rebuilds a new God hand. Maybe, the boy, given femto's power, rebuilds a new God hand that is less malevolent?
personally there are some ideas that i really liked, however i'd like charlotte to be once again in some way the cause of griffith fall cause with guts casca and rickert she'd be the one to deserve it the most, and honnestly i'd like to see what kind of ruler she might become. for guts and casca either they go live a peacefull life in elfheim (wich is a symbolic death) or really like the idea with théresia but we don't se her decision. for griffith i hope he goes back to his old crippled form before the eclipse then guts bring him to a sanatorium and leave him there alone and forgoten for the rest of his life.
If I had to put money on it I'd say Charlotte would take her own life. She would be able to handle the perfect picture she holds of Griffith.
I would love it Griffith read guts memories and for a moment feel sorry for guts
I love the whole “guts ignores Griffith after battle” theory. Reminds me a lot of apocalypse of devilman when Akira just decided ryo isnt worth it n leaves ryo to live in his loneliness. Very fitting ending for Griffith to have everythin he dreamed of stripped away and have him left with nothing but the realization of how much he fucked up
skullchad can see the big events of the future and somewhere near the conviction arc he said the gut is like a fish who doesn't go with the flow of river but goes against it or breaches it or something like that so i don't think that guts will die as a sacrifice and there might be some possiblity that guts would get a serious powerup for his sword (ik i am late) but i don't think that griffith and charolette's father have similarities and hence imo , charolette won't have a significant role in the ending also, provided that the sk's predictions are mostly correct i think that the ending will be jaw dropping and more probably a mindfck one
I like the Idea of Guts defeating Griffith and losing himself because of the Armor. His team manages to get the armor off but he is in a state not unlike Casca so in the future she will care for him as he has cared for her.
Moonlight Boy has the power of a Godhand member.
I am thinking the direct link to the astro plain and material plain is broken and all the god hands and monsters are pushed out of the material plain. The moon boy gets a chance to live with Caska from Gut's sacrifice.
Casca dies, moon light boy lives, guts looses both eyes
In the chapter called Back Alley Boy we see Griffith being fed by Casca. Could this be foreshadowing. A warning for Griffith of what will happen if he accepts the Behlits 'gift'.
I want to point out that the blacksmith on the elf island already hit the berserk armor in one of the author’s last characters so the armor could already have the ability to be stronger
My idea on what could happen would be: berserker armor leaves Guts almost dead, the behelit activates. Guts sacrifices moonlight boy. That buffs guts and nerfs Griffith at the same time.
I think there us gonna be a arc where they work behind the scenes to cause Griffiths kingdom to fall and he will self destruct again
The battle with the Kushian empire might be the one to give way to Griffith's demise. That behelit Guts kept might be meant for a leader of the opposing empire and give rise to an apostle that can defeat Griffith. Zodd might betray Griffith and side with the new apostle.
Might not happen, but still could since Guts happened to keep it
I think that if Guts does fight Griffith (and maybe win) that it won't be out of revenge, but in order to protect Casca, as well as his friends. I think Guts has grown too much as a character for him to just give in to revenge. To me, it would feel like taking a massive step backwards, and wouldn't feel like a satisfying ending. I also don't think Guts will die, nor will he be turned into skull knight. Somebody said that Griffith will have his powers taken away and will be returned to his prior state, a shriveled, broken body. I think this is a likely outcome. I do think there will be some tragic elements to the ending, somebody from the main group will probably die (Serpico most likely, maybe even Puck), but I do think that Guts and Casca will be together along with their child, as this has already sort of been teased in the manga. When it comes to the Godhand, I actually think that Griffith will either defeat or become the new leader of the Godhand. This could mean 1 of 2 things, either we get an even more threatening villain then thought possible that needs to be taken down, or Griffith just ascends to such unimaginable power that he destroys himself, obviously it won't be that simple. but something along those lines.
Dude, Idk how I would feel if Puck dies the man who's stuck it out for the long ride with guts. It would really hurt to see him die, especially its to save one from the group
Skull knight been grooming Guts this hole time to kill void. He want Guts to fuck him self up with the beserk armor as the armor will kill him, then he will be a soul trap in the armor with out a body or brand. Zodd even say to skull knight "so you intent to have him follow in your foot steps."
It’s sad to see how many of these are wrong with the most recent volumes
I think the reason why Griffith took Casca away from Elfhelm is because he knows he's vulnerable and will wander towards Casca when he is the moonlight boy, so he brought Casca to Falconia to minimize any damage that could be done to him. So if Guts will kill Griffith then he'd have to kill the moonlight boy
Miura said himself he wants to give berserk a happy ending, that it was have bittersweet seeds but overall happy. This is why he has made so much of it so bleak and harsh, because he wants a payoff thats great and happy to contrast the horrors because he has an overall optimistic view of the real world. A lot of people who say guts will die are misinformed about Miura's writing I believe personally. (could see about guts dying being a rest for him bc he had such a hard life etc)
also Flora said time is a spiral not a circle, I think guts is meant to follow in the footsteps of skull knight but he will correct the ending by saving casca when skull knight couldn't save his lover etc
What’s the song at 12:35?
I think Guts may end up like gow Griffith after being tortured. Just not as bad, but bad enough he will need someone. With him no longer being a "threat" Casca could feel safe around him again. Bittersweet ending with those two.
Griffith, death is to quick. Either make him wish for a death that will never come.
Or a deal is struck where Griffth agrees to leave them be because of the threat of the moon child. Or due to the other God hand members.
How about this:
Guts just let's everything go seeing as how Casca is now. The whole party remains where they are and Griffith through the Moonlight Boy senses that Guts has no space in his heart for him anymore. This triggers Griffith and just like the slug duke before the godhand visit him and ask if he's willing to sacrifice again for even greater power.
His whole empire gets branded, he barges to where Guts is but Gits really has nothing anymore for him and with a word Griffith despairs yet again but now with nothing to sacrifice and in turn swallows his fate and gets dragged.
Guts and Casca looking at him while Griffith's vision blurs and he sees's them wearing their Band of the Hawk armor and with the original band behind them and Griffith is no more.
Moonlight Boy comes in separated from Griffith and they're given the choice to go back to Midland or stay.
Guts may not be able to kill Griffith rn but he can destroy his dream
whether or not Griffith or Guts love, or die is unimportant.
personally, I think an ending with them both dying can be a good ending... but at the end of the day... what matters is the feels...and the message that come with the end.
personally I think it's the boy... Casca realizing he is her child... speaks his true name... bringing him out...
allowing the boy to choose to sacrifice himself for the sake of humanity... where as the apostles and the god hand a like all sacrificed others for power.... power over life, over making their desires happen... and power over man. be it large or small.
but what happens if you sacrifice a demonic demigod ?
the Moonlight Boy may show us, he may not.
that was good, your ending was great. SUCKS miura isnt with us anymore ;(
What if the moonlight boy sacrifices himself to save his dad from having to die, in a horrific brutal fight, like a you won the race wink from the Kid, and it will destroy Gatsu to see the son he was once about to kill, more than willing to die to save him and Casca
I think whats gonna happen is Skull Knight will tell Guts how to weaken the godhand and they will be able to neutralize Griffith so that he regresses back to how he was before the Eclipse happened.
So from a cultural perspective as well as at least from where the imagery and vernacular are concerned, Berserk also draws a lot from a mix of Slavic and Nordic folklore.
This is a shot in the dark, but seeing as how the God Hand, while God like, are not truly immortal, assuming the figures in the past visions of king Gaeseric are meant to be former God hand members. This means that while increadibly powerful they are potentially closer to demigods or angelic beings vs truly omnipotent.
I had come up with a long diatribe, but instead what I would say is this. I wouldn't be surprised if Berserk has a kind of Ragnarok. We have seem the start of it with the merging of the prime material with the Astral realm to unleash hordes of monsters upon the world. I am more than willing to expand on the theory I just didn't want to leave the full diatribe here.
Ragnarok in berserk… that’s gonna be considered a real life snuff film
I firmly believe that Skull knight is King Gaiseric and i firmly believe that King Gaiseric was that eras Femto. If time is a spiral, some conflict happens between Femto and the rest of the godhand and Griffith ends up being the new skull knight.
My theory: Guts will have to make a choice - use his behelit to sacrifice his friends and beat Griffith or to move on his hate and live with them. Leaving Griffith ambitions taking him further and eventually Femto defeats the godhand with Skull Knight(all part of sk plan)
This is the ending I see Guts reaches Casca they begin their escape during it Casca true self comes back fully and it's when Griffith reaches them by this point he is almost separated himself from the moonlight boy yet their fate is tied together. Guts and Griffith begin to fight but it's obvious Griffith is only toying with Guts meanwhile Casca sees the moonlight boy as the fight goes on and Guts is at the verge of loosing his life Casca is presented with the impossible decision let Guts die or kill the moonlight boy and it fades to black as she tears and sees a sword. Cuts to Casca at an old age leaving it inconclusive so that the reader decides.
Did they announce that Berserk is back?!
Unfortunately no (not yet) 🤞🏼
I don't think Guts and Femto are going to fight to the death.
I think the Void is going to take Femto's abilities away and he reverts back to the way he was before he created the Eclipse; mangled and broken the way Guts found him.
Guts will temporarily give in to the darkness within him, combined with the power of the Berserk Armor and kill the God hand himself. The fight to become a normal human again will be a struggle - Blahblablablahblah - he returns to normal, But decides to leave Griffith alive in a dark cell for the rest of his miserable life as a physically broken man who now has his ability to feel bad again as he constantly thinks how he had the power of a god on the verge of getting his own kingdom and now is back to where he was... Forever.
And of course Casca can finally look at Guts again without having a meltdown because seeing Griffith in his pitiful state again, forever to live a life of misery as opposed to the life of love he had from all his comrades before he had them all gruesomely killed, brings closure to her mind at last; Because in the end, the quest for Revenge makes you crazy and miserable (as we've seen with Guts *Several* times) and does nothing for you, justice is the one true thing that will heal this world and it's people.
Also Isidro would be the new wielder of the Dragon Blade.
Please feel free to criticize.