The Deepest Overpowered Anime Villain - Griffith from Berserk
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ต.ค. 2024
- I discussed overpowered characters for a while, recently from newer shows like escanor from seven deadly sins or all might from hero academia... none are quite the masterpiece like Guts from Berserk and that video took a while to make, im really glad you seemed to enjoy it and I hope you'll enjoy this one just as much if not more, this completes my analysis on the driving force of berserk... this is my overpowered analysis on Griffith... hope you enjoy...
The Most HUMAN Overpowered Main Character - Guts from Berserk: • The Most HUMAN Overpow...
[MANGA SPOILERS]
Follow me on TWITTER: / nux_taku
Plz support via Patreon: / nuxtaku
Nux Taku Merch: teespring.com/...
Edited By TMFilly
Griffith: "Man and monsters are all the same. All equal...ly beneath me."
All humans/monsters are equal. But some are more equal than others.
Blankeye-Sigma Animal Farm, eh?
@@mystic1029 No Animal Crossing
Donovan: “Wrong. They may be beneath you, but for the next 2 hours, you’re gonna be beneath me.”
Griffith: *confused screaming*
@@nosferatu3726 I knew I shouldn't have downloaded that communist game.
Too bad that we'll probably die before Berserk finishes
Justin Y. Lemme tell you about a show called one piece
Or more something that is more likely to happen is that miura himself will die before it can be finished like with the creator of high school of the dead
Justin Y.eet
Unless you're older or unbelievably unfortunate I think it's more likely miura dies before he finishes it
How are you everywhere?!!!
Here's how I see it, Guts has a big ass sowrd and that big ass sword needs to be in Griffiths chest.
It will be but Guts will die doing it that's how it gonna end I feel
Blair Sinclair honestly probably, besides casca I don’t think there’s really anything left for him, he won’t rule anything he’ll probably just drift. If anything he’ll go back to godo and take care of his daughter and pippin. But it’s way too far from being shown
This guy gets it
Spoiler alert: apparently the author wants a happy ending, I mean good luck right?
Raven Whiteduck wondering wtf is the happy ending
All of the problems that Griffith "solved" with the creation and politics of Falconia were originally created by him in the events of the eclipse
Griffith is only a hero by his own artificial dishonest means. He created his own little marionette show and he's pulling the strings with his ghastly powers while he himself is unspeakably wicked.
Guts is true, through and through. He is constantly fighting, kicking and screaming his ass against what seems like an inevitable fate.
Nah Falconia also did things like uniting Midlanders and Kushans, or basically stopping every human vs human fight/war.
@@rdmduckcsgo4125 Long term, I kinda doubt the God Hand have humanities best interests at heart. Think global scale eclipse....
@@rdmduckcsgo4125 and now everyone has to live in falconias reach or get raped by trolls in fantasy shitland
Well you have to have problems to solve it amiright
To defeat Griffith, Guts doesnt need to kill Griffith but his image. All he wanted was his kingdom, take that away and he sacrificed all for naught.
the pen is mightier than the Dragonslayer. If the fairies can get a printing press going to spread the word about griffith, we just might live to see this series end. Not well though. my version of your idea is kinda lame.
#cancelgriffith
@@JonathanPerez-sj7qb lol
@@JonathanPerez-sj7qb it's a joke right
Doesn't that also make everything Guts went through "for naught" as well?
In short, the end justifies the memes.
U a fool lol. This has me dying of laughter haha. Good one.
*distant clang sound effect intensifies*
selfoe even before reading this comment I always thought nux said that😂
This has a deeper meaning if we consider the area 51 meme
No. The memes justify sacrificing all of your friends for ultimate power.
No one has a deeper character narrative than Ramen Guy
Veridian wrong the raping horse has the deepest narrative
exCUsE mE Di d yOu JuST foRgET aBOuT lORd TWigGo sAMa SeNPaI dONo SAn
giob610 who?
Pepper How do you not know the legend lord two he is controlling everything in seven deadly sins.And all other anime
"MY CABBAGES"
~Deepest character ever
Although we all hate Griffith we can't deny the fact that he's a well written character, a perfect villain, and great contrast to Guts
I love him
Ofc, but I hate that guy
@@mansnothot7514 you are a demon
If you hate him then that means Miura did his job well.
@@kenthefele113 exactly 💯
falconia is just another soon to be sacrifice
my thoughts exactly
Why he’s already a god hand
@Tornike Tvalchrelidze Doesn't matter what Nux says when literally Guts states that Griffith always goes for bigger heights and that his dream of his country won't satisfy him.
@@robogecko8928 3:29
Falconia is...... A GIANT TRANSMUTATION CIRCLE?!
The question rises, is Griffith actually happy with being a God Hand? Because a character like him usually aims for higher. Would not be surprised if he someday turns against the other 4.
That I'd like to see. He kills the other 4 godhand, including "god" himself to ascend as the most powerful supernatural being.
Idk man, i don't think femto would ever be able to kill void. He's like the god hand leader
I think we know how the story of the revolutionary hubris filled deity rebelling against his God
@@ausphere_7397 with miura gone, there's no way in hell that's happening
"But look at falconia! Griffith cares for everyone and he will even sacrifice his comrades to keep the world safe" there's only 1 problem, well 2 actually, 1st the world needed falconia to be safe from what griffith brought to the world, and 2nd, his objective is probably to become god, i don't believe for a second he's happy where he is, HE'S GRIFFITH! HE'S NEVER HAPPY WHERE HE IS! If he could sacrifice falconia or even the entire world just to reach his next objective he would do it, so, if the end justifies the means, it doesn't apply to griffith because he has no real end, also he's become completely evil, yeah guys, he joined the godhand and left behind all his human emotions (even anger, yet he still raped casca for no reason) so he can't be good, he might have been before but not anymore
FINALLY! Everyone keeps forgetting he cause all this shit BY sacrificing his allies. He is a fireman that starts a fire just to be seen as a hero. So he has Hero Syndrome cranked up to 100. He wanted to be seen as a savoir and have his own kingdom so he unleashed hell on earth. Then he executed all the witches because they had a chance to stop him. And this is explained perfectly an chapter 345. The only place where everyone is safe from everything HE CAUSED is in HIS kingdom, and Guts knows Griffith has no end. Him having a kingdom is just another step.
I'm all for people seeking power just for the sake of power, but don't drag everyone else in your obsessions.
FINALLY SOMEONE says something that makes me happy .
and lets not forget that these apostles his beloved army have all became so by sacrificing something or someone and they would jump on humans right away if the chance presents itself
Falconia is not only a safe haven from the atrocities committed by demons, its also a safe haven from the atrocities committed by man which would've been never ending had Griffith not sacrificed the band of the hawk and the millions of people who were indirectly killed because of the demons. Falconia from what we've seen is an eternal utopia or heaven on earth free from all worry that plagues mankind, so an argument can definitely be made for the ends justifying the means
@@BlaveKaiser by releasing demonkind onto earth griffith solved all problems, not just the ones that would inevitably occur by releasing demonkind. Things like famine, war ,strife and the fear of death are all going to be things of the past in Falconia.
Griffith did not rape Casca for no reason too. They live in a world of destiny and causality everything happens for a reason and is subject to the tide of fate. if Griffith did not rape Casca he would not have given himself a vessel for his rebirth.
So Griffith achieved his dream of creating a super-empire, banishing the supernatural evil and creating a utopia where human and Apostle live together in harmony, and had a 100% approval rating by his subjects? Ok. If Griffith now has everything he always wanted, where does he go from here? He's untouchable by Guts- if Guts killed him, the world would basically fall apart, so does this story end with the villain having a complete victory? Or does Griffith want even MORE power than being the leader of the #1 nation in the world? The only step I can think of is that he would be willing to sacrifice all his subject to get divine power to recreate the entire planet, or even the universe, in his image. Why be a king when you can be GOD?
The Fairy Queen implied he wanted more.
Well, isn't he already a god kind of?
@@TheSonnetPrince he cannot become what has transformed him, I could tell you some big spoilers about the "lost chapter" that explains what happened during his transformation , just ask
@@beziik2357 tell me
Bunny can u spoil for me
Griffith destiny is to be killed by Guts, just basic causality.
papercutz6 skull face never killed void though so it’s not really confirmed, yet I see what you mean from a story prospective
@@Abu.faissal not yet*
Guts is mortal he will never win agains godhand
Berserk still has to cover skull knoght and void oof how many years will that take
Okkkj
Everyone’s thinking how luffy will defeat Kaido - but I believe how will Guts defeat Femto/Griffith is more concerning.
Yessss...
Hooow???????????????!!!
Luffy = Island Level++ with G4 SM
Kaido = Multi Continental++
Griffith = MULTIVERSAL++++++(God Hand Femto Mode)
Guts = City Block Level (EVEN higher with Berserker Armor)
@@greggaygayakutami1402 powerscaling is BS
@@starbound100 nope just being specific
Feminine Power hungry Knight with a trained Anus vs a big dick Spartan degenerate
You make great points, but I'd still love to see Guts spit-roast Griffith.
Dano Bracaloni yeah I want to see guts spit roast Griffith too 😏😏😏
Isn't spit roasting...gay stuff?
Tim Smith lmao
Guess what, Griffith is into this kind of shit
@@timsmith2062 it's kosher
Griffith is not all good after the golden age arc. He did order the murder of all witches the only beings (exept demons) that can actually threaten him.
Annoys me that he just ignored or forgot that.
Hey, he needed insurance....
Which comes from his mentality, He is heartless and will do anything to accomplish his goals. Griffith probably understood that witches would not ally-, no, would not be ruled by him and thus ordered their destruction.
GodlyCash If anything, Griffith has BECAME heartless. In exchange, big chunk of humanity is safe... for now.
@@turbotrup96 he was always heartless lol stop trying to justify him. Remember the golden arc and the scene when guts assassinated a child and his father ? Well remember also Griffith's reaction . Yeah
Please stop using 2016 berserk footage
it gives me Vietnam type flashbacks
Борис Марденский oh brother
@@distone2480 no you
and here I was thinking omg how can people watch this it looks so bad
@@Notsheropa CGI 2000%
@@distone2480 nein du
So the way I see it, (and this is one of the reasons I love Berserk so damn much, because I feel such a deep connection and understanding to both sides) Griffith was destined for greatness, nothing else really mattered, that destiny pulled him forward and in keeping up with it he had to slowly chip away at his humanity, he had to make himself cold and unfeeling. This is best shown when he's bathing in the rivier after sleeping with ganon for money. You see him struggle with it, wrestle with the person he's becoming. But he has to move forward, his feelings, the feelings of others, they're nothing compared to his dream. That feeling of being destined for something, for everyone else it might seem like it's the ends justifying the means but for the person doing it, you get swept up in fate and divorce yourself from any empathy. It's this calm cold breeze you flow with, as you know that this means nothing, nothing else matters. That's how I see Griffith.
Benjii Colmarez agreed griffith is a lot more emotional than people give him credit for
A key point of Griffith for me is that he's entirely selfless - entirely, we see plainly he gave up his body (no one I know would ever accept to be sodomized for any personal gain) AND SOUL not for himself but for a mission - an intuition. This intuition must be that any human, anyone, can do anything and make heaven and hell bend to their will if they're devoted enough, and his ideal was a glorious kingdom ruled in justice and honour, far from any "material" interests that kill any ideology - a kingdom from a fairy tale, straight from raw ideals, a kingdom of heaven. He didn't know what fate had for him and the kingdom he envisioned, but in fact should he fail the whole kingdom would have been utterly eradicated, its people slaughtered and enslaved by, not only a foreign power, but a satanic power totally beyond the strength of any man to destroy. So for me Griffith is a "promethean" character : he "stole the fire" from the gods, he took their power, but from then on, only serve his ideal, and not himself. He allowed himself to sacrifice the band of the hawk because he sacrificed himself just the same and for the very ideal they had of equality of chances, and because they already sacrificed their lives by going to war - except for Casca's rape which was a very personal wrong. The god hand totally agree with him because as explained by the Idea of Evil they're subjected to what men want : they give men what they want, be it lust, power, war, and men did want what they offered ! There are still women wanting to bring men to their knees before them under their power through lust and jealousy (just look at Nina) and men like Zodd wanting nothing else than eternal violence and dominance over other men. Men don't know what they do here but they are not innocent in this ! If now humans want to be "freed by the divine", then it is human will and the god hand must obey and will help - that's all. They exist only by the free will of men. That's why to overcome them Skull Knight has very little room of action - he must abide to the same rules of the psychic, causal plane humans are governed by and unknowingly govern. From what I can see in the story the god hand don't even manipulate anything ! They exist "within the laws of causality" i.e from what is desired, and are certainly not judgmental, they will only give to one the extent of what he can grasp. Griffith had to get supernatural power to face supernatural ennemies, and in truth, I can see how in his eyes Guts doesn't even begin to matter - but he wasn't the one to create the apocalypse, the wars of the kushan invasion, the civil wars, the poverty, the courts and assassinations he partakes in, that's the world mankind created. Griffith was the one born containing the desire of his entire people, and the one destined to materialize it, and that he surely does. From the get-go you see how he masters any dark art humankind partakes in, so seeing him as a demon is no surprise. You can see how the "demons" dream themselves : some apostles behave like true knights, and knights they are, knowing even honour. As you said in the video if Griffith sees himself as a just ruler nothing prevents him from doing exactly that. Achieving it turned the world upside down, which was to be expected, and as anyone in this story, you're free to hate him or love him. He's free not to care. With that being said, I still hate to love him and love to hate him, but this story is clearly beyond Griffith, to me it's about how we humans create and are responsible for the world we live in. Finally to quote Griffith : "Gods... or demons ? Aren't they the same thing ?" in Berserk they are, they just very humanly decide what they do with their lives. Griffith loves both mankind and apostles, recognizes consciousness everywhere and as such incarnates the "Absolute", because his love and will extends through all realities. Skull knight to me is still the greater "good" here - he has the wisdom, and represents what humans would do if they knew what they were dealing with, contrary to the god hand who exploits the "gap" between human conscious humanity and unconscious divinity.
Griffith was destined to end up that way since he received the egg when he was a kid
It is indeed the end justifying the means. For me Griffith was defined as the villain from the minute Guts encountered him. He kidnapped Guts and made him his slave. Guts only got Stockholm sindrome.Griffith made very clear in the last sword fight with Guts (before he became Femto) that he wasnt his friend, he was his owner and if you don't march in the way he is going you are an enemy.
Plus, the motherfucker raped Casca. Fuckin' hate him.
There's a segment in the manga where Griffith is shown the life he could have had, when marrying Casca. Griffith accepted it, in that moment. It was only when shown the contrast, that the vision with Casca had any psychological weight to it.
Griff IS simple. But not in the way this vid postulates. He is incapable of understanding his own personality or motivations. He ascribes worth to actions; to achievement. Without his kingdom, without his dream, what is he but the street urchin playing in the shadow of the castle he so deeply longed for?
For Griff, the ends DO justify the means. But the really obvious hangup people seem to have with this is that they're incapable of thinking about Berserk in a morally ambiguous way, in spite of the fact that both the protag and antagonist do good and bad, interchangeably, *all the time*.
Griff was pressured into doing things he truly did not want to do - that caused him emotional turmoil - for the sake of his men and his 'dream'. He taught himself to discard his emotion, to take on the best qualities of a leader and to inspire hope and passion in his men. Griff moulded himself to be perfect. He learned of warfare, etiquette, mathematics, poisons, logistics, even sex positions - in anticipation of the moment that he would need to impress his wife.
Griff denied himself humanity at every turn. And he rationalised it away as a pursuit of his dream; the only thing remaining in him that he could ascribe worth to. And so powerfully, did his desires burn, that he defined worth in others the same way. At least, this is what he thought.
He met Guts. And he admired Guts. He found kinship; and grew to care for Guts. This, from the boy who had discarded everything human in himself. And lo: once he found a human attachment, his dream became... less important. Griff had found something that, in some strange way, was more important than his dream. Or at least *as* important.
Guts turning his back on the Band did not destroy Griff because he was spoiled; or because he lost a duel.
It destroyed Griff because Griff lost the only living thing he had ever resonated with. His dream was static - a castle in the distance.
Guts was real. And the shock of losing something real crippled him, emotionally.
It's only because the Godhand helped Griff rationalise his sacrifices, that Griff could go through with the Eclipse. Without appeals to logic and the 'greater good' (in this case, sacrificing the members of the hawk instead of the dream (and countless others) could be considered a greater good), Griffith may never have made the choice to sacrifice his men. Let alone Guts, himself.
People who watch the anime and movies cannot taken to accounts what happened in chapter 97, just before the eclipse. Griffith while carrying the dead apprentice soldier says "i wont apologized! Whatever happens i wont ask forgiveness...for i never could be forgiven". He knews and fully realized, but in his conditions (weak, crippled etc), he cannot obtained his goals, that so many people had died because of it, while knowing many more will die because of it. It is situations of "damned if you do, damned if you don't". For the people that just says griffith is evil, hope to heaven and hell you will not face the same situations.
Him knowing fully what atrocity he is committing makes him even more into a turd. The dude really isn't as deep as everybody tries to portray him as. I am sure we all have known self-important sociopaths like him at one time or another in our lives.
@@nurlindafsihotang49 right, let's feel bad for numbnut for being dumb enough to fuck his own life up. That totally excuses mass murder.
you would be right, but the thing is during the scene where Griff decides to sacrifice everyone including Guts, he realizes that Guts was the reason why it came to this he, at the last moments of his humanity, realized Guts wasn't a tool for his dream, but the only thing that stood between him and his dream. Guts was the reason Griff lost sight of his dream, and Griff hated Guts for it which is why he raped Casc and all that shit in the end
@@nurlindafsihotang49 remember that the brilliant dick of Griffith deflored the princess who was supposed to marry him to become a king
Dude ur making an awesome videos this was a nice listen im considering reading the manga now :D xD
Dudeeeeee no exaggeration, it’s the greatest story ever written, and the character development? *chefs kiss* impeccable
@@XCh4oTiiKR4G3zX not the greatest but still close
@@ahirgwalokimaalapetkechodo576 ding Dong your opinion is wrong
@@Delano1441 yikes you’re close minded
@@ahirgwalokimaalapetkechodo576 what's your pick for best?
I really think that Griffith was actually really reliant on Guts, not just for his sword arm, but for emotional support. Caska makes it clear that Guts is really the only one that Griffith ever opened up to, and when Guts left, he just fell apart.
I love this answer
Berserk kills every other manga ...
Captain Plompudu no
Griffith did nothing wrong. Dragon ball
1. One Piece
2. Berserk
3. Vagabond
And Jojo !
Yeh
All Griffith really wanted in the bottom of his heart was to get _clanked_ by Guts' _DragonSlayer_
“Anyone can change, Griffon is not trying to change”.
That is powerful.
Griffith*
While Griffith is a wolf in sheep's clothing, Guts is a ram who behaves like a wolf in order to be strong enough to kill wolves.
Nice Girffith vid. Would you do a Devilman Akira/ryo Philosophy vid?
YaBoiAkira I would love to see that
Ryo is gayer than Griffith
I live inside your house you're..... Not wrong
YaBoiAkira cough Devilman Lady cough
@@iliveinsideyourhouse1367 it's not gay if you are sentient
*Griffith did nothing wrong* my ass!
God damn ILY. Thank you. I was going crazy seeing people sympathize with Griffith and say he did nothing wrong. Like I can understand people trying to understand his character but dude he literally sacrificed the band of the hawk and raped Caska, killed Guts and Caska's kid by corruption, made Guts painfully watch it and some people say they sympathize with him. Fuckin' hell. Anyone who doesn't hate Griffith for what he has done is crazy. Understanding him or appreciating his character design is one thing but not hating him? I won't get those people.
@@arifulislamjubaer yeah, I think Griffith is an amazing character, but man I fucking hate him
@@aarondeyoung6315 I'm bitter now that sensei is no more and the story probably won't be finished anymore.
@@arifulislamjubaer "Anyone who doesn't hate Griffith for what he has done is crazy."
Anyone who likes Griffith should be killed or arrested at minimum, they are a living threat to other people.
Griffith vs Guts
Light vs Dark
Deception vs Truth
Griffith vs Guts
Gay vs Straight
@@Somespideronline
I want guts kill grifits to but i just cant imagine how?
Guts is mortal and until now we dont know how to kill godhands
@@Somespideronline both are gay atually..🤦
@@fbyi2940 being raped by a guy doesn't make the guy being raped gay... frankly that's a very childish way of looking at it.
Light vs L >> (Guts vs Griffith)
0:55 Why do you assume I am merely a human?
I just see Griffith as a lonely child with grand dreams. I think his lack of empathy stemmed from his inherent nature as a person, he was dazzling and approachable and I think that would isolate him. His lack of empathy in my eyes stemmed from how little he was able to relate with his peers as a result of being who he was. I think the first person he was able to relate to was the boy dying and that shocked him to the point that he started to see at least some value in the lives of his men. He just seemed like he'd never stopped being that kid in the streets chasing the dream of reaching the castle. I think what he did at the eclipse was just the desperate last attempt at his dream rather than anything grandiose since he has already sacrificed so much that giving up at that point would make the lives he had begun to value mean naught. Plus the best future he could envision was with Casca and I'd sacrifice them too if my options were be a poor cripple with a tsundere wife or be a God
Griffith did nothing wrong!
Except exist
enji endeavor todoroki don't know too man
EXACTLY
OOHHHHHHH!!!
@@user-hm2si2wb1n please don't drink alcohol around women. I can't imagine it ending well with that mindset of yours
@enji endeavor todoroki It's probably because it's not TH-cam anymore. Unfortunately, this place has changed from what it was originally supposed to be. It was to be a place for the community, for the individual; a change to do what you love as a job, a chance at fame by doing something you enjoy. It was very much TH-cam. But now, it's OURtube, a place for the companies, big groups that own lots of copyrighted content. It's a place for the masses instead of the individual. Single TH-camrs that don't get paid much at all, are constantly copystriked and de-monitised, cannot stand up to large groups with more money (eg: T-series) because of things like Copyright and the quantity of content per week. TH-cam no longer pays people right off the bat, they have to be above a certain level of subscribers before they are eligible to be paid. It used to be that nothing short of punching a baby on screen would get you de-monitised, now you get de-monitised for anything TH-cam can find an excuse for. It used to be people could see dislikes on comments, yet now people can't even do that because some people got their feelings hurt. TH-cam is slowly caving in upon itself. It's not TH-cam anymore.
All of them discord noises
The Unknown Otaku and the discord song at the end... Hes doing it on purpose lol
so... where's the Kira Yoshikage analysis?
I wish "Yoshikage Kira just wants a quiet life" was as popular as "Griffith did nothing wrong."
My favorite thing about Kira (relating to his references not even getting started on his character) is the fact that the song under pressure (who is by Queen, the artist of Killer Queen, Sheer Heart Attack, and Bites the Dust, and David Bowie, the guy Kira is modeled after) describes his situation throughout the part perfectly
@@skinnermclane4467 It happened
RIP Kentaro Miura :( thank you for everything.
14:17 "“If you touch me now... If you put your arm on my shoulder now... I'll never... I'll never!!...”
i'll never (forgive) you
It’s always nice to hear nux taku he always have a different perspective on things
Deity Saturn not really most people who aren't trolls know Griffith did everything wrong
Hunter Kern finally someone said it
I'm not a troll and I know that both saying that he did anything/everything wrong is quite childish. Even concepts like good or bad are quite childish... He's not a bland and simple character, as most Berserk characters, which is one of the reasons why Berserk is a great work. He doesn't fall into poor labels like "good" or "bad". He simply is a grey character, which is almost always needed for a character to feel real and well made.
Nux
I'll leave the joking aside for today and tell you that this video coupled with guts' video are the greatest videos I've ever seen on TH-cam they gave me chills TURLY TRULY an AMAZING job👏👏👏❤️❤️
Rest in Peace Miura
The soundtrack was really why I started to watch the anime because I was sort of entranced by it idk if I'm the only one
Johann Aguilar you are not alone my favorite song is guts whats yours
@@justinaysien1204 Griffiths theme is so haunting, I love it
I think Griffith didn't realize that he never really wanted an equal or a friend. He just thought he did. Guts respected Griffith enough to want his respect and in doing so learned his own sense of self - respect. And as much as Griffith talked big about wanting an equal with self respect and ambition and how much Guts and the band meant to him, he couldn't stand losing Guts as an asset or worse, risk having to face Guts on the field somewhere down the line.
The band was a sacrifice, meaning that he cared or at least thought he cared about them enough for them to count as a significant sacrifice. He just cared more about his goals.
Well, two major mistakes here.
1) Apostles are not a different race. They are humans who have chosen to ditch their humanity in order to gain monster powers. A race is something that people are born into and their race doesn't determine their actions. (And besides, this is exactly why discrimination and profiling is wrong: because peoples' race doesn't determine their actions.) Apostles become apostles by choice and their choice results in their actions that become, accordingly, evil. So your entire "anti-discrimination" slur is plain bullshit.
2) Falconia is not a paradise for the entire humanity. It's a paradise within the borders of Griffith's reign while the rest of humanity is left at the mercy of monsters (ha-ha). The world used to be a place of mixed good and evil; then after putting up only one spiritual tree instead of many, Griffith has provided surreal good to his surroundings while the rest of the world is swallowed by surreal evil from which he then bravely saves some survivors. (A selfish bastard through and through IMAO)
But otherwise, of course we can't get enough of Griffith videos on TH-cam.
The people who became apostles had their fate predetermined. Arguably, they didn't have control over what they became at all.
Howling Aries he was jk lmao
@Nonsysthematic Yup. Griffith wanted to be seen as a savior. More so than his desire for power. His paradise city is just a way to.stroke his own ego.
Griffith may be a metaphor if the Judeo-Christian God who created earth and mankind. Only to purposely allow evil to thrive so he could save us with Jesus and receive mankind's (and angelkind's) praise's.
Also I'm not sure how it's even possible to make a serious Griffith video and not being up that he's LITERALLY THE ANTICHRIST. Alright not literally but the allegory is extremely clear and brought up repeatedly throughout the manga after the eclipse. Like that whole scene with the pope guy is practically shoving it in your face
Honestly your first point isnt really a point... You know what Nux meant when he said that, and his point still stands. Plus like someone else said, apostles are predetermined to become apostles, so they didn't really have a choice. You could try to argue that guts fought his predetermined fate, but that's one of the main reasons he is extraordinary both narratively and in the eyes of the other characters.
Guts and Griffith are the 2 best written characters in history not just in anime but in everything they are the work of art and I love both of them Griffith may be somewhat evil but I cannot forget the time he and Guts spent in the Hawks when I saw his state after he was rescued I needed to pause for a half hour to cry man I don't blame him at all for throwing away his humanity. I can never hate someone who changed because of the selfish acts of others. This anime is burned into my heart Griffith and Guts thought me what the meaning of life is. As an atheist I did not believe in faith but Griffith one who threw away his humanity said he refuses to believe there is no purpose to life made me realize that my believes should not limit my ambitions and hope. As for Guts he reminds me of myself(not the basass part) but a person who has no dream... He opened my eyes and made me search for a reason to live other then to just not die. This Story is a bloody masterpiece and I don't think its possible to create better characters than Guts and Griffith.
Everyone seems to forget that one scene
Johan>>>>
No memes on mangakas nope
@@b-mill4306Shut up Johan>>
well....why did griffith end up in a jail cell? oh right IT"S HIS FAULT lol. He decided to do it with Charlotte ignoring all consequences just coz his "Property" Smashed his ego and left....right.....
2 years after this video... im sad... Miura sensei, thank you for a masterpiece, even if you didnt finished it. It stills fills our hearts with joy to have the privilege of reading such detailed masterpiece.
Am I the only one feeling like Griffith is just setting up Falconnia to be an even greater sacrifice so that he can attain true godhood or something and after that maybe he will destroy what he deems is evil and after that he will let Guts kill him. Because with the current state of Berserk. Guts is nowhere near in killing Griffith try as he might I cant see it happening.
That's an ongoing theory.... hahah
Holyshit
Sacrifice to whom, actually? Idea of Evil IS God, it's the highest authority and Femto and other Godhand Angels are one step below.
I never expected to hear a My Little Poney song over a video about Berserk...
BUT I LOVE IT.
DISCOOOOOOORD
This better be worth pausing jojo’s for.
Oh yeah baby you are reading a legendary manga
Give it a go, or GER is going to punch u with a 7 page muda.
Griffin did nothing wrong!
Except everything.
The only being that can possibly understand Griffith is our lord and savior Twigo sama !!!
Naim Byrd no Lord Twigo look's down on Griffith
Rest in Peace Kentaro Miura
Great video
I can't wait till Guts finally gets to see the death of Griffith
You don't have to wait now
"You're trying to make Griffith a far more morally ambiguous person than he is" THANK YOU NUX!!! While there have been some great videos regarding Griffith with that narrative in mind I always found the argument weird because he definitely sacrificed everyone before he knew that Falconia would be a thing.
You might actually get me to read berserk.
kanchomerocks12 oh boy are you in for a surprise. Probably one of the saddest backstory for a character in most manga.
Do it or u gay
It’s easily the greatest manga of all time. You have to read it.
LegendInThaMakin
Better than Eiken?!
kanchomerocks12 U monster
Ok, i just finished my first read through of berserk, and here's what i think of grifith
In the black swordsman arc, puck said to that lord who turned into a demon these words :
"You put aside your humanity to scape your weaknesses; but scaping something you can't confront means you're weak; in the end, you are still, a weak human"
That was the perfect setup to the golden age arc
So, hear me out; grifith is the perfect counter part for guts; guts is constantly trying to maintain his humanity, not turning into the beast (wich is beautifully shown through the berserker armor); where as grifith is embracing the flaud human being he is
This sounds crazy but bare with me for a moment; grifith is a selfish human being that sees no end, he isn't the "ends justify the means" kind of guy, because he doesn't have an "end"
As said multiple times through out the series, the hawk is always setting his sight higher and higher, flying to reach a seemingly endless goal
Grifith is the same (wich, mind you, is brilliant writing in my eyes). He is a selfish human who only wants to get higher, and he embraces that part of himself; he knows he's a flaud being and he doesn't run from it; he sacrifices everything to reach his goal and it's totally in character for him
That's why he balances guts out so perfectly
A human that tries to remain human, not give into the dark desires of a human being; and a selfish human being who only wants to go higher without a goal in sight, a man who does everything he can to get higher and has given into his flaud desires as a human being
I know this sounds really crazy, but this is what i got from my first read through of the series
All your videos are great, but man I really love your Berserk videos. I don't got any friends who have read Berserk, and I've tried. Which is why it's so nice to hear the way you talk about Berserk. Keep it up and make more please!
Nice touch, sneaking in a theme for an entity which embodies the concept of "discord" near the end there, really fits with how you fucking turned the world on it's head.
Like what the shit dude, I'm confused now. Damn good video.
Griffith is no more evil than any other person who feels Ike they've lost everything. And that's why he makes people uncomfortable.
except, the other main character who made the exact OPPOSITE choices with the same level of loss in his life?
@@senseiwindju5208 I mean Guts can still use his sword and he have casca to care for. Griffith was literally a corspe can't speak can't walk, begged for casca's pity, and guts was gonna leave him again. Best thing Griffith could do is killing himself but he didn't have the guts to do so lol.
@@hallo4651 he didn't have the *guts* to do it?
Idle master miura. But seriously the amount of work he puts into every page of every chapter is outrageous. Try to look at One page and count the amount of
strokes. Not reallya surprise why it takes him so long
Rickert slap was amazing. I dont know when was the last time i put the manga down and just sat there and thought to myself, well shit this was amazing.
I didn't see Griffith fall to the ground in agony so I wasn't satisfied 😂😂😂
You know, I’m not one for videos that involve a BUNCH of talking since there are a lot where the commentator rambles or repeats stuff, but your scripting was so maintained you kept my attention with your ideas and thoughts the entire time. AWESOME video!!
Berserk>>SAO
That's not really a big task ...
I mean some Hentais are better than SAO
LOL
i cant even argue with that xD
Insanidade has anyone ever said the opposite, if yes tell me who just for research purposes
Insanidade these retards wont understand
In other news.... The sky is blue.
ive been waiting for this so long. Berserk is amazing
Wait Wait hold on Griffith from Berserk was a dude?!?!?! 😕
Steven Bedford shocking isnt it we literally see him naked often in the golden age
It's harder to see in the recent anime as they made him feminine as shit, but yes there is a dick on yonder southward
Alastar flint you sure? Cuz I saw nothing there. Go reread the golden age and you will understand. (the part were him and Guts were having gay moments in the shower and he show his "precious thing" red as rose to Guts)
Reeve Solo Ramirez meh, guy Griffith sold his anus to in order to take the fort was into boys, doubt casca is/would be a lesbian, he screwed princess cries a lot and there was pelvic thrust plus blood, but true. I can't remember seeing griffiths dick other than maybe when he broke casca
You can see his penis in the Golden Age movies...
When the story is literally never gonna end now 😔
I think I figured out with over 90% of confidence what Griffith's going to do now. All the pieces fit together and I'm already pissed off at him. Let's just say that it's quite heartwarming to see him bonding with the new Band of the Hawk. Also, he wasn't a complete monster before the Eclipse, and now there's still like 0.001% of Humanity in him, just like how the Count legit loved his daughter even in Apostle form.
As always your character analyses are on the f*cking point and as always Berserk is a work of art of such great philosophical depth, we are not worthy of its existence.
Also the editing was amazing, just as it was in the Guts analysis! Keep up the good work please!
God, the Golden Age trilogy was freakin gorgeous! So sad Japan has given up on the series...
I'm kinda waiting for a reveal that Falconia is an illusion and is hellish and demonic looking in reality
The way you explain berserk is perfect! Should do more of them. Love berserk hope it gets an amazing anime adaptation soon!
Probably I will piss some (I mean all) Berserk fans but... *GRIFFITH IS MY FAVOURITE CHARACTER*
I'm not pissed off, it can be your favourite character of all times BUT don't try to justify his actions
Lol ... I thought I was the only one
Having the villain as your favorite character of a series is hardly unique.
Thou shall not love Griffith; for this is the first sin.
Same ^ he’s the most interesting character by far and is the perf villain
"Even the devil transforms himself into an angel of light!" And so we see here in Griffith.
I appreciate your thoughts and delineation of the character and specially in contrast of his importance and the narrative. However I think a dynamic between Guts and Griffith and his fundamental psychology in regards to that relationship...is a bit off.
I feel like what's more grounded in cognitive dissonance and that he truly did love and care about guts, but only became aware that when they parted. He saw it as weakness as it was the reason for his foolish decision and when he got the chance stripped himself of that feeling and with it , his humanity.
Just as you said, but I do honestly believe that Griffith was not fully evil until he made that choice, and was on the fence internally.
I will feel robbed if Berserk doesn't end with Griffith's head on a pike. I understand that without evil there can be no good. Good and evil is a point of view. But I put myself in Guts' shoes while reading to try and understand him. Griffith is a truly fascinating character and I am captivated anytime he is in the spotlight. That being said the man needs to meet a violent end to Guts.
Griffith was laying in a cell decomposing for a year. He had no humanity after that, and whatever was left in the form of emotional attachments left while he was transforming. It says in the manga.
Freaking love these two videos, for Griffith and for Guts, because it points out many things that I hadn't noticed or thought of while just reading and watching berserk. You are good at pointing out and explaining the deeper sides of these characters.
Also, there's a discord notification at 5:22
All in all, Griffith can be berserked!
love griffith but love you more nux
15:06 is the song “Discord” playing lol
I am rereading berserk for the 7th time right now, currently on chapter 138. After I read it it became my favorite manga, and always will be.
"Perfection requires any ethics"
This is the important lesson i learned from Griffith.
For some reason, I feel like everyone is missing the negative effects of Griffith's actions post eclipse. Yes, he established falconia, a utopian paradise that relies on him to exist (hearby why killing him would be bad), but with the whole fantasia shtick, he also released all of mankind's fantastical monsters and nighmares apon them as shown in the seemingly unececary Sea god arc.
My conclusion from this video is "Do the End Justify the MEME?"
🅱️enis
big saucy aaron do you smoke weed?
Ace yup
Ace did you know the ace of spades is the card of death🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
Hmm P
aaron mutio whats a benis
Seriously this is my favorite in depth anime analysis PERIOD! This is the most mechanically perfect and uber entertaining analysis I've seen in the anime community. Literally I have watched this upload over 5 times. Nux you da shiz!!!!
I absolutely love the way you narrate and explain things. Really brightened up my day :D Great video sir
the fully animated sections in the new series look SO DAMN GOOD and with all the trouble they had with the CGI why did they even bother with it?
yes, Griffith did everything wrong......its really that simple
As a huge Norse mythology enthusiast who loves connecting Norse myth to everything I love, I believe that Guts reflects the Norse god Tyr in many ways, and Griffith reflects Odin in some less obvious ways, but if you do your digging its definitely there. You have to look past the common, Marvel influenced, view of Norse mythology and look at the deeper roots of the folklore. Odin is actually a very dark, and in some ways evil, god. Where as Tyr is more of the benevolent type of god you'd expect to lead a pantheon. In fact, evidence suggests that Tyr was once the chief of the Germanic pantheon, but a tribe believing in Odin conquered or settled in the lands where Tyr was chief, and convinced people that Odin was the true leader. I don't really want to explain the whole thing, if it interests you do your own research, its very fascinating, but even on the surface level there are similarities. Odin is connected to dark demonic magics, ritualistic sacrifice to gain power, constant pursuit of knowledge, and even birds, though its ravens, not hawks or falcons. While Tyr is connected to war and bloody battle, humanity, humble benevolence, he has only one hand, he lost his place in life because of Odin, and he even has his own beast of darkness who takes the form of a wolf, Fenrir. If you do happen to look more into it, Im sure you will come to agree with these next two statements. Guts is like a mix of Fenrir and Tyr, but unlike Tyr he wears a facade of darkness. Griffith is like a mix of Loki and Odin, but unlike either he wears a facade of angelic grace.
The other issue with Griffith is that the world going to hell with demons and apostles wandering the earth that led to the rise of falconia was due to Griffith to begin with. My interpretation is that falconia was a solution to a problem Griffith himself caused to justify him becoming a ruler. It's still all manipulation and a thirst for more and more power
I think you downplay Griffith's emotional pain, pre-eclipse. He definitely cared for his crew when he started, but slowly stripped himself of all weaknesses in order to live up to his dream, and the Band's expectations.
Griffith is the most relatable protagonist ever made.
Who else got a bit lost when nux was making some of his points?
I really enjoy his analysis videos but I just feel as though he doesn't elaborate on his points well enough, at times losing focus on the points made.
Berserk is a manga - a world, of such incomprehensible magnitude and so there's so much to explore and discuss, as a result there is a lot more that could be delved into; specific characters, events or the state of the world. Although some of the community can exaggerate certain aspects of the story such as, "Griffith is such a morally ambiguous character" - which he isn't, I feel as though those points do have merit as the real nuance of Griffith lies in his rather inconsistent psychology.
With that being said nux the most sarcastic TH-camr, love the videos and I would love to see an update on the Guts and Griffith analysis, based on recent events in the manga, as well as a Casca analysis.
(Why do I sound like an English teacher setting homework 😅🙄)
^you can die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain😂^
I agree about your Guts analysis video. That video is a master piece and I watch it frequently.
Man nux u have become my fav youtuber of all time, your psychological analysis are so dead on, the hard work u put into all your videos is awesome. And my fav part of all your videos is stay weird fam cause compared to everyone around me i am weird,but here were all weird together great job as always nux.
It's not really related to this video but... I think Johan Liebert from Monster is an overpowered character who deserves his own analysis.
( ok i don't care if he's overpowered or not, i just think he's the greatest villain ever and maybe even the greatest character and i'm just curious about what you think about him)
What about Kuze from Stand Alone Complex and Shoko Makishima from Psycho Pass. I haven't watched Monster but what do you think about those.
My favorite villain in manga/anime for sure ^^
JayfroC oh! So you like them too. How would you rank them ?
Johan is one of the greatest anime/manga character ever written.
Monster is terrible, I don't get how some people like it so much. At any given moment I would think that the characters would just drop dead from being so stupid. Also, it's so fucking full of cliches that my eyes couldn't get in the middle. Not to mention how unbearable the dialogues were.
I lasted 20 chapters. 20 fucking chapters should be enough... I gave it too much time for it to be at least acceptable, but not even that was achieved.
What if....Griffith apologized to Guts and Casca, and they both accepted it and the story has a happy ending? 😀
"Heh no big deal , everybody make mistakes ( and critical laps of judgement) , Griffith-senpai , you were just in a very bad place. Here , come on Gattsu he is also our son ! ^^ *group hug* and you know what ? To celebrate this let's go to disneyland ! Tehihihi
I kinda think that human griffith is trying to betray the god hand and help guts fight them
Colton Obert i am wheezing.
Nux I've gotta ask which do you think is better Full metal alchemist original or Brotherhood
JetBlack Jay2 I think brotherhood it was in his top 10 while the original wasnt
I can see why but the way the original was handled was fantastic brotherhood is great but it follows the manga where the original Does things more Subtle and more Profound keeping tense moments tense entirely tense and every character gets to shine Hues Death was handled better than brotherhood but if you don't believe me the TH-camr Lowart has done and is still doing videos on which one is better which is very fascinating
JetBlack Jay2 ok I haven't seen the original guess I'll have to check it out soon😂
😉
imo
i didnt watch the original but it gotta be REALLY fucking good to compare to the masterpiece that is fmab
A video dissecting Griffth? I have been waiting for this
Gotta feel bad for Charlotte, honestly. Griffith already was going to use her before Guts left, and what he did after left her emotionally scarred after he was gone and especially after the Kushan moved in. Now, he still uses who she is, and who knows what he has instore for his human followers after we saw what he did to the Band of the Hawk when he was still human. She's all happy he's back, but has no idea who he is, what he's done, and what evil he's got planned. We've seen what happens to his sacrifices... poor girl.
But she's pretty lucky compared to most other victims of his, still.
muh dream justifies everything