it's only fitting Kentaro's greatest work of depression, betrayal, friendship, comradery, and everything else that comes with humanity, should go unfinished
Me finishing the Guts on a boat arc: "That really wasn't that bad, I actually liked it quite a bit. I wonder why everybody says it took too long" Me realizing just how long the Guts on a boat arc lasted IRL: "Wait, that's nearly a third of my life..."
Maybe just m a y b e he should've picked up the pace, it seemed pretty long in the manga too I can see why people got mad, especially for an arc that was more or less just kinda goofy fun
ok clearly you missed the point of the modern continuations. Obviously the remakes were made using PS2 graphics in order to not only show us truly what Gut's feels on the inside, but to also make us physically suffer along with him. The cutty lack of inbetween frames despite the project being almost entirely in CG with occasional anime overlays is also to show us that at the core of our being, we are all missing just a couple "inbetween frames". Its due to those choppy motions and downright unwatchable fight scenes that make the modern TV adaptions such a meta-defining experience beyond what any other sort of cinema medium has to offer. Not unlike watching shrek in 4D and being sneezed on (but that's for another time.)
This may sound kinda weird, but I needed Berserk. I needed to see Guts let go of his rage and make a conscious choice to move on and live with his trauma without being defined by it. Because I needed to do that too. I started reading Berserk at one of the lowest points in my life, I was suicidal, I had barely repressed memories bubbling to the surface. Seeing him come to terms with his childhood and deal with how it affected his development gave me an emotional template to follow. A few years later I met a girl in highschool, we fell in love, and she confided in me that she had been raped the previous year. I remember that time as a whirlpool of highs and lows, the joy and excitement of new love contrasted with unimaginable rage and feelings of impotence and helplessness. As I kept reading, I saw a character I admired going on an emotional journey similar to mine yet again, and it helped, it really did. Ultimately, think Berserk transcends the grim-dark nihilism of its early arcs and becomes a deeply humanistic story about the value of found family and finding new reasons to live. Thank you, Kentaro Miura, for being the best therapist I never hired.
The reason I identify with the way Miura handles the progression of guts over time is because its so damn realistic. Even in the real world, we are constantly told to not struggle, and to never face what makes us tick. Seeing Guts not only survive, but vehemently contest with all of the suffering he is subject to, is amazing. Kind of spiritual, in a way. I've never seen a piece of writing other than Berserk perfectly encapsulate the terrible process of having your convictions tested. On a purely philosophical level, this manga is in its own league. We truly are not going to be alive for anything that even comes close. Living with the hole in my chest and actively trying to embody the teachings of this manga is my own personal way of Honoring Miura for everything he's done for me.
@@younglord6076 ….no the fuck you can’t lmao. You didn’t grow up a mercenary basically without parents bro. That’s not the same as you having a mean stepdad
The lost children arc is one that I feel gets neglected too much. Terrific enemy design, a great look into Guts' darker side, but also hints at the strong soul he has.
It also reaffirms his strong attachment to the concept of childhood. Even though he hates apostles no questions asked, he screws up three perfect oportunities to kill Rosine because of her childlike appearance. Throughout this arc he tries his best to make Jill avoid him by stating he wouldn't stop his sword if she was in the way, but it's a lie, he just wants her to stay away from such dangers. The spirits in this arc take the form of the dead child apostle spawns and Guts gets visibly disturbed. And even if the reader doesn't get this, the last pages with him comforting Jill with his black cloak, warning her of the darkness around him will surely get through. This is important because it perfectly solidfiies Guts as a protector first and a rage monster second, for the next arc. When he comes to the conclusion that his travels during the last 2 years searching for revenge were wasted and he finds fulfilment in protecting the now broken Casca, even though "the sword feels heavier" and he feels hopelessness, it's his duty and his purpose. From then on, all of his actions during battle are devoted to protecting those around him.
It used to be called “filler” by fans at the time but now I feel like it has the respect it deserves and it’s as respected and thought of in high regard similar to the Golden Age arc.
I don't care what anyone else says, every arc is a masterpiece because they are all part of the whole. One cannot be as great without being intrinsically tied to the others. Isolated, they are but a fragment of a truly epic tale.
I just finished reading all the manga to chapter 358 and I’m actually enjoying Fantasia arc a lot. The pirates were lame but everything else has been fking great! And I don’t feel they have been in the boat that long, I guess people hate the arc because of the hiatuses.
@@tricko8000 Yeah, I kinda agree with you. It has slow pacing & a lot of character development, which isn't a problem, but becomes a problem when you deal with super long hiatuses.
Isn't that where they have the big battle with the shadows on top the fort. It may have started slow but that scene with Guts holding a torch defying the odds and uniting everyone together was epic. Plus Casca is found out group is formed from those events.
I find it odd that people enjoy dark stuff but when it comes to berserk it’s too dark. Yes there are some gruesome stuff that happens but all in all the story telling is made to get you to think about this stuff. It’s meant to put you into the place of said person and make you experience that feeling as well as if you were apart of it. That’s good story telling
It also reminds me of old testament, or how people acted and treated each other(with bs beliefs) in the bronze age. idk how humanity made it this far with all the ridiculous beliefs which satisfied the gaps of our ignorance and the brutal violence we caused ourselves, people were absolutely nuts back then!
Griffith is a coward. Not only does he turn self-destructive when Guts leave, as if it was a surprise, but he accept the illusion put forth by the apostles that his only option to achieve his dream is through yielding to them and therefore to what they call causality. So he capitulates his free will to the apostles who tricked him and sacrifice the people who actually helped him and actually could produce the outcome of making his dream reality, unlike the apostles who consume him, his friends and their dreams. In a way he didn't believe enough in his dream or that he deserved it so he destroyed it when Guts left. Perhaps he knew that Guts was the only one truly capable of materializing his dreams as he did not yield to the apostles or anyone else for that matter.
Did anyone else realize how the scenes of Guts vs Griffith 1 and 2 are opposite in someways. Griffith fought Guts to make him join the hawks and it was sunny outside on a hill with the whole band watching. Casca being upset because Griffith is treating Guts like no one else. The second time they fought on a hill but this time it's snowing and Guts is fighting to leave the hawks. Also Casca is upset again but this time she doesn't want them to fight and she doesn't want Guts to leave. Berserk is truly magnificent.
This is one of the saddest themes of berserk. At first Casca is in love with Griffith and sees Guts as a danger to griffith and the group. She is dependent on Griffith as he is the leader of the person cult. Throughout the series she sees Guts positive influence to her and the group as a whole and she sees that his feelings for the group are more genuine than Griffiths. Casca realizes the dynamics between Guts Griffith and the group so it is not only that she does not want Guts to leave when she does not want them to fight. During the Eclipse she cries out for Guts but not Griffith and we all know how this turned out and in which situation casca was within the next arc and it also strings me when I see casca crying out for Griffith whenever she sees him.
@@Creedinger not sure which is which.. guts thinks he had his temptations as a cure., guts loses everything he would crave, everything important to what he thought he fights for is lost when he does. Seems like a reason not to par take in any avenue of further exploitation, so others might have a better life.
To me the saddest/realest part of Berserk is Griffith. Is he evil and trash and did he disappoint us all? Yes. When you back up and realize how he got there? When you think of each step and concession you can see it. You can see how he sacrificed. It’s so tragic.
I’ve always hated anything manga and anime related. Thinking it was all pure cringe for manchildren. But after reading in the local newspaper about how a beloved manga author died and all the praise he recived I decided to check his work out. All I can say is, I’ve been extremely ignorant.
Yes. I agree as well that I have been deeply narrow minded to anime. Whenever I used to hear about anime, I would think about the exaggerated art style and cheesy high school animes that bugged me. It wasn’t until a friend introduced me to animes like berserk that my opinion changed.
haha, I randomly got into reading demon slayer first because I had it spoiled, and here I am. demon slayer, then aot, then started berserk, started and finished bleach, and then finished the masterpiece that was berserk
I wish we had a company not afraid and talented enough to make an adaptation exactly like the manga, there is too much to cut out of the manga. If there are things being cut out, then it isn't a true Berserk
The problem is that the detail of Berserk is really intimidating. It'd take so much time that it would have to be the only thing the studio worked on. Also it'd probably have to be 3D. It also would have to be seasonal, probably 12 episodes a season and one season a year, so it would require them to commit to it for YEARS. Assuming they're adapting 400 chapters at the pace of 2 chapters an episode with 12 episode seasons, it would about 17 years to finish. For a studio to work on nothing but Berserk for 17 years is unrealistic at best.
The thing is, it needs to be hand-drawn, which is pretty untenable in the modern anime landscape. The act of hand-drawing and actually painting would give those environments a gritty, lived-in feel that usually looks a little phony in computer 2-D animation. And the budget to create that level of detail would have to be out of this world. The only way I think it would happen is if a Berserk fan became a billionaire, and then funded the whole thing with his/her own money.
My favorite aspect about Berserk, is how Guts' groupmates affect him. From Schierke, to Farnese, even to Isidro and Puck, they are all important in transitioning Guts from a rampaging delinquint with no hope to a genuinely good person. Without them, Guts would probably be a genuine psychopath or crazy lunatic by now, with all the light in his heart completely extinguished. Them together with Guts makes up the heart of Berserk if you ask me.
I... can't say I enjoy the electric music alongside everything. Maybe it's because I didn't really grow up in the 90s... but it just sounds off. The pieces with the bagpipe music sound fantastic though.
41 minutes in, but I've been thinking about what you said about Guts being nothing to Griffith. I think the opposite, Guts is the only person in the whole world who is anything but a tool to Griffith. ( Very late at night, this train of thought has kept me up so expect spelling errors and I also expect I've forgotten things I should've mentioned. ) Every person Griffith ever interacts with is but a tool to him, he sees himself as superior to everyone in every way. He sees himself as the perfect human/being and when Guts decides to leave in the Golden Age arc, Griffith goes to punish and reclaim his best tool by besting Guts in combat. But, Guts wins. In that moment, in Griffith's eyes Guts is elevated to Griffith's status. He is no longer his best tool but a human worth his respect. And at the same time, this human, the only one Griffith has ever considered his equal, in Griffith's eyes, betray him by leaving. The perfect image Griffith has of himself has cracked. A tiny crack is enough to ruin perfection. This leads to Griffith's path of self destruction, feelings of unworthiness and shattered self esteem overtakes Griffith. He tries to remedy this by sleeping with the princess, but it does nothing for him but leave him feeling more hollow. He continues having these feelings of not being worthy of the goal he set up for himself as he's being tortured, but yet he does not completely break because even if he deems himself unworthy of his dream he still wishes for it. When he is saved by Guts and the rest, a hope comes to life within him. Maybe he is not unworthy, the only man he ever considered his equal ( or atleast extremely close to being equal ) came back to him after all, came back to serve him. The hope is there but he's still plagued by worries of not being worthy, of being not perfect. So when the wagons stop and he is alone with Casca, ( who used to be his second most useful tool, now his most useful as he no longer considers Guts a mere tool ) he seeks confirmation of him being worthy and perfect, the man who can use his tools however he wants, by attempting to rape her. If he had succeeded, if she had let him, in his mind he would be above Guts in the hierarchy again, and his confidence would be restored. ( He knew about Guts and Casca's romatic relationship, that is why he needed to show to himself that if Casca relented to his advance he was more valuable than even the one she loved. He wasn't romantically interested in Casca in any way, this was just an attempt at proving his power. ) But Casca refused him and stopped him. She even took pity on him and held him in her arms. This was the final straw. This was when he saw no hope of ever achieving his dream with the band of the hawk. And all those worries that plagued him twisted into a need for revenge, revenge on Guts who he blamed for his fall from grace. Fast forward to after Griffith's transformation, he appears fully demon but I'd say the actions he took after his transformation proved that humanity still resided within him, still there because of Guts not having been sacrificed yet. What remained of Griffith's humanity however was his respect of Guts, need of revenge and need to prove himself as one who controls others as if they're mere tools in his hands for his own ambitions. Him raping Casca fulfilled both of these needs. He did not and does not care about Casca in the least, even if she disobeyed him, she was still not elevated to the same position as Guts in his eyes due to her taking pity on him and staying loyal. Casca was simply a tool to fulfill his needs. If Griffith had not cared about Guts at all, if he had seen him as nothing more than a tool, he would not have still felt the need for revenge against Guts. He would've simply killed Guts and Casca right there to fully complete the ritual. Did raping Casca serve his ambition, his dream in any way? Did taking revenge on Guts instead of just killing him serve his goal in any way? No, those were acts of his lingering human emotions. In Griffith's/Femto's mind Guts is still the most respectable human he has ever met. Even further than that, he considers Guts to be the only human he has ever met, not just another tool for him to use and discard. Guts is Griffith's last connection to humanity, if Guts dies, Femto is complete and Griffith is no more. His need for revenge fulfilled, he no longer has any ill feelings towards Guts. The only emotions he has left towards him is respect, even if Griffith/Femto denies it. Behind his perfect emotionless mask, still lies a crack.
Amazing analysis. I have yet only watched the 97 anime. I'm starting to read the manga tho, so I dont really know a bunch about everything. Only considering the anime tho, griffith's humanity seems to be the worse aspect of him. Its becausr of his humanity that he sacrifices the band and rapes caska. A demon is a demon, if you consider it to be pure evil. However, the worse things Griffith does in the golden arc are due to his own humanity and his innability to deal with it. Maybe cause he thinks his goal is so noble that he sees himself as a demigod, just like his other "tools", and when he grasp his humanity, he feel very scared/angry or plain alien to it. Just like the scene in the river with caska when he scraches himself, with princess charlotte in bed, etc. Again, I havent read the manga so I might be completely wrong. I'm just saying my thoughts from seeing the anime and some videos. I apologize if thats the case
I don’t think Griffith saw himself as perfect Better than other yes and with good reason but that moment when he asks Guts if he thinks he’s cruel really makes me think that Griffith is more normal than people assume
What I loved most about Berserk my first time going through it, was how during the Golden age arc everything seemed like fairly normal dark fantasy, with a rough and gritty medieval setting where besides the guy swinging around a big sword around like it was a kitchen knife seemed fairly accurate to that era. Then, to see it all go wrong, to see those hints that the world wasn't quite as you thought, like when we meet Zodd for the first time, and the skull knight, it leads you on like that's all this story will ever be, and then BAM the god hand moment hits us right as the cast are at their lowest, with their charismatic leader crippled beyond repair and our protagonist ready to head off on his own, everything is turned upside down entirely. I love how you as a viewer get lead on with these expectations of how things are and will turn out, only to get the whole thing flipped upside down and turned on it's head. For me it was such a shock, people who've watched GOT or something for the first time likely experienced something similar, it was raw disbelief of what I was seeing, I couldn't even imagine a story unfolding in such a way prior to discovering it. I was complete and utterly blindsided and loved every damn second. It was that moment that I knew I would love berserk until the end of my days. That to me was the real genius.
if Guts loses everyone from his new group....I will die from sorrow seriously ! Please Kentaro give Guts some Happyness and a life ! Not a Living Nightmare...PLEASE!!!
zZFreudZzQC it’s practically confirmed by Miura himself in an interview that berserk will have a happy ending, it’s so dark as it is and has gone on such a long and tragic journey that I don’t think it’d just break its fan base to end tragically, but it would break Miura himself XD But of course we’re not at the end yet, so who knows if Miura will stay true to that.
I'll say this: The golden Age movie trilogy is nowhere near as bad as it was first received, and is actually pretty decent if you want the cliffnotes version of the golden age arc. It's a shame we couldn't get that level of budget/animation that the third movie showed with a full animation of the golden age arc up to current. It owuld cost a ton, but the quality is superior.
Yeah, never understood the hatred for the movie trilogy. It is nowhere near perfect, but it did what it set out to do... be a decent recreation of the Golden Age arc. In what it did, it was great. Hell, in some ways, I feel it was superior to the original anime.
@@ab14967 There were quite a few choices that definitely were superior to the anime, and where they put their time in, the style and animation was pretty good too. For example: The assassination scene in the movie was near damn perfection.
I feel like they are the Star Wars prequels. Very meh beginning but the third movie is considered the best and the darkest. Now that there are the CGI 3D seasons are out(the Disney Star Wars flicks)we can go back and look at the trilogy and think “Oh shit this is actually pretty dope! I hate sand!”
Wow I didn’t realize ppl didn’t like the conviction arc. The whole imitation of the eclipse where the tower slowly changed shape into the hand was some of the best use of imagery I’ve ever seen. And all of the crazy circumstances all culminating in griffiths rebirth I thought was brilliant. Like how Griffith used the demon fetus of guts and casca that he himself corrupted years earlier as the basis for his new form is just dripping with subtext
Of course it not pointless. In term of writing wise, no genius writer can write the next arc after golden age and write it in the same intensity. And from storyline wise, lost children chapters was the transition from Guts at the lowest to find his redemption
xxberzerkerxx90 Thats the first time i hear this criticism ..... usually for the the people who have read the manga from vol1 absolutely love the conviction arc ,because of lost children,mock eclipse and exc...i have even seen that arc surpass golden age in a couple of polls...
I am kinda a newish fan to berserk. But it had a very very big impact on my life I was going though a dark time in my life were i had almost given up on life. Then I watched berserk on Netflix and the last part guts talks about how this is just another fight. That stuck with me and berserk became my favorite manga/anime.
Berserk has changed so many of our lives over these years, and for some, it has even been our sole saving grace. Miura poured everything he had into this story, and it will forever go down in history as one of, if not the best, manga ever written. I don't remember where this quote came from, I think it has been warped over the years, but it went something like this: "People die three times. The first is when their body and mind cease to function. The second is when they are consigned to the grave. The third is when their name is forgotten. Some people only face the first two. Isn't that beautiful?" Miura will never face the third death, and will forever be remembered for generations to come. Rest in Peace forevermore, Kentaro Miura.
Those fans who dislike Puck are just emos who want every single moment in Berserk to be dark. Its fine if Pucks role in the story is to make it a little more light hearted, especially with the inclusion of so many different characters to the crew.
Idk it is not that I Want the story to be super dark it is more that I miss the impact he had to the narrative in the black swordsman arc. I just feel as if he has become shallow and one dimensional now. Even still he can be funny tho XD
I like Puck, but I liked him more when he had moral insights into the scenarios they faced and the party. He's just an extension of Isidro now, but he could be more.
I finished the Claymore anime. After I read Claymore was inspired by Berserk, I watched The Black swordsman arc, and took a break. I watched it in the following months after I escaped my abusive ex-husband, while processing the trauma that came with financial entrapment, and that sexual coercion is rape. I was in a very dark place, mentally. And I saw right away the reason why Guts acted the way he did. Guts was mourning his loss, while I was mourning mine. I saw the Netflix movies ( aka cliffnotes), and wanted to start reading the manga again.
@@pinealdreams1064 sometimes it helps mentally to let this out, sometimes sharing a story can help someone who reads it, just as mangakas sharing their creations does.
Literally just binged the 97 series in a day. I was like "this Guts guy is kinda a jerk!" in the beginning and by the end I was "Guts did nothing wrong..."
Now playing Sekiro Shadows Die Twice made me realized that from software might be the THE ONE developer to create a true tribute to the series not just because from were inspired by it in demons souls, dark souls trilogy and bloodborne . With both amazing world building and narrative they managed to make and atmosphere they can really make a game that can live up to the MASTERPIECE level of berserk and deliver the adaptation we are looking for.
Lol I wouldn't say that Griffith is a "Virgin" kind of char. He is one of the coolest and well written character I have ever seen and also my favourite villain ever made. I wouldn't say that neither Guts or Griffith are virgin. Why not both chad?
The first page of Guts clappin' them cheeks acts a warning for those intending on reading Berserk. It really takes a certain perspective to actually read and experience Berserk.
I am at chap 92 of berserk and i cannot understand what Griffith is trying to accomplish. Don't spoil anything just tell me that at this point i should've understood or i will get to see it in later chapters cuz i really didn't get his castle dream
Honestly, the fact that Berserk is about to be 30 years old, its fucking amazing that its still good and relevant. I can't imagine most of the manga that comes out today retaining its high level of quality. Yoshihiro Togashi, Tite Kubo, Masashi Kishimoto, and Sui ishida all eventually burned out. Idk how the fuck Miura and Oda are doing it, but they are geniuses.
Probs cuase it still has new stuff coming out to talk about, once it ends and conversations start to fade then less people hear about it and then less get into it
"they are my soldiers and they will follow me into the jaws of death, but it doesnt make them my friends a friend should never subsist on anothers dream. the man who would be my friend must have a reason for living that goes beyond me and he should put his heart and soul into protecting this dream, even if it means opposing me. for me to call a man my friend he must be my equal in every respect." this quote hit me hard when i watched and it still gives me chills.
Here after Miura passed away. It’s sad that one of the greatest stories I’ve read will never be finished, but I am glad that it was created nonetheless, RIP legend.
Wait if the beast of darkness is Gut's Hatred and Anger made manifest and is practically a part of his very soul. That means... THE BEAST OF DARKNESS IS A STAND!
Dude your so smart. I wouldn't even begin to think of the amount of work and research it took to make this video. Damn this took my enjoyment of breserk to a whole nother level.
I really love the skeleton knight character. He has literally walked the same path as Gutz is basically what gutz will become if he continues fighting and surviving. I like how SK tries to warn him from the path but also aides gutz because their goals are aligned.
When the raging flood that is life comes crashing down on us, there are those who cling and those who struggle. Those who cling to the rock in the middle of the flood may survive, but they have not learned to swim. When the next flood comes again and there is no rock there to cling to, they are swept away.
i was about 15 when i found the berserk boxset going cheep in an old bookshop i took it home and watched it with my best mate idk were im going with this but i guess its from a time in my life right on the edge of growing up getting kicked out of school that same year and entering the workforce and me and my best mate slowly growing apart oddly the show fills me with memories of walking to his house in the height of summer no shoes on walking on the white line of the bike lane to stop my feet from burning with an odd mix of anime theme songs on my mp3 player ......................anyway i realize i have now been staring off into space for a while the bloopers on the 1997 animes english dub slay me and its funny hearing goku as an extra
I watched the movies and animation films without knowing anything about this series and I can say it truly changed my perspective of story writing. I don’t know it’s just so tragic and upsetting it struck something in me.
15:14 "Guts isn't even an enemy from Grifith prospective he's nothing" Well he did rape Casca in front of him ! he wanted to humiliate him he viewed him as something even after choosing to sacrifice them all
maradney Grifith called Gods hand after feeling that he's nothing . He tried to take Casca from Guts and make her to stay with him and success . but Guts faced him With Kindness , Pity , and love instead of hate him .... That's why he falls into deep Darkness .
That's I know of what I'm saying is if Griffith became god and he at that moment viewed Gutz as "Nothing" as just a sacrifice for his dream he wouldn't pay him attention and just leave him for his death BUT ! he didn't he had to rape Casca in front of him he wanted to punish him for making him like this he viewed him as something
It was literally the first thing Griffith did before he had ascended to the god hand. Since sacrificing the band was at least partially done due to Griffiths' seething hatred for guts, I dont think he'd realized how little he cared until after he'd raped Casca. He was acting on the presumption that he was still his past self.
maradney - Yes, I wouldn't say that Griffith saw Guts as nothing, but rather his one weakness that he had to overcome... and so he did in grandiose fashion.
I cried HARD at the end of the lost children arc I don't care what role it has in the big narrative of berserk or Guts' character development because it just was so touching and emotional and probably the most relatable story in the whole series... just remembering the story of peekaf the outcast gives me goosebumps
I like the black swordsman arc. I think it really fits will with the rest of the story. It introduced us to the god hand, demon baby, and Griffith which sets us up for what happens in the golden arc.
*Then Ursarkar E. Creed appears and one minute later* Griffith:"CREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Thank you for talking about Susumu Hirasawa... I feel like he doesnt get a lot of love/recognition. His music is absolutely amazing and captures the characters/events beautifully. His music from both his solo and band P-model are incredible with lots of variety. so great.
I'm watching this to remember how powerful Miura's narrative was, damn, this isn't just the loss of a man, it's the loss of a legend, one of a kind that could never be replaced by other artist. May you rest in peace Miura, thank you for all your work, we'll never forget you.
Thank you for reaffirming what I've pieced together from about 5 times reading through from start to just before reaching elfheim and for giving new insights and thoughts to what I consider the greatest hidden gem in the literary world. Your video is well made and very thorough, giving all the info without giving everything away or being overbearing. Bravo, my man. You've earned my sub.
When trying to explain what Berserk is, the closest western comparison I can think of is A Song of Ice and Fire. Both long running, dark fantasy stories that are introduced as low fantasy and end up as high fantasy. But the parallel between them that worries me is their release rate, but the conclusions when I examine them are polar. I have accepted that GRRM will probably die before the end of the series, if not the next book, and with HBO's influence and the current cultural zeitgeist, I worry that the product in the end will be utter drivel. With Mirua, I'm only worried that he might die before the story concludes, but whatever we get until whichever comes first, I have no doubt it will be anything less than amazing.
Miura actually brought back the female apostle from the first page 12 volumes later to seduce then kill Corkus, along with the Count killing Pippin so the Black Swordsman Arc had no lose ends and made complete sense.
Amazing video man, love your passion for the series. I feel like Berserk has transcended it's medium, it's the closest thing to epic myth in manga, love, betrayal, bloodshed, super humans, magic, gods, demons, rise and fall of kings, it's all there. It is truly a work of art.
I only discovered Berserk about a year ago. In that short time it has become maybe the most influential piece of media I have consumed. Seen the 1997 version twice, the movies twice, and I am planning to go through the Manga for a second time soon. Truly an incredible piece of art
I loved Mirua's strategy of drawing the scenes before adding dialogue as it was pretty much impossible for him to fall into the classic anime/manga pitfall of characters explaining everything in dialogue like it was a traditional book or a radio show
i was first introduced to berserk with the golden age arc, i had no idea there was more before it, till i read the manga, i fell in love with this story! i really hope it gets a faithful adaption!
What a phenomenal video! Your analysis-type videos are my favorite of their kind out there. They are so well put together, the visuals, music and your own voice/dialogue meld so well together, and the content itself is so well thought out, well-worded, thoughtful and insightful. I'm a long time fan of Berserk myself, and I always love watching,. listening to and reading other fans thoughts and discussions on the series. Its such a rich and fascinating story to discuss and I really think you understand and appreciate what makes it so great in all aspects, especially after watching this video. Keep up the great work, you make some of the very best content on TH-cam of its kind!
Kinda disagree about the "guts is literally nothing to Griffith", Griffith even remembered Gut's "betryal" saying that guts of all people should understand why griffith did what he did.. He just moved on and left his humanity behind in favor of his dream, so he cant sympathize with anyone because he's above everyone. So yeah.. Guts is basically just a memory and a used stairstep after the eclipse.
I agree with the notion that Guts never meant anything to Griffith because it was only his pride he cared about and it showed at the end of golden age arc when Guts beat him and left. In my opinion Griffith couldn't handle being told no and shattered his already forming "god complex".
I think you guys are blind, read manga again. Griffith thinks of Gutz as of friend as sick as it seems he feels like only one that can be his true friend even if gutz hates him, cause gutz is the only one that didnt care about his dream.
When people say that they usually mean after the Eclipse,in which case yeah Guts doesn't mean anything but a used stairstep. Casca's Rape was during the Eclipse,not afterwards.
i kelt telling myself to stop watching anything related to berserks so i can read it one of these days and be completely immerse but here i am....again i watched a lot of vids and i mean alot and when im watching any series/films analysis im picky with voices and story telling and yours is fantastic so keep up the good work 👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽
I only planned on watching a small portion of this video considering it is almost an hour long but ended up watching the whole thing. I didn't realize how obsessed I've become with Berserk. Been following it for over a decade. Anytime I feel like life drags me down I re-read some Berserk and say to myself, "I guess my life ain't so bad after all."
As I previously said, I love your love for Berserk. This moves me so much because I'm really passionate about Berserk. Also watching this beautiful, very long video for the second time is juice.
I've got 7 volumes. The pages are bigger and the art is "crispier" if only for the value of the paper used. I'm happy with my HC purchases. You can't go wrong.
I've had this video on my Watch Later since the day it dropped, but now, after the tragic news, I will finally watch it, with tears running down my face as I cherish legacy of the unfinished genius of Berserk by the ingenious Miura.
I still go back and watch Berkserk 1997 cause the manga takes too long and I feel like the majority of the best scenes happen there. I really just wish a good anime studio would do this show the Justice it deserves and not leave anything out. Problem is no studio wants to make it cause it’s so dark at times that lots of anime watchers couldn’t handle it. Anime watchers need Berserk they’re too soft of people
I don’t think it’s because it’s too dark, it’s because sadly the amount of money that it would take to make an anime the length of a battle shounen with the visual quality of the manga is more than the human brain can comprehend, and there just isn’t enough of an audience to make back that amount of money
New Flesh started reading the manga a few days ago, I’ve already read past the golden age and I’m somewhere along the 2016 adaptation, all I can say is the manga is a masterpiece, you can truly appreciate what the creator was trying to accomplish among berserks pages
Great video! Been a die hard since 1998 when I got the bootleg VHS’s from Chinatown. Little did I know the manga would surpass my wildest dreams in terms of storytelling and theme. It’s my favorite too, and I’d go as far as to say it’s my favorite story.. period. Thanks again for the video it was really quality content and spot on. You are a true Berserk fan.
I really enjoy your analysis of Berserk, and I find myself re-watching once a year to recall the story rather than re-reading the manga lol just before reading the next few chapters that come out for the year. Thank you Alex.
I bow down before you man, your videos are really precious and I thank you for taking the time to make them and share it with us. I see you as a scholar of Berserk and Miura and your videos became the prime source of information for me on this absolutely amazing manga. Thank you! 👌🏻
Loved the informative and detailed, intrigue creating highlights of the different aspects of Berserk. Fatefully I came across Berserk by the mention of how amazing it is by youtuber Super Eyepatch Wolf and watched the 2017 series on Netflix, then the Golden Arc film trilogy because I was fascinated by the 2D animated in 3D style which is great for conversion to a game. I almost overlooked the oldest anime until you mentioned it and am looking forward to reading the manga after that. Thankfully the experience of the story is growing with each step. Thanks for this video. I am glad that I discovered Berserk at this stage when there is so much to catch up on.
If you can believe it - I actually made a video LONGER than this! 😂
The Genius Of Monster - m.th-cam.com/video/s7E8US-CDyQ/w-d-xo.html
I already know Berserk is genius, I just came here to have my biases reaffirmed.
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Me two.
Me 3
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Berserk isn't the Dark Souls of animé...
Dark Souls is the Berserk of video games
True
@xMat rich
Demon's Souls
February 5, 2009
Berserk
August 25, 1989
Please.
"The one who struggles," definitely fits with the Dark Souls chars for many.
@xMat rich It's the other way around. Dark Souls took inspiration from Berserk.
Not even close, actualy.
i think a majority of us by now know why we came back to this video. RIP Kentaro Miura. You gave us a timeless masterpiece
Glad I wasn’t the only one
The quote at the end of the video hits a whole lot harder now, and makes a lot more sense.
Rest in peace, Legend.
I’m big Chungus
it's only fitting Kentaro's greatest work of depression, betrayal, friendship, comradery, and everything else that comes with humanity, should go unfinished
Y’all think it would ever continue?
Me finishing the Guts on a boat arc: "That really wasn't that bad, I actually liked it quite a bit. I wonder why everybody says it took too long"
Me realizing just how long the Guts on a boat arc lasted IRL: "Wait, that's nearly a third of my life..."
Maybe just m a y b e he should've picked up the pace, it seemed pretty long in the manga too I can see why people got mad, especially for an arc that was more or less just kinda goofy fun
The boat arc and puck being a chestnut is the only thing that bothered me
I experienced it in real time.
Bro, all us fans were hurting for YEARS.
@@imonke5303 he took so long because he was overworked let the man rest
@@shithoagie it took so long that I waited until someone posted that they were finally off the boat
Masashi Kishimoto: “takes four years to write a war”
Miura: Hold my beer
_Takes 9 year for B O A T_
holy my saké
Legend has it that his beer is still being held today
@@littlewalker53 Never drunk it, it just sits on his desk.
Hold my pen is more like it 😆
I'm sad Berserk cant get a proper modern Anime adaptation
ok clearly you missed the point of the modern continuations. Obviously the remakes were made using PS2 graphics in order to not only show us truly what Gut's feels on the inside, but to also make us physically suffer along with him. The cutty lack of inbetween frames despite the project being almost entirely in CG with occasional anime overlays is also to show us that at the core of our being, we are all missing just a couple "inbetween frames". Its due to those choppy motions and downright unwatchable fight scenes that make the modern TV adaptions such a meta-defining experience beyond what any other sort of cinema medium has to offer. Not unlike watching shrek in 4D and being sneezed on (but that's for another time.)
@@JBrimBloodG there is no point to get with the new anime they're fucking shit
@@JBrimBloodG this guy lol
spike spiegel I think the joke flew over your head buddy. Lol.
@@Breakingbad33Dude i made this comment 3 weeks ago and i think the part where i care flew over their heads
This may sound kinda weird, but I needed Berserk. I needed to see Guts let go of his rage and make a conscious choice to move on and live with his trauma without being defined by it. Because I needed to do that too. I started reading Berserk at one of the lowest points in my life, I was suicidal, I had barely repressed memories bubbling to the surface. Seeing him come to terms with his childhood and deal with how it affected his development gave me an emotional template to follow. A few years later I met a girl in highschool, we fell in love, and she confided in me that she had been raped the previous year. I remember that time as a whirlpool of highs and lows, the joy and excitement of new love contrasted with unimaginable rage and feelings of impotence and helplessness. As I kept reading, I saw a character I admired going on an emotional journey similar to mine yet again, and it helped, it really did. Ultimately, think Berserk transcends the grim-dark nihilism of its early arcs and becomes a deeply humanistic story about the value of found family and finding new reasons to live.
Thank you, Kentaro Miura, for being the best therapist I never hired.
The reason I identify with the way Miura handles the progression of guts over time is because its so damn realistic. Even in the real world, we are constantly told to not struggle, and to never face what makes us tick. Seeing Guts not only survive, but vehemently contest with all of the suffering he is subject to, is amazing. Kind of spiritual, in a way. I've never seen a piece of writing other than Berserk perfectly encapsulate the terrible process of having your convictions tested. On a purely philosophical level, this manga is in its own league. We truly are not going to be alive for anything that even comes close. Living with the hole in my chest and actively trying to embody the teachings of this manga is my own personal way of Honoring Miura for everything he's done for me.
i hope you're doing better with your girl now :)
I get it. Completely. I share your tears
Both of u that was too deep now.
Back off
@@c0ntra605 just because Guts is fictional doesn't mean he's not real
Whenever you're having a bad day remember Guts had it worse
We are all guts
we wouldnt b able to survive a day if wed be in guts situation.
@@Willimann no normal human would but we can relate to his rough upbringing and life
Just "worse" has to be the biggest understatement I've heard
@@younglord6076 ….no the fuck you can’t lmao. You didn’t grow up a mercenary basically without parents bro. That’s not the same as you having a mean stepdad
The lost children arc is one that I feel gets neglected too much. Terrific enemy design, a great look into Guts' darker side, but also hints at the strong soul he has.
It also reaffirms his strong attachment to the concept of childhood. Even though he hates apostles no questions asked, he screws up three perfect oportunities to kill Rosine because of her childlike appearance. Throughout this arc he tries his best to make Jill avoid him by stating he wouldn't stop his sword if she was in the way, but it's a lie, he just wants her to stay away from such dangers. The spirits in this arc take the form of the dead child apostle spawns and Guts gets visibly disturbed. And even if the reader doesn't get this, the last pages with him comforting Jill with his black cloak, warning her of the darkness around him will surely get through.
This is important because it perfectly solidfiies Guts as a protector first and a rage monster second, for the next arc. When he comes to the conclusion that his travels during the last 2 years searching for revenge were wasted and he finds fulfilment in protecting the now broken Casca, even though "the sword feels heavier" and he feels hopelessness, it's his duty and his purpose. From then on, all of his actions during battle are devoted to protecting those around him.
@@brancolt_ could not have said it better
It used to be called “filler” by fans at the time but now I feel like it has the respect it deserves and it’s as respected and thought of in high regard similar to the Golden Age arc.
I don't care what anyone else says, every arc is a masterpiece because they are all part of the whole. One cannot be as great without being intrinsically tied to the others. Isolated, they are but a fragment of a truly epic tale.
my fave arc
"Conviction arc is the least popular arc" *Boat arc would like to know your location*
i thought it was Millenial Falcon that pissed people the most
I just finished reading all the manga to chapter 358 and I’m actually enjoying Fantasia arc a lot. The pirates were lame but everything else has been fking great! And I don’t feel they have been in the boat that long, I guess people hate the arc because of the hiatuses.
@@tricko8000 Yeah, I kinda agree with you. It has slow pacing & a lot of character development, which isn't a problem, but becomes a problem when you deal with super long hiatuses.
I liked the boat arc.
Isn't that where they have the big battle with the shadows on top the fort. It may have started slow but that scene with Guts holding a torch defying the odds and uniting everyone together was epic. Plus Casca is found out group is formed from those events.
I find it odd that people enjoy dark stuff but when it comes to berserk it’s too dark. Yes there are some gruesome stuff that happens but all in all the story telling is made to get you to think about this stuff. It’s meant to put you into the place of said person and make you experience that feeling as well as if you were apart of it. That’s good story telling
It also reminds me of old testament, or how people acted and treated each other(with bs beliefs) in the bronze age.
idk how humanity made it this far with all the ridiculous beliefs which satisfied the gaps of our ignorance and the brutal violence we caused ourselves, people were absolutely nuts back then!
@@Ignirium in the present its kinda the same just more technology
And then we have a group of people that see berserk as dark but hopeful compared to other dark stuff
Griffith is a coward. Not only does he turn self-destructive when Guts leave, as if it was a surprise, but he accept the illusion put forth by the apostles that his only option to achieve his dream is through yielding to them and therefore to what they call causality. So he capitulates his free will to the apostles who tricked him and sacrifice the people who actually helped him and actually could produce the outcome of making his dream reality, unlike the apostles who consume him, his friends and their dreams. In a way he didn't believe enough in his dream or that he deserved it so he destroyed it when Guts left.
Perhaps he knew that Guts was the only one truly capable of materializing his dreams as he did not yield to the apostles or anyone else for that matter.
this is beyond a simple & smart insight. very well said
Well done, you win the Internet for this decade. Genuinely.
Did anyone else realize how the scenes of Guts vs Griffith 1 and 2 are opposite in someways. Griffith fought Guts to make him join the hawks and it was sunny outside on a hill with the whole band watching. Casca being upset because Griffith is treating Guts like no one else. The second time they fought on a hill but this time it's snowing and Guts is fighting to leave the hawks. Also Casca is upset again but this time she doesn't want them to fight and she doesn't want Guts to leave. Berserk is truly magnificent.
This is one of the saddest themes of berserk. At first Casca is in love with Griffith and sees Guts as a danger to griffith and the group. She is dependent on Griffith as he is the leader of the person cult. Throughout the series she sees Guts positive influence to her and the group as a whole and she sees that his feelings for the group are more genuine than Griffiths.
Casca realizes the dynamics between Guts Griffith and the group so it is not only that she does not want Guts to leave when she does not want them to fight. During the Eclipse she cries out for Guts but not Griffith and we all know how this turned out and in which situation casca was within the next arc and it also strings me when I see casca crying out for Griffith whenever she sees him.
@@Creedinger not sure which is which.. guts thinks he had his temptations as a cure., guts loses everything he would crave, everything important to what he thought he fights for is lost when he does. Seems like a reason not to par take in any avenue of further exploitation, so others might have a better life.
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To me the saddest/realest part of Berserk is Griffith. Is he evil and trash and did he disappoint us all? Yes.
When you back up and realize how he got there? When you think of each step and concession you can see it. You can see how he sacrificed.
It’s so tragic.
Jesse u ever notice they keep callin guts the devil. And the beast of darkness. And ever notice guts sword holder is like a devils tale
I wish miura has a stand that can draw for him while he thinks of the story
HEAVENS DOOR
you mean while he watches Love live
But no one can draw as good as him
Vice versa would be better
@@LshowKnows Vagabond has pretty good art. Check it out.
"Gets to see casca come back"
*laughs in PTSD*
I’ve always hated anything manga and anime related. Thinking it was all pure cringe for manchildren. But after reading in the local newspaper about how a beloved manga author died and all the praise he recived I decided to check his work out.
All I can say is, I’ve been extremely ignorant.
How you read any other manga and anime?
Yes. I agree as well that I have been deeply narrow minded to anime. Whenever I used to hear about anime, I would think about the exaggerated art style and cheesy high school animes that bugged me. It wasn’t until a friend introduced me to animes like berserk that my opinion changed.
You were one of those dumbasses judging things without knowing shit about it, and you changed. Congrats.
haha, I randomly got into reading demon slayer first because I had it spoiled, and here I am. demon slayer, then aot, then started berserk, started and finished bleach, and then finished the masterpiece that was berserk
Not all of it just almost all
I wish we had a company not afraid and talented enough to make an adaptation exactly like the manga, there is too much to cut out of the manga. If there are things being cut out, then it isn't a true Berserk
That be a masterpiece!
The problem is that the detail of Berserk is really intimidating. It'd take so much time that it would have to be the only thing the studio worked on. Also it'd probably have to be 3D. It also would have to be seasonal, probably 12 episodes a season and one season a year, so it would require them to commit to it for YEARS. Assuming they're adapting 400 chapters at the pace of 2 chapters an episode with 12 episode seasons, it would about 17 years to finish. For a studio to work on nothing but Berserk for 17 years is unrealistic at best.
The thing is, it needs to be hand-drawn, which is pretty untenable in the modern anime landscape. The act of hand-drawing and actually painting would give those environments a gritty, lived-in feel that usually looks a little phony in computer 2-D animation. And the budget to create that level of detail would have to be out of this world. The only way I think it would happen is if a Berserk fan became a billionaire, and then funded the whole thing with his/her own money.
@@JamesO4E look at fucking sao season 3 they can do good looking anime without 3D to look great
@@maxthommesen9315 SAO and Berserk cannot be compared art wise.
Aw, you're gonna make me go on hiatus if you keep embarrassing me like that.
*Ned Flanders:* _"You evil, hate-filled man!"_
How dare you use a great man's name?
it seems it worked lol
@@lakato115 You mean Ned Flanders?
Kinda looks like filthy frank
We may not able to experience the ending, but at least we came for the journey. #ThankYouMiura
My favorite aspect about Berserk, is how Guts' groupmates affect him. From Schierke, to Farnese, even to Isidro and Puck, they are all important in transitioning Guts from a rampaging delinquint with no hope to a genuinely good person. Without them, Guts would probably be a genuine psychopath or crazy lunatic by now, with all the light in his heart completely extinguished. Them together with Guts makes up the heart of Berserk if you ask me.
Nice comment
Honestly that kind of ruins berserk
Guts as a total psycho is more cool than some pussy
damn i love the music from the 1997 anime
i had it on my mp3 player as a kid ....oh wow i was such a weeb in highschool
He also has some tunes from the movie trilogy.
Don't forget to put your grasses on.
I... can't say I enjoy the electric music alongside everything. Maybe it's because I didn't really grow up in the 90s... but it just sounds off. The pieces with the bagpipe music sound fantastic though.
Agreed, I even own a physical CD of the original soundtrack
why do people say its too dark to adapt. There a ton of dark and sick anime
Two words: corpse, party
Who says that?
Skriller Plays Blood C..
Yeah they adapt lolicon anime all the time.
I'm sorry if game of thrones could achieve success then so can this.
41 minutes in, but I've been thinking about what you said about Guts being nothing to Griffith. I think the opposite, Guts is the only person in the whole world who is anything but a tool to Griffith. ( Very late at night, this train of thought has kept me up so expect spelling errors and I also expect I've forgotten things I should've mentioned. )
Every person Griffith ever interacts with is but a tool to him, he sees himself as superior to everyone in every way. He sees himself as the perfect human/being and when Guts decides to leave in the Golden Age arc, Griffith goes to punish and reclaim his best tool by besting Guts in combat. But, Guts wins. In that moment, in Griffith's eyes Guts is elevated to Griffith's status. He is no longer his best tool but a human worth his respect. And at the same time, this human, the only one Griffith has ever considered his equal, in Griffith's eyes, betray him by leaving. The perfect image Griffith has of himself has cracked. A tiny crack is enough to ruin perfection. This leads to Griffith's path of self destruction, feelings of unworthiness and shattered self esteem overtakes Griffith. He tries to remedy this by sleeping with the princess, but it does nothing for him but leave him feeling more hollow.
He continues having these feelings of not being worthy of the goal he set up for himself as he's being tortured, but yet he does not completely break because even if he deems himself unworthy of his dream he still wishes for it. When he is saved by Guts and the rest, a hope comes to life within him. Maybe he is not unworthy, the only man he ever considered his equal ( or atleast extremely close to being equal ) came back to him after all, came back to serve him. The hope is there but he's still plagued by worries of not being worthy, of being not perfect. So when the wagons stop and he is alone with Casca, ( who used to be his second most useful tool, now his most useful as he no longer considers Guts a mere tool ) he seeks confirmation of him being worthy and perfect, the man who can use his tools however he wants, by attempting to rape her. If he had succeeded, if she had let him, in his mind he would be above Guts in the hierarchy again, and his confidence would be restored. ( He knew about Guts and Casca's romatic relationship, that is why he needed to show to himself that if Casca relented to his advance he was more valuable than even the one she loved. He wasn't romantically interested in Casca in any way, this was just an attempt at proving his power. )
But Casca refused him and stopped him. She even took pity on him and held him in her arms. This was the final straw. This was when he saw no hope of ever achieving his dream with the band of the hawk. And all those worries that plagued him twisted into a need for revenge, revenge on Guts who he blamed for his fall from grace.
Fast forward to after Griffith's transformation, he appears fully demon but I'd say the actions he took after his transformation proved that humanity still resided within him, still there because of Guts not having been sacrificed yet. What remained of Griffith's humanity however was his respect of Guts, need of revenge and need to prove himself as one who controls others as if they're mere tools in his hands for his own ambitions. Him raping Casca fulfilled both of these needs. He did not and does not care about Casca in the least, even if she disobeyed him, she was still not elevated to the same position as Guts in his eyes due to her taking pity on him and staying loyal. Casca was simply a tool to fulfill his needs.
If Griffith had not cared about Guts at all, if he had seen him as nothing more than a tool, he would not have still felt the need for revenge against Guts. He would've simply killed Guts and Casca right there to fully complete the ritual. Did raping Casca serve his ambition, his dream in any way? Did taking revenge on Guts instead of just killing him serve his goal in any way? No, those were acts of his lingering human emotions.
In Griffith's/Femto's mind Guts is still the most respectable human he has ever met. Even further than that, he considers Guts to be the only human he has ever met, not just another tool for him to use and discard. Guts is Griffith's last connection to humanity, if Guts dies, Femto is complete and Griffith is no more. His need for revenge fulfilled, he no longer has any ill feelings towards Guts. The only emotions he has left towards him is respect, even if Griffith/Femto denies it. Behind his perfect emotionless mask, still lies a crack.
Amazing analysis. I have yet only watched the 97 anime. I'm starting to read the manga tho, so I dont really know a bunch about everything. Only considering the anime tho, griffith's humanity seems to be the worse aspect of him. Its becausr of his humanity that he sacrifices the band and rapes caska. A demon is a demon, if you consider it to be pure evil. However, the worse things Griffith does in the golden arc are due to his own humanity and his innability to deal with it. Maybe cause he thinks his goal is so noble that he sees himself as a demigod, just like his other "tools", and when he grasp his humanity, he feel very scared/angry or plain alien to it. Just like the scene in the river with caska when he scraches himself, with princess charlotte in bed, etc.
Again, I havent read the manga so I might be completely wrong. I'm just saying my thoughts from seeing the anime and some videos. I apologize if thats the case
I don’t think Griffith saw himself as perfect
Better than other yes and with good reason but that moment when he asks Guts if he thinks he’s cruel really makes me think that Griffith is more normal than people assume
What I loved most about Berserk my first time going through it, was how during the Golden age arc everything seemed like fairly normal dark fantasy, with a rough and gritty medieval setting where besides the guy swinging around a big sword around like it was a kitchen knife seemed fairly accurate to that era. Then, to see it all go wrong, to see those hints that the world wasn't quite as you thought, like when we meet Zodd for the first time, and the skull knight, it leads you on like that's all this story will ever be, and then BAM the god hand moment hits us right as the cast are at their lowest, with their charismatic leader crippled beyond repair and our protagonist ready to head off on his own, everything is turned upside down entirely. I love how you as a viewer get lead on with these expectations of how things are and will turn out, only to get the whole thing flipped upside down and turned on it's head. For me it was such a shock, people who've watched GOT or something for the first time likely experienced something similar, it was raw disbelief of what I was seeing, I couldn't even imagine a story unfolding in such a way prior to discovering it. I was complete and utterly blindsided and loved every damn second. It was that moment that I knew I would love berserk until the end of my days. That to me was the real genius.
Heard. The eclipse will be forever burned into my brain
The eclipsed was spoiled to me....sigh..
if Guts loses everyone from his new group....I will die from sorrow seriously ! Please Kentaro give Guts some Happyness and a life ! Not a Living Nightmare...PLEASE!!!
*Happiness, dumbass.
zZFreudZzQC it’s practically confirmed by Miura himself in an interview that berserk will have a happy ending, it’s so dark as it is and has gone on such a long and tragic journey that I don’t think it’d just break its fan base to end tragically, but it would break Miura himself XD
But of course we’re not at the end yet, so who knows if Miura will stay true to that.
@@ChadKakashi Jeez, people still correct simple misspellings? You're sad.
F that kill them all
The boy with Guts will be his legacy, he just looks too damn similar to guts
I'll say this: The golden Age movie trilogy is nowhere near as bad as it was first received, and is actually pretty decent if you want the cliffnotes version of the golden age arc. It's a shame we couldn't get that level of budget/animation that the third movie showed with a full animation of the golden age arc up to current. It owuld cost a ton, but the quality is superior.
It's well received now because of the travesty that is the new Berserk anime. Comparing it to garbage, makes it look good.
That voice acting and dialogue thlugh
Yeah, never understood the hatred for the movie trilogy. It is nowhere near perfect, but it did what it set out to do... be a decent recreation of the Golden Age arc. In what it did, it was great. Hell, in some ways, I feel it was superior to the original anime.
@@ab14967 There were quite a few choices that definitely were superior to the anime, and where they put their time in, the style and animation was pretty good too. For example: The assassination scene in the movie was near damn perfection.
I feel like they are the Star Wars prequels. Very meh beginning but the third movie is considered the best and the darkest. Now that there are the CGI 3D seasons are out(the Disney Star Wars flicks)we can go back and look at the trilogy and think “Oh shit this is actually pretty dope! I hate sand!”
Wow I didn’t realize ppl didn’t like the conviction arc. The whole imitation of the eclipse where the tower slowly changed shape into the hand was some of the best use of imagery I’ve ever seen. And all of the crazy circumstances all culminating in griffiths rebirth I thought was brilliant. Like how Griffith used the demon fetus of guts and casca that he himself corrupted years earlier as the basis for his new form is just dripping with subtext
Anyone who thinks that the lost children arc is pointless doesn't appreciate the manga as a whole.
Completely agree
Of course it not pointless. In term of writing wise, no genius writer can write the next arc after golden age and write it in the same intensity. And from storyline wise, lost children chapters was the transition from Guts at the lowest to find his redemption
The conviction arc is by far the best character building arc for guts I'm shocked that people don't see the importance of it,it's really amazing
xxberzerkerxx90
Thats the first time i hear this criticism ..... usually for the the people who have read the manga from vol1 absolutely love the conviction arc ,because of lost children,mock eclipse and exc...i have even seen that arc surpass golden age in a couple of polls...
CFHVDOPFBD The Lost Children arc was really dark. That’s why I loved Berserk
Pinna Calada
Griffiths rebirth,introduction of the beast of darkness
I liked it too
And it had the mock eclipse, probably the best event in the whole manga
I am kinda a newish fan to berserk. But it had a very very big impact on my life
I was going though a dark time in my life were i had almost given up on life. Then I watched berserk on Netflix and the last part guts talks about how this is just another fight. That stuck with me and berserk became my favorite manga/anime.
Read the manga!!!
MANGAMANGAMANGAMANGAMANGA
MANGA!!!??
The Manga had a huge impact on my life
@rosahawk26 so true man
Berserk has changed so many of our lives over these years, and for some, it has even been our sole saving grace. Miura poured everything he had into this story, and it will forever go down in history as one of, if not the best, manga ever written.
I don't remember where this quote came from, I think it has been warped over the years, but it went something like this:
"People die three times. The first is when their body and mind cease to function. The second is when they are consigned to the grave. The third is when their name is forgotten. Some people only face the first two. Isn't that beautiful?"
Miura will never face the third death, and will forever be remembered for generations to come.
Rest in Peace forevermore, Kentaro Miura.
Berserk is the type of story that no matter how long it is, it is consistent with its amazing story, unlike some other stories (looking at you RWBY).
Who in their sane mind, compares RWBY with Berserk??
Those fans who dislike Puck are just emos who want every single moment in Berserk to be dark. Its fine if Pucks role in the story is to make it a little more light hearted, especially with the inclusion of so many different characters to the crew.
well you aren't wrong...
Idk it is not that I Want the story to be super dark it is more that I miss the impact he had to the narrative in the black swordsman arc. I just feel as if he has become shallow and one dimensional now. Even still he can be funny tho XD
I like Puck, but I liked him more when he had moral insights into the scenarios they faced and the party. He's just an extension of Isidro now, but he could be more.
I wouldn't imagine the grocery store receipt with puck in my house
No worries he will be sacrificed soon enough.
It's been too long. I'm re-reading Berserk.
Me every 6 months 😂😂😂
Deluxe version 🥰
whats the clip at 31:08 called?
@@ricardobahena7172 ❤👍
Metoo
I finished the Claymore anime. After I read Claymore was inspired by Berserk, I watched The Black swordsman arc, and took a break. I watched it in the following months after I escaped my abusive ex-husband, while processing the trauma that came with financial entrapment, and that sexual coercion is rape. I was in a very dark place, mentally. And I saw right away the reason why Guts acted the way he did. Guts was mourning his loss, while I was mourning mine. I saw the Netflix movies ( aka cliffnotes), and wanted to start reading the manga again.
That sounds like a terribly awful situation... I hope you are doing better now!
How are you?
i hope you're doing better :)
Why do people always feel this weird need to go seeking sympathy on the internet by sharing way too much personal information in comments?
@@pinealdreams1064 sometimes it helps mentally to let this out, sometimes sharing a story can help someone who reads it, just as mangakas sharing their creations does.
Literally just binged the 97 series in a day. I was like "this Guts guy is kinda a jerk!" in the beginning and by the end I was "Guts did nothing wrong..."
Where can I watch it
@@icyjtlamb1383 it’s on TH-cam, just look it up and it should be easy to find
@@icyjtlamb1383 *read
@@icyjtlamb1383 friendly advice, read the manga rather watching the anime. Maybe the 97 animation is fine.
@@dankpepe2110 remastered anime is good
Now playing Sekiro Shadows Die Twice made me realized that from software might be the THE ONE developer to create a true tribute to the series not just because from were inspired by it in demons souls, dark souls trilogy and bloodborne . With both amazing world building and narrative they managed to make and atmosphere they can really make a game that can live up to the MASTERPIECE level of berserk and deliver the adaptation we are looking for.
Could you imagine it, a berserk game on ps 5... Man that's be legendary
Your comments gave me goosebumps, FROM is the only developer I can put my child like excitement into without disappointment
My brother please tell me you’ve played Elden Ring
@@scowsama3474 he is probaly dead
The Chad übermench Guts
The Virgin Godhand Griffith
I wouldn’t say Griffith is a virgin...
@@David-hi8og you would know
@@David-hi8og yeah for real...eesh
@@David-hi8og well you have a point
Lol I wouldn't say that Griffith is a "Virgin" kind of char. He is one of the coolest and well written character I have ever seen and also my favourite villain ever made.
I wouldn't say that neither Guts or Griffith are virgin. Why not both chad?
The first page of Guts clappin' them cheeks acts a warning for those intending on reading Berserk. It really takes a certain perspective to actually read and experience Berserk.
Rest in Paradise, one of the greatest to have inspired so many, not just the realm of art and entertainment, but life lessons as well.
I am at chap 92 of berserk and i cannot understand what Griffith is trying to accomplish. Don't spoil anything just tell me that at this point i should've understood or i will get to see it in later chapters cuz i really didn't get his castle dream
May this one gets ads.
Before I even pinned the explanation you knew exactly what was up haha XD. Thank you for the support 👍🏼
@@alexenterprises1 It has ads cheers.
In Griffith name, Amen
@@alexenterprises1
8 ads for me
Watching them all for you
AlexEnterprises 5 ads for me. I didn’t skip any of them
Honestly, the fact that Berserk is about to be 30 years old, its fucking amazing that its still good and relevant. I can't imagine most of the manga that comes out today retaining its high level of quality.
Yoshihiro Togashi, Tite Kubo, Masashi Kishimoto, and Sui ishida all eventually burned out.
Idk how the fuck Miura and Oda are doing it, but they are geniuses.
AmazingOwnage all those hiatuses are probably why
Probs cuase it still has new stuff coming out to talk about, once it ends and conversations start to fade then less people hear about it and then less get into it
Laughs in jojo
Togashi?
Togashi did get burned out but to say that hxh is of lower quality because of that in my opinion is wrong
"they are my soldiers and they will follow me into the jaws of death, but it doesnt make them my friends a friend should never subsist on anothers dream. the man who would be my friend must have a reason for living that goes beyond me and he should put his heart and soul into protecting this dream, even if it means opposing me. for me to call a man my friend he must be my equal in every respect."
this quote hit me hard when i watched and it still gives me chills.
Here after Miura passed away. It’s sad that one of the greatest stories I’ve read will never be finished, but I am glad that it was created nonetheless, RIP legend.
Wait if the beast of darkness is Gut's Hatred and Anger made manifest and is practically a part of his very soul. That means...
THE BEAST OF DARKNESS IS A STAND!
**JOTARO WANT TO KNOW YOUR LOCATION**
yada
Gj we found another JoJo reference keep it up
DIO!
Well yes, but actually no.
Dude your so smart. I wouldn't even begin to think of the amount of work and research it took to make this video. Damn this took my enjoyment of breserk to a whole nother level.
*You're
Way to stroke this kids ego!
@@ChadKakashi * How about you shut the fuck up.
@@Taylaaaaa562 he made that harmless comment two years ago lmfaoooo
I really love the skeleton knight character. He has literally walked the same path as Gutz is basically what gutz will become if he continues fighting and surviving. I like how SK tries to warn him from the path but also aides gutz because their goals are aligned.
When the raging flood that is life comes crashing down on us, there are those who cling and those who struggle. Those who cling to the rock in the middle of the flood may survive, but they have not learned to swim. When the next flood comes again and there is no rock there to cling to, they are swept away.
Griffith disliked the video
Griffissu*
Guriffiss**
Then the rest of the God Hand and the Apostles joined to dislike the video
traitorous bastard***
And leaved the chat
i was about 15 when i found the berserk boxset going cheep in an old bookshop i took it home and watched it with my best mate idk were im going with this but i guess its from a time in my life right on the edge of growing up getting kicked out of school that same year and entering the workforce and me and my best mate slowly growing apart oddly the show fills me with memories of walking to his house in the height of summer no shoes on walking on the white line of the bike lane to stop my feet from burning with an odd mix of anime theme songs on my mp3 player ......................anyway i realize i have now been staring off into space for a while the bloopers on the 1997 animes english dub slay me and its funny hearing goku as an extra
Around when I saw it. Good age for it
*Gets drawn by the title
"Absolutely it is!"
*Notices its nearly an hour long
"I'm not watching all that!"
*Watches every second
I watched the movies and animation films without knowing anything about this series and I can say it truly changed my perspective of story writing. I don’t know it’s just so tragic and upsetting it struck something in me.
15:14 "Guts isn't even an enemy from Grifith prospective he's nothing"
Well he did rape Casca in front of him !
he wanted to humiliate him
he viewed him as something even after choosing to sacrifice them all
maradney Grifith called Gods hand after feeling that he's nothing .
He tried to take Casca from Guts and make her to stay with him and success . but Guts faced him With Kindness , Pity , and love instead of hate him .... That's why he falls into deep Darkness .
That's I know of
what I'm saying is if Griffith became god and he at that moment viewed Gutz as "Nothing" as just a sacrifice for his dream
he wouldn't pay him attention and just leave him for his death
BUT ! he didn't he had to rape Casca in front of him he wanted to punish him for making him like this he viewed him as something
maradney Yep I agree with you I just want to say that Griffith told Guts that's he's nothing to make him feel like him before that's all .
It was literally the first thing Griffith did before he had ascended to the god hand. Since sacrificing the band was at least partially done due to Griffiths' seething hatred for guts, I dont think he'd realized how little he cared until after he'd raped Casca. He was acting on the presumption that he was still his past self.
maradney - Yes, I wouldn't say that Griffith saw Guts as nothing, but rather his one weakness that he had to overcome... and so he did in grandiose fashion.
I cried HARD at the end of the lost children arc I don't care what role it has in the big narrative of berserk or Guts' character development because it just was so touching and emotional and probably the most relatable story in the whole series... just remembering the story of peekaf the outcast gives me goosebumps
amazing. Really hope we get a good anime of it again in our lifetime.
I like the black swordsman arc. I think it really fits will with the rest of the story. It introduced us to the god hand, demon baby, and Griffith which sets us up for what happens in the golden arc.
GRIFFIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kanneeedaaaaaa!
GRIFFIIIIISSSUUUU
*Then Ursarkar E. Creed appears and one minute later*
Griffith:"CREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Yes? Heard my last name
DID NOTHING WOOOOOOOOONG!
No worries, I'll watch this one again for ya.
Thanks so much handsome Jack :D
2 years later and I’ll still keep at it.
I love Berserk, but I feel I’m going to be 80 years old by the time Guts ends up battling it out with Void with all these constant hiatuses.
Well miura died so no ending
@@nikhilhembrom8952 new chapter coming
Is he though? He has no reason to leave the elf island
@@caralho5237 he has too tho. The world is in chaos and well he has to kill griffith anyway since hes branded
Berserk Miura's unfinished masterpiece forever unfinished, Rest in peace king🙏
Miura said himself guys would have a happy ending. If that's of some comfort to the fans. He did get casca back
I love 1997 berserk
Who doesn't?
Well this is the perfect excuse for me 2 watch this amazing video again
hmm, yes, the ideal video to watch at 1:30 am
The God Hand is not a group, it's a winner's podium and Void acts as a puppet master for his own goals.
wow never thought of it like that
Honestly, the lost children arc was my favorite in the series
The lost children arc ruined me emotionally for a solid day after reading it in it's full glory. Terrible and powerful all in one go.
Thank you for talking about Susumu Hirasawa... I feel like he doesnt get a lot of love/recognition. His music is absolutely amazing and captures the characters/events beautifully. His music from both his solo and band P-model are incredible with lots of variety. so great.
I'm watching this to remember how powerful Miura's narrative was, damn, this isn't just the loss of a man, it's the loss of a legend, one of a kind that could never be replaced by other artist.
May you rest in peace Miura, thank you for all your work, we'll never forget you.
Thank you for reaffirming what I've pieced together from about 5 times reading through from start to just before reaching elfheim and for giving new insights and thoughts to what I consider the greatest hidden gem in the literary world. Your video is well made and very thorough, giving all the info without giving everything away or being overbearing. Bravo, my man. You've earned my sub.
So genius in fact that we need to talk about it twice !
Lol, yes let's go with that haha.
When trying to explain what Berserk is, the closest western comparison I can think of is A Song of Ice and Fire.
Both long running, dark fantasy stories that are introduced as low fantasy and end up as high fantasy.
But the parallel between them that worries me is their release rate, but the conclusions when I examine them are polar.
I have accepted that GRRM will probably die before the end of the series, if not the next book, and with HBO's influence and the current cultural zeitgeist, I worry that the product in the end will be utter drivel.
With Mirua, I'm only worried that he might die before the story concludes, but whatever we get until whichever comes first, I have no doubt it will be anything less than amazing.
I've never heard anyone explain guts theme so perfectly
Miura actually brought back the female apostle from the first page 12 volumes later to seduce then kill Corkus, along with the Count killing Pippin so the Black Swordsman Arc had no lose ends and made complete sense.
Berserk has something that very few manga have, subtly.
Ironically the main character is often anything but subtle, especially in The Black Swordman arc
Amazing video man, love your passion for the series. I feel like Berserk has transcended it's medium, it's the closest thing to epic myth in manga, love, betrayal, bloodshed, super humans, magic, gods, demons, rise and fall of kings, it's all there. It is truly a work of art.
if you haven't yet, you should try reading kingdom.
I only discovered Berserk about a year ago. In that short time it has become maybe the most influential piece of media I have consumed. Seen the 1997 version twice, the movies twice, and I am planning to go through the Manga for a second time soon. Truly an incredible piece of art
I loved Mirua's strategy of drawing the scenes before adding dialogue as it was pretty much impossible for him to fall into the classic anime/manga pitfall of characters explaining everything in dialogue like it was a traditional book or a radio show
i was first introduced to berserk with the golden age arc, i had no idea there was more before it, till i read the manga, i fell in love with this story! i really hope it gets a faithful adaption!
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I wouldn't say that Griffith saw Guts as nothing, but rather his one weakness that he had to overcome... and so he did in grandiose fashion.
I really like the conviction arc tho, I think is the turning point for Guts from being a "lone wolf" to finally accept help from others again.
I remember some of my friends read Berserk stole the name ‘Black Swordsman’(This was back when SAO was big)
Sometimes I miss him
What a phenomenal video! Your analysis-type videos are my favorite of their kind out there. They are so well put together, the visuals, music and your own voice/dialogue meld so well together, and the content itself is so well thought out, well-worded, thoughtful and insightful. I'm a long time fan of Berserk myself, and I always love watching,. listening to and reading other fans thoughts and discussions on the series. Its such a rich and fascinating story to discuss and I really think you understand and appreciate what makes it so great in all aspects, especially after watching this video. Keep up the great work, you make some of the very best content on TH-cam of its kind!
Your love for the Miura's work, your voice very reflexive and your words towards it combines into a profound energy that really touches me. Thank you.
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"Thank you so much a-for-to playing my game"
-Kentaro Mario 64
RIP Greatest Manga of all time.
Kinda disagree about the "guts is literally nothing to Griffith", Griffith even remembered Gut's "betryal" saying that guts of all people should understand why griffith did what he did.. He just moved on and left his humanity behind in favor of his dream, so he cant sympathize with anyone because he's above everyone. So yeah.. Guts is basically just a memory and a used stairstep after the eclipse.
I agree with the notion that Guts never meant anything to Griffith because it was only his pride he cared about and it showed at the end of golden age arc when Guts beat him and left. In my opinion Griffith couldn't handle being told no and shattered his already forming "god complex".
I think you guys are blind, read manga again. Griffith thinks of Gutz as of friend as sick as it seems he feels like only one that can be his true friend even if gutz hates him, cause gutz is the only one that didnt care about his dream.
When people say that they usually mean after the Eclipse,in which case yeah Guts doesn't mean anything but a used stairstep.
Casca's Rape was during the Eclipse,not afterwards.
i kelt telling myself to stop watching anything related to berserks so i can read it one of these days and be completely immerse but here i am....again
i watched a lot of vids and i mean alot and when im watching any series/films analysis im picky with voices and story telling and yours is fantastic
so keep up the good work 👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽
I only planned on watching a small portion of this video considering it is almost an hour long but ended up watching the whole thing. I didn't realize how obsessed I've become with Berserk. Been following it for over a decade. Anytime I feel like life drags me down I re-read some Berserk and say to myself, "I guess my life ain't so bad after all."
This video was beautiful mate! Fully enjoyed the entirety of it! 💯🗡️
me in my death bed : i can finally die in piece...
one individual : but Berserk isnt finished yet !!!
me : whyyyy was i bornn whyyyyyy!!! 😭
Peace* but yeah basically
As I previously said, I love your love for Berserk. This moves me so much because I'm really passionate about Berserk. Also watching this beautiful, very long video for the second time is juice.
J U I C E
One of my main drives to get a well paying job is to buy berserk hardcover manga. That stuff is expensive.
I've got 7 volumes. The pages are bigger and the art is "crispier" if only for the value of the paper used. I'm happy with my HC purchases. You can't go wrong.
I've had this video on my Watch Later since the day it dropped, but now, after the tragic news, I will finally watch it, with tears running down my face as I cherish legacy of the unfinished genius of Berserk by the ingenious Miura.
I still go back and watch Berkserk 1997 cause the manga takes too long and I feel like the majority of the best scenes happen there. I really just wish a good anime studio would do this show the Justice it deserves and not leave anything out. Problem is no studio wants to make it cause it’s so dark at times that lots of anime watchers couldn’t handle it. Anime watchers need Berserk they’re too soft of people
I watch the Eclipse from that anime on TH-cam a lot. It's such a beautiful, horrifying scene.
Way to generalize a whole audience at the end there
I don’t think it’s because it’s too dark, it’s because sadly the amount of money that it would take to make an anime the length of a battle shounen with the visual quality of the manga is more than the human brain can comprehend, and there just isn’t enough of an audience to make back that amount of money
New Flesh started reading the manga a few days ago, I’ve already read past the golden age and I’m somewhere along the 2016 adaptation, all I can say is the manga is a masterpiece, you can truly appreciate what the creator was trying to accomplish among berserks pages
Great video! Been a die hard since 1998 when I got the bootleg VHS’s from Chinatown. Little did I know the manga would surpass my wildest dreams in terms of storytelling and theme. It’s my favorite too, and I’d go as far as to say it’s my favorite story.. period. Thanks again for the video it was really quality content and spot on. You are a true Berserk fan.
I really enjoy your analysis of Berserk, and I find myself re-watching once a year to recall the story rather than re-reading the manga lol just before reading the next few chapters that come out for the year. Thank you Alex.
I'm glad they are continuing the manga. Also, I appreciate your music choice at 8 min. seems very fitting.
I get the nostalgia flash when I hear the Berserk music! *shiver goes down my spine*
I bow down before you man, your videos are really precious and I thank you for taking the time to make them and share it with us. I see you as a scholar of Berserk and Miura and your videos became the prime source of information for me on this absolutely amazing manga. Thank you! 👌🏻
Thank you for such a nice comment man, I'm touched.
Loved the informative and detailed, intrigue creating highlights of the different aspects of Berserk.
Fatefully I came across Berserk by the mention of how amazing it is by youtuber Super Eyepatch Wolf and watched the 2017 series on Netflix, then the Golden Arc film trilogy because I was fascinated by the 2D animated in 3D style which is great for conversion to a game. I almost overlooked the oldest anime until you mentioned it and am looking forward to reading the manga after that. Thankfully the experience of the story is growing with each step.
Thanks for this video. I am glad that I discovered Berserk at this stage when there is so much to catch up on.