The most important part of berserk is you, the viewer.. Guts can’t beat Griffith, and Griffith is unjustly viewed as the messiah of the story, but you, the viewer, the one with the truth, can’t help but love and admire Guts, and find Griffith detestable (which does not mean he is not a great character), and I feel like that’s the most important aspect of the whole story, how the viewers natural disposition serves a stark contrast to what takes place within the story itself
very well said, berserk is so much deeper than a lot of mainstream media. it sucks that people focus on the violence/assault and completely ignore all the nuance that was packed into this story.
I dig that 97 concept art in the thumbnail. The full image is very beautiful and also unsettling because (even if the manga panels weren't drawn yet) it looks like it's foreshadowing post-eclipse Casca in the water, but it's still using pre-eclipse Casca.
there is this immense sadness and pity that guts puts in me every time he tries to gets close to elain and gets shut down, that even after her coming back not being able to speak or look at her without her breaking, and him being just a hound wandering in a wasteland carrying casca's tomb, at the time I couldn't help but think that the person he loved was already gone and the only thing left is a hazy memory of who she was that he is starting forgetting her piece by piece just as in the shards of the doll in the tomb. It hasn't been long sense I finished the released chapters and of all the feelings this series embodies Despair I think stands out, the fact that it ended the way it did, fit in kind of a twisted way in the strong theme of despair in berserk.
I'm glad that Guts took accountability for the murders of Queen Charlotte's cousin and uncle's deaths. Their deaths, especially Adonis', really changed him. He had to search for his own dream instead of being Griffith's lackey.
Thank you for helping me understand berserk me. This is a true analysis not overstretched into a yap session where I forget your main points or you being an English teacher type person where you over complicate the message you instead simplified the message. You were brief and simple awesome work bro
That video was amazing. I literally teared up. Because I've felt all of these throughout my life. This video is amazing. +sub Thank you, the best 6 minutes of my life I have lived since my last four years.
I really love your video, please keep going with videos like this cuz you have a great mind for analysis and understanding the deeper themes of it, plus it's needed since media literacy is basically dead 😭
What do the apostles Guts fights represent? The forces of evil in the Natural world? The forces of the godhand as they are deployed to aid Griffith/femto’s completion of his purpose/desire? In Greek mythology there was the strange pair of opposites known as hubris and nemesis. When any Greek displayed hubris( impiety in the form of overweening/callous pride) Nemesis was dispatched to set things straight. In Biblical lingo, “Vengeance is mine sayeth the Lord”. Is the godhand evil? On the one hand Griffith sacrificed the band of the hawk to become Femto. On the other hand Griffith was severely tortured and sought revenge against a hubristic ruler. Wouldn’t the band of the hawk have sacrificed themselves to help Griffith gain his revenge? But would their sacrifice have been successful or in vain? The godhand guarantees Griffith wins, and the band of the hawk is sacrificed anyway. One way the band of the hawk sacrifices themselves but the victory is not certain. The other way the band of the hawk is sacrificed by Griffith but the victory is guaranteed. It is one thing to volunteer to help fight. It is quite another to volunteer knowing you’re going to die. Either way you “sacrifice" for your friend. Does it matter then if the sacrifice is voluntary or involuntary? If you were assured of the outcome by one type of sacrifice over the other would you have the guts to sacrifice yourself beforehand?
4:41 that's why apostles irritate me. Even the" tame one" like Zodd and Griffith's new band of hawks. And of course Griffith himself. Zodd irritates me the most.
Where nobody said Yusuke of Yu-Yu-Hakusho was a good role-model (I don't care if they say its an "Shonen". That series gets almost as brutal and twisted as Berserk in places!) with him picking fights, snapping at his teacher, and even smoking behind school doors ala the Manga; but yeah...I think the same thing applied here to Guts can apply to Yusuke. Mostly its that gritty real approach of a very human flawed character, who copes with very real anger and depression; being forced to face unimagined odds that would go beyond human endurance, and seeing those very flaws be reflected in some of his worse enemy's; as a pararell to what Yusuke could become and eventually dose become (Humanity still intact no-less.) does make Yusuke sound like Guts in allot of ways. Maybe I just like edgy MC's but those seem to be the story's I like the most in fictive media!
Actually Yusuke’s enemies and friends are just as compelling and impactful as he is. Sure he seems like an interesting character in the story but others add way more depth than Yusuke. I see characters like Kuwabara, Younger Toguro, Sensui, and Mokuro as more in depth compelling characters than Yusuke. Hiei and Kurama add more depth than Yusuke and even Genkai can be said as much arguably as well. Either way he is a good protagonist suitable for the story but not the most interesting
@@c.galindo9639 Yu-Yu Hakusho does have Amazing depth as a Series. While I'm still working on the re-watch through my blue-rays, but yes; majority of the cast are solid A tier/S tier Characters. I can honestly see parts of myself in all 4 of the main characters, with myself being a mix a Cool-headed, intellectual yet at times clumsy and Goofy even downright furious at times. I admit that while Kuwabara does come off as a joke character, his refusal to back-down when he sees a wrong-doing even when beaten to a inch of his life is really quite extraordinary, witch is made even more so with the fact that on the most part; He's just an Ordinary human! He's both a cat person and a red-head like me, so he gets double relatability points on my end. Genkai was tragic. You mostly just see her as this tough as nails 'do whatever you want' drill sergeant but you can tell in that cave trial she really did Truly care about Yusuke's well-being with her realizing that she had gone Too-far. Not to mention her death was not only one of the few permeant cases of a teachers demise in a Shonen Series, it also marked a serious Tonal shift for Dark Tournaments Ending and Chapter Black onwards. Her death all a-tense purposes marked the ending of Yusuke's Child-hood. That is if you can even call it an Child-Hood!
@@YamiSpyroX Yu Yu Hakusho is great and among my top ten favorites but it doesn’t capture maturity as well as Berserk and other seinen although it does have mature content, its take is not as in depth as Berserk but it’s commemorative in its value but I can say that only few characters add that extra impact which makes it mostly suitable for children to teens rather than a mature audience although it can be enjoyed by a mature audience
@@c.galindo9639 It does confuse me on its "PG" rating on the Blue-Rays and DVD's, cause much like the authors other work Hunter X Hunter it gets pretty brutal and in a way I'd think Yu-Yu Hakusho is the grittier series due to Chapter Black, but I suppose like the Middle Grade dragon books 'Wings of Fire' this so- called 'Kids/Teens' series can be viewed as something for adults just as it is for a younger crowd. I just can't picture it ever airing on Toonami's current 'Rewind' block cause 'MAN'! I'd be shocked if several episodes aren't deemed an 'MA' rating! It's like how people are horrified by that rabbit film Watership Down. Just cause it has themes/levity that are good for a younger crowd doesn't necessarily mean it is! (The anime is 'MA' on Netflix. I get it.)
@@YamiSpyroX the Japanese view childish content and mature content much differently than the Western world which is why Yu Yu Hakusho is considered meant for kids even though it has some illicit gory to sadistic content that the Western censors may not find suitable for children. Overall as a kid I didn’t see any of that as too mature but meant for a childish audience and even horror movies to a degree
pretty good video though I'll be honest I thought you'd say berserks lesson is about death, and the metaphor for it becomes the god hand how, no matter how much one struggles, and fights, its ultimately meaningless with not even a good ending as is in, real life guts is marked meaning his soul will cease to be once he dies so ultimately all he has is a meaningless. unwinnable. unforgiving fight
Im not even sure if you could call it "mature" content. Dck monsters is the opposite of maturity. But also not the innocence of infancy. It drags the entire series down. . . Its just, shtty
You can also watch: Casca's life was a BIGGER tragedy than you think => th-cam.com/video/H1Xpo0WqVto/w-d-xo.html
The most important part of berserk is you, the viewer.. Guts can’t beat Griffith, and Griffith is unjustly viewed as the messiah of the story, but you, the viewer, the one with the truth, can’t help but love and admire Guts, and find Griffith detestable (which does not mean he is not a great character), and I feel like that’s the most important aspect of the whole story, how the viewers natural disposition serves a stark contrast to what takes place within the story itself
Griffith did nothing wrong...Im joking His a piece of sh*t
very well said, berserk is so much deeper than a lot of mainstream media. it sucks that people focus on the violence/assault and completely ignore all the nuance that was packed into this story.
Really great video explaining the central themes of Berserk without going on a 2hr yap session. Well done and well explained.
Sad thing is, guts will never be happy.
I dig that 97 concept art in the thumbnail. The full image is very beautiful and also unsettling because (even if the manga panels weren't drawn yet) it looks like it's foreshadowing post-eclipse Casca in the water, but it's still using pre-eclipse Casca.
this was great. thank you for sharing this. I continue to learn so much from Berserk
there is this immense sadness and pity that guts puts in me every time he tries to gets close to elain and gets shut down, that even after her coming back not being able to speak or look at her without her breaking, and him being just a hound wandering in a wasteland carrying casca's tomb, at the time I couldn't help but think that the person he loved was already gone and the only thing left is a hazy memory of who she was that he is starting forgetting her piece by piece just as in the shards of the doll in the tomb. It hasn't been long sense I finished the released chapters and of all the feelings this series embodies Despair I think stands out, the fact that it ended the way it did, fit in kind of a twisted way in the strong theme of despair in berserk.
sad the author died as well man...he really made his presence in this world noticed
@@shintaion so true
Glad the algorithm recommended this video and your channel
Lisa Hamilton from the Dead Or Alive franchise looks like Casca, Panni from fatal fury also looks like Casca but with light skin and with purple hair
Guts is a good example of a anti hero. A deeply flawed hero
I'm glad that Guts took accountability for the murders of Queen Charlotte's cousin and uncle's deaths. Their deaths, especially Adonis', really changed him. He had to search for his own dream instead of being Griffith's lackey.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING, KENTARO MIURA. THE ETERNAL STRUGGLER! 🙏
Thank you for helping me understand berserk me. This is a true analysis not overstretched into a yap session where I forget your main points or you being an English teacher type person where you over complicate the message you instead simplified the message. You were brief and simple awesome work bro
That video was amazing. I literally teared up. Because I've felt all of these throughout my life. This video is amazing.
+sub
Thank you, the best 6 minutes of my life I have lived since my last four years.
Life is indeed hard, for some...too hard. Wish you the best. :)
I really love your video, please keep going with videos like this cuz you have a great mind for analysis and understanding the deeper themes of it, plus it's needed since media literacy is basically dead 😭
Great video thanks
What do the apostles Guts fights represent? The forces of evil in the Natural world? The forces of the godhand as they are deployed to aid Griffith/femto’s completion of his purpose/desire?
In Greek mythology there was the strange pair of opposites known as hubris and nemesis. When any Greek displayed hubris( impiety in the form of overweening/callous pride) Nemesis was dispatched to set things straight. In Biblical lingo, “Vengeance is mine sayeth the Lord”.
Is the godhand evil? On the one hand Griffith sacrificed the band of the hawk to become Femto. On the other hand Griffith was severely tortured and sought revenge against a hubristic ruler.
Wouldn’t the band of the hawk have sacrificed themselves to help Griffith gain his revenge? But would their sacrifice have been successful or in vain?
The godhand guarantees Griffith wins, and the band of the hawk is sacrificed anyway. One way the band of the hawk sacrifices themselves but the victory is not certain. The other way the band of the hawk is sacrificed by Griffith but the victory is guaranteed.
It is one thing to volunteer to help fight. It is quite another to volunteer knowing you’re going to die. Either way you “sacrifice" for your friend. Does it matter then if the sacrifice is voluntary or involuntary? If you were assured of the outcome by one type of sacrifice over the other would you have the guts to sacrifice yourself beforehand?
Such a small channel, but such a good video, watch this get tens of thousands of views, be patient.
now you have 49 subs
great video
Thank you for this video,
One of the other series that I feel goes very deep into the psychi and is very honest and painful is Neon Genesis Evangelion
Tomorrow I will post a video about Evangelion.
It tried to teach us how to treat women
Ayooooo wtf fr
4:41 that's why apostles irritate me. Even the" tame one" like Zodd and Griffith's new band of hawks. And of course Griffith himself. Zodd irritates me the most.
I like the editing but some of these transitions are odd picks lol, good video!
Where nobody said Yusuke of Yu-Yu-Hakusho was a good role-model (I don't care if they say its an "Shonen". That series gets almost as brutal and twisted as Berserk in places!)
with him picking fights, snapping at his teacher, and even smoking behind school doors ala the Manga; but yeah...I think the same thing applied here to Guts can apply to
Yusuke. Mostly its that gritty real approach of a very human flawed character, who copes with very real anger and depression; being forced to face unimagined odds that would
go beyond human endurance, and seeing those very flaws be reflected in some of his worse enemy's; as a pararell to what Yusuke could become and eventually dose become
(Humanity still intact no-less.) does make Yusuke sound like Guts in allot of ways. Maybe I just like edgy MC's but those seem to be the story's I like the most in fictive media!
Actually Yusuke’s enemies and friends are just as compelling and impactful as he is. Sure he seems like an interesting character in the story but others add way more depth than Yusuke.
I see characters like Kuwabara, Younger Toguro, Sensui, and Mokuro as more in depth compelling characters than Yusuke. Hiei and Kurama add more depth than Yusuke and even Genkai can be said as much arguably as well. Either way he is a good protagonist suitable for the story but not the most interesting
@@c.galindo9639 Yu-Yu Hakusho does
have Amazing depth as a Series. While
I'm still working on the re-watch through
my blue-rays, but yes; majority of the
cast are solid A tier/S tier Characters.
I can honestly see parts of myself in all
4 of the main characters, with myself
being a mix a Cool-headed, intellectual
yet at times clumsy and Goofy even
downright furious at times. I admit that
while Kuwabara does come off as a joke character, his refusal to back-down
when he sees a wrong-doing even when
beaten to a inch of his life is really quite
extraordinary, witch is made even more so
with the fact that on the most part; He's
just an Ordinary human! He's both a cat
person and a red-head like me, so he gets
double relatability points on my end. Genkai was tragic. You mostly just see
her as this tough as nails 'do whatever
you want' drill sergeant but you can tell
in that cave trial she really did Truly care
about Yusuke's well-being with her realizing that she had gone Too-far. Not
to mention her death was not only one of the few permeant cases of a teachers
demise in a Shonen Series, it also marked
a serious Tonal shift for Dark Tournaments
Ending and Chapter Black onwards. Her
death all a-tense purposes marked the
ending of Yusuke's Child-hood. That is
if you can even call it an Child-Hood!
@@YamiSpyroX Yu Yu Hakusho is great and among my top ten favorites but it doesn’t capture maturity as well as Berserk and other seinen although it does have mature content, its take is not as in depth as Berserk but it’s commemorative in its value but I can say that only few characters add that extra impact which makes it mostly suitable for children to teens rather than a mature audience although it can be enjoyed by a mature audience
@@c.galindo9639 It does confuse me
on its "PG" rating on the Blue-Rays and
DVD's, cause much like the authors other work Hunter X Hunter it gets pretty brutal and in a way I'd think Yu-Yu Hakusho is
the grittier series due to Chapter Black,
but I suppose like the Middle Grade
dragon books 'Wings of Fire' this so-
called 'Kids/Teens' series can be viewed
as something for adults just as it is for a
younger crowd. I just can't picture it ever
airing on Toonami's current 'Rewind' block cause 'MAN'! I'd be shocked if several
episodes aren't deemed an 'MA' rating!
It's like how people are horrified by that
rabbit film Watership Down. Just cause
it has themes/levity that are good for a
younger crowd doesn't necessarily mean it is! (The anime is 'MA' on Netflix. I get it.)
@@YamiSpyroX the Japanese view childish content and mature content much differently than the Western world which is why Yu Yu Hakusho is considered meant for kids even though it has some illicit gory to sadistic content that the Western censors may not find suitable for children.
Overall as a kid I didn’t see any of that as too mature but meant for a childish audience and even horror movies to a degree
Does Griffith also know that dreams change?
pretty good video though I'll be honest I thought you'd say berserks lesson is about death, and the metaphor for it becomes the god hand how, no matter how much one struggles, and fights, its ultimately meaningless with not even a good ending as is in, real life guts is marked meaning his soul will cease to be once he dies so ultimately all he has is a meaningless. unwinnable. unforgiving fight
What was the anime reference to the boy with the lightning eyes?
My dress-Up Darling
@@shintaion thanks. I thought maybe it was Killua.
Im not even sure if you could call it "mature" content. Dck monsters is the opposite of maturity. But also not the innocence of infancy. It drags the entire series down. . . Its just, shtty
Thanks for making a cool japanese cartoon preachy bro
Great video, great insight, you’ve earned a new subscriber 🦾