I’m actually curious will Miura ever answer this. Ok, what I think Guts FEELS is: “She is my light, my last and best reason for living. The reason why I can remain a human. Why I don’t go into full rage, madness and despair. And why the blaze of infinite rage and hatred hasn’t consumed me yet.”
But we all know that Guts won’t say it. Not to Roderick, for sure. So what he SAID was probably: “she is my reason to swing my sword.”
Casca literally did not care for anything that was beyond Griffith or his dream. She cared for the Hawks. She cared for Griffith. The old band of the Hawk were an extension of Griffith’s dream. She was a sword. No more, no less.
But Guts, an outsider, was always challenging how everything worked. Griffith’s word was always absolute. Until he came.
Griffith embraced that trait of his, alternating his plans according to how Guts would act in battle. Casca hated Guts for that. It made her feel worthless.
Worthless as a woman AND as a sword.
When Guts left, she should’ve been happy.
Everything will now go back the way it was.
Except that Casca wanted Guts to stay.
Not once did she think of Griffith in this entire scene.
She picked that sword up for herself.
From this point onward, Casca was no longer Griffith’s property.
i never paid enough attention to this until i suddenly remembered the scene when griffith tried to raise his sword, but the sword symbolism and how it represents the casca x guts x griffith relationship and how it developed through the golden age arc and how griffith lost casca’s admiration and devotion??? i mean
Casca‘s probably going to be more in a state of mourning and sadness rather than anger once she wakes up in chapter 355. Unlike Guts and Rickert, she hasn’t really had the chance to come to terms with the events of the eclipse, the loss of her comrades, loss of her child, and loss of her former idol. At least she won’t be a potato anymore.
Frankly, one thing that always baffled me in the fandom is how some readers consider that Berserk is about Guts vs Griffith and like…
I just don’t get it?
I mean, sure, since Casca had a few years of absence, she certainly can’t have become as good as Guts did or as powerful as Femto became, when they were more evenly matched in the past, but nonetheless, Berserk always has been and will be about their trio and my proof…
is right here, because that baby is the biggest link (aside Casca and Guts surviving the Eclipse) between the three of them right now. Besides, would Miura have spent 17 volumes reaching Skellig if Casca’s character wasn’t of the utmost significance to the story?
So I’m sorry that I can’t explain it in a different way xD but for me, Casca is one of the three main characters of Berserk and as such, her role is the same as Guts’ and Griffith’s: she’s partially the reason the story exists, thus she’ll drive the story forward until its end. 🙂
That’s my opinion and I’m afraid I’ll never agree with anyone who considers that Casca is secondary or not relevant anymore, same for the Gutsca dynamic.
I hope it answers your question, have a nice day Anon! :))
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