midnight-in-town:

midnight-in-town:

I was thinking about this lately and while I don’t think there is a lot of doubts when it comes to whether or not Casca will regain her mind now, I really am unsure about the possibility of a happy Gutsca reunion once Casca will be “back”.

First of all, Casca getting her mind back certainly won’t mean she’ll be automatically okay with everything that happened (on the contrary, she’ll certainly need to cope with what she’ll remember in order to really get better), but in any case, the simple fact that Casca will be back again is such good news in itself that Miura-sensei could decide that it’s all his fans will get (this is Berserk we’re talking about after all, happiness never lasts for Guts ;_;). 

Second thing, the main reason making me doubt a happy Casca/Guts reunion is this…

Since that’s exactly what happened, he let go of his obsession for revenge because making sure Casca was safe (back in vol22) was the most important to him and it reached such an extent that…

… he even let Zodd go because getting on a ship to bring Casca to Skellig Island was more important.

Everything has been about protecting and curing Casca ever since Griffith’s rebirth so, let’s say Casca gets her mind back, if she and Guts also get happily reunited then why should Guts even decide to go after Griffith?

He’s changed a lot and he definitely knows that the world is going down the wrong path with Griffith as literally “humanity’s savior”, but then again, he’s always fought his own battles and life was so mean to him that fighting Griffith, not on his own terms or for his own revenge but for humanity’s survival, doesn’t sound like something Guts would do, especially if Casca is finally back and happy by his sides.

So, ahem, while it pains me since I absolutely adore Guts and Casca together, I am not so sure about a happy reunion at the end of the current arc…
Or we might get a happy reunion but it won’t last because, all in all, Guts is the struggler and to keep struggling against Griffith’s and the fate he wants to impose over humanity, he needs to have a personal motivation to go against Griffith. 

I don’t think I also need to mention what happened during vol23 when Guts almost raped Casca, lost as he was back then, which is something they obviously need to talk about in order for both of them to heal (because the beast of darkness is still there, in Guts’ mind, so it could be an obstacle to the happy Gutsca reunion), but there is also what the Skull Knight said…

…And since he’s right most of the time, I don’t see why this time it would be different when it comes to Casca’s own perspective about what she’s been through or what Griffith is up to.

Personally, I think the SK’s words might have to do with Guts and Casca’s son (as I once explained here)…

…because I don’t think that Casca is ready to just accept Griffith’s death if that means losing her son at the same time (her son who might have been the most conscious thing she could understand and recognize in her life ever since the eclipse).

So, when it comes to a happy Guts/Casca reunion, the chances of it happening and lasting are, in my opinion, directly correlated to if somehow Guts can still have a big motivation to fight Griffith

(as in, facing Griffith would mean that it’s personal and not just because the world is going astray), while being happy with Casca by his side.

At the same time, one possibility is that Guts’ big motivation to fight Griffith could be the same as Casca’s and linked to their son (I mean their child, either as the demon infant or even if he’s the Moonlight child, saved them more than once and Guts can realize that easily), and in that case, we could still have Guts

with Casca by his side and motivated enough to go against Griffith, because next he’s going to make Griffith pay for what happened to his and Casca’s child. 

That’s either all or nothing anyway, as always with Berserk, but I guess we will have to maybe know about who/what the Moonlight child is first, in case Guts and Casca are to really fight Griffith over their child.

Just some ideas, feel free to leave yours 🙂

@harmlesscitizen said:

it won’t be a pleasant reunion, that much is guaranteed. the only thing that remains to be seen is how long and to what extent.

in any case, guts might not pursue griffith for purely ethical reasons, but casca–being the most moral of the three of them–might. as in, she might become griffith’s leadership foil as the commander of an army that opposes him. would certainly be a fitting character arc. regardless i’m willing to bet  she’s going to be the one to drive the plot forward now. i mean, she better, after 20 years decommissioned.

Thanks for your input! And I definitely agree about Casca still having a big role to play and becoming the leader of an army that would oppose Griffith’s, thanks to possible foreshadowing by both Judeau during the eclipse but also Rickert in vol 38.

The thing is, Casca possibly becoming an army leader is the main reason I am considering that she and Guts might not go their separate way after she’s back (unless Guts willingly separates himself from the rest of the crew), which is partly why I think a happy reunion will probably not take place immediately, seeing as they’ve got important things to discuss and deal with. 

But at the same time Casca becoming an army leader only to get revenge for herself or her previous comrades isn’t something I see her do, just like I just don’t see Guts following her around without a personal goal in mind, so then again, while I agree that Casca might (and should!) become a driving force, there is probably something else to consider, which is why I mentioned their son, since he’s a direct plot point leading to Griffith. 

@harmlesscitizen said:

yeah. my theory is that if she DID end up raising an army, guts and casca might reconcile through the fact that guts would willingly and gladly follow her as her “sword.” i don’t think she would oppose griffith out of vengeance, but because it’s right. that being said, this hinges on the idea that she will want to pursue griffith in any capacity, which may not be the case outside her wanting to retrieve her child. but the plot’s got to resolve itself somehow.

Same, I think they might need time since both of them have to deal not only with what they’ve been through on their own but also together, and Casca as a leader again fits both with her character and with the way the plot is going in my opinion too. 🙂

About Casca fighting Griffith though, I didn’t mean it as “revenge” (just as her trying to save her son) but I don’t see her only fighting him because it’s right either. I mean, just like Guts, Casca would need a good motivation to do anything against Griffith when she might be beyond scared of him now, and so that’s why her son might do the trick, because he was the most important thing and probably the only reason sometimes she would be more conscious of her surroundings during the last 3-4 years. 

She went through more than anyone else in the whole story (besides Guts) because of Griffith after all, so acting as the world savior because it’s right wouldn’t suit her imo, not after everything that happened.