I was reading the newest Berserk chapter on Mangastream (and omg, I know it’s not the chapter anyone expected but the art, people, I just love Miura-sensei) and at the beginning you can see this:
For some reasons, personally it really reminded me of…
the circumstances of Guts’ birth?
As I said though, it’s probably unrelated, since the reason those monsters appeared is because the astral and real worlds fused when Griffith defeated Ganishka + I doubt it’s necessary to learn anything about Guts’ biological parents or region he was born in anyway…
I found this chapter super interesting when it comes to emphasizing even more than it already was the case on the differences between Griffith’s true nature and the little act of “the Falcon of light” he’s throwing to everyone’s face. Very confusing already for a big part of the fandom, so kudos to Miura for almost making us believe that Griffith as Femto has the best interests of humankind at heart. xDD
Berserk fandom: Casca will never wear a dress! Give her the armor!
Canon Casca:
Idk how much more clear she should say it that she LIKES dresses, but can’t afford to wear them on a battlefield and is insecure that she doesn’t look good when wears them.
She is obviously pleased and relieved to hear Guts dispels her suspicions.
Move on from whatever misogynistic bs you built around the character.
THE NEW BERSERK CHAPTER WAS AWESOME! A good belated birthday gift for me. (^3^)/
First thing first, it’s definitely possible we’re on hiatus yes, but when it comes to having a chapter the following month or going on hiatus, either way it’s usually clearly written on the last page and yet this time it wasn’t so
¯_(ツ)_/¯
are we on hiatus/is Sensei just taking a shorter break this time? I’m not sure for now.
As for Casca, it always was obvious, considering how big her trauma was, that she wouldn’t automatically be okay with everything upon waking up, especially since the Skull Knight had warned us (and Guts) from the beginning:
Thus it’s normal that now she needs time to process and cope with remembering everything, even more so when she described herself post-Eclipse as “Elaine”, a woman she initally sees as being distinct from her…
…at least until the memories start flooding back to her.
However, we didn’t spend almost 20 volumes on getting her back to have her being unable to cope with what happened during the Eclipse again, so I’m sure that with time, comfort and talking it through with Guts
(because he too still has a lot of issues that he completely locked deep within himself), she’ll find a way to slowly feel better.
Speaking of Guts, for now I disagree with the general idea I could see in the fandom after the new chapter came out that she’s going to associate him with being a reminder of the Eclipse and that she’ll be disgusted/scared of him again
for a while. I mean, of course it’s a possibility but frankly, since the memories were flooding back to her before she even saw Guts, I’d rather say that he simply was the trigger to Casca remembering the Eclipse and what happened with Griffith.
TBH, Casca has no real reason to be mad at Guts when it comes to the Eclipse. She already chided him for leaving the Hawks before they went to get Griffith back and anyway, Griffith is the one who decided to sacrifice everyone and hurt her and Guts.
So at first I guess she could irrationally be pissed at Guts for bringing her back and for having to cope with everything when she couldn’t before, but I wouldn’t bet for this to last. Similarly, she could understandably be mad at Guts for what almost happened during vol23, but it’s something that he already loathes himself for + anyway, as a parallel to when they made love the first time…
it would make sense that they find a way to both get over it.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not in any way trying to dismiss Casca’s trauma, or Guts’ for that matter, but narratively speaking they’re stronger together when it comes to facing Griffith, as Guts’ recent sanity 100% resting on his hope to see the woman he loves coming back is proving. Besides, Guts and Casca becoming very close is what led Griffith to become beyond pissed at them in the first place, which is also why he did what he did the moment he became Femto, so it’d make sense that together they strive to be Griffith’s downfall.
Anyway, all that to say that Casca coming back isn’t supposed to kill the Gutsca dynamic forever or to make either character stagnate. They’ll both have some tough time becoming as close as they used to be and the end of ch355 is literally leading us to that, but ultimately they’ll find a way, if just because…
there is still someone who binds them and that’s without mentioning all the previous foreshadowing of Casca taking both her sword…
and her mantle of leader again.
TL;DR tough awakening for Casca for sure, but she’ll slowly find a way to cope with everything for her sake and the sake of the people she still loves. 🙂
Sorry for rambling! xD I hope it answers the few questions you had about the new chapter!
Have a nice weekend Anon. ^_^
the ultimate proof that annihilates any “Casca and Guts didn’t love each other before the Eclipse” post
Hello Anon! Ahh in my opinion, it’s just simpler than that.
There are two kinds of beherits, the ‘normal’ type (that Guts is carrying and that Puck calls his) and the crimson type (that Griffith had) and that is for the five evil angels of the God Hand. However a beherit is also defined as such:
and in my opinion, that’s why the Skull Knight can’t use the one that Guts is carrying, because it has yet to be used and lead its true owner in front of the God Hand.
You heard what Flora (and even Gedfryn) said, if a beherit doesn’t belong to the one who’s carrying it then it’s bound to leave its carrier at some point, which is probably why the Skull Knight never bothered with Guts’.
All the beherits that the Skull Knight took were from Apostles specifically as you pointed out, but it’s also true that Apostles already used their beherit and sacrificed their most precious love. So in my opinion, that’s because the beherits that the Skull Knight is using already served their purpose that he can turn them into his special weapon (because they’re still fetishes opening a road to the abyss).
TL;DR it’s not that the beherits are “different” per se, but rather they already served their purpose with their respective Apostle, which is not the case of the one Guts is carrying, not yet at least. Hence why the Skull Knight didn’t try to take it.
I hope it makes sense, please have a nice day Anon!
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.”
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