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MechanicalTomPetty posted:There really is some cosmic irony at play here. Even One Piece has been eating delays thanks to the virus.
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I did one of those "Redraw Sailor Moon" challenges in the Miura style.
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May 20, 2020 15:15
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One Piece i just think he knows he can give himself some breath on, it's so established that 3 chapters a month instead of 4 isn't gonna hurt anything about it. And Berserk just is what it is at this point. At least the last chapter kinda felt like we are starting to get ready to setup the end game for Guts and crew. I'll be very surprised if Guts survives the totality of this story, but he probably deserves it.
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May 20, 2020 15:26
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Miura's already straight-up said in interviews that Berserk isn't gonna have a full-on downer ending, because he's too attached to the characters at this point and assumes the fans largely feel the same way, and thinks a downer would be too unsatisfying at this stage. At the same time, though, an ending that's just full-on happy would feel weird for Berserk. My prediction is that Guts dies, but takes Griffith (and potentially the rest of the God Hand) with him and somehow re-splits the worlds in the process.
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May 20, 2020 19:16
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Also, I'm not overly surprised Berserk is continuing (picking up, even) during the quarantine, since Miura only very recently set up a proper external studio (which was where a lot of the most recent hiatuses came from, iirc). COVID probably just meant he had to put that on hold and keep making Berserk pretty much on his own for a bit.
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May 20, 2020 19:21
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WeedlordGoku69 posted:Miura's already straight-up said in interviews that Berserk isn't gonna have a full-on downer ending, because he's too attached to the characters at this point and assumes the fans largely feel the same way, and thinks a downer would be too unsatisfying at this stage. People have been waiting 30 years for the ending. If Guts doesn't get a semblance of a happy ending there will be riots
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May 20, 2020 20:22
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Guts will survive the ending and the series will end with him lying underneath a tree, except he will be calm and relaxed instead of screaming and covered in blood.
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May 20, 2020 20:28
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I got some theories for how it will end. I think the most notable would be that Guts isn't going to kill Griffith. Given that his character arc has had him moving away from seeking revenge it feels like him or Casca rushing off to kill him would be a huge regression. I do think Griffith is going to get his at some point, but I think it's going to come from him being defeated by Rickert, in contrast to Guts he's shed his tears and has moved on with his life while at the same time he's become to realize what a monster Griffith has become.
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May 20, 2020 23:23
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lezard_valeth posted:People have been waiting 30 years for the ending. If Guts doesn't get a semblance of a happy ending there will be riots I'll angrily wave my walking aid at him.
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May 21, 2020 00:04
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David D. Davidson posted:I got some theories for how it will end. Griffith dying to someone who isn't Guts, who has once more walked away from him never to return, would be the most karmic death for Griffith imo. I can't think of anything that could piss him off more. Or maybe a repeat of the snow fight, only Guts walks away with the whole crew this time (including demons like Zodd, perhaps), and Griffith is left alone on the hill.
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May 23, 2020 12:37
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Guts going to Griffith saying he forgives him and understands him now because he found his own dream, followed by Griffith shrieking at him then losing to Guts in one swing and Griffith's army fades because he completely loses his beliefs, that's my ending. Or, just make it one big time loop, Griffith gets beaten and turns into old lady to hand his younger self the behelit.
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May 24, 2020 14:25
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Guts can make peace with what happened with Griffith an move on, but forgiving him would be insane.
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Griffith's entire setup is based around the subconscious desire of society in general for a savior to come in and rescue them from their short brutish medieval lives. At some point, they're going to end up paying the price for that kind of... forfeiture of agency, I guess? And only the people with the--ahem--guts to try and survive on their own, out from underneath the millennium hawk's wings are going to survive As for Griffith himself, I think that ultimately he's going to be undone by Guts and Casca for the simple reason that he got to where he is now by sacrificing them... but they're not dead yet. And at some point, if they manage to struggle their way out from the brand's influence in a permanent way, the arbiters of fate are going to come to collect the missing balance from out of Griffith's rear end (figuratively)
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Rickert killing Griffith somehow would be interesting
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Wark Say posted:Maybe Oda just wants OP to be done. Like holy poo poo, it's been going on for almost 23 years and he's now in his mid 40's and probably wants to do another manga/character designs/something else. Hell, Miura and George Morikawa were only a year older when they started BERSERK and Ippo respectively. I mean, he probably has carte blanche to keep going as long as he loving wants because hey, as long as it's putting bread on the table for buttloads of people, all coolio for everyone, but at some point you're probably wondering "shouldn't this be winding down already?". Well, maybe he could try speeding things up then? Because it's not like anybody forces him to create the ridiculously complex settings and introduce dozens of new characters with interlocking storylines that have to be solved with every new arc. Like, the way I read one piece is to check every six months or so to see if the last arc I saw is finally done and then, if done, read it. I think the current wano arc has been going for *checks notes* a billion years.
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I'd find mostly anything interesting so long as it isn't as simple as Guts killing Griffith, or something overly depressing. Melancholy or bittersweet would be fine, though. Given how much this series has been about the role of vengeance in trauma and healing, I just want something a little meatier than "Guts swings his sword real hard at Griffith." Casca and Rickert having a happier-ish ending would be nice, too, even if Guts doesn't get one. It'd be cool if the ending blows me away, but given how good the series has been up to this point and how long it's been running, I'd be satisfied with something simpler, too.
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Ethiser posted:Guts can make peace with what happened with Griffith an move on, but forgiving him would be insane. "i bless u for raping my girlfriend" *puts down the last chapter of Berserk* what a masterpiece
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Isn't it pretty much confirmed that the 'Moon Child' is Guts and Caska's, and that Griffith turns into him whenever there's a full moon? No doubt, Griffith's downfall or complete erasure will result from this somehow. I don't think eliminating the God Hand and the Idea of Evil will be as simple as Guts waving his sword around. Personally, I feel that, just as humanity's collective consciousness created the Idea of Evil, there has to be an Idea of Virtue that has yet to be seen since the majority is occupied with its own suffering. I don't think there will be a dimensional regression that leads to the material and astral planes separating. If anything, there will be some catalyst that legitimately transforms the world for the better in a grand sense as opposed to the localized facade of Falconia. What that will be is currently beyond me, but Guts and his crew will definitely play a pivotal role in making that happen. ETURNA fucked around with this message at 03:44 on May 26, 2020 |
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May 25, 2020 06:55
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Started reading Berserk yesterday. After 150 chapters, I can honestly say this is far better than Game of Thrones.
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Hilario Baldness posted:Started reading Berserk yesterday. After 150 chapters, I can honestly say this is far better than Game of Thrones. And the 2016/2017 anime adaption is just as disappointing as season 8 of Game of Thrones!
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Ccs posted:And the 2016/2017 anime adaption is just as disappointing as season 8 of Game of Thrones! Those abominations should never have been made. Terribly written and horribly animated.
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Jun 16, 2020 19:52
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The next chapter of Berserk will miss its original publishing date, and will instead drop on the 22nd of July.
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Hilario Baldness posted:Those abominations should never have been made. Terribly written and horribly animated. Just watch the cutscenes from the PS2 game and the musou that came out a few years ago Hell the musou even has the fight with the Count (only with absolutely none of the build-up unfortunately, but hey, he's there)
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ETURNA posted:
And just like Game of Thrones I now have this to look forward to as well, don't I?
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LordMune posted:The next chapter of Berserk will miss its original publishing date, and will instead drop on the 22nd of July. That means in my time zone I'll see it on the 23rd at the earliest which is my birthday! how loving sad is it that this is what now has me excited for that day
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stupid idea that came into my head today Bearserk Just Berserk, but now Guts is a bear.
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Not the first time someone has thought about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4cDULqYhkY Also sorta relevant now that Persona 4 Golden got rereleased on Steam.
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David D. Davidson posted:stupid idea that came into my head today Guts is already full bara so why not.
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I can see the end game of Berserk being Guts killing Griffith, but I'm pretty sure that it's going to be "Casca and Guts agree Griffith needs to be euthanised to kill the monster he became" rather than the burning revenge that consumed Guts for so long.
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I don't know how I'd feel about it after all the crap he's put them through, but I could see a workable ending where after Guts beats Griffith and the Godhand, Griffith is returned to the state he was in ore-eclipse and Caska and Guts take pity on him. The final chapter is just that vision Griffith had way back when where Guts and Casca are living a happy life together while Griffith is unable to do anything but helplessly rely on their pity and watch them make a life together.
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Guts doesnt necessarily have to kill Griffith, just do something that gets Falconia to turn on him as he walks away with Casca. Griffith breaks down and is destroyed by his own kingdom.
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Guts kicks Griffith in the balls, walks away. FIN
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Its going to end in some poetic justice for griffith, or hell die a pitiful death not having learnt anything at all. Any kind of end except redemption would be a satisfying one for griffith.
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Im pretty sure this can end without Guys and Griffith having any sort of confrontation at this point. Judging by how the magna has been highlighting that people have been welcoming the apostles as guardians and protectors of one of the few human settlements now that Griffith's basically hosed the world over to get his kingdom. I think that he's going to sacrifice Falconia to the godhand and the civilians will suddenly get attacked by the apostles. I'm also guessing that whoever survives this massacre will wind up encountering Guts and his entourage plus whoever survives whatever goes down at Elfheim. In the end the group from the survivors from Falconia will wind up accepting them into the group in exchange teaching them how to survive in the new world that both groups are in. It fits in with the theme of trauma, you can't magically go back to how things were, but you can learn to move on.
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Oh geeze, there's been a new thread this whole time. Any word on more delays, or is the chapter still due in ~3 weeks?
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Andrigaar posted:Oh geeze, there's been a new thread this whole time. Any word on more delays, or is the chapter still due in ~3 weeks? Yeah, new chapter in 2-3 weeks
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Caught all the way up. Goddamn this is a good story.
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Welcome to the boat. (It's one of those "slow boats from X")
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