(L) Berserk [Manga]

[Kanon]

New chapter out, and this time all about Casca! Everything was going really well, until she spoke to Guts and started recalling events of the Eclipse. She can't even look at him without completely freaking out. This is only the beginning of her recovery.

[wuhugm]

Casca is such a baggage
And she's in the way of loli witch route

[Tenzen12]

Given Shierke will not be loli forever, I agree. Casca needed protection even against human opponents back in times and party is far beyond that level . Quite happy she can't reconnected with Guts causaly and be burden.

Nothing against her personally of course, just think Guts should move on with his life.

[Kanon]

This very chapter established she's still strong. She just needs a magical weapon like Serpico and Isidoro and she'll be set. Her trauma is the only thing in the way.

[Tenzen12]

She is clearly bellow Serpico who could plus minus fight Guts even without magical weapons and being on same level as Isidoro is not exactly best way show worth.

[Kanon]

Originally Posted by Tenzen12

She is clearly bellow Serpico who could plus minus fight Guts even without magical weapons and being on same level as Isidoro is not exactly best way show worth.

Good thing she's a lot better than Isidoro then. Do you really think Isidoro could disable these golems this easily?

[Tenzen12]

Isidro is not frontliner. Reason why he is in party is because is able avoid fights he can't win and his acrobatic skills are useful. Thus even if he is not strong he is not burden either.

Basically put Isidro in frontt of Zod and he will be able get away, maybe even keep him distracted from distance. If you put Casca in front of Zod, well that's where her story ends...

[DemonOfWrath]

Not sure how you're so confident Serpico is clearly above her (ignoring magical items). She was absolutely no slouch in the past and Serpico hasn't really displayed any skill obviously above her.

Serpico being able to "plus minus fight Guts" is quite the stretch. Both times it took him stacking the situation in his favour dramatically to have even a chance, and both times Guts still outclassed him dramatically.

Ignoring the magical items (and some assumed rust) a good estimate is they're around similar levels. Serpico is trickier and more cunning, but Casca is a better brawler (for lack of a better word), if you look at how she deals with armoured opponents and the like.

[Ryuga]

Originally Posted by wuhugm

Casca is such a baggage
And she's in the way of loli witch route

Firstly, fuck that lol. Secondly, Casca won that race years before Schierke even stepped on the track, let alone approached the starting line.

Originally Posted by Tenzen12

She is clearly bellow Serpico who could plus minus fight Guts even without magical weapons and being on same level as Isidoro is not exactly best way show worth.

If Isidro's proven himself to be useful, Casca most certainly will be and he's not on her level at all considering she beat him in their sparring match (notice the bump on his noggin afterwards) but that's not even what's most important. What's important is following her interactions with the the party and how the dynamics change with her being sane now, her thoughts, feelings and how she will deal with her trauma. And of course, her relationship with Guts, as well as their child.

[Tenzen12]

So let me ask you.

How many times Casca needed to be saved by Guts from human opponents?

How many times Isidro/Serpico needed saving from Guts against monsters and apostles?

What is stronger humans or monsters?

[Ryuga]

Casca's actually killed an Apostle without a magic weapon (the one that killed Judeau) and Isidro and Serpico have killed exactly none even with magic weapons. Neither of them were put in the same situations she was. But really, there's far more to Casca's contribution to the story than her power level.

[Tenzen12]

I certainly don't disagree with that.

[Kanon]

Back again. Next chapter should be interesting.

[Kanon]

Is this the first time the Skull Knight has been established to be a king? I've been believing the theory he's Gaiseric for so many years that I forgot what was confirmed about him and what wasn't. If it's the first time, then one more evidence.

As for Guts, looks like he's going to have to master the armor the hard way.

[Shinji103]

Originally Posted by Kanon

As for Guts, looks like he's going to have to master the armor the hard way.

What other way is there in this series? Maybe the Ultra-Violence Nightmare way?

[Kanon]

Originally Posted by Shinji103

What other way is there in this series? Maybe the Ultra-Violence Nightmare way?

Good point

At least Skull Knight is there to stop him so it shouldn't go too badly. The dwarf may be able to switch the armor off just like he turned it on too.

[Blaat]

Short chapter but

Spoiler for chapter 362:

Really makes me excited that we're going to find out more about Slull knight's backstory. The past Godhand panels looked fantastic. Also I couldn't help but notice that the woman (queen?) Guts was holding looked a lot like the fairy queen.

[Kazu-kun]

Originally Posted by Blaat

Short chapter but

Spoiler for chapter 362:

Really makes me excited that we're going to find out more about Slull knight's backstory. The past Godhand panels looked fantastic. Also I couldn't help but notice that the woman (queen?) Guts was holding looked a lot like the fairy queen.

She might have been a fairy, yes. By that time SK was already using the Berserker armor, which means his situation was very similar to Guts' current situation. He was still human and must have been branded along with that fairy woman (you can see she bears the brand!!), just like Guts and Casca are both branded. Just like Guts, SK must have had a lot of contact with super natural beings after he was branded, and he knew Flora. Actually, Flora might have been part of his party, just like Schierke is part of Guts' party.

If we're to take the dialog as face value, this is the end of SK's journey as a human. At that moment, his "Casca" died, and in a fit of rage SK gave in to the berseker armor and his human life ended too. From that point on, he became the SK we know now.

Since Void is the only one of the former God Hand who is still alive, I take it SK killed the other 4. Whether he killed them at that very moment when he fully fused with the Berserker armor or at a latter time as SK, is up in the air.

This is basically a cautionary tale for Guts. His fate is to end up like SK. To lose Casca and gave in to the armor, and be cursed to become an undead like SK. But Guts is the ultimate struggler. If this a fate, Guts will surely break free from it somehow. I would be very surprised if he can't.

[Blaat]

Originally Posted by Kazu-kun

Since Void is the only one of the former God Hand who is still alive, I take it SK killed the other 4. Whether he killed them at that very moment when he fully fused with the Berserker armor or a latter time as SK, is up in the air.

Another possibility is that there is a cycle with the God hand and a God hand gets replaced at the end of the cycle with Void potentially being the newest member a millennium ago. Which would explain why the crimson Beherit eclipse happens every 216 years.

[Kazu-kun]

Originally Posted by Blaat

Another possibility is that there is a cycle with the God hand and a God hand gets replaced at the end of the cycle with Void potentially being the newest member a millennium ago. Which would explain why the crimson Beherit eclipse happens every 216 years.

Why would a God Hand gets replaced if it's still alive? Makes no sense to me.