ryOtoha said:Do you think Rakshas could have succeed if the Bakiraka didn't choose to intervene ?
Yes.
ryOtoha said:Do you think Rakshas could have succeed if the Bakiraka didn't choose to intervene ?
Aazealh said:Anyway, am I the only one excited at the prospect of seeing Silat pull out the Urumis next episode? We can see the handle of one jutting out from his back in the last panel. He gon' shred dat cloak to bits! (or not )
ryOtoha said:Do you think Rakshas could have succeed if the Bakiraka didn't choose to intervene ? I supposed Zodd would ?
Aazealh said:Hello there!
Well you certainly are selling Silat short here. We've seen him fight before, and I don't think you should underestimate his skills. There is a reason the Tapasa answer to him, and he is among the few people to have ever survived a fight agaisnt Guts. Besides that, if a rapid escape were to be attempted, the best way to go about it would be for one of the Tapasa to carry Rickert around, something I don't believe Silat could do as effectively.
I think they've clearly learned from their past encounters, although this also shows the benefit of getting the drop on someone.
All those are valid points, and just to reiterate what I've said before in the thread, I don't think a fully-fledged battle is going to take place here. I believe there will be a skirmish which the Bakiraka will be on the losing side of (and that may involve a casualty), and then it can go two ways. Either they manage a tactical retreat, or the fight is interrupted somehow.
Hello Esper and welcome!
Well, episode 334 did end with Rickert looking over the city at night, and nothing special was happening then. Now, I don't know what you're expecting exactly, but I'm not sure "great secrets of the Falcon" will necessarily be revealed simply through night-time shots. I do believe we'll eventually see some shady business occurring in Falconia though, but I'm not expecting too much of that from the next episode, given that it already has a lot on its plate. We'll see!
Ken said:Hello there Zenki! the whole situation can go down in many different ways, Rakshas came in expecting to get a quick clean kill but Silat and the Tapasa interfered, he wasn't anticipating that. not really sure how smart it is if they decide to go all out on a fight thought in day time, before Rickert turned around you could see alot of people walking in the city going on about their day, and since falconia is the only truly safe place left for humans at this point a fight breaking out like that would make them speculate about their safety in this place. i wonder if rakshas is gonna take that into account (probably doesn't care). the fight of course could pretty much still take place despite that. Silat and the tapasa are very skilled as well i wouldn't want to underestimate them. we'll see, the hype for the next episode is insanely high and predicting what's going to happen is pretty hard because it can go down in many different ways
Zenki said:However, I don't want to underestimate Rakshas either. In a basic observation of him, he has been known to be creepily agile, and also had displayed illusionary type of combat to confuse the elephants in the Kushan sieging the Holy See (don't know if I spelled that place right) land.
Zenki said:Its been said here numerous times here, but he is quite the unknown when it comes to his actual fighting prowess, and what true onset of abilities he carries, alas not to forget to mention his true apostle form.
Aazealh said:Well, episode 334 did end with Rickert looking over the city at night, and nothing special was happening then.
Aazealh said:Now, I don't know what you're expecting exactly, but I'm not sure "great secrets of the Falcon" will necessarily be revealed simply through night-time shots.
Aazealh said:I do believe we'll eventually see some shady business occurring in Falconia though, but I'm not expecting too much of that from the next episode, given that it already has a lot on its plate. We'll see!
Esper said:True, though that night was the night before main stuff happens, while this one is the repercussions night.
Esper said:I meant that anti-falcon group may oficially establish this night with Rickert putting all the cards on table.
Esper said:Also, my hope is that this night may be the same full moon night we saw on Guts' side. Based solely on the preview panel we got, though moon there lacks branches, so what do I know? We lack solid answer.
Esper said:Miura can pack a lot in a single episode, so the fight may take anywhere from half of the next episode to more than 3 of them.
Wesker90 said:I wonder what are the really ambitions of Rakshas...
Maybe he want to become the new god? Movies and tv series has teached us that this kind of mysterious and ambiguous characters have always great plans in their mind.
Totally possible, but it would be a sad day to break up that group of four before we've seen them test their limits.ryOtoha said:Thanks ! I suppose there's a fair chance that one of the Tapasa won't survive against Rakshas ?
Aazealh said:Friendly reminder that YA #15 is now available on http://www.hakusensha-e.net/. And we have a guide on how to buy it. Please support the series!
Walter said:it would be a sad day to break up that group of four before we've seen them test their limits.
ryOtoha said:Don't you think Rakshas as a formidable foe could do just that ?
ryOtoha said:In the mean time, it'd be great to learn even a little more about those mysterious Tapasa's symbols.
Walter said:Well, while it could indeed happen in 339, I meant that it's sad to think that we're already talking about their deaths, before we even see their potential as warriors.
Aazealh said:There's nothing particularly mysterious about them; they're variations of tilaka, Hindu body markings. Additionally they're convenient to help the reader differentiate the Tapasa from each other.
ryOtoha said:And it would be neat to see Guts fight (maybe along ?) them in the near future.
Aazealh said:In the near future? Really?
puppet12ca said:the digital version of of YA number 15 that contains berserk 338 appears to be up.
puppet12ca said:also on the page that advertises this issue their appears to be a link to digitally view a YA issue or special or something that contains the original first act of berserk with some colour pages as well as a crapload of other manga the link to the page advertising the issue 15 of YA is here
Aazealh said:I'm not sure exactly what you're referring to, but you can buy the "special edition" (larger volumes of a cheaper quality) that contains the color pictures here. Those have been out for some years now.
puppet12ca said:on the page I posted scroll down to a red link under a picture of a YA related cover using the same cover art as volume 29 of berserk this is right next to a picture of another manga magazine cover above a blue link. now the red link appears to allow you to view this issue/special on the site for free complete with the first act of berserk with colour pages starting at page 681
Aazealh said:Oh yeah, that's also nothing new. If you're interested you can also check out some other color pages in the previews for the special editions I linked to.
puppet12ca said:I gotta admit though I'm a little curious what that issue/special whatever posted on the YA page was?