The fusion of the Kushan with the Bakiraka clan is ignorant to the rest of the series, but it's possible to rectify this. The Kushan are in disarray without a leader, so it's possible Silat usurped power, but we'll need to see that.
I've been wondering at what point exactly did we have a time jump in the story. Where I can see it fitting is during 372. So Guts been in that one room depressed for how long? At least long enough for the ship to basically "pop" roughly thousand leags to the opposite direction from Falconia.
Also as Schierke is still unconscious did she travel with her astral body through the Dragon path, indicated by the light shine in 373? And now she's "detached" who knows how far, she definitely went willingly. I don't think I full get how here astral projection works.
I am genuinely curious what the panel with Magnifico making the weird face is supposed to be depicting within the context of the episode? Is it the shock of Guts falling down again? I know that he’s known to make some funny faces but this one just seems out of place.
It looks like Magnifico is literally rolling his eyes in contempt.I'll talk about it in my big post if I have the motivation to make one, but much like Azan, they've basically been trampling Magnifico's character because he's secondary enough that they feel comfortable doing whatever they want with him. In this case, they're giving him an exaggerated reaction to Guts' condition simply so that he can make a funny face (which looks like his O face, great job guys ). Would he actually be so crestfallen that Guts was in that state? No, not the way Miura created him. But who cares! Funny faces!
It was always a Christian Church before it became a mosque. My point is this building should have been used as a reference for buildings dedicated to the religion of the Holy See, not as a refuge for the Bakiraka or Kushan exiles. Or whoever these people are. I may have misread things incorrectly, but I imagined that the Bakiraka clan lived in a series of villages in some hard to reach mountaneous area. Perhaps they had a shrine or even a temple there... like in Tibet.It's a Roman, then Christian, then Muslim Holy site. Istanbul has had real estate changes over the years.
I'm pretty confident that Rickert wasn't among the first men on the ship but on some other ship. As the Kushan also used chains to pull their ships close to the Sea horse.At the end of episode 374, we see Rickert among the men who are pulling Guts forward. Did he not see him at that time?
I'm pretty confident that Rickert wasn't among the first men on the ship but on some other ship. As the Kushan also used chains to pull their ships close to the Sea horse.
Something I can speak to is the physical comedy:
Pretty much. These chapters are such a far cry from the days where every page was brimming with meaningful interactions, lore implications, foreshadowing, character development, and world building. Now we have absolutely none of that. Mori’s team has reduced Berserk to another manga where the whole appeal is “watching things happen,” if you get what I mean.Only three things happen in this episode: Guts is humiliated (again), Rickert sets the group free, and we're told they are now in "Kushan lands", far away from where they where before.
I think the island’s destruction was premature, and that it was an avenue for them to simplify (truncate) the story on the island. Because right up until Miura’s last episode, things were being hinted at about what happened on the island in the past (Hanarr, Flora, Volvaba, Gedflynn’s father, Lady Medium…). But instead of capitalizing on that, we got nothing. It sunk, along with the possibilities for revelations about that time from Danan, who would have been an ideal person to relay them.In the Great Berserk Exhibition interview Miura also said that he would like to put more emphasis on Skull Knight's story for a bit. So far nothing is leaning in that direction either. But maybe a flashback arc to mirror the Golden Age Arc will start here towards the end of the story, before the climax, except there does not seem to be enough time for that if this is the last arc and supposedly the rest of Berserk will take less than 10 years to finish. But maybe Mori and Studio Gaga will trunk it down to a few episodes, or skip it entirely.
He also said the God Hand would start to appear more and more. So far none of that. I don't know how the God Hand would even appear outside of an occultation ceremony or briefly seeing them in their respective domains again?
While I agree that something felt off about how quickly and abruptly we left things behind that were set up on the island, I have a hard time imagining Skull Knight's past being told while the island is slowly being destroyed around them. Recall that Griffith already made his appearance in Miura's last "manuscript"/episode, which would seal the fate of the island right there.I think the island’s destruction was premature, and that it was an avenue for them to shorten (truncate) the story on the island. Because right up until Miura’s last episode, things were being hinted at about what happened on the island in the past (Hanarr, Flora, Volvaba, Gedflynn’s father, Lady Medium…). But instead of capitalizing on that, we got nothing. It sunk, along with the possibilities for revelations about that time from Danan, who would have been an ideal person to relay them.
That presumes the gnawers needed to exist, when truly they could have been a fabrication meant to wipe away Elfhelm. After all, can we really substantiate the claim that the island’s magic users have lost their power because the island is gone? We can’t. That’s a fabrication, based on the rules Miura left for how magic worked. It’s applied knowledge, not some unseen medium of power emanating from a tree (to test this out: Did Schierke’s power emanate from Flora’s tree? It was destroyed. So why is she able to use magic afterward? Answer: The tree had nothing to do with it.) And if that was an insert, how can we trust the authenticity of Elfhelm being destroyed here? It feels premature given what feels like giant missing pieces of its development. It doesn’t feel right, and it probably isn’t right.Recall that Griffith already made his appearance in Miura's last "manuscript"/episode, which would seal the fate of the island right there.
I see. But that introduces a bunch of other problems, such as what Guts' state would have been like after the fight with Griffith. Would he have lost his spirit while still remaining on the island? Would he care about anything else the inhabitants had to say after his defeat? Would he even have faught Griffith? What would have motivated the group to leave? Just to save Casca? Would Guts be depressed due to losing Casca yet not go after her, or would he go after her and thus still retain some motivation and energy and thus not yet coming across as defeated? How then would they happen upon Rickert if they would be travelling towards Falconia in a quest for Casca? It seems whichever way you go it would have been a completely different scenario resembling nothing like the current one. And rather than writing what he knew, the current result would seem more like Mori making something up that in the end will reach something resembling the little he remembered of the end.Like Mori said, this wasn’t going to be perfect, but he would only write scenarios that he knew about. He didn’t have complete information. So, this is why I tend to believe Elfhelm was wiped from the map simply because those astral creatures and magic users were a variable that Mori didn’t have complete information on, and thus didn’t know how to navigate.
It seems whichever way you go it would have been a completely different scenario resembling nothing like the current one.
I do not know, man. You speak very confidently about Berserk. I know you're a fan but not the ultimate fan. Maybe you should try to believe that Miura's best friend and his team know a little more than you? I mean, I'm 40 years old. I have known about Berserk since I was in Japan in the mid-90s. Berserk was a manga with many ups and downs and with many breaks, perhaps not even Miura knew the story step by step. Maybe the ending does. So, dunking hard against Miura's team seems cynical from you.Precisely. And that's an indictment of the Continuation, not an element in its favor. With each new episode it becomes more obvious that this is nothing at all like what Miura would have done with the story.
I do not know, man. You speak very confidently about Berserk. I know you're a fan but not the ultimate fan. Maybe you should try to believe that Miura's best friend and his team know a little more than you?