I've read Berserk maybe 6 times cover to cover. It's been about a year and a half and I thought I'd do another to catch up for the new releases and I caught some new stuff I hadn't noticed before.
-It's strange that the God Hand deliberately manipulate Griffith into joining their ranks. Once he's one of them and he see's how all this works, and how he's been played just like every apostle they encounter, would there be resent? Perhaps he's above petty emotions at that point, but potentially each God Hand has dicked each new member over at one point in this way.
-I noticed that the entire Troll encounter isn't simply a random breach of the astral world into the material one, but rather specifically linked to Slan taking form and opening Qliphoth. The seeds of Fantasia are much more prominent this time around and it gives a lot more weight to the Troll section.
-The apotles at Floras house are just amazing designs. That is all.
-I'd forgotten how late Ganishka is introduced. It's many volumes after the Kushan appear.
-I didn't realize that the berserker armor is working, though to a lessor effect, on Guts even when it isn't 'activated.' He mentions that he controls his pain through it while they are on the beach.
-It's really not clear if Vritanis is the Holy City or not. There are implications, but the skyline doesn't match and there doesn't seem to be a real Holy See presence.
I'm on Volume 26 so I'll post more as I notice more. Just thought I'd share how I keep finding new things in these books.
-It's strange that the God Hand deliberately manipulate Griffith into joining their ranks. Once he's one of them and he see's how all this works, and how he's been played just like every apostle they encounter, would there be resent? Perhaps he's above petty emotions at that point, but potentially each God Hand has dicked each new member over at one point in this way.
-I noticed that the entire Troll encounter isn't simply a random breach of the astral world into the material one, but rather specifically linked to Slan taking form and opening Qliphoth. The seeds of Fantasia are much more prominent this time around and it gives a lot more weight to the Troll section.
-The apotles at Floras house are just amazing designs. That is all.
-I'd forgotten how late Ganishka is introduced. It's many volumes after the Kushan appear.
-I didn't realize that the berserker armor is working, though to a lessor effect, on Guts even when it isn't 'activated.' He mentions that he controls his pain through it while they are on the beach.
-It's really not clear if Vritanis is the Holy City or not. There are implications, but the skyline doesn't match and there doesn't seem to be a real Holy See presence.
I'm on Volume 26 so I'll post more as I notice more. Just thought I'd share how I keep finding new things in these books.