I tend to point to Guts as an anti-hero rather than a hero. I don't like it when the author portrays Guts as a nice guy underneath all of his bluster and trauma. I find it refreshing when....well....when Guts is a bastard to be perfectly honest.
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My favorite scenes for Guts are the opening scene (where he kills the Apostle after luring it in with sex), his taunting of the Count's daughter and encouraging her to commit suicide, plus his dispassionate denunciation of humanity in the video game at the end.
Guts was never a particularly "good" man to begin with (assisting Griffith in his assassinations amongst other things) but while I don't think of him as an evil man, I certainly don't like it when the author tries to soften his character. I never particularly bought his relationship with the Black Smith for instance.
How about you? What do you think?
(no other word really expresses it)
My favorite scenes for Guts are the opening scene (where he kills the Apostle after luring it in with sex), his taunting of the Count's daughter and encouraging her to commit suicide, plus his dispassionate denunciation of humanity in the video game at the end.
Guts was never a particularly "good" man to begin with (assisting Griffith in his assassinations amongst other things) but while I don't think of him as an evil man, I certainly don't like it when the author tries to soften his character. I never particularly bought his relationship with the Black Smith for instance.
How about you? What do you think?