As my first post was deleted due to a flame war that would be started, I thought I would retry.
The question is the function of Guts' left hand. Not in what it is used for, but if it is just a fake hand, or a movable hand(i.e. Full Metal Alchemist).
At first, and throughout almost all of the manga, it looks like a fake hand that you would have to force it open with. But if that's true, then how can it hold the DS without support from the other hand, or anything else? Examples of this are when he kills the pagans at Albion to save Casca, he completes his swing and is holding the DS only by his left hand. Same as when he encounters the Kushan and kills them in one swing (Vol. 18 Ch. 2). He completes his swing and holds it by his left hand only. Also, during the fight with Mozgus' disciples, he cuts off the huge dude with the wheel's left foot off while throwing a knife at that tiny guy that pulls out the eyes. You could say that the magnet is strong enough to do this, but that's one hell of a magnet. If it's strong enough to do that, then wouldn't it be constantly pulled towards the armor he's wearing?
On the other end is the FMA explanation, that it is a fake arm that can be used like a real hand. But, there's alot of questions about this one too. Like, how is that possible? In the Anime, in the first episode when he fights the Snake lord, before he fires his cannon, we see his index finger on the fake hand twitch. Also, there are times where we see his fist closed, then opened a second later.
What do you think?
The question is the function of Guts' left hand. Not in what it is used for, but if it is just a fake hand, or a movable hand(i.e. Full Metal Alchemist).
At first, and throughout almost all of the manga, it looks like a fake hand that you would have to force it open with. But if that's true, then how can it hold the DS without support from the other hand, or anything else? Examples of this are when he kills the pagans at Albion to save Casca, he completes his swing and is holding the DS only by his left hand. Same as when he encounters the Kushan and kills them in one swing (Vol. 18 Ch. 2). He completes his swing and holds it by his left hand only. Also, during the fight with Mozgus' disciples, he cuts off the huge dude with the wheel's left foot off while throwing a knife at that tiny guy that pulls out the eyes. You could say that the magnet is strong enough to do this, but that's one hell of a magnet. If it's strong enough to do that, then wouldn't it be constantly pulled towards the armor he's wearing?
On the other end is the FMA explanation, that it is a fake arm that can be used like a real hand. But, there's alot of questions about this one too. Like, how is that possible? In the Anime, in the first episode when he fights the Snake lord, before he fires his cannon, we see his index finger on the fake hand twitch. Also, there are times where we see his fist closed, then opened a second later.
What do you think?