Griffith
With the streak of a tear, Like morning dew
Well, a whole lot’s been happening in the Berserk community lately…oh, no wait, nothing’s been happening at all actually, nothing relating to Berserk anyway. The events of the story may be more important than ever right now; Kentarou Miura’s world is coming into full view but we certainly aren’t seeing it. Rather than generating theories and speculation at this, what should be, exciting time, the board has become a strange gathering place for buffoons (myself included) the world over; a rogues gallery of Berserk fans now and former rambling incoherently about random bullshit and bitching about the fantasy content of series. We decide whether a chapter “totally sucked” or not based a second hand description that’s only a few sentences long. Do we even attempt to look beyond the surface anymore, are we trying to understand the implications of anything? More information on the Berserk world is being revealed than ever, even the coveted Chapter 83 didn’t get this explicit, and still all people can do is make cheap AD&D jokes and lameass MS Paint Berserk covers because all we focus now on are the set pieces. It’s gotten to the point where paradiselost is not only welcome, but missed. Shit people, let’s pull our heads out of our asses, take a look around, and ask ourselves what we’re doing here? The world of Berserk is blooming and we are finally being given the chance to understand how it truly works on every level, the Berserk DVD’s have just been released in the United Sates, and Berserk Volume 23 is coming out tomorrow. There is no excuse, the Berserk community should be bigger and healthier than ever, so why is it in a coma?
“But Griff, Miura has made Berserk teh fantasy AD&D LOTR’s garbage!”
EAT A BAG OF HELL! This series has had fairy dust and elves in it from day one. It’s had a Minotaur with wings. It’s had a 300-pound skeleton fullback with a rose sword and matching shield, and a horse that can fucking fly. It’s had a main character known throughout the land as the BLACK SWORDSMAN who wields the DRAGONSLAYER, how about the whole Goddamn Lost Choldren arc…do I need to continue? I don’t care how blind you were to it before, that’s just as much fucking fantasy as enchanted weapons and witches. How come nobody ever noticed or complained about all this fantasy shit before the Lord of the Rings movie came out? Miura has presented us with the antithesis of God Hand and instead of examining it we’re only complaining about how it doesn’t match with the rest of the series. No shit, I guess he did a good job.
“But Griff, we don’t have teh scans!”
FUCK OFF! I’m not buying it anymore. Are you telling me that out of 800 members worldwide there isn’t one person that can get access to scans? Trust me, I want them just as much as anybody else, and I have no intention of waiting for Volume 24 to see things unfold further. If I have to, I’ll take the cash I put aside for the DVDs, order a subscription to YA instead, and scan the damn chapters myself, just let me know.
-Griffith
“But Griff, Miura has made Berserk teh fantasy AD&D LOTR’s garbage!”
EAT A BAG OF HELL! This series has had fairy dust and elves in it from day one. It’s had a Minotaur with wings. It’s had a 300-pound skeleton fullback with a rose sword and matching shield, and a horse that can fucking fly. It’s had a main character known throughout the land as the BLACK SWORDSMAN who wields the DRAGONSLAYER, how about the whole Goddamn Lost Choldren arc…do I need to continue? I don’t care how blind you were to it before, that’s just as much fucking fantasy as enchanted weapons and witches. How come nobody ever noticed or complained about all this fantasy shit before the Lord of the Rings movie came out? Miura has presented us with the antithesis of God Hand and instead of examining it we’re only complaining about how it doesn’t match with the rest of the series. No shit, I guess he did a good job.
“But Griff, we don’t have teh scans!”
FUCK OFF! I’m not buying it anymore. Are you telling me that out of 800 members worldwide there isn’t one person that can get access to scans? Trust me, I want them just as much as anybody else, and I have no intention of waiting for Volume 24 to see things unfold further. If I have to, I’ll take the cash I put aside for the DVDs, order a subscription to YA instead, and scan the damn chapters myself, just let me know.
-Griffith