trapped_soul
"This is it. It's over."
how do you feel about it?
Is this a potential factor that makes berserk appeal to you more? the reason that made me the berserk fan that i am is its story, and the topics that are treated within the story. i was stunned when i saw the anime for the first time. The characters, especially Griffith, Guts, Caska and Judeau made me think a lot about life. Berserk perfectly explained to me the purpose of all those things that may happen to you during your lifetime. The story-development after Guts & Griffith second duel was just awesome. the ending almost made me cry. this is why i consider berserk as a true piece of art.
well to get back to the origin of this thread: the manga volumes are now being translated, and we're now up at 13. the manga is quite lot deeper than the anime in every respect. but there's one thing that miura brought to an insane level, and that's the extreme amount of brutality in the manga. it's just disgusting. just think about the three chapters that introduce wyld. they're absolutely horrifying and made me feel sick at certain times. (you know the chapter where wyld rapes that cute girl in order rip her into half and killing all the other children. that is just insane (actually that word doesn't describe it at all)
i remember chrisz talking about the eclipse chapter where femto rapes caska. he was as well digusted by it.
my point is following: is this absolutely horrifying kind of brutality really necessary? (no i don't mean to sound like an adult ^^). for me it is certainly _not_ a factor that makes berserk more interesting or appealing to me. i dunno, i mean i do like fights no question. The perfect fusion between the well-grounded story and the battles makes berserk what it is, no doubt about it.
but in my opinion it should also work without that kind of brutality (forgive me for using that word that often).
oh well, what do guys think about it?
Is this a potential factor that makes berserk appeal to you more? the reason that made me the berserk fan that i am is its story, and the topics that are treated within the story. i was stunned when i saw the anime for the first time. The characters, especially Griffith, Guts, Caska and Judeau made me think a lot about life. Berserk perfectly explained to me the purpose of all those things that may happen to you during your lifetime. The story-development after Guts & Griffith second duel was just awesome. the ending almost made me cry. this is why i consider berserk as a true piece of art.
well to get back to the origin of this thread: the manga volumes are now being translated, and we're now up at 13. the manga is quite lot deeper than the anime in every respect. but there's one thing that miura brought to an insane level, and that's the extreme amount of brutality in the manga. it's just disgusting. just think about the three chapters that introduce wyld. they're absolutely horrifying and made me feel sick at certain times. (you know the chapter where wyld rapes that cute girl in order rip her into half and killing all the other children. that is just insane (actually that word doesn't describe it at all)
i remember chrisz talking about the eclipse chapter where femto rapes caska. he was as well digusted by it.
my point is following: is this absolutely horrifying kind of brutality really necessary? (no i don't mean to sound like an adult ^^). for me it is certainly _not_ a factor that makes berserk more interesting or appealing to me. i dunno, i mean i do like fights no question. The perfect fusion between the well-grounded story and the battles makes berserk what it is, no doubt about it.
but in my opinion it should also work without that kind of brutality (forgive me for using that word that often).
oh well, what do guys think about it?
