In Episode 275, Guts performed used the Dragonslayer sword as a lightning rod to avoid Ganishka's lightning. It is a striking scene but it raises some questions on its plausibility.
Don't get me wrong, I like the idea of the lightning rod trick. The confusion I had about the trick was how Guts was able to infer that it was his best choice of action when it was explained by the throwaway line that "lightning does strike high places". With only this line, I could have been assumed that Guts would just leap or push himself onto a lower platform. Even though Guts is known for doing death-defying stunts with sword, I think there is not enough information and character history to explain how he would perform this stunt when the line suggests other alternatives.
Thoughts?
Don't get me wrong, I like the idea of the lightning rod trick. The confusion I had about the trick was how Guts was able to infer that it was his best choice of action when it was explained by the throwaway line that "lightning does strike high places". With only this line, I could have been assumed that Guts would just leap or push himself onto a lower platform. Even though Guts is known for doing death-defying stunts with sword, I think there is not enough information and character history to explain how he would perform this stunt when the line suggests other alternatives.
Thoughts?