Episode 386

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BERSERK Episode 386 will be published in Young Animal #14, slated to be released on Friday, July 10 in Japan.

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This episode is part of the new serialization of Berserk that is being done without Kentarou Miura. According to his close friend Kouji Mori, It's based on what Miura had told him of the story over the years. Mori supervises the effort while Miura's former assistants draw it under the banner of Studio Gaga.

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Berserk Continuation Episode Summaries:

365: Griffith's presence is felt across the island. Casca runs toward Griffith but begins bleeding and triggering (random) memories.
366: Guts swings at Griffith but cannot land a hit. Schierke detects a maelstrom of power around Griffith. Zodd lands on the island.
367: Danan senses something dark rising from beneath the island. Griffith grabs Casca. The cherry tree loses its blossoms, and the island begins to break apart.
368: Gnawers emerge from the cracks, devouring the island. Roderick prepares the ship to depart. Guts despairs at the loss of Casca.
369: The island begins to sink. The elves vanish (except for Puck and Ivalera).
370: On the Sea Horse, Molda rallies Farnese to help heal the injured. Roderick is worried about Guts. In the ship's hold, Guts despairs his failure.
371: Schierke peeks in Guts' mind but is repelled by the Beast's jaws. Griffith arrives in Falconia with Casca.
372: Casca explores Falconia in a subdued state. Fleeting memories of her past provoke a failed escape attempt. Griffith sends his forces east.
373: Skellig's magicians have lost their powers. Schierke needs everyone for a spell to try to locate Casca. During this, Kushans attack. The Beast taunts Guts.
374: Kushans, led by Silat, take over the Seahorse and bloodlessly capture everyone. They approach Guts with caution. Rickert is with the Kushans.
375: Silat captured the Sea Horse following a prophecy from Daiba. The passengers and crew are taken captive toward the Kushan capital.
376: Guts is locked in a cell. The powerless magic users are given over to Daiba. Silat announces a campaign against Falconia.
377: Silat attends a council with all the Kushan leaders and asks for control of their combined military. Rakshas bursts out from one of the participants.
378: Rakshas sends a shockwave that causes monsters to appear all over the city. Silat lunges at him to engage in battle.
379: Silat telepathically reassures the Kushan people. The monsters are dealt with. Rakshas flees and winds up in front of Guts.
380: Magic users dispel the remaining trolls. Rakshas is killed by Silat, who then throttles Guts in anger that he didn't try to defend himself.
381: Using the Brand as a pretext, Daiba takes charge of Guts and marches him out of the city in a hypnotized state.
382: Guts is marched to and entombed in a mausoleum called a Stupa.
383: Inside the Stupa is a giant king lotus leaf on which Guts falls down. As he hallucinates about Griffith and Casca, it clams up and sinks in the water.
384: Guts mopes but Flora appears to reveal he was born into the Interstice, making him the same as Griffith.
385: Guts is "reborn": his confidence is back, he can see in the dark, and he busts the Stupa open with his new super strength.
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So will he now wear the Berserk Armor without effort, and that will be the end of the episode? With the next issues leading to the endgame fight? Could be over very soon, hopefully.
 
ApostleBob said:
Next episode Guts will eat lunch in painstaking detail as a bunch of extras gawk at him and comment about how he's been reborn as the promised one. He won't say much of anything, while Daiba, Silat, and Isidro wonder what it can all mean. I'm 50% joking.
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I don't think they will show the immediate aftermath of Super Saiyan Guts (so they don't have to explain shit) and just focus the whole ep on Falconia.
 
Talked about it in the chatroom but I'll probably share it here.

386 has a color page with Griffith. Episode starts off with Casca seeing Griffith in the distance in front of the world tree, her brand bleeds due to his presence. The page then switches to Schierke in her luminous body soaring through the sky searching where she sees the place filled with people, probably amazed with it thriving despite Fantasia, she then continues off. Sonia senses something and then exchanges a couple words with Mule before heading off to see Griffith where they presumably talk about heading east as it switches to a page showing Silat and the Kushan in a more villainous way with heads on pikes. Mule and Sonia continue talking with Griffith before leaving him and as they go, they spot Casca. They say a couple words but leave her be as Casca is currently in distress due to the brand. Griffith then approaches Casca where her brand bleeds even more and she has a bit of a mental breakdown. The God Hand appear as shadowy figures, talking to Griffith and Griffith shields Casca with his cape, probably to keep them out of her line of sight so her mental breakdown doesn't further escalate or something of the sort. The God Hand talk to Griffith before Griffith forces them to leave (?). The episode ends with the maids coming and escorting Casca away and a couple words from Griffith

From what I got about the ending is that the God Hand are not liking the way Griffith is doing things with the whole savior of humanity and Falconia act. What I don't understand is why they would think that considering it's part of their design. They propped him up to that whole thing and their plans are being done simultaneously with Griffiths own ambitions. They've also indulged in their own desires while also completing their tasks, is Griffith not allowed to do the same?

I'll wait on a proper translation before inputting more but them appearing was quite a surprise to me.
 
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Wait, what? At least it sounds like a proper amount of things happening for one episode, instead of walking for 20 pages bangers. But still, there is so many questions pop up into mind
 
I guess it's better Casca isn't under the plot device magical nap spell forever, but like... why? Letting her wander around and cause trouble was the opposite of what that was supposed to be for. What was the point if it was temporary?
 
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Perhaps new plans on how to control her. It clearly wasn’t working very well as she’d snap out of it and throw hands. Possibly after using the magic nap over and over it has become less effective and she realises faster.
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I guess it's better Casca isn't under the plot device magical nap spell forever, but like... why? Letting her wander around and cause trouble was the opposite of what that was supposed to be forever. What was the point if it was temporary?[/ISPOILE
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Casca is still drugged. She's just wandered there because it was convenient for the narrative they wanted to show, but she's not really conscious and isn't meant to show agency. Anyway guys, it might not be immediately apparent to everyone, but this episode is essentially ruining Griffith's character to the same extent, or even more so, than what the previous ones did to Guts.

To clarify things a little, here's what happens: The amusing thing is that Schierke is still looking for Casca and has yet to find her. Then we see Sonia and Mule return from a reconnaissance mission, and they tell Griffith that a faction of malcontents is forming around the Kushan empire, establishing that there's a growing force opposing Falconia. Sonia behaves completely unfaithfully to herself and you can tell they really have no understanding of her character. In any case, this sets up the coming conflict between two big factions.

Then we see that Casca has wandered there. Griffith feels a heartbeat, touches his chest, and asks himself whether Guts noticed what was happening. This is implying that they are connected (see Puck's line from the previous episode). It also reutilizes while completely misconstruing what Griffith felt on the Hill of Swords in volume 22 (it was obviously Guts' son having feelings for his dad).

Right afterwards, the God Hand suddenly show up and Griffith protects Casca from the pain their presence inflicts by shielding her with his cape. Another ridiculous imitation of what happens in volume 22 when the boy forces him to protect her from falling rocks by using his supernatural ability to bend reality. But obviously it wouldn't work on the Brand feeling pain because evil beings are nearby... And more crucially, they completely omit the boy from the equation here, it's just Griffith that does this.

Anyhow, the God Hand are there to antagonize Griffith, basically establishing themselves as his enemies if not even his puppet masters. They mock what he's been doing and call Falconia a "stone prison". This is another huge retcon, seemingly born from yet another humongous misconception. The Continuation presents them as if they disapprove of what he does and look down on him, even though it was very obviously established by Miura to be part of their common plan. It's frankly farcical because it sounds like they're talking to a subordinate and not a peer.

After seeing this, I have absolutely no doubt remaining: the Continuation team has no idea what it's doing and whatever ending they cook up will be a complete aberration. At this point I would not be surprised to see Griffith rally Guts and die heroically to help him beat the rest of the God Hand, or vice versa.
 
No, no, no, no, no... wait, wait, wait!

You're telling me Griffith when he touches his chest... he doesn't think Moonlight Boy, but Guts?

Really?

(I haven't read the Episode yet... I'm waiting for the translation)
 
Aazealh said:
Casca ainda está drogada. Ela simplesmente foi parar lá porque era conveniente para a narrativa que queriam mostrar, mas ela não está realmente consciente e não deveria demonstrar autonomia. Enfim, pessoal, pode não ser imediatamente óbvio para todos, mas este episódio está essencialmente arruinando o personagem de Griffith na mesma medida, ou até mais, do que os anteriores fizeram com Guts.

Para esclarecer um pouco as coisas, eis o que acontece: O curioso é que Schierke ainda está procurando por Casca e ainda não a encontrou. Então vemos Sonia e Mule retornarem de uma missão de reconhecimento e contarem a Griffith que uma facção de descontentes está se formando ao redor do império Kushan, estabelecendo que há uma força crescente se opondo a Falconia. Sonia se comporta de maneira completamente incoerente consigo mesma e fica claro que eles realmente não entendem sua personalidade. De qualquer forma, isso prepara o terreno para o conflito iminente entre duas grandes facções.

Então vemos que Casca foi parar lá. Griffith sente uma batida de coração, toca o próprio peito e se pergunta se Guts percebeu o que estava acontecendo. Isso implica que eles estão conectados (veja a fala de Puck no episódio anterior). Também reutiliza, ao mesmo tempo que interpreta de forma completamente equivocada, o que Griffith sentiu na Colina das Espadas no volume 22. Era óbvio que o filho de Guts estava tendo sentimentos pelo pai.

Logo em seguida, a Mão de Deus aparece de repente e Griffith protege Casca da dor que sua presença inflige, protegendo-a com sua capa. Outra imitação ridícula do que acontece no volume 22, quando o garoto o força a protegê-la de pedras que caem usando sua habilidade sobrenatural de distorcer a realidade. Mas obviamente isso não funcionaria com a Marca sentindo dor porque seres malignos estão por perto... E, mais importante, eles omitem completamente o garoto da equação aqui; é apenas Griffith quem faz isso.

De qualquer forma, a Mão de Deus está lá para antagonizar Griffith, basicamente se estabelecendo como seus inimigos, se não como seus manipuladores. Eles zombam do que ele tem feito e chamam Falconia de "prisão de pedra". Esta é outra grande retcon, aparentemente fruto de mais um enorme equívoco. A continuação os apresenta como se desaprovassem o que ele faz e o desprezassem, embora Miura tenha deixado bem claro que isso fazia parte de um plano comum. É francamente ridículo, porque soa como se estivessem falando com um subordinado e não com um igual.

Depois de ver isso, não me resta absolutamente nenhuma dúvida: a equipe de continuação não tem a menor ideia do que está fazendo e qualquer final que eles criarem será uma completa aberração. A essa altura, não me surpreenderia se Griffith reunisse Guts e morresse heroicamente para ajudá-lo a derrotar o resto da Mão de Deus, ou vice-vers
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I always thought that Femto was actually a kind of leader, basically the most important piece in the conception of the idea of evil.
I mean, even if the idea of evil has been, in a way, discarded, the notion that everything tends toward suffering in berserk is indeed factual.
So, if that's really the case, treating him as a subordinate, that's the biggest stupidity.
Regarding the interpretation of Moonlight Boy's feelings, I think that's a plausible interpretation, but I don't think it's entirely accurate. Miura could very well use Moonlight Boy to bring back some of Griffith's feelings.
Anyway, it's kind of confusing that Griffith is fighting the God Hand when he's basically the embodiment of evil. Perhaps it has to do with his selfishness? In the sense that he wants not only to dominate the human world, but everything.
 
Aazealh said:
Then we see that Casca has wandered there. Griffith feels a heartbeat, touches his chest, and asks himself whether Guts noticed what was happening. This is implying that they are connected (see Puck's line from the previous episode). It also reutilizes while completely misconstruing what Griffith felt on the Hill of Swords in volume 22. It was obviously Guts' son having feelings for his dad.
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The more I see the MB not acknowledged, the more I feel as if Mori doesn't know what the MB is and all he heard from Miura was simply that "Casca gets taken away by Griffith and sent over to Falconia." There's no "why" he takes her, it's just that he did.

It feels like he just sees it like the evil villain took the hero's girlfriend simply because hes evil. Reminds me a little bit of Bowser and Princess Peach, at the very least Bowser has a motive but with Griffith we don't really see why he does it and we have to try and connect the pieces.
 
This would be a new low if we weren’t already at the bottom of the Mariana Trench. Truly abysmal.

The episode starts with Casca stumbling around Falconia. Why and how, given that she’s a prisoner and drugged? Who cares at this point. She’s there so we can see her Brand begin to ache, and she looks like she’s having an orgasm from the pain. I would post the panel here, but I really don’t want to spread an absurd hentai version of what Casca is supposed to look like. Her being drugged is not an excuse for it.

We then see Schierke’s astral body flying over Falconia. She has a few insignificant and useless thoughts like, "Wow, this is Falconia!" and that’s it. We don’t see her again for the rest of the episode; she simply flies away. Sonia senses her flying around but doesn’t say anything. Instead, she and Mule visit Griffith, who has lost every last ounce of that otherworldly, untouchable aura that is supposed to draw humans to him like moths to a flame - as it once did with Mule. He looks like a Trader Joe's version of himself.

Mule reports something along the lines of the extermination of monsters proceeding smoothly, while some human remnants have fled to the eastern Kushan lands. We’ve already gone over why none of this makes sense, given that Falconia is supposedly the only safe haven left in the world of Fantasia, but they are clearly doing this to set up a clash not only between Guts and Griffith, but between two opposing forces. It will apparently be some kind of rebellion. Griffith finishes by saying that this may no longer be something they can overlook, setting up said clash even further.

As a side note, in the panel showcasing the eastern forces, we can see the spider-like Bakiraka assassin who pursued Guts and the others during Griffith’s rescue. He is obviously dead, so this is presumably meant to be a fun little Easter egg for you guys. How delightful!

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Anyway, Sonia goes on to act like a little brat, and Griffith responds with the most ChatGPT answer imaginable before, yet again, fanning the flames by stating that if they do not understand, they must be shown. At that moment, Casca stumbles in. Griffith then touches his chest and wonders whether Guts noticed it as well. As Aaz mentioned, it was Griffith - not the boy, but Griffith - who felt an established connection with Guts from the previous episode. After all, “they are connected now.” Get it, guys? And we haven’t even reached the climax yet!

Because just moments later, Casca’s Brand bursts into pain, and a surprised Griffith is confronted by the other God Hand members, who taunt and mock him. My translation is not entirely accurate, but it is along the lines of: “Playing the hero! How utterly absurd. It is beneath even child’s play - the very behavior of an infant,” and, “In the end, you are nothing more than the king of a little world.”

This acts as though, first, none of this is part of their plan; second, they are not working together; third, they would actually taunt one another over something this petty; and finally, it suggests that Griffith - or rather, Femto - is now in conflict with the other God Hand members. It is beyond stupid. As a side note, the panels of the God Hand look like complete shit.

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That's it. Listen, it pains me to write this, but far too many signs are pointing in that direction: Guts and Griffith will become allies again on some level, even if only at the very end after duking it out. They now share a special connection. Together, they will face the other God Hand members, and Griffith may even sacrifice himself as an act of redemption to destroy the “true evil.” It would be the biggest turd of all laid upon Miura’s grave.

Edit: As a side note, Griffith actually shields Casca from the God Hand with his cape. You know, the guy who raped her and completely destroyed her - Evil incarnated, literally. Yeah, sure - like he would give a shit.
 
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I haven't read the chapter yet but reading the summaries by members and their reviews.
I have a question-

Are they going to that fan theory rote about how Godhand or Griffith will betray one another (cuz of his ambitions going more and more unchecked)?

Well, It would certainly be lame, if that's the case

Also won't be surprised if they went the route that Guts will slice IOE in the ending and save humanity or something lol....
 
Jao said:
I always thought that Femto was actually a kind of leader, basically the most important piece in the conception of the idea of evil.
I mean, even if the idea of evil has been, in a way, discarded, the notion that everything tends toward suffering in berserk is indeed factual.
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The "God of the Abyss" still exists, but what was shown in episode 83 does not. That aside, while Femto isn't really the leader (that'd probably be Void) he's at least their vanguard and in that sense, he is indeed a key part of the puzzle. That's why the others were shown supporting his ascent during the Condemnation arc, setting up the pieces so the play could unfold perfectly once the main actor (Griffith) had entered the stage. And that's why the developments in this episode are completely stupid.

Jao said:
Regarding the interpretation of Moonlight Boy's feelings, I think that's a plausible interpretation, but I don't think it's entirely accurate. Miura could very well use Moonlight Boy to bring back some of Griffith's feelings.
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Actually no, I don't think it would make sense for the little boy's feelings to somehow "replace" those of Femto. And that's not how Miura presented it in the story anyway. This idea's really just a way for some people to cope with the fact Femto can't possibly be redeemed.

But you know what: it might very well be what the Continuation will do, regardless of what I just said! In fact, I'm taking bets on whether he gets reincarnated as Guts and Casca's son and "finally lives out his true dream" in the end.

Jao said:
Anyway, it's kind of confusing that Griffith is fighting the God Hand when he's basically the embodiment of evil. Perhaps it has to do with his selfishness? In the sense that he wants not only to dominate the human world, but everything.
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No, they are explicitly making fun of Falconia and of his efforts to rally mankind around him. It doesn't seem to be about him being too ambitious or not sharing the pie with them. Frankly, I think the Continuation team simply has no idea what it's doing.

Parkus said:
The more I see the MB not acknowledged, the more I feel as if Mori doesn't know what the MB is and all he heard from Miura was simply that "Casca gets taken away by Griffith and sent over to Falconia." There's no "why" he takes her, it's just that he did. It feels like he just sees it like the evil villain took the hero's girlfriend simply because hes evil.
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Agreed.

lelouch-was-zero said:
Are they going to that fan theory rote about how Godhand or Griffith will betray one another (cuz of his ambitions going more and more unchecked)?
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They are mocking him and what he's doing, so it does imply that they are or will become enemies. It's quite bad in all respects.
 
Aazealh said:
Yep...
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And here I was thinking they'd at least understood the snag... that Griffith is influenced by the Moonlight Boy's feelings...

I-I... it was so obvious... we've known this since volume 22... how can they not know it... how is that possible... how is it possible that...

Miura, Miura, Miura... Sensei, please... please... take Mori away with you...


I'm dead inside...
 
Parkus said:
The more I see the MB not acknowledged, the more I feel as if Mori doesn't know what the MB is and all he heard from Miura was simply that "Casca gets taken away by Griffith and sent over to Falconia." There's no "why" he takes her, it's just that he did. It feels like he just sees it like the evil villain took the hero's girlfriend simply because hes evil.
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That's true, and I'm becoming more and more convinced of it every day. But it's not as if kidnapping Casca to keep the boy happy or under control was an idea that made any sense, no matter if they decided to acknowledge him. I mean even though "Mom" is in Falconia, he'd want to see "Dad". It was flawed from the start.
 
First of all, all members of Godhand to this day looked like they are equals, maybe they kinda look up to the Void as the leader, but even that doesn’t mean a lot.
And even if they tried to mock each other, I don’t see how it could happen other than playfully. Right now I wouldn’t remember the last time when that happened if it happened at all.
Didn’t they take part in Griffith ascending? All the things related to Falconia and Fantasia seemed like a build up to something that Godhand was invested in.

Mori and Gaga actually impressed me again since I assumed it would be hard to make something worse than the last two chapters. Oh boy. Guts’s character assassinated so let’s do it one more time, but now with Griffith.

Are they setting up Griffith’s face turn? Worst direction for Guts is to make him superhuman. Worst direction for Griffith is to give him redemption. Did they really set up both of these things in a span of a month?

Insane. I don’t even want to talk about Caska, they are showing Elaine for some reason.

I would say these three chapters did irreversible damage to continuation, there is no way this mess would end up as something enjoyable. Good job. Now cancel continuation project and give fans a book with Miura’s notes and conversations and draw a couple of nice illustrations to accompany them. You failed. I’m sorry, but you really are. The attempt itself was pretty noble, but it’s doing more damage to the Miura’s legacy and to people who deeply care about this story. Maybe you do it for the Tik Tok phonk edits crowd, then so far it’s incredible job.

Really sad day once again and this time I’m actually glad we’re in for another hiatus. It would’ve been torture to read this every two weeks.
 
It seems to me like the rest of the godhand are still somewhere deep in the abyss, rather than able to come to the physical world. Does this make any sense? I thought the implication of seeing them after Fantasia was that Griffith bridged the gap so there is no such limitation anymore.

Otherwise, it makes no sense that the rest of the godhand would act as a "team" while Griffith is doing his own thing. Not that it makes much sense for them to get together just to say hi to him anyway.
 
Elk Mooser said:
It seems to me like the rest of the godhand are still somewhere deep in the abyss, rather than able to come to the physical world. Does this make any sense? I thought the implication of seeing them after Fantasia was that Griffith bridged the gap so there is no such limitation anymore.
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I don't believe it is fully closed but I'm certain Miura would've done something better than them manifesting as lame shadows on the wall. It seems they retreated into domains of their own, to enjoy the state of the world. We never got to see that.
 
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