Archer1215 said:What exactly does the original Japanese text say? I thought about that myself, but I can only really use Dark Horse as a reference.
People will call it the Age of Darkness. The idea that "it must end first for people to then call it that" is a step too far. If you asked Raban, he'd probably call it that right now.
Archer1215 said:I have my own ideas for what the Griffith and the other God Hand's agenda is all about, as well as the inevitable conflict between Guts and Falconia (although admittedly none of this is very original)
I mostly agree with your take (or rather, yours mostly agrees with mine from a decade ago ), but I think you understate the fact people don't have a choice. They either live in Falconia or die outside. And the last time we saw someone try to leave, Rakshas was going after them.