What are the themes/morals/messages behind Berserk?
Hello all. I’m new here. I’ve been lurking around for quite some time now.
Anyways all great stories have something to say through how characters interact within that story. Miura obviously have some things he wants to say to us readers through Berserk. Here’s what I got so far…
-Find/Pursue your dreams, but don’t lose sight of what’s (values/people) really important. (Gutts in relations to Caska)
-If you do lose sight of them then you become a slave of your dream. (Griffith)
-If you don’t pursue your dreams, then you live the mediocre life, being more susceptible to become effected by those that are ambitious, but it’s safer and less risky. (Peasants, villagers, small-role characters)
-People who pursue bigger dreams can crush people with smaller ones. (Griffith with the old school Band of the Hawks)
-Evil comes from humans, not outside of them. (Apostles, Idea of Evil)
-Fate/destiny/free will - There are forces that are dictating how we live our lives. (Causality, Idea of Evil)
-Meaning of life - Miura’s main characters question the meaning of their existence/wonder why they are doing the things they do and if they are worthwhile or not. (Gutts realizing that him hacking away at people with his big sword is a wasteful way of a living, thus he sets off to find his “dream”/something to give his life meaning.)
I believe Miura wants us readers to ask ourselves these philosophical/intellectual questions and come up with our own answers so that we don’t waste our lives.
Of course there are the smaller/less intellectual themes. Every Berserk story arc has certain “themes” that it emphasizes on whether it is Miura’s views on war, political corruption, religion, survival of the fittest/smartest, etc.
But yeah these are what I believe are the main themes of Berserk so far. What are your thoughts on this?
Hello all. I’m new here. I’ve been lurking around for quite some time now.
Anyways all great stories have something to say through how characters interact within that story. Miura obviously have some things he wants to say to us readers through Berserk. Here’s what I got so far…
-Find/Pursue your dreams, but don’t lose sight of what’s (values/people) really important. (Gutts in relations to Caska)
-If you do lose sight of them then you become a slave of your dream. (Griffith)
-If you don’t pursue your dreams, then you live the mediocre life, being more susceptible to become effected by those that are ambitious, but it’s safer and less risky. (Peasants, villagers, small-role characters)
-People who pursue bigger dreams can crush people with smaller ones. (Griffith with the old school Band of the Hawks)
-Evil comes from humans, not outside of them. (Apostles, Idea of Evil)
-Fate/destiny/free will - There are forces that are dictating how we live our lives. (Causality, Idea of Evil)
-Meaning of life - Miura’s main characters question the meaning of their existence/wonder why they are doing the things they do and if they are worthwhile or not. (Gutts realizing that him hacking away at people with his big sword is a wasteful way of a living, thus he sets off to find his “dream”/something to give his life meaning.)
I believe Miura wants us readers to ask ourselves these philosophical/intellectual questions and come up with our own answers so that we don’t waste our lives.
Of course there are the smaller/less intellectual themes. Every Berserk story arc has certain “themes” that it emphasizes on whether it is Miura’s views on war, political corruption, religion, survival of the fittest/smartest, etc.
But yeah these are what I believe are the main themes of Berserk so far. What are your thoughts on this?