After reading through some back chapters and other threads it occured to me that it's been a reasonable amount of time since Guts has made any real attempt to try and follow revenge by going after Griffith and the Godhand again.
Granted it is pretty obvious he is (and probably always will be) still angry at Griffith and the Godhand which is justified, shown at such times as Episode 237 while Skully was talking about him coming across many Apostles lead by Griffith before the beast almost comes forth once again. Also Slann in volume 26, trying to kill her without hesitating the moment he sees her.
I think it's safe to say Guts is and probably always has been an incredibly one track minded person. For some time now his only thought was to take Casca to Elfhelm. Question is after that is done will he want to go right back to revenge or find a new reason to live?
After Elfhelm I have no real idea what his choices will be when the time comes, but suspect he will either find something else he will want to do with his life or when he considers revenge be stopped by Casca (as many of us have considered)
There is also a possibility that he will continue revenge right away and the others (including Casca who's bitter) will follow him on his journey to kill Griffith, Apostles and any who stand in his way. To me however Character development in Guts has been slowly changing over a period of time, particularly after life altering experiences so I doubt he would just follow revenge without something to set his mind off.
I could see him deciding to kill the Godhand and Apostles different reasons, in particular taking on a more benevolent reason to kill Griffith and Apostles instead of being primarily for revenge as he is becoming a better person in the series.
Whatever the case I think it's fairly safe to say that for whatever reason it's a matter of time before Guts will eventually hunt Griffith, Apostles and the Godhand again, most readers will agree on this. The other possible story path is while he is trying to make his life better after reaching Elfhelm something happens that sets him off again to be once again only thinking of revenge.
Your thoughts?
Granted it is pretty obvious he is (and probably always will be) still angry at Griffith and the Godhand which is justified, shown at such times as Episode 237 while Skully was talking about him coming across many Apostles lead by Griffith before the beast almost comes forth once again. Also Slann in volume 26, trying to kill her without hesitating the moment he sees her.
I think it's safe to say Guts is and probably always has been an incredibly one track minded person. For some time now his only thought was to take Casca to Elfhelm. Question is after that is done will he want to go right back to revenge or find a new reason to live?
After Elfhelm I have no real idea what his choices will be when the time comes, but suspect he will either find something else he will want to do with his life or when he considers revenge be stopped by Casca (as many of us have considered)
There is also a possibility that he will continue revenge right away and the others (including Casca who's bitter) will follow him on his journey to kill Griffith, Apostles and any who stand in his way. To me however Character development in Guts has been slowly changing over a period of time, particularly after life altering experiences so I doubt he would just follow revenge without something to set his mind off.
I could see him deciding to kill the Godhand and Apostles different reasons, in particular taking on a more benevolent reason to kill Griffith and Apostles instead of being primarily for revenge as he is becoming a better person in the series.
Whatever the case I think it's fairly safe to say that for whatever reason it's a matter of time before Guts will eventually hunt Griffith, Apostles and the Godhand again, most readers will agree on this. The other possible story path is while he is trying to make his life better after reaching Elfhelm something happens that sets him off again to be once again only thinking of revenge.
Your thoughts?