Sortep wrote:ok... 1st off... the whole point of muira setting up the impossibilities of guts using a behelit is more cement to the character development we've seen thus far whereas guts believes in the strength of a human against monsters... he will not use the behelit, no way, no how.. period end of story amen,
I don't know where people are getting all this nonsense about a sacrifice not being able to use the behelit. Guts is offered the chance to use the behelit multiple times, there's an entire period where the behelit seems it wants very much to be used by Guts. What makes it an impossibility is Guts himself and his resolve not to use it. I too loved the "Man Versus Monsters" theme and was so disappointed when guts donned the demon armor. Perhaps I was supposed to be in awe of his new abilities, or appreciate the physical manifestation of his internal struggle not to become a monster, but it felt like a real jump the shark moment to me.
however m'asalam alekum.. done... berserk isn't... i repeat isn't a shonen manga where you have some little bullshit training time to power up the main characters... if you notice guts has never had anything of the such... it's doesn't fit within the mechanics of the berserk world...
Yup, it's not like guts ever took a year off to chop up logs or anything... Or like characters were ever handed magical weapons with fantastic unique abilities perfectly suited to those recieveing them. Or like anyone ever shouted "I've never seen anyone control the wind spirits so well this quickly before" or anything.
skullknight has never trained guts... he's explained things but otherwise guts has been left to his own devices... the fact that you would compare the situation with guts in berserk to that of ichigo in bleach (a mediocre shonen manga barely any better than naruto) is maddening... read from volume 1 till now and rethink your posts judging on what muira has given us.. leave all the fairy fan fictionesque bullshit out of it... i hate this thread now
Yep, skully never trained Guts. The rest is just vitriol. Now this is my first post and all, and I do contend that Berserk is in a class all by itself. I recommend it to everyone I know, and I've seen many people who hate childish animes they may have seen in the past or who aren't even the anime audience who have loved berserk. The maturity level in berserk is far above most of any media let alone it's japanese contemporaries, as are the complexities of it's themes and the gripping nature of it's plot. But sometimes we gotta step back, possibly off our high horses, and realise that there are still manga conventions aplenty at play in our beloved berserk. For example, a friend of mine wanted to start another friend on the show and manga so he showed him the hundred man battle. It didn't go well. I'm a pretty big fan, but I wouldn't foam at the mouth if anyone wants to draw a comparison to bleach or anyother manga or anime. They run in the same circles, the comparisons are bound to happen and as much as I may enjoy the highbrow elements of berserk I know people who love this thing for the same reasons they love fist of the north star (the blood, the cutting of people in half ect) so learn to live with it.