BWHAHAHAHA! So did I blow your mind or what?!
It seems really obvious now that I've actually noticed it.
Just in case anyone else was wondering.
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Berserk |OT| - Big men, bigger swords, OFF THE BOAT - Berserk #344 24/6/2016
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Just in case anyone else was wondering.
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Tricky I Shadow
Banned
* Would you look at that? The demon
that killed Corkus
* Judeau's
death hurt.
he protected Casca.
when he got stabbed for the final time.
he had feelings for Casca.
* Guts using
that demon horn as a weapon.
* Good God at some of the violent images of
heads exploding as Griffith is 'sinking.'
* Are you freaking kidding me with
Gaston's death?!
The Count?! The Count ripped Pippin apart?!
* Yuck! So many
penis demons
* Even though I knew it was coming,
Griffith raping Casca
* Now I know why some people say they botched
the rape scene
*
Casca being completely broken
* I felt sorry for Guts when he was running away and
thinking of everyone who died.
killing Gambino.
has a new dream.
We've come full circle!
* I really liked how
the demon baby prevented the evil spirits from attacking Casca
it sucked her brand of sacrifice,
* Oh man! Gut's face when he tried
to kiss Casca and she pushed him away
come so far too!
*
The red lake = The Band of the Hawk?
the ritual of sacrifice on that tree involving intestines!
casually cut that bandits tongue.
tree transformation!
throwing the needle balls.
* "Ske...daddle." I literally LOL'd when Puck said that when he wanted Guts
to run from the angry mob.
* Between Jill
being beaten and heavily implied to being raped
getting abused,
* I enjoyed Berserk The Prototype. It was a cool little story. It was interesting to see all the small changes. Also, hi Theresia and The Count!
* Wow at all the
dead burning children
* It's great to see Guts throwing up at
the burning children attacking him,
* Poor Peekaf. I'm willing to bet that story of him really happened.
* LOL at "Betchi, the Behelit."
* Rosine putting
a frog
* Dat
ball of corpses!
* LOL at how Puck remembers The Godhand!
* Guts
using his arm cannon and sword at the same time on 2 different demon insects
* LOL at Puck's reaction when
he's spotted by the fake elves
he's holding an eyeball.
* The Misty Valley is so pretty and peaceful. Oh look, the fake elves are
slaughtering each other!
they're only children!
into an extra-special elf."
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Man Berserk has some great covers, especially Volume 13.
RadioHeadAche
Member
The mantis and beetle demons have a brief cameo in the anime during the last scene with Rickert. I did not notice that until my recent viewing.
Twelve is my favorite with Femto hatching from the behelit. I want that statue of it too (if it wasn't so pricey).
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
Not only are the praying mantis and beetle demons in the anime, but I just went and checked volume 10 and they make an appearance their too when they
I obviously recognised
but I never made the connection with the praying mantis and beetle demons. It makes sense that they'd be with
too. Great attention to detail!
attack The Band of the Hawk with Rickert.
The Count and Rosine,
Rosine
Werewolf Jones
Member
Why is this image so perfect for the volume though?
But giving the Lost Children arc 3 stars? You better believe I'm mad.
Indeed, I see alot of 1s and 2s in his future
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
It was that or this:
I've given a few volumes three and a half stars, but the three stars I gave to volume 15 is the lowest rating I've given so far. I just thought nothing really interesting happened. It probably doesn't help that I don't really care for Rosine all that much. I've actually read volume 16, and while definitely not bad, overall I thought The Lost Children mini-ark felt too much like a side story, and dare I say it, felt a little filler-ish. I'm kinda glad it's over. I need more Griffith in my life!
Oh my...
It was that or this:
I've given a few volumes three and a half stars, but the three stars I gave to volume 15 is the lowest rating I've given so far. I just thought nothing really interesting happened. It probably doesn't help that I don't really care for Rosine all that much. I've actually read volume 16, and while definitely not bad, overall I thought The Lost Children mini-ark felt too much like a side story, and dare I say it, felt a little filler-ish. I'm kinda glad it's over. I need more Griffith in my life!
I saw on reddit that the girl you meet during that arc might have died. I'll link you to the image if you want.
RadioHeadAche
Member
Your reaction to the end of the birth ceremony chapter will be interesting to see.
So, I'm getting a dreamcast and already have Gut's Rage. Do I need to read 22 before, or am I good if I know they're going to Puck's homeland?
So, I'm getting a dreamcast and already have Gut's Rage. Do I need to read 22 before, or am I good if I know they're going to Puck's homeland?
Werewolf Jones
Member
Jill? Show me.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Berserk/comments/3e62z3/give_it_to_me_straight_has_jill_been_dead_for_all/
edit: lol you got banned real quick.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
WTF! I just read past that bit and didn't think twice about it being no one but a random child.
But whoa - it actually does look like Jill even though the child looks a little smaller than her...
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Best thing about this chapter is the confirmation of another chapter, it might be happening
It is always happening until it is no longer happening.
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
NCR Redslayer
NeoGAF's Vegeta
Men of the boat we are, indeed.
flaxknuckles
Member
Oh yessssss another short chapter. I wish this came out two times a month.
Elfforkusu
Member
Rickert. 
mcz117chief
Member
All right, I finally got my hands on chapter 338 and 339 and of course we got zero plot development, again
Another road trip is about to begin, wow, great, 10 years on a boat and now we will get another 10 years on a road
I really hope this won't be the case. Miura should seriously consider finishing the story, I am increasingly restless, worried that I might die any moment and never get to see the ending of Berserk.
Another chapter on the 25th, let's hope we see Elfheim or something.
Another road trip is about to begin, wow, great, 10 years on a boat and now we will get another 10 years on a road
I really hope this won't be the case. Miura should seriously consider finishing the story, I am increasingly restless, worried that I might die any moment and never get to see the ending of Berserk.
Another chapter on the 25th, let's hope we see Elfheim or something.
mcz117chief
Member
So there will be some new Golden Age story showed in like the one about Guts and the fairy or do I not understand you properly?
True Savior
Member
I dont know exactly what you are asking but Griffith i
s basically infused by evil (can't find other words. sounds corny) , sacrificing himself to become Femto. The rebirth allows Femto (in Griffiths body) , existence in the mortal world.
I should probably be sad that I'm happy more than one chapter has been released in two years.
Werewolf Jones
Member
I don't want this to be real. Miura please, she should be alive, you let Theresia live.
You know what though? Don't even care about them still being on the boat, this new development with Rickert and co. is WAY more interesting.
RadioHeadAche
Member
I started playing Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage for the Dreamcast. First of all, it's pretty amazing to me that we got this game localized years before any other Berserk media made it to the US. It was interesting going through the in-game encyclopedia already knowing what everything is. I do find it odd that it lists the Japanese pronunciations like Gattsu, Zoddo, and Beherite. Even the spoken English dialogue seems to use the Japanese pronunciations.
The game itself is average at best. It's basically an arcade-esque hackn'slash with several cutscenes inbetween with surprisingly decent voice-overs. The combat can be frustrating as Guts' sword will be stopped by walls or other obstacles in narrow areas, which is where fighting mainly happens. However, once your rage meter fills up, Guts unleashes his signature rage which ignores those pesky walls and geometry. There's no lock-on of any kind, so Guts will be slicing the air a lot.
I have only played maybe a hour of the game, so I can't comment much on the story except I wouldn't really feel lost if I hadn't already read up through book twenty-two.
The one feature that sent my fanatic-ness into overdrive was the VMU functionality, specifically the various animations onion-head Puck does during the game. He will shake his head if the game is saving to warn you not to remove it, sleep (I think?) during cutscenes, and shake his signature spiky weapon during combat to cheer you on to victory.
Overall, it doesn't seem to be anything spectacular, and I've only just started, but it's still cool that we got one Berserk game. I'll update my impressions of the story later.
The game itself is average at best. It's basically an arcade-esque hackn'slash with several cutscenes inbetween with surprisingly decent voice-overs. The combat can be frustrating as Guts' sword will be stopped by walls or other obstacles in narrow areas, which is where fighting mainly happens. However, once your rage meter fills up, Guts unleashes his signature rage which ignores those pesky walls and geometry. There's no lock-on of any kind, so Guts will be slicing the air a lot.
I have only played maybe a hour of the game, so I can't comment much on the story except I wouldn't really feel lost if I hadn't already read up through book twenty-two.
The one feature that sent my fanatic-ness into overdrive was the VMU functionality, specifically the various animations onion-head Puck does during the game. He will shake his head if the game is saving to warn you not to remove it, sleep (I think?) during cutscenes, and shake his signature spiky weapon during combat to cheer you on to victory.
Overall, it doesn't seem to be anything spectacular, and I've only just started, but it's still cool that we got one Berserk game. I'll update my impressions of the story later.
True Savior
Member
It's a fun game. And Miura wrote the story , so that's a plus. The whole sword vs walls is frustrating as hell.
PirateKing
Junior Member
Can't stop laughing at this
RadioHeadAche
Member
Well, I finished Sword of the Berserk. Story was fine, nothing essential though. Game is incredibly repetitive and linear. The limited continues and weird save system wasn't an issue until I got to the Zodd boss. Fortunately, if you run out of continues, you just start from the cutscene before Zodd, which is skippable. However it was merely an annoyance then. It didn't reach bullshit status until the end of the game.
Here's how the final act plays out: boss, hallway chase with insta-kill thing, boss and then final boss. The game lets you save only before the first boss and you have to get through all those with ten continues (on normal). Oh, and you get only two health restores max. The first boss is easy, but holy fucking shit that chase sequence. I had to restart so many times. Because of that, I had to fight the last two bosses with less than five continues. I was raging, admittedly by the end there. I somehow managed to beat the final boss thanks to the rage meter filling up just as I was about one hit away from a game over. I am not even attempting the hard difficulty. Fuck that shit.
So, in conclusion it's cool to play a Berserk game, but it's not essential at all. It's a mediocre game based on an excellent property. As long as you read the in-game info guide, you could play it and follow the story well enough I think. The only thing that would cause confusion is Skull Knight riding in at the post-credits scene to eat the behelit the baron used. I guess he really likes those Cadbury creme behelits.
Oh and I was pretty disappointed I didn't get to see polygonal God Hand. What a shame.
Should I bother with the PS2 game? I see Yuke's made that too which makes me question if it has bullshit like the Dreamy one.
Here's how the final act plays out: boss, hallway chase with insta-kill thing, boss and then final boss. The game lets you save only before the first boss and you have to get through all those with ten continues (on normal). Oh, and you get only two health restores max. The first boss is easy, but holy fucking shit that chase sequence. I had to restart so many times. Because of that, I had to fight the last two bosses with less than five continues. I was raging, admittedly by the end there. I somehow managed to beat the final boss thanks to the rage meter filling up just as I was about one hit away from a game over. I am not even attempting the hard difficulty. Fuck that shit.
So, in conclusion it's cool to play a Berserk game, but it's not essential at all. It's a mediocre game based on an excellent property. As long as you read the in-game info guide, you could play it and follow the story well enough I think. The only thing that would cause confusion is Skull Knight riding in at the post-credits scene to eat the behelit the baron used. I guess he really likes those Cadbury creme behelits.
Oh and I was pretty disappointed I didn't get to see polygonal God Hand. What a shame.
Should I bother with the PS2 game? I see Yuke's made that too which makes me question if it has bullshit like the Dreamy one.
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
PS2 is the best. It's a step up from the DC game, and guts feels very awesome wielding the sword.
It features an original story but many parts are based in manga events, so it's awesome to see. Also, there are flashback scenes too.
If you want to see some nice animation from the post-Eclipse era featuring post-Eclipse characters and events, it's baller. I think it covers Volumes 22-27.
Getting dat Berserker armour and fighting Grunbeld was minding blowing when it first came out
Alos, there's an English patch these days. Didn't have that way back when.
Werewolf Jones
Member
It's so sad how perfect the Japanese PS2 voice cast was for Berserk and now with the movies we'll never get to hear them again.
Although IMO English Guts' Rage Puck by Cam Clarke is the best Puck.
Although IMO English Guts' Rage Puck by Cam Clarke is the best Puck.
PS2 is the best. It's a step up from the DC game, and guts feels very awesome wielding the sword.
It features an original story but many parts are based in manga events, so it's awesome to see. Also, there are flashback scenes too.
If you want to see some nice animation from the post-Eclipse era featuring post-Eclipse characters and events, it's baller. I think it covers Volumes 22-27.
Getting dat Berserker armour and fighting Grunbeld was minding blowing when it first came out
Alos, there's an English patch these days. Didn't have that way back when.
I modded my PS2 just so I could play this game. I would love to see another Berserk game come out in the future.
Gameplay by Platinum Games, Art by From Software. Imagine.
My body could not handle such a thing.
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
I used Swap Magic and a plastic slider when I imported it to the UK when it was released.
I was really hyped, and it delivered. It's a solid hack and slash and probably the best Berserk game we'll ever get (would love to be wrong).