@@kinggrimlock311 The editing oh my god, I cannot physically handle how well constructed this is; the selection of music, of visuals, and the transitions between them? ?? ?
"And Miura takes us back to where it all began, to where the dark fantasy seems a little less dark..." *BORN FROM A CORPSE HUNG FROM A TREE AND SWADDLED IN ENTRAILS*
Never in any media have I seen a sexual relationship so justifiably done. Nothing rushed. A relationship that took its time to form rather than an immediate infatuation between the two.
Anyone who thinks Berserk is about nihilism is either not very smart, doesn't know what nihilism is, or just watched the 1997 anime and assumed that's the whole story.
@@AndyLikesPie You're describing existentialism, which is a major theme/influence on Berserk. Berserk is IMO the best existentialist story I've ever read even including stuff by Camus and the people traditionally considered existential philosophers/authors. But existentialism isn't nihilism.
I love berserk and it's soundtrack. The artist of the soundtrack, Susumu Hirasawa is a music genius I even made a video about him. ua-cam.com/video/JuGl_c9jU5I/v-deo.html
@@AndyLikesPie Usually nihilists end at the bleak world view. Recognizing that the world sucks isn't a nihilist thing. And believing you can find hope isn't a nihalist thing. Existentialism is the better descriptor here. It's by the angency of the individual that meaning is found. For Griffith it's gaining power. For guts it was just living and then became about Casca. Nihilism would reject morals and simply stop at life being meaningless. It doesn't expand on it or anything. Anything more or the belief to have hope isn't nihilism.
Reading today that Kentaro Miura, the author of Berserk, has passed away, only 54 years old. I come back to this video to remember what an awesome series he left behind, and how sad it will be, to never see it finished. Fans have joked for years that waiting for chapters was like being in limbo, that Guts would never get off the boat, but now that very thing has come to pass. Guts is off the boat but he will never come off the island, but I am happy to know that he is surrounded by everyone he loves, even if his quest will never, truly, end. Goodbye Miura, you gave a lot of us something special.
As of late it is believed that his protege will be continuing things. How people are perceiving this depends on who you ask. Im happy we'll see an end, even if it has hiccups. Plus kentaro mightve left a manuscript.
As of 2024 Kentaro Miura best friend Koji Mori will be taking over the Manga an oversight of the ip an extras. Miura-Sama told the ending synopsis to Mori-Sama so it's in the best hands, friends for 35-40 years an their mothers got confused on who was who sometimes lol. As I understand Miura-sama left a long breath of notes an was teaching his assistants more the past few years prior to his death. So his "brother" for all purposes is handling it with the assistants an a deep plan by Miura on pacing that they have determined their ahead of schedule on. Sad truth of the guy was never behind in his mind but got lost in his art 😅, god we miss ya Kentaro. Hope he's loving the Idol master time, new one came out I believe lol. In other news theirs a studio eclipse* project coming out with the black swordsman arc an they said their goal is do "the valley of lost children arc" up to "Conviction" wich would be season 2 maybe depending on their time to put towards it. The episodes will be coming out '25 an over the year until production time can swings up cause their in uni. But we're finally doing it as fans to give ourselves what we want lol. I can't wait to see what the future will hold but it's definitely not dead. Can you even call yourself a Struggler?
@@woodlefoof2 Wait, how is the Eclipse Guts's fault? Because Griffith told him to stay away and he didn't? (I'm in early Golden Age in the manga, having seen 2013 "The Advent")
I really hope the Castlevania guy does a berserk adaptation. He's already expressed alot of interest in it and watching castlevania, the animation and artstyle would go great with berserk
@@thejamman4070 Not once in its entirety. Always skipped Donovan. Casca & Guts intimacy never had the intended effect. If they adapt Berserk again, let them do it page by page or not at all.
@@derwanker1090 Um no. Why would he do Golden Age just to make it more loyal to the source material? Not only do half of Berserk fans not care about that at this point, but more than half would be angry if he did Golden Age. Golden Age has had enough coverage, we honestly really don't need more. His animation style is good, and if he likes Berserk he'll surely be loyal to the story. Sorry, I love the Golden Age. But I'll have to say fuck the Golden Age on this one.
It always impresses me… Your clarity, your care. I've been with Berserk for more or less 15 years now, and felt nothing but respect with and for everything you said. Berserk got the adaptation it deserved for 38:34 minutes. Thank you!
Berserk the only piece of fiction that not only made me go “holy shit!!!” Every time I turned the page, but the only one that made me feel a great depths of emotions from its characters... and the utter rage and desperation of the eclipse will never leave my mind.
I like how philosophical Guts takes in new lessons he learned from other’s situations. He really wants a path to follow and a life to find but always gets put into a bad situation when he thinks he found something
The eclipse was a scarring scene, for Guts, Casca and us readers too, I wasn't prepared 21 years ago, and I still feel empty, betrayed, desolate and hopeless at it..... and I also still hope that Guts escapes and reaches Casca every time, every time man.....
I'd really like to see David Productions adapt Berserk, seeing as many thought Jojo's was unadaptable and how good the JoJo anime was, I'd really like to see where they take the series
DP has a special place in my heart for pulling off such a monumental task like adapting jojo so fucking well, but I think seeing how studio wit is crushing vinland saga and attack on titan, they'll do a FAR better job than them.
@@mihirkamat504 true, but I just feel like DP could bring a sense of style and elegance to the more tender scenes of Berserk that no other studio, at least in my opinion, ever could. As we saw in JJBA, they know exactly how to balance breath taking action scenes with moments of quiet levity, and not to mention their sound design and ost for JJBA has been nothing but perfection
@@mihirkamat504 Strange, I was thinking Vinland’s team would be great too! Or maybe White Fox, since they managed to more than perfectly animate some of the greatest love letters to Berserk
Hell, I would kill for Kamikaze Studios to take it on and do the 3d stuff RIGHT! I would actually love to see it done mostly black and white, kinda noir
Finally somebody made a non boring, impressively edited Berserk explanation example. I've been searching UA-cam for a decade to find a good one. Your editing is impressive and I recommend you make a series of these. You will go far. I appreciate your work. I do graphic design, photography and media so I fully understand the endless nights of empty beer cans, headaches and so much time lost to making something like this. It paid off, just know that. You have my respect in the deepest regard, along with Miura himself. Long live Berserk and its impressive world.
Guts is a character that feels so genuine and human.... and yet so unrealistic. In this day and age we have so much control over how we present to others and consequently we strive to only show and acknolwedge the "good and beautiful" parts of ourselves. Meanwhile, Guts is willing to embrace the duality, darkness and complexity of being human. Its so admirable that it seems to draw people to him but also leaves Guts largely isolated... sincerity towards the duality and complexity of the human condition is something I'm sure readers find admirable in Guts, but that most would fail to replicate in their own lives. Guts is ultimately more dang human than any of us! 😍
the very crux of jungian psychology, which is what makes the dichotomy between Guts and Griffith so fucking fascinating, one who embraces and ones who represses
I got into Berserk after my grandmother died she was very special to me, and berserk was my escape and safe place, im so happy to see a video so full of love for the series, it realy shows how the comunity of Berserk is always together and hopeing for the next chapter no matter how long it takes to come out, thank you for this very special video that explains exactly why... Why we love Berserk. Sorry for the bad english
Hey that's exactly how I got into beserk! My grandma passed away a while ago and dark souls got me into this.sorry to hear about your grandmother...I feel your pain dude.
@@owen723 im sorry to hear about your loss as well, sometimes fantasy and good stories help you go through tough times, stay strong and Struggle, contend, endure. Always keep her in your memories dont let her go...
Thanks...Can really make all the difference in the world to hear something like that. If you play dark souls 3(or any one of them)just let me know and I'll set a password for us to play it on PlayStation 4.stay safe.
@@owen723 thanks! I'll let you know as soon as i buy a playstation 4, right now i only have xbox sadly, but it will be an honor to play with you when i buy one
No problem! Thank for the support! Just reply back on this and tell me when you got a PS4 and I will set the password!or in dark souls terms...JOLLY CO-OPERATION! \[T]/ you'll understand this if you're a dark souls fan!sorry for replying so late🙄.
I love this video! This is just such a huge love letter to the Berserk series. I didnt expect you to go into the game and motion comic too. Thank you so much for all the time this video must have taken to make.
Imagine what went through my head when, after finishing the Berserk anime for the first time (and desperately wanting for more), I went looking for images of Berserk from google and noticed a page from the manga. After looking at it closer I realized it depicted a scene that had not happened in the anime. At that point I realized ”Wait, the story continues!?” I can't describe the numerous feelings that went through me at that moment. I still remember that first page of the manga that I saw then. It's a scene from volume 2 when Guts finally confronts the apostle count in his throne room.
Berserk is a masterpiece, that very few works of art can hope to catch up to. but you know what else is a masterpiece? THE EDITING IN THIS FUCKING VIDEO OH MY GOD, the animation and editing in this video is god tier. It's not easy to handle manga in a video essay, and this video does it flawlessly
@@nkyfong Well it can leave my friends behind as well. I hear it clang every time it hits something in Band of the Hawk and there's just enough metal on most of the enemies for me to not care
This video is MASSIVE my man, wonderfully edited and with an incredible selection of panels and music to boot. You're making some of the best content on manga/anime out there, no lie. Keep doing your thing, for real.
The intro to this video is iconic, even years after first seeing this video I had to come back to witness the raw peak. Seriously this is by far the HARDEST INTRO TO ANY VIDEO EVER MADE IN HISTORY!
God what is it with everyone getting a boner for studio boner when it comes to berserk, because they did full metal alchemist brotherhood and...... full metal alchemist brotherhood? Fuckin wit studio anyone? Why is it always madhouse and studio bones, they’re great and all and madhouse did great on death note, death parade, and some other good stuff, but wit studio did attack on titan and Vinland saga which are two of the most thematically and similar in tone shows/ manga to berserk I can think of, they were able to capture the complex feelings and tones of the multi-layered and morally gray characters and world so well through the music, sounds, animation, and everything else. I say we should give it to the studio with the best chance to pull it off considering their 2 most successful shows
These videos are precisely why I believe that the perfect Berserk anime would be to getting the manga art and animating It, no coloring, no redesign, no drawing from scratch, just the manga art, animated, a good voice acting, some neat soundtrack and zip It to the world... Dang, this video is beautiful!
this review, no, documentary must be the greatest and most insightful analyzation of berserk i have ever seen. I really appreciate how you think of every feature from several points of view disregarding your own opinions, yet still including them as recommendations because you are a die hard fan after all. Your visuals are astonishing and the honesty this video shines is wonderful. I do not see it as a possibility that anyone who hadn't heard of berserk before this video isn't now determined to read it in it's entirety.
@@DJMeriMero It is the brand of sacrifice. The ones who are meant to get sacrificed in the eclipse are marked by it. Guts's brand of sacrifice symbolizes his connection to the astral/ demonic world.
@@Nerowinger619 in new to this, but i had another image if Guts and Griffin, i thought they were good guys speaking with Gods and angels, until Griffin desperated from his sickness and sacrifices his everything to be healed again but instead he became a demon so that Angel from the sky (i think angel of death) came down after all so take Guts and his girlfriend back to heaven. But i only saw the eclipse, maybe i should watch everything from start.
I found myself back here twice since the author passed. This is the video I link when I share your work to others. I had Guts theme playing as I walked down the street if Ul'dah in final fantasy xiv with wall to wall players standing before bonfires and gigantic swords lining the street end to end in tribute. Thank you for this.
This video was one of the best I've ever watched on this platform, and I'm on youtube pretty much every day (usually for a few hours at least). I've often struggled (haha) to describe both to myself and others what exactly it is about Berserk that makes it one of the closest stories to my heart. For me, I could only get it down to a particular feeling. Something that I couldn't nail down enough to feel as though I'd done it justice in describing it. In my opinion, you've done that. You may never see this, but I truly believe if I ever need to describe to anyone why I love Berserk (and in the off chance that they're willing to watch a 30 minute video to do it) I'll come back here. You helped me to better understand in words why this property is so important to me. Thank you for caring, fellow struggler. Love your other work as well.
i love this video. the amount of care and effort you put into this is amazing. the way you breakdown the beauty of berserk; the intricate storytelling, layered/complex characters, art-both beautiful and horrifying is what distinctly makes it berserk.
A couple of years ago I visited Denmark, where Vikings originated from. I remember reading in a museum about berserkers, or warriors that would lose all sense of fear and pain on the battlefield. Berserkers would bite on their shields (if they had any armor at all) and were compared to bears (I guess the origin of the word berserker comes from the old Norse word for “bear”). Once the battle was over though berserkers were kind and gentle (or as gentle as you can be during those times). I wonder if Miura thought about that when he picked the title of his work...
i read a very similar adaptation on berserkers where they became as frail as infants because of all the adrenaline leaving them after a battle. Not saying your wrong at all, as both are believable and perhaps entirely true all the same
Watching and listening to all of these analysis breakdowns of berserk honestly it helps me cope the fact that I may never see another new chapter. Berserk was and still is the most influential story I have ever read, and it's an absolutely crime that we lost such a legend...
Favorite Manga and Anime (1997) Just recently obtained the 2nd volume of the deluxe edition. Great video, easily subscribed for this and your Bebop videos alone
I also first experienced Berserk with the DC game! Although it took me years until i saw the dvds of the 97 anime at a con and was like "omg is that the weird game????" and then became a fan for life
I was that one guy who into manga and anime, especially the former who talk about Berserk occasionally sometimes but never come to read it. Just like any other of that one guy I joked about Idolmaster too much and think only Berserk to be high regarded for its dark fantasy. How wrong I was when I open the page of the manga this year. Berserk is a story that goes beyond its bleak and dark setting. It actually revealed to me how dark fantasy is a misnomer that only does great disservice to the very magnum opus that Miura currently creating. Whenever I thought what is the theme of Berserk, only one word come to my mind: love. It is truly a love story. One that rooted in ancient tradition of Greek tragedy. Berserk might be started as edgy, fantasy manga which proclaimed to be dark. But Miura, a master storyteller he is took his very first serialization into a new height. A height that elevates Berserk into a summit that rarely, if ever, any other manga had ever reached. Your video is well made. But what truly makes me love and resonates with it is how you emphasize the more emphatic, more sentimental side of Berserk that usually forgotten amidst the mistaken praise for its dark setting and obnoxious idolmaster meme. For that, I thank you.
Was planning on just listening to this commentary in the background, but ended up watching for the whole 38 minutes. The painstaking effort in the video mirrors the effort put into the Berserk manga.
I'm completely blown away by the quality of the editing in the manga section, I can only imagine how much time it must've taken. This video would be worth watching for the visuals alone.
This editing gives me a dissociative experience. I didn't expect this quality, altho i must say in the short time that i have watched few of your videos, they always struck me as very well made. For some reason, I only now realize how much effort is put into the extra bits of animation. It's awesome. Thanks - especially for all those videos about all those series I have been interested in for the longest time
Hey Joe! Just want to say you're awesome. And I'm so stoked to stumble apon your channel. The way you see stuff that I over look gives me a greater appreciation for these films and I feel a sense of pride that my taste for anime is very much in line with yours. Most of what you have covered in your channel so far are all up there as my favorites. I'm gutted that I have now caught up on all your videos (just in this last week). Can't wait to sit down and watch this Berserk piece! Berserk is my all time favorite, apart from the most recent series (look what they did to my boy..) I'm going to make a Patreon account just to show my appreciation.
My man I’ve been watching you for a while now you are one of the most in-depth UA-cam personalities I’ve ever seen you have so much skill the way you craft a video And the way you go in depth is just breathtaking you almost had me in tears with this one man this is one of my favorite animes of all time you rock dude
i think fromsoft could adapt a good game out of berserk, seeing how much of dark souls is directly inspired from it. combine the demons of dark souls and the eldritch horrors of bloodborne, and you got a good mix for a setup of the world of berserk.
I normaly watch couple of videos before subscribing but this was so beautiful i didn't even realize it was over 30 minutes. I try to get people into berserk but they can't stand the blood and gore and never bother. It's honestly my favorite manga.
A very thorough, well put together review of a true masterpiece ♥ And at a very fitting timing, as the 40th volume was just released here this week and I've been reading it ever since yesterday. Berserk is a series I brwose through often, especially when I struggle with an art block and seek for inspiration. I do have to admit however that I did enjoy the 2016/2017 adaption, despite all its flaws, simply because I was so excited to see Serpico on screen ♥
I give this a CLANG out of CLANG
Putting my grasses on to watch this.
AMEN
I can only hope that was a reference to the failed HEMA game also named CLANG
ooooohi understand what you mean.......that sound effects is HORRIBLE 18:45
@@nullakjg767 ..................What grasses what the hell you talking about
“To be a Berserk fan is to struggle”
I...I felt that
Gay
It's so true though. It will be a struggle to the very end
No, to be a true Berserk fan is to have Patience made of steel!
@@R0230R Steel! can be broken it can be rusted with time! What really is tested here, is our shear "WILL" that Struggles in Patience !
Jack Zack as they say in One Piece.. The Will Of The King
RIP Kentarou. Thank you for this journey I shall never forget.
Our journey continueth...
He should've used the belith. Then again, he was already a god.
"To be a Berserk fan is to struggle"
"I remember the dark days, the months, the years of waiting. We didn't even have clanging."
*boat noises*
Bagzerk.
Alfareon the struggle of waiting for months, years at a time to hope for the end.
In a way, some of us never left the boat
Male chior chanting “ we wait, we wait for blood and guts”
This was one of the best videos on “Berserk”.
You weren’t joking about Miura needing a Behelit.
R.I.P. Miura Sensei
Honestly bruh I think it is the best, he's a true fan and also...that intro is the best intro for any video I've seen on UA-cam omg.
@@kinggrimlock311 The editing oh my god, I cannot physically handle how well constructed this is; the selection of music, of visuals, and the transitions between them? ?? ?
@@tinkan6338 Facts not fiction.
"And Miura takes us back to where it all began, to where the dark fantasy seems a little less dark..."
*BORN FROM A CORPSE HUNG FROM A TREE AND SWADDLED IN ENTRAILS*
LMAO
I mean, that's the LEAST of traumas in Guts' repertoir.
Yeah I'd say instead of the dark fantasy was alittle less dark, it was instead less fantasy.
Up until the end Golden Age is just low fantasy with a realist (as opposed to pessimist, not as opposed to fantastical) outlook. A la Game of Thrones
And yet still less dark
Nobody would *DARE* call the sex scene between Guts and Casca simply "hentai."
...Not with a title called "Wounds." Nope.
Never in any media have I seen a sexual relationship so justifiably done. Nothing rushed. A relationship that took its time to form rather than an immediate infatuation between the two.
@@satoshiishota3101 Yup, you'll never see Ash and Misty or Serena and Darien connect on such a raw, visceral level.
@@edwardgaines6561 lmao
@@edwardgaines6561 will Ash ever become a MAN to get pass first base?
@@christhechilled Are they even still making that anime? Shit, it's been 20 years.
Ash may have copped a feel, but it probably wasn't Misty.
Other videos: Berserk is about bleak nihilism.
This video @ 3:00: Nah, it’s about hope.
That’s when I punched the like button.
Hope and also saying fuck you to causality, even if your destiny is to die, you fight to live.
Anyone who thinks Berserk is about nihilism is either not very smart, doesn't know what nihilism is, or just watched the 1997 anime and assumed that's the whole story.
@@AndyLikesPie You're describing existentialism, which is a major theme/influence on Berserk. Berserk is IMO the best existentialist story I've ever read even including stuff by Camus and the people traditionally considered existential philosophers/authors. But existentialism isn't nihilism.
I love berserk and it's soundtrack. The artist of the soundtrack, Susumu Hirasawa is a music genius I even made a video about him.
ua-cam.com/video/JuGl_c9jU5I/v-deo.html
@@AndyLikesPie
Usually nihilists end at the bleak world view. Recognizing that the world sucks isn't a nihilist thing. And believing you can find hope isn't a nihalist thing. Existentialism is the better descriptor here. It's by the angency of the individual that meaning is found. For Griffith it's gaining power. For guts it was just living and then became about Casca. Nihilism would reject morals and simply stop at life being meaningless. It doesn't expand on it or anything. Anything more or the belief to have hope isn't nihilism.
Reading today that Kentaro Miura, the author of Berserk, has passed away, only 54 years old.
I come back to this video to remember what an awesome series he left behind, and how sad it will be, to never see it finished. Fans have joked for years that waiting for chapters was like being in limbo, that Guts would never get off the boat, but now that very thing has come to pass. Guts is off the boat but he will never come off the island, but I am happy to know that he is surrounded by everyone he loves, even if his quest will never, truly, end.
Goodbye Miura, you gave a lot of us something special.
As of late it is believed that his protege will be continuing things. How people are perceiving this depends on who you ask. Im happy we'll see an end, even if it has hiccups. Plus kentaro mightve left a manuscript.
At least that island serves heavenly for guts and casca..
ITS BACK NEXT CHAPTER COMING IN AUGUST 12TH!!!
As of 2024 Kentaro Miura best friend Koji Mori will be taking over the Manga an oversight of the ip an extras. Miura-Sama told the ending synopsis to Mori-Sama so it's in the best hands, friends for 35-40 years an their mothers got confused on who was who sometimes lol. As I understand Miura-sama left a long breath of notes an was teaching his assistants more the past few years prior to his death. So his "brother" for all purposes is handling it with the assistants an a deep plan by Miura on pacing that they have determined their ahead of schedule on. Sad truth of the guy was never behind in his mind but got lost in his art 😅, god we miss ya Kentaro. Hope he's loving the Idol master time, new one came out I believe lol.
In other news theirs a studio eclipse* project coming out with the black swordsman arc an they said their goal is do "the valley of lost children arc" up to "Conviction" wich would be season 2 maybe depending on their time to put towards it. The episodes will be coming out '25 an over the year until production time can swings up cause their in uni. But we're finally doing it as fans to give ourselves what we want lol.
I can't wait to see what the future will hold but it's definitely not dead. Can you even call yourself a Struggler?
“...fall in love with characters, who may or may not have done anything wrong” with a shot of griffith at the end of it, had me laughing 😂😂
Pretty sure he meant guts, the eclipse is his fault after all, Griffith was just doing what he had to
I'm laughing too hard at this 🤣🤣
Loving this forever.
@@woodlefoof2 Wait, how is the Eclipse Guts's fault? Because Griffith told him to stay away and he didn't?
(I'm in early Golden Age in the manga, having seen 2013 "The Advent")
@@saeyabor i think their point was that its the argument for griffith, that he did nothing wrong etc... or not 🤷♂️
I really hope the Castlevania guy does a berserk adaptation. He's already expressed alot of interest in it and watching castlevania, the animation and artstyle would go great with berserk
I agree 200%.
No. Shankar is a pozzed fuckwit and already stated he'd skip Golden Age. Fuck him.
Der Wanker yes, but golden age has been done twice now. Let’s let another arc shine.
@@thejamman4070 Not once in its entirety. Always skipped Donovan. Casca & Guts intimacy never had the intended effect. If they adapt Berserk again, let them do it page by page or not at all.
@@derwanker1090 Um no. Why would he do Golden Age just to make it more loyal to the source material? Not only do half of Berserk fans not care about that at this point, but more than half would be angry if he did Golden Age. Golden Age has had enough coverage, we honestly really don't need more. His animation style is good, and if he likes Berserk he'll surely be loyal to the story. Sorry, I love the Golden Age. But I'll have to say fuck the Golden Age on this one.
1 of my favorite Berserk video essays. I had to come back to this video which is crazy because it recently hit its 1 year anniversary.
I just like to hear the clang of guts sword.
Yeah I've watched this many times haha!
ISNT YUKI=SNOW?
then Yuke's needs no apostrophe s ? what does that mean even
How is that ironic
It always impresses me… Your clarity, your care.
I've been with Berserk for more or less 15 years now, and felt nothing but respect with and for everything you said.
Berserk got the adaptation it deserved for 38:34 minutes. Thank you!
Man, even I felt your comment, and I agree, this is a fair adaptation, a true adaptation to one of the greatest pieces of art I have ever witnessed.
You found the perfect words.
Very well said!
agreed I just hope I'm alive to see the end.
I just came here today to hear this again. Needed something to soothe my heart. Thank you forever, Miura. Rest, it's up to us now.
Just came back after hearing the terrible news about Kentaro Miura.. Absolutly gutted we won't see the end of this amazing story. Rest in Peace Miura
Griffith is the messiah of the new world and Guts lives out a peaceful life with fairies and Casca. The end.
All isn't lost..... Those who worked under Miura and have been taught his ways, will continue the story he left behind.
Plot-twist
@@vidk1dd96 This aged beautifully
@@kevinfernandez2812
Like a fine wine.
Tastes too good to be true.
To be a Berserk fan is to struggle. Especially now...
RIP Miura. We’ll miss you.
Berserk the only piece of fiction that not only made me go “holy shit!!!” Every time I turned the page, but the only one that made me feel a great depths of emotions from its characters... and the utter rage and desperation of the eclipse will never leave my mind.
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I like how philosophical Guts takes in new lessons he learned from other’s situations.
He really wants a path to follow and a life to find but always gets put into a bad situation when he thinks he found something
The eclipse was a scarring scene, for Guts, Casca and us readers too, I wasn't prepared 21 years ago, and I still feel empty, betrayed, desolate and hopeless at it..... and I also still hope that Guts escapes and reaches Casca every time, every time man.....
I’ve never felt a deeper connection to characters in a story than I have with the characters in Berserk. It’s such an amazing work of art.
"It was much too big to be called a sword. Massive. Thick. Heavy. And far too rough."
**This video contains sexual imagery**
😂😂👍
Lmfaoooo
In the immortal words of sterling archer PHRASING!
Rest in peace Miura. A true master of his craft and a storyteller to rival the best. Such a tragedy
I'd really like to see David Productions adapt Berserk, seeing as many thought Jojo's was unadaptable and how good the JoJo anime was, I'd really like to see where they take the series
DP has a special place in my heart for pulling off such a monumental task like adapting jojo so fucking well, but I think seeing how studio wit is crushing vinland saga and attack on titan, they'll do a FAR better job than them.
@@mihirkamat504 true, but I just feel like DP could bring a sense of style and elegance to the more tender scenes of Berserk that no other studio, at least in my opinion, ever could. As we saw in JJBA, they know exactly how to balance breath taking action scenes with moments of quiet levity, and not to mention their sound design and ost for JJBA has been nothing but perfection
@@mihirkamat504 Strange, I was thinking Vinland’s team would be great too! Or maybe White Fox, since they managed to more than perfectly animate some of the greatest love letters to Berserk
Bind and Ufotable are good candidates too.
Hell, I would kill for Kamikaze Studios to take it on and do the 3d stuff RIGHT! I would actually love to see it done mostly black and white, kinda noir
I return to this video to share my pain with others that heard the news today. Rest in peace Miura.
I'm typing with my feet, because I'm clapping with my hands.
Typing with my cock and balls since both my feet and hands are clapping, im also banging my head on the wall
your hands aren't the only things that are clapping.
"fall in love with characters who may, or may not have done anything wrong" was such a perfect line. Such a good video
Finally somebody made a non boring, impressively edited Berserk explanation example.
I've been searching UA-cam for a decade to find a good one.
Your editing is impressive and I recommend you make a series of these. You will go far. I appreciate your work. I do graphic design, photography and media so I fully understand the endless nights of empty beer cans, headaches and so much time lost to making something like this.
It paid off, just know that. You have my respect in the deepest regard, along with Miura himself. Long live Berserk and its impressive world.
"I love BERSERK" thank you for saying in such a unapologetic and heartfelt way. We are the strugglers 🗡
This is perhaps the greatest tribute a fan could ever make. You should be proud
REST IN POWER KENTARO MIURA WE'LL ALWAYS LOVE YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO THIS BEAUTIFUL MEDIUM OF MANGA FOREVER.
🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
Guts is a character that feels so genuine and human.... and yet so unrealistic. In this day and age we have so much control over how we present to others and consequently we strive to only show and acknolwedge the "good and beautiful" parts of ourselves. Meanwhile, Guts is willing to embrace the duality, darkness and complexity of being human. Its so admirable that it seems to draw people to him but also leaves Guts largely isolated... sincerity towards the duality and complexity of the human condition is something I'm sure readers find admirable in Guts, but that most would fail to replicate in their own lives.
Guts is ultimately more dang human than any of us! 😍
the very crux of jungian psychology, which is what makes the dichotomy between Guts and Griffith so fucking fascinating, one who embraces and ones who represses
He is the embodiment of Nietzsche's ubermensch
@@norseca542 would you ever go on a podcast to break this down for people? Iv heard alot about this philosophy but want to learn more, via deep convo
@@bringinthedope5929 i'm way too bad at spoken english to fairly express myself
My favorite parts are when they talk
RIP Kentaro... rewatching this today and mourning 😔
I got into Berserk after my grandmother died she was very special to me, and berserk was my escape and safe place, im so happy to see a video so full of love for the series, it realy shows how the comunity of Berserk is always together and hopeing for the next chapter no matter how long it takes to come out, thank you for this very special video that explains exactly why... Why we love Berserk.
Sorry for the bad english
Hey that's exactly how I got into beserk! My grandma passed away a while ago and dark souls got me into this.sorry to hear about your grandmother...I feel your pain dude.
@@owen723 im sorry to hear about your loss as well, sometimes fantasy and good stories help you go through tough times, stay strong and Struggle, contend, endure. Always keep her in your memories dont let her go...
Thanks...Can really make all the difference in the world to hear something like that. If you play dark souls 3(or any one of them)just let me know and I'll set a password for us to play it on PlayStation 4.stay safe.
@@owen723 thanks! I'll let you know as soon as i buy a playstation 4, right now i only have xbox sadly, but it will be an honor to play with you when i buy one
No problem! Thank for the support! Just reply back on this and tell me when you got a PS4 and I will set the password!or in dark souls terms...JOLLY CO-OPERATION! \[T]/ you'll understand this if you're a dark souls fan!sorry for replying so late🙄.
I come back every couple of months to pay tribute to a true fan... thank you again my friend.
especially on this day of days...
I love this video! This is just such a huge love letter to the Berserk series. I didnt expect you to go into the game and motion comic too. Thank you so much for all the time this video must have taken to make.
If he did those motion panels from the manga looking things he did an amazing job, and I love it.
That intro single handedly made this the best Berserk video essay I’ve ever seen. The visual effects and editing were astounding. Amazing job.
Imagine what went through my head when, after finishing the Berserk anime for the first time (and desperately wanting for more), I went looking for images of Berserk from google and noticed a page from the manga. After looking at it closer I realized it depicted a scene that had not happened in the anime.
At that point I realized ”Wait, the story continues!?” I can't describe the numerous feelings that went through me at that moment. I still remember that first page of the manga that I saw then. It's a scene from volume 2 when Guts finally confronts the apostle count in his throne room.
Which anime?,
The good or the shit one?
Nathaniel Fong the first one. Though my feelings about it have mellowed with time. Now I'd rank the movie trilogy above it.
Gudo!
@@RabbitShirak the 97 adaptation is better in my opinion cover more things, the movie has great scene but stories rushed
Berserk is a masterpiece, that very few works of art can hope to catch up to.
but you know what else is a masterpiece? THE EDITING IN THIS FUCKING VIDEO
OH MY GOD, the animation and editing in this video is god tier. It's not easy to handle manga in a video essay, and this video does it flawlessly
Berserk being a masterpiece may be ruined
If mirua doesn’t finish the fucking series.
I had to return to this video after the news. One of the best tributes to Berserk in existence.
Rest in peace, Miura-sensei.
Y'know what? Dragonslayer is a multidimensional sword, it can clang if it wants to.
Well yes, but actually no.
@@nkyfong Well it can leave my friends behind as well. I hear it clang every time it hits something in Band of the Hawk and there's just enough metal on most of the enemies for me to not care
@@DoomRater, in that case yes.
This video is MASSIVE my man, wonderfully edited and with an incredible selection of panels and music to boot. You're making some of the best content on manga/anime out there, no lie. Keep doing your thing, for real.
Mauler fan?
I won't know peace until the manga is finished with a superbly adapted anime.
I really hope they re-make it
The intro to this video is iconic, even years after first seeing this video I had to come back to witness the raw peak. Seriously this is by far the HARDEST INTRO TO ANY VIDEO EVER MADE IN HISTORY!
Had to come back to this video to say: Rest in Peace, Kentaro Miura
Its so rare to be able to talk to anyone who he even knows what Berserk is... videos like this go a long way. You crushed this video man. Respect
We need Madhouse to animate this masterpiece.
season 1 is an amazing 10/10 adaptation
never get a season 2
@@Maznator Agreed, give it to bones instead
Better Bones
God what is it with everyone getting a boner for studio boner when it comes to berserk, because they did full metal alchemist brotherhood and...... full metal alchemist brotherhood? Fuckin wit studio anyone? Why is it always madhouse and studio bones, they’re great and all and madhouse did great on death note, death parade, and some other good stuff, but wit studio did attack on titan and Vinland saga which are two of the most thematically and similar in tone shows/ manga to berserk I can think of, they were able to capture the complex feelings and tones of the multi-layered and morally gray characters and world so well through the music, sounds, animation, and everything else. I say we should give it to the studio with the best chance to pull it off considering their 2 most successful shows
Give that shit to David productions they know how to make an adaptation 😳
👁👁
These videos are precisely why I believe that the perfect Berserk anime would be to getting the manga art and animating It, no coloring, no redesign, no drawing from scratch, just the manga art, animated, a good voice acting, some neat soundtrack and zip It to the world... Dang, this video is beautiful!
Videos like this make me fall in love with Berserk all over again! Thank you fellow struggler for the care and passion you put into this.
now it's hard to watch this great video without droping a tear... RIP MIURA SAN
That intro was a sight to see. Love the editing throughout the entire video, it follows the narration really well.
Had to come to this video because of the news of his passing :c Rest in peace Kentaro Miura and thank you
This is your best video. Not cause others were bad. But because this one is so good. Thank you, man. Thank you so much.
“To be a Beserk fan, you have to struggle”
Looks like Gutts really left an impression on us Beserk fans, Nice!
this review, no, documentary must be the greatest and most insightful analyzation of berserk i have ever seen. I really appreciate how you think of every feature from several points of view disregarding your own opinions, yet still including them as recommendations because you are a die hard fan after all. Your visuals are astonishing and the honesty this video shines is wonderful. I do not see it as a possibility that anyone who hadn't heard of berserk before this video isn't now determined to read it in it's entirety.
Had my grasses on the whole video
I love Berserk, but this video is a masterpiece on itself. Wow!
Nerowinger619 because it’s a fan overview about Berserk, done right
What does your symbol mean? I’ve seen it in the manga too..
@@DJMeriMero It is the brand of sacrifice. The ones who are meant to get sacrificed in the eclipse are marked by it. Guts's brand of sacrifice symbolizes his connection to the astral/ demonic world.
I hope this helps. I dont know how much of the manga you have read...
@@Nerowinger619 in new to this, but i had another image if Guts and Griffin, i thought they were good guys speaking with Gods and angels, until Griffin desperated from his sickness and sacrifices his everything to be healed again but instead he became a demon so that Angel from the sky (i think angel of death) came down after all so take Guts and his girlfriend back to heaven. But i only saw the eclipse, maybe i should watch everything from start.
Another fantastic video editing and narrative art, THANK YOU !
I've never wept before watching a UA-cam video. Thank you, your respect and reverence for the source material is noticed.
I found myself back here twice since the author passed. This is the video I link when I share your work to others. I had Guts theme playing as I walked down the street if Ul'dah in final fantasy xiv with wall to wall players standing before bonfires and gigantic swords lining the street end to end in tribute. Thank you for this.
Aw man, moving manga panels. Also, that little Guts voice impression during the beginning was pretty fitting for him.
The editing in this video is very impressive, would love to know how you brought motion to the images in such a natural looking way
The channel that becomes a celebration of anime itself will be called...Beyond Ghibli.
REST IN PEACE MIURA, YOU WILL LIVE FOREVER IN YOUR BOOKS :'(
This video was one of the best I've ever watched on this platform, and I'm on youtube pretty much every day (usually for a few hours at least). I've often struggled (haha) to describe both to myself and others what exactly it is about Berserk that makes it one of the closest stories to my heart. For me, I could only get it down to a particular feeling. Something that I couldn't nail down enough to feel as though I'd done it justice in describing it. In my opinion, you've done that.
You may never see this, but I truly believe if I ever need to describe to anyone why I love Berserk (and in the off chance that they're willing to watch a 30 minute video to do it) I'll come back here. You helped me to better understand in words why this property is so important to me.
Thank you for caring, fellow struggler. Love your other work as well.
He Protecc
He Atacc
But most importantly,
His sword goes *CLANCC*
Caine stfu
Hey, it's the narrator from _Fight Club!_
Pla ket ket ket ket ket
@@crimsonhawk4912 🤣😂
Thank you so much for taking the time to do such an awesome video !
More than support and love, from a french viewer
Great avatar ;)
The editing in this is INSANE
The editing quality of this video is UNBELIVEABLE.
Thank you for letting me "Put my Grasses on" at the end. Put a huge smile on my face.
Dude, why i'm crying?...
Good video my dude ^^
This is REALLY well constructed, massive respect for the work that went into this
i love this video. the amount of care and effort you put into this is amazing. the way you breakdown the beauty of berserk; the intricate storytelling, layered/complex characters, art-both beautiful and horrifying is what distinctly makes it berserk.
Who else is coming back to this again and again?
Just me?
Ok.
🙋♀️
You're not alone
Ditto my dude
Yes, just you. ;)
The fantastic intro is worth it alone.
You, my friend, are a SUPERB editor
A couple of years ago I visited Denmark, where Vikings originated from. I remember reading in a museum about berserkers, or warriors that would lose all sense of fear and pain on the battlefield.
Berserkers would bite on their shields (if they had any armor at all) and were compared to bears (I guess the origin of the word berserker comes from the old Norse word for “bear”).
Once the battle was over though berserkers were kind and gentle (or as gentle as you can be during those times).
I wonder if Miura thought about that when he picked the title of his work...
i read a very similar adaptation on berserkers where they became as frail as infants because of all the adrenaline leaving them after a battle. Not saying your wrong at all, as both are believable and perhaps entirely true all the same
Cool. So the vikings had armor made from dwarves
Rest in peace miura
May you never be forgotten 🙏
Finally, Berserk! Truly a masterpiece on so many levels
Luca G. Jensen
As in Luca from the manga???
Watching and listening to all of these analysis breakdowns of berserk honestly it helps me cope the fact that I may never see another new chapter. Berserk was and still is the most influential story I have ever read, and it's an absolutely crime that we lost such a legend...
Favorite Manga and Anime (1997)
Just recently obtained the 2nd volume of the deluxe edition.
Great video, easily subscribed for this and your Bebop videos alone
"That thing was too good to be called a video. Too big, too thick, too heavy, and too rough, it was more like a large hunk of documental."
I love you
I also first experienced Berserk with the DC game! Although it took me years until i saw the dvds of the 97 anime at a con and was like "omg is that the weird game????" and then became a fan for life
I was that one guy who into manga and anime, especially the former who talk about Berserk occasionally sometimes but never come to read it. Just like any other of that one guy I joked about Idolmaster too much and think only Berserk to be high regarded for its dark fantasy.
How wrong I was when I open the page of the manga this year. Berserk is a story that goes beyond its bleak and dark setting. It actually revealed to me how dark fantasy is a misnomer that only does great disservice to the very magnum opus that Miura currently creating. Whenever I thought what is the theme of Berserk, only one word come to my mind: love.
It is truly a love story. One that rooted in ancient tradition of Greek tragedy. Berserk might be started as edgy, fantasy manga which proclaimed to be dark. But Miura, a master storyteller he is took his very first serialization into a new height. A height that elevates Berserk into a summit that rarely, if ever, any other manga had ever reached.
Your video is well made. But what truly makes me love and resonates with it is how you emphasize the more emphatic, more sentimental side of Berserk that usually forgotten amidst the mistaken praise for its dark setting and obnoxious idolmaster meme. For that, I thank you.
Was planning on just listening to this commentary in the background, but ended up watching for the whole 38 minutes.
The painstaking effort in the video mirrors the effort put into the Berserk manga.
THAT FUCKING INTRO WAS SOOO GOOD, HOLY SHIT. If the dragonslayer s entrance was like that then it would be legendary.
I'm completely blown away by the quality of the editing in the manga section, I can only imagine how much time it must've taken. This video would be worth watching for the visuals alone.
This editing gives me a dissociative experience. I didn't expect this quality, altho i must say in the short time that i have watched few of your videos, they always struck me as very well made. For some reason, I only now realize how much effort is put into the extra bits of animation. It's awesome. Thanks - especially for all those videos about all those series I have been interested in for the longest time
I've come back to watch that first minute so many times. The music, your excellent voiceover and godly editing...it's too perfect.
I didn't know there were so many beautifully done coloured panels. Thanks for sharing.
👍👍😎
Rip Kentaro Miura, came here right after hearing the news
Hey Joe!
Just want to say you're awesome. And I'm so stoked to stumble apon your channel. The way you see stuff that I over look gives me a greater appreciation for these films and I feel a sense of pride that my taste for anime is very much in line with yours. Most of what you have covered in your channel so far are all up there as my favorites. I'm gutted that I have now caught up on all your videos (just in this last week). Can't wait to sit down and watch this Berserk piece! Berserk is my all time favorite, apart from the most recent series (look what they did to my boy..)
I'm going to make a Patreon account just to show my appreciation.
4:21 In the end, only SCHNOZ remains
I remember watching this fancut, which pieced together bits and pieces from both retelling of Berserk it was a good time.
My man I’ve been watching you for a while now you are one of the most in-depth UA-cam personalities I’ve ever seen you have so much skill the way you craft a video And the way you go in depth is just breathtaking you almost had me in tears with this one man this is one of my favorite animes of all time you rock dude
First off, amazing composition of a video. Bravo. Subbed. Second the ps2 graphics still blow my mind.
i think fromsoft could adapt a good game out of berserk, seeing how much of dark souls is directly inspired from it.
combine the demons of dark souls and the eldritch horrors of bloodborne, and you got a good mix for a setup of the world of berserk.
This is now one of my favorite videos of all time
good job my guy
Wow this is super high quality...this will be my new introduction video to get people into Berserk.
video editing on this is insane
I normaly watch couple of videos before subscribing but this was so beautiful i didn't even realize it was over 30 minutes. I try to get people into berserk but they can't stand the blood and gore and never bother. It's honestly my favorite manga.
This video was somewhat of a masterpiece, well done good sir.
Man you deserve 100x the subs you have. Your videos are amazing and you are an amazing storyteller.
This video needs so much more recognition. It's too good for anyone interested in any form of media to not look at.
this intro is probably one of the best i've seen
A very thorough, well put together review of a true masterpiece ♥ And at a very fitting timing, as the 40th volume was just released here this week and I've been reading it ever since yesterday. Berserk is a series I brwose through often, especially when I struggle with an art block and seek for inspiration.
I do have to admit however that I did enjoy the 2016/2017 adaption, despite all its flaws, simply because I was so excited to see Serpico on screen ♥