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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Wow that was brutal. Guts was born after his mother died and his adoptive mother died so his adoptive father tries to kill him? Harsh ;o |
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| guts was raised hardcore huh man BA |
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| Poor Guts. :/ |
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.~ |
| I feel a lot of shit happened in this episode...without making the pacing seem out of wack. A water fight, a lot of what I can only imagine is epic foreshadowing, a flashback, an epic battle or two, and a time skip. |
| hmph they got rid of the rape scene not surprising since a lot of things in this anime seems to be censored PS. Guts childhood just shocked me I don't think there's any other character that's suffered quite as much as guts here |
| "Where will a newborn go from here? The net is vast and infinite" - Motoko Kusanagi |
| Guts's past was pretty damn depressing, even with the censorship. Griffith and Guts having a water fight. Not gay at all... It irks me so much when in the end of the episode Guts faces a guy with a lance and beats him by slicing him up with the mid point of his sword. The lance he had looked like 2 metre's long and even though Guts's sword is at least 2 meters or a bit longer than it, he somehow managed to slice him in the ribs without getting stabbed in the chest. Luckily this bothers me only a little, imagine if someone who studies medieval times as a major would feel like watching this... |
| I knew his past was messed up, but this episode showed it rather well, I wonder how he got out of that pack of hungry wolves all the while having an arrow through his back. |
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| Guts had a pretty messed up childhood. |
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| Bad past..And isn't Griffith the monster at episode 1 :?That shit he has after the water fight ... LOL |
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| poor guy |
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| Flashback episode. His childhood was hell, his future is hell. Fate takes pity of noone. |
| A good Flashback episode. |
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| Now we know all there is to know about Guts, now we move forward into hell I suppose. |
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| Noes why does the character that Wakamoto Norio voices have to die so soon already :@ Oh well pretty epic episode, let's see what's next! |
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| Naked water fight and Guts's shit past. Still nice. |
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| Great episode. |
| "You should have died" Those words are like death itself. Guts had to endure a cruel hell during his childhood. |
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| Pretty tragic backstory for Gut's and the beginning was so happy. |
| Rewatching in English dub, I thought I would have to watch guts get; I guess its too graphic for the anime.. well Its not something I would want to see anyways.. |
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| I wonder how many yaoi fanfics were made out of this episode. |
| I think this episode made me a fan of the series. The first few were ok, but didn't really draw me in. This one was really good though. Looking forward to more! |
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| So, could someone explain me how Gambino came to the resolution to kill his wife's "adoptive son"? At first, I thought he couldn't bear his crippled life and was pushing Guts to kill him. But no... and the sudden lust to kill him is illogical too. ^^" 2.5/5 |
| That scene where Guts and naked Griffith were throwing water at each other was gay af lmao |
| Water fight scene was funny lmao |
| Excellent show so far, and this was an especially great episode. So well balanced with the lighthearted water fight contrasted against Guts's dark backstory. I am expecting great things in the coming episodes. |
| This episode was really special, not only because we got to see the mystical water fight between them boyzzz, but because we got to look a bit into Guts really hard past. His life is nothing more than a fight, my poor thing! |
 SEIZON SENRYAKU: Hungry 100% of the time.Vzla-IT |
| Damn this anime cut A LOT and I'm not even 5 episodes in. Read the manga, it's waaaay better. |
Muzashi said: Damn this anime cut A LOT and I'm not even 5 episodes in. Read the manga, it's waaaay better. Watching the 1997 anime and then reading the manga is the superior order the manga has useless spoilers. Miura himself said that starting with the black swordsman arc in the manga was questionable. |
| I love it. Griffith's philosophies and narcissistic attitude intrigues me to know more about him and his backstory and upbringing. Beauty. I thought Guts was a badass, but after his backstory was revealed I only have to commend the guy for how amazing he is. Griffith is such a badass, man... Mod Edit: Merged duplicated posts; please use the edit button. |
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| This is starting to be so bad that its good. Having a huge laugh of the bad animation and the horrible music XD |
| This episode in particular is the definition of "read the manga". As someone who already did that years ago, it's still pleasant to hear characters talking, I like Hirasawa's music and the overall art quality, but narration, pace, directing, it's all over the place. |
| This episode had some gay vibes, not gonna lie. Guts' backstory was interesting, but I wonder how he escaped those wolves. |
| Good to see guts make friends Guts buffed up a lot in 3 years. |
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| A lot of backstory to process in this episode. I like it. Flashback: Guts was raised by Gambino, a gangleader. After sustaining crippling injuries, Gambino tries to kill Guts. He blames him for killing his (adoptive?) mother, "just like he did his father". Guts manages to kill him and gets chased out of the camp. Then he gets shot, falls down a cliff and ends up fighting a pack of white wolves while being half-dead. Then we return to the present, after a 3 year time-skip. The Band of the Hawk steadily increased power and the episode ends in the middle of a battle between a black-armoured army and Guts & co. I'm guessing Corkus gave up his schemes of killing Guts in his sleep. Or could he still be holding a grudge? Edit: Oh yes, almost forgot: The episode started with a naked bucket-fight & Griffith showed Guts his PP. But more importantly, he showed him a weird red thing that's alive, which he got from a fortune-teller. Don't remember what it was called, a Beleth or something like that. |
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RandomChampion said: Muzashi said: Damn this anime cut A LOT and I'm not even 5 episodes in. Read the manga, it's waaaay better. Watching the 1997 anime and then reading the manga is the superior order the manga has useless spoilers. Miura himself said that starting with the black swordsman arc in the manga was questionable. Agreed, that's what I'm gonna do. I don't care how good the manga is, it doesn't have an anime intro-song and no Guts theme. Music really adds a lot of "feeling" to an anime in my opinion. I'm guessing the Black Swordsman arc you are referring to is the first episode? Yeah, I was thinking about that as well: was that a "flash forward" and am I watching a giant flashback now until we get to that point? Or did the anime just cut it out entirely? A bit confusing, but no big deal. I'll probably read the manga after finishing the series (and maybe movies?). |
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| It wasn't 1:1 with the manga but the guts past was done well and still solid enough imho |
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| rip guts's childhood Griffith a lil sus now 😐 |
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| Guts and Griffith seem cool but then Griffith goes on about how he owns Guts and he decides when he dies for him but idk is Guts a friend to him or just a person to help him achieve his goals and we got to know more about Guts backstory |
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