| You can answer that question yourself since you've already watcheda good portion of it. Eitherway, go read the manga since it's better imo. |
| I find nothing special in Berserk too. If one would ask you what is it about, you can just summarize it in few words: Mindless rape scenes. It started off terrible for me but the Goden Age arc made up for it a little. The characters are too creepy for me to stand, it's as if, in Berserk's world only rape thoughts exist in their minds. Guts is the only interesting character but he seems rather bland and a killing machine. Since I just finished Claymore, which is comparable with Berserk in many ways, I like Claymore far better. At least it's far superior in characterization. |
ichii_1 said: Overrated demon rape scene. Such a nice way to end the anime |
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-Klad- said: If one would ask you what is it about, you can just summarize it in few words: Mindless rape scenes. Not really. Majority of them had meaning and purpose in the story and to the characters. Journey_95 said: I'm sick of highschool and the same old anime shit, berserk seems like the anime Game of thrones Any Berserk fans here? Is it worth getting into? You don't where to look then. I'm not a fan, but I would say yes, it's a manga worth reading, definitely recommend starting with the manga. Main problem, is that if you are one of the people who care a lot about closure and an ending, then you won't find that in Berserk, it's even worse than HxH in that regard. |
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| Obviously im a big fan of berserk, even the anime but its definitely one of those shows that are inferior to the manga, it helps that the manga is freaking beautiful (not caught up so not sure how it is in later chapters). didn't care for the 1st movie but plan on watching the rest if only for the reason of watch the eclipse part orrrr I can probably just youtube it lol. Also Guts by himself is better than most shows ;) DejWo said: yeah that's why we see so many Griffith avatars :pGriffith is the best part about Berserk. |
Killaclown said: DejWo said: yeah that's why we see so many Griffith avatars :pGriffith is the best part about Berserk. oh snap Favorite count is a better statistic tho. |
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| "Demon rape" What? "Not as good as Golden Age arc" What? |
| End Zionazism |
| I liked the manga, especially the art. The only downside, though a major one is that it takes a lot of time for new chapters, around 18 pages each and the main plot probably won't end within the next 10 years (that is, if Miura even planned on ending it). |
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retrogamer32x said: Fullmetal89 said: I think most people have gotten into Berserk because they saw the 99 anime and wanted to know what happened next or for the reason you gave. I've been following Berserk for the better half of a decade. I own every volume of the manga. I agree that he Golden Age arc is the best arc in Berserk but I think the Inquisition arc is a very close second. There's also the Lost Children arc which is very good too. There's more to Berserk than just the Golden Age arc. It only really begins to deteriorate after they introduced magic and the Berserker armor. It's still good, in my opinion, but it doesn't feel the same. I liked it better when the party was smaller, and Guts was much more focused on what he should be doing. Also Miura has been pushing his IDOLM@STER fetish on Berserk readers for a while now. That mermaid singing scene, during the sea god arc, made me cringe pretty hard. I would just say one thing there - the anime was 97, the Dreamcast game was 99. I remembered because the DC game is what got me into the manga, and right after I played it I jumped onto IRC and started downloading. I think the DC game and the anime were the main two ways people got into the series for awhile. EDIT: Just to clarify the timeline a bit, when the Dreamcast game hit, the anime hadn't been released yet in the U.S., and dial up was still mostly the norm so downloading the series wasn't much of an option. You had VHS fansubs, but most people jumped straight from the game to downloading the manga. It was a little bit after that when people were introduced with the Golden Age first via the anime (outside of the 1st episode anyway), since the DC game and the start of the manga are the Black Swordsman arc. Thank you for clarifying that I forgot it was 97 that it was released. Man you are lucky you got to play the DC game. At the time the only game I had on the Dreamcast was Crazy Taxi lol. I was living in Argentina back then (my dad moves around a lot). We could only buy the games at the U.S. embassy and they had slim pickings lol. Luckily I know Spanish and was able to watch the full series in one of the channels that aired anime in Argentina. They aired everything from Dragon Ball, Shin-chan, NGE to even Berserk lol. |
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| Read it c: Even for the drawings only~ |
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| it's funny because this thread keeps popping up on recent posts and every time i see the title i just want to scream 'HECK YES YOU BET IT IS' |
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retrogamer32x said: chuuzenjis said: it's funny because this thread keeps popping up on recent posts and every time i see the title i just want to scream 'HECK YES YOU BET IT IS' I am with you on the enthusiasm! We FINALLy got to see someone at least slap Griffith and call him out since the Hill of Swords, that's been ten years in the coming. I was really worried Rickert might join Griffith. One other thought I had, I think Berserk is just a weird manga in that it almost switches genres on the fly; you go from horror and dark fantasy to medieval low fantasy, then back to horror, then to high fantasy. If you are someone who likes all of those, it's tough to find a better manga. If you only like one, you're probably going to be more in the middle (like it seems a lot of people are in regard to just liking the Golden Age). I do agree with criticism about the recent Sea God arc, but outside of that I love everything Berserk. you know what??? i dont really care as long as we get to see the end of it which i am honestly kind of starting to doubt. i think i'll love the series even if i'm not 100% loving the end. it's just such an interesting, unique anime. the characters and their development.. everything.. is great. i think somebody in this thread mentioned before that people either dont care about berserk or REALLY love it. and i think that's very true. |
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| People who enjoy berserk are the same hipsters who wear thick frames glasses with minimal to no prescription.. Come on man.. Berserk is just mad whack. |
chuuzenjis said: preach it!it's funny because this thread keeps popping up on recent posts and every time i see the title i just want to scream 'HECK YES YOU BET IT IS' nomanz said: don't really get the analogy.... but I know its wrong :pPeople who enjoy berserk are the same hipsters who wear thick frames glasses with minimal to no prescription.. Come on man.. Berserk is just mad whack. |
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 Where there is no imagination there is no horror. || Arthur Conan Doyle || Happy Halloween! |
| I've watched about 10 episodes and I've gotta say it's very damn good. Has tons of blood and kick ass fight scenes. |
Ferver said: Seen berserk recommended a lot so I forced myself through most of the anime. Really seemed like an absolute fucking travesty to me. What did I miss? is it a read the manga thing? Edit: I will elaborate 1. The characters told me again and again that griffen was charismatic, that casca was tough and so fourth but never once did i witness griffen being charismatic or charming, never once did i see casca do anything but act like a stupid crazy bitch on her period 24/7(no really she was on her period all the time), I took this issue with every character. On top of this I found all of the characters shallow and repulsive. I felt like the anime was desperately trying to convince me guts was going through character development, he was not. 2. The plot was uninspired and nothing ever really happened. They just got more and more popular with the king and eventually griffen fucks the kings daughter, rip you boner, I stopped watching shortly after this. 3. What actually even happened in this anime? battle after battle after battle, essentially every episode consists of guts cutting through millions upon millions of hapless peons. The problem is that you watched the anime instead of reading the manga. The anime is incomplete and leaves out a lot. |
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LoneWolf said: I don't expect most people to enjoy Berserk. There are no cute girls, no fanservice, no lolis, no yuri, not in a modern setting and it's relatively old... Pretty much has everything going against it. I noticed that people who like Berserk REALLY like it. The second half is full of cute girls and fanservice has been there as well. Anyway no OP Berserk isn't actually good. It turns to shit after the Conviction arc (which already wasnt nearly as good as the GA arc), goes from dark fantasy series to a lighthearted JRPG adventure with kids and bullshit magic |
| @Aardwolf94 You do realise that you're replying to an almost 3 yo post right? OP isn't even active... |
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Ferver said: It's not Berserk's fault if you have low IQSeen berserk recommended a lot so I forced myself through most of the anime. Really seemed like an absolute fucking travesty to me. What did I miss? is it a read the manga thing? Edit: I will elaborate 1. The characters told me again and again that griffen was charismatic, that casca was tough and so fourth but never once did i witness griffen being charismatic or charming, never once did i see casca do anything but act like a stupid crazy bitch on her period 24/7(no really she was on her period all the time), I took this issue with every character. On top of this I found all of the characters shallow and repulsive. I felt like the anime was desperately trying to convince me guts was going through character development, he was not. 2. The plot was uninspired and nothing ever really happened. They just got more and more popular with the king and eventually griffen fucks the kings daughter, rip you boner, I stopped watching shortly after this. 3. What actually even happened in this anime? battle after battle after battle, essentially every episode consists of guts cutting through millions upon millions of hapless peons. |
| I did not notice anything good about the episodes I watched. |
| その目だれの目？ |
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