I'm a little remiss at the treatment of some of the characters during this show. Casca is reduced to a blabbering mess that I'm surprised that they even took the effort to cast an actress for. I suppose some would make the argument that in the aftermath of the Eclipse that her mind would have been shattered. That makes no sense, however, when put under the lens as several female characters in the show endure the horrors that they are subjected to. Farnese and the two prostitutes are completely fine after a night of PTSD inducing demon attacks, and Farnesse doubly so after nearly being raped by a horse and possessed.
Guts has no real purpose now. He's just flitting from battlefield to battlefield ruthlessly murdering any angel/demon that gets in his way. I suppose that's fine if the viewer is looking to get into a battle anime, but there's few of those key battles where the characters are pitted against worthy adversaries.
There's little emotional investment going into this show. It's your typical damsel in distress and tough guy needs to save her spiel. Which is sad since I've wanted to get into the manga for some time and this is an indictment of the source material.
