Re: Series review: Beserk (spoilers)

At about the time of 8/30/2005 12:41 AM, Fish Eye no Miko stated the
following:

> Daniel Rudy wrote:
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>>I have aquired and finished the series Beserk. Overall, I felt
>>quite satisfied with the series, until the last 2 or 3 eps...
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> Ok.
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>>We open the series with this big guy who is later called Guts (what
>>a name). Guts has a really big sword that can cut man and beast in
>>half with one stroke. He also demonstrates the use of a repeating
>>crossbow, and a mini cannon for tight situations reminicent of
>>Trigun. Ok.
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> Except that I'm pretty sure _Berserk_ predates _Trigun_...
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I'm sure that it does, but I was pointing out similarities reguardless
of the date the series came out. It's a method that I use to describe
something by referencing something else, whatever it may be. Sorry if I
wasn't clear about that.

>>Then the rest of the series seems to focus on Guts and his
>>interactions with The Band of the Hawk,
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> You forgot it's all a flashback. And that it's already established in the
> first episode that Guts hates Griffith for some reason.
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A flashback? Never really considered it that way. Must have missed the
reference. I'll have to rewatch the first disk.

>>a mercenary group, as well has the development of his character.
>> He seems to have a love-hate relationship with the female
>>commander Casta(sp?),
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> Caska.
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Thank you.

>>and one memeber seems to be gunning for his life.
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> Briefly. And that's... damn, I can't recall his name right now...
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Looks like that I'm not the only one who is having trouble with names. :P

>>The leader (who's name escapes me right now)
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> Griffith.
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That's what his name was.

>>seems to really have a thing for him, which pisses
>>off the lone female to no end.
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> What upsets her is that Griffith PICKED Guts. Before it was, "If you wanna
> join my group, go ahead". With Guts it was "I WANT YOU". It's less
> typical jealousy and more, "What makes HIM so damn special?"
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Which is probably why no one liked him at first. It seems that Griffith
saw something in Guts that he liked and forced him to join. I can see
how this would piss off the other members of the group who probably
joined voluntarily.

>>The bulk of the series is basically one combat situation after
>>another. They help the Mindal kingdom defeat some empire that
>>invaded them something like 100 years ago. After some political
>>assasinations and retributions, Guts defeats the leader.
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> Well, it's a it more complicated than that, but yeah...
> And you left out that Guts left the group, which lead to the following
> scene.
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Which is why Griffith and Guts fought that last time before the next
incident.

>>The leader then sleeps with (rapes?) the princess
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> Sleeps with.
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It looked more forcefull to me. She wasn't much of a willing
participant at first.

>>and is then thrown in the dungeon and is tortured.
>>A year later, the group breaks out their leader and escapes. That's
>>when we come to the ending. Ok, so hawk man accepts his destiny as
>>the fifth king of evil and the Hawk of the Band is slaughtered save
>>for Casta and Guts.
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> And Ricket, who wasn't there at the time. But you only know that if you
> read the manga. In fact, I thought he had died until I aw him pop up in
> the manga after the events in episode 26/manga vol.13 (12?).
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>>WTF?
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> It's not really that complicated...
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No, it's not complicated, but my question was aimed more along the lines
of "What were the writers thinking?" And that only applies to the
ending. We don't know what eventually happens to Caska. We know what
happens in the ending, but does she live or die? That's never fully
explained. As you have read the manga, was that addressed there?

>>RATING: 4 of 5
>>The series was ok until the ending. Lots of high level combat,
>>bloodshed, midevil warfare, dismemberment, guts, and gore to satisfy
>>anyone who like this sort of thing.
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> And the various attempted rapes and one actual rape. And there is both
> male and female nudity.
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>>There is no magic.
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> Well, no, but there are a number of demons and monsters... they're just
> only in very specific episodes.
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When I say magic, I'm refering to human based magic. Yes, there are
monsters and demons, plus that medicine made from fairy dust. But you
don't see people casting spells or such. I exclude the demons because
demons are inherently super-natural beings who possess great amounts of
power. Most of the monsters don't have much power at all save for a few
abilities.

>>Some of the most hilarious dialog is in the outakes.
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> Well, yeah, this isn't exactly a funny show, even as this sort of thing
> goes...

No, it's not a funny show, but the outakes were pretty funny.
Especially the comment about a turkey later on in the show. Disk 5 I think.

> Catherine Johnson.


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