hi I'm Citlali
Thanks so much for waiting
and understaning that I was sick
I'm still not 100% ok
But I really miss doing this
I promised a seinen and I brought them a classic one.
We are talking about Berserk
Spoilers of manga, anime and Berserk movies
I will omit some details but I will give a summary of the sagas
and that's hard
Berserk is a seinen and a dark fantasy
when we say fantasy we picture worlds like Tolkien's
The lord of the rings , the hobbit
those are fantasy worlds
when i say dark fantasy
I mean worlds like Game of thrones
it takes place in a fantastic world
But it doesn't have equally fantastic human beings
we human beings obviously have
defects and what a fantasy does
showcase the best of the human being
menawhile a dark fantasy showcases the worst of humanity
We follow the life of Guts his name translates to entrails
fun
he hunts demons called Apostles
with the hope that this demons will take him to the god hand
Now Guts is without a doubt the most tragic protagonist I've seen
Basically everything that could have gone wrong went wrong
Nut still Guts is one of the most interesting characters I've ever seen
specially because of that
Guts Doesn't give up
like a dark fantasy Berserk has very strong themes
war, violence, gore rape
violence, sex,
etc
first I want to talk to you about the Author
it's not something I do much
Kentaro Miura born in Chiba prefecture in 1966 is a genius
He started making manga at 10 or even before that
Published in his school, he reached 40 volumes
that's a lot!
titled Miuranger
In 1985 he published for the first time in shonen Jump with Noa
In 1997 berserk prototype was born
In 1988 Berserk was born
berserk is still being published to this day
this year there are gonna be chapters of berserk
In 2002 he received the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize
His style of illustration is completely monstrous
I don't mean just the monsters
sure they are complex and scary
they have all kinds of detail
what i mean is
the backrounds
the landscapes in the manga
the evolution from the start of berserk
up until now
it's completly different
it's surprising to see how much the artwork has improved
because that is art!
the award he got was for the cultural contributions of berserk
if you guys are fans of seinen
you know seinen heroes are mostly anti-heroes
Guts isn't an antihero
he is a protagonist that suffers
he is designed not to give up
designed to carry on
there are people waaay smarter than I
a lot more well versed in all this
that have made videos on this
i'll put some links down below
it really is a big change
That brings me to the Manga
Berserk is a manga published from 1988 until now.
It has 39 volumes so far,
taking into account that its publication is irregular.
I mean it's not out every week
The manga is divided into sagas starting with
The black swordsman who is Guts
this works as the introduction to the world
it's where you start setting the foundation
We follow Guts while he looks for information about the apostles
so they'll take him to the god hand
Who are responsible
for the day of the eclipse
Guts meets Puck (???)
the name varies deppending on translation
a faerie or elf deppending again in the translation
who saves his life in this part
puck saves guts
guts is as much a demon as the ones he is hunting
the reason why the show is called berderk
a berserk means
a frenziedly violent or destructive person
this could be a self destructive rage
that's what guts is
guts has nothing right now
when we enter the dark swordsman
is when guts has just lost everything
horrible things have happened and guts is hunting demons again
and he doesn't know what to do
Then comes the golden age
this tells us Guts' past
from the moment he is born
until he meets Griffith
Leader of a mercenary gang called the band of hawks
In this band Guts
who has always been a lonely mercenary
who has always been betrayed violated
or attacked by those closest to him
finds his best friends
people he cares about
people that are his equals
he meets the person he loves romanticly Casca
and someone who he admires deeply and conciders his equal in Griffith
This band transforms into the Guts family
the golden age ends
with the day of the eclipse
and massacre of the entire band of hawks
on that day all of the band was sacrificed by the god hand
the 2 survivors of this massacre are
guts who goes mad with rage
and casca
the romantic interest
but also a kick ass female character
casca was a strong woman
she was considered griffiths right hand before guts got there
she is strong smart and was powerful
not at all a damsel in distress
due to the events of the day of the eclipse
casca loses her mind abd herself
in this abrupt way we enter to Punishment
we return to the present
Where Guts continues his hunt for the apostles
and the God hand
they are directly responsible for
all that has happened in the day of the eclipse
the sole reason why guts lost all of his family
and closest friends
Guts Meets the Knights of the Holy Chain
that are equivalent to the Holy Inquisition and the Crusades
This is also when we return to see Casca and continue her story
casca is lost within herself and can't tell what is going on around her
her mins is that of a childs
besides puck who has followed guts since the beggining
Guts meets Isidro
a boy who sees in him a role model
obviously guts isn't one in any way
guts is only someone strong
somethins that isidro really admires
and looking at the world of berserk
you can see the apeal
and follows him from then on
We continue with the saga of the millennial hawk
weird right?
here we meet Farnese and Serpico
Who were the former Knights of the Holy Chain
due to some without a doubt horrible sircumstances
they join up
Guts who was alone
until he meets puck
has friends once again
And they decide to travel as a group to find Elfhelm
home of the elfs
it's complicated depending in the translations
it can be faeries or elfs
benign magical creature
elfhaim is
a proper fantasy world as we know it
Guts meets the wizard Flora
and her young apprentice that i can't pronunce
Schierke?????
and receives the Berserk armor from them
it's counter productive at best
it's a double-edged sword
the armor allows guts' inner demons to take form
everything that takes him to savagery
his rage all suround his body and make him stronger
and of course he is inmensly stronger
but he can't control himself
and enters a frensy
and destroys everything around him
menawhile Femto
one of the "fingers" of the God hand
makes a new band of hawks
obviously guts isn't happy with this
all this time guts has been looking for them
specially femto
so he can have his revenge
femto is directly responsible for what happened
to the first band of hawks
in that moment
this turns into a turning point
where guts makes a choice
if he is gonna follow femto
and get his revenge or
go to elfheim and help casca
casca has the opportunity to heal in elfheim
but guts wants to destroy femto
we have
this momento of choice
and that is what changes guts
if you see guts walking down the street
you walk another way you crooss the street
you get away as soon as you can
he has an impousing figure
but we havve moments in teh story
where miura the author
gives us a quiet moment
so we can see guts
that air of contemplation
and sadness over all
there are times where you can see
what his intentions are
but really the anger that he has in him
takes the shape of a demon
when he puts on the berserk armor
there are this silent moments
and you can tell that guts is
completely destroyed
and that's because of his ambitions
he has no one to blame
but he does have his revenge
if he didnt't have that he would be dead by now
and then we have casca
she just broke down
her mind is broken
casca hasn't been able to face what has happened
it's a solid difference
guts has always had the strength of his anger
and that's enough for him to face what happened
and to hunt and destroy demons
casca on the other hand has a type of regresion
and even ifher childhood wasn't great
she acts like a child
she is completly innocent
but still very sensitive
to everything that has to do with demons
casca is afraid of
facing and going back to the day of the eclipse
We arrive at fantasia
elfheim is a proper fantasy world
a world of elfs,
a world where magic is good
a world that isn't contaminated
by people like guts
Guts group arrives in Elfheim
They begin the process to cure Casca
And Femto creates a damn kingdom
along side the new band of hawks
one of the last chapters we saw
we see casca reborn
and what will happen when she sees guts again?
that is still unknown
there is a change in characters
miura's characters aren't supperficial
i mean they have growth
and change
i suggest reading the manga or watching the movies
the anime
let's talk about the anime
The first anime came out in 1997 and has 25 episodes,
It was supervised by the creator of the manga
Because of the nature of manga, the anime was censored
The anime ends where the first episode begins,
After the conclusion of the day of the eclipse
An anime attempt came out in 2016
Animation is hard to enjoy
there are parts that are really raw
it's hard to follow the story
because there are parts of it that are just
riddiculus and hard to take
but the story is solid
let's talk about the films
There are three films
all under the title berserk the golden age
came out in 2012 and 2013 are
The egg of the conquering king
The battle of doldrey
And the advent
They are really good and detailed good
the animation is solid
if you wanna start watching start with the films
if you wanna see what happens next then
go for the manga
Berserk is difficult to summarize without going into everything that is gore and details
specially the characters
have in mind that the art of berserk is gorgeous
and the characters of berserk are made very realistic
griffiths ambition
the naturallity and sweetness of casca
the tranquility and violence of guts
they are oppisite
but they exist as the same person and thats okay
the dicotomy of a character
guts as a main character is great
you have time
you can calmly watch the movies
and reading the manga
in 2018 we had about
4 chapters of berserk
it is a heavy reading its not a very optimistic read
it's interesting and hard to put down
i have no doubt that berserk will not end like i want it to end
that's it for this week thanks for watching
the next videos
i've shot them with help
tom's right there
he's out
i'll put a picture of him later
because talking about bersek can be depressing
speaking of depression
i love both berserk and a series of unfortunate events
this year is the last season of asoue
on netflix, so i'll make a video about it
thanks for watching
i hope you wanna watch berserk now
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