Idk I plan on reading it.
(And I’m not talking about 2016 berserk)
Honestly Berserk is just a significantly edgier Naruto. And seeing that you liked the latter... sure. Do it. Read or watch - doesn't matter, isn't finished anyway.
Damn mate, you just ruined Berserk's story for me. Thankfully some panels are still god tier art.
I do hope the ending ain't gonna be "ok now we suck each other's dicc" like in Naruto.
To add to that, I am unfortunately afraid we will have a "Guts the Cuck" ending. Berserk is ending soon, all signs point to it:
-Miura just introduced "sky paths" or whatever, that allows anybody to travel large distances wink wink, and in particular in between god trees or whatever, and it so happens that this is an elven magic island, so there has to be one there wink wink.
-Characters are getting their final upgrades, Gut's armor, Farnese can fly or use dark magic, or whoever, I keep forgetting the names with 4 months between chapters and all. And Casca aint a drooling mongoloid anymore.
-Guts' character arc is finally ending, the angriest motherfucker ain't angry anymore, he survived everything and gained some purpose, familly and all, and now he's done. we finally know the skull knight's story.
So yeah, I'm betting ending before chapter 400, or else it's just never gonna end. Which might actually be ok considering Miura is running out of inspiration and he is revealing all is cards (Skull knight, Casca, The Apocalypse ritual).
Considering the direction Gut's character is growing, I don't see a final fight/confrontation coming.
Unless Griffith fucks up, really is still evil, and kills all his friends.
If you’re referring to the world tree branches, then not everyone can travel on that, just Sonia and Griffith. I don’t see Griffith even bothering with Guts anymore, he’s just so insignificant to him at the moment that there’s really no reason to. Also, him becoming a god hand is a testament that he’s evil, as you have to abandon all your humanity to become one.
Yes ! World tree branches, sorry my Berserk lore isn't that good. I just think this concepts smells like the end, as it's an obvious "travel long distances very fast" gimmick.
I have to agree I fail to see the motive that would bring Guts and Griffith together. Maybe some more insight on the ritual and the reason why the Hawk of Light came back ?
Oh yeah I definitely see where you’re coming from. I think the concept of traveling on them was done so it’s more convenient for Griffith to get to Elfhelm as the moonlight boy, It’s been a while since I read Berserk, but I think a god hand was incarnated every 1,000 years and the influx of negative emotions from all these people gathered during the conviction ceremony allowed his body to reincarnate through the egg of the perfect world apostle, who just so happened to swallow Guts and Casca’s demon child. Once Griffith comes back, the world becomes more magical as it created an imbalance between the two realms, and when he kills Ganishka, all that astral power released brought the two worlds together, iirc, hence the demon pirates and sea god fight that comes later.
There is no watch order. You watch
https://anilist.co/anime/33/Kenpuu-Denki-Berserk/
And never even think about touching this shit:
https://anilist.co/anime/21560/Berserk/
That's all. Other than that - read.
read the manga first
then watch
https://anilist.co/anime/33/Kenpuu-Denki-Berserk
(best adaptation of berserk so far, old but holds up well despite abruptly stopping)
then you can watch these if you want
https://anilist.co/anime/10218/Berserk-The-Golden-Age-Arc-I--The-Egg-of-the-King/
https://anilist.co/anime/12113/Berserk-The-Golden-Age-Arc-II--The-Battle-for-Doldrey/
https://anilist.co/anime/12115/Berserk-The-Golden-Age-Arc-III--The-Advent/
(more recent adaptation, CG is an acquired taste tho)
this adaptation was a dumpster fire, watch it for the meme if you really want to
https://anilist.co/anime/21560/Berserk/
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As other people have said, you should definetly read Berserk! Best story in animanga and hands down, it has the best MC/antagonist in animanga aswell. Ofcourse, the art is subarashi aswell.
Ofcourse, your question is about watching Berserk, and i'd say the old anime from 1997 is a good way to start it off. The music and the tone for it fits the manga super well, and i'd watch it to the end. Honestly though, the movies while not the best, are good enough if you want to be entertained so i would watch those aswell, especially the 3rd movie which is splendid.
dont listen to theese bozos. theres only one way to watch it correctly.
i hope you listen to me bc i hear people starting with the movies or starting with the 2016 adaptaiton and it makes me want to throw a tantrum. even if u watch the anime or read the manga you wont get the same impression, nor love for berserk.
good luck on your jorney cause this is a wild one<3 :)