Berserk Chapter 74 Discussion

finally .... got to the long awaited WYALD CHAPTERS !!!!

Glad those Bakiraka are dead.  Gross little things.  Also, the king sure has turned into a piece of shit lately.  Might have been a bit foreshadowed by how heavily he leaned on The Band of the Hawks earlier though.  Yes, we know the Hawks are good people, but a lot of the nobles were at least justified in their suspicions.  It's been repeated several times that most mercenary bands are just groups of blood-thirsty murderers out to make a quick buck.  Their success was a valid excuse to use them, but he knew nothing of their motives, backgrounds, or strategies in warfare.  And he didn't care.  He just wanted results.  



Now that everything he's kept hidden about himself has come to light, he's burning from both ends, but his core motivation has stayed the same.  hire whoever gives him the results he needs.  Unfortunately, the people that could get the job done are the ones he's made an enemy of.



Also, waaay better explained here than in the show.  I didn't quite understand why deflowering the princess was a good reason to imprison Griffith for a year and attempt to kill the entire Band of Hawks.  Yes, it's certainly reason to punish, but it was definitely too severe.  I think IRL, he would've just obligated them to marry.  His whole, incestuous love of his daughter shtick makes a lot more sense now.

It was Pippin's time to shine in that chapter~ What a surprise to see him talk so much all of a sudden ♡



The explosive Bakiraka went out with a whimper. The King was scummy for turning his back on Charlotte so quickly.



Damn Wyald despite being a neanderthal those ladies were among the sexiest ones in the manga so far excluding Casca.

Ahhhhhh they kill all the guys

Too edgy for no reason. Every antagonist has extremely creepy face and even speaks in a creepy way. More nudity.

Completely irrelevant minor villains appear just to be killed by Team Guts. Another ones are also on their way. I like that 1997 version cut all of those fillerlike crap.

Vol 10 was amazing!

It was all about the rescue of Griffith, but even the Skull Knight got an appearance and his mystery has been growing and growing!

Now its obvious that the dark fantasy elements are pick up and from now on there is no stop to this nightmare!

I am extremely excited to read more since it's so much better then the movies!

Also that ending of his chapter o.O

Damn the King is sending lots of people to kill Griffith. First the Baki-raka, now the leader of the Black Dog Knights hmm. All these enemies were cut out in the anime too.

Zevven said:
AbyssalPhantasm said:
Zevven said:
Too edgy for no reason. Every antagonist has extremely creepy face and even speaks in a creepy way. More nudity.

Completely irrelevant minor villains appear just to be killed by Team Guts. Another ones are also on their way. I like that 1997 version cut all of those fillerlike crap.





If you don't like seeing creepy antagonists get brutal comeuppance, why the hell are you reading Berserk???????







Because it shows excellent character writing at times , plus I just like reading in general. Well , usually not comics or manga , but Berserk is also great solely as comics. Easy to read and amazing aesthetics.



This is where I get annoyed a lot. Yes Berserk has good art and character writing, but fundamentally it is an edgy dark fantasy action series about a guy who pulverizes phallic monsters with a massive sword.



If you don't think you'd like an edgy story about a guy who pulverizes penis monsters, the art and character writing aren't going to carry it for you. That's ridiculous.