When the spoilers first leaked, I was surprised that Guts had already decided to rely on the armor. The Beast's warning in chapter 290 was very threatening, so you'd think he'd stop using it so often. In context, however, there was simply no other choice; giant slugs and tentacles everywhere, Casca right behind him, his friends in danger. What else could he have done really? Anyway, on page 10, you could practically see the inner turmoil written on his face. Kind of sad.
Along with that, if he gets in too deep here, I have no idea how he's going to be called back. Schierke's a bit of a distance away, and I'm not even sure if Farnese has the skills to take over for Schierke. She's still in training, after all. Even more worrying, there were quite a few panels focusing on Guts' muscles. With the way this is all being set up, there might be a horrible outcome. We'll see.
I'm also hoping for a reappearance of the Moonlight child here. That'd be interesting.
Nidhoeggr said:
And now we have to wait for another month or so for the enxt chapter, although it won't be long: Volume 35 will be released in September and we're currently missing 1 chapter for that volume...so no 5 month break again :>
Good point. So, either the next chapter will be out at the end of August or beginning of September.