Berserk Chapter 359 Discussion

I knew Miura would have Caska immediately show off her fighting skills once she was back, just couldn't figure out how. He could've been more creative with it, but it also could've been way worse (apostles attacking Elf Island or something like that).



All of Caska's interactions with the group (minus Guts, at the end) felt really forced and inorganic. It's like the author needed her to talk to each other major character but couldn't bother coming up with a meaningful conversation topic or interesting situation to put them in, so just had her stand up and thank each one while they complimented her looks and talked about the past. Again, lacked imagination.



The 4th wall-breaking jokes were awful, as usual. I wish the author would stop treating Puck as comic relief, but I guess this ship has sailed long ago. I miss playful yet emotional and insightful Puck from the Black Swordsman arc, where his character complemented that of Guts. I actually started reading the manga more because of him than because of Guts. Now, look how they massacred my boy...



All in all a pretty "meh" chapter. Let's see what happens now.

I don't mind waiting for Casca to reconcile her trauma. Even outside of the eclipse there are things that happened between her and Guts that need to be addressed. I look forward to seeing her develop more. I really haven't cared much for Farnese, Schierke or Ishidiro so it's nice to have another character around besides Guts that I actually give a shit about.



Hopefully Miura can flesh out Serpico a bit too since he's another character that I think has a lot of potential even though he's mostly played the part of Farnese's agreeable butler.

I didnt read bersek for 10 years ... Cuz i just got tired of the long hiatus and not progress in the plot... Then mangaka decide to spent years and years to make some kind of pirates of the caribbean subplot that sadly didnt make any sense or help the main plot.



Then finally give us like 3 chapters on how damage poor casca was, to finally SHUT UP casca haters, since i read sooooo many people lacking basic empathy shitting on her that she was death weight to guts, that she was annoying, etc

.. mangaka finally give her an arc of how the trauma has sooooo Deep inside her psiquis that he litteraly draw her as a Broken doll, in a coffin, protected by an angry dog , cuz that is what guts is. we also see how painful the memories were, what she went back into some childhood state to AVOID THINKING on those traumatic events, now they help her (force her) to remember, to unleash the trauma, of course she wont be magically sane , she only recover her memories (MEMORIES IS WHAT MAKE US WHAT WE ARE)



Now again, all she did was recovery the traumatic events + all the journey, that wont make her a strong character all the sudden ..



This felt anticlimatic, this felt generic , this felt withouth a pinch of drama or emotions or something... I felt nothing.

Then i thought how many years THIS MANGAKA wasted on the pirates arc, instead of actúally making a progess on showing this reunion better , making guts revenge better , making us hate griffith instead of showing him like a Saint for the last 100 chapters ...



I'm entitled of writing this rant cuz i liked this manga so much, and i appreciatte the art so much and i liked the characters so much BUT FOR SOME REASON i felt the mangaka doesnt even care, he not longer care !!!! He is a lazy piece of .... That doesnt respect his fans, doesnt respect his work and doesnt even care to give us a nice ending to this journey .





Also for some reason the fans attack you withouth mercy if you dare to say anything wrong againts "berserk" ... Cuz its a masterpiece. Well no ! This used to be a masterpiece, It not longer that, this is not longer the golden age arc, with that the real Magic of this tragedy died as Well, i felt like almost the mangaka never think of doing something after that and he was force to continue this manga againts his Will ... 10 YEARS and we are not even close to a conclution , i want to open a  thread of which mangakas you want to punch in the face and i Will add him with NANA mangaka, this people simple stop their job cuz they felt like It . Even if berserk have chapters once every 6 months ... I feel that i get nothing!

Ouch.



Btw I swear I knew about the... twist several months ago. Was it just easy for others to guess?

AnotherGuy said:
To me, it would've been better not to do it at all, just let her fight when she actually needs to, instead of showing off to a crowd. We'd been waiting for so many years, what are a few more months compared to that?



Speaking as someone who has actually trained in swordfighting (two years of Italian longsword), that would be silly. Even within the storyline, Casca hasn't been herself for well over a year. In those circumstances, the first thing she'd want to do would be to see if she still has her old skills. Swordfighting is a big part of her personal identity, and was one of the few things she was completely confident in. Of course she would be anxious to know if she retained it, not to mention she probably needed the confidence boost to help her feel like her old self again. And I'd bet that everyone does it - I stopped taking lessons in piano and violin decades ago, but if I happen to pass by a piano or violin that's open to the public to try out, you can bet I'm going to play it a bit to see if I can still do it.



Additionally, since skills do get rusty if not used and swords are weighted differently, waiting until an actual battle for her to test out the new sword and her skills would be unrealistic. You want to test out a sword and get used to its weight and handling, and again, if it's a passion, you're not going to want to wait to do that. You don't want to find out in the middle of a heated battle that the sword is shorter than the one you're used to and therefore parries differently or you don't have as much reach. When I finished my beginner's course and moved to the advanced one, I switched from a Cold Steel practice sword to a Pentti, which is balanced differently (the Cold Steel is weighted equally throughout the sword, while the Pentti has a center of balance closer to the pommel and is longer). It only took a day of practicing with it to get used to the difference, but it did feel weird and uncomfortable at first, and that's not something you want to find out in the middle of a fight when you could easily (and probably want to) try it out beforehand.

this is heartbreaking :(







everybody gets to enjoy the new casca but Guts .. her #1 lover

23....23 foukin years.

Finally our girl back in full glory..... until last page,,,, Oof.



Seeing Casca calling Farnese big sis/mother is pretty ironic because I am pretty sure Casca is older than her. Looks like the two are gonna be best friends from here on which was expected once Casca gets her memories back.



I really wish he will get this thing done with Casca already though. It's about time she face what happened head-on.