griffith is the one with that helmet BUT griffith physically CANNOT grow facial hair so the person inside griffith's weird little helmet thing here can't be griffith

[–] daniyeg@hexbear.net 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

never read or seen berserk, but every time i see this picture i wonder what is that sharp rock used for below his hand? on one hand i want to know so tell me but i know i'll be disgusted by it so i won't go searching for it myself.

[–] CHOPSTEEQ@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

iirc and I’m probably wrong but I think he impales his hand on it to draw blood to feed the Fell For It Again Award

Edit: throat

[–] demerit@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 3 months ago

The sharp rock was used to try to off himself before he found the fate-drawn fell for it again behelit and because he was at his lowest point he activated it-

[–] Runcible@hexbear.net 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I don't understand this

[–] WokePalpatine@hexbear.net 12 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Guts and the band of hawks fell for it by rescuing Griffith who ends up betraying them and the band of hawks, I guess. Although it's supposed to be (and is) a surprise in the narrative, so I don't think this works.

[–] purpleworm@hexbear.net 15 points 3 months ago

While I don't think the hawks could have predicted the instantly-apocalyptic magnitude of what would happen, if you listen to almost anything that Griffith says from the moment that Guts meets him, it is very clear that he is neither trustworthy nor particularly interested in altruism or human welfare generally.

[–] Runcible@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago

thank you

[–] demerit@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

surprise in the narrative

Nope the first arc is the blackswords men arc, where Griffith is explicitly named as the enemy of guts, and guts is extremely vengeful towards griffith the reader/watcher does know that something is going bad was going to happen. The Golden Age arc is just kinda written so good that most people forget/suppress it.

Its kinda like the red wedding, where is a LOT of foreshadowing (very blatant via prophecy), but more so even because its actually a very large flashback.