At first I found Berserk rather disappointing. I kept mechanically reading up until the Battle for Doldrey. I didn't like the medieval theme and crossbows and how Guts' crotch armor looked super gay.
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| Guts' crotch |
What struck me was that the main characters were described as heavily flawed! In the battle, Guts and Casca fought together at a cliff. As Casca was suffering from PMS at the time, she lost balance and Guts was forced to catch her, but fell down with her. Luckily, they fell into a river and eventually made it into a cave and stayed there to hide and recover.
However, there was this faggot general, Adon Coborlwitz, who they beat at the cliff, and he had some serious mental issues. Aaaaand he came down to look for Guts and Casca, who were thus forced to leave the cave and try to make it out.They got ambushed and Guts was forced to defend Casca while she tried to escape (after some persuation - she didn't want to leave him behind, hurr).
The situation escalated and Guts ended up fighting for the whole night, weak, wounded and alone.
He wasn't described as a superhuman. Miura put a great emphasis on his human nature with all its immediate weaknesses.
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