fierce It's one of the best comics of all time, but based on the latest chapter, the future of the series looks terrifyingly bleak. The quality of Berserk hasn't been all that great since Kentaro Miura's death in 2021, but the story has explored some interesting material while setting up a truly compelling endgame. Unfortunately, from episode 384 fierce Jumped the shark with a plot twist that could legitimately ruin the entire story.
Guts has always been special thanks to his great strength, but more than that, he's been framed as an unlucky man cursed by Brand and the Law of Cause and Effect. today fierce In episode 384, it is revealed that Guts is actually the Chosen One, which not only mirrors Griffith's birth, but also sets him up as the only one who can stop his rival. It's always been like that, but the truth is fierce There's a special emphasis on Guts, and for once in a lifetime, comics' storytelling commits a serious injustice to this day.

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Berserk ruined what actually made Guts special by making Guts special.
The guts were by no means ordinary, but there was nothing inside them. fierce It is implied that he, like many other fantasy protagonists, is a chosen one or child of destiny. Guts is stronger than your average anime character, but this is a basic staple of anime. fierceThis is a story that considers how dangerous the world is. The only thing that made Guts an outlier was the fact that he was branded and existed outside the rules of causality. Nonetheless, this unique attribute is the detail that made Guts' life hell, and it came only after he experienced extreme trauma.
Before recent chapters, everything that made Guts special was either because of something terrible that happened to him or because of the powers he gained through a lifetime of training. While even the Berserker Armor has massive flaws, Beast of Darkness is structured more as a metaphorical idea and literary device than as a way to show how special Guts is. Unfortunately, fierce Chapter 384 reveals Guts' birth as being born from a corpse means he has always existed with one foot in the chasm, bound to fate in a way he has never seen before.
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Guts and Griffith are now literally two sides of the same coin.
Guts' personality was defined by the fact that he existed outside of causality. ~ no Destined or destined for a certain future. This is the main theme of . fiercestorytelling. Chapter 384 makes it clear that Guts' birth is actually very special, and placing him between life and death betrays the theme of the comic. Even worse are the moments that seem to exist purely to contrast Guts and Griffith. Griffith's resurrection comes from a stillbirth in the Tower of Faith arc, while Guts is a baby born to a dead mother. Both are born from the dead, but while this connection was once purely thematic, it is now literal.
Guts has always been the chosen one whose fate was tied to Griffith, and now he will go after his rival because fate said so. It's not because of the bonds fans have watched form and break down over the course of hundreds of chapters and decades of storytelling. What's worse is that it makes no sense at all that Guts was always connected to the Interstice. The Interstice is a part of the astral world where the dead reside. If Guts was truly a child of destiny, as the latest chapter reveals, he would have seen ghosts throughout the Golden Age arc. There is no way to rationalize this twist other than fundamentally misunderstanding what Kentaro Miura did. fierce.
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Berserk wouldn't be the same without Kentaro Miura
it's no secret fierce It wasn't the same without Miura. Kouji Mori is a great manga artist with an amazing series following. Holyland Although his build is underneath, his run in the series hasn't lived up to the comics' previous heights. That makes sense – fierce Kentaro Miura's masterpiece and clearly a labor of love. Mori claimed that Miura has been troubled by Chapter 384's distortions and revelations for years, and it's not hard to see why. It doesn't work or make sense thematically.
It's hard to believe that tying Guts to fate was Miura's plan. Especially in a way that completely invalidates the journey so far. If this was indeed Miura's plan, there is no doubt that he would have handled the reveal with a metaphorical hand rather than a literal one. Or you didn't do it at all! Miura famously removed a chapter from Eclipse because it gave too much to the story. This author knows how to kill someone he loves in a literary way. Especially if it's someone who doesn't contribute to the story. As it stands, Guts' character is effectively broken. future fierce It looks bleaker than ever.