#native language and there's some interesting variance even if i can't remember specifics

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How well do you think Mori and Gaga studio understand Miura's ideas, especially In relation to Griffith? I doubt Miura envisioned Griffith as a pure-evil monster who deserves a terrible death. However, most of the fandom tends to simplify the story into a primitive tale of 'the good hero Guts defeating the vile villain Griffith, who must die." Is it likely they will cater to this majority, downplaying Griffith's complexities, dismiss his waking feelings like "it's just the moonchild" and presenting story as a story with Guts chopping Griffith into pieces, and all his crew go celebrate this and live happily, consigning Griffith's name to oblivion? After all, that is what the fandom want. Will they give the majority what they desire? I fear that most readers simply won't accept any ending other than a brutal revenge against Griffith. It's sad that the fandom feels this way about the character, but it can't be changed, no matter what, so their attitude doesn't bother me too much. However, I am concerned that their feelings might influence the continuation. And will you accept post-Miura's Berserk as canon, no matter what it turns out to be? (I apologize for any mistakes or strange phrasing. I'm not a native eng speaker)

I don't know any more about how closely Mori is adhering to Miura's vision than anyone else, but as an optimist I do believe him when he says he knows what Miura had planned and doesn't intend to stray from that.

In terms of like, character nuance and Griffith in particular, on the one hand I never really expected the new crew to match Miura's ability to convey subtle emotions and details, and on the other hand even before Miura died I didn't have 100% confidence that he was going to maintain a lot of the nuances I loved in the earlier manga, like fear being one of Guts' main driving emotions, or like the moral ambiguity of Falconia.

I think it's easy to fall into thinking that Miura's Berserk is perfect and anything disappointing about the new chapters is because of deviation from his intentions, but we don't really know Miura's intentions, or how his perspective on the story may have shifted throughout the decades.

So basically I guess my best guess is that while Miura may have been able to convey more subtle character stuff than the current artists can, and therefore probably wouldn't have drawn Griffith looking so cartoonishly villainous eg lol, I do feel like it's a safe assumption that the plot is still Miura's, and if he hadn't died Griffith still would've kidnapped Casca and whatever is happening in Kushan would still be happening (but maybe more clearly conveyed lol), etc.

Also it's worth noting that as far as I'm aware the "majority" of fans you mention, with boring overly simplified ideas about the story, are just the majority of English language fans, and I don't think that's the fanbase Berserk is catering to. I've heard that the Japanese fanbase, the fans more likely to influence the direction of the story if it can be influenced, tends to see Griffith as much more complex and nuanced than English fandom. I could be wrong, I don't speak Japanese so I can't check it out myself, but based on what I've heard from bilingual fans I don't think that's something you have to worry about.

Finally, yeah I think the new material is still canon. I think it makes sense to treat it as, like, an interpretation of the "true" story and maybe take some details with a grain of salt (like Griffith's evil smiles lol), but I mean even if it ends with Guts casually chopping Griffith's head off and riding into the sunset with Casca, I'm not gonna declare Mori a lying fraud or anything like that yk? I would be disappointed in the story the same way I would be if Miura had written it.

Thanks for the ask!