#Miura Kentaro

[chaos-of-the-abyss]

guts and griffith obviously have different types of moral compasses and while the view that "guts is better and more moral than griffith" is seriously reductive and flattens both their characters, i do think it's interesting to contrast their morality. like, to me, griffith's moral compass seems more abstract and all-encompassing, while guts' seems more individualistic and limited in scope. i don't think guts would have made the choice that griffith did during the eclipse, but a part of that is because while griffith feels the weight of the lives lost in pursuit of his dream, guts wouldn't - not as much at least. before guts leaves the band of the hawk, it's griffith who asks guts if he thinks he's cruel, and it's guts who dismisses the question as "this is just what you have to do for your dream"; griffith is the one concerned about the morality of cold-blooded murder while guts is the one who shrugs his shoulders about it.

one factor (among the many, many factors) in griffith's decision to sacrifice the band of the hawk was that he felt he owed the people who had died for his dream, enemies included as well as comrades. the former he cut down because they were in the way and the latter fought for him and lost their lives helping him get closer to his goal. he feels obligated to make something out of their deaths, which he believes, somewhat subconsciously, that he is responsible for. at that point in the story he's become helpless, powerless, totally dependent on others, and unable to pursue his dream further unless he chooses to make the sacrifice. if he stops here, then all those people will have died for nothing. his decision during the eclipse is partially driven by guilt. it's "i've come too far and i can't let all the lives of the people i killed go to waste."

and i don't think guts would feel that same weight? guts' morality seems way narrower in scope than griffith's. he doesn't care quite as much about the people who die as a consequence of being in his path; instead his main concern is the handful of people he loves and cares about. and don't get me wrong, when you are one of those people, guts would force his body to the brink and fight until it breaks apart before he lets you get hurt. (that's part of why i love the fact that he's represented by an absolutely unhinged and feral doglike beast.) but outside of that handful of people, or unless he's dealing with a kid, the number of fucks he gives drops pretty drastically. again, he's the one who cheerfully patted griffith on the shoulder after he carried out the murder that griffith ordered him to. he's pretty blasé about taking lives and being responsible for people's deaths as long as these people are unrelated to him, more so than griffith pre-eclipse.

this isn't to say that either of their moral compasses are superior to each other's, they're just different. they put a different amount of weight into things. but again, i do feel like diminishing it to simply "guts wouldn't sacrifice the people he cares about while griffith did and that's why guts is a better person than griffith" is a bit of a disservice to the narrative.

[nakamorijuan]

PENPALS - TELL ME WHY Kenfuu Denki BERSERK - Opening Theme

[celestialmega]

Berserk, beruseruku, ベルセルク by Kentaro Miura.

[bbpsd]

[le-tas-d-art]

Ubik, Slan and Conrad of the Godhand from Kentaro Miura's Berserk, each pictured with the novel that inspired their name:

Ubik by Philip K. Dick, 1969

Slan by A.E. van Vogt, 1946

This Immortal (first published serialized as "...And Call Me Conrad") by Roger Zelazny, 1966

Void and Femto are not named for sci-fi novels. The artwork of each character is directly from Miura's Berserk.

[tuesmonoxymore]

[talesfromacrippledphoenix]

[meltlilith]

[nefeliiii]

“If you're always worried about crushing the ants beneath you... you won't be able to walk.”

-𝐆𝐮𝐭𝐬

2/3 of the Berserk Trio?? I dunno, I have a vendetta against Griffith so I’ll debate doing him lol

☾∘∙ creds:

Miura Kentaro (mangaka)

@anniechromes (Danbooru)

✧ ∘ 𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙛 𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜/𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜-!

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[paperflight]

[nupogodi]

[chaos-of-the-abyss]

i hate griffguts man. their divorce happened like thirty fucking years ago and these two assholes still insist on bodily dragging me down with them into their little cesspool of anguish pining and emotional turmoil. griffguts stop giving me depression 2k23

[celizaldeopencommissions]

Casca

[celestialmega]

Berserk, beruseruku, ベルセルク by Kentaro Miura.

[bbpsd]

[tuesmonoxymore]