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Nebakenezzer posted:This is a dumb question, but: I think of the entire island as a Schrödinger's Cat type of deal. Had they arrived before Fantasia manifested, the, er, waveform would have collapsed into a regular fishing village, worshiping the old gods on the side. With a loony outcast girl whose mother's death/disappearance was explained away with "mermaids" by her father. Mermaids definitely existed before, but we don't have any idea as for how often their realm aligned with the human world pre-Fantasia.
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Ulio posted:Yes I just noticed the considerable back story and detail difference just in the first chapter and the first episode. Will continue with the manga, definitively. Is there a way to get my hands on the soundtrack?
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THE HORSES rear end posted:Is there a way to get my hands on the soundtrack? Just google "Berserk OST"
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There was SOME mythical stuff in the world before Griffith's world merging Ganishka tree fun times like Puck existing and the witches being around. So there being a couple of mermaids around the island, one which could be Isma's mom, makes sense.
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and now that worlds are merged you have a whole new ecology of creatures born out of myths and human folklore
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So was Ganishka the strongest apostle? He seemed almost -too- powerful to be an apostle but obviously nowhere near God hand level. Also, I guess I don't get why the God Hand let an apostle become that strong unchecked. Something doesn't seem right.
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hog wizard posted:So was Ganishka the strongest apostle? He seemed almost -too- powerful to be an apostle but obviously nowhere near God hand level. Well, it seems fairly evident (if not explicit) that the God Hand set him up for a fall. His rise and death paint Griffith as a savior and were a huge part of transforming the world into its new state, just like the Behelit-Apostle was used to resurrect Griffith in the first place.
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From the TVTropes page on Berserk:quote:And it's implied that if your nightmarish death is brought about by demons, then you go straight to Hell for eternity, regardless of how you lived your life. Is this true?
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THE HORSES rear end posted:From the TVTropes page on Berserk: They are probably basing that on what happened inside the count's behelit, when he was dragged to hell by the people he killed.
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logger posted:They are probably basing that on what happened inside the count's behelit, when he was dragged to hell by the people he killed. I got the impression that this was the only afterlife in Berserk world.
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Lord_Pigeonbane posted:I got the impression that this was the only afterlife in Berserk world. Yup, death sucks. Bear in mind hell in the sense of Berserk is the soup/ network of souls surrounding the prime mover of human karma (God, aka The Idea of Evil) and forming the spiritual networks that encompass the spiritual realms. It's not Hell in the Christian sense, it's more of a colossal omnidirectional purgatory until your essence is recycled.
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hog wizard posted:So was Ganishka the strongest apostle? He seemed almost -too- powerful to be an apostle but obviously nowhere near God hand level. Well he did kind of cheat by using that thing made up of a bunch of sewn together apostles to power himself up.
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You have to remember that everything an Apostle does is within the control of fate. Just like everyone else really except Guts. Ganishka was mighty, Ganiskha was rebellious, Ganishka was sinister because his specific actions would lead to Griffith ascending to Kinghood as well as the unification of the physical and spiritual world. For the longest time we were under the implication that Guts and Skull Knight were the only people largely out of the control, but Skull Knight had a big part in that so maybe Guts isn't as outside fate as we think either. He could be another pawn orchestrating a long, circuitous plan. I still think it'll end up Guts was what fate is orchestrating to create, not Griffith.
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^^ I think the analogy that Skull Knight used for himself was that he is a "jumping fish". He can break free out of causality for brief moments but will inevitable return to cause ripple in the stream. I just really love that metaphor for some reason.
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alright lads it's time for the 325th Berserk
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Guts figma. The fact that they call it Black Soldier ver. probably means there'll be an armour version later. Think I'll hold out for that. Stink Billyums fucked around with this message at 23:53 on Sep 26, 2011 |
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Gackt posted:Guts figma. Jesus look at those veins on his arms. Still badass, though. e: That was a fun chapter. Now that Isma has apparently found her mother, it looks less likely that we will be subjected to more underage mer-boob after this arc. Dr Subterfuge fucked around with this message at 00:10 on Sep 27, 2011 |
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LordMune posted:alright lads it's time for the 325th Berserk That was fantastic. I mean we've got an entire race of breast-bearing mermaids helpings the protagonist. Wait...
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ArchDemon posted:That was fantastic. I mean we've got an entire race of breast-bearing mermaids helpings the protagonist. In a surprising twist, Berserk and One Piece actually take place in the same continuity.
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Ahahaha, there is no way that the mass of singing women was not influenced by his weird idolmaster fixation.
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Centzon Totochtin posted:Ahahaha, there is no way that the mass of singing women was not influenced by his weird idolmaster fixation. And not by the whole mythology of how mermaids use singing for various reason  And those goblin sharks defending the Heart are based on the fish that miura likes to eat! AND THE HEART IS HOW DOKI-DOKI HE GETS FOR SINGING GAME Please don't make this stupid.
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"'Till next time!"
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Pyrotoad posted:"'Till next time!" That's all it said last time though. I'd expected the previous chapter to be the last one of the year so I reckon we've done pretty well.
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Even if we only get two more chapters this year, I think we've still gotten more this year than the past several. Who was it that actually made some bar graph showing releases per year of the past decade?
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I like how Miura keeps Berserk honest. Guts still ain't top poo poo (and I honestly don't know how he'll go toe-to-toe with the heavy hitters), and it's what makes me want to keep rooting for him because it's always an uphill battle for him.
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ANIME AKBAR posted:Even if we only get two more chapters this year, I think we've still gotten more this year than the past several. Who was it that actually made some bar graph showing releases per year of the past decade? We have. I didn't make it but I've linked it before. I don't think it's by much (either 1 or 2 chapters) but it's the only time the trend has been broken, so...yay.
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I'll be kinda disappointed if the next chapter isn't a full-bore water ballet, Busby Berkley style. Then Guts cuts a giant heart with eyes all over it in half.
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Mr. Deathy posted:We have. I didn't make it but I've linked it before. Aren't we roughly at a chapter per month once you average it all out and take into account he was releasing multiple chapters per month for awhile there in early summer? That's not terrible by any means.
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Pretty close, we've had 10 chapters in the last year. Been pretty tiny at times.
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So if some enterprising soul wanted to do this right they should make a chart with pages per year rather than chapters.
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Dr Subterfuge posted:So if some enterprising soul wanted to do this right they should make a chart with pages per year rather than chapters. Ironically I think if you plotted two-page-spreads per year I think you'd see a huge rise in the past few years.
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dis astranagant posted:Pretty close, we've had 10 chapters in the last year. Been pretty tiny at times. That puts him on par with most worthy comics from Marvel/DC/DH this past year. And miles ahead of Millar--though I'm unsure if the average fan still nerdgasms over every book he authors anymore. hog wizard posted:I like how Miura keeps Berserk honest. Guts still ain't top poo poo (and I honestly don't know how he'll go toe-to-toe with the heavy hitters), and it's what makes me want to keep rooting for him because it's always an uphill battle for him. It's the spice of many of the best action and fantasy movies/stories. Keep your hero close to top-tier, but never invincible. Keeps the character fallible and allows suspense. It's not the only way to do it, but it's certainly extremely functional.
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Andrigaar posted:That puts him on par with most worthy comics from Marvel/DC/DH this past year. And miles ahead of Millar--though I'm unsure if the average fan still nerdgasms over every book he authors anymore.  Even his fellow writers hate him now.
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Warren Ellis is notorious for hating 'capes' i.e. your typical superhero. Mark Miller just hates women.
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Pierson posted:Warren Ellis is notorious for hating 'capes' i.e. your typical superhero. I thought that was Garth Ennis... but I have to admit it kind of fits Ellis too, with what he's written.
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Jose posted:Isn't Warren Ellis also notoriously bad for not finishing stuff, or is that the joke? No, the joke is that Aaron Stack is holding up a sign in the background that says "MARK MILLAR LICKS GOATS" because unlike Ellis, Millar is a loving horrible writer who can't write a story to save his life unless it involves pointless violence and sexism. He's the second coming of Liefeld, with a dash of Frank Miller to taste. Anyways, enough of BSS talk.
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resurgam40 posted:I thought that was Garth Ennis... but I have to admit it kind of fits Ellis too, with what he's written.
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I find it increasingly hard to mix those guys up in that respect. Ellis has written so many drat stories featuring meta-humans or post-humans. Some of them even more outlandish and over-the-top than the other "cape" comics.
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