Berserk is Grim Dark Done Right

[@thegunslinger8806]

"Your as beautiful as the day i lost you" *internal bleeding and PTSD from the agony that pannel caused me returns*

[@jeremycarnes1656]

Allow me to fuck you up a bit more... "There's someone I want to see..."

[@thebadger4040]

TheAlmightyLoli makes a Conan video, then Grim Dark makes a Berserk video. Perfectly balanced.

[@tessa63627]

As all things should be.

[@chadsmith8966]

A side note. There actually was a medieval German knight who used a mechanical prosthetic hand (his right hand). Led a rather bravado life as a mercenary and poet. Now here’s the kicker, his name was Gottfried von Berlichingen or also known as Gotz the Iron Hand.

[@sacharubinstein5305]

I thought you were lying but this is real wtf

[@jeremycarnes1656]

@sacharubinstein5305 Gotz Ironhand is a direct inspiration for Guts. I'm reasonably certain Miura said as much.

[@chadsmith8966]

@@jeremycarnes1656 I long suspected that was the case.

[@warbossgrimtoof569]

@@jeremycarnes1656he’s not. Miura learned about Göetz after he had already started Berserk. He even said it was a strange coincidence when he learned about him. Miura’s always been super open about his influences and the only time he talks about this (afaik) is in an interview where he talks about discovering Göetz.

[@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115]

And Colonel Griffith who made his wife going one-eyed... and the Observatory Griffith... Berserk is full of strange things.

[@WhiskeyPatriot]

Slan's interest in Guts must strike a plethora of disgusted emotions in his... well guts.

[@WhiskeyPatriot]

I forgot she was using intestines to form herself, too.

[@DEERVISHH]

i saw AllmightyLoli's video yesterday and was happy you got recognized, good to see you returning the favour!

[@midnightgreen8319]

Same!!

[@SpiritStoneWarrior94-yx3gs]

One thing that also makes it Grim Dark is that Griffith from the very start was destined to become a God Hand member. He was given the Behelit by one of the other God Hand members disguised as a trinket salesman, and then things like the initial fight with Zodd and other things show that the God Hand had always planned to push Griffith through slightly, and not so slightly guided actions, towards becoming one of them.

[@kelvinsantiago7061]

Greetings from Puerto Rico! I would like to recommend Grimdark Future for all who like Warhammer 40k. I love your content.

[@jasonsantos3037]

Berserk is my all time favorite Anime and Monga series of all time thanks making this short video.

[@DullWarlock]

If Gut's were to be in the 40k setting, I would say he'd be a Lamenter falling towards the chapter's Death Company; tearing himself time and time again from the Black Rage. A wild opinion, I'm sure.

[@tHiSfUgGgiNdUdE]

I started reading Berserk after my divorce. That shit hits hard, and I absolutely love it. Guts gave me a solid example of what it looked like to be a "Struggler" through a year + of self improvement after that.

[@rustymetalhead7714]

I actually subscribed to you after The Almighty Loli mentioned you. Love your Conan videos!

[@trevorboynton342]

I love Berserk its somewhat my first introduction to grim dark as a concept (that and 40k) if you were to continue making vids on this topic could you do one that emphasizes that the sweet human moments of stories like these that make them more impact full than more tame mainstream stories

[@rdf4315]

I'm so glad to finally see you covering berserk, I love your Conan content and I can't wait until you start covering king kull and Elric, I believe the most grim dark thing in berserk is SK and causality it self .

[@MrDarthtelos]

I saw that video from Almightyloli. I was pleasantly surprised he name dropped you.

[@WhiskeyPatriot]

His streams are absolutely kino, too.

[@warbossgrimtoof569]

Favorite series of all time and in any media. Struggle on fellow strugglers. Side note: Berserk has such a great time doing visual stortytelling thanks to Miura’s obsessive nature with his artwork. One of my favorite pictures is a panel someone made of Guts’ eyes throughout the story and you can actually see where he is on his journey of growth and healing based on his eyes alone.

[@lamb_link]

Ah berserk, my own, and probably many others, entry point into the loose genre of grimdark media. Keep up the good work grim dark (half off) we always know it’s going to be a great video whenever you upload.

[@thewayfarer8849]

I miss the Coward or Killer video, this Grimdark content is always great and original

[@GrimDarkHalfOff]

Don't worry I'm working on remaking all of that stuff

[@thewayfarer8849]

@@GrimDarkHalfOff Fantastic news, I did wonder. All the best to you, the routine and mindset videos really helped out with personal difficulties

[@tuumef1799]

Thanks for your thoughts. Psychological and narrative dives into settings like this really pique my interest. If you like grim, I suggest Dorohedoro and Dai Dark by Q Hayashida.

[@pringlelingle6827]

If I could give you a recommendation, as you’re the channel that got me into Conan and then dark sun, both great by the way. I’d say give Kill Six Billion Demons a shot, has its own degree of grim darkness, and the seemingly insurmountable odds of destiny and those who attempt to defy it. Also it has stunningly beautiful art and is a free webcomic, also wish your channel the best I’ve been loving the uploads.

[@l30nard03]

First video I see of your channel and I gotta say love your voice and great video 👌🏽

[@GrimDarkHalfOff]

If you like barbarians stick around!

[@bodansova2951]

Great video, concise while still being thorough, when it comes to explaining the concept of grim dark it is rather perfect ( at leas i have not seen a better explanation anywhere else ).

[@teyanuputorti7927]

I want to watch berserk sometime

[@jeremycarnes1656]

Let me offer some advice. If you watch Berserk, stick with the 97 series and the movie trilogy. But, for the best experience, READ, don't watch. Trust me.

[@teyanuputorti7927]

@@jeremycarnes1656 thank you

[@samfisherxboxog8925]

Discotek is doing a blu ray release. Highly recommend that version Edit: it’s the 97 version

[@Jarl_egbert]

My two favorite fictional characters, Guts and Conan.

[@GrimDarkHalfOff]

Good choices

[@camerongunn7906]

Short but extremely well done. Thank you sir.👏👏

[@dkt2365]

Beherit is also a classic Finnish black metal band from the 90's that everyone should listen to.

[@rustymetalhead7714]

agreed

[@kregy7509]

​@@rustymetalhead7714you know with a name like that I am inclined to believe you on the topic of metal. Any other recommendations if that wouldn't be a bother.

[@dkt2365]

​​​​​​​@@kregy7509Similar to Beherit: Archgoat, Blasphemy (Canada), Sarcofago, VON, Mystifier, Demoncy, Impurity (Brazil), Proclamation (Spain), Black Feast, Black Witchery, Treblinka (Sweden), Perverted Ceremony, Bestial Summoning, Profanatica, Witchcraft (Finland), Necrovore, Void Meditation Cult, Ride For Revenge, Nuclear Death, Teitanblood, Crurifragium (my band) And about a hundred more but I don't have time.

[@kregy7509]

​@@dkt2365many thanks

[@dkt2365]

​@@kregy7509Anytime, it's my favorite thing to talk about haha

[@jeremycarnes1656]

After Berserk, give Claymore a shot.

[@SH43418]

@TheAlmightyLoli is, in my opinion, the Beserk king. I haven't kept count on how many times I have watched his Beserk videos.

[@lolsonchciwy5022]

Brother... Thanks for the PTSD setback... Anyway, I think that 'tis rather funny circumnstance that after The Troll Arc, which repulsed me from reading Berserk for months or even a year, there wasn't all that much of strong inappropriate imaginery so I was able to read that with my younger siblings. I regret that Miura died before Zoolander's Phonk Berserk meme... It saddens me greatly...

[@lolsonchciwy5022]

PS : it's 101 comment. I should've fed the algorithm properly.

[@GrimDarkHalfOff]

Amen thanks a bunch!

[@i.r.3231]

R.I.P. KENTARO MIURA 😢🖤

[@josephshriner2850]

It's one of my favorite guys, discussing one of my favorite comics! Hell yeah!

[@GrimDarkHalfOff]

Thanks for the thought

[@theblueidiot5536]

saw that vid cant belive your doing a berserk vid nice

[@southernaf6785]

Scripts keep getting better and better buddy!

[@adamred5449]

That first sentence lol

[@brain-dead1]

Wanted to sak if you heard of armored troopers votoms and your thoughts on it.

[@GrimDarkHalfOff]

no idea!

[@williambennett7935]

Grim Dark -1/2 Off, have you ever played Bloodborne by From Software? A hauntingly beautiful amalgam of Berserk, Lovecraft, and 18th Century British Medical history.

[@nickster_xd8937]

I’ll keep this in mind as I’m writing. Thank you 😊

[@Beastlango]

Idk if I would call it grime dark, just because every grime dark book I have ready the protagonist is an evil monster. Guts loses his way for a bit but is never a rape and pillage kind of character. I think the world could be grim dark, but I don’t think guts is.

[@GrimDarkHalfOff]

That’s fair

[@Beastlango]

@@GrimDarkHalfOff great video though, it still had me thinking more deeply about the subject. I honestly wish it was easier to find grim dark content like you describe instead of how it usually is in novels. Love awesome dark and horrific worlds, but don’t enjoy fallowing warlord bastard for 12+ hours

[@FurutaGoated]

I wouldn't say he "lost his way for a bit" after s3xually assaulting Casca and nearly eating her...😅

[@jeremycarnes1656]

Guts is traumatized and spends the entire Black Swordsman arc and half of Conviction in a psychotic haze. He kills everything and anything and is so wholly fixated on revenge that he forgets about protecting Casca and is gone when Godo dies. For a long time Guts has broken with reality. No one is safe ftom him, save for his rare moments of clarity when you see that he's pushing everyone away not just because he doesn't want anyone to get hurt....but he feels that it's HIS fault the Band Of The Hawk, and most importantly Casca, have been destroyed. Early post-Eclipse Guts is a huge tornado of severe PTSD, survivor's guilt, and acute self-hatred. He's tragic. He's about as grim and dark as it gets.

[@Beastlango]

@@jeremycarnes1656 he is hell bent on revenge, but he doesn’t murder innocent people on purpose. The whole conviction arc happens from him killing demons that are transformed children but he didn’t have a choice and did know it at first ether. The knight think he’s a murders but he wasn’t. If you want real grim dark read the prince of thrones trilogy, nothing like guts. Just a war monger and murdering tyrant.

[@AxiomsNArrows]

You DAM right it's grimdark AF.

[@MemeGene6969]

Based Zodd the inmortal fan!

[@سلمانقتل]

Good video👍 berserk is best Grim dark manga

[@robrib2682]

Don't think you could sneak that past me I'm fairly sure we all like Zodd

[@reformedpeter-timesoul9778]

Please do more Berserk!

[@sigmar4564]

Comment for the Grim Dark Algorithm

[@antoniofreitas3019]

Can one escape their fate? Do waves only build to crash and die? Can what was broken truly be mended? Every action has its consequence and as such is the rule of causality in berserk. Whether to struggle against the odds for those meant for sacrifice… or live as monsters who pretend to be gods… there will and always shall be a cause to their effects. What seems as evil winning is not necessarily true, just as seeing the good suffer, as the ultimate outcome. Heed the words of skull knight and rise above your morality and mortality. For it is when we shatter the reigns of causality that humanity will be free of the dreaded godhand.

[@EricPuente-wr3bg]

I would pay full price for these grimdark analyses.

[@crazyscotsman9327]

Good stuff! I prefer Conan over Berserk but Guts is also amazing. His sheer will and determination is amazing.

[@daineminton9687]

Berserk is a great classic in Manga & Anime.

[@jeremycarnes1656]

I'm guessing you're new to Berserk? Welcome to the best damned dark fantasy story ever written.

[@GrimDarkHalfOff]

No, in fact this whole video was done from memory - and thank you!

[@jeremycarnes1656]

@@GrimDarkHalfOff I stand corrected. But not wholly surprised. Berserk is right up your alley. Now I just need to get you to look at Warhammer Fantasy. I'm tellin' you, you'd love it.

[@derekburge5294]

I also like Zod and am glad he is there.

[@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115]

Oh, right, I guess you're listening Beast in Black...

[@marcusblackwell2372]

So, are we going to just ignore how Berserk is also a masterclass in how to do an OST, too? Yes? Unfortunate, but okay

[@GrimDarkHalfOff]

Agreed

[@dagon99]

Nice

[@JUST_SOME_SHY_GUY]

Warhammer 40k fan 🗿🤝🗿 Berserk fan

[@schizoolander]

Yay

[@potsperm1666]

this was the first manga i ever read( just recently, never read one before) and i just couldn´t stop, i read the whole epos in like one week, it´s so incredible beautiful and horrifying in the same way, the art is overwhelming at times, just amazing