How Twitter Thinks People Read Berserk

I know I'm late to this Berserk vs. Twitter thing, but it is kind off a constant thing for Twitter to criticize things they don't understand, so I thought It would be funny as I hear so many people still talk about Berserk being bad because its violent or whatever, meanwhile ignoring all the context for which the story takes place.
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[@reasonablequit7535]

He’s not laughing, he’s having a mental breakdown

[@Mr.Needle-Hamster]

Yup...I can relate on so many levels

[@CreatureOutOfTime]

Exactly, just like Griffith started laughing when he broke his arm

[@reginaldforthright805]

The berserk drawings are so wholesome in style, no dark vibes. So I can’t view them as disturbing at all.

[@linzayyathant2005]

​@@CreatureOutOfTime Eren also did that when Harness and Sasha died

[@velboi3823]

​@@reginaldforthright805 bait 😢

[@frenchfriesfan2005]

This is how r/berserklejerk reads Berk

[@malafakka8530]

That's how other Berserk fans think r/berserklejerk reads Berk.

[@menace2society759]

@@malafakka8530 and this is how r/berserklejerk try to convince berserk fans that r/berserklejek doesnt read it that way

[@malafakka8530]

@@menace2society759 and that is probably the answer from someone who cannot imagine that some people make stupid jokes just for the sake of it without being serious about it.

[@b00shy68]

The attempt to hide the pain

[@menace2society759]

@@malafakka8530 mine was a joke to relax 😭

[@judeconnor-macintyre9874]

"He turned himself into a evil god and killed all his friends, funniest shit I've ever seen." -Me after reading the Eclipse.

[@tacobelljunkie8418]

What's the proper order to read the books? I'm trying to get my hands on the very first one.

[@an0therW]

​@@tacobelljunkie8418 Starting with volume 1 is fine, the only reason some people recommend reading the second arc first is if someone isn't sure if they will like it or not. If you already know you'll like it then there's no point skipping the first story arc.

[@judeconnor-macintyre9874]

@@tacobelljunkie8418 You begin at the one that says, "Volume 1"

[@Anonymous-73]

@@an0therWpeople who read Jojo do the same thing

[@tacobelljunkie8418]

@judeconnor-macintyre9874 Yes, obviously.🤨 It sounds like there are different versions floating around.

[@Tefezilla]

This poor cat was so traumatized by griffith did nothing wrong moment and started laughing to hide sadness

[@BulkBogan1920]

His name is Tom

[@calisto34789]

@@BulkBogan1920 we know

[@Paladin47]

He became crazy

[@bingchilling6602]

Tom insanity

[@davidzapataaguilar437]

@@Paladin47 crazy? I was crazy once

[@JablesAchim]

To be fair. The memes from the comunity amount to "Griffith did nothing wrong" and "The black guy who raped Guts funny" so we've got that going for us.

[@voidishprattles4319]

The fandom is unfortunately rather toxic imo.

[@ils4844]

@@voidishprattles4319 Don't you mean *fortunately?

[@ils4844]

@@Ok-kk8ei Bitch at voidish then not me.

[@TocsTheWanderer]

@@voidishprattles4319 Thankfully it's possible to be a fan without interacting with the rest of a fandom

[@malafakka8530]

@@voidishprattles4319 how is it toxic. I have seen some stupidity but toxic.

[@b00shy68]

This is actually some of the funniest shit I’ve ever seen dude Edit: THE VIDEO NOT THE PANELS

[@andrewlarter6566]

Twitter users be using that out of context my dude

[@AdityaKumar-gc1yq]

@@andrewlarter6566 that makes it even funnier

[@andrewlarter6566]

@@AdityaKumar-gc1yq I know 💀

[@Lugbzurg]

*> Twitter will remember that*

[@jacksonwookie]

No balls

[@Dolberggames]

The way you edited the cover to be Berserk was REALLY GOOD

[@bestlobjagamer348]

how he even do it

[@jimzerr3025]

Berserk first chapter was released on October 22 2003 in the USA. Twitter started 3 years later. It took Twitter 20 years and a GAME to realise Berserk existed.

[@lautarogomez9711]

But still they dont care

[@haz3575]

Actually 3 games, Guts Rage from GameCube, one for the Ps2 (i forgot the name), and other for the Ps4

[@MoreEvilThanYahweh]

Tourists and casuls

[@minimanbeast1014]

​@@haz35754 actualy, your forgetting about the one on the sega saturn (tho i mean who remembers that)

[@darkusblader]

​@@haz3575Guts rage was actually on the dreamcast.

[@nightmarishcompositions4536]

Making jokes about some of the darker stuff in berserk is the only heathy way to cope with the sheer amount of raw pain they inflicted on my soul.

[@marcofiume3921]

Bro, the rape of Casca. I felt physical pain, so much that my stomach tightened. A real trauma, that's why sometimes I joke about it

[@lakaboss9313]

For real. Don’t understand why people can’t connect the dots themselves

[@marlom7882]

So that’s what you guys do? I just sit there … blankly… staring at nothing… contemplating what I just experienced

[@ricksterre]

​@@marcofiume3921you could say she felt the same way 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@DANBAN119]

Fr, I new going into it that the Eclipse was some bad shit, but I didn't know what happened. Got to it, and just stopped reading for like a whole 2 weeks. It was so gut wrenchingly painful I had to take a break from reading, but I still got pulled back in because I had to see how they dealt with it.

[@Flah]

Funny how they believe we were reading it while laughing our socks off yet most of us were traumatized or just breaking down crying in certain chapters Edit: my bad forgot to mention I read Berserk when I was 10

[@malafakka8530]

I don't know if there really were many that got traumatized or cried between chapters. I'd say no, but I wouldn't know.

[@dogewood5499]

Crossed by Garth Ennis was far worse, so I've been kinda desensitized to being shocked from anything presented in Berserk. It's actually kinda tame for me to be honest.

[@cumbria-s3u]

......yeah haha

[@hey.mr.tsunami]

​@@malafakka8530 well, i cried two times and i wouldn't I'm traumatized but i have gone pretty numb to all that happens since the eclipse. shit is too much man

[@degilz7629]

I cried once to it and it’s the only time I’ve cried for a manga, and I think that’s when Casca managed to regain her consciousness.

[@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y]

Twitter hates Berserk because the only character they could relate to is Donovan.

[@TheDeadkrow]

Lol, that's grim

[@solaireofcatarina44]

Who wouldn't relate to the GOAT

[@tolesla3921]

Nah, twitter is Nina incarnate

[@gamdanyunizar7849]

@@solaireofcatarina44 a literal goat

[@ChadKakashi]

Good one.

[@billbadson7598]

Rpe Horse was goofy looking out of context, but in context was horrifying. Past the very earliest chapters, Berserk handles sexual violence more maturely than most media, and portrays the long-term effects of it as having profound influence on a person’s development throughout their life.

[@MrToddino]

Rpe horse is so fkn overrated, since nothing even happens with him before guts kills it, the goblin orc things are way way worse, or the Mozgus torture room

[@slickandslaycious6579]

​@@MrToddino& OP agreed

[@ijustreview]

I'd argue the only _really_ egregiously edgy part is the Wyald arc, and AFAIK every single adaptation has wisely skipped him. Also please ignore my pfp

[@hotkfclover6169]

​@@MrToddinoyes. I surely heard about berserk, maybe even saw some (when I was 10 i think), but that horse is what I found and thought like "well, it's time to read the manga". I was surprised how this scene was... 2 panels... When I heard of it I found quite much of content, I was thinking it is valuable part

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

lol just NO, it looks horrifying even OUT of context. Nothing about it looks "goofy" AT ALL.

[@Grasses0n]

Yeah man I love dark, twisted, fucked up shit, and after finishing Golden Age I was sobbing like a lost child.

[@thalloutboy]

“Lost child” I see what you did there

[@chris_hawk]

?? Go read A Silent Voice. Violence and gore are overrated

[@samithonjames370]

@@chris_hawk If you think berserk is all violence and gore, you're a legit brainlet.

[@thejoker543]

Womp womp

[@thejoker543]

@@samithonjames370 It's literally just violence and gore for the sake of violence and gore. No real interesting story with any original characters. There's a million other mangas and animes just like it.

[@starpixel3998]

bro the editing is so good, must of been a pain to color the entire book black

[@irecordwithaphone1856]

Especially because of how smooth Tom & Jerry animation is

[@Ligmaballin]

Not really, there are plenty of easy techniques. Just rotate an image the same amount of degrees as the page and then use an outline tool to cut the inserted image so it looks like a page and not a square

[@Glatier]

​@@Ligmaballin I think he's referring to the part at the beginning where the editor made Tom literally carry the Berserk volume

[@legitbeans9078]

Reading "must of" is a million times more traumatising than anything in Berserk.

[@nitishsaini8028]

So twitter is interested 🤔

[@nillynush4899]

Twitter being the way it is now makes perfect sense once you realize it was the refuge where all the Tumblr Porn makers fled to after Tumblr banned smut..

[@SaltyCrabOfficial]

@@nillynush4899 what do you mean it wasnt like that from before lol... twitter is the second nest of all of the tumblr pdfiles that got the nsfw banned in there

[@Serjo777]

@@nillynush4899 You sound ..

[@Serjo777]

@@nillynush4899 .. like a prude.

[@HonsHon]

​@@nillynush4899which is funny because a fuck ton of people keep accusing Miura of having a rape fetish when they probably have one themselves.

[@joselucas6006]

average r/berserklejerk user

[@alfalldoot6715]

The equivalent of watching Breaking Bad and bursting out laughing at the Hank death scene

[@jasonvoorhees5640]

hank was a pos corrupt cop. why would you want that clown to survive?

[@coolbeans5911]

It doesn't help that Walt's devastated expression afterward has been memed half to death by now too. Sometimes satire soils sincerity to a point of no return

[@NRitchey]

Or when Todd killed that kid

[@sampletexttablet8558]

I just can't take serious that reaction from Walt anymore, to much memes make me laugh at It even in context.

[@alienhoward2270]

hank barked up the wrong heisenberg

[@thesexybatman263]

The ending should've cut to the "how they actually read Berserk" showing the scene with depressed Tom sitting on the traintracks.

[@ljeans531]

If the fandom makes fun of SA to cope with heavy topics, it doesn't change the fact that they are making jokes about rpe. Regardless of how the plot points are portrayed, we as people have. Serious problem with joking about specific instances of rpe. I think in the context of comedy it's ok to do tasteful bits about the topic. But people don't even take prison SA seriously. So Twitter is right, your coping mech doesn't excuse you from distasteful "jokes"

[@bmprimer7809]

​@@ljeans531it's better to laugh than to cry, and the distinction between good laughter and bad laughter is simple, as is the distinction between a racist joke and a joke about racism.

[@chinsaw2727]

@@bmprimer7809 For the people who don’t know, could you please specify what the distinction, to which you were referring to, precisely is?

[@MALICEM12]

​@@limbsmithbased

[@MALICEM12]

​@@ljeans531correction, people don't take male victim SA seriously. People take female victim SA VERY seriously. To the point that they'll forgo due process and forsake "innocent until proven guilty" to have a witch hunt over mere accusations.

[@nodeloliver6201]

For me those moments always produced a knot in my stomach. I took it in stride because the story was so good, but God the story is dark. VERY dark. Not for first timers.

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

The Story was PHENOMENAL and a MASTERPIECE, not just "so good".

[@gasterblaster9817]

@@Gadget-Walkmen Dude, chill.

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

@@gasterblaster9817 I AM "chill", I'm just telling you how it is!

[@gasterblaster9817]

@@Gadget-Walkmen Touch grass, LMAO

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

@@gasterblaster9817 No at all, but you most certainly too based on how obnoxious you are right now with this "lMaO" nonsense here.

[@Squnchmo]

I remember I was walking through the Bronx and a random ass 6+ft dude dripped up in red grabbed my arm and I thought I was about to get robbed, but the guy pointed to my Brand of Sacrifice tattoo. Blud had big ass back tattoo of the eclipse he wanted to show me. Most one of the most surreal things to ever happen to me. I feel like Berserk appeals to such a wide range of people, you can't really narrow down the kind of person who would be a fan.

[@tau-5794]

Nah, that guy was an apostle and was showing you your fate

[@Squnchmo]

@@MrJambiwana I’m sure it seems unbelievable to someone who sits inside playing video games all day.

[@ivxx2042]

​@@MrJambiwana I don't doubt it cause it happened to me too. A guy outside a gig I was at saw my brand of sacrifice tattoo and showed me the one he had, and it was more bold than mine. Then we talked about what it means to us. So many people I know have it lmao.

[@NucleaRaptor]

Fellow Struggler.

[@DTX_AEther_Diamond_214]

He wanted to be your Donnovan , Gustavo 🤣

[@Wacky_Woohoo_Pizza_Man]

Interesting fact is that this demon horse did literally nothing. He got split in two after 0,2 nanoseconds of existing lol

[@KingLich451]

It's the thought that counts.

[@sadsworth4605]

​@@KingLich451its an animal dawg

[@karlhans6678]

Ya I always wondered why people see this as a shocking scene when nothing happened.

[@alienhoward2270]

@@karlhans6678i can see why but, your right he kind of just dies

[@plugshirt1762]

@@karlhans6678 You'd think they would choose one of the other dozens of moment where things actually do happen lol. That being said the popularity of the horse is a net positive for society as it brought ludwig

[@bogbeach]

Something about Tom laughing hysterically to Berserk panels feels so in character for him, he's researching methods of torturing Jerry.

[@voidishprattles4319]

To be fair I see a lot of people who fail to try to understand Berserk and just see it as a power trip... I think a surface level read of Berserk can have some pretty bad impressions and it's definitely not for the faint of heart. As francois truffaut once argued. "You can't make an anti-war film" Because everytime you do it ends up as a pro war one. Starship trooper always comes to mind. While I don't fully agree i think the matter about making an anti war film is about perspective showing the horrors of it from the perspective of civilians for instance. I think he makes a point. Berserk makes a claim against power and revenge but in doing so... Is also a power fantasy story with themes of revenge. It's a shame it never finished because we really can't say for sure how it would end up and if these ideas would be fully justified. I for one think kentaro miura was simply trying to create a dark, brutal, and oppressive world. One where goodness is scarce and cruelty is plenty where trust and comfort are punished. And I believe he made that world because he wanted us to reflect on this world. It's up to us ultimately to use our strength to decide how our world is. I think people just don't like violence and r@pe existing in media or art at all... Which while I understand why i feel art should never be censored or limited... Yah know so long as nobody is being directly harmed in the creation of said art. Evil grows in ignorance. If we just wash away all the bad thoughts then we will only create a society of people who obsess over them. Tell kids not to swear and they'll learn every word they can.

[@Drums_of_Liberation]

Didn't finish? Bro it's still on going. Miura's best friend is continuing it along with the assisants he trained the end is coming.

[@revvv3889]

Need an good anti-war example? you should watch some Gundam series... specifically Thunderbolt, Unicorn, and War in the Pocket

[@voidishprattles4319]

@@revvv3889 For me the movie "come and see" (1985) is one of the best because we experience the entire movie from the perspective of a young 15 year old boy who's been forced into the Hell of WW2. If we're talking anime, Grave of the Fireflies imo does a fantastic job as well. They focus on the greatest crime of war and that being how children and civilian life is completely squandered. How entire communities and families are erased from existence.

[@malafakka8530]

Apocalypse Now does pretty well as an anti-war film.

[@johnmarbym.montes9310]

100% agree, it's just gore and personally the stuff that really hit my feels are the ones that are more meaning or just plain cool. Everytime I see Zodd (I'm not done with the manga yet) I just stare with awe. Anyways, this stuff is deep and I feel like there's multiple philosophical takes in berserk. Personally, I've found some existentialist/absurdist ideas in here (Especially in chapter 83 but I've heard it wasn't canon) especially since Guts is such an empowering character that his birth is a rebellion against the universe. Any thoughts on this? I'd be glad to hear about any personal ideas you formed about Berserk -- shit is deep man.

[@larcen6206]

Toms laugh is contagious, not gonna lie.

[@st4pps]

thats how reddit reads berserk, seriously it got to the point where even the shock value wore off.

[@niggacockball7995]

Bu.. butt daddy donny❤

[@ganeshshenoy2615]

Then I turned on the news and shit seemed mild

[@shreyanshsinghal1552]

The tracking on the book cover is immaculate!! Must have been hard to do that.

[@JuanThaSilva]

I’m not tryin to laugh from this video but Tomas’s laughter is contagious.

[@Ligmaballin]

Oh no don't make fun of the fictional characters, you'll hurt their feelings

[@JuanThaSilva]

@@Ligmaballin No need to be passive agressive about it. I just wanted to share my thoughts.

[@litepaw7]

I heard that Berserk was so traumatizing, the Voice actors even cried…

[@LaCazaLP]

Only logical way to cope with the pain that gets inflicted to my soul. Laugh like a maniac.

[@iamdivan7368]

*Looks away for a moment and misses the second to last panel *Looks back at the screen and skips back *Progress bar shows it as "the most rewatched moment" *Realises it's The Horse Panel™ "Oh, I see how it is"

[@matt8399]

There is nothing better than reading berserk by candle light in the middle of night.(plus there's a thunder storm going on right now so that makes it even better)

[@IdekPhoenix]

My trauma levels would reach 999

[@darkakashix7384]

Lifetime worth of trauma in 5 pages

[@dawsonmaloney9910]

You really had him laugh at the Donovan scene ☠️

[@panicatthejojo0315]

Haha, the Eclipse was so funny I was sobbing and had to stop reading for a second :/

[@loszhor]

0:28 This part is totally accurate.

[@JustAFrenchNobody]

0:18 : 😭 0:28 : 😂

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

lol NO it's not, that part was entirely horrific to watch and see as NOTHING about that was "funny" AT ALL.

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

@@JustAFrenchNobody No, bro, just stop, nothing about part was "funny" in the slightest as it was horrific sight to see.

[@Slapstick_Editz]

⁠@@Gadget-WalkmenYour opinion. Some people find it funny, some people don’t. You can’t change it.

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

@@Slapstick_Editz And the people who DO are beyond sick, just because someone has an "opinion", doesn't mean they're "rIgHT" at all. I CAN change that when you explain to them why they're wrong to do so.

[@matthewmccoyd2578]

Next you're gonna tell me that they don't like that a show set in Hell has violence and swearing

[@ricardoconsort2260]

He's not laughing because he thinks its funny, he's laughing because he's loosing it

[@Mac14329]

*losing

[@ChadKakashi]

@@Mac14329good man.

[@PhosphoricKnight]

Our laughter hides our pain

[@Felix-ic1fc]

If any work of art is supposed to make you feel sad, that doesn't mean that it deserves to be cancelled. But most twitter user's IQ is below 0 so they want to cancel everything.

[@Ipolitelyaskyoutodie]

They should cancel themselves irl NOW!

[@thejoker543]

Womp womp

[@jameswasdin654]

Any form of entertainment that makes you emotionally invested in the medium is worthy to be called true art. There is also just entertainment that is just made sometimes to be mindless and fun which isn't bad either. Both types aren't mutually exclusive either.

[@Blankblank-y1n]

​@@jameswasdin654 Totally agree and that's why criticism for some shows I find totally stupid. Like trying to critizise a show where you turn your brain off and stare at the flashy lights seems kind of useless.

[@getthegoons]

I don't think most people are laughing the first time they read Berserk. It's usually some mix of shock and horror at the awful shit in front of you. The humor is a coping mechanism..

[@lockeforeer]

It's actually insane how many times I've seen people complain about the sex and nudity in Berserk as if it's supposed to be titilating or "fanservice".

[@_Somsnosa_]

It can be both

[@olivercharles2930]

What, a horse that looks like a meth addict isn't hot enough for you?

[@loopholesloopy]

To be fair some people in the community do make jokes or even fetishize the various rape scenes. But at the end of the day people online need to just accept that not everyone is as prim and proper and savoury as they want them to be, in fact, I think trying to force people to be like that is kind of wrong in it's own ways. I don't make the jokes or fetishize, but it's important to have a healthy separation of fiction and reality, someone could go on a killing spree in a video game, doesn't mean they'd ever consider it IRL, most people on twitter are teenagers though, you're being morally brigaded by teenagers who think the new cool is being a massive 90s soccer mom about everything, they'll grow up.

[@zotaro557]

0:29 to be fair if you were to describe this scene to someone without previous knowledge of berserk they'd laugh uncontrollably too Edit: OK I feel like people aren't understanding me so let me clarify; I'm not talking about the contents/panel itself. I'm talking about if you were to describe it to someone like, say "A girl nearly gets raped by a demon possessed horse" that's what I'm talking about. I don't think the actual scene itself, nor the context behind said scene funny, but trying to describe it without it sounding a little silly is pretty difficult

[@TocsTheWanderer]

I'm pretty sure most people would give you a strange/concerned look, at most a nervous laugh

[@TheBatman39]

A fellow r/berserklejerk user I see

[@gothica3605]

I got this video in my recommendations not knowing wtf this shit is and I can assure you I didn’t laugh

[@AxelNder]

Welp this right here is why people hate Berserk and Berserk fans.

[@JordanVanRyn]

Funny thing about this is this is how accurate this depicts us when we read Berserk; we see horrific images on page and we make dark humor out of it.

[@josephikrakowski1137]

The problem I see with twitter users on berserk is two things 1. They don’t actually give berserk a chance and do a surface level view of it. They see out of context gruesome manga panels and don’t take in the context going on. ALL OF THE GRUESOME IMAGERY YOU SEE OF CHARACTERS SUFFERING IS SUPPOSED TO MAKE YOU FEEL TERRIBLE AND GUTTED. That way when you see the characters rise from that, they feel more powerful from it. 2. They have my hero or demon slayer pfps.

[@Xx_SuperPenis_xX]

The funny thing is MHA has some fucked shit in it not as much berk ofc but it is pretty edgey at times that is why i like it reminds me of 90s comic books

[@Lawlz4Dayzz]

The problem is Reddit and Twitter cant think for themselves and just expect to be spoon fed propaganda of what to think instead. Berserk is fundamentally a story to think for yourself in reading. Putting you in constant moral grey areas or just scenes of horror in Guts' place to see if you would do the same as him, or even survive a single night with your sanity intact. This shows you what your character lacks in doing this.

[@damienfritz5626]

@@Xx_SuperPenis_xX Bold of you to assume they actually read any of the shit they claim to be fans of.

[@Xx_SuperPenis_xX]

@@damienfritz5626 mha's story is one of the most fun manga's ive ever read its pretty sad seeing how bad of a reputation it has people need to keep more of an open mind to things people shouldn't judge things because the online community most online communities are already pretty ass to begin with

[@OMGYOUARER8GHT]

TBH watching MHA for first time and I got upset by how mc getting the power and I was angry on why there no regular mc with no op powers,until I read Berserk

[@AmericanBrit9834]

Ah yes, the Eclipse. Such a chucklesome scene.

[@Swa6Eyes]

Griffith Glazers trying to explain to you how *ape isn't not *ape.

[@renren47618]

The way Twitter thinks people read Berserk is exactly how i read it

[@Yamprak]

Me too

[@GokuSolosAnime]

U can’t even lie some shit was funny asf 😭

[@anothermanofculture208]

Same

[@koboldcrusader]

yes, yes, you're very cool and edgy.

[@AxelNder]

Yeah, Berserk fans need to be locked up.

[@mark-gj4mb]

I think it's just that there's a lot of people who have absolutely no literary analysis abilities lmao. This happened not too long ago when people tried to claim Attack on Titan was pro fascism and genocide because there was fascism and genocide in the manga despite the manga literally being as anti fascist as possible. No sane person looks at Marley and goes "yeah they really have it figured out over there". No sane person looks at Eren Yeager and thinks "oh no yeah he's got the right idea"

[@frostiestark9533]

I think AoT is amazing for taking the risk and showing the audience how someone with a genocidal mindset could be formed, and from that person's perspective. It's such a ballsy move, and it requires a lot of (sometimes misplaced, tbh) trust in the audience's intelligence.

[@ZoiusGM]

You say: people think AoT is fascist. You say: no, AoT is literally not fascist. Great point. The word 'literally' drives it home. You are so right and your comment is not pointless. Well done 👏🏼.

[@beastvicious8672]

AoT is both. It gives different perspectives and let's the audience decide which side they agree with. It's called nuance. AoT criticizes pacifism just as much and you completely overlook that eldians would be genocided if it wasn't for Eren. There's no side you can take in this scenario that doesn't end in genocide. I don't understand how anyone can watch/read season 4 and they just block out whenever it's mentioned the world will annihilate the eldians, unless they do something. Maybe you need to rewatch it.

[@gregorylaufend2570]

Eren did nothing wrong

[@RealMonzer]

@@ZoiusGM Saying that aot is pro fascist is like saying Star Wars is pro fascist. We aren’t supposed to root for the fascist characters in the story.

[@cheeseboi588]

Man, if I ever decide to read Berserk, it'll be tough.

[@robrobby]

My girlfriend introduced me to Berserk and absolutely nothing comes close to matching the sheer emotional impact of this story when i experienced the Golden Age movies. Like everything else feels like childs play in comparison, and i picked up manga for the very first time to continue the story, and it stays 10/10 throughout.

[@ogre7699]

It's certainly fucked up in many ways, not for the faint of heart. But if you can persevere through that shit? You're in for one hell of a story, and some truly amazing artwork. SuperEyepatchWolf made a video about it, and it's worth a watch if you're still on the shelf about it and haven't looked into it yet.

[@bobdmz6437]

I mean. I do think some moments, like evil dog man and rape horse were put in there just to be edgy and that the story would have been better without them. But moments like Gut’s rape are extremely important story moments that contribute to his character and some of the main themes of Berserk.

[@lasagnaontop555]

Even tho I agree that they weren't needed I still think that they made a nice addition to the overall story. The creator choose to put them there so we wouldn't forget just how dark and horrible the world of Berserk can really get. It gives the reader this sort of shock value which I think is a great thing hecause if someone elses work can make you feel any sort of emotion then that just means that it is a well made story. I will never understand twitter for trying to cancel something that has been publishing for 30+ years and still is after the death of it's original author. Like if you don't like something then just don't enteract/associate with it or in other words gnore it. Berserk makes it's theme known in the very first chapter of it's release so if it isn't something thats for you then just don't read it...Nobody is forcing you to do anything so why is it their first instinct to go on social media and start bitching about it? This is of course not meant towards you but cancel culture in general I just don't understand those people man.

[@elgeneral5279]

It was Miura's story. He could have put in anything he damn well pleased.

[@GokuSolosAnime]

U know berserk is a story where rape murder and torture is common right?

[@bobdmz6437]

@@GokuSolosAnime yeah, but unlike a lot of “edgy” manga, who use rape and murder for fantasies of their Japanese Incel author; Berserk actually shows the true horror and evil of these crimes, and how they leave lasting trauma on innocent people. I didn’t feel dog man or rape horse were needed for the story, as I saw them as cheap shock value, uncharacteristic for a normally deep narrative. However, as neither is portrayed as a good thing, I can understand why someone would believe it would be structurally sound to the narrative as a whole, and still subversive to 99% of the overly edgy, incel, self-insert crap that a lot of mangakas are shitting out these days.

[@theunicornbay4286]

When your friend goes through the most tramauatic experience in his life and becomes cold-hearted "Oh my god you're so edgy bro 😢😢"

[@Mac14329]

This is some really good editing.

[@cephalonbob15]

NGl the only part i laughed out loud while reading was when the black dog knight/gorrilla man thing got his member/tongue/whatever cut off by guts and yells out the most out of setting insult in full panel.

[@andrewveryfors]

Tom want join they 💀 0:10

[@Kebo-Kero]

Me agree

[@APoleYouKnow]

I love that he's reading the Deluxe Edition as well, confirming that twitter hadn't heard of Berserk back in it's original format. EDIT: I just realized I made a controversial statement. To clarify, I myself only started reading Berserk a while back and I started out with the Deluxe Edition. I also think it's a very good way to begin as the way it's formatted and released, puts all the strongest parts close to each-other so you get a good idea of what the manga is like within the first volume.

[@leipzigergnom]

I just started reading it with the Deluxe volumes, and I love the feeling of having so much story in just one book! I'm waiting for deluxe volume 12 to come out now. But yeah, it would've been cool to hear about this story way sooner in life

[@xmesman9844]

I read the deluxe volume as well snd tried to continue online but I think I will wait to do that once I complete the falcon of the millennium empire

[@themaestro2572]

I'm reading berserk just by its regular volume format. Can't afford the deluxe lol

[@Gamner1]

I started with the shit scans online with the Band of the Hawk translation back in like 2015 😅 collected the basic volumes up until 6 when I graduated, and then started the deluxe after that as soon as it came out. Once I get to 14, gonna start getting 1 and 2. I just want the best quality and I feel like Berserk is one thing that deserves the best

[@arjyabirhazra1135]

>4 comments >"I made a controversial statement"

[@afrikasmith1049]

Twitter is offended by red apples, newborn puppies and the blue sky.

[@seg162]

No, they like puppies-- it's the HUMAN babies they don't like.

[@johnwise9811]

This moreso highlights the annoying side of the Berserk fandom which I don't like. The people who parade around those edgy memes like "good guy donovan" and "casca enjoyed it."

[@citizenvulpes4562]

Then ignore them...........

[@johnwise9811]

@@citizenvulpes4562 I usually do

[@malafakka8530]

You are aware that most aren't serious about it?

[@johnwise9811]

@@malafakka8530 Yes, doesn't make it any less annoying.

[@malafakka8530]

@@johnwise9811 well, I guess that depends on the person. I don't mind it and even play along.

[@WallNutBreaker524]

For those who're emotionally invested this hits hard. For those who aren't and aren't attached and just read blankly...

[@exysmexylexy999]

Jokes aside, the editing is truly top notch

[@lostmarimo]

i binged read berserk in like a day or whatever and god damn i was in that sweaty from disgust / losing faith in humanity type mode all night. I always thought like " it will get happier right? these characters will create a better world and get to live better lives right? right??!" It never arrived.

[@riechen]

interesting comment we can all relate to as kids but why do u have to make it sound gay and feminine

[@lostmarimo]

Why do you think that? because i was expressive? how else would i get the point across

[@schorli9744]

​@@riechenwhat does that even mean

[@riechen]

@@schorli9744 this reads like a woman with a fanfiction or twilight one of the reasons i didnt get into berserk yet

[@riechen]

@@lostmarimo dont change jus dont b gay

[@Ian_ochko]

Am I the only one who feels nostalgic after seeing scenes from Tom and Jerry?

[@potatortheomnipotentspud]

*"IF GUTS HAD AN NTR FETISH, BERSERK WOULD BE A DIFFERENT STORY"* (Skeletor runs off giggling maniacally)

[@Speed001]

(Breaths in) ... AAAAAAAAAAAAH!

[@kvltovpersonality6290]

This video's even more relevant now than it was back in 2022

[@ashifabedin]

berserk gets so dark sometimes you eventually enjoy the smallest bits of light

[@johnsmoke1785]

0:29 I really had to laugh at that panel. I'm guilty, sorry...^^

[@DrDolan2000]

In reality, we were just as horrified when we first saw those horrific images. They still make me sad today The only difference is we didn't make a bigger deal out of it on a shitty website because we know it's fiction

[@pooxel]

Seeing current Twitter Discourse proves nothing has changed

[@Kaeram_Archives]

I don't know, I let out some chuckles and giggles whenever Puck did anything zaney, or when Guts cut off Wyald's demon-tentacle.

[@oliverjamesatkinson]

"I clicked on something I knew I wouldn't like and now I'm mad. What are you going to do about this?" lol

[@drabulusdael9329]

I heavily relate to berserk, no obviously i’m not a jacked one armed beast but like the sad parts of guts back story. being sold out by his adoptive father for a single coin, freaking out and crying the first time he’s intimate with a women, I think it handles trauma very realistically, and i could never find it funny. (except that one little demon with the big nose)

[@sebastianm.6669]

*saddest and most horrific sh*t that made my soul shudder twitter: iS tHiS FUunnY tO yOu?!

[@Ignoreduser]

There’s a lot of Twitter folk in the comments. If you don’t like Berserk or Dark Fantasy then read something else. Don’t go to the bakery and complain that there’s cakes on display.

[@_Dr.PepperPHD]

The compositing on that book cover didn't have to go that hard for a meme, I see u

[@Batosai06]

"...And it just keeps getting funnier every time i watch it!" -Beetlejuice

[@supr3m3_g0ku]

Not the torture chamber…💀💀💀 Yes Guts’ past was bad as well but nothing will amount to the trauma that haunts every reader of the Berserk series and that is the Eclipse🌑

[@Thomas-hh2yu]

This really isn't any different than people making jokes about Sayori's suicide or the hospital scene from Evangelion. The most fucked up parts of stories stick out to us and making jokes about the shock value of them doesn't mean you approve of what happened.

[@logan735]

eh there's definitely a limit to making jokes to cope, biggest thing it does is make you look immature for not being able to mentally workaround what youre seeing

[@FakeHeroFang]

Me when Nuts does the Berkyjerky and everything turns into blood mist

[@fojisan2398]

Bazonky Donkle

[@UsaKen_PMC]

People read berserk : **Laugh** Inside their heart : **Gatsu.mp3**

[@NiceDiceAlpha]

I mean, I got the most traumatizing events spoiled years before I read the manga, so this is kinda how it went for me.

[@AreialAce84]

I planned on reading berserk but the golden age movies where on Netflix and I for the life of me could not feel anything other than sadness for 3 days

[@JawsFG_]

r/berserklejerk while reading, how Nuts went berk after Caca enjoyed it

[@Cyber_code]

it's exactly like that 😂, nice edit man

[@3slicessenpai]

True, the Count's backstory in the Black Swordsman arc left me like "OH NOOO 😨😨😨" when I read it the first time.

[@WalnutWarrior7]

What in Gods name have I just witnessed and why was it in my recommendations

[@RianeouRiandosSantosFerreira]

Well, berserker fans don't help too much to change that vision, most are creepy Grifith enjoyers.

[@Blankblank-y1n]

Genuinely, it feels like most of the community exist in this bubble, and cannot step out of it look at the text on face value. Like no, griffith is not good, like tf.

[@deadjuice1880]

When twitter people start getting loud about a particular subject matter, you need to keep an eye on them. They are projection air raid sirens.

[@Ben-jl2rh]

That's why I don't use Twitter even if it's run by Elon those people make it a cesspool

[@fideljr1763]

In reality these were the hardest parts to read, I almost stop reading because it made me feel really disturbed, but kept on going because the story is too good and the art is amazing.

[@TAGanimation]

I actually kinda love how the scenes are in canonical order lol.

[@SnagTheRabbit]

To be fair, evil dog man was waayy too over the top. Like, okay we get it, he's a r*pist, you don't need to show us LITERALLY EVERY TIME HE R*PES SOMEONE. Or the amount of times Casca gets sexually abused after the eclipse. Like, so many random dudes Casca meets turn out to be more r*pists, and with her mind being gone mentally restorting to a baby, it just feels like she became the fucking fleshlight of the story for a few chapters. Like, it got to a point where it's just like jesus christ, this poor girl can't catch a fucking break, EVERYONE IS (trying to) R*PE HER. It was getting kind of ridiculous, even Guts assaults her at one point while being possessed. I just don't get what the purpose of it was. If it's to make us feel bad for her, we already did. If it's to show how vulnerable she is and how she constantly needs someone watching and protecting her, there's other ways of doing that that don't involve more sexual abuse. I know Berserk is a dark and horrible story. And we already know women in this medieval, cruel world are subject to this sort of thing a lot. And I respect Berserk for portraying those things realistically. Women aren't always strong badasses who can just beat the bad guys and get away. More often than not, women are helpless and weak. Cause, ya know, biology. But it just felt like it was way too much. It got to a point where I was like, "ugh, ANOTHER r*pe scene? This is the third one this chapter!" Not trying to knock Miura, tho. This is just one of the pet peeves I have about this story. Even Miura himself said he thought he went a little overboard with these scenes.

[@enniopaone]

“B-but visually depicting it 43 times is essential to the story” 🤓

[@env0x]

miura is trying to illustrate a point that this is a very, very dark and evil world they live in. he is not trying to sugar coat anything, this is just how people be in this world and it's normal. that is why casca had to train to become such a great fighter so she could defend herself from creeps like this, because they are like 99 out of 100 men in this world. the band of the hawk consisted of a group of those 1% of actual caring humans. except for their leader of course.

[@R4UW3RS]

Yeah. I think it was way over the top with casca. Makes me think Miura was kinda into that shit.

[@BLACK80085]

Everyone was trying to rape her because she was mentally handicapped and everyone saw it shes easy to take advantage of and is beautiful sooo...

[@BLACK80085]

Also Guts was mentally not well and insane after eclipse and has gone worse after 2 year hunt as Black Swordsman so him assaulting it you could see it coming. And bandits or monsters assaulting Casca which is plenty in convinction arc since theres huge military conflict plagues and famine going on everywhere after Eclipse. Is it really that far off? I mean you could say that she could be threatened in other ways like she having her life threatened and risk dying, but shes mentally handicapped and in no position of power so... They wanna go with her shes mentally handicapped and beautiful like we said, they especially have gone after her long hair.

[@So98902]

how people who say griffith did nothing wrong read berserk

[@savagesam43]

"twitter thinks"

[@PedroFerreira-eu4bh]

Bro I started reading and im having a mental breakdown still but Berserk is good we must face the facts that the world isn't all rainbows and sunshines its a nasty and mean place that we live in and yet we need to find the strength and carry on our own ways. Carry on strugglers, we must face our lives head on.

[@oreo7259]

I like how that one Lost Children moment isn't even here because NO ONE was laughing at that

[@isar1063]

That shit shook my soul

[@wakkaseta8351]

You mean this isn't how people are supposed to read it? How else does one read a lighthearted comedy series like Berserk?

[@ericschaab5135]

The world on that manga is pure hell! Even before demons spawned!

[@SQUIDBEARSTUDIO]

I like how It’s the Berserk Deluxe Editon.

[@igodreamer7096]

Eclipse chapter, what super fun moment in gaming, right? 😅😭😭

[@distinctloafer]

Nothing more cringe than virgins exaggerating how "tRaMAuTic" Berserk is.

[@mask938]

Laugh the pain away.