Why the God Hand will Betray Griffith - Berserk Predictions

[@redsharkills_7137]

I wonder if we will see griffiths real face if he dies. Cause when a demon dies they revert back to their human form before their sacrafice. So we might see his face underneath the mask that guts kept on his face

[@whitedragoness23]

Probably will look like a old man

[@redsharkills_7137]

@@whitedragoness23 idk they get reverted back to when they get a demon body we'd see griffith at that point as he was in the lake

[@whitedragoness23]

@@redsharkills_7137 it’s just my guess since it was shocking enough to cause guts so much emotion. Then wouldn’t remove his helmet. And I meant his face is aged like a old man, from all the torture and trauma. Some people have already made images how Griffith looked.

[@gggallin8279]

Would be a fitting ending seeing him shrink back down from being a god to what he truly is, a fragile self centered narcissist

[@raven_g6667]

I just wanna see Griffith die. When I first discovered Berserk and was completely ignorant to what was about to come, as Griffith was tortured, I felt so bad for him. At this point, it serves him right.

[@lauraroberts3520]

I think Griffith is ultimately being used as a candle to draw in the moths of humanity into one place. So they may be sacrificed, to create the largest void to swallow all life. This granting humanity’s wish to not suffer any longer.

[@Strugglers-edits2000]

This is probably the best theory I’ve read or heard of. Makes the most sense

[@Nyrufa]

@@Strugglers-edits2000 Not when you consider who the villains of this story are supposed to be. The Idea of Evil was created because humans needed there to be a reason for why suffering existed in the world. The God Hand and their apostles exist to provide that meaning by spreading evil throughout the world. If all of humanity was wiped out, then the Idea of Evil would likewise be destroyed, as it requires the existence of human suffering to perpetuate itself.

[@RabbitShirak]

@@NyrufaMaybe Void considers such a life as pointless and wants to end it all by killing humanity and the Idea of Evil. The very name would imply this. Void, empty, without substance.

[@niganools1502]

This is it.

[@Bondrewd_The_Based]

​@@NyrufaI agree with you that I don't think Berserk will end like that, but I disagree with your reasoning. The Idea of Evil isn't acting of its own volition. It has no intentions of its own, it even states that it acts upon the will of mankind. The IoE doesn't seek to perpetuate itself because it doesn't seek anything. It's a slave to the collective unconscious of humanity and influences/constructs causality as a result. It's not really a villain because, despite its name, it isn't evil. It just... is. It even tells Griffith that they are one and the same simply because he is part of the human collective. His will is its will. It states that suffering or salvation are suitable for us either way. The IoE doesn't seek some masterplan for the end of humanity, not because that's what IT wants, but because humanity collectively desires to exist. It will be perpetuated simply because humans want to perpetuate. It's all a feedback loop, there is no supreme authority over reality in Berserk as far as we know. It does what we all together want, which affects what we want, which affects what it does, so on and so on.

[@sleepysleeper3485]

My theory is that Void aims to sacrifice everything, including his own kinsmen and he uses Griffith to gather people for this purpose. They already have the demon's under their thumb. This betrayal will manifest when Griffith wants to create his own eclipse to sacrifice Falconia and asks Void to brand them but instead Void brands everyone. His name is Void after all and what's more evil than sacrificing everything? He wants the ultimate power, maybe even surpassing the idea of evil because it's just a human production at this point. To me it seems that Berserk is like a representational ladder of how far will human beings go to achieve power and void (nothingness) is the last step.

[@user_a-i1u]

This comment is underrated,hope this theory keeps.

[@sleepysleeper3485]

@@user_a-i1u Void probably tried to achieve the same thing with Gaiseric's kingdom with Gaiseric serving the same puppet role as Griffith but something went wrong and Skullknight, as a former Godhand himself, now hunts the new Godhand and especially Griffith because he knows Griffith's true purpose. I also believe that he saved Guts and Casca to interrupt Griffith's ascension which makes his original eclipse incomplete which has to mean something.

[@panthekirb7561]

@@sleepysleeper3485 I think this theory is bad because Void has little relevance in the story and no interesting interactions with Guts so making him the big bad would be like Kaguya appearing out of nowhere in Naruto. Also Skullknight being a former god hand member is a bad theory as well.

[@Outcast-0033]

Well since his name is void its easy to believe he wants to bring reality into nothingness but I'm not so sure that woud be his goal. If he wanted absolute power then I imagine how annoyed he was when he learned that despite his status he still has to work within the realm of causality to accomplish anything. So with that being said I think his goal would be to have power that can overcome causality and since causality is effected by the collective wishes and desires of humanity I suspect the largest human sacrifice in history all devoted to one god hand member which was made possible within the confines of causality could potentially tip the scales.

[@K767-o1t]

Nah Guts will sacrifice Falconia for the promise of a happy and peaceful life with Casca and his son. Griffith can't do another sacrifice. He's already a Godhand.

[@anotherks7297]

Something not usually mentioned by people is that the pre-femto godhand seemed to have a unified goal. Femto seems like he doesn't care for it at all.

[@IIYamiSanII]

He doesnt. Its clear that Griffith has bigger goals and is using them. Edit: I honestly believe Void Is the only one with a true goal as far as the Godhand is concerned. The others may not be properly aligned with that goal, and, least of all Griffith.

[@whitedragoness23]

Isn’t he the long awaited king or longing? Also some of them seem to do what ever they want to do like try to get guts to join them despite him already being a sacrifice. I don’t think they follow his every whim nor are they bound by femto. But their goal might be to reach the physical world as they are shown to be unable to do so themselves. They could be using him as well to achieve what they want because they couldn’t til he joined them.

[@Godzilla00X]

Luke Guts said "he'll aim higher". Femto has what he dreamed for as a human but its unfulfilling. There's always a bigger fish, Femto will only go bigger than even Griffith could fathom

[@JR-zp3nw]

I wonder if Griffith would consider them a threat at his attempt to create a new empire.

[@BitchesLoveGoodra]

I never saw a unified goal. The goal for all of them is seemingly to do what they want, literally. What unified goal did you see all the previous members aiming for pre-Femto? I only ever saw them doing what they wanted based on their own personalities and desires- other then that I don't think they interfere or care about each other's business at all. It seems like they only ever interact with each other when they are all summoned for something, in which Femto feels a little like the odd one out because he's still the new guy while some of the others have been doing this for literally hundreds of years together and have built a rapport through it and know each other by now.

[@jasonworlock5113]

I think Void has been playing Griffith from the time he was imprisoned in the Tower of Rebirth. The rest of the 'God' Hand have had centuries to see how one event leads into another, so while they don't know the future they know how in similar situations how the dominos fell. If demonkind needs to kill and what Falconia is to demons is a place full of humans to slaughter and that is what I personally think is the reason Griffith was chosen to join the 'God' Hand. To rally humans together so that all of demonkind can have one huge blood feast.

[@abaofifsz]

I think that is somewhat true but that would be such a bad end game. It must go deeper than that

[@jasonworlock5113]

@@abaofifsz I think that is the 'God' Hand's end game but I don't believe for a second that is how the series with end.

[@WarEnjoyer-gm5yh]

@@jasonworlock5113 I think Voids endgame is to sacrifice everyone. Humans, apostles, godhand members, all of them to gain absolute power. That seems like the best theory as ubik, slan, and conrad seem to just enjoy screwing around as godhand members and griffith only cares about getting a kingdom. Void being the mysterious one and someone who understand causality on a scary level would try something like that. Its probably why griffith is in the physical realm, so that he corralls people to fantasia all for a giant sacrifice.

[@jasonworlock5113]

@@WarEnjoyer-gm5yh Makes sense. The others believe that the member who joined after them will get the shaft. So, while it is Void who will be the last one standing. Each other member thinks of them and those before them will be the only ones at the end.

[@giga_chad9]

I feel like Griffith would do that to attain even more power to try and overthrow the godhand, Griffith has shown that he won’t stop where he’s at he’ll want more

[@eatenbythedistance4178]

The idea of evil is trying to manifest itself through the sacrifice of Falconia. Creating a literal hell on earth

[@Harryeaster]

Signed.

[@professionalplaythroughs9630]

This

[@pullupparker6110]

This hits

[@zephyrprime]

I think that indeed the godhand will betray Griffith. In fact, it has already been hinted at in Mozgus's story about the emporer gaiseric. The gaiseric story kinda sounds like gaiseric made a deal with the godhand to become emporer of the world. Fate then made one the people Gaiseric betrayed (the priest) make his own pact with evil and become Void. That's how I think the unspoken parts of the story went. Thematically, the incarnate of evil in Berserk is only interested in people who have suffered a great deal. In a way, Giffith's suffering wasn't good enough because it was brought on by his own shortsightedness and immaturity. Gut's suffering is so much worse because it was brought about by betrayal and was beyond the pale because it involves supernatural, unearthly things. If the godhand were to turn Guts to evil, it would just mean so much to the Idea of Evil. To turn someone who was suffering unselfishly for others is worth so much more than the suffering of someone who is just self centered. To turn good to evil is so much more significant than to turn someone already selfish into evil. I think the godhand will present Guts with the option to make a sacrifice and attain supernatural power which would be the only way he could possibly challenge Griffith. The advent of Griffith's kingdom is just too nice and pleasant. Evil would be against a kingdom like that.

[@thesigma2712]

U basically predicted everything. Guts is the true idea of evil dony say too much bro

[@moulanakratos]

Guts becoming a Godhand is contrary to the entire point of the story. Guts will not give in to his beast nor will he give into the Godhand. His entire arc is that no matter how bad things will get unlike Griffith, Guts will never give into his desire and sacrifice anything and everything to achieve it.

[@whitedragoness23]

@@moulanakratos he’s always been Griffith’s opposite, Griffith had a dream, guts didn’t, Griffith knew how to present himself, guts didn’t care how he presented himself.

[@zephyrprime]

@@moulanakratos I agree that Guts joining the godhand is contrary to the whole point of the story. But don't you see that being tempted by the devil is a natural and essential part of the story? It thematically makes sense just like when Jesus was tempted by the devil. To make sense, Guts also has to reject the devil's offer.

[@jacobgreaney2809]

@@zephyrprime it wont happen in my opinion as Muira said that there will be a happy ending to berserk and i dont see how guts gets a happy ending by becoming what he hates

[@allahalkareem8055]

Dude you're Berserk analysis is mindblowing my mind is blown..that part about the elementals and Japanese theory of Void...you must conduct insane research, I am exceedingly impressed

[@memetellect]

the thing about femto is that he is not complete. the two strongest branded sacrifices are still alive, so he is still like 10 % Griffith.

[@fancybow7912]

I think just branding them is all he had to do for the "sacrifice" because they are branded with death forever so I think he is complete

[@christophermercer8791]

​@@fancybow7912 Although he did hesitate to strike Skull Knight after seeing Guts so I'm sure he still has some of the humanity he won't acknowledge is there. That, and he is always locking his eyes on Guts.

[@kindafatkindastrong5683]

​@@fancybow7912 didnt the god hand make a comment that guts fighting to stay alive would only make his sacrifice more powerful once hes killed

[@ExtinctionBomb]

@@kindafatkindastrong5683 this is true, however after the eclipse we unfortunately aren’t elaborated on the details of what this means. Like ever. 😢

[@general_electrics]

Skull Knight is still alive, so by that logic Void...

[@viridianacortes9642]

What if all this time we though King Gieseric/Skull Knight was a parallel to Guts, and Void a parallel to Griffith…when in actuality it’s was the other way around? Void is Guts (a man who was tortured by a King chosen by the previous Godhand) and Griffith is Skull Knight (the king who gained and later lost a kingdom thanks to the Godhand). Except this time, Guts will refuse to give in to evil, and defeat them with his own strength…and the berserker armor.

[@eulojiorodriguez1497]

IVE BEEN SAYING THIS. that’s my guess at least

[@cl8lf1wm8b]

I agree with that theory too. Kinda. I think that Void can be 'good' in his own way. Maybe with his talks about causality and big brain he knows how to get rid of something bad. I dont think its Idea but maybe casuality itself. Maybe he wants to remove hand of fate from the world. And what he is doing is exactly what has to be done to get rid of it

[@lapearl521]

That would be... unexpected. I like it!

[@savethefrogz]

giving into the armor is giving into evil

[@viridianacortes9642]

@@savethefrogz let me clarify himself. Guts won’t give into the armor. He’ll make the armor give into him. That’s what I meant.

[@AuspiciousOncologist]

When I read the Idea Of Evil chapter, my interpretation was that what it told to Griffith it told to the other God Hand members as well. I didn't step away thinking that Griffith or Void or any of the others were special in some way, they are all needed. I've always thought The God Hand are also subject to causality, so it tells them all to do what they desire to because they've been cultivated by Idea's causality into beings that will naturally carry out its will, without having to explicitly be told. If there is a betrayal, it will be because the threads of fate have been severed. I think it will have something to do with the moonlight boy like you guys suggest. The moonlight boy becomes a part of Griffith because Guts and Casca survive the eclipse. If Guts and Casca are supposedly somehow outside of fate because they survived their sacrifice, than so is the boy I imagine, because he wouldn't have existed were it not for Casca surviving. Now that the boy is part of Griffith's physical body, maybe he also has one foot outside of fate? If so, it's conceivable his actions will diverge from the others, and the chaos will cause some kind of unintended conflict.

[@whitedragoness23]

I think the god hand are outside of causality and are manipulating it to achieve their ultimate goals. They are stuck in another world and I’m guessing them want to enter the physical world and experience something there.

[@DatDarkOne]

There's another interesting aspect to this. For Griffith/Femto to get a physical body, that would mean Causality was working to allow Guts and Casca to escape so the Moonlight Boy would exist to become Griffith's physical body/vessel. This idea also leads to Void already knowing this was going to happen. Hmmmmmm

[@figuures6098]

I interpreted the demon child merging with Griffith to be unintended, due to the Egg of the New World’s pity for him, his desire to bring him some peace or comfort in his dying moments. I always assumed the egg himself would form Griffith regardless, as part of causality, but the demon child, coming from guts and casca, acting outside of that.

[@whitedragoness23]

@@figuures6098 yes, I believe that as well. The demon child was never supposed to have survived because his parents were both supposed to have died. Femto corrupted him and gave him abilities which he uses to protect his parents and is wise beyond his years. Also the egg of the new world would never had swallowed the demon child if the demon child had died with casca during the eclipse. The egg of the perfect world was the vessel. Even slan said herself they were not actual gods. They couldn’t foresee skull knight breaking into their party and dragging out two survivors. They didn’t seem to care as femto was shown to be powerful enough despite being newly reborn to fend off skull knight. They don’t seem bothered since they are very powerful.

[@DatDarkOne]

@@figuures6098 This is what I originally thought as well, but the vid and OP's comment made me rethink that.

[@TealWolf26]

I feel like on the strategic level, Femto has myopia. He's an ambitious manipulator but he's focused on the material realm. Also narratively, we're seeing too much of him and his machinations on-screen. Yet what is the rest of the Godhand up to? 🤔 We see nothing of him pulling one over or keeping secrets from the other members. He's the new kid on the block and mascot of the collective endeavor. We can only guess at what "The Plan" is, but I doubt it ends in Griffith's fairy paradise kingdom. And does Femto have designs outside of what he was recruited to do? Or is he functioning as intended? Slan, Ubik, and Conrad seem like pawns that just enjoy their work but are always up for opportunities of personal gain. But we still know precious little of Void's designs and motives. I doubt that Void, let alone Totally-Not-The-Idea-Of-Evil gave Femto enough power and slack to turn on them effectively. Griffith is a known quantity to them. He has a clear dream that he is still chasing and them makes him easy to "direct" in the grand scheme of things. There's also the convenient cat's paw in the form of Guts and Company, if he gets too uppity or moves too quickly. Maybe that is indeed what happens at the end. Femto upsets the balance and Void gives Guts the key to ending Femto. Then "Evil" can just hit the reset button and try the grand prophecy again.

[@RandomPerson28337]

Femto and Griffith are the same

[@TealWolf26]

@Random Person I know. I don't know if I illustrated it well, and I used them a little interchangeably. But they almost seem like different aspects or egos of the same being. Femto is the cold, evil husk where a soul once was, and Griffith is the golden boy, hawk of light, protagonist being used as a mask.

[@svenproglhof1768]

I have the feeling now that Griffith/Femto achieved his dream of having his own kingdom, he'll feel hollow. Because what is the worth of this kingdom if you didn´t really put effort (keyword struggle, wink wink) into getting it. I think Schierke or someone else said it that Griffith/Femto is basically now the author of history. He is the absolute one. (Almost) no one can challenge him, what is a kingdom you earned this way really worth? While he was imprisoned in the tower of rebirth, Griffith encountered some small phantasms who called him the king of longing. So who knows, maybe Falconia wasn´t enough for him afterall and he tries to conquer the Astral World because he found a way to betray the Godhand. Just spit ballin'.

[@RandomPerson28337]

@@svenproglhof1768 he needs guts penis its the reason he was in that situation to begin with. His femboy heart cant live without gigachad guts.

[@mikerodriguez6761]

Simply put, I just see it as “his turn” and the others are there to back back him up. They all shaped the world in their own way once they became apostles. Hence the name, god hand. Maybe he’s the last one,or is he the newest one so far. Idk if void is the very first one or not. Does the god hand “reset”

[@alanvatcher8374]

It's a cool thought that Griffith finally meets creatures as ruthless as himself. The God Hand have "been there, done that" with any guilt Griffith could imagine. (We will see if Femto is up for the challange). One more...say Void tookover management of the God Hand by destroying the others from before. Void has built his own version of the God Hand to carry out his vision. So, Void more than expects Femto to attempt a similar purge. Thanks for the stimulating thoughts. Peaceful Rest to Miura sensei.

[@yusoph-kirammamaiii3872]

The biggest clue that Void is playing everyone is that remember in the opening scene of Berserk 1997 anime, it was Void who was always narrating

[@pandysnufkin]

And miura had assisted in the making of the 97 anime

[@pandysnufkin]

so that might add onto that theory

[@mitsuri3096]

Dang thats right

[@kuyt3400]

He just has the most badass voice thats all that means.

[@Ethan-ul1of]

Void even narrated the previews to the next episode 🤯

[@LRodz279]

If the God Hand would betray Griffith I think it would like how it was 1000 years ago where the God Hand trigger a eclipse so great that Falconia is destroyed while they watch Griffith witnessing his dream crumble to pieces while Slan and Ubik mock him and as they are leaving Void is the only one that stayed behind saying the greatest quote in Berserk (in my opinion) and as Void turns around Skull Knight is there where Skull Knight and Void begin to battle all while Griffith is still struggling to process what just happened

[@iantercero5380]

What is the greatest quote you speak of?

[@LRodz279]

@@iantercero5380 The one in the Berserk anime 1998 opening

[@jacobgreaney2809]

@@LRodz279 which is?

[@LRodz279]

@@jacobgreaney2809 In this world, is the destiny of mankind controlled by some transcendental entity or law? Is it like the hand of God hovering above? At least, it is true that man has no control, even over his own will

[@QualderWal]

Cool

[@pop_my_kernels8127]

the story of berserk was finished with golden age. At the point where guts broke his sword against wyald he was a complete character, he had grown as a man and overcame his trauma. He could let people touch him, he could have sexual relations, and he no longer needed a large sword as a coping mechanism. Immediately after all of this was stripped from him after griffith reached his lowest point and had a way out. Essentially the eclipse reset gutses character to the beginning of golden age, alone, hateful, and killing aimlessly. The series is just golden age happening slowly again, it will end with griffith at his lowest point, this time having no way out, and guts sparing his life as he overcomes his wish for revenge and moves on.

[@duju4054]

W theory tbh I can see it

[@excaliburknives3572]

Fuck no. I want Griffiths insides to become outsides. I want him to suffer.

[@ohfrickitsphil]

I get the feeling like the god Hand really wants Guts to join their ranks. Maybe once Guts and Griffith face each other at the end of the story, the God Hand offer him this free kill of Griffith IF he in return joins the God Hand.

[@KooroshFarahani]

@@ohfrickitsphilthis ^

[@enn1924]

​@@ohfrickitsphilhe will never join the god hand, the point of berserk is human vs monster, that no matter how bad things get guts will never abandon his humanity as he is the opposite of griffith

[@Nerdime]

Wow Im really impressed with your theory about Griffith getting betrayed. Crazy because the story has definitely been making it seem like Griffith was gonna be the one to betray the God Hand, I never considered the betrayal coming from the other way around.

[@Harryeaster]

I think the betrayal will come from Griffith, just as a last try to be his own person again. I think he's on the plan and knows that Falconia is a trap for the humans. The God Hand lets him play, until they all have fullfilled their purpose, giving Evil a body. That's why it feels so hollow to him, while his dreams got fullfilled. But he will show them at the last moment, just to feel free once again. It will bite him in the ass, but if was never the question. The question was always when.

[@jaywills5898]

I’m kinda thinking that Griffith is gonna betray the GodHand and kill them off so he is the one and only strongest being in the world with no one to oppose him which is why he took all the magic users off the board. Well almost all of them

[@Odin_Allvater]

Yeah cause every demon/angel/higher beeing knows shit is about to go down, when a mage reaches level 17 and unlocks the wish spell.

[@lozza2272]

Agree. When Griffth became a knight, the court was against him. They have been there and had much more experience than Griffith but Griffith still took them down.

[@IIYamiSanII]

This channel refuses to acknowledge Griffith as the genius he is and refuses to give him any credit. Such one dimensional takes on such a multi dimensional character. Its honestly starting to piss me off and Ive come to find myself watching less of their videos because I can taste the judgement towards Griffith and favoritism towards Guts and his merry little crew of do-gooders or whatever.

[@ozren8917]

Im fairly sure he will succesfuly get rid of them but will then most likely fall to idea of evil one way or another

[@kamikazehound3243]

​​@@IIYamiSanII remember Void is the key to it all. He was apart of the first 5 god hand, its likely he is going to betray them in some fashion they are all new members, femto is just the latest.

[@Tray3tar]

Void is top dog he’s been planning this for a 1000 years he sacrificed the hole kingdom of gaiseric and he’s about to do it again

[@bojaylabrum9608]

100% he's letting Griffith do all the work for him before he steps in and shows him who's really in control.

[@Tray3tar]

@@bojaylabrum9608 and hit him with the line it’s all apart of causality

[@Gsogreat]

@@Tray3tar nice

[@arringtonhughes4867]

That’s makes a lot of sense he originally sacrificed a kingdom of man what if he sacrifices a kingdom made by a member of the god hand itself

[@Tray3tar]

@@arringtonhughes4867 exactly and less work for him to do he’s been around since the beginning and I really don’t see Griffith outsmarting him when it comes to shit like this he pretty much made all the current god hand and all the apostles and maybe the god hand except for void are all apart of a greater sacrifice frm him I always wonder what happened to the 4 entities that were with him they showed them for a reason and we all kno the sage that was imprisoned was pretty much void

[@drakowithadraco]

I like your prediction a lot, I think most people forget about the rest of the god hand and their role. Adding on to it, I'm thinking that Void is using Griffith to bring entire nations together under one rule since he's the best/only person who could do it. Afterwords, Void could betray Griffith and the rest of the God hand by sacrificing them along with the people in Griffith's kingdom (or something else really evil) in order to strengthen the idea of evil. If Void was the first member of the god hand and is the primary vessel for the idea of evil, it's reasonable to say he's all that really matters and that the secret he knows is that god hand members can be sacrificed as well. Maybe that's what happened to the original god hand. They were used as pawns and then discarded. The previous scale was small as it was just a city being sacrificed but this time with Griffith, they can plunge the entire world into chaos for the idea of evil.

[@Tom_Cruise_Missile]

We know the last godhand was likely destroyed by void, and that this is a perpetual cycle. I believe griffith is destined to do the same.

[@oghaze9318]

Or maybe Griffith will break the cycle of causuality by using Guts and free the Godhand from the threat of being replaced

[@Tom_Cruise_Missile]

@@oghaze9318 How, though? If the godhand is still there, the cycle will presumably continue.

[@Yuuki_12]

Where does it say void destroyed the last godhand/why do you think that? I kind of get why you say it I'm just curious and like talking about this stuff

[@stephenallen4635]

Nothing shows that void destroyed the godhand

[@Ninjaankylo]

I thought it was skull knight who killed the old godhand

[@timmyjimmy7413]

One thing I would like to point out is that the sacrifice at the eclipse was not finished, Guts and Casca still live. Griffith is in debt to the godhand right now. I predict that at some point, to advance the godhand's plan, Griffith will need to sacrifice Guts and casca, but the moonlight boy will stop him. Griffith's inability to completely sacrifice the band of the hawk will lead to his powers being revoked, and Guts will be given the chance to kill him in such a vulnerable state.

[@urielavila352]

Dude, you’re my most favorite Berserk fan, man!! You’re definitely the reason I got into Berserk and I hold no qualms in that respect!! Thank you for the most interesting and analytical viewpoints of one of the most badass mangas I’ve read to date!!

[@MidTierVillain]

Femto is going to achieve his dream, many think Griffith wants his castle/kingdom as every other in pursuit of Kingship- but, I believe Femto speaks of a kingdom, as in the sense of Heavens.. I think Femto will fight the GodHand Angels, and win; Femto will kill Guts too.. the entire story is about Griffith achieving his true goal, and he knew exactly what it took to get to the level of the GodHand.. there’s a lot Griffith was told by the witch who gave him the egg of the king.. the idea of evil knows Griffiths true intentions.

[@ShinniKari]

I think the Griffith-self won't allow Guts to die, cuz even in his last moments he thought about Guts.

[@excaliburknives3572]

Cool idea…but Miura already said that Guts would have a happy ending.

[@ohfrickitsphil]

@@excaliburknives3572 say what??

[@excaliburknives3572]

@@ohfrickitsphil well not exactly. He said Berserk wouldn’t make sense UNLESS it had a happy ending. So maybe it won’t.

[@obolstudios5154]

@@excaliburknives3572but it will by a fat chance because what would be the point for Guts to make it all this way only to die?

[@lawrencecarter1939]

Brilliant vid, just subbed!

[@jcf2322]

Putting together a couple of facts paints a very interesting picture. We know Zodd has been around for hundreds of years, and is seemingly very familiar with the Godhand, as he immediately recognized the Crimson Behelit. So he's likely seen at least 2-3 eclipses. We can presume pretty confidently that of the current Godhand Void is the oldest, and Slan, Ubick, and Conrad all ascended after Void, as they were not present at the flashback. There was an empty slot when Griffith ascended, which means if the Godhand are replaced there are periods where there is a vacancy for a while until the next eclipse. So are all of the previous members sent into the abyss when a new cycle starts, or can they be killed and replaced individually? The fact that we know Zodd has been around longer than an individual 216 year period, means that it's kind of a bad deal to be a member of the Godhand. If there *has* to be a vacancy every 216 years, you are better off being a regular apostle, even if it means it comes with much less power. And it seems the ascension of a Godhand member is a pretty big deal, so them just dying by happenstance might throw off the cycle. Back to the topic here, I can't see why the Godhand would betray Griffith. What do they care what he does with the humans on Earth. Unless the prosperity in Falconia is somehow weakening them and the Idea of Evil, it doesn't seem anything Griffith does has any impact on them. To this day we still don't have a pretty good idea what the typical 9 to 5 responsibilities are of the Godhand. We know that they must be present when a behelit is activated, but beyond that they seem to do their own thing, until a reincarnation or something similar is necessary. Then we seem them working in coordination to push people towards certain ends. Even at Griffith's eclipse, they were all coming from separate areas, so it leads me to believe that unless called upon they probably don't see each other much. So I don't think there is much collaboration. And save for void, and the ages they have ahead of Griffith, they all seem equally powerful to each other, with different specialities. Ultimately, I think Griffith does not want to be even indirectly passively controlled by anyone, but I can't think of a reason why any of the Godhand members would suddenly want to try to stop him from doing his own thing.

[@ryukomatoi592]

I really can't wait for the next chapter! I am worried for Casca and Guts

[@lenoardcull]

I thought the author passed away

[@nightsfall3n]

​@@lenoardcull his best friend continuing his manga they already discussed how berserk is gonna end and the major plot points

[@mskiara18]

I await the next chapter also. Their son Moonlight Boy is in danger as well since his soul shares a body with Griffith.

[@siotamehaunga7291]

@@nightsfall3n source cause I really been waiting since 2021 or 22 lol

[@nightsfall3n]

@@siotamehaunga7291 already released handful of chapters 10 chps

[@alanvatcher8374]

Funny afterthought. Champions are chosen. -Femto calls the Skull Knight. -Void chooses Guts. For the right of the champions to strike down their hated/fated enemy. (Zodd patiently puts up his hand, but the God Hand are too busy with the main event). What could happen?

[@lolfilmworks]

big thing to take into account is in the flashback chapter void is pictured with a completely other set of god hand, all of which have changed out but void remains.

[@yusukeelric]

The fifth finger seems to always betray the rest. And griffith is the fifth this time. Griffith doesn't seem to share the same thing as the rest of the hand. But also seems to have a more human desire with his powers, when the hand seems to look for something beyond human comprehension. Griffith wants his empire. I don't think they are on the same page. To him the God hand merging of worlds is just part of the course, he's happy with his kingdom. but what if The godhand wants to sacrifice the entirety of fantasia? I don't think that's what Griffith wants. He wanted this kingdom, I don't think he would want the Godhand to eclipse his dream. but it seems this may be the case.

[@ceresbane]

I always went on the assumption that the members of the god hand were as equally powerful as evidenced by Slan not even interpreting Guts's attack as harmful to her. She derived pleasure from the pain knowing full well it won't endanger her in anyway.

[@annabella1650]

I’d guess it won’t be a betrayal, so much as forcing Griffith to sacrifice his kingdom. He got what he wanted for awhile, but the duties of the Godhand override his wants and that’d be the greatest irony of all. The other thought would be that Griffith betrays the Godhand. Sure he got what he originally wanted, but the knowledge that there is a higher position than a king or angel (the Godhand themselves) could just make Griffith desire more power. He is a character driven by ambition, and what greater ambition is there then to be a God?

[@ohfrickitsphil]

This has been hinted at by Guts even. I think he said something along the lines of "he will always reach for the next thing"

[@maciejpietrzak6146]

Interesting theory. I was wondering about Void as well. Knowing Miura, there might be something, that will be a grat shock for us. For now, everything fits a theory that Skull Knight is like Guts, and Void is like Griffith. But it might be quite oposite. Perhaps it was indeed a Skull Knight, who was more like a Griffith, that made a great sacrifice to become a King. Perhaps it was a bit like The Count's story, and Skull Knight didn't need to sacrifice everything he loved, perhaps he just sacrificed his people. Then he returned, like Griffith, as absolute. And after was betrayed by other God Hand members. Perhaps he could still choose to sacrifice, his love for example, yet he was unable to. And perhaps it is when Void took a possesion of the behelit and sacrificed something/everything to become one. Anyway, there is far more interesting thing for me - as you noticed, there might be a five elements. And, my my own logic, right me if I am wrong, those Elemental Kings should be older then a human beings. So, if the Void is/was one of those Elemental KIngs, it might be possible then he's even older then the Idea of Evil. Do any of us even took a possibility, that it is Void that manipulates the Idea? And not the other way arround? And - asuming that those other guys that might be seen in SK's memory are indeed a God Hand prievous members - that Void is the only one who wasn't ever replaced?

[@vincemays7599]

I’m kinda new to berserk, reading the manga currently and just watched the golden age arc, but isn’t it implied that the Skull Knight was the first king? In the golden age memorial anime, when guts goes to free griffith, they drop the torch and it reveals a mountain of branded bodies, that leads me to believe that the Skull Knight was the first king who sacrificed his kingdom and subjects OR that he somehow attained power to combat the Godhand and that Void sacrificed the people there. There’s obviously a conflict between the two, but I still fail to understand the source of Skull Knight’s immortality and power without saying he used a behelit

[@maciejpietrzak6146]

@@vincemays7599 true, that's SK story, for 99%. I dont want to spoil, but after you will reach an events from Tower of Rebirth, you will know more. A short story of some Sage for example And look at the difference between Guts and Guts on Berserker armor. SK was prievous owner of it

[@amai2307]

Not really.Void was the queen, wife of skull knight, when he was king of empire. She sacrified everybody in that empire and the king himself, but skull knight managed to survive and all he wants is a revenge for that betrayal. I mean look at Void's design, it looks like a fancy dress and her brain looks like a fancy haircut. You can even see boobs on her design.

[@amai2307]

​​@@maciejpietrzak6146sage played the role, he likely caused conflict between skull king and his queen. But he could never become Void. To sacrifice people you need their love and trust. How the f would he sacrifice citizens of empire, not to mention king himself?

[@maciejpietrzak6146]

@@amai2307 Well. There is many ways od solving this. SK could be that aweful at the end, that Void managed to create some kind od rebelion. People that trust to him, like him, love perhaps, joined him and supported him. SK managed to inprison him and tortured him. And at the end, he had to savrifice all of this people that supported him to become Void. For example.

[@k1ngj0k3r6]

Void Def knows something. I feel like he knows how everything gonna go.. Skull knight is the one who escaped his sacrifice probably or got away and that means his timeline is still going and they are still fighting therefore he knows the armor will take over guts at some point and then they will have 2 people hunting them

[@RecluseBootsy]

Hear me out: their creed has been Do What Thou Wilt. Griffith is doing just that, and i feel like HE'S the one making a move against THEM. Not the other way around. He's vying for more power, more control, more adoration. If the Godhand represents the cardinal sins, Griffith would be Envy, wouldn't he?

[@NeptuneNoire]

I buy this more, because like Guts said, Griffith will just keep soaring higher and higher. I'm sure part of him doesn't like that the other members have powers equal to his, he would want to be a King among Kings.

[@BitchesLoveGoodra]

I don't think they represent the cardinal sins though, because there isn't enough of them. I just think the cardinal sins are common villain personality traits. Also I think they are all a bit more complex then that as characters despite the fact we haven't spent a whole lot of time with them besides Griffith yet. You could be right though, hard to say for me. Other then that, you are right, Do what thou wilt is the creed they ALL seem to go by. Which is why I think they don't care what Griffith does. They knew what it was Griffith wanted, what kind of man he was and what he would do for it, right? Nothing Griffith has done has been out of character and is entirely predictable and expected. What has the Godhands reaction to all this been? Nothing. Actually if anything last time we saw them they seemed delighted by the merging of the physical and astral realms as if offered them more opportunities to keep doing what it is they want to do! So hear me out- perhaps no one is trying to make a move against anyone within the Godhand, and they are all serving the purpose they were given just fine? Maybe Griffith is just doing his own thing in the physical realm and they are in their preferred dimensions doing their thing and no one is interfering negatively with anyone else- almost like fate chose people who wouldn't fuck up the whole dynamic?

[@REDACTED_7]

dang you fell for griffith's lightskin rizz daaaaaang thats crazy

[@RecluseBootsy]

​@@REDACTED_7 his what? I think he's a shitbird personally but opinions don't change the fact that he is the Bearer of the Red Behelit, The Egg Of The King. Prophesied by the church itself to rule over all, above and below. Literally chosen by The Idea of Evil itself. Ganeska became a demon king, did he not? I don't like him either but he's still a twice reborn apostle. Who's to say Griff doesn't have a more cunning plan than turning into a cosmic broccoli god? 🤔

[@RecluseBootsy]

Plus the longer Guts suffers, the more powerful he makes Griffith, as said by Slan herself.

[@bvbftw]

A few things I picked up reading Berserk: - Guts seems to have a connection to the full moon (first time it happens in the night he killed Gambino) - the foetus of Casca is Guts (and Cascas) unborn child that was turned into a demon when Griffith (Femto) raped her - the foetus became part of Griffiths flesh and blood rebirth (he mentioned it) - the boy appearing on full moon has a heavy affection for Casca and Guts - the boy turns into Griffith (most likely as full moon ended) So my guess is that this is what will defeat Griffith in the end. It's Guts and Cascas child which is part of Griffith which has a strong bond to the full moon. So strong that Griffith can't control it on actually full moons and turns into the boy. So the boy is their child and is also part of Griffiths rebirth. This might be the thing that ends it all. Don't ask me how thats anybodys guess. Maybe the boy takes full control in the end and Griffith from thereon has to live within him without any control bound to a dream of others which is the family of Guts, Casca and their son. Let's see what happens within the next 10 years^^

[@ClarkieReidri]

Was it really a misfire that he couldn’t compress skull night? I always took it as he couldn’t crush them bc cascas child was meant to be his vessel. It would’ve severed causality, but since Griffith accepted the good hand, causality was set in stone for the Eclipse.

[@timeobsessed]

I've been dying to watch a video this well made on berserk

[@DavidpuzzlerU9738]

To be honest its probably that Void is going to sacrifice either the other godhand or Griffith first, Either to be consumed for power for that demon-entity that's been running everything, Or for void himself for the sake of hell somehow. He probably did this to every godhand-iteration since becoming a godhand, Because those others from that one panel (One who looked like Ganishka in godhand-form) Are just 'Missing' - And it looks from the outside like something just as terrible as the 'Invocation of doom' happened to them.. And it sure seems like that 'Leviation'-esque evil entity in control of hell looks like he's been building himself from a verrry far-distance below for ages, Upon ages, Upward. He obviously looks like something thats been 'Rising' as its grown on evil and sacrificed souls, & What is ultimately at the TOP? Reality. Two-and-two together is what it all appears to be anyway.

[@ultimablue9778]

I dunno about the Godhand, but Grif/Femto has shown himself to be stupid powerful, I would be excited to see how something like a betrayal would happen.

[@frenchfriedbagel7035]

I think it would be more likely that he’d betray them. As the goal is clearly to sacrifice the civilians of the kingdom for some reason. But that would mean there’s no kingdom for Griffith to rule over.

[@brownbarry38]

If Griffiths is being betrayed 😅 wonderful, however I'm sure he has a contingency plan in the mix. I would like Guts to find a way to bring him down at least before the Godhand does first though. Griffiths rule makes people groan too.

[@Sammonoske]

Void is the key to the destruction of the Astral Realm or possibly everything. It's in his name. He's tried once before using Skull Knight and the absence of the previous God Hand members.

[@BitchesLoveGoodra]

When did he try to destroy the Astral Realm or Everything before? As far as I know he only wiped out a single Kingdom for becoming a hub of sin after he was imprisoned there. Also the absence of the previous Godhand members has not been in anyway explained to be caused by Void. We know that only 5 members can exist at any given time, and we know new members join every 216 years, and we know this has been going on for quite some time... so there must already be a system in place for what happens to older members when new ones arrive right? Something since long before Void even joined the group? Like who did Void replace and what happened to them? Idea of Evil has apparently been serving it's purpose since the dawn of mankind's ability to question why we suffer. Oh and because his name comes from a famous science fiction book like all the other members of the Godhand. This is confirmed by Miura too. So I wouldn't focus to much of any of their names having a deeper meaning- seems Miura just wanted to reference novels with each of their names.

[@ohfrickitsphil]

Void is the key to all of this. If we get Void working. 'Cause he's a funnier character than we've had before. [...]

[@Andrew-qs6ml]

Also another unpredictable thing is when guts tried to stab griffith and Ubik got shocked that guts was able to move againts the power of Fento.

[@mskiara18]

I am curious who will betray who first, Griffith or the God Hand like mentioned in the video. As much as I have mixed feelings for the manga Berserk, I am intrigued to know how the story will end. The themes of betrayal, trauma, revenge, perseverance and overcoming obstacles is prominent in Berserk, so this is a waiting game to see what theme comes next. I expect one of Griffith's Falcons like Zodd or Irvine to betray him as well.

[@JA-tu8ig]

why mixed feeling about it?

[@TheSixthColonel]

@@JA-tu8ig They probably don't like how real it is. The thing about Berserk is that it is (medieval) culturally correct. It is realistic in its story, and as such, will not pull any punches on showing how dark it is, and how realistic it is in executing that darkness.

[@mskiara18]

@@TheSixthColonel You don't know my reason and I don't have to share if I do not want to. Do not assume like a child.

[@user_null3696]

@@TheSixthColonel Yeah, maybe that. Or maybe it's because of miura's obsession with lolis

[@lotoro2634]

@@mskiara18 What’s the point in saying you have mixed feelings on Berserk if you’re not even going to say why? Just seems a bit weird and unnecessary for you to bother bringing it up in the first place.

[@potatomatop9326]

Armor seller: get your gay batman armor for only 900 billion gold! Griffith: shit, too expensive... Griffith: *looks at guild members*

[@DSP_Gaming0]

This is a great video. Love your ideas and takes on my favorite fictional universe.

[@thebrownbaldy]

Either way it goes, someone is about to get got in a big way. Wouldn't it be something if Void helped Guts strike down Griffith?

[@Odin_Allvater]

After the two killed Griffith Guts: Why did u help me ? Void: ... Guts (angry): Say something! Void (mumbling): ... twas a prank and fcking hilarious... Guts: What ? Void: What ?

[@resu2026]

Kinda Fun yeah, but why would Void want that?

[@Odin_Allvater]

@@resu2026 Cause he s bored. Imagin sitting 1000 years in a hole with nothing do to.

[@Aaron-xo7px]

Griffith reminds me of devil man. He is so obsessed with Guts he assults Casca just to get at Guts for leaving him. When he goes to the hill of swords he is trying to prove he doesn't care but it's not convincing

[@damianstarks3338]

Love these Berserk videos betrayal is a ugly/evil sin in the world of Berserk.

[@KINGhotaru11]

I see betrayal in a form of guts being able to face and defeat him and the God hand not helping or leaving him to his fate.

[@manyfacethegod308]

Do you think Void betrayed the previous god hand also? & Could that be why he speaks so little to even his own kinsmen? Is it because they’ll also be sacrificed for the sake of causality?

[@Grunp4k4]

I've thought about that too, correct me if I'm wrong lol but doesn't the Godhand go through a cycle with its members? I don't know if it could be because Void is the first so he has some special permanent position. Or do these weirdos duke it out to keep their spot?

[@Renderttv]

I think something interesting to note, is Guts Behalit. It's possible Void plans involves Guts and Guts is the true prophecy in Void's plan. Which is why Guts continuously defies the law of nature. Guts may be a mere human at the end of the day. But he's no ordinary human. Despite all odds, all sacrifices and pain he's gone through, he continues to endure and overcome. In my mind, I think back to Guts and Griffith's first ever encounter. Griffith being this messiah like figure who bested Guts in their first duel. Guts eventually trying to find his own answers and inner strength to be on equal footing with Griffith so they can be friends, finally defeats griffith in a duel with one fell swoop, showcasing his superiority to Griffith. Griffith obviously wanting to reclaim his superior nature back by proving his dominance with the scenes to follow up after, to me is a great foreshadowing of what is to come. When you think about it GRIFFITH didn't beat Guts in the end. Guts feels defeated and we as readers look at as his defeats but Griffith has yet to still manage to kill guts even when he blatantly tried in the beginning with such malice. Now we can argue Griffith doesn't care as he feels Guts can't touch him. But wouldn't this play into Void's plan? Void knowing the only man to actually be able to defeat a character like Griffith would be no other than Guts? His polar opposite? What if Guts becomes a GodHand after finally giving in? I know some people think Guts might retire or just die of old age, but I don't think that for a second. Guts life is sadly not an easy one and he can't ever quit. He's branded until he dies. He's basically forced to live a life of suffering until he eventually dies. This in mind, I think more sacrifices are underway that will soon push Guts even further into the next stage of his evolution as a character. One that completely breaks him similar to Griffith and he'll evolve due to the nature of causality that revivals Griffith once more again in Voids plan. PS: I like to think Griffith wasnt completely lied to about being his position in the prophecy. I think its more so, he needs griffith to do the dirty work because of who griffith is as a character and his ideals, brings together the gathering of souls maybe to deify Void into a true true God of 'space-time' itself, while Guts being the warrior he is will slay griffith after reaching said goals or becoming close

[@sangun123]

A theory I like to believe is that guts is in a way separated from causality, they mentioned briefly his mother was killed while pregnant with him and by all accounts he should have died, and thus he’s seemingly able to defy fate and causality, one of the few humans not bound by it

[@demonscarecrow91]

It never occurred to me before but the idea of evil totally could have just lied to Griffith. Or at least, not tell him the whole truth. He was essentially given the same one commandment that all apostles get "do what thou wilt" But presumably other godhand members were told the same thing so it stands to reason that godhand members can stand up to other godhand members and all of their desires are preordained by the idea of evil. So while Griffith's designs are part of the plan, Void and the other member's desires could phase 2 of the plan and so on.

[@Batmu88]

4:23 last chapter?? I know this video is a bit old, but hadn't Mori already started continuing it by that point?

[@liebling_der_omas]

Love your berserk content ❤ currently the best around.

[@auto117666]

7:50 It is increasingly obvious that One Piece is also leaning into this concept as well with Imu and the 5 elder planets. I am looking forward to Luffy using his Behelit. lol

[@monicatmura]

Makes sense, because in Skull Knight’s flashback 7:24 Void is the member of the Godhand that stayed the same

[@BlackBirdOni]

hmm. I think the end of Griffith won't be excactly betrayal by the godhand, but rather not helping him. The other godhand members always just watch. No one tried to stop Guts or even the skull knight, as them attacked femto, they just don't interfere. I also don't remember someone of them ever helping griffith in other matters. Maybe I'm wrong, it's been an decade since I read the older chapters :)

[@MichaelImo]

honestly beserk is so confusing I have no idea why they didn't help then, but I do know the sex lady manifested herself to attack guts at one point I believe.

[@Arkimedus]

@@MichaelImo the sex lady lmfao

[@osok3338]

I feel like this might be plausible if you see as if Griffith is the spear to set off everything through his flawless imagine but the one holding the spear has always been Void.. Seems pretty legit to me in terms of story telling..

[@THORFANG]

I believe the godhand will betray Griffith JUST like how they betrayed king gaeseric aka skull knight. They used his ambition to unite everyone under one large kingdom only to feast on them all in the end. They’ll try the same with falconia, except I think Griffith has already planned to betray the godhand

[@wizcatcheslightning]

Excellent breakdown here!

[@unluckyachievergaming255]

My favorite part of berserk is right before the eclipses when giffifth gets hyped up and says “ alright boys it’s griffing time”

[@blakebennett3987]

Sacrificing the world would require the world to be important to Void. I think its more likely that if anyones slapping a brand of sacrifice on the world itself it would need to be someone who legitimately values the world. The slug count is a good example of how a sacrifice can’t be arbitrary. Griffiths ambition to be a king is the only thing left of his human life, and so it might be possible for him to sacrifice that kingdom as a whole.

[@gbabymartinez4688]

Did this video re-upload ?

[@silent_stalker3687]

I think Zod plays a part in this. Remember Void probably can take his powers away and reduce him back to the state he was found in. Now Zod said ‘if you truly are his friend you will suffer a death’ I think we will end up with Griffith being screwed over and basically Guts will be the final sacrifice because Casca may not make it. Now… Kill Griffith and leave the Godhand uncontested, Guts does and allows Griffith to continue or possibly seek revenge against the godhand. Or it could just be leaving Griffith and Guts eventually dying which allows Griffith to become a godhand once again- think about warhammer 40k with that ending. Now it’s possible that Griffith can collect Guts and Casca from hell but Skull Knight also seems free from hell too

[@Procrastinater]

It's been made clear that it is not the first time fantasia has taken place. The sea god's grotto and its cult heavuly implies that the sea god once existed a thousand years prior during a previous overlap of dimentions. Falconia appeared overnight, fully formed in the exact same place that Gaiseric's captal once stood, which is the capitol of Midland. Meaning it existed all this time in another dimension, and the overlapping of dimensions made it reapear. This hints at a cyclical nature where the eclipse and creation of "god hands" is a means to an end, culminating in a "saviour" gathering humanity in one spot. Skull knights true identity might be that of a previous god hand, chosen by causality and acted as his time's Griffith, only to be betrayed by the only real god hand, Void. It also explains why Skull knight knew what Griffith were up to and tried to stop him from starting fantasia all over again. People are hung up on Guts and Griffith's story being a retelling of Gaiseric's own, that Skull knight mirrors Guts, I believe he mirrors Griffith. It will not be Gut's job to defeat Griffith, his fate is sealed, it will be his job to redeem or sentence him once his ambition falls around him. The other members of the god hand are disposable as well, probably reflecting some sort of vice/evil in humanity, being chosen every 200 or so years. They too will be sacrificed to complete the ritual, which is why during Skull knight's time, there were four unknown god hands, but seemingly representing the same vices/evils.

[@ODMossJr81]

Griffith always has been bright. I'd assume he wouldn't trust the Godhand no more then he did the elites when he first came into Midland during the golden age

[@ADMG]

I don´t know how, but it´s almost certain that the Godhands demise will come from the inside. It´s the most pausible way Guts can stand a chance against them. Yes, he got the Berserker Armor now but it doesn´t matter how strong he becomes if he can´t reach them. It´s almost a fact he won´t surrender his loved ones to the behelit or the beast of darkness, for that would nulify his sole purpose, but he might receive just a little help from the godhand. That may not be voluntarily, but he could seize a moment of weakness between them.

[@YungCountertop]

What Chapter is the panel at 5:18 from??? I don’t recognize it.

[@excaliburknives3572]

It’s one of the newer ones I believe.

[@Odin_Allvater]

Always wondered: Whats the deal with them ? Like what do they want, do they work together or does everyone stick to their own shit ? And what is their deal exspecially ? Void is a mage and brands people, conrad seems to have something with rats or more likely plagues, Ubik seems to be a supernatural lawyer who convinces people to sign contracts and slan wants to fuck around ? And griffith wants to be King of his own kingdom. From all of them griffith seems to have the only reason for actually existing. Maybe some berserk expert can explain...

[@Kieyukuyurei]

Asking the important questions ❤

[@cartiershades3392]

They all should have to have a specific reason to exist, we’ve only been given griffith’s background on how he became a godhand

[@Odin_Allvater]

@@cartiershades3392 Well if they have a reason to be there, then at least show them do something. Take Slan for example. If her ultimate endgame is to fuck around or more precisly watch others do, since she is stuck in the spirit world, it could be worked into a plan to shut down humans progress by keeping them permanently satiesfied. Any drive a human could have is snuffed, for having it anyways as one of her follower. See thats a plan, not a good one or something that gets her profit, but a plan. Same for the others. Void is shown to use magic more than the others, so a simple way of justifing his existence is to make him want to be the very best mage like no one ever was. He searched for a way to accumulate more power and found a way by tempering souls together. Easy story there. Also both hypothetical reasons to exist for them would be in line on how they are presented. Void resembles the classic lich, an undead mage that wants to understands every aspect of magic, while going slowly insane and/or evil and Slan is a basic bitch succubus. I mean even those apostles who try to lure victims with their appearance look like a xenomorohs worst nightmare once they transform. But Slan is just a woman who got wings glued to her back by the evil core beyblade thing. Obviously this is for her true demonic form to still look more than bangable. But not even those low hanging fruits were given.

[@DrTortoisePHD]

I had this theory as soon as I finished the story. Why would Griffith be the only God-hand member brought to the physical world? What Griffith is doing is gathering almost all of the world's population to one place. My theory is that the God-hand is looking to sacrifice all of humanity or most of it in one go.

[@berketetik3118]

I dont think you understand the meaning of a sacrifice, in order for it to be a sacrifice you have to care for them and still decide to make them die.

[@RecoilGunnerStudios]

Honestly with Grifiths ego him trying to depose the god hand and the ideal of evil by becoming a God of light of sorts by trying to sacrifice the ideal of evil itself and the godhand is so him. Them betraying him only for him to reveal he was never on their side would be cool but would probably still end with grifith trying to ascend and guts not letting him.

[@CallousCyclone]

what is the music used throughout all this channels videos?

[@wanbungus]

this is an idea i didn’t fathom until watching this video, very interesting

[@Jeff-tt7wj]

Perhaps it is a sort of causality. Humanities fear and hopelessness manifested into the idea of evil and by extension the godhand. They over time broke humanity to the point where all they could possibly have to justify continuing to exist is hope, manifested through Griffith, the fallen angel of the god hand offering humanity a different option. This transforms the idea of evil into the idea of good, if you will. The well intentioned good will eventually lead to stagnation and corruption, thus repeating the cycle.

[@moe3235]

0:58 that panel right there, is what always threw me for a loop--like everyone else, I thought that femto was going to be the new leader of the Hand, so I would think he's the one that's going to be on the opposable thumb aka "the leader" of your hand, because although the index finger points and signals the direction; nothing is possible, not even "pointing" without the opposable thumb...where Void stands, and the only finger without a demon on it, is the index, where the "new leader" is supposedly going to stand..? Huh 🤔

[@tylerpetersen6226]

With Beserk things tend to be cyclical I feel like it is Griffith's fate to become the new head of the god hand and sole survivor assuming void is the monk from a 1000 years ago. We have events of like the merging of the planes, Falconia and the the empire being the sole kingdom, the warrior and king, the incarnation of a new godhand every 200 years and so while not repeating itself exactly definitely rhyming though. I think that if causality is not interrupted then for whatever reason all godhand members will be culled except for Griffith as Falconia is sacrificed in mass plunging mankind into another dark age that is going to take hundreds of years to recover from only for the cycle to repeat.

[@JonathonJDog]

If this is going to happen, I want Griffith's moment of being betrayed to be a moment of absoulte despair. Him on his knees, watching his precious kingdom burn around him, the masses all turning against him, and Gut's sword pointing right at his face.

[@dev4159]

i really want to see the God Hand going fist to fist with each other tbh

[@TehRandomHero]

If causality is a spiral then void may be seeing a reflection of his own story much like void Giffith was tourtured in the tower of rebirth expressing his hatred for the one who was the reason he was there, what if void was the original king of longing but his goal was to see a nation crumble where as Femto wants to create one, could be a reason for void to betray femto in the end (just a random theory)

[@TehRandomHero]

And that said if there is new god hand members added, it could have bin that void went to war with the original god hand members and won becoming the new leader of them after winning only starting the cycle again

[@wikitiki209]

I would love to see Griffith lose everything

[@excaliburknives3572]

We felt bad the first time. This time we won’t.

[@arjoona3711]

same

[@Andrew-qs6ml]

It is making me feel like void is manipulating every member of the god hand after watching this.

[@LucioRodriguez-m2b]

Griffith: WhY dID YoU bEtRaY mE! Godhand: Do as thou wilt 🗿

[@moulanakratos]

Well Void is the only Godhand left from the previous, so it comes to reason that he probably killed the other four. There is no one else even remotely powerful enough to kill the Godhand.

[@georgenash3108]

skullknight?

[@moulanakratos]

@@georgenash3108 idk, the sword of actuation was pretty easily deflected by Femto and we have seen Void bend space time too. We don't really know the full extent of any of the Godhand's powers. Also SkullKnight was being held off by Zodd..who is just an apostle. So SkullKnight killing 4 God hands is kinda sus.

[@annabella1650]

I’d say he killed them, or they refused to fulfil their duties and got ousted that way. Maybe being a member of the Godhand has a price, and not many folks will pay it.

[@moulanakratos]

@@annabella1650 maybe even the Godhand have a life cycle and are ultimately consumed by hell or the idea of evil in some way. That depends if the idea of evil is even canon. I think one thing we can be sure of is that something happens to the Godhand which means they are not immortal or all powerful. Void obviously would know since he probably witnessed whatever it is that happened. SkullKnight probably knows too but far be it for that dude to tell us anything.

[@annabella1650]

@@moulanakratos There’s a part of me that wants it to be a tribute is needed to not ousted, just because I like the idea that Griffith is ultimately forced to choose between his dream or his life, but that might be a bit too on the nose. I’d say Void avoided that fate by either being the instigator, or because he was more willing to sacrifice for more power; maybe he sacrificed the other Godhand members in order to have control over who his allies were. The only other thing I can think of is that Void was originally in Guts’ position, and joined the Godhand by force of sorts because he didn’t have to play by the rules causality. Skullknight helped him in hopes of destroying the Godhand and ended up being betrayed, so he’s not being entirely honest about things to avoid giving Guts any ideas. Void basically managed to put himself back in causality, but he had to pay just like all the other members and isn’t going to tell his current allies all the details.

[@t0caia726]

Dude, Caska prisoner is a must to maintain the moonlight boy under more control. Griffith loses control of his mortal body at specific times... when he changes to the moonlight boy, the kid goes running towards his parents.

[@TKUltra971]

Considering how the God Hand differs in the Berserk's armor backflash from the modern current godhand something happened. So they either eat or fight each other.. or something resets. Asian fantasy is very big on cycles repeating and it is a theme in Berserk that the creator loved to used. so probably.

[@resu2026]

Ever considered that Skull Knight might killed some of them?

[@rjthepoet500]

Why doesn’t Casca’s brand bleed? Is she not around apostles and Griffith?

[@mskiara18]

Perhaps we will see in the upcoming chapters, that too has me curious why.

[@rustyshackleford2177]

Femto could be Void 2.0 if the idea of evil felt it needed Griffith’s charisma to charm humanity into accomplishing its ultimate goal which is sacrificing all humans

[@InfamyOrDeath-__-]

8:44 What do you mean Void was the first member of the Godhand? There’s 4 other old Godhand members in that panel, they were obviously Godhand members before Void.

[@kidkante]

The ultimate theme of Berserk may end up being forgiveness, because the only way Griff can possibly beat the godhand is with the help of Guts and the Skull citizen. Guts would need to forgive as would Skull gangsta, and that would be epic. Casca and maybe some words from Skull Pimp's dead lady might do the trick.

[@viridianacortes9642]

I agree about theme. Maybe Guts and SK and Griffith will team up and defeat the God Hand. Then when all is done, Guts will try to get away with Casca. Griffith will challenge Guts to a duel (like he did last time Guts tried to leave him). But now that Gut’s has forgiven Griffith he will be very focused and able to defeat him. Guts will leave Griffith in the dirt after being completely defeated, and he’ll get away with Casca and his friends.

[@AssholeTingler69]

He also looks like skully boy's girl, Griffith gsiserics ancestor confrmd?

[@sebastianbass2219]

They’re definitely trying to groom Guts into becoming the next god hand.

[@osokratos]

3:17 Wait, so there is another reincarnation, just like Griffith's, that happened when Gaiserick's empire still existed?

[@rustysim]

The only thing I can conclude is that there was so much story for Miura to tell. Maybe 600 chapters atleast

[@Raximus3000]

Doubt it. The plot has reached a point where the inevitable conclussion would have happened sooner rather than later, Casca is kidnapped and so Guts will go and save her. Even if he needs some kind of mcguffin to deal with Griffith this is literaly where he is going.

[@rustysim]

@@Raximus3000 Given the current situation, I agree. But then how many chapters are you thinking? The God hand has barely been explored

[@Raximus3000]

@@rustysim And exploring the godhand to that degree is pure insanity we are talking about 3-4 hundred chapters just for them! While i do not doubt Void is essential to the story the rest seem like insane hedonists who are there just to derive pleasure, because there is nothing else left for them.

[@RandomNorwegianGuy.]

My theory is that Griffith is the same as king Gaeseric, aka skull knight, but 1000 years later. Skull knights being betrayed, is what leads him to realize his wrongs, and is the reason why Skull knight helps Guts, as Guts is the exact opposite of what king Gaeseric aka skull knight and Griffith is

[@cudderkid1336]

I think it’s more heavily pointed that skull knight is guts and void is Griffith.

[@dadawg8802]

i heard a theory that griffith wants to betray the god hand by making guts use his beherit since he's already one of the strongest in the verse as a human he will let him deal with the god hand so he can become the ruler of everything or something idk.

[@Skimasi]

Guts would never help femto

[@dadawg8802]

@@Skimasi "he will let him deal with the god hand" 💀

[@SurfbyShootin]

*Femto offering the God Hand to Guts for sacrifice. Void: Wait, can he do that???

[@cadevogl1285]

Wait a minute if the incarnation ceremony allows a special being to be brought into the physical world. Could that mean King Gaiseric was his version of Griffith in the ceremony. Being brought into the world, he conquered most of it, making Falconia and imprisoning the sage. After words since ur saying that the godhand will betray Griffith. The former god hand betrayed gaiseric and allows Void to become a god hand. Since Berserk says that time is a reacurring spiral, not a circle. Just an interesting idea that I just thought of.

[@chasechase4138]

I just got into topics like this (end of story stuff) but isn't everything parallel to void, skull knight and the witch from the beginning. We don't know how old the forest witch is I dont think. But maybe the fact that void knows at the points of inflection stuff can be changed, he's just waiting for the same thing that happened to him and skull knight to happen to guts and he'll 3rd party it cause if he was reincarnated like I think he might have can't he play a role like that. So I don't really think he's "pulling the strings" cause that isn't possible. The only time when something in fate can be changed from what I remember being said in the story is at those points.

[@Godzilla00X]

I could see a God Hand civil war. Femto and Void clash causing the apostles and God Hand to fracture