SOS Bros React - Berserk Episode 3 - First Battle!!

[@SemblanceofSanity]

Hey everyone! We'll be leaving pinned comments to try and encourage some form of interaction with you all on KZbin. If you leave an interesting discussion centric comment, a mod might pass it along to us! Provided it's not spoilery of course! On a story note, I'm getting some seriously interesting vibes from the Griffith/Guts/Casca dynamic, can't wait to get further into their characters in future episodes!

[@WhackashitCollaborations]

I really hope you guys stop at episode 22, then finish up with the 3rd movie. The last 3 eps of the anime was beautifully done in the 3rd movie. And it's a more complete experience since it answers what happens next. Some scenes were beautifully animated that it was even arguably better than the manga. It's a more definitive conclusion. It just provides a much better cinematic first impression of the ending of that arc. I really hope one of your mods realizes this and tells you about it.

[@elshaddollworld3941]

i agree with this.

[@kembo1869]

Whackashit is correct, its much much better.

[@Pav94an]

Finally, been waiting for this, pleeeeeaaaase read the manga after this. The berserk manga read from the beginning all the way through, is the greatest work of fiction I have ever experienced.

[@sevenseas2673]

I mentioned it last video, but the part of the first episode where they say Griffith became king was a mistranslation, they should be speaking about the snake guy. (for context, don't pass this on to them, Griffith at this point in the story is still in the astral plane without a concrete physical form)

[@GenericSideCharacter]

1:00 "Guts is probably a virgin..." The answer to this is worse than you'd expect

[@666melodeath666]

GenericSideCharacter Donovan Winks

[@kisukoev]

well tecnically he is vergin...at least his penis

[@leethas]

[cringes internally] And indeed has something to do with Guts not letting people touch him.

[@dicecorporation]

Guts x Donovan?

[@kisukoev]

DONOVAN BEST WAIFU

[@XraynPR]

'The reason they hate eachother is probably a love triangle.' ... you could make quite some good jokes with that one. I won't go there for now.

[@wadewilson9290]

Right? when he said that I had a little chuckle

[@jholt8518]

Caleb's precognition game is strong.

[@charliebohanna4485]

1:07 “Guts is probably a virgin” If Only 😞

[@tenshisan7211]

Rip Donovan

[@Zak-bv4qm]

@@tenshisan7211 RIH

[@thishonestgrifter]

@@Zak-bv4qm BIH

[@kalameet6504]

I've never been more ashamed of being named Donovan

[@leethas]

"I don't think she's going to find love reciprocated from probably either of these two." Ooooh boy... >_

[@WarlordChicken]

"I can already see sadness". Oh boy.

[@JeevesAnthrozaurUS]

The music's pretty good Though sometimes I feel it *Eclipses* the scene.

[@Luunanori]

OH MY GOD YOU DIDN'T !

[@edoardoprevelato6577]

Fuck no, tell me he didn't. It will EGG me for the longest time

[@JM-wh3eq]

Pigheaven Donovan is that you?!?

[@jarlballinofswagrun4229]

That Dude Donglevon did nothing wrong

[@DOROnoDORO]

this is ALMOST a haiku. correct number of syllables but not correctly distributed

[@drake3292]

Lol Jacob at 9:07. I feel you bro

[@laragh1269]

😂😂😂 Same!!!

[@heehoo-yf5zc]

Everytime Caleb disses Griffith's helmet a part of me dies inside ;(

[@slipipipi7971]

rαภυвίαℓstσηє I'm like, but its symbolic and meeeans stufff!!!

[@666melodeath666]

9:06 Jacob blees your heart. That is just not fair to do that to a person. Truly an Anime of suffering

[@fondazionespeedwagon9015]

Aww my boy Pippin! I'm glad you like him Caleb!

[@TheAnimeDude]

Fondazione Speedwagon Pippin is awesome. 💯

[@fondazionespeedwagon9015]

Yeah :)

[@carsson123]

Two very important "physical" moments in this episode: 1. Griffith grabbing Guts by the hand in order to rescue him; 2. Pippin carrying Guts on his back so that he can be celebrated has the hero. [+3. Casca sleeping with him to keep him warm during his recovery.] All of them involuntary, all of them benevolent and charitable -> Trauma therapy via positive reinforcement.

[@666melodeath666]

Caleb’s too damn good at predicting stuff. I can only sympathize with Jacob trying so hard not to react to what he says. Funny enough we dont get clear Backstory for Griffith pre Band of the Hawk. Dont think Miura would ever do it nor does he ned to. Griffith is such an incredible character that has inspired many Villains alike him in anime but still no one can quite compare.

[@MacahMacah]

The types of swords similar to Griffith's sword started replacing more "typical" western swords only after the age of shields and full body armor. More nimble swords like that are generally better for lighter armored / unarmored combat and duels, but they were less suitable for the warfare that happened in the centuries prior. I would also note that grabbling was important throughout history. Grabbling had special importance during the period of heavy armor, because it was generally difficult to injure at distance a person wearing armor, so it would possibly devolve into knife grabbling where the fighters aimed for the small openings of the armor.

[@LordZeebee]

McAnkkuli The vikings even developed an entire martial art around wrestling and grappling because it's just so damn effective

[@Silverized84]

every zone of the europe developed martial arts, both armed and grapling. The fact that people just bashed each other with swords is just a myth, for example, what griffith did by blocking the sword with is feet, it's actually a tecnique, albeit used against spears. check this book: Flos duellatorum in armis, sine armis, equester et pedester by Fiore dei Liberi da Premariacco (1409-1410)

[@shuaguin5446]

The Antique Greek martial art of pankration would be another exemple, it was very similar with modern MMA, it blended wrestle, locks and stricking (both standing and on the ground). It was quite violent but also very technical. The idea that noble would not fight with their hand but only swords was true but only in duel, on the battle field all was fair game.

[@NovaCascade]

Fucking hell, I just now noticed that Guts didn't freak out when Griffin put his hands on him.

[@balduran.]

Seeing Pippin and Judeau again made me shed a tear... And yeah, the ost is absolutely divinine, best thing to read manga to. Earth, Forces, Behelit, Murder, so many masterpieces.

[@TheZombielayer]

Just one thing, "back then grappling was not a common tactic" is just plain wrong, grappling was extremely common and goes back ages, even the vikings had their own style of grappling that was pretty effective and can still be practiced today.

[@diorse8851]

It’s literally just throwing hands to get get your opponents on the ground lol

[@tomasroque3338]

The OST was made by the great Susumu Hirasawa, who also composed the Paprika soundtrack, which you can definitely tell in a few tracks because of his distinctive style.

[@sanyadek]

Forces is probably my favourite piece of music from any anime. Strong, manly, drips atmosphere, just great. If you guys like it, you shold listen to Forces 2 - yeah, it exists, slower, but also great - and Kaji Wo Tore, which is kinda the same with different lyrics. Also, Sign. That song is Berserk in a nutshell. I you can, watch it with the Berserk PS2 Opening, even react to that, I would love to watch that. After the series, of course - the game it was made for is set after the anime, a continunation.

[@GutsEnthusiast]

Dude finally a reaction channel where the people arent completely clueless as to whats happening

[@HoundsBane]

Refreshing isn’t it.

[@kisukoev]

11:50 aww it was nice to see this again after reading the manga...my god

[@WarlordChicken]

Seeing his reactions to moments like the one with Pippin, the ending will probably traumatize him for life.

[@mx9226]

Yes, fall in love with these characters Caleb. We'll see how it turns out in the end.

[@crackhead898]

Fuck you

[@brayantenesaca6433]

LOVED THIS, you guys are awesome. BECAME A 5 dolar patreon for this

[@Silverized84]

26:48 in reality, bows and crossbows would have done absolutely nothing to armored heavy knight, maybe make one or two fall down, but wont penetrate the armor

[@BigVEE]

>person of color She's apparently just an Italian equivalent (and by that, Miura had to have meant Southern or Sicilian given their Moor genetics allowing for such a complexion) much as Tatsumaki (OPM) is French (though that is according to Murata when talking about his design for ONE's character).

[@matthiasweibach5640]

Love triangle? welllll....a little. I mean...casca shows feelings for griffith....griffith shows feelings for guts...and guts for casca :'D

[@fell5514]

The Dunning-Kruger effect on Jacob's understanding of medieval combat and technology is STRONG in this series. Dude knows absolutely nothing but speaks with such total confidence. And there's Caleb with the nonsense ideas about medieval medicine! Hey dude, did you know there are specimens of CAVEMEN with broken, set, and completely healed arms? It's almost like humans evolved the ability to heal those or something.

[@Zan454]

The red flags in Griffith are already showing here

[@yugoxgc]

7:06 also that Kind of design wouldn't protect your nose you'd just get it stuck in your skull after the 1st hit you get

[@Rakkhot]

I´m liking your serious angle on the story, I watched many reacts to Berserk and I think I like yours the most as of now

[@hansfriedemann739]

Damn, Haikyuu and Berserk reaction within a couple of hours? Sunday evenings are going to be insane :)

[@edoardoprevelato6577]

Oh Cal, you just have no idea...

[@FirstZenGate]

Wow, great commentary! It's so nice to hear a new take on one of my favorite series.

[@user-un-known]

Golden episode of the Golden Age. How far have we travelled from here...

[@captortn]

Discussion starts around 14:30

[@DaniloSantosVieira]

thanks but most people like the reaction part too

[@aceragnarok9451]

Dude you better get hyped for episode six

[@steviethegirthquake8909]

Ace Ragnarok Caleb is going love that episode

[@moonstonepearl21]

You can't help but groove to the Forces song, especially after you've watched the series.

[@pphyjynx8217]

the majority of anime don't have many 'People of colour' is because it's japanese, very few non-asian people live in japan, and lots of anime/manga creators base characters partly off of people they know or things they've seen, so it's reasonable for them not to have ever encountered people from different backgrounds and races. the real only reason why more "people of colour" are in anime now is because of the popularity explosion hollywood has had in japanese markets. Also as someone from Europe the term "person of colour" is really weird, hence why i put it in parenthesis. It also makes no sense to me, white is also a colour.

[@TheZombielayer]

Funnily enough there's an argument that Black is not a colour whereas white is, therefore "people of colour" makes even less sense

[@pphyjynx8217]

Black = the lack of colour, black things are dead spots in our colour range White = an amalgamation of all colours. that is just science.

[@pphyjynx8217]

Maxwell Yang the term makes no sense though, why not just say "non-white"?

[@Patchnose]

PP Hyjynx I ALWAYS thought "Person of Color" sounded derogatory. Like being black or asian isnt acceptable so we need a blanket term for it all. Its us the white people and everyone else. Always seemed incredibly insulting. If someones black they are black if someone is white they are white. Just say it like it is.

[@blankblank1284]

@@Patchnose Becuase its easier to say that "People of Colour lacked Civil Rights in the past", than it is to say "Asians, Africans, Jews, Irishmen, etc lacked Civil Rights in the past." (Yes, Irishmen did experience prejudice)

[@kchorro2012]

Guys, you must record yourselves singing along the opening. What's berserk without "put your grasses on, nothing will be wong"? At least that line deserves to appear in a reaction. When you were talking about Griffith's almost supernatural ability to read people and leadership I thought you'd mention/compare him to Chrollo Lucilfer, don't know why, it was the first thing I thought when listening to your ideas.

[@FulanoConPsicosis]

Hell, now i always that i see that scene again (the last one), start crying T_T.... hell i love this show, and the whole manga....

[@samuraijaco1]

For the record, grappling WAS a prominent tactic in real medieval combat to help deal with armor, and someone wouldn’t cut themselves just by touching the edge of a sword. So, while Griffith jumping on Guts’s sword is ridiculous, I don’t know that it would cut through both the soles of his boots and his feet.

[@F1rstWorldNomaD]

Grappling was in fact not uncommon in the middle ages. All the way back in Viking times there was an established martial arts form called Glima which was almost exclusively grappling. It was not very common on the battle field (for obvious reasons) but in one on one combat there has been martial arts in almost every culture since the 9th or 10th century or so. Think about it, if you're in a duel and get disarmed, are you just supposed to lay down and die? No, of course not, so you trained unarmed combat. I believe both Shadiversity and Skallagrim has made videos on this exact topic. Go check them out, they make fantastic content.

[@h0wlingstar]

man this is one of my all time fav anime great action guys one question once you're done with this i know its a long way away but will you watch the re make movies with new footage or even the new series?

[@holysecret2]

1:30 funnily enough, it's not the furthest from the truth.

[@NoxHypnotic]

The comment section is full of cancerous people trying to be spoilery without dropping spoilers

[@Александр-р9ч8в]

The Japanese cast for this Anime version is perfection, I can't deal with the eng dub or the new Japanese cast for the movies and the CG Anime.

[@julioc.3158]

10:08 you dun goofed

[@ragnar97]

9:45 *Piccolo:* DODGE!

[@jcastrowhite08]

Dat forces beat drop tho 👌

[@Phireo]

This anime came more than 20 years ago. Friendship was a thing then. Not every main character needs to be paired together! Also, Casca is more of the tanned variety and although there are black people in the show/manga I believe Miura (the creator) wanted to depict the European diversity of colour, what we too often just say white. You have a lot of diversity, from what could be indian, arabic, to mediteranean, north african and then the typical middle european skin and hair colours. Although blonde is indeed rare.

[@notaguy4289]

*TOURNAMENT ARC*

[@chapay671]

Гатс наконец-то обрел СЕМЬЮ)

[@Raidanzoup]

Unnecessary boner jokes aside, the composition of that sword stance shot you called classic is often referred to as the Obari Stance or Sunrise Stance after the animator and the studio respectively. Obari is known for being an influential key animator on several mecha shows in the 80's among other projects.

[@Zeon081]

of course Guts swings his sword "that way". after all his first sex partner was black ;P

[@glanknightfalcon4246]

Happiness doesn't exist in Berserk

[@r2153]

Love this reaction series "Berserk". Please binge. I can't wait. LOL. :)

[@SS-zm3ns]

ある意味この時・この頃が 一番ガッツにとって良かったのか・・・ 静けさの序章

[@scottknowsnothing2153]

Could yous watch more than one a week please ?

[@HaohmaruHL]

the only reason they don't do it is because they milk videos/views out of it

[@lalaland1427]

The scotts vs the british....... OR you can just watch 300, with lots of bulky spartans and oily persians :D

[@rottenbutter360]

Griffith continues to do nothing wrong.

[@raincloud1313]

Hmmmmmmmmm you're gonna have to actually fight me

[@rochops9834]

guys in the comment section, I'm sure that you have some really funny jokes and comments so please go to the berserk reddit to share because for people who are reacting to this show it comes off as pure spoiler, yeah there is some stuff hinted in the first episode which doesn't justificate jokes which are clearly spoiler

[@Vladimira92]

As far as I know, they don't directly read the comments

[@perro692]

1:00 well damn

[@SpicyClover]

5:00 In modern day terms: You are my bitch now.

[@ireplytoofficialclowns914]

Griffith's helmet sucks, that's what i also thought when i first saw Griffith like i didn't say "Oh wow he looks cool" just "What is that thing covering his head? Ughh" Also can you finish reacting to Bnha (Boku no hero academia) You guys are almost near the end

[@mihaimercenarul7467]

nah his helmet is cool, you just have bad taste

[@chakatBombshell]

Spoilers Guts isnt a virgin at this point (he probably really wishes he was though)

[@beerussama6719]

Oh please a patreon or someone tell them to watch hellsing ultimate they neeeeedd it in their lives plzzzzzz!!!

[@iwaidja1482]

I just noticed after all this time that they walk so fast

[@村司香]

08:00　師匠

[@ferzupoMithos]

getting attached to characters in 3rd episode alrdy? that will be a suffering

[@dagonofthedepths]

Now to make it really really unconformable.............Guts is not a virgin and it wasn't by choice.

[@tcc5750]

11:55 cool!_9:12 haha :D_8:03 badass song!_7:20 I love this show_2:57 :O

[@L251125]

I'm sorry, but no adaptation does Berserk true justice. I'm being as honest as I can be, you should read the manga, it is the undisputable best way to enjoy Berserk.

[@HoundsBane]

Are you sorry?

[@Midneight0]

Just hope they know that the anime has/will skip a bunch of stuff that adds a lot of depth to the characters (no puck yet, no guts getting raped, etc.)

[@Pav94an]

Haiii Forces!!!

[@bluemellow6210]

Why does everyone have to say it is awesome that they have a person of color in an anime? I mean I know it's rare but why do we have to make such a big deal out of it. The Japanese creators have mostly light skinned characters because so are the people there. It is no one's responsibility to introduce more person of color characters, this isn't oppression Olympics. Even creators who are persons of color themselves would make most of their characters persons of color and very few or none light skinned. I find it unfair that light skinned people need to hold responsibility over the amount of colored skin characters or the amount of screen time they have in their shows. Enough is enough!

[@zakariaelbariki3880]

What's about mha s3?

[@prowertastic8136]

Anime Vostfr They've already stated that they'd be releasing the episode reactions on Tuesday, there isn't any early access to it either.

[@_Asiu]

Great video it is nice to se someone watching berserk (it's nostalgic) but can you guys stop taking facts out of your ass about middle ages, women were part of mercenaries groups (mercenaries take all their families with them, there were brothels on wheels going with armies, also in lower classes women (mercenary was low class) were treated just like mens (only in nobility and other money involved social high classes women have no rights), as for the fighting rapier didn't evolve from broadsword, rapier is evolution of medieval dagger it is weapon created to puncture not armored parts of body, also Griffith is using saber not a rapier (saber is one handed, curved blade with one edge and big arm guard - used primary by cavalry units), as for fighting you would be surprise how much medieval manuals there are about medieval combat armed and not.

[@ahmedelkhwaga2751]

‏‪5:00‬‏ your gay momento

[@slipipipi7971]

Noble blood..heheheheheheheheheheheehehehehehehehehehehehehe

[@Luna-Rose1309]

Have you guys seen red vs blue yet

[@wanttogetfood]

Guts aint virgin... sadly :D

[@d.w.t.h7548]

my hero academia season 3 episode 1 ?

[@Derkosson]

Probably next week ? They do let their patreon see some videos in advance, though I do not know the exact way their Patreon works.

[@EmilianoAC1]

I think they said it was gonna be on wednesdays

[@CorollaGT-SAE]

it's in the description of the amv reaction i think, i believe it said tuesday?

[@exessen1684]

They're gonna do MHA on Tuesdays.

[@lexthegracefulrival4066]

Derkosson no they said that there won't be any MHA videos in advance, patreons and the KZbin viewers will be getting MHA videos at the same time.

[@OldManMcLoyf]

I really wish you guys watched the Dub. Or the Dub one episode and the Sub the other, switching between them. The Dub is iconic and has a fresh and good voice cast with a lot of spirit.

[@Pav94an]

Berserk is one of the super rare exceptions where the dub is actually good.

[@HaohmaruHL]

there are no exceptions. Dub always sucks because muricans suck at conveying emotion through voice unlike japanese.

[@OldManMcLoyf]

Nope, your just the definition of a weaboo... Lol

[@Pav94an]

Haohmaru HL You are wrong, Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood and Berserk, both sound great in Dub. But these are the only 2 exceptions I know off.

[@gatsuberserk4227]

Pav94an Cowboy Bebop my friend

[@aadharmendiratta7632]

Sorry for asking this here... But when are they going to react to my hero academia

[@ArtWithSR]

Forces is amazing, but Hai Yo/Oh Ashes and Ash Crow from the 2016 anime are the ultimate Berserk OSTs for me, though they aren't really that fitting for the Golden Age Arc.

[@holysecret2]

19:00 I feel like pointing something like this out kind of dispells the magic of it. It's beautiful and amazing but ideally, I don't want to think in terms of "racial representation", you know? Something about that viewpoint is really unsettling to me. But I'm probably overthinking it.

[@HoundsBane]

Unsettling why?

[@FailedSociety1247]

They do this with a lot of things it’s not just race. They love over explaining things to the point it loses it’s mystery

[@arsenelupin5424]

You know,if you don’t mind some anime variety “semi but not actually” nudity and innuendoes how about reacting to darling in the franxx?

[@HaohmaruHL]

no. It's boring and unoriginal. Worst thing to come out from Trigger

[@H3artezz]

ols watch mha season 3!!!!!!!!!! Owo

[@artymar1537]

Man, I hate that, Guts was beaten and Griffith makes him join their group. I really fucking hate that, if Guts asked him first I would have been okay but not only he beats him but he shows pity. I fucking hate that passive aggressive shit. I had to walk out for a few minutes because that really pisses me off. I just hope Guts gets revenge. Fuck if I'm mad dude.

[@FailedSociety1247]

Griffith actually sees guts as an equal and is one of the only people in the anime he respects

[@Yoroiful]

I don't think she's black. I may be wrong but I think Casca is just a dark skinned japanese. Then again, some of it took inspiration from european stuff so I'm not sure. Either way, the show handled really well Casca being female. She's not invincible. She has flaws. She's weaker than most men as far as muscle strength goes. Later on in the series she fights while on her period, and you can see her struggle. In other words, she's a good character. None of this disgusting pandering to women and SJW propaganda.

[@rekanpayne6606]

This is a western setting

[@laiden25]

Gutts is a virgin... ... Which part? 😂

[@mr.deviljho9789]

I love you guys, but please, please for the love of god stop trying to give out historical facts about swords. It hurts me.

[@Sesshomaru1]

Watch the dub.