Snowflower69

Smut connoisseur and Lucifer fanfic writer
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Currently working on Midnight Shadows: https://t.co/IvxObyfiOY

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@Denux09 @berserk_project I have a great one, thanks for your unsolicited advice.

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@berserk_project A valid critique of chapter 373 from user Aazealh on https://t.co/RNblyw6YaT
In this post I'll be pointing things out as if I expected these episodes to be written with a coerent narrative in mind, but to be clear, I don't think that's how Mori and the assistants are doing things

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@berserk_project 43/doofuses here just because it's convenient. And it's even worse for the magic users of Elfhelm, who have been reduced to less than nothing. A fate worse than death, not unlike what this continuation is doing to the series.

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@berserk_project 42/And none of it matters at all since it's just filling a gap between two story points. I will say, though, that these events are not doing justice to Miura's characters. He spent a long time building up Roderick's crew as capable people, only for them to end up captured like...

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@berserk_project 41/My guess: these guys are just there to provide some impetus for action, and because Kushans are a known entity, they're Kushans. Isidro and Serpico will no doubt have a role to play given that everyone else is conveniently incapacitated and/or disarmed.

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@berserk_project 40/The Kushans' surprise attack is completely baffling. Why exactly are Kushan soldiers there? These look like Ganishka's land army. Why are they so far away at sea (presumably in the middle of nowhere) and how did they even get there?

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@berserk_project 39/Nevermind that Griffith standing on the sword like in volume 4 is a pretty lazy reference. At least it's evocative. But the way it all plays out simply does not make sense with regards to the Beast of Darkness.

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@berserk_project 38/At the Beast of Darkness? But wasn't the Beast on the sword? And then we see him enraged and with the "Beast eye" on him, so is he embracing the Beast after all? But then he hallucinates Griffith standing naked on his sword, barfs, and faints. And the Beast gloats.

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@berserk_project 37/...of what should be happening. That's really a shocking misunderstanding of the character to me.
The sequence where Guts grabs the sword is also nonsensical. I thought he couldn't even bear to look at the sword anymore or something? But here he grabs it to slash... at what?

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@berserk_project 36/Lastly, as I had mentioned the last time this came up, given that Guts is now crestfallen and impotent, the Beast should be defanged and have a broken paw. Above all, it represents his rage against Griffith and his fighting spirit, so empowering it is quite the opposite...

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@berserk_project 35/It's also not like the Beast of Darkness could have possibly made a difference there, and indeed, even using the armor would presumably not have mattered given the way Griffith's power works. Hitting harder doesn't matter when you're missing the target.

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@berserk_project 34/Guts was enraged when he saw Griffith, and that rage is precisely what the Beast of Darkness embodies. It's not like he fought while "resisting" the Beast, which is also why it makes no sense that the armor didn't activate.

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@berserk_project 33/Of course, what it says here is merely a repeat of their dialogue from when Guts first donned the armor back at Flora's mansion, except poorly executed. Nothing new, no real development. But there remains the incongruity of this situation.

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@berserk_project 32/It's just a psychological construct. The best it can do is like inside the Sea God, when Guts basically squeezed some fighting spirit back into himself to finish off the heart. And it was essentially self-motivation, just depicted in a cool manner.

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@berserk_project 31/Showing it like that from a top-down perspective only incites confusion (and serves no purpose). Then it gives off an evil laugh.Really? This is completely off from its usual characterization. What it says is also ridiculous. The Beast of Darkness has no power of its own.

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@berserk_project 30/No indication that they even had to break it. Guess Roderick was pulling instead of pushing?
The Beast of Darkness emerges from the Dragon Slayer like a genie from a bottle or something. This makes no sense as it's something that only exists inside Guts' mind.

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@berserk_project 29/However everybody is gathered in one place because Schierke is looking for Casca, whom no one had spared a thought for until now. Funny thing, though: when the Kushans board the ship, we see one of them open the door to that room with one hand.

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@berserk_project 28/Back when there were more pressing matters as they were taking care of the wounded and getting away from the island, the ship's captain was frantically trying to get to him, but now that it's quieted down, he's been forgotten.

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@berserk_project 27/Just say "Schierke's found out where Casca is... Near the root of the World Tree!" Especially since Ged told them about Falconia and the tree in episode 345. Guts has been left to himself and it seems like no one really gives a shit about him anymore at this point.

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@berserk_project 26/Casca is there. It's quite an incredible leap in her reasoning, which I can only describe as narrative laziness. I can understand not wanting to expound more than necessary but then don't show the ritual at all.