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[eDove]

I think it is literally impossible for Reddit to have a good take on anything. Here they are MATI at a harmless meme:

https://www.reddit.com/r/animecirclejerk/comments/17xplrw/beginning_to_believe_twitter_weebs_dont_actually/

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This people are freaks

Jesus not existing in Gut's universe is precisely why he is so tormented. The powers that be in that world are unfathomably evil.

Admittedly, I'm not that far into the Manga, but are the Redditors conflating the various cults in the story with religion in general?

Anti-religion is not the subtext/theme I picked up on when reading, but I could be wrong. I thought it was more a hopeless situation wherein there are no benevolent gods to worship.

 

[Kirtto]

Anti-religion is not the subtext/theme I picked up on when reading, but I could be wrong. I thought it was more a hopeless situation wherein there are no benevolent gods to worship.

Pretty much, redditors are just freaks who cannot stop protecting their views in the story

 

[Mr Metron666]

Blatant double standard on r/ForwardsFromKlandma;

https://archive.is/s4U5r

If this tweet was about any other ethnicity, they’d be all over it.

 

[Sicko Hunter]

Blatant double standard on r/ForwardsFromKlandma;
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https://archive.is/s4U5r

If this tweet was about any other ethnicity, they’d be all over it.

I assume this is you since it has no upvotes what did you expect? Did you really think a thread with an obvious 4channer titl was going to be warmly received on reddit of all places?

 

[sum ting wong]

Blatant double standard on r/ForwardsFromKlandma;
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https://archive.is/s4U5r

If this tweet was about any other ethnicity, they’d be all over it.

I don't understand why the word 'Tweets' highlighted in the original screenshot.

 

[Lords Greatsword]

Blatant double standard on r/ForwardsFromKlandma;
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If this tweet was about any other ethnicity, they’d be all over it.

So fucking funny seeing these people call upon the jannies like some king summoning an executioner.
The supreme authority, invested within the council of Reddit, able to say to one user, "Get banned, chud"; and that one, "You've earned my Reddit gold, good sir!"

 

[BrodyDaMan]

Jesus not existing in Gut's universe is precisely why he is so tormented. The powers that be in that world are unfathomably evil.

Admittedly, I'm not that far into the Manga, but are the Redditors conflating the various cults in the story with religion in general?

Anti-religion is not the subtext/theme I picked up on when reading, but I could be wrong. I thought it was more a hopeless situation wherein there are no benevolent gods to worship.

There is an analog for Catholicism in Berserk to be fair, called the Holy See. The Tudor kingdom that the Band of the Hawk work for that you may have seen are under them.

Spoiler

They're almost exactly a copy of the catholic church with a pontiff at the head, and they believe in the second coming of a "White falcon". They belive in an analog of the christian god as well. When Griffith becomes Femto and takes a physical form, he makes many people get a vision of the white falcon returning, and eventually the Holy See starts worshipping Griffith. At least one of their inquistors was a demon, and almost every character we see affliated with the church is corrupt in various ways. It's not the main theme of the manga or anything, but it's there to some extent.

 

[McMitch]

There is an analog for Catholicism in Berserk to be fair, called the Holy See. The Tudor kingdom that the Band of the Hawk work for that you may have seen are under them.

Spoiler

They're almost exactly a copy of the catholic church with a pontiff at the head, and they believe in the second coming of a "White falcon". They belive in an analog of the christian god as well. When Griffith becomes Femto and takes a physical form, he makes many people get a vision of the white falcon returning, and eventually the Holy See starts worshipping Griffith. At least one of their inquistors was a demon, and almost every character we see affliated with the church is corrupt in various ways. It's not the main theme of the manga or anything, but it's there to some extent.

It’s not just corrupt but is explicitly the design of the evil cosmological force that drives the entire plot. Griffith is a messiah archetype because it was orchestrated for him specifically to rise to the position. One of the core themes of Berserk is always just how out of his depth Guts was regarding his revenge, and I’d bet money the intent for the final confrontation (if there was one, a lot of the story was based on Miura having been abandoned by a friend in the past) would have been Guts forgoing his revenge while Femto realizes he merely sold his ambition to the Idea of Evil.

That being said, Jesus would 100% comfort Guts for all that’s happened to him.

 

[BrodyDaMan]

It’s not just corrupt but is explicitly the design of the evil cosmological force that drives the entire plot. Griffith is a messiah archetype because it was orchestrated for him specifically to rise to the position. One of the core themes of Berserk is always just how out of his depth Guts was regarding his revenge, and I’d bet money the intent for the final confrontation (if there was one, a lot of the story was based on Miura having been abandoned by a friend in the past) would have been Guts forgoing his revenge while Femto realizes he merely sold his ambition to the Idea of Evil.

That being said, Jesus would 100% comfort Guts for all that’s happened to him.

I agree, though I don't think the ending will have any kind of conciliation from Guts. There's a very consistent trope in Japanese action stories where the hero is a very simple man who is good at fighting, and the villain is a man both good at fighting and is a genius who has an insane scheme and giant army and is about to take over, and every character the hero defeats tells him about the grander plan that he cannot stop. The hero always just smashes through all the machinations of the villain with brute force and kills him, collapsing the entire machine since it was dependent on the leading figure. Fist of the North Star, Jojo's bizarre adventure part 2 and 3, Yakuza 0, 1, 2, etc. are some famous examples of this. Some stories subvert this, like Code Geass, but I think Berserk is going to follow through this trope because it would be the most satisfying conclusion.

 

[Mr Metron666]

I assume this is you since it has no upvotes what did you expect? Did you really think a thread with an obvious 4channer titl was going to be warmly received on reddit of all places?

Nah, it ain’t me what posted this. I know better than to interact with these braindead hypocrites.

 

[McMitch]

I agree, though I don't think the ending will have any kind of conciliation from Guts. There's a very consistent trope in Japanese action stories where the hero is a very simple man who is good at fighting, and the villain is a man both good at fighting and is a genius who has an insane scheme and giant army and is about to take over, and every character the hero defeats tells him about the grander plan that he cannot stop. The hero always just smashes through all the machinations of the villain with brute force and kills him, collapsing the entire machine since it was dependent on the leading figure. Fist of the North Star, Jojo's bizarre adventure part 2 and 3, Yakuza 0, 1, 2, etc. are some famous examples of this. Some stories subvert this, like Code Geass, but I think Berserk is going to follow through this trope because it would be the most satisfying conclusion.

A lot of it is an intersection of having an overwhelming antagonist to add tension with mystery box-style storytelling that plagues a weekly release. I would argue against Jojo being mindless brute force, since a massive aspect is the mind games involved (not just including Joseph bluffing Kars after the volcano, but especially Joseph bluffing Kars after the volcano). The biggest aspect of Berserk is Guts’ character arc of moving past all the awful things that happened to him, and realizing he can be a person, something that won’t happen if he’s using the berserker armor to kill nigh-on evil gods.

 

[Drama Fan]

On a less depressive/disgusting "reddit groomer/tranny/sex addict" sense, got reminded why I started absolutely despising reddit. First I stumbled across this post doing the rounds on Twitter X.
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I know redditors are retards, but lmao if they think that preachers are well paid especially for a job that usually takes 4 years of college and 4 years of seminary. They also think that pastors like own their own church or something which is also weird. Surely their critique of religion going forward will be well informed and grounded in reality.

 

[JJLiautaud]

I think it is literally impossible for Reddit to have a good take on anything. Here they are MATI at a harmless meme:
https://www.reddit.com/r/animecircl...nning_to_believe_twitter_weebs_dont_actually/

Hey I recognize that account that's Cultured Crusader he does anime reviews of obscure 80s-00s OVAs I can guarantee you this guy has seen more anime than the entire thread has put together.

 

[Slimy Time]

I know redditors are retards, but lmao if they think that preachers are well paid especially for a job that usually takes 4 years of college and 4 years of seminary. They also think that pastors like own their own church or something which is also weird. Surely their critique of religion going forward will be well informed and grounded in reality.

Why do that when they can just reply with a smug "know it all" tone that gets them hundreds of replies and upvotes worth of validation on their subreddits.
Once again, nothing really about Christian/religion good - Atheist bad or vice versa with that post, but the culture these sad sacks have developed on that site. Fishing arguments with a group of people they don't like and then running to show it to their box to have everyone validate them...and nothing else.

 

[Crex Crex]

I think it is literally impossible for Reddit to have a good take on anything. Here they are MATI at a harmless meme:

https://www.reddit.com/r/animecirclejerk/comments/17xplrw/beginning_to_believe_twitter_weebs_dont_actually/

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This is what reddit culture does to you. If you're convinced that every aspect of life is oppression and that nazis are behind every corner, your life will end up revolving around pointless 24/7 malding.

 

[TheArtilleryman]

Jesus not existing in Gut's universe is precisely why he is so tormented. The powers that be in that world are unfathomably evil.

Admittedly, I'm not that far into the Manga, but are the Redditors conflating the various cults in the story with religion in general?

Anti-religion is not the subtext/theme I picked up on when reading, but I could be wrong. I thought it was more a hopeless situation wherein there are no benevolent gods to worship.

Spoiler: Berserk sperging

Edit: Blurred out minor spoilers for volume 31-ish

I can see it as being kind of against organised religion on account of the parts with Father Mozgus as well as when the pontiff immediately submits himself to Griffith upon meeting him, imploring his congregation to follow suit. It's less an attack on religion and more a look at what would happen if people were suddenly faced with the fact that their religion is useless in the face of a demonic apocalypse (and what would happen if a new Jesus-like figure appeared amidst it all).

A lot of the religious characters are pretty quick to change their beliefs in the face of pure evil, and the one especially righteous believer who's faith never yields (Mozgus) is a bloodthirsty crusading torturer. So there is a good arguement to be made that it's anti-religious, but like any great media it's completely up for debate. Redditor's like to decide on a single concrete meaning, and any discussion contradicting it is met with snarky hostility and condescension. Bunch of faggots.

(I'm too scared to visit the actual Berserk thread because I'm also not up to date yet)

 

[SomeSpook]

Jesus not existing in Gut's universe is precisely why he is so tormented. The powers that be in that world are unfathomably evil.

Admittedly, I'm not that far into the Manga, but are the Redditors conflating the various cults in the story with religion in general?

Anti-religion is not the subtext/theme I picked up on when reading, but I could be wrong. I thought it was more a hopeless situation wherein there are no benevolent gods to worship.

I mostly thought it was about struggle, betrayal and ultimately finding hope through insurmountable, impossibly against you odds.

 

[Nikes_JustDoIt]

There is an analog for Catholicism in Berserk to be fair, called the Holy See. The Tudor kingdom that the Band of the Hawk work for that you may have seen are under them.

Spoiler

They're almost exactly a copy of the catholic church with a pontiff at the head, and they believe in the second coming of a "White falcon". They belive in an analog of the christian god as well. When Griffith becomes Femto and takes a physical form, he makes many people get a vision of the white falcon returning, and eventually the Holy See starts worshipping Griffith. At least one of their inquistors was a demon, and almost every character we see affliated with the church is corrupt in various ways. It's not the main theme of the manga or anything, but it's there to some extent.

Going with that idea it shows the church following an Anti-Christ which Griffith is according to Catholicism. With him mimicking a virgin birth, coming back from the dead, bringing war (but making look like peace), coming from the lost band (it is believed the antichrist will say he is from the tribe of Dan) having the apostles and the idea of God hand being multiples of them (that bring disasters when they arrive) TDLR mimicking the miracles that Jesus did but for evil and deception

 

[Fields Of Rye]

A guy buys a truck from a car company, accelerator gets stuck (is what it sounds like), car crashes. Tesla tells them to handle it through insurance, like every other car in history.
Now apparently there's an entire sub dedicated to making fun of.... a car?





I want you all to know when I clicked on this in a fugue like state of shock, and I read those words, I walked outside, to my car. I opened the door and got into my car. And to my absolute shock and aw, you can rev the car with the break on. Then, in a state of more shock, I walked to my dirt bike I've had since I was a child, and like I was 15 again, just to make sure, I tested that in fact, I could 100% eat shit like when I was figuring out how to do a wheelie.

And my dear sweet neighbor, coming home from the store, I asked her if she had ever driven a car you couldn't rev with the brake on, and she looked at me, groceries in hand, like a cow looks at an oncoming train and says "No?" with the slight lilt in tone at the end that suggests utter befuddlement.

And I walk back on and find, that rather than just laughing at the accelerator getting stuck on, or maybe pointing out the issues with pure digital motor systems, they have convinced themselves that since Ford returned from Hyperborea with the Yakubian Automobile, you have never been able to engage the accelerators and the brakes at the same time.

 

[General Emílio Médici]

Chances are most of them don't drive and never have.