Nobody Understands Berserk: The Lost Children
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- The Lost Children chapter (often refereed to as the Lost Children Arc) of the Conviction Arc has a bad reputation of being filler, a reputation which I believe isn't warranted. Truth be told, this mini arc is an underappreciated gem.
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Nah mate don't worry about theft, "No One Understands" and "Nobody Understands" are totally different lol
also really dope video, im a huge berserk fan and im glad to see an analysis on this specific arc being that i never appreciated it to its fullest, keep it up!
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I'll show you my homework, but just change a bit.
YOOOOOOOO!!!! He’s here!!!
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Can we not use the edgy word dope.
normal anime/manga filler: "oh yeah we're going to the beach and having fun!"
*berserk 'filler': "ah shit, looks like I'm going to have to massacre hundreds of children insect mutants"*
Lol true
Lmfao
And fight a subsonic speed, jet fighter, lesbian moth kid.
@@owen723 Don't call her a loli please
@@valentinom.4292 Okay I'll edit it to say kid, sorry.
I feel like Guts' softening to children is tied to him killing that kid during Golden Age
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adonis! ADONIIISS!!, damn that was shocking. MIURA YOU BASTARD! but a it's a masterpiece
And maybe not having a childhood of his own.
Nah it’s just what he calls “soft heartedness”. He said this about himself during the Spring Flowers of Distant Days arc when he realized the elf in his dungeon was actually real
Nothing is filler between creation and death, it's all struggle.
Why some people care if it's filler? I know some skip fillers is that why
Guess they can't handle the struggle.
Never expected to hear that from Corkus
Well said
corkus were the tits worth it my man....
Dark souls music in a berserk video?
We have gone full circle.
Yeaaaap
Dark souls music is the best
Lol I was a little disappointed that I had to dig for a comment like this.
Dark Souls 1's Firelink Shrine OST is so nostalgic
Firelink/the hunter's dream music just puts me at ease
How could anyone see this as filler? The whole point of Berserk is Guts’ personality and powerful resolve.
I love stories with villains and allies that challenge the protagonist’s mind-set!
I think Jill will make a comeback in the future since the group is in Elfhelm, and since time moves faster outside of Elfhelm so it only makes sense that Guts and the gang will run into an adult Jill
I'm guessing because it feels like a contained mini arc inside of a larger arc. So maybe they say its filler, only technically, not in lack of quality.
Never underestimate the stupidity of blind fanboys
Berserk is really a story about hope.
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I think because the story much doesn't do much and people didn't really like the fantasy theme at that time... and still is one of best arcs
Guts and Jill ARE the lost children.
Rosine: "You disgust me! Leave!"
Guts: "....Who is this...*lost child?"*
Damn that's pretty deep. Guts really is just a lost child as we see in the medicine flashback when he slept with casca.
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Fuck the realization . It all hit me when I read your comment they truly are the lost children
LMAO nobody realize that? The title refers to a lot of characters in the chapter.
Probably my favorite scene from the lost children is when Guts wakes up in the windmill to find Jill curled up on him sleeping. Looking down at her, Guts notices the bruises and cuts all over her face and hands inflicted by her alcoholic dad. Followed by a panel of Gut with an anguished expression as he is reminded of his own childhood trauma of getting the shit beat out of him by his "father figure" Gambino.
It's a rather subtle and overlooked bit of characterization that Guts gets. Because at this point in the story, Guts is still in his rampant asshole revenge phase (aka The Black Swordsman). And this scene shows another break in the persona that Guts had crafted in the two years since the Eclipse.
One of my favorite moments as a new reader is after he shows her the spirits that dog him he wraps his cloak around her and looks down on her with the softest face I've seen him make really.
sup colonel
@@alpersoylu00 sup
@@colonelcrossfire8268 80% of the Berserk is filler
@@spectralknight7142 it's my favorite panel of all time
Lost children is by far my favorite arc in the whole of Berserk. I was legitimately surprised when I learned that others didn't feel the same way.
For real! Hell, I just like it for having the hero at his most monstrous (he *delights* in killing everything rather than just dealing with it) fighting the least monstrous villain (an abused runaway who might have even gotten a weird faustian redemption in her last moments).
Oh, and having the balls to show a street being littered with toddler corpses...
It's good shit and I'm baffled people don't like it.
It certainly has some of the most iconic moments imo never viewed it as filler. The whole pirate and sea god arc seemed more filler to me. Could be wrong about the last statement its been a while since I read Berserk but the sea god arc was pretty forgettable overall.
Love that arc to. And btw sosuke aizen is my fav villain xD
@Arusiek90 a painful time that was.
Maybe they feel its filler in only a technical manner, because it seems completely detached from the whole Tower arc.
I hope an older Jill comes back later to aid Guts and party when then return from Elfhell... maybe in late 2119.
I want to see Theresia too maybe they even team up
@@Daxter609 I have a feeling Theresia wouldn't wan't to help Guts. If anything she would join Grifith just to get revenge.
@@pt.dullahan ame agree with u, I see therisa is a menace, maybe she will become a parasite like casca
@@pt.dullahan Maybe after guts and the others leave elfhelm she'll be mature and realize why guts was such a dick to her
@@gushi3282 Yeah that's if Miura didn't die in the near future since he became addicted in video game called Idol Master?!!
Nothing is filler in Berserk!
Closest thing to filler is the black dog knights or whatever. is one of the few cuts from the anime/movies, I actually approve of.
jonuiuc1 Guts vs Wyald is one of the best fights in the manga and the Black Dog Knights were far more interesting than what they replaced it with in the anime. It was cut because it was too extreme for tv.
@@jonuiuc That fight shows how guts training wasn't for nothing as before he had to be rescued from an apostle (zodd) but this time he beats it. it also shows him that man could even defeat apostles.
That flower fairy spirt flash back was pretty random. But still really good and its the only true filler i can think of in berserk.
until the f**king boat
It's not really filler. The fight at the end is the reason Guts gets captured by the Holy Iron Chain Knights, and Farnese becomes skeptical of the world around her.
YOOO I WATCHED ALL OF YOUR BERSERK PART VIDEOS I binged watched all of it it was really good
I had a feeling I’d find you here… laws of causality and all that bullshit.
Lol, 2016 flashbacks.
"Guts and Jill went up the hill
To find her old best friend...
The Friend broke down
Brought fire to the town
Til guts had sadly slain her .."
Nice one. Rosine is no longer a little girl. She's a big bug that has to be squashed.
Perfect 👌. Bravo bravo hehehehe
I figured that Jill wearing the black cloak was a rather obvious visual metaphor of Guts' characterization.
Nah it was just Jill covering herself with it because guts was the only person to comfort her. No one else was kind to her
@@imarealone_0076 It's both
PEOPLE THINK IT'S FILLER? This is why I keep far away from the anime fandom. It's one of the most important parts of gut's post-eclipse character arc imo!
Aum Piñata Party this is manga not anime
sometimes it's better to not talk about stuff you really enjoy cause people can make you feel worse about it
it's like reading about Dragonball which I grew up with, getting shit on by 17y old guys "analysing" it
Berserk is really a story about hope.
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Exactly how can that be a filler. First it's manga and it can't be filler second it shows Guts depth despite his dark side. Absolute non sense who says is filler they are incredibly superficial not worth of Berserk.
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Lost Children is definitely not filler. The series starts off with Black Swordsman, which introduces Guts as an edgelord 90's anti-hero, and Golden Age was a flashback where, at the end, Guts commits to being a Middle Ages Punisher and leaves Casca in the care of Godot, so there had to be a good justification for why Guts wanted to stop being the Punisher.
Imagine if Lost Children didn't happen. Nothing would have apparently prompted him to see Casca again without killing all of the Apostles in the world except for a spur-of-the-moment idea to visit her that ended with Godot successfully nagging him to take her along. He logically would have knocked her head off with the broad side of his over-sized frying pan out of annoyance and then the series would have been a monster-of-the-week shonen where Guts keeps killing apostles until it got canceled after sociopathic 90's anti-heroes stopped being trendy.
Vainglory 2KW8Ω I mean, if you read Black Swordsman arc after the end of Golden age, Guts being an "edgelord sociopath" feels... right. I don't think any other action or way of behaving was appropriate. People talk about the Lost Children, but I think it's the Black Swordsman arc that's actually underrated
@@markokrstic3562 The black swordsman arc got me interested in why someone is like this, why is there meatdudes around him him at night so on. People use the term "edgelord" too much, be it out embarrassment for person or themselves cause I was someone who used the "edgelord" term while be it myself unknownly.
sociopathic 90's anti-heroes stopped being trendy will always be trendy
well said
@@Anthony-zd8yy He was an edge lord. He came from a time in Japan where ultra violence was popular. Fist of the North Star, Ichi the killer, Alita etc were all made to be as dark with as much gore as they can fit in to a story. Good thing Miura mitigated this through story telling and motives. By giving Guts a reason to act like an edge lord reduces the title he once held as an edge lord. He came from being an edge lord to a man who was broken.
I miss when Puck was a character :(
And now he's a walking pop culture machine.
Miura should have made it, when elves return to Elfhelm, the assume a humanoid form. Would've added a new dimension to Puck.
@@edwardgaines6561 and now we all wait for the next chapter... think were at 8 months so far.
The only thing he's doing now, making jokes and be the Chibi character all the time with Evarella, i miss it when he had a real personality and protagonism in the Lost children Arc.
Shanusm8 I miss when there wasn’t Isidro more than anything. 95% of the time gens drawn in a funny style. It’s BS and doesn’t fit the manga imo.
@@plackiplicki3531 Isidro is truly the shittiest character of the series.
Lost children was an amazing point where it shows the dichotomy of guts character to his visualization, he wants to help, but he cant, he can only burn the forest down to take down the apostle, and the children would only return in death, so in saving the town and the area, the aftermath makes him look like a pure psycopath, and is mistaken for the black hawk, and the apostle who he is fighting is a child that never grew up, while guts never had a childhood, it makes you realize just what he has to deal with, and shows that he wont get any peace or recognition for it
:(
Griffith viewed Guts as his property, at first at least. Then overtime he grew to love Guts as something more, but still his. During the Duel on the Hill when Guts decided to leave The Band of the Hawk it's important to remember that Griffith still refused to let him go because he loved Guts so passionately, so much so that in the manga Griffith envisioned himself murdering Guts and saying, "That's fine. So long as no one else can have you".
Griffith's feelings towards Guts were so intense that his "love" touched on every single love there is: Familial, Friendship, Lovers, Materialistic, Spiritual and Emotional. Griffith had never opened himself up and made himself vulnerable to anyone in his life before. Ever. That and Guts making the decision to leave Griffith broke Griffith to the point of making him do what he did and go spend the night with the Princess because he wanted to have absolute control over someone again.
It is also somehow ironic as Guts is exactly, at that point of the last duel between Griffith and Guts, the very definition of a friend by Griffith.
Good explanation. 😊🤔
@@ludovicpirolley5540 omggg that's so sad now that you've pointed it out!!! :,(
if only griffith realized earlier that guts was more than a possession, the outcome could've been different!! :(
(...but then berserk wouldn't become such an amazing story as it now, wouldn't it? :,)
@@traidahhsien7378 That is not a misunderstanding. It seems that Miura wanted to express that Griffith wished for something he can't handle. Griffith if he is a genius, is nevertheless that successful because of his fate (the egg). Guts is the only thing that escape Griffith's grasp of his own fate or destiny. The random, the thorn in the plot of God hand. Funnier, is that Griffith beyond that homoerotic undertone (the rape of Casca included), Guts is also the only person that Griffith considers as one true individual...Not that he doesn't feel for others but somehow (I think he values their qualities but not their life as person). Griffith is very zen in his approach of life. For him, every people with him or against him are just calculation towards his goal. Exactly like Ryo VS Akira in Devilman somehow :). What a load of crap I am saying. Pardon my French
@@ludovicpirolley5540 Devilman?!
...I see you too are a man of culture :)
Man I hear almost NO ONE talk about the best part of that final chapter in lost children- the way Miura uses light and shadow for visual story telling. This chapter without hyperbole is his masterpiece in Berserk. At this point Guts is beaten, bloody, and hell-bent on killing Rosaline, and whenever he's in this mindset of "must kill" he's cloaked in shadows, in particular over his face. When the dad hits him with an arrow and he flees, the shadows surrounding him break for a moment. Then we get to Kill reaching Guts in the forest. He's covered in shadow and his humanity is being hidden by both it and the panels themselves. Jill meanwhile is completely visible under night sky. When she finally tells Guts to take her anywhere but here, the shadows part once again. Until he tells her to take a look around them. Around him. And the shadows engulf the entire page, and Guts himself seems to disappear as the shadows threaten to claim her as well. Then from the dark background, Guts swings the Dragonslayer at the demons, cutting through the dark and we see him devoid of these haunting shadows as he tells her that there is no paradise for her. During his speech, the background starts to return illuminated and we get this real dream like feel. As we notice this, Guts leaves the scene, and we see the encompassing darkness follow him, blending into his cloak as he vanishes back into the woods. Now the scene is filled with light, and the sky is no longer that of night but of a beautiful morning. Because Guts lives in a land of Shadow and he took that darkness away from Jill and the Town, leaving them with the light. FUCK IT'S SO GOOD!
Yea that's his curse. He was doomed to die in eclipse but was like "nah, im guts. Im doing doing the dying" and just walk away while swinfing his metal block like a madman.
I always viewed Berserk as a sort of character study on one extremely unfortunate man, being Guts. It's how he grows and evolves and struggles onwards while retaining what makes him human is what makes the story so compelling to me.
And because of that, I believe both the black swordsman arcs AND the lost children arc to be not just good, but NECESSARY. In order to show how someone comes to grips and betters themselves through trauma, you need to show them at their lowest. You need to show them kicking and crying in the dirt before they get their feet back from underneath them and continue their journey.
The Lost Children arc shows just that. It includes the scene where Guts was slaughtering the child flame spirits and looking like a madman, which I think is honestly the closest he ever came to completely losing his humanity. He even starts to swing his sword like he's in the Berserker Armor! It's also literally the first time we see the beast of darkness and Guts makes his pledge to "never change, not for anything". It's a defining moment of his character.
It also solidifies the bond between Guts and Puck, after Puck saves his life.
(Plus the fight with Rosine was friggin nuts, you've got to admit)
Edit: I made this before watching the video
Guts is a struggler. Always will be.
so damn true. The fact that he doesn't just slaughter everything without thinking about anything makes the story so real and as incredible as it is
Berserk is really a story about hope.
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Probably my favourite arc in the entire series. Guts is at his most demonic.
Definitely not filler.
that one page where Guts shows the girl how dark his world is at the end is just so intense, gives me goosebumps every single time
yeah but it's also Guts at his most sympathetic and kindest, that's what makes the ending so damn beautiful
Great video. That panel of Guts telling Jill "There is no paradise for you to escape to." is my favorite in the series as well.
Oh wow, many thanks for the shout-out at the end! Guess I probably should go back to making more stuff. Much Appreciated.
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Already suscribed to your chanel, i'll take a look when i have a bit more free time
Reading boofire saying mate in his voice... Nerd!
:P j/k mate
I see you with that dark souls background music
Berserk is really a story about hope.
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This arc made me so emotional its insane. Rosine and Jill are just fantastic characters. Rosine was shaped by her terrible environment which caused her to turn into a "monster" as a way out but still cared about jill until the very end. Rosine and Jill did not deserve what had happened to them, I wish rosine didn't die
The Lost Children act is a redemption chapter is fundamental to Guts development
Dat dark souls music: I know it all too well!
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Suits it. They are long lost brothers darksouls and berserk.
Well considering as berserk inspired dark souls 1 and 3 and had some theme of it in blood borne, I say it fits
Brody Upton Can you shut up?
@@Draco100Round Can you?
"screwing an apostle of something similar" how did you miss that the apostle he banged and blasted was the apostle that killed Corkus. it's not out of place he baited her, lured her in, trapped, and killed her. in keeping with his path of revenge against apostles and search for the God Hand to further his revenge. after seeing The Eclipse, the manga's opening moments are made clear.
17:22.....these panels and the embrace......I get such a bittersweet feeling from it yet I'm happy
i like the elf arc or lost child arc what ever you call it
its show guts human side how he was a loner his whole life with no body
but he opens up and shows that he cares and wants to protect his friends
that girl jill it kinda hit home for guts after i seen this and i love it more
Great video. Beginning these chapters I was underwhelmed but by the end I was almost in tears. Never doubt Miura
I love your videos man
My favorite panel was also in this arc. "Takes a look at the darkness around me" gave me chills
I would have honestly loved a little bit more of these more episodic arcs with the Black Swordsman. Always got the impression that Miura started going for this episodic Apostle of the Week format but couldn't bring himself to keep on that structure, having the stories escalate too much.
@J A what do you mean?
If anyone says this part of the story was filler, make them remember the "adult attack" moment.
That solidified that there really is no escape for literally anyone or anything in this world.
Puck and Guts' moment in the end of the arc was so touching as well as to how Puck "defended" Guts from the small demons after his body gave way.
I remember meeting a lone Space Marine with a massive power-sword that resembles that young man once...
He was the only survivor of the Blood Angel successor chapter
'The Band of the Golden Hawk-Boy'
after the chapter master joined Chaos and killed all the other members...
The more things change, the more things stay the same.
i remember that. Wasn't that the one where a pompous Inquisition group called Holy Iron Chain Knights where hunting him on conspiracy that he was a heretic
@@TheRidvan36 Yes I believe so...
Yes and after they purged a slaaneshi mutant cult on a local sanctuary world a huge warpstorm broke out and the most faithful lord inquisitor was confronted by an avatar of tzeentch disguised as the emperor who turned him and all of his acolytes into demon princes in order to stop the lone space marine who shortly after killed all of these self claimed living saints
As the atrocity was over the traitor chaptermaster was summoned from the warp and was able to escape with the help of the demon prince doombreed
In the end a lonely surviving sister and her crusader bodyguard decided to join the quest of struggler
and somehow Lorgar was responsible,
fucking Lorgar
I got the “there’s no paradise for you to escape too” panel tattooed on my forearm, I love this arc
I wonder if anyone ever thought about Jill at 17:07 looks alot like Casca did when Griffith saved her the very first time. But where Griffith said the "Do what thou wilt" (basically), Guts did not.
True berserk fans know that hiatuses are the fillers.
Most definetly an arc people get very mixed opinions on. You tackled it well.
Really hope Guts get to meet her again some time in the future
Honestly I kinda hope she gets to falconia with the prostitutes or stumbles upon rickert rather than Guts. You know, because until as of very recent events everyone that’s gotten close to Guts has met a really fucked up end. Like REALLY fucked up.
Then again, taking into account what we know of the prior city beneath falconia... that might not be the safest place either. Hell, “elf hell” seems like the only real safe place on earth after Griffith fucked shit up even further than before.
I have the feeling they're all going to meet again after Guts leaves Elfhelm
@@justbny9278 really hope so :)
Would be cool if we got to see the counts daughter as well.
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I would likes to sees theresia became a female badass character and hunts guts for revenge.
It's my fav arc in the series if not one of my fav in manga
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Yeah I love the arc too. Guts really grows as a character through the arc.
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It's really sad that so many people think the lost children arc is filler. The lost children arc is in my opinion the most human arc in all of berserk. Hope, ambition, dreams, home abuse, being trap, toughing out a shitty situation, ect... The list goes on and on.
Oddly enough, anytime I’ve ever recommended berserk, I’ve shown only scenes from lost children.
In my opinion, it’s easily the most visually intense as well as instilling strong emotion.
Star Wars: Forget the past, kill it if you have to.
Berserk: Hey hows about I don't destroy my franchise?
Somebody didn't get that that message was literally said by the trilogy's main villain and the film goes to great lengths to show why that's wrong
@@ChangedMyNameFinally69 no they don't. They literally kill the whole cast of the old movies, destroy Vader's helmet, and bury Anakins lightsaber.
@@pano3410 Ford wanted to kill Han off, Carey actually died, and Luke was bound to die Obi-Wan style anyway. Luke already tried to destroy Vader's helmet, and burying Anakin's lightsaber, even if it's on Tatooine, is more respectful than it just falling down a pit like in the OT. Also now it's buried with Anakin's mother.
@@ChangedMyNameFinally69 no they wrote Luke to want to do all those things. Even mark Hamil said he didn't think he was playing the same character. And also there's a difference between killing off a character because of real world necessities and disrespecting them. Like Han named his son after an old man he met for 18 minutes and his last name that isn't even real. Why wasn't the kid named organa. It's just stupid writing that got worst and worst the more it went on.
Even this dumb ass fucking mentality like "Luke had to die obi one style". WHY. WHY MAKE THE SAME MOVIES AGAIN BUT WORSE.
The Lost Children is the most impactful arc in my eyes, those panels with guts biting intestines is and will stay in my head.
I'm reading through Berserk for the first time ever, and honestly the lost children arc is so far my favorite one. I'm on chapter 246 as of writing this
That Majula music just makes it so much better.
The Majula, The Vendrick music, all of the Ds2 music is perfect for anything Berserk related. Also, great vide, I totally agree with all your points. Before your video I didn't even know people disliked the Lost Children Arc.
Jeez, and I thought I overanalyzed stuff.
I just saw the lost children arc as a way to show that guts can still actually care, and isn't completely mindless when it comes to fighting the apostles. I just viewed it as a way for them to show guts outside his comfort zone of being in a battle rage, to show him struggling with indecision when given the choice between kill target, and save innocent.
The lost children arc is a very easy way to show that direct interfacing with a more neutral character, compared to later on with Farnese, who is a more antagonistic character.
Guts wanting to protect innocence vs pitying weakness, I guess.
@@BOOFIRE191 Yeah yo that was a dope comparison. It's been years since I read this manga so even if I did catch it when I originally read it, it's nice to see the comparison. Cool video, man.
i’ve only ever read Berserk because i love Guts as a character. i’m one of the only people i know that doesn’t give a hoot for the golden age arc and instead rereads everything starting and past the black swordsman arc. as such, the Lost Children Arc is my absolute favorite one. it marks the beginning of the end of Guts exposed vulnerability and stands in my mind as the last apostle fights where he is still underpowered compared to later arcs and wins only by sheer determination, action, and thinking that only Guts could come up with. i think it is the highlight of his character development in the series thus far and it’ll always be my favorite part
This arc is so important for us to actually understand-- SYMPATHIZE if not totally empathize to Guts' state and character. We see the extent of Guts forcing himself out of his humanity just to get whats his. And despite all that, he reveals his remaining humanity and true thoughts of that-- the helpless struggle-- to Jill. He is no less vulnerable as Jill to this cruel world. Angels, demons, humans, elves or whatever-- its all the same death and evil that rules. Jill even experiences the concept of guts' struggle herself having put through the events in the mist valley. She is lost to where she'll go as much as Guts is too. They are the lost children.
this arc is one of the better ones in my opinión. Maybe it doesnt move the overall plot but it s a good story nonetheless.
Awesome analysis. It shed some light of some of the parts of the story I didn't even consider that much. Jill litterly represents Guts inner child manifested into reality. I also loved the pararell you pointed out between the character of Rosine & Griffith. Thing is, I gone through the same kind of transformation as Jill & Guts did. I mean my struggles wasn't that horrible as theirs (thank god) but I can relate to how the characters of Jill, Guts & Rosine is going through. I think that's why some people get this arc while others don't. Sometimes I wonder what kind of life Miura had or if he read the works of Carl Jung & psychoanalysis & more to be able to write a story like this. Either way he was a frikin art genius & story teller.
Excuse my English, I'm a scandinavian & English aint my first language.
I just finished the Lost Children arc and it was honestly fantastic. It absolutely isn't filler and seriously plays into Guts' character development to smoothly transition into the Conviction arc.
Personally I see it as a continuation of the black swordsman arc.
Lost children episodes along with the episodes wherw young Guts' wounds healed by Chitch in the prison are both tearjerkers for me. Subtle things like Jill using Guts' cloak to fall asleep in her room, realistically choosing an unknown swordsman's blood soaked cloak as an embrace instead of her own family home bed. Chitch seeing the good in Guts' risking her life to repay him. And him keeping his promise after her passing, bringing her flower to the flower field in hopes of maybe rebirthing the small creature.
It is so cool seeing someone realized the paralelism between the lost children and Guts. Definitrly, one of my favourite parts of the manga
I also noticed these parallels between Guts and Jill in this chapter its like Kentaro Miura wanted us to realize and remember the complex past and relationships he has had during his life maybe to make it easier for the reader to understand Guts change and transformation or maybe he's just a genius at writing and created these parallels to make the readers wonder and try to understand what Guts feelings are and whats going through his mind, to look past his violent actions and some actions unlike him (Casca incident) and actually try to understand his suffering (which not many people can sense not many people go through a hell like that in they're lives) its narrative genius in my opinion. A very under appreciated chapter!!
I also think many people don’t realize that this shows guts story in a different light. This arc is shown right after Guts losing everyone close to him, and gives him some validation to his revenge fueled quest against Griffith, but it also shows the length Guts will go to fulfill his goal as he blurs between good and evil to the point that he reader is questioning who they should be routing for. For one of my favorite pages in the arc is when Rosine saves Jill from burning rumble that almost fell on top of her and Puck, though in the background of flames you see a one eyed demon peering through the fire at his prey. You even see rosine question Guts humanity in the fight. Even seeing the look of a terrified little girl when Guts clamps down on her stringer and proceeds to lay the killing blow on her. It’s a tale, of Guts dangerously treading the abyss and almost becoming the very thing he hates.
Wasn't aware of the filler sentiment. While The Lost Children doesn't serve much to drive the plot, it has some of Gut's defining character moments.
Lost Children is the peak for me, not because it is the most important, but because its tone, art, and essential tragedy is some of the most intensely atmospheric, grim media I have ever encountered. I was in love with Berserk, completely and totally, by the time I got to Lost Children. The panel where he asks Jill to look at the evil around him -- to see what he has to deal with day in and day out in his life -- is perhaps my favorite in the entire series for not just its composition but its dramatic weight.
I honestly think that at the time he was writing this part of the story, he didn't necessarily intend to ever write some of the (relatively) more lighthearted content we see later with Guts and his band of merry companions -- it feels like Guts is really and truly cursed eternally to be both alone and fighting desperately in Lost Children, and I think the story may have even eventually been depressing its author.
And, I'm sorry, but the idea that it is filler is just absurd. Guts is developed tremendously during Lost Children, and some of the most tragic elements of his 'new life' are set up there, including flashbacks to his own trauma and an exploration of how his psyche has been affected by the constant, unending harassment of the curse.
There is no paradise for you to escape to. :(
I liked The Lost Children arc already but you definitely shed some light on a few things I hadn't noticed. Thanks for your excellent work!
Lost children is now my favorite arc. A true rollercoaster of emotions this one.
Rosine is the best boss, one of the best and most tragic characters, and the best tear-snatcher in all of Berserk. I've litterally cried at her death.
And my God, that Guts rage aside the awesome Miura artstyle ! And don't forget these weird twisted elf childrens and their behaviours changing in just one page... The Lost Children is OBJECTIVELY one of the best arcs in all of Berserk.
You could say the black-swordsman arc is filler, with that type of logic
CaN i SkIp ThE bLaCk SwOrDsMaN aRc?
@@DragonessYT I mEaN PrObAbLy
You know what? Skip the Golden Age Arc, oh and Birth Ceremony Chapter as well ye! Oh fuck it, skip the entire manga! It's filler! It's ALL filler! FILLER! FILLEEEEER!!! 😬🤪🤯😵
This is, legit, my favorite arc in the story. If berserk was only this arc, I'd consider a masterpiece (I'd still consider a masterpiece now, but it's not over yet so I have to stay my hand.)
Everything in the arc has perfect characterization. Guts is at his best as the black swordsman: the perfect mix of anger, fatigue, humanity, and weakness. Hes not the pissed off, spiteful guts from early golden age/early blackswordsmen chapters, and hes not the superpowered bishie guts from the post berserker armor arcs. He has enough humanity to be relatable, but rage filled enough to scare us. Puck isnt just comedic relief, but guts' moral compass. And the disciple is both monstrous, and pitiful.
This is the point in the story where everything in the series mixes together perfectly, in a way the story wont ever replicate.
Using Vendrick's music really matched when you were talking about his routine fight with the spirits at night. Awesome video!
Your favourite moment and panel are mine too!
Such a gorgeous moment, I can’t quite place why so but it’s touching.
Don't think I don't notice the Dark Souls music. It is very appreciated,
I believe this arc is amazing and things make lots of sense.
The first time i read this arc i thought Jill was like Guts and Rosine was like Griffith.
Such a brilliant way of explaining this scenario. I would have never made the connections that you have brought into light. I have to say I’m never surprised when I find depth within the Berserk universe, but this one slipped right over my head.
This is great! Im a Huge Berserk fan and watching this Analysis video makes me wanna re-read the "Lost Children Arc" so i can get a more depth and understanding. Its been a few years since i read this chapter, it def. was one of my favs.
Great work on the Slideshow too!
The ending in this arc is the best ending apart from the eclipse. It’s so complete that the slow build up of the arc is completely paid off by the ending.
I thought everybody loved this arc? It's my favourite after the Golden Age... after the Eclipse I thought "well, it can't get more heartbreaking" and then it did. Amazing study of character.
I enjoyed this analysis so much that this 20-minute video felt like it lasted for two. Thanks so much for sharing your insights, they are much appreciated!
Finishing Berserk to watch all these incredible youtube videos was a gooood choice
You guys make me realize how much I missed reading Berserk and how incredible this story actually is
I'm getting more and more into it, the more I watch about it
I've always adored lost children. It has so many elements that clicked with me. It's tight and succinct, focusing on only a few characters. The dynamic contrast between Guts and Puck. Seeing Guts at his darkest point and operating on his own, and you get the feeling of the endless suffering he now has to contend with each night and the toll it has taken, thus leading him to be the vitriolic hateful character he is around this point, which is just made all the more sadder now that we know why compared to the angsty badass we get in the black swordsman arcs. It's extremely bleak and has some of the best panels in the manga for me (I love Muiras way of drawing rage filled guts)
All that makes for a strong sub story in the grander narrative. I didn't even notice some obvious things you pointed out though such as the parralals between Guts and Jill, which after hearing is so obvious and only reinforces the strength of this arc. I'd never say it is filler, I think it is extremely important on a character level. Bravo. Great work
This arc is one of my most favourite. This is reminds me stories like "the Walking Dead - the Game", "Leon", "Logan", "God of War 4", "Terminator 2". Story about journey of children and adult - they always have interesting themes.
Things betwixt and majula on the background is so nice.
Awesome video man!
I understand what you mean. The Lost Children Arc is not mere "filler" as some claim, but in truth; it's very good and needed character development for Guts. A little foreshadowing perhaps of how Guts personality would evolve for the better. 🤔
Oh my god I never realized how Jill and Guts are similar. Damn thanks for the video.
Also I didn't know people call The list children arc filler......I love the lost children arc. Its my 2nd favorite arc
Rewatched the video today and enjoy it even more a second time.
Absolutely fantastic video. Made me appreciate new things about the arc and just Muira’s art in general.
Absolutely brilliant! You somehow made me love my favorite arc even more!
Love the DKS2 music in the background, it fits berserk well
I hope Jill comes back at some point.
Guts should have taken Jill with her. It would've been a nice parallel to Giriffirh, who took Casca with him! And also she could've trained to be a sword fighter, and a sparring partner to Isidro.
@@edwardgaines6561 Would have been interesting seeing how Guts acts around her in the long run too, like maybe he'd start acting kind of like a father to her? I think it'd be a pretty interesting contrast too with the rest of Guts' friends, seeing how Jill's backstory is so much darker than the others...
@@RealDuendeNoFake Good point. Given her dark backstory, Jill would be Casca 2.0 with a stoic mindset. I wonder if Jill would've worn het hair short too?
@@edwardgaines6561 It could help with the ending too, I don't know why but I have a feeling that Guts might just give up on killing Griffith and just try to settle down with Casca or something, Jill would give him even more of a reason to settle down, maybe. I don't know, I just want Guts to be happy in the end goddammit. ;_;
@@RealDuendeNoFake Y'know, given Guts' lack of internal direction...I don't think he's *ALLOWED* to settle down. Something will prevail upon him to fight again.
He tried to "Go Monk" when he left Griffith, but came running back after a year. But hey, he had a good reason...Casca! 😍
Thank you for making this! Lost Children is one of, if not my favorite arc in Berserk, and it’s definitely criminally underrated. It makes me sad to see so many people calling it filler, because it sets up some really interesting and key aspects of the manga. You totally read my mind with this video.
Fantastic video dude. Not sure why it never popped up on my feed before now but I've always loved this arc in particular with the understanding that we will NEVER see it adapted in another medium in spite of it's importance. It was the point at which I felt I truly understood who Guts had become and the depth of his suffering.
to me, Rosine is the best character in this chapter. and this chapter is the best chapter in the series. I think only this chapter alone can make an amazing action emotional fantasy mystery movie.
The choice of music is perfect! It really shows how much in common berserk and souls games have.
Very cohesive analysis, didn’t think about all those parallels with the characters. Made me like it even more. Hope you’ll do more in the future
Killer Videos man, keep up the great work. I loved this analysis and the beautiful connections that you made. Miura is a master in disguise, outright, and unnoticed. Love the connections that are made between Guts and his past via a little girl. That's super cool!
Excellent video. As one of the 35% that voted this as not filler, I actually never connected the parallels between Jill and Guts. I mostly attributed it to Guts development from a walking death machine to someone who starting to understand that not everyone who takes the devil’s deal is a monster (thought last apostle we see before golden age also proves this, though it doesn’t directly effect Guts in that part).
Aside from these points in the video, and the fact that it leads to the development and later teaming up of new companions, this is an enjoyable ark and a turn in direction that makes the series all the more worth sticking around.
Personally I loved that arc. Finally seeing the Black Swordsman in all its glory and struggles was awesome.
Oh, i loved this story from the get-go. Not even from having to think about and dissect it like you do here, it just felt right immediately. Still one of my favorite stories in all of Berserk.
I am so glad i watched your video! I liked Lost Childden arc, but never looked at it with your perspective! Thank you for this insightful video
Jill is to Guts as Lisa is to Mr. Bergstrom.
Your video helped me see that. They are both temporary relief for conflicted young women.
Just finished this arc and I had no idea so many people hated it
I loved it
Loved the vid I swear whenever I see these videos tho I always think there's a new chapter out and when I check I'm so sad
Great video man! Really well thought out and nicely put together. Definitely subscribed. Keep up the good work!
The Lost Children arc is my favorite arc.
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