The Skull Knight And Danann Theory

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  • A theory on the history and connection of Skull Knight and Dannan
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Komentáře • 505

  • @helensdead
    @helensdead Před 3 lety +1433

    Skull knight got impeccable taste that’s all imma say

  • @tokyobassist
    @tokyobassist Před 3 lety +971

    The idea that Guts' is Skull Knight's redemption in flesh is actually pretty cool.

    • @jamalcalypse
      @jamalcalypse Před rokem +10

      idk maybe it's just me but that always seemed like a possible foreshadowing since the introduction of the armor. it's a story about cycles so my first thought was "oh okay Guts is to cycle SK"

    • @milesduggan
      @milesduggan Před rokem +1

      @@jamalcalypseI’m fully convinced you’re right but I hope they either subvert or expectations or at least make it a great sacrifice/build up.
      Not expecting a happy ending but I really hope it’s not blatantly obvious.

    • @Mo-fx2ud
      @Mo-fx2ud Před 11 měsíci

      @@milesdugganMiura said guts would get a happy ending, don’t worry

  • @DongKEKong
    @DongKEKong Před 3 lety +428

    Danann have to be his daughter to establish another parallelism between him and Guts and his supernatural son.

  • @darianaguevara1532
    @darianaguevara1532 Před 3 lety +472

    "People call me crazy whenever I saw that Berserk is a love story."
    This is exactly the reason I stay, my dude. You're my favorite Berserk analyst because of the importance you place on this. ♥️

    • @whirlwind872
      @whirlwind872 Před 3 lety +31

      Even miura says its a Shojo manga more than anything

    • @wedoliveinasocietydowenot
      @wedoliveinasocietydowenot Před 3 lety +24

      Honestly, the emotions in Berserk are one of the major factors as to why it's considered the best (and in my opinion, it is the BEST).

    • @Spocklee
      @Spocklee Před 3 lety +14

      The best of love stories 😭

    • @silverhawkscape2677
      @silverhawkscape2677 Před 2 lety +2

      @@whirlwind872 i just hope his assistants know this.

    • @reynauldwhistles2338
      @reynauldwhistles2338 Před 2 lety +6

      Is "struggle" an emotion?

  • @guy7912
    @guy7912 Před 3 lety +402

    When even a dead guy with no emotions whatsoever still visits his waifu is some love and dedication
    Mad respects besides being an absolute badass

    • @kurm7161
      @kurm7161 Před 2 lety +7

      Its his daughter

    • @mystymos3614
      @mystymos3614 Před 2 lety +27

      Skull knight definitely has emotions. He wouldn’t visit as grave otherwise

    • @jnetwork3232
      @jnetwork3232 Před 2 lety +4

      @@kurm7161 incest time then

    • @dbltrunks4083
      @dbltrunks4083 Před rokem

      @@jnetwork3232 what the fuck

    • @suhndoo
      @suhndoo Před rokem

      @@jnetwork3232🤔

  • @glynkatkin
    @glynkatkin Před 3 lety +466

    Danann is most certainly a women, she is named after Danu, the Irish mother goddess of the Tuatha Dé Danann.
    I like how Miura has made reference to Celtic mythology, especially since Fae (Fairies) feature heavily in Irish mythology/folklore.
    As for what she is, she could very well be SK's daughter, and it seems Flora was banished for binding SK's soul to his armour, and turning him into a Revenant.

    • @doomtrooper3184
      @doomtrooper3184 Před 3 lety +25

      "... and turning hum into a Revenant"
      Ok, later no one complain if Doomguy rips into the manga and kills him and everything goes to shit.
      More.

    • @jamesbaggett7223
      @jamesbaggett7223 Před 3 lety +7

      And the Kelpie

    • @shoopersaiyan
      @shoopersaiyan Před 3 lety +6

      Yea that sounds like a good theory, but i dont think they would leave a cliffhanger like that for something like that. Not much of a big reveal

    • @redblade5556
      @redblade5556 Před 2 lety +4

      also his armor looks it was forged with the actual bones of the guy.

    • @kranberryjones1449
      @kranberryjones1449 Před rokem +1

      @@redblade5556 damn that is metal

  • @Lucas_A.
    @Lucas_A. Před 3 lety +110

    Great theory, but i think Dannan is his daughter, maybe born on a similar way to how the moonlight-boy was born (you know, involving magic). Maybe even Flora was responsible for Dannan's birth using some kind of magic (aka the tabboo)

    • @kirkcannon8079
      @kirkcannon8079 Před 2 lety +6

      Maybe she is the child of skull knight and void if we are going full parallel to femto and guts

  • @lorddevilfish5868
    @lorddevilfish5868 Před 3 lety +496

    Berserk is really sad, if only Griffith simply put his Grasses nothing would have been wrong and the Band of the Hawk would have survived!

    • @yoshituna0
      @yoshituna0 Před 3 lety +54

      wong*

    • @DammnDeejay
      @DammnDeejay Před 3 lety +21

      If only guts stayed with the band if the hawk 😭

    • @monicatmura
      @monicatmura Před 3 lety +4

      😂😂😂

    • @henrymejia3985
      @henrymejia3985 Před 3 lety +1

      @@monicatmura a

    • @Numbll
      @Numbll Před 3 lety +36

      @@DammnDeejay If only Guts never heard Griffith talking to Charlotte that night. 🤧

  • @gex2270
    @gex2270 Před 3 lety +246

    i feel like this is actually his daughter

  • @dontads
    @dontads Před 3 lety +88

    What if skull knight’s girl was pregnant like casca and the forbidden magic saved the baby

  • @yodudeyo100
    @yodudeyo100 Před 3 lety +50

    The love story between Guts and Casca is my favorite part of Berserk!

    • @yodudeyo100
      @yodudeyo100 Před 3 lety

      Also are you still watching Yashahime? Are you liking it?

  • @cslack813
    @cslack813 Před 3 lety +29

    That one scene where she says “welcome to elfhelm travelers” feels right out of Lord of The Rings when the fellowship arrives to Galadriel’s domain.

  • @ShepherdsCreek
    @ShepherdsCreek Před 3 lety +93

    I really like this theory. The only other possibility I can see is that danaan is like the sk version of the moonlight boy.

  • @theduxabides9274
    @theduxabides9274 Před 3 lety +113

    9:46 "It's just a theory, a BERSERK THEORY"

  • @shadowschilda
    @shadowschilda Před 3 lety +67

    Its pretty obvious to me the taboo was penetrating the vortex to pull out skullknight and bind his soul to the current armor he wears. Messing with the eclipse is a sure way to place a target on your back.

    • @badmannj
      @badmannj Před rokem

      Which would be why Griffith saw her as a threat that needed to be killed.

  • @gusgusingpintor186
    @gusgusingpintor186 Před 3 lety +129

    My theory is King Gaiseric and Void was once warlord who dreamed of conquering the world. Void could've been his right hand or adviser. Then when it was time to conquer Elfheim King Gaiseric fell in love with the elf queen which made him changed and forgets his dreams of conquer. Void didn't approved of this and something happened and Void was tortured as punishment. Because of this he sacrificed Gaiseric's kingdom or army to become a God hand.

    • @post-leftluddite
      @post-leftluddite Před 2 lety +13

      It has to mirror the guts/Griffith relationship somehow

    • @gusgusingpintor186
      @gusgusingpintor186 Před 2 lety +11

      @@post-leftluddite it does, but Guts is Gaiseric while Void is Griffith where they both started with the same ambition of world conquest. But then Gaiseric having fallen in love with the elf queen destroyed that ambition for Void so he sacrificed everything.

    • @katharsis3283
      @katharsis3283 Před 2 lety +10

      I really think that's probable since there's also the fact that flora was banished from Elfheim for performing a taboo. I'm pretty sure that taboo has to connect to Skull Knight and the Elf Queen somehow. Which would not only explain how tf is Skull Knight is still even alive after that event, why Skull Knight has a connection to Elfheim, the taboo Flora performed, who's Void and why theres a link between him and Gaiseric, and finally explains how Gaiseric's kingdom just vanished. Really think that we're onto something here.

    • @KhepriX
      @KhepriX Před rokem

      The only problem is that you can't sacrifice someone else's people.
      Void can't make a sacrifice because it is not his people to sacrifice, unless, he was actually Giseric and the true story was lost to time.

    • @tannerfishalow4238
      @tannerfishalow4238 Před rokem +1

      @@KhepriX I don’t think he is gaiseric I think he is the original creator of the Holy See’s and was propaganda for the idea of evil

  • @rendyriansyah1022
    @rendyriansyah1022 Před 3 lety +27

    I like the idea of ressurection of danann. but i think after she had ressurected, she no longer have her human memories and SK think it'd be better that way bcs of the terrible memories of the eclipse just like casca experienced? So that's why he told guts about regaining casca's memories "what you wish for, may not be what she wishes for" because in his case SK had chosen to not regaining danann's human memories

    • @ernestoag4101
      @ernestoag4101 Před 5 měsíci

      This theory is actually one of the more grounded and believable ones, one day we shall know for sure

  • @HollowKonpaku
    @HollowKonpaku Před 3 lety +68

    THANK YOU for saying Berserk is a love story! It is so important!!!!!!!!
    I feel like the REASON that the newer anime adaptations and movies have failed is that they didn’t nurture and build Casca and Guts’ relationship from all their manga scenes and chose instead to hurry to the “action” cause they thought that’s what the fans wanted.
    They are wrong. If I wanted to watch an action big sword guy series then I’d watch shounen.

    • @Jason-ty4dl
      @Jason-ty4dl Před 3 lety +7

      I think Berserk is a character focused series which includes a love story but that’s not the only thing it is. It’s a very character focused series.

    • @HollowKonpaku
      @HollowKonpaku Před 3 lety +4

      @@Jason-ty4dl Agreed. Romance is definitely not the only aspect. Though I think it drove the initial conflict to a breaking point for The Griffith-Guts-Casca dynamic.

    • @Jason-ty4dl
      @Jason-ty4dl Před 3 lety +4

      @@HollowKonpaku I think love is just one of the aspects that pushes the plot of the series but it all comes down to the characters and how their actions have influenced their lives that they live. Each character has their own worldview and philosophy which drives them to their dream.

    • @stefanocremonini2656
      @stefanocremonini2656 Před 2 lety +2

      For me is Both a Dark fantasy,a psycology Thriller and a love story.

  • @MSSBy
    @MSSBy Před 3 lety +190

    Imagine if guts choosing not to fight anymore breaks the cycle of causality

    • @jojomp_459
      @jojomp_459 Před 3 lety +42

      Ngl that's just boring haha

    • @ken948
      @ken948 Před 3 lety +65

      And then Guts’ team meets up with Rickert’s squad and live happily ever after, the good ending

    • @wedoliveinasocietydowenot
      @wedoliveinasocietydowenot Před 3 lety +41

      @@ken948 I wouldn't mind that, they went through enough shit.

    • @agamemnonofmycenae5258
      @agamemnonofmycenae5258 Před 3 lety +42

      If Guts decides not to fight anymore, he will die.
      That's the whole point of the story, since the first arc.

    • @MSSBy
      @MSSBy Před 3 lety +7

      @@agamemnonofmycenae5258 thats what makes it so surprising, whatever breaks the 'loop'

  • @justlikeyourfathersaid
    @justlikeyourfathersaid Před rokem +10

    SK definitely has emotions of some kind, in the tower of conviction he went out of his way to save luka and spend time talking to her and leave her in a safe spot

  • @jomeinavarro1920
    @jomeinavarro1920 Před 3 lety +18

    Skullknight called Dannan man because she is "One of the boys".

  • @thevalkyrijafriendsshow5955

    Fun fact about Fey, Titania is referred to as the king, I would assume they were actually being quite true to Fey mythology

    • @grandsome1
      @grandsome1 Před 3 lety +9

      I heard than it was common for female rulers to not use "queen" but the title "king" instead just to make sure everyone knew who was in charge. It's only later on that the word "queen" was associated with authority.

  • @wackyswacky1374
    @wackyswacky1374 Před 3 lety +81

    It's possible the Berserker King and his Queen both died during Void's Eclipse and their souls were actually sucked into the hell vortex, but Flora, unable to accept this horrible reality, tried to bring them back in whatever way she could. Their souls were gone, but their bodies were recovered, and from them Flora took the hatred, rage, and desire for vengeance that lingered in the Berserker armor of the King and transferred that energy into the Skull Knight armor, becoming an entity of pure vengeance. And from the Queen's lifeless body Flora created what we now see as Danann.

    • @redblade5556
      @redblade5556 Před 2 lety +13

      or just Danann being their daughter.

    • @post-leftluddite
      @post-leftluddite Před 2 lety

      How could Dannan be the ruler of Elfhem if she is a product of a taboo and flora was kicked off the island for that same taboo?

    • @post-leftluddite
      @post-leftluddite Před 2 lety

      @@redblade5556 How could Ghiseric, a human, and his woman, a human, give birth to a non-human?

    • @blackswordsman2988
      @blackswordsman2988 Před 2 lety +6

      @@post-leftluddite Gaiseric could be an elf
      His origins are mysterious AF
      The woman looks like danaan
      Puck said skull knight felt like an elf, and SK also somehow knew that Godot's cave was once occupied by elves and he knew a lot about them in general

    • @redblade5556
      @redblade5556 Před 2 lety

      @@post-leftluddite uhhh...his woman also has elf ears...or if they were both human then Gaiseric's recessive genes can show up in their child...

  • @AndréVilaFranca
    @AndréVilaFranca Před 3 lety +13

    Your theory is very plausable. It makes sense.
    Her mausoleum is right bellow the magic tree which emanates tremendous power and connects worlds. I can see SK's lover soul being sumoned and then born from the tree itself.

  • @th-bt6fn
    @th-bt6fn Před 3 lety +214

    Onlyfans? Let me get my sub bot

  • @bug9193
    @bug9193 Před 3 lety +11

    I think that Floras taboo act was either putting The Skull kings soul into the armor or doing some sort of taboo revival of skull nights wife but the person who is revived isn’t the same person as they were. (Which is a funny little way of showing that nothing forced back will ever be quite the same) OR that Dannan is her sister or something

  • @samsschool3639
    @samsschool3639 Před 3 lety +22

    My ultimate Theory: Skull Knight will become the ultimate evil at the end, replacing the god hand and becoming the god middle finger to all berserk fans

  • @shiranuiprestonsaga8867
    @shiranuiprestonsaga8867 Před 3 lety +68

    Biggest plot twist in Berserk Danaan is a man.

    • @samuelbekele3601
      @samuelbekele3601 Před 3 lety +6

      Another plot twist... The demonic infant is a girl but takes on a male form due to Griffith. The sex hasn't really been revealed yet.

    • @anlockcharacter1104
      @anlockcharacter1104 Před 3 lety +10

      no Danaan is Donovan

    • @keith8880
      @keith8880 Před 3 lety +9

      @@anlockcharacter1104 No, Casca was Donovan in drag this whole time.

    • @anlockcharacter1104
      @anlockcharacter1104 Před 3 lety +3

      @@keith8880 man, Donovan should be the main character not the lame guts

    • @huntercheadle2679
      @huntercheadle2679 Před 3 lety

      Miura would have definitely played with my emotions yet again

  • @Superman-mn1qp
    @Superman-mn1qp Před 3 lety +16

    Reminds me of davy jones and calypso's relationship in pirates of the Caribbean.

  • @yoshituna0
    @yoshituna0 Před 3 lety +12

    I had a similar theory that the "taboo" committed was somehow using the energy of the spirit tree/elfhelm to preserve the lover, or merge with them and reincarnate, however they are no longer the same person, just being used as a vessel. Taboo for the same reason as you suggested, and explains why that location is both the grave/resting point of the lover, and Danaan's appearance. I just think the assumption that the taboo committed was binding SK's soul/whatever to the armor is possibly a little too obvious, and might be intentionally misleading.

    • @wsp233
      @wsp233 Před 3 lety +4

      To preserve Priestess unborn child- Dannan.

  • @jacobfreeman5444
    @jacobfreeman5444 Před 3 lety +9

    I think Skull knight underplays his own feelings because it is too painful otherwise. He lost everything. All that heartache has wrung him dry. Emotionally so exhausted he is just running on fumes. His poetic talk is just his way of conveying that his grief is so complete it has comsummed all he was. He just goes through the motions. Because all he feels is this deep need to mourn. Revenge for her and his kingdom...it is just the excuse he gives himself to keep putting one foot in front of the other instead of just letting himself just drift away.

  • @scottclay9005
    @scottclay9005 Před 3 lety +8

    The Berserk's armor is a cursed item. When you wear it, its Od incessantly fuels your battle lust and drowns out everything else, making you go berserk.In Guts' case, those feelings are represented by the Beast of Darkness, so the armor took on that shape. , when we first saw the Berserk's armor its helmet was shaped like a skull. That tells us that for Gaiseric, those feelings were represented that way. It doesn't necessarily mean he had "an inner beast" just like Guts, though. It could just be a way to represent his fighting spirit.

  • @pyramidion5911
    @pyramidion5911 Před 3 lety +8

    I cant wait to find out in ten years

  • @Mendouja
    @Mendouja Před 3 lety +6

    I went to subscribe only to find out I’m already subscribed. Much love bro keep doing what you do. Love the videos

  • @gusgrau3594
    @gusgrau3594 Před 3 lety +5

    With the recent chapters, Berserk seems to be more about the story of Skull Knight, and guts & co. Are side characters/just told from their perspective.
    In most stories side characters are like fish, that can not jump out of the water, but main characters ( plot armor) can do things that are usually impossible to do.
    SK saved Guts & Casca. To prevent history from repeating itself.
    We see a giant city, one empire similar to the one 1000 years ago.
    SK sword can cut through space and time. We’ve seen it cut through space, but I wonder if the time aspect will occur. With every 216 years a Kbehelet becomes active.
    What would spawn if a city of humans AND apostals were sacrificed including a god hand member? ( As Griffith is the first GH member to have a physical body.)

  • @RosesBottom
    @RosesBottom Před 3 lety +11

    So the other day I was washing dishes listening to your berserk manga analysis on repeat when a thought passed my mind. I have a real up the balls theory about skull knight. And it's my headcannon that the reason he first referred to the flower storm monarch as king was because HE was the previous king of elfhell. Oh yeah now we're cooking. The legend of king giser something states he was a man from foreign land who came out of nowhere. Hmm a magical hidden island perhaps? And his armour seemed very unique and would be difficult to be crafted by a human...maybe it was made by DWARVES HMM? And the reason he is knowledgable about magic and the like is that while growing up on elfhell he had close ties with the mages since he was the king of the elves? Then remember when puck mentioned skull knight felt like an ELF when he first met him? HMMM?!?!?!?? Tin foil hat type shit but to me it adds up. Also the army raised out of nowhere? POWERFUL MAGIC PERHAPS?
    This sounds crazy but remember this, it has never been OFFICIALLY stated king geysuckrock was a human specifically. Afterall, why would a normal human warrior/king know about elfhell? HMM?!?!?!

    • @MK-vi2cm
      @MK-vi2cm Před 2 lety +1

      That is such a solid theory

  • @jojothermidor
    @jojothermidor Před 3 lety +10

    I wonder if Guts will defeat Griffith and then just walk away, again.

  • @jefflight8188
    @jefflight8188 Před rokem +1

    I love this guy's videos damnn just binging through your theories and they're entertaining and just as also accurate

  • @Abdul-to8ue
    @Abdul-to8ue Před 3 lety +8

    On Danann being referred to as King, it is probably one of those cases of king being used in the gender neutral sense. In European history (mostly in central and easten europe like Hungary, Poland, Ukraine etc.) there have been instances of female Kings. It was down to there being no (blah blah. Some medieval legal stuff) for a queen to be a ruling monarch, so the woman was crowned as a king instead.
    There’s also examples of these terms of rank being used in the gender neutral sense in other writings and fiction. Some Daedric Princes (masculine term) often having female voices and bodies, and being generally female-presenting; Nocturnal, Azura etc

  • @lorddevilfish5868
    @lorddevilfish5868 Před 3 lety +5

    I think of ghosts as disembodied dreams connected to the physical world which is why they are so unpredictable and strange acting with little limits and reason.

  • @kubz3407
    @kubz3407 Před 3 lety +2

    8:32 this could be why skull knight says “your wish may not be her wish” he could be speaking from experience

  • @mihirlavande
    @mihirlavande Před 3 lety +9

    Dress as Donovan and I'll consider it.

  • @Dnzjsjdk
    @Dnzjsjdk Před 3 lety +25

    In geek myth the goddess flora brought someone back to life using roses.

  • @anthonycrayne2835
    @anthonycrayne2835 Před 3 lety +4

    Nice theory man. Eager to see what happens in the next episode of Berk

  • @BUFFEATER-lp8zk
    @BUFFEATER-lp8zk Před 3 lety +69

    Feel no shame about shape
    Weather changes their phrase
    Even mother will show you another way
    So put your glasses on
    Nothing will be wrong
    There's no blame, there's no fame
    It's up to you the first words should be finded
    Whatever hold you back I can, I can get it off
    Tell me what, tell me what, tell me what you want
    I don't know why, don't know why, don't know why you afraid
    Tell me what, tell me what, tell me what you say
    I don't know why, don't know why, too late, it's too late
    Have no fear for real, it's just a turning wheel
    Once you start up, there's no other way
    Don't put your eyes on boots, step forward your roots
    There's no aid, there's no trade it belongs to you
    Before you miss something given
    You should know what's the truth
    I can, I can make it out…

  • @Shin-pd2wk
    @Shin-pd2wk Před 3 lety +14

    i feel like this theory works for where we are in berserk

  • @simonzedigger3948
    @simonzedigger3948 Před 3 lety +12

    bad news
    i just caught up reading berserk and now i’m in pain again

  • @lazarlemajic4926
    @lazarlemajic4926 Před 3 lety +49

    Skull Knight theory: He is the world's first and biggest simp.

    • @PP-kx9ec
      @PP-kx9ec Před 3 lety +8

      Well yeah he even donated his soul

    • @rickostern7860
      @rickostern7860 Před 3 lety +4

      @@PP-kx9ec sounds like dark souls

    • @roxazzino3115
      @roxazzino3115 Před 3 lety

      @@rickostern7860 who are u referring to?

    • @umk5135
      @umk5135 Před 2 lety

      For her? You know I'd do the same for a bhaddie

  • @thicclegendfeep4050
    @thicclegendfeep4050 Před 3 lety +2

    Ryan coming out with another bangr

  • @SonsOfHllor
    @SonsOfHllor Před 3 lety +4

    Now we will never know the truth

  • @fslayer1290
    @fslayer1290 Před 3 lety +2

    I’ve for a time thought Skull Knight to be a revenant, a corporeal spirit remaining only for vengeance. Jason Voorhees would be another example. Thanks for this fun vid. 😊

  • @rubynhood1881
    @rubynhood1881 Před 3 lety +7

    Maybe Danann is just like Peekaf. Anyone thought of that?

    • @Jeremyhughes86
      @Jeremyhughes86 Před 3 lety

      I had mused to myself on occasion... wondering what-if the fairy tale of King Gaiseric, and the story about Peekaf, both refer to the same person. after all, to Puck, SK felt similar to an elf. yet he is in a dwarven armor. so I considered two possibilities. first, he felt elf like to Puck because while crafted by a dwarf, the armor come from his home land. it felt like an elf, cause the armor came from Skellig. though then, there is the possibility he felt like a elf, because whatever was left of him was transferred into, and bound to his armor...and he was in life at least partly of elven decent, or...healed... as Peekaf was in life and as such was, in part of elven nature.

  • @thesheerwoodcrow5465
    @thesheerwoodcrow5465 Před 3 lety +7

    I think for the title of flower storm monarch “king” in this instance is neutral. It can be a man or a woman.

  • @jesusestrella6855
    @jesusestrella6855 Před 3 lety +1

    Damn that cut deep 8:44

  • @cloudbloom
    @cloudbloom Před 3 lety +6

    I really liked the calcium-chan parts of this chapter

    • @Sadeness99
      @Sadeness99 Před 2 lety

      Yo where can I get that guts pic

  • @lambdaweaponscache5394
    @lambdaweaponscache5394 Před 3 lety +1

    Your theories are amazing man. I love listening to your videos while drawing. Thank you

  • @GamerStyle808
    @GamerStyle808 Před 3 lety +2

    Dude your intro is FIRE!

  • @_MintArcade
    @_MintArcade Před 3 lety +3

    Impressive theory, my version is a little bit different, assuming that his lover is a high status priestess/witch she should have an elf with her (a powerful one) i believe in light of their final moment of the eclipse out of desperation Flora fuses the priestess soul with her elf and that explains why she has 2 forms, and i think Flora's situation in the eclipse is somewhat like Rickert, just that in SK time Flora found out sooner

  • @joshnevin6269
    @joshnevin6269 Před 3 lety +1

    I like how you really think about manga story's like this like contemplating and putting piece of BLAME! made me really think deep about manga stays I can usually guess the whole arc from a few chapters and really deep diving lol

  • @ericschuller908
    @ericschuller908 Před 3 lety +1

    Compared to many others, this is a sound theory. And you can't deny the look those two have, with SK peering deep into her eyes. The way that he stands there, you can tell he once would have held her tight and never let go. Now he cannot feel as he once did.

  • @ramirofranco9349
    @ramirofranco9349 Před 3 lety +3

    Dude I still have that Zodd song stuck in my head

  • @dariousdark846
    @dariousdark846 Před 3 lety +2

    Very good theory, you explained what i was thinking 😀

  • @kinkytater8818
    @kinkytater8818 Před 3 lety +2

    I thought that I've gone mad coz I'm hearing the song guts theme in the background but it was really there

  • @berkkarsi
    @berkkarsi Před 2 lety +1

    Its weird how someone as terrifying war-torn as Skull Knight is casually standing right next to magical fairy-like elves

  • @elijahbrooks1472
    @elijahbrooks1472 Před 3 lety +3

    I just got into this series last week by watching the 2016 Berserk and honestly the 3D style they went for wasn’t that bad. Dub ain’t bad either. And so far my favorite characters are Guts, skeleton knight and Gut’s friends

  • @MidoriTaka
    @MidoriTaka Před rokem

    You have a good take on what a ghost is. I have also liked the theory that it’s the spirit or “disembodied being” and they longer because they cannot disobjectify with this corporeal realm

  • @dantederi5062
    @dantederi5062 Před 3 lety +1

    I think it's poetic that Miura died at the turning point, with the arrival of moonlight boy and the decision Guts have to make

  • @a-zfan3229
    @a-zfan3229 Před 3 lety +1

    Danann coming back as a newish sort of person has parallels to Potato Casca

  • @exiaR2x78
    @exiaR2x78 Před 3 lety +1

    Notice SK's lovers pendent on her necklace is an elf, maybe she was half elf or something and Danann is her elf form or maybe half sister

  • @lowgs4659
    @lowgs4659 Před 3 lety

    thank you ryan i have been saying this since the new chapters release and all my homies been clowning me for it

  • @O1OO1O1
    @O1OO1O1 Před rokem

    5:20 Your understanding of "ghosts" is accurate. Though people also see "souls," though they aren't ghosts. They also see other... Things. Not unlike Berserk, it's complicated.

  • @grasseson.mp4238
    @grasseson.mp4238 Před 3 lety +1

    The connection with chichi was incredibly fitting and I never thought about it, great job as always

  • @ugabuga2586
    @ugabuga2586 Před 2 lety

    bruh that subscriber segue was too smooth...

  • @post-leftluddite
    @post-leftluddite Před 2 lety +1

    Maybe Shierke's mistress performed the non-evil equivalent of the eclipse

  • @MasterDeroy
    @MasterDeroy Před 3 lety +1

    V gor Vendetta springs to mind

  • @synthe3567
    @synthe3567 Před 2 lety +1

    (ch 365/366 spoilers) if you’re right about the cherry tree being a spirit tree, then it’d make sense why griffith and zodd are at the island: to destroy the final tree and finish the unification of the spirit and physical worlds

  • @keithbecknell6994
    @keithbecknell6994 Před 3 lety +1

    I think Danann is Skull Knight's daughter. I think her birth and/or conception was Geiseric's great sin that the sage Void called him out on. Maybe her birth being kept a secret and the sage Void with his big mouth was fucking that up. You should make a video about that theory. Please like this comment if you would atleast consider it.

  • @hasanwallah7015
    @hasanwallah7015 Před 3 lety

    Really admire your work and content Ryan

  • @blamog2782
    @blamog2782 Před 3 lety +1

    The existence of real life Ryan implies there is a fake Ryan that’s all I’m saying

  • @commonsense3017
    @commonsense3017 Před 3 lety +1

    I’m starting to think Flora was the one who killed the previous Godhand.

  • @GAMEPRO24X
    @GAMEPRO24X Před 3 lety

    5:17 Kingdom Hearst 2 Secret Boxx "The lingering Will" its not until birth by sleep is when you find out that bosses backstory and it aligned to your theory about how you view ghosts as not as people but a remnant of an emotion. an emotion so strong it willed itself to remain. In alot of ghost stories the same principle applies, a spirit with regrets or a feeling so strong that it remained behind after the soul passes.

  • @M.W.2
    @M.W.2 Před 3 lety +1

    Genius theory, but for me dadan being an hybrid and the daughter of the cherry priest and skull knight is more likely. Because of their talk on how she would like for him to stay on the island with her, while he's struck in the quest for vengeance and won't settle down and enjoy life anymore. Also if we consider the spiral concept of casualty, guts son is a character so important and game changing for the plot that it would've strange if had no incarnation in the previous cycle and the twist would be that just how dadan became a child of the positive astral plain, so did guts son but on the demonic spectrum

    • @whirlwind872
      @whirlwind872 Před 3 lety +2

      The spiral point is a good one.. it would make sense for there to be a parallel with SK having a child. Why does Danan look identical to SK's lover tho?

    • @M.W.2
      @M.W.2 Před 3 lety

      @@whirlwind872 because she the daughter of SK and his lover

  • @warriorboltz8817
    @warriorboltz8817 Před 3 lety +7

    TIN FOIL HAT THEORY: what if Danaan is SK’s daughter?
    So his lover in his memories is clearly human, and Danaan is clearly some sort of elf, but what was SK? I think that SK was a dark elf when he was alive as King Gaiseric. Let me explain.
    In chapter 355, Danaan gives Casca a dress to wear, and saying “it’s beautiful. You look like some dark elf princess.” This quote brings something in mind. Danaan only says this line after she puts on the dress on Casca, implying that Casca doesn’t just look like one naturally, but the dress makes her look like one. This shows two things: Dark elves wear clothes similar to humans, and Danaan knows what a Dark elf looks like. Normal Elves like puck don’t wear clothes, which means dark elves may look more human as to something similar to Danaan.
    Now let’s look at king giaseric. All that we know from him is that he came from an unknown land who ruled an empire before his downfall. We also never get to see his face. Now it’s proven that SK is king giaseric, as it was shown in chapter 362 and everyone, even Slan calls him “majesty” or “king”. Earlier in the chapters, puck mentions how SK gives off some sort of elven magic. This might conclude to that SK’s armor is the one emitting the elven magic, but as shown in chapter 361 and 362 that a dwarf made his armor, not elves, which means that SK’s actual soul is the one emitting the elven magic. And since SK is King giaseric, this would mean his soul would be an elf, and since normal elves aren’t human sized, he couldve only been a dark elf.
    Where does Danaan fit in this though? What if giaseric and his lover already had Danaan before the eclipse, and since she was clearly an elf, maybe she was sent to elfhelm to study magic, and Giaseric knows where the island is because he’s an elf himself. Then the eclipse happens, giaseric turns into SK somehow and SK visits Danaan on the island whenever he can. But in the time span of a 1000 years until the main story takes place, Giaseric’s soul in SK’s body deteriorated slowly until only the grudge of vengeance against the Godhand and remnants of his elven Magic only remain. SK and his daughter become estranged as they slowly begin to drift apart. This is why in chapter 363 when the two meet, they don’t embrace each other like a father and daughter. SK only knows that Danaan was someone important in his life, way too long ago to even remember, so he stares at this unfamiliar yet familiar figure with an emotionless stare.

    • @Malygosblues
      @Malygosblues Před 3 lety

      What if Danaan is SK and his lady's version of Moon Boy? Which makes Moon Boy's appearance at the end of the chapter even more meaningful.

    • @Etticos.
      @Etticos. Před 3 lety

      @@Malygosblues and what if Void shares Danaan’s body with her? Haha jk

    • @Somespideronline
      @Somespideronline Před 3 lety

      @@Etticos. unless....

    • @Malygosblues
      @Malygosblues Před 3 lety +1

      @@Etticos. unless she got a brain under the big poofy hair

  • @Jakosaccount
    @Jakosaccount Před 3 lety

    Been subbed since 300 love this channels original takes

  • @robman2k7
    @robman2k7 Před 3 lety +1

    I knew she had to be skull knights lover. I called it in the last theory video :)

  • @ragyrge
    @ragyrge Před 3 lety

    Great video, lines up pretty well with my own conclusions about that chapter.

  • @horusksa1983
    @horusksa1983 Před rokem

    An observation I noticed is the way she held king gaisec was like casca held guts during the last part of the side story in the PS2 game before she disappears.

  • @PureAwesamness
    @PureAwesamness Před 3 lety +1

    Fun fact: There are historical instances of women ruling as kings for various reasons. For example: Poland's Jadwiga of Anjou was able to rule as king because there was no law stipulating that the king had to be *male*. So, if you fancy, incorporate that into your headcanons.

  • @Zzz-tu3es
    @Zzz-tu3es Před 7 měsíci

    Danan is a supernatural being and an immortal. The skull knight is a supernatural being and an immortal. The lady priestess of the cherry blossoms was a physical manifestation of Danan, who existed long before her. Guts is a physical manifestation of the skull knight as well. These beings exist in the Otherworld, the land of death. They interact with their living forms as immortal versions of them helping them on their journey. To reach the end of cyclical karma which is divine ascension.

  • @TrustMyWhiteVan
    @TrustMyWhiteVan Před 3 lety +2

    I think the taboo flora violated was bringing back skull nights wife as danann. Why else would Miura bring up how similar they look, and that flora violated a taboo in the same chapter. However, skull night would have already been consumed by the armor at that point and is unable to love his wife again. Either that or Dannan is their daughter maybe? I dunno. Just seemed interesting Miura brought up how they look so alike and that flora broke a taboo in the same chap. @RealLifeRyan

  • @yoboyj7678
    @yoboyj7678 Před 2 lety +1

    😭 1y bro, we now have chapter 364 but we lost him.

  • @kayleenilsson3825
    @kayleenilsson3825 Před 3 lety

    Wow very interesting theory man! Never thought of that 😵 I remember I was like this the first couple of years after finding Berserk, coming up with wild theories left and right. Listening to your enthusiasm I almost get jealous, I kinda miss it y'know lol 😤😁 You're very inspiring in that way 😎✊
    And I love the comedy 😁👌

  • @frobro5674
    @frobro5674 Před 2 lety

    Seeing skull knight and danann face to face, knowing what we do know about them, fills me with sadness.

  • @neightneight1280
    @neightneight1280 Před 2 lety

    just goofy enough to justify sticking around for..Sub earned. Berserk is a brilliant remix of SO many influences;
    Escher, Lovecraft, Giger, Bosch, Frazetta, and many Manga cues as well.

  • @JDemry
    @JDemry Před 3 lety +2

    Nice theory. Mine is that skull knight gave into his rage from the death of his lover and allowed the berserker armor to take control. He attacked all creatures friend, foe, animal, human or mystical. The taboo that flora did was she separated skull knights soul from his body. I think skull knights body is inside of the egg it’s the only one I’ve seen if it was a burial practice I’m sure we would have seen more of them. The reason I think flora did it was to save gysrick and allow him to continue his quest for vengeance because the berserker armor was destroying him. The reason that danan looks like sk’s lover is to ensure that should he ever attack indiscriminately again they would have a way to bring him back under control. Plus sk has a sentimental attachment to elfhiem believing that his lover is buried there with Danan as a walking/talking reminder. Also I still believe that slain is sk’s lover I didn’t see her in the sk’s flashback.

    • @blackswordsman2988
      @blackswordsman2988 Před 2 lety

      Ooh I like the theory but a flaw I see in this 1 and every other theory is
      These events must have taken place like 1000 years ago, meaning Gaiseric and Flora were alive back then
      Time passes differently on elfhelm, which is where they were most likely staying at
      For flora to be dying of old age in the spirit tree means that she was kicked for a taboo relatively recently
      And also, ubik Conrad and slan weren't there lmao, the woman could not have been slan cuz she had the brand and in that eclipse void just became the newest godhand member

    • @JDemry
      @JDemry Před 2 lety

      @@blackswordsman2988 i don't recall seeing gasric's wife with a brand. There is nothing in the lore that says only one god hand can be born at a time also remember that once you become a godhand you take on a new form so slain could be gasric's wife. You are correct time passes differently in elfhiem we dont know how much time flora and sk spent searching and fighting the god hand before flora passed away and was kicked from elfhiem also flora should be able to prolong her life through magic.

    • @blackswordsman2988
      @blackswordsman2988 Před 2 lety +1

      @@JDemry ya if it's shown that flora can prolong her life than all these theories could make sense
      Look at chapter 362 again and look at skull knights memory, the woman he sees has a brand on her shoulder

    • @JDemry
      @JDemry Před 2 lety

      @@blackswordsman2988 thank you for pointing that out you have my mind flowing with theories. I can't shake the my slain gasric connection just yet so many questions not enough answer. RIP miura sensai you created a master piece my mind creates twist and turns for this story. Sometimes head canon is crazy insane. I want to see where the story goes before i continue with this slain theory.

    • @blackswordsman2988
      @blackswordsman2988 Před 2 lety

      @@JDemry fr bro and I think void is the wise man from the conviction arc that mozgus talks about

  • @damnation6667
    @damnation6667 Před 3 lety +1

    I honestly think this theory is so good and accurate
    it might just be a fact

  • @kakkacarmenelectra7229

    You are doing God's work

  • @steveslade4531
    @steveslade4531 Před 3 lety

    Very good theories to say the least... i'm definitely looking for ward to the next chapter!

  • @a.r.h9919
    @a.r.h9919 Před 4 měsíci

    It's interesting the parallel of skull knight s eye a being drowned by blood as how guts lost his eye in the eclipse
    This feel like if adapted could be with the subtle yet distant theme of the behelit turning apocalyptic almost when showing the giant brand of sacrifice in flames engulfing the kingdom of gaiseric
    Gaiserics eye filling with blood but not by the claw of an apostle either the berserk armour splinters keeping him together and bleeding to death

  • @DrZayfin
    @DrZayfin Před 3 lety +1

    imma call it now. Guts goes ups to the child and conversas with the moon child. time will change and Griffith will appear/transform. Guts will not be shocked and hug griffith, asking why he did all this. griffith will push off, little scuffle. finally griffith opens up and yells " WHY DID YOU LEAVE ME. I LOVED YOU". Guts will say "i just was trying to be your friend, not subordinate".