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@2010digitalboy / scarletmonochrome keeps telling me that Miura Kentaro is some hardcore lolicon and I take such advice with a lot of salt but after 28 volumes… It’s not just the rape, it’s the shipping.

@2010digitalboy / scarletmonochrome keeps telling me that Miura Kentaro is some hardcore lolicon and I take such advice with a lot of salt but after 28 volumes…

It’s not just the rape, it’s the shipping.

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Often, the best battles are between Bad Guys vs. Bad Guys. You get to enjoy it like a neutral fan watching a tie between great sporting clubs: you don’t particularly care who wins, gets injured, sent off, etc. The bloodier the better. Berserk does this very well here. The new Band of the Hawks, powered by demonic apostles take on the Demon Emperor of Kushan and his own monstrous army. You just can’t go wrong with this.

Often, the best battles are between Bad Guys vs. Bad Guys. You get to enjoy it like a neutral fan watching a tie between great sporting clubs: you don’t particularly care who wins, gets injured, sent off, etc. The bloodier the better.

Berserk does this very well here. The new Band of the Hawks, powered by demonic apostles take on the Demon Emperor of Kushan and his own monstrous army. You just can’t go wrong with this.

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Religion in Berserk: There seems to be a privileging of “pagan” panantheism, wherein witchcraft is actually revelation of God through nature/nature spirits. There is a special disdain for Western Christianity which is portrayed as hypocritical (in this case, Inquisition era witch-hunt references).  “Enemy” or “Barbarian” religions are decidedly Asian however (see image). Buddhism is mentioned by name (which is funny to me). Berserk also falls into the Tolkienist ethnic trap of portraying enemies racially. The Kushans are decidedly Asians/Semitic/Arab. Tolkien famously called Sauron-aligned humans “Easterlings” (Mongol types), and “Southrons” (Moors). The center in this case being a very European “Middle-Earth.” Berserk’s primary setting? Surprise surprise: it’s called “Midland” with a capital called Windham.

Religion in Berserk: There seems to be a privileging of “pagan” panantheism, wherein witchcraft is actually revelation of God through nature/nature spirits. There is a special disdain for Western Christianity which is portrayed as hypocritical (in this case, Inquisition era witch-hunt references). 

“Enemy” or “Barbarian” religions are decidedly Asian however (see image). Buddhism is mentioned by name (which is funny to me). Berserk also falls into the Tolkienist ethnic trap of portraying enemies racially. The Kushans are decidedly Asians/Semitic/Arab.

Tolkien famously called Sauron-aligned humans “Easterlings” (Mongol types), and “Southrons” (Moors). The center in this case being a very European “Middle-Earth.” Berserk’s primary setting? Surprise surprise: it’s called “Midland” with a capital called Windham.

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Berserk Trolls [NSFW] … for one to describe Berserk as awesome, one must find this awesome too? Why? It’s because there’s a whole lot of it. So much nudity and rape that it’s part of what defines this work.  Why do monsters have to be killed? It’s because they kill men, possess animals, eat children, and rape women. Guts kills a LOT of monsters, which implies a lot of rape happened. Yes, a whole lot did after 25 volumes. I’m supposed to be horrified by the rape, so I get to feel good and righteous when Guts hacks the rapists into chunks. Yeah, that’s exactly how I’m supposed to feel… and nothing else! If I feel anything else than horror, repulsion leading to righteous elation and just satisfaction, then I’m just being a dirty perverted sicko. Yes, I’m sure that’s how all this is supposed to work.

Berserk Trolls [NSFW] … for one to describe Berserk as awesome, one must find this awesome too? Why? It’s because there’s a whole lot of it. So much nudity and rape that it’s part of what defines this work. 

Why do monsters have to be killed? It’s because they kill men, possess animals, eat children, and rape women. Guts kills a LOT of monsters, which implies a lot of rape happened. Yes, a whole lot did after 25 volumes.

I’m supposed to be horrified by the rape, so I get to feel good and righteous when Guts hacks the rapists into chunks. Yeah, that’s exactly how I’m supposed to feel… and nothing else! If I feel anything else than horror, repulsion leading to righteous elation and just satisfaction, then I’m just being a dirty perverted sicko.

Yes, I’m sure that’s how all this is supposed to work.

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