"I must have him............................................... in my army."

[tempestuously]

As I had next to no interest in playing the same ole same ole UST threads last night, Gabi and I marathoned Berserk: The Abridged Series, which is awesome and quite possibly an equal to LittleKuriboh's Yugioh series. I wish there was a CG version this good. Then because the Abridged Series gives the series a happy ending because it's pretty much impossible to parody the sheer horror that is the final episode, we watched the end episode. Part of me wants to pick up the manga, but then part of me opposes extreme nudity and constant rape. Also, I'm not a big fan of Guts, and if Griffith is evil, it's unlikely we're going to be seeing too much of him. But it was still great fun!

I am stalling on cleaning my kitties and then I get to go home for the weekend for Mother's Day. I am still not sure how I feel about visiting my mother's grave for Mother's Day, but I think it's cathartic for my father so I do it anyway.

I should start on my app thingie.

Comments

[zidane.livejournal.com]

I too oppose extreme nudity and constant rape, yet somewhat paradoxically I seriously love the Berserk manga. While the anime is a serviceable representation of the Golden Age arc, it does cut quite a few things out. I did like Guts as a character in the anime, so I don't know if the manga version would make you like him more; it's at that point when he's supposed to be the most likeable, and his fall into darkness and struggle to retain a shred of humanity after the Eclipse is a hefty chunk of the manga.

if Griffith is evil, it's unlikely we're going to be seeing too much of him.

HAHAHAHAHAHA no this is not true at all. Griffith continues to have is own storyline which gets quite a lot of page time in the manga. Moreover, he's not presented as an unstoppable evil terror—there's still grey-and-grey morality going on.

If you can get yourself to stomach it, Berserk is a rewarding manga with multi-faceted characters that have great character arcs (HOLY SHIT FARNESE).

[nayami.livejournal.com]

Do you know where I can get it scanlated? I mean, it's a LOT of volumes. My friend has the series, but I almost never see him, and my library doesn't get it.

[zidane.livejournal.com]

You can read it online at Manga Toshokan (http://www.mangatoshokan.com/series/Berserk/4). "The Guardians of Desire" storyline is pretty bad and in retrospect Guts is horribly out of character.

[yaoikitten.livejournal.com]

Griffiths comes back and all hell breaks loose (again), the manga is awesome!