Berserk: The Beast of Darkness, Explained
The complex layers to Guts' persona are one of the many things that make him such a compelling protagonist in Kentaro Miura’sBerserk. Mediating between emotional extremes, the inner conflict within his psyche exhibits a dichotomy between his desire to heal and reunite with his lover Casca, and his intense desire for revenge against Griffith and his horrific actions during the Eclipse. This wrath and bloodlust has repeatedly taken shape in the corners of Guts' mind at various points inBerserk’sstoryline following the massacre of the Band of Hawk, in the form of a hellish lupine creature that embodies pure malice....