Guts & Griffith - The Driving Force Behind Berserk 

Rest In Peace, Kentaro Miura. An absolute legend whose storytelling transcends and will continue to transcend forever. It’s impossible to put into words how much he touched my life with Berserk and that is also true with countless others around the world. Thank you❤️

To me, I think Guts character profile kinda resembles the good that exists in the bad, and Griffith resembles an evil inside the good. Because how they look is almost a polar opposite of how they feel. kind of like yin and yang

"And evil begins, my boy, when you see people as things." -Terry Pratchett

pretty sure guts is the only thing griffith ever loved. thats. why when guts left he went insane like a heart broken girl friend lmao

And Guts´physical state reflects his life. He lost his left arm (Griffith and Casca), his eye (part of his sanity) and part of his hair turned white (indicating that he´s tired and stressed).

we all felt the friendship and the betrayal 👍

I feel like one the most gut wrenching things about the eclipse, besides the obvious ones, is that no one died with any dignity, except perhaps judeau, and they aren’t simply devoured. It’s not like a predator devouring prey, they’re all torn apart for entertainment and cruelty, and they’re used for psychological damage on their fellows, best see this in pippin we see him fight and defend his friends only to later see him from a distance seemingly unharmed only to realize he was torn to pieces and fit back together just to torment whoever has any hope in seeing him. All the band of the hawk died like tertiary characters which after the golden age arc none felt like, their deaths all felt unfair to their character which they absolutely were and it was completely on purpose. One of the most amazingly crafted moments in all of fantasy.

I think what Miura did better than anyone in this business was create a villain that we all hate for the right reasons. Because usually if you hate a villain its because they suck, but if they are great villains you end up liking them.

The thing I hate most about Berserk is that my name is Donovan in real life 😭

What I Love about Berserk is that when you think that you *finally* figured everything out about a character, yet upon reading for the X th time you change your mind and start doubting *everything* that you thought about before.

That music is so nostalgic.

Guts is such a great protagonist. How rare is it to have such a badass and hardcore protagonist who's essentially death on legs, but is also human, and in some ways even vulnerable.

I think that love is a more accurate word for griffith´s feeling for guts, and I think it´s important saying this, because that makes the true diffrence.

You could say, Griffith, just didn't have the guts.

One thing that I also always thought is this. Griffith never didn't see guts as an equal of sorts. Even though guts never did realize it the fact that he cared for the band of the hawk and wanted to see the group thrive was his dream. Griffith knew this. Also his strength and valor was testimony to his ability being comparable to him. I also do think that the second fight between the two was pivotal to this. As soon as guts won griffith knew that he was his equal...and his true friend. Also this was griffith's ONLY friend. He was the only one he ever felt close to. Despite him saying what he had said he had hoped guts would stay with him forever. But it didn't happen and guts left. The loneliness that griffith must've felt was probably mind boggling. Even during and after the eclipse when he becomes femto he does not kill guts despite having so many chances to. Other apostles and god hands attempt to kill him but griffith doesn't seem to care. I think because deep down inside his twisted mind he still sees guts as his irreplaceable friend. The idea of his friend dying may bother him so much despite his evil nature that the best he decides to do is to leave him alone and let him live as long as he may.

Also, I don't think Griffith is a full-blown psychopath. He feels deep empathy for others' well-being and feelings; as we have seen many times. Following the second attempt on his life, in particular, he asks Guts to spare his comrades this vision of him as a scheming monster. Though his words must be taken with a grain of salt, as the characters in Berserk never truly understand their own thought processes, Griffith knows he would have the unconditional support of his men. But - for their sakes - he wants them to believe in their own just cause. In their leader. This kind of thing has also been historically used as a tool for control, sure - and he utilises this later in the most recent chapters of the manga - but it strikes me more a benefit of these kinds've decisions; and not simply the end goal. Griffith cares. But he also respects individual choice. He doesn't want to force people to follow him. He simply accommodates their decision to lock arms and pursue his dream. He bleeds for them. He suffers for them. And, in turn, they do the same for him. But there is more to Griffith than comradery. And here you hit the nail - he has something that drives him. Something that, for anyone else, would be considered a delusion of grandeur. He wants a kingdom. But for what? Just to have it? A toy to play with and abuse as he sees fit? We can't know for sure. But we CAN know that [[MANGA SPOILERS AHEAD]]... ... ... ... When he DOES get it Griffith is hardly a tyrant. He stops tyrants. He channels the rage of the Apostles. He leaves his citizens happy, his followers appeased. He returns to Charlotte, and takes her in as his wife. He doesn't need to do any of this (as far as we know), and yet he does. He still cares for Guts, and finds himself struggling to restrain his feelings. Even 'bad' actions, like the attempt on Rickert's life, fall into a vague area of "Was HE the one to give the order?" You're right when you say that Griffith is subtle and Nuanced. But you are wrong to imply that he sheds these subtleties and nuances upon his ascension. If anything, we know less now, than he did before. He can take his dream at ANY moment. So what is stopping him? Why save stragglers caught in forests, under the attack of monsters? Why shield the population from Apostles? Why spare Guts, a sacrifice who would no doubt increase Griffith's own potential upon his death? There's a bigger goal at stake than a kingdom. Manga revelations will take years, though, I bet. :P In conclusion - and all that said - Griff DOES have a lot of sociopathic/psychopathic elements, but the man cares. His style of empathy, however, is rooted in psychology and philosophy, rather than superficial emotion. Griff's a thinker. And he thinks he can guide his followers to be more than they are. Whether another huge sacrifice or crazy uprising happens in the future, though, remains to be seen. :P

The amount of respect and sympathy I have for Guts is so unreal. I love you guts from the bottom of my heart.

Best manga???? More like best story ever created

Major spoilers in this comment (you are warned) I also think Femto's rape of Casca was part of a plan to have her return to the physical world and have a physical baby that he could be reborn into, skirting the "rules" preventing the godhand materializing into our plane. Guts was probably intended to die though, so skull knight foiled that plan. Also since Casca was already pregnant, the rape only caused the demon-baby miscarriage, but the kid was still good, helping Guts and Casca. When the baby was "saved" by the Egg of Creation, fate got its way and Femto was able to incorporate its body to grow a new Griffith body, but since it contained portions of the physical Guts+Casca baby there was a flaw introduced (mentioned in the reunion on the field of swords). I bet that comes into play later on. The Od/Astral portion of the demon baby was not seemingly incorporated into Griffith though, seems it was ejected from the body and can manifest to help its parents on Full moons (the disappearing kid). Though if Griffith continues to weaken the walls of reality by destroying the spirit forests, he might show up more. This new manga hiatus is killing me, just when we might get Casca back. I bet Griffith is gonna be attacking Elfheim soon. Maybe a grown up Rickert and the BakiRaka and General watshisname will show up to lend a hand (due to the time difference in Elfheim).

This video opened my eyes about the golden age. But I can't stop to think that not enough people on youtube care about the later chapters of berserk. I would love to see you analyze the later arcs.

Nice work! Berserk is the shit! May Guts carve Griffith a new one!

Guts & Griffith were the driving force behind Berserk? YOU DON'T SAY????

You can really tell Aleczandxr was still finding his own footing while making these videos, nowadays he has developed a much softer, inmersive voice, and he has really stuck out as one of my favorite content creators on the platform, but most importantly, one of the best analysts I've seen on RU-vid

"sacrifice literally anything to protect them" POOR CHOICE OF WORDS MATE. lol

Slightly before the Fantasia Arc, I couldn't help to see Griffith and Guts as the embodiment of the Ying and Yang symbol. Griffith is the Yin : following a bright path with a dark and evil soul. Guts is the Yang : A heart full of goodwill and caring towards his friends taking the darkest and most painful of path.

Isn't it wonderful thinking that these deep, complex and masterful works like Berserk and Hunter x Hunter will probably never get a conclusion? ;____;

People ship these two harder than Naruto and Sasuke

You've spoken so well about berserk ! BERSERK FOR LIFE GREAT VIDEO

Berserk taught me a valuable lesson about friendship. In berserk from the beginning when guts and Griffith meet you can tell that he puts his dream above all, yes he might be very attached to Guts at times but when it came to his dream he valued it more than his friendship with guts. In the real world application I now examine the people I consider my friends very carefully, in the pass I would call people fake who talked behind back or egod infront of girls;but in reality they weren't fake they were true to their selves, I've always known that they've had an ego or they would talk behind people's back to me, I expected them to suppress their personality when it came to me because I was their friend which is wrong. Basically I learned to become more observant of others and to understand people's natures, If I encounter someone who has a personality trait that is toxic i will try not to get to attach to them; Or if I do interact with them I will try to be aware negative flaws

Great work man, I cannot stress that enough

Wow, this was such a great character analysis on the both of them. I would have liked if you touched on the fact when Guts wanted leave, at the end of their duel he basically held Griffith's life in his hands. Further driving the fact he completely lost control of the situation.

You could make the analogy that Guts and Griffith were like the Queen and King on a chessboard. The Queen, Guts, is mighty and thus deserves the sacrifice of pawns on her behalf, but is ultimately expendable if it means victory (Griffith becoming God-Hand) is assured.

Guts & Griffith (along with Himura Kenshin) are my favourite anime characters. The fact that people hold such strong emotions to them, shows the author achieved exactly what he wanted people to feel.

The music from the 90's anime is some of the trippiest weirdly haunting androgynous but fitting sound tracks I've ever heard

That last picture of the band together was the last blow to my heart :,( Berserk is such a great but tragic story. How one man's dream destroyed everyone in his path.

The ending to this video had me tearing up. One of the best moments in the series as a whole was the role reversal in Guts and Griffith's duel. Griffith was calm and composed in their first fight, while Guts was angry and erratic. In their second, Guts was calm and composed, and Griffith was angry and erratic. Just brilliant. :')

well, its was clear that griffith cared about his mercenary band, he prayed for and honoured the death of one of his soldiers, he sold his body so that he can safely expand his army rather than get tribute through more conflict, he choosed to stick by his men even when the nobles were asking to leave casca and guts behind, the biggest thing to note is that his sacrifice was his band which means that he at one point in his existence, he deeply cared ans loved his army and I think that also provides griffith complexity seeing that his character was a conflict between chasing ones purpose to caring about those who get pushed or blown away by the chase. he had to choose a decision on what was more important to him, his dream, or the people who he met and cared for.

Nothing more annoying than when you find out that you have been pronouncing a characters name wrong,

why im crying

I will say this. You nailed it in this video. You bring in what made me a fan of Berserk in the first place.

The effect that the amazing soundtrack has on the tone of the scenes and the story is simply incredible.

This is the video that got me into Berserk

Everybody always calls Griffith spoiled, but he was an orphan who came from nothing. Also, I feel like he sells himself to avoid needless violence. I feel like he was a true protagonist before he lost his humanity during his downfall.

Rewatching your old Berserk videos while I’m finally reading the manga in its entirety for the first time. (Seen the original anime many years ago and personally thought the 2016 one wasn’t nearly as bad as people make it out to be). Just wanted to say how much your channel means to me and I’m sure many others. The choice of media, themes and even music choice…..just about everything you cover is stuff that I’ve already been passionate about. When you released a Xenoblade Chronicles video(my favorite video game of all time…calling it just a video game almost feels insulting to be honest) after using the amazing soundtrack in your videos for years felt long overdue and I was practically brought to tears listening to it because that game means so much to me as well. Thanks for devoting your time to this type of content all these years. You have such an incredible way of capturing the essence of the media you’re covering like few others can. It’s been a joy to listen to through the ups and downs of life, some particularly rough times and some good ones as well.

Brilliant analysis! Thank you so much for sharing. I think you hit the nail on the head in your analysis and exploration of Guts and Griffith, and the importance of their relationship as the driving force in the series. People tend to focus on Guts and Casca, understandably, but it's really Guts relationship with Griffith that's the most important in the story, the relationship that really encapsulates its most pertinent themes and messages. There's deep tragedy infused in both of their characters, and where they started, and how they've ended up.

Such a fucking amazing video, I cannot say that enough. You were spot on my friend!

I still found it funny when Griffith told everyone to wait outside when he went to fight with Guts against Zodd, then he showed up with an entire group of guys with arrows.

I stumbled upon this anime some time ago and was immediately drawn to the characters and story, especially Guts and Griffith's relationship. I finished it utterly floored and needing to see how it all ends but found nothing outside manga. I been meaning to rewatch it and piece things together more and definitely will now - unnecessary after watching this lol. Fantastic job man, was hanging on every word. Thanks.

One of the best if not the best character analysis of Berserk. Incredibly well thought out and put together! Thank you for time making this.

I just discovered your channel tonight, and i've been binging your videos. So awesome seeing such thought and passion put in to these breakdowns of what makes Berserk an amazing narrative

Was rewatching this vid and I have to say @Aleczandxr your narration and delivery have only improved over the years.

That second background song gives me the chills

39 dislikes are from Donovan fans?

I’ve watched several times, and I come away with a new perspective each time. Sign of a great video. Well done👍

Gut's theme is just as lonely as he is...

I still hold Griffith as my all time favorite fictional character, mostly because he reminds me of a very close friend (the intelligent/wise/juvenile part, not the "you don't matter and I will kill you all for my dream" part).

Griffith is one of my top three anime characters. And I will admit I didn't like guts at first. But as he developed more I saw him as an amazing character.

This Manga is so good. So depressing gory real beautiful and heartbreaking when Griffith betrays casca and guts and the hawk. I wish they would really try to adapt this into an anime correctly sometime soon.

amazing to see where berserk is now. guts has grown so much

"I'm throwing away my humanity, Guts!!"

I think the most interesting concept that so far I haven't seen or talked about is how the big three never really talked about the situations arose and how they felt concerning them. Their implicit lack of communication led to the hawks and coincidentally the big three's fates. Ironically enough there choice to not speak about their issues led to their demise in accordance to the fate that befell them. I hope that all makes sense.

If they would just have communicated this wouldn't have happened... Vital lesson here: speak what's on your mind or everyone dies or gets (mind) raped.

Yo, this is my third time watching this vid. I'm so happy how much your channel has grown. Much respect to you bro and I wish I could talk to you in person about this amazing series. 360 is coming our way!

Please...more berserk content

Putting it out there, the scene where guts kill the thugs Griffith paid to kill the nobles they walk back to the ball, they walk back together aside each other, having a friendly chat about how Casca wore a dress. Guts was Griffith friend, Griffith was to busy trying to distance himself from that fact and when talking to Charlotte he spoke he thought but not how felt. Griffith has difficulty understanding his own feelings, and is flawed.

golden age is not just a masterpiece of manga, but of fiction, and I say this as a westerner who hates Japanese manga and anime. this is a perfectly good example of it. Berserk is unique and a work of art in literary world history

A character who has so many layers but the most important one. Happiness.

This was really really insightful and well analysed! Hope your channel grows further!

Depiction of Griffith and Guts as "light" and "dark" characters delivers a real message: Just because someone looks and presents themselves as good, does not mean they are good. Just because someone looks like the devil, does not mean they are bad. It is convoluted and morally confusing. It is brilliant.

I just want to say this was so well done! Thank you for creating this!

Been following berserk since i was a kid. I am still waiting for the next release of the manga that usually gets released every few years or so. Anyways, griffith spoke from his balls and not his mind, and i hope he gets what he deserves.

You're mentioning of Nietzschean philosophy in these videos were what drove me to read his books. Thank you for that.

I might have just found my new favorite youtuber

The moonchild will be the vessel for Gutts after the berserker armor will make his physical body disappear , so his soul will be transformed to the child unlike the skull knight

A true master of his craft, I am so sad right now..........R.I.P Kentaro Miura.

RIP Sensei Miura.

now if only he'd continue the anime in the 1997 animated format. It was soooo freaking awesome and I loved ever second of it.

can you do one on Slan and why she wants guts as a member of god hand or as a demon.

truly, the best breakdown ive seen for this manga. Thank you.

I do like this video. I like the break down. But from my personal perspective. To be perfectly honest and clear. Griffith is the demented and twisted version of Christ Jesus. Everything I heard and saw explained about Griffith was Jesus in reverse. Jesus sacrificed his life for all [people he loved] and attained Kingship or God status (however you want to put it) Griffith sacrificed people who loved him to attain that exact same thing. The one thing that this video leaves out about Griffith that is even more surreal is that the 4 members of the God hand all tricked him since he was a child in chasing their dream to make him one of them. But in the bible while Jesus was on earth he said many times that he did these things and said these things not of his own. That he was not the source of these things.

To see guts as he is now with the king of fairies and so close to resurecting cascas lost mentality, the future choices he'll have to make after is to either give himself a moment with casca and his son or to lead his comrades to further uncharted territory with many more plausible dangers.

Guts is not an evil character. He saw the fires and tortures of Hell and came out as best he could. A man can only take so much pain before he snaps.

the reason why i didnt continue waatching beserk was because of what happened during eclipse, but seeing your take on griffith has convinced me to give it another go lol

Note that the good guy is a total demon and the bad guy is a serene angel.

I think the Golden Age ark WAS better than the original anime in a lot of senses. The fights were turned into opportunities to tell a story, rather than plot devices to further the influence of later exposition. This can be seen in the subtle exchange of words and reaction shots between Guts and Onion Knight (30 man slayer), the battle for Doldrey, the 100-soldier scene and, of course, the Assassination. Golden Age missed out on a lot that the anime (and manga) have to offer, but it executed what it picked with such class and genuine tact that it stands out as my favourite. The Anime, by comparison, though ripe with quiet scenes of deep reflection and understanding, missed out on capitalising on most fight scenes (the exception being Zodd, which was brilliantly done). They're really two different monsters - the anime and the trilogy - but I feel both are very important to truly understand the magic of Berserk. If I were to recommend a friend check the series out, it would be Golden Age > Remastered Anime > 2016 Anime > Manga, in that order. Golden Age hooks you in with its amazing execution, the Remastered 1997 Anime further expands on the depth and narrative you see in Golden Age, the 2016 Anime captures the awe you should feel when looking at Guts in combat (albeit not much else), and the manga takes everything you've learned and slams you with exposition, new story elements, and a much longer plot.

great video i was looking for something to help explain to my parents what berserk is about this is perfect.

They explain in the manga that once you become an apostle, you become hella evil & all the good in you goes away. Hence why before transforming, Griffith lend his hand to Guts when he was falling off the hand in the eclipse but after he just raped Casca in front of Guts to torture him mentally

I finally started getting the collectors edition. It is so worth reading and just feels better holding the books

Secunda...nice touch man!

Guts and Griffith are like two aspects of a single personality thinking of the consequences of his own dreams fulfilled, and to an extent resisting it. Like a man dreaming of a kingdom but not ready to do all the evil acts required to build the vision, and preferring to stay in the forest, but not being able to forget the dream nonetheless... knowing that causality might make him a monster on the way... one doesn't go without the other, the throne is for a human heart who is just willing to protect the whole (Guts) but he will have to resist all the illusions that's going to be created around himself and renounce his personal freedom to assume an image (Griffith)... Griffith is like a Guts fulfilled (the self-empowerment of Guts is comparable to Griffith's definition of a friend, and also Guts "sacrificed" people or more exactly allowed them to get killed to achieve his goals - killing apostles), and Guts, a Griffith that chose to sacrifice himself (but in doing so letting the world be the shit it is, satisfied with only struggling, allowing countless masses to die in pointless wars and in poverty but not willing to take responsibility for it) Or so it seems to me at least - action, or not ? To be or not to be ? When countless people die anyway, why not pile the bodies on the way to collective greatness ? Or just live as you can, knowing there will always be good, fun to be had, friends on the way and worthwhiles lives even in a difficult world ?...

Hey, Aleczandxr! How about a video on the hero's journey in Berserk? I noticed he story so far has several parallels to the cycle, however it is a twisted and perverted version of it. I'd love to see a video analyzing that, and I hope you can bring it into reality. Thanks!

Thanks man , I never leave comment on youtube in general , but for this video I can't thanks you enough, I am a huge fan of berserk. Its the most awesome thing I have ever read and I thought I was the only one seeing berserk true,beauty , thanks a lot

This was a very good analisys, you understood Guts character very well, but what's with '' He understands that he was the cause of the deaths of his friends, and he has no right to avenge them''. Where did you get that from? I read the manga 5 times now and that's not what he thinks. He just decided to swallow his hate for now and focus on bringing Caska somewhere safe (at first) and healing her ( after Skullknight informs him on this possibility). Sure, he says to himself '' I was not part of them anymore, so it's not my obligation to do this. This is a war I declared myself'', that's the thing that comes closer to ''he has no right to avenge them''. But he never took the blame of himself for Griffith's deeds.

"The band of the hawk could never be Griffiths friend because they are his soldiers and they devote their lives to fulfill his ambition.." everyone except Guts..... And The greatest Band of the Hawk member, The true warrior and lord who could have been caving in Zodd's Skull if he hadn't been bullshitted saving Judeau and Casca during the Eclipse. Glorious Pippin you shall not be forgotten! The vision of you in your own Berserk Armour completely caving in the entire upper half of Zodd's body destroying him forever will exist only in my mind but it exists none the less. Hell I reckon (in my head-canon) Pippin could have killed the entire God Hand while Guts watched in awe.

Guts does evil deeds with good intentions. ☯️ Griffith does good deeds with evil intentions.

With all of Guts' trust issues: Did you find his character development as fantastic as I did when he was speaking to Serpico and the captain? About how it's easy to throw your life away when you're alone but the blade grows heavy when there's two? I got shivers when he took a deep breath and agreed to let Shereicke and Farnese into Cascas' dreams alone, and then that speech with the cherry blossoms in the back ground fucking did me right in.

Berserk is a psychological masterpiece. It deals with the manifestation of the ego, shadow, conscious and unconscious. Both characters start at the same point but end up differently. One fight against "fate" while the other blindly accepts "destiny". One gives into his carnal desires at all costs, while the other fights the shadow to remain human and grow as a result. Guts is strong, Griffith is weak. Many of these analysis, never tackle why Griffith so desperately wants his own kingdom. A dream is a distraction from reality. He uses it to cover his own inability, fears, insecurities and giving his life purpose. Everything he says, and does is for this ideal. Unfortunately the ideal is flawed. What's the point of having a kingdom with no one to share it with. Griffiths' dream is hollow. As time passes and his relationship with Guts grows, he begins to realise unconsciously - a kingdom isn't really what he wants, it's friends. Guts accepts this, Griffith does not. Accepting this would force him to face the fact he sacrificed many lives in vain. Griffith avoids his shadow and it grows in power, eventually consuming him becoming femto. Guts, after the eclipse became possessed with an Ideal - revenge. Like Griffith, it was his primary driving force. However, unlike Griffith he accepted his companions who in turn saved him from his own shadow - the beast of darkness. He comes to realise, killing Griffith will not make him any happier, or alleviate his suffering. He then chooses to hold on to the thing that saved him - casca. Throughout the series, we see Guts grow. He carries the scars of his mistakes, but is better for it. Griffith does not, he lives through his persona - the ideal (light) but suffers alone in the darkness (femto). I love this manga.

I love how both sides of guts are mutually exclusive and he will have to let go of one to get the other. His quest for revenge, even though it was doom to fail since he couldn't hurt Femton, provided him with a weapon to slay him. Although he is extraordinarily strong he is barely a match for normal Apostles and a fly to the God hand. All of that changes with the Berserk armor. But he has to feed his rage to the armor to get that power, but if he gives in to his rage then he becomes a threat to Casca and his companions, something he also wants. But on the other hand if he doesn't use his rage, not only will he be denying the power granted by him in the form of a sword embedded with the blood of the demonkind, the only weapon at his disposal that can give him his revenge, his closure. And then he will also lose the physical ability to even hurt the Godhand which the berserk armor provides. It's fascinating how whatever he chooses he will lose one of his reasons to live, and I cant wait till he faces Femton again.

This is outstanding in every way. Words alone can't describe how impressed I am with this. Please... Make more.

You could actually say Guts is somewhat evil I start to question if you can even call him an anti-hero. His desire for revenge had turned him into nearly a complete psychopath since the Black Swordsman arc and it only died down after The Convinction arc. For example early in the series when Guts was on a spree to kill random apostles for revenge. The snake apostle in early chapters had control over a town and anyone that tried to fight back against his minions would end up in the whole town being destroyed. Guts attacks the Snake Baron's men despite knowing this to flush him out even though he already knew what castle the Snake Baron lived in. The end result is the town getting destroyed and people getting killed. Later when he goes after the The Count (the slug apostle that ate Pippin) he meets Vargus and is a complete asshole to him. The same towards Theresia. Even if Guts acted like that as a coping mechanism it still doesn't make his behavior excusable and have no effect on the people he interacts with. We do later see Guts cry after Theresia saying she wants dedicate her life to getting revenge on him but afterwards in the Lost Children arc we see he was willing to kill Jill if it meant he could kill Rosine. In The Convinction arc he was perfectly willing to let thousands of people die if it meant he could save Casca. His obsession with Casca had made him blind and indifferent to everything else going around him. He almost hurt Isidro for losing Casca even though it wasn't his fault and out of his control. Only after the Convinction arc does Guts rage begin to calm down and his psychopathic disappear. I wonder if Guts ever looks back on all the things he did and feel any regret. Even after The Convinction arc Guts was ready to ditch all the nobles that were trapped by familiar tigers. He only saved them because Farnese begged him and told him that her family was among the crowd of people getting slaughter. This started making me wonder if Guts would have even thought about going to the Troll den to save the women and children if Casca and Farnese weren't kidnapped by the Trolls. Because it seems he only saves people by proximity and only if he feels like it. What is more evil than not helping people when you have the power to do so only because you don't care or feel like it.