Guts the Outcast (Berserk) 

I mentioned this in the description, but the source for the background footage from Skyrim that was used here was taken with permission from LoopyLongPlays. All credit for that goes to them, and the link to that video can be found here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-U2RHSLbg9hA.html&ab_channel=LoopyLongplays Hope you enjoy this video and thanks for watching!

Just when Guts was beginning to have a semblance of happiness, his creator died. Truly the character who has suffered the most

“Throughout my life, the moments, and people who have defined me… they have all been illuminated by sparks.” - Guts

"Struggle. Contend. Endure. For that alone is the sword of one who confronts death. Never forget this." -Skull Knight

"Wonder what's for dinner... tonight". That hit me really hard.. After i finished reading that line for the first time i just stared at the page and nothing else. I realized that no matter how hard your life is, no matter how many hardships you have to endure, at the end of the day, if you have someone waiting for you at home and have a nice worm meal with the people you love i guess life is worth living for 😄.

Guts himself related to that story so much, he listened to it attentively instead of brushing it off as “stupid fantasy”.

“In the end, you must determine what to make of your fury. Whether it is to be the breath that keeps you alive, or the hellfire that consumes you from within.” Guts’ struggle was nothing short of sublime. RIP Miura ❤️

Jill is one of the best characters in Berserk. No, I'm not kidding.

While I want Guts to be happy and know peace, Griffith is still around. Even if it's not for revenge he has to be stopped since he intends to destroy the elf island and anyone who is not under his control. I think Miura wasn't gonna let Guts rest without finishing things with Griffith.

Kentaro Miura would be so proud of this analysis. I had tears in my eyes by the end of it. Berserk truly is one the greatest works of the last 30 years. RIP Miura

I'm so sad that Miura couldn't finish Berserk, but I'm glad it ended so peacefully

Good video, Guts has so much symbolism with this story because he lost everything in a blip. Also interesting Guts relationship with Gambino in there final moments foreshadows Guts life and his relationship with Griffith as well and maybe some future foreshadowing. Guts killing Gambino (Griffith) eventually? After losing everything you have to move on. Rip Miura.

Hey man, I was literally getting off a Berserk binge and this lands before my bedtime. The Laws od Causality work in mysterious ways to keep me from sleeping.

If I still knew how to cry, this video would deserve my tears

This video is great and came at a perfect time. I've been struggling a lot over the past 2 years with betrayals, anger, and unresolved trauma. This week I finally felt able to let it go and move on after enduring for so long. I never related to Guts til this moment. And I think that's really beautiful you helped make that happen!

love the skyrim footage in the background very fitting for the narrrative

Id like to think Berserk has a happy ending.

One of the best written and illustrated stories in history, where it proves to be so much more than Dark Fantasy. Thank you Miura, for creating this masterpiece.

Aleczandxr has blessed us once again

In all my darkest hours I always had berserk to fall back to and the willingness to keep going despite the hardships. Today my pc's hard drive died, I am out nearly $10k right now because of the price of the rig, the price of the games, and the price of all that I have bought in said games over the years. Yet somehow after the raw emotions faded I am left with a feeling like I have in some way been forced to move on. To make changes for the betterment of myself. I've been enjoying combat sports more and more lately and knew I'd have to sacrifice leisure time if I wanted to wholeheartedly pursue that passion. This feels like life decided to take the willpower aspect away and just leave me with only fitness. In a way I'm thankful for that despite everything.

Exactly a month ago I saw this video watched the first 3 minutes paused it went and read berserk finished and now here I am to finish the video 😂

RIP Kentaro Miura.

Really missed your videos on berserk brother

Thank you for this, time to listen to "my brother", "black swordsman" or "blood & guts". This is something that i feel helps all fans get a bit closer to Acceptance if they haven't already.

Damn alex…I thought I was done missing berserk but here you are…making me miss it all over again..(not a bad thing though I adore berserk and your vids)

I always enjoy your analysis. Thank you!

I refuse to accept that it's over.

Berserk video? Less gooo!

I see a Berserk video, i click and get in my feels 😅

Good video I think like peekaf he did realized to late and found what it means to have family after losing them, the difference is that we don’t hear the story afterward for peekaf, although maybe just a fictional fable, maybe Peekaf learns to find piece after the tragedy just like Guts or maybe we see it through him. Finding a new family.

Appreciate the video, struggler

Hope the show goes on

Thoughts on Schierke?

Love

Hello fellow strugglers

great video

immediate click

Bozo test ~

Griffith > Guts

"the struggler will finally be able to rest " that hit me in the feels

I love how everyone in berserk are either mentally, emotionally, or physically traumatized and guts dealing with all of that still chooses to live on despite it. In a way we've all got a little guts in us.

I can’t ever give Miura enough credit for writing a character like guts. For all the times I was low and had the worst times in my life , berserk somewhere reminded me to take action for it no matter how heavy the situation was. Thank you Aleczandxr . Thank you Kentaro Miura

Lost Children is phenomenal. I understand why many like Golden Age the most (it's also excellent, like all of Berserk), but Conviction really is something else. Lost Children in particular. Reading it and its stunningly beautiful ending, "Blue Sky Elf" (my favorite chapter) really is an experience. Almost religious in nature. It strikes that chord in me that nothing else does. "There's no paradise to escape to." Optimism disguised as pessimism. My favorite arc in the greatest story of all time. Great video, man. Miura changed my life forever, and though I'm immensely saddened by his death, I'm happy that more people are slowly becoming aware of Berserk. Silver lining, ya know.

I really like how Schierke represent the light that pulls Guts from his inner demon. It reminds me that no matter how dark it gets a good friend can show you the light

Guts's Theme is unique in that you wouldn't expect how it sounds but unknowingly fits him

Rest In Peace Miura sensei. We each have a little Guts in us.

It's simply incredible how much this piece of fiction has impacted me, no other thing has ever done so at such a high level and so consistently, Miura was simply unmatched. I will love and cherish Berserk until my dying breath.

Rest in Paradise Miura, and thank you Aleczandxr for continuing to celebrate the masterpiece he poured his heart and soul into.

That Skyrim footage was really cool and creative to compliment the mystical forest atmosphere of the Peekaf story.

berserk helped me out of drug fueled PTSD. seeing guts never give up despite going trough literal hell was very inspiring. even if you lose everything dont give up because rebellion against fate is the last possession in those moments

“For the first time he can thank the world for not being as cruel as it could’ve been” It could’ve been more cruel to him?

Lost children is a more important chapter in Berserk than people realize

Been supporting since your "Griffith Did Nothing Wrong" video fam, now this feels like it's come full circle. Thank you so much, and rest in paradise Miura.

Guts and Gintoki. The two best protagonists and very similar too.

"It may not be stylish but...Live." -Hide, Tokyo Ghoul

Aleczander, You are the one who introduced Berserk to me and I can't thank you enough for this. The way you show the tragedy and beauty of Guts' story is the best. And this video is something that I loved to watch especially after the passing of Kentaro Miura. Thanks so much for highlighting Guts, my fictional role model.

A video from you on my favorite character ever? _GG_ I could write an essay on how much I love Miura's work, how it helped me through my worst moments and even helped growing up but _realistically nobody would care_ so I'm just going so say Thank you Miura And thank you Alecxandr _I already know I'm going to love this video_

Emphasizing Lost Children is so important and useful to understanding Guts, because in many ways it represents the depths of his vengeance and despair, paralleling the narrative of Berserk itself arguably reaching its darkest, most distressingly brutal arc. It's exactly because of said darkness that I think the arc is so important to the overarching story, and yet it always feels undervalued from the plot perspective of things because it's basically a stand alone story that doesn't necessarily tie in to the main plotline, and is also so harsh and uncompromising in its violence and tragedy that it almost feels encapsulated in its own thematic tone, somehow even more starkly gritty and jarring than the rest of the manga. That's exactly why I really appreciate this video so much, because you genuinely capture exactly why Lost Children is so poignant and integral to Gut's characterization and overall journey, why it matters as a massive transitional starting phase from the Guts who truly fell almost completely into the void to the one we got to know in the last couple of arc of the story, who had mellowed out and legitimately found a way forward beyond his agony, trauma and vengeance through family, friends and self-realization. It's unbridled in its ultraviolence, but Lost Children clearly had meaning behind why it told the tale it did, and that's what makes it so memorable for me beyond just being an incredible spectacle because of its dynamic battles or extreme impact as a very harsh, dark experience. Comparing the fable of Peekaf to Guts himself instead of just Rosine is inspired, I really think that's a great insight and definitely makes sense in an overarching way, since at that point in the story that's exactly the juncture Guts is at in terms of his development and progression as a person. It's great that this arc managed to grab your attention the way it did mine when I first read Berserk and contemplated it. Something about Lost Children feels so unique while also simultaneously capturing what makes Berserk so beautifully tragic at the same time, in its entirety. Well done as usual for a great video man, and all the best!

Digging the skyrim background.

Damn this makes me want to reread Berserk again. Amazing video as always!!

A new Berserk video by Aleczandxr means it's a very good day. Thank You for this, excellent work as always! R.I.P. Kentaro Miura.

with miura's death in my mind the ending of berserk is guts living in peace with his friends in elfland and eventually bonding with casca again after all that time

So much respect for your content man, whether it's haikyuu, berserk, or anyother manga/anime your analyses are so well thought out and your opinions are always fresh and informed. Many thanks for creating :)

This made me want to both reread Berserk and replay Skyrim.

guts should just apologize to his boyfriend.

I really like Guts because he's really relatable

My favorite video essayist at it again

Guts, like all of us, must find balance between the two sides of himself. Maybe the best revenge is caring for Casca, and trying to live the best life he can. Maybe all of his anger can be channeled into loving those around him. I believe this is still him fighting against Fate because after the eclipse, he was destined to die, and most likely would've descended into darkness. Rebelling against this casual outcome is the epitome of Guts. An integration of the shadow and light within him.

And now he is miserable again..

God, I had forgotten how amazing the art for this series was. Absolutely stunning to look at

AJ Berserk content? Looking forward to this! Lost children is so good🧡🧡

I can’t get through a Berserk analysis without tearing up. Well, I can if I close myself off from it emotionally, but then I can’t appreciate it as much.

I started reading berserk after ignoring my best friends suggestions and reccomendations to do so for years. Needless to say, loved it. I binged it. Finished it in 3 days. Then miura died. Felt like karma tbh. Only after i fell in love with something i ignored did i realise how much of it i would miss. I've read a bunch of manga. Tens of thousands of chapters. Finished Baki yesterday actually. 1267 chapters in 10 days. None come close to berserk. It left a hole in my heart and miura took a part of my soul. "You bear witness to the end of your journey. It is not always a happy thing." Rest in peace, Miura. Hope you found peace in the afterlife if there is one.

The fun thing, Is you could also compare this to Griffith when he lost guts, when he lost all independence, when he lost all of his friends to his own ambition. Side note, and maybe I'm reaching, but isn't it interesting the Griffith was punished in a way that ensured he was reliant on others? Something that was originally his strength turned into his hell as now he was forced to depend on the remains of the band for everything.

I might be at work, but I always got time for an Alexzandxr video, especially a Berserk one! Always love your videos my dude!! Can't wait to watch (well listen) to this while I work! [EDIT] Had to stop every so often to just simply.. enjoy Miura's work as it came on screen. Man was a grand influence on my life whether I was aware of it or not (I look at Ike Fire Emblem in particular) and helped me through so much of my life. I took up dip ink and ink wash as one of my most commonly used mediums in art school because of Berserk and, well, it ended up becoming my favorite traditional medium. I hope you rest well Miura and, if reincarnation and/or the afterlife are real, that they are kind and gentle to you. Thank you for everything.

Even ignoring the amazing story damn does Berserk look beautiful

Well.. since this is the end of Berserk. I'd say Guts and Casca settled down in the magical forest and lived happily ever after. They more than any characters deserve it.

*Guts's theme starts playing* Me : *tears*

RIP.

Miura, the greatest mangaka, created the best protagonist, the best antagonist and the best animanga of all time, and he put his soul and heart in it. Thank you for everything, you can rest now.

ah what a beautiful allegorical implication then, that griffith returns in the final panel crying :)

Wow I can imagine how much harder it is to make a manga video compared to an anime video, but this video was gorgeous. Great use of the panels and how they filled the screen one by one.

Man you try to make me cry, didn't you? Your videos are too good. Thank you.

Don’t ever stop analysing Berserk

Closure. Thank you.

Just re-read 364. Just cried again.

Perfectly fitting for Elden Ring.

Lost Children really does encompass everything that Berserk is about. Even if it never gets's truly finished, the final image of Jill standing under the Cold blue sky seems like a perfect ending to this story.

Your production quality is 🔥

RIP Miura, we don’t deserve the masterpiece you gave us

I’ve been waiting for this video for years😂

HAIIII YAIII FORCESSSSS HAIIIIII YAIII FOOOOORCESS

I love Guts so much.

Honestly I really belive this upcoming Griffith confrontation was to show that Guts changed that an opportunity of the story will present itself where he can let go of his biggest rage... literally. At least thats what I hope would happen.

But Berserk wouldn't be itself, it it didnt shatter all of this in just one frame

I like how you included manga panels instead of anime clips for this video

Damn here we are, Alex. The king is dead, your predictions were right, the series will end unfinished. Honestly one of the most heartbreaking endings to a piece of media I could imagine. I see it hasn't deterred you though. Still making quality content. Cheers.

He struggles no more but we have to go on

Guess I'm crying the rest of the day, your thoughts not only make me enjoy more masterpieces like Berserk but they also help me reflect on my own life, thank you and thanks to Miura that gifted us with such beautiful work.

What if that young fairy like boy grew to be Zodd