Guts: "Hey Griffith, what are you doing?" Girffith: "Just making a cake, but I'm all out of eggs." Guts: "What about this one?" Griffith: "No! Guts stop, that's my Behel-" **crack** And they all lived happily ever after.
What makes the egg interesting that it didn't act on a simple desire on depravity like most apostles. Even Zodd, who is a saner apostle, lives to fight and easily loses himself in a heat of battle despite he is perfectly okay with acting normal. The Egg has a goal, a selfless one, and arguably born from both bitterness of being ignored and out of altruism that it didn't want anyone to have a sad, lonely life it had.
Damn! This dude whom was rejected and forgotten by every one wished for a better world instead of wishing something for himself, like being a king, have power or punish those that rejected him. And because of him the demon child fused with griffith, maybe that fact will be what saves the world. What an interesting character
from his birth, he likely havent known the existence of kings, and likely didnt had chance to grow a desire for power & wealth everyone he knew were all refugees, all of them suffer no less than him; he might even saw those who had rejected him suffered later, so he felt no personal contempt against them, only pity the world to him is ugly and full of suffering, and he only had himself left to love in the end, maybe only a person that at low can harbour such great selflessness
Berserk have one of the most well written storyline and the greatest artworks in manga, it's crazy just how much quality there is in Berserk. A masterpiece, indeed.
im 36 and ive been a hardcore fan since the 90's. half my tattooes including my back are covered in berserk. i extremly appreciate you doing all these breakdowns. this story has consumed and helped define my life and way of thinking... thank you for all your effort breaking the story down for people not as devoted...
Same here fellow struggler, gonna be 37 in July and I've been obsessed with berk since first discovering the anime in 2003/4. Only have the brand tattoo but I would love to get more. Love this channel as well it's awesome
Bright side, you’re you g enough that you MIGHT live long enough to see the end of the next arc. I wouldn’t hold my breathe on seeing the end of the story though. You’d probably have to be born 2 decades from now for that.
@@melvinklark4088 Well yeah, by episode three Pico and Chico died. Their ghosts / spirits bound to some themepark town and being terrorised by a Fox Yokai who tried to separate them.
@@iwannabethekid34xc What molestation? You can't molest the willing. For example in Dragon Maid, Shotaru is being groomed, Pico isn't. As for the CP accusation -they are drawn-.
@@inversenexarus9152 Oh.. I see, you're one of *those people*. What a shame. Listen, pal, you might not see it, but those of us who grew up and developed a conscience and a moral compass to differentiate right from wrong, can clearly see that such animation is a tremendous wicked influence on both Asian and Western culture. It needs to be abolished entirely. I am serious. If I ever, God forbid, gain political authority of any measure, that will be one of my first actions. Because I refuse to let such wicked animated cancer taint those that I would govern responsibly. If you fail to see why this is cancer, I have terrible news for you.
The apostle took form as a Behelit and initially I was very confused. Then, you mentioned that the Egg of the Perfect World acted as a transportation from astral being to the physical world and all of it just makes sense. Behelits serve as tools to grant their owners' wish but the Egg of the Perfect World was willing to erase its existence and become the tool itself, forming a medium for Griffith to realize the better world. Thank you for making me appreciate the story more.
The egg has like an yin-yang phylosophy, he acepts what he understands as evil "the god hand, being an apostle, etc" in order to bring something he understands as good "a new perfect world"
I think it's interesting that while most of the other apostles we see all have an animal associated with them, the Egg Of The Perfect World is just a behelit. No flashy animal-like monster form like Zodd or Rosine. I think that's because the behelit was all the Egg ever knew of the outside world before becoming an apostle.
The Egg of the Perfect World is one of the most sympathetic characters in the story. It's kind of sad to think in universe, he's in the abyssal plain being tormented, given that he didn't sacrifice anyone and just wanted to make the world a better place.
Yeah. I agree with Luca - he may have committed many atrocities but he wasn't evil and was much a victim of circumstance and of the fate the Godhand planned for him. I felt he could have been saved had their been someone to look out for him.
Unlike most apostles, the Egg of the Perfect World was very self-effacing and down on himself, even as an ascended being. Think Charlie Brown, but with tentacles. His perfect world would be Charlie finally kicking for football. 🏈 🌎
let's not even talk about his over the top character and most likely the most important existence for the lore and it even match his looks haha. Miura is crazy
"To make a Secondary World inside which the green sun will be credible, commanding Secondary Belief, will probably require labour and thought, and will certainly demand a special skill, a kind of elvish craft. Few attempt such difficult tasks. But when they are attempted and in any degree accomplished then we have a rare achievement of Art: indeed narrative art, story-making in its primary and most potent mode." - J.R.R. Tolkien
I didn't even have to watch the video to drop the like. I saw "The egg of the perfect world" and thought to myself "how could anyone not think of this as the greatest manga of all time" while smashing that like button.
A big F for my boy The Egg of the perfect world, or as I like to call him: "Nobody" All he wanted was a better world and to everybody to live a better life
Pretty sure the egg isn’t the opposite, just that it was more powerful and instead of taking somebody to the astral plane, it took the entire world to the astral plane.
One thing i enjoy about stories like berserk is that they give you room to think and try to put the pieces together. You are confident the world Miura created is consistent enough that things will make sense if you think about them long enough The same cannot be said about most media out there
Griffith did this to Casca out of jealousy and as a way to get revenge against Guts. No one, not even the Godhand realized that it will have such repercussions as we have seen in the manga. Spoiler alert: The Moonlight Boy is essentially Guts and Casca's child, but reborn in Griffith's body. It affects his judgement and his behaviour to a very small but noticeable extent. I assume that as the manga continues after Miura's passing it will be more fleshed out.
The Egg of the Perfect world transforms those it pierces into their idealized selves they want to be. Mozgus and his men into angels, and the guy worshiping a goat demon god into... a goat demon. What he transforms the into doesn't make them "evil" either. Mozgus and his men stills aw themselves as saviors and the goat demon still saw himself as... a goat demon.
Aww HELLZ YEAH! I had suggested an "Egg of the Perfect World Monster Manual" Idea about a Month or so ago. So I'm going to pretend Causality made you Look, Just BRIEFLY, at the comments... Where you SAW MY COMMENT about this Very Subject! You did NOT recognize it then, BUT The Seed was PLANTED!.. And NOW, HERE is my Reward! Void And Skull knight sure can teach us A LOT! THANKS RYAN! YOU ROCK OUT WITH YOUR DRGONSLAYER OUT!
Despite nobody love and need him he still friendly talk to Luka, and he turn into the most kind Apostle (in a way, he never directly cause other harm) The entire world did such cured to him he chose to sacrifice himself to give a better world... (Well technically all the people who put him in the bottom of the body pit, so it's hard to say)
Im a bit ashamed to admit that I didnt get the Egg of the Perfect World in my first reading. Your analysis helped me look at the whole Arc under a new light, and I learned to appreciate the story so much more.
I've never watched berserk but I've been watching a couple of these vids and the stories and artstyle is just insane. How well animated is the series because I'm not a big manga guy?
Its pretty good in my opinion but its definitely better than the revamp which basically turned the events of the series into 3 movies in some hideous CGI type deal.... BUT even if your not a Manga guy you should read it because even the anime leaves a shitload of story out.
@@brandonperkins6109 yeah I've decided to buy the first volume of the deluxe edition manga Wich is the first 3 volumes getting me up to the start of the golden age arc and see how I like it.
@@justajobro1266 watched the anime and finished the first book, yet to start the second book wich I do have but really keen to start on it. Absolutely love this series.
You know, given how deep the hole that The Egg used to live in was, and how eventually the bodies formed a sea of death at the base of the Tower of Conviction... ....how MANY people died!?
You always seem to post a video right when I need a disconnect. That and I enjoy your editing skills & the berserk images. Thank you for never ceasing to be a badass my good sir.
Can’t wait to get the Egg of the Perfect World, it comes with the Skull Knight statue from *Prime1Studios.* They look so cool, it’s the first big statue I’ve ever bought.
Interesting how the egg of the perfect world has a brand of sacrifice, i wonder if he is treated as an apostle among other apostles or is hunted because of it
Hmmm, now that I think about it, Miyazak the Demon Souls director took inspiration from Berserk as we all know. The Maiden Astrea has a similar philosophy to the Egg Of The Perfect World, both sacrificed their humanity in order to obtain some sort of demonic/apostle power in order to bring good into their current world. The Egg a new perfect world and the Maiden to help the lost forgotten and decrepit.
This really helped make sense of things thank you ! I found it ironic how the living being considered the least human ended up having the most humanity. Also ironic how its good intention of wanting a perfect world provides a pivotal progression for the force of evil that is Femto. I feel that further drives home the point of fate ultimately deciding what happens since you think essentially a free wish to make the world a better place would counter the evil but somehow manages to encourage it.
Something I don’t see is how Griffith and the Egg boy are direct parallels to each other. They both stared at the castle from afar. While the Egg just wanted to be accepted, Griffith wanted to rule. The Egg found a way to “please” all the dead souls while Griffith found his way. They both accepted the terms of losing their humanity bc they were decrepit and dying.
One thing i have pondered about the egg of the perfect world is this, how was he “himself” accepted as a sacrifice? What i mean is this, from the way i understand things a “sacrifice” must be someone, or people of importance to you, you must care about them - hence stripping away your humanity when you sacrifice them. The unnamed man was unloved by society, he merely existed in his hole, getting crushed, waiting to die. The backstory makes me feel like he didnt even love or care for his own existence, therefore how was his sacrifice of himself even accepted? Am i going too deep with this? I probably am lol
I think for him, the conventional rules don't quite apply. You're right that he really had no humanity of his own to strip away. He was a very specific case
Well, for peoples like that, despised, never appreciated, never loved, the only thing that is possibly deemed important is the I and that would be totally worthy sacrifice.
Good content overall. I think the nameless character didn’t have anyone dear to him to sacrifice so he opted to give his own life to be the catalyst for Femto coming back as Griffith in the physical world. Both the egg of the new world and the fetus monster from the astral world fusing to give Griffith his split personalities and affecting the pursuit of demons whenever he’s around
One of the best and only anime I have read and watched. I don't know what I like more the beginning where there are only humans or the world that is under humans and comes to the surface. It is so relatable to why religion exists. Humans more believing in a dream than in reality before them
Would Griffith have a physical body if the Egg didnt swallow the demon fetus? Or would he have a weird specter presence in the physical world only at least at first? Kind of like Voldemort in the first Harry Potter.
RealLifeRyan is real world awesome. I believe in you Ryan. I've noticed you don't know all the secrets of Berserk manga and all manga. You keep it up! Maybe there'll be another one chapter next year. LOL maybe cut back 🍱🍲🍜🍛🍚 thicccccccccccccliferyan what is this guy a scholar or philosopher haha
The Egg is a conflicting character. Like, he wants a better world for everyone, but this gesture which seem compasionate, might be born from hatered towards how the world currently is. It's like- his idea of remaking the world into a better, equal place is right, but born from bad emotions. Also, I take Egg's gesture of swallowing the Demon Featus as it's spark of humanity, the thing all apostles have left in them. It probably saw in this thing itself when it was a human
The perfect world; that beautiful impossibility which we all hope for, but most paths in pursuit of it chosen before run red with the blood of hundreds of millions. The light dangling before dystopia's iron jaws.
The egg itself is the sacrifice for Femto to arrive. He has the sacrifice mark on its tongue too be devoured by the strongest being he could ask for, one of the Godhand himself
Do the ppl that sacrifice themself become a behelit? Berserk needs to get a video game series like dark souls that can deviate a bit to expand on this lore. I know dark souls is basically that and the directors favorite comic is berserk and it inspired the whole dark souls franchise. The anime is great but it’s just an adaptation and not deeper dive into these characters. I think fans would love it.
Hey Ryan! Love the content! I just wanted to comment on a bit of a revelation I had about the God Hand's plan, the need for the cultivation of the darkness of humanity out of necessity to allow Griffith to enter it as a messianic figure, and the "good" that Falconia brings. It's very similar actually to that of Frank Herbert's "Golden Path" and the character Leto The Second; who forced humanities stagnation and had horrible religious acts committed in his name to ensure they not only survive but thrive as a species. Was curious if you made this connection and if not, what your thoughts on it are?
Does this mean that without the Demon Child Femto wouldn't have been able to be reborn? And that The Egg eating the Demon Child was not his own idea but the Law of Causality? BTW kudos, first video I watch from you and I'm definitely watching the rest.
I don't think so. The egg being randomly kind to the demon child and ingesting it couldn't have been part of the Femto plan. I think it's more a random way that the universe balances itself out. The child was corrupted when Femto was created, but also acts as the source of humanity for Griffith when it unexpectedly merges with him during his birth in the physical world. The child was created out of malice, but the kindness of a tragic apostle allowed it to become an agentif compassion within Griffith.
