I know this may be a noob-ish and offtopic question, but how do you guys know this arc will end in 2-3 episodes? Is this a well known information or pure speculation?
Maybe Skull Knight is not too keen on taking another swipe at Femto just yet after what happen on Ganishka.
Thanks for the info.Yes, he did. Then the assistants "inked" the panels he had drafted, and once they were done he did some final modifications to harmonize their art and make sure everything looked tight.
It's a catch 22 really. Nobody wants them adding ideas that weren't from Miura, but Miura didn't tell Mori every last thing assumedly.
I think the only way this would've felt more "natural" is if they took the details Mori remembered and used them as an outline to build off of, filling in gaps with things it's probably safe to assume would have happened (Skull Knight attacking Griffith, the Gurus doing anything at all, etc.) and making Berserk "their own" in a way.
A nice extra in the volume release would be some commentary from the team about what exactly they knew and how they used that in their depiction, but I don't think we'll get that sort of transparency unfortunately.
I think it's like you've said. By creating this connective tissue that achieves the bare minimum for story cohesion (and even then not always), they end up excluding the possibility of other things happening outside of what we see. It creates head scratching moments like Skull Knight not taking the opportunity to do anything about Griffith even though that seemed like the whole reason he was there. It why I agree that this whole approach just seems really flawed. If they're unwilling to take larger creative liberties to make things feel more coherent, then doing this as a manga in the first place seems wrong.I think the problem is they're doing this anyway (filling in gaps with things they think are safe to assume would have happened). But while they're filling those gaps in ways they believe are as minimally intrusive as possible, it does still end up denaturing the story. As does omitting things. It is indeed a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" situation, and there's no silver bullet for it. But the thing is.... No one forced them to do it like this. And as fans of Kentarou Miura's work, we are entitled (if not duty-bound) to point out that it's a fundamentally flawed endeavor.
Even if Miura was in the drivers seat. What would or could he have done differently this time that we haven’t already seen before?
I know it’s his entire mission to destroy the god hand. But he’d be pretty foolish to go at it like Guts after what happen.
You’re right. Femto was in full control and expecting him him last time.Last time Femto expected him, this time he's got Casca in his arms (hands full, can't counter) and is in an environment he has less control over because he just turned back? And I mean, besides just taking a shot at him, he could have tried to prevent the abduction or something. What's hard to believe is that he came only to not intervene at all.
Was doing nothing the best course of action in your opinion? What will be different next time?
You’re right. Femto was in full control and expecting him him last time.
He could’ve prevented the abduction just like he prevented the death of Casca and Guts during the eclipse. Probably with much less resistance this time even.
Would you mind linking to it? Makes sense to source it directly.Regarding the Armor of the SK, Kurosaki replied on Twitter, apparently the error was not there, but in Episode 363.
Well, it's not the first time for this particular error.
tl;dr, the armor of the SK is still canonically broken.
I'm waiting for a screen of the DM.Would you mind linking to it? Makes sense to source it directly.
It's more complicated. The Volume 41 poster, which was finalized by Studio Gaga after Miura's passing, also showed the spike fixed. So it's not just 363 that's in error.Given that it was consistently fixed until 360, it almost seems like it being broken again for three episodes was the mistake, and Miura fixed it starting in 363. Perhaps whatever model sheet they were using for reference for SK had it broken still, and as a result he's assuming it being fixed in 363 was the error when really it's the other way around?
I don't particularly care either way. I don't expect a grand explanation about the spike being broken, but the back and forth has drawn attention to it. So I just want to know which it's really supposed to be.
Given that it was consistently fixed until 360, it almost seems like it being broken again for three episodes was the mistake, and Miura fixed it starting in 363.
Well originally you had said this was Kurosaki saying this on Twitter, which I took to mean it was publicly confirmed. But now you’ve clarified that it was in a private Twitter conversation, something that can’t be corroborated. A screenshot of a DM from someone we don’t know isn’t exactly solid ground to stand on, I’m afraid. Certainly not enough to say that Miura was the one in the wrong for fixing it and not Studio Gaga in this past episode. Given that SK said he wanted to visit Hanarr in 361 in part to repair his armor, and voila, after Hanarr’s scene the spike is fixed, it seems clear to me what happened.I'm waiting for a screen of the DM.