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Schierke: If she keeps her sanity while having such horrible memories
Schierke: It will bring her an enormous pain that we can't imagine.
Schierke: ...Precisely speaking, she rather broke down because she couldn't endure it.
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Farnese: You will be surely able to meet him.
Grail said:Dammit... anybody got that old emoji of Guts sobbing? The Judos just aren't going to cut it.
Aazealh said:Schierke: If she keeps her sanity while having memories of such a horrible experience
Schierke: It will bring her an enormous pain that we can't imagine.
Schierke: ...Precisely speaking, she rather broke down because she couldn't endure it.
Skull Knight: What you wish for may not be what she wishes for.
Schierke: ...I guess this is what he implied.
Cyrus Jong said:Which makes Farnese's speech to the sprite, and by extension to Casca herself, that much more powerful. She may not have suffered to the extent that Casca has, but she understands how it feels to be so afraid that all you can do is cower and hide. And more than that, she also knows that's not the right course of action. Sooner or later, you have to come out of hiding and confront that which you fear.
MrFlibble said:I would have preferred a lot more from the rape flashback itself, considering we've seen a lot of versions of the apostle slaughter flashback already, and only ever Femto from Guts perspective. And it must have been extremely hard for Schierke and Farnese to experience second hand, but in my opinion it gets brushed aside far too brazenly. Not good.
Jaze1618 said:The panel in this episode of Casca's perspective where Guts has been pinned down by the apostles also has a shot of Femto from Casca's perspective. Its the panel immediately before Casca shatters. We see Femto's chin nose and eyes above her looking down at her as shes being held and raped while forced to watch Guts in that scene ...
MrFlibble said:One panel that doesn't even dominate the page, like I said I would have liked to have seen more, even vol 17 has a better version of that scene.
Walter said:I'm with Flibble on this. I was a bit thrown off by how quickly the rape itself was dealt with. Instead of making the physical rape the brutal, visceral experience I thought it would be, Miura emphasized the atmosphere of the Eclipse and the trauma of it. He was economical about it, and gave more weight to the new elements here (Casca's breaking, the heart, and the body's restoration). But looking over everything, I do think the act of the rape itself was de-emphasized as a result. I also think part of my reaction was based on expectation for what the Eclipse would do to Farnese and Schierke (nothing, really). Miura chose to focus on what mattered: The breaking and the reunification of Casca in the same episode.
The more I think about it, the more I love it
Sareth said:I wish I could be as excited about this moment as everyone else, I never really liked Casca’s character so I’m not feeling cathartic about her returning to the story. Episode still looks awesome though.
poirot said:Hi everyone, this is my first post. I've been reading in silence for years all of your ideas, discussions, and of course the manga.
That being said, I'm speechless about this episode. So awesome.
Sareth said:I wish I could be as excited about this moment as everyone else, I never really liked Casca’s character so I’m not feeling cathartic about her returning to the story. Episode still looks awesome though.
Aazealh said:Schierke: If she keeps her sanity while having memories of such a horrible experience
Schierke: It will bring her an enormous pain that we can't imagine.
Schierke: ...Precisely speaking, she rather broke down because she couldn't endure it.
Skull Knight: What you wish for may not be what she wishes for.
Schierke: ...I guess this is what he implied.
Griffith said:I'm so excited and yet anxious with expectations, and the unexpected, because for the first time in a long time I don't really know what to expect out of a character in Berserk. Just "hearing" Casca talk again will be surreal, no matter what she says, and like Griffith after his return I don't necessarily expect her to be like her old self but something new, another iteration.
Fallen97 said:Meaning you are not able to feel empathetic or that you outright dislike Casca as a character in the story? I suppose this is a whole different thread, but still... I'm just curious.