Episode 378

One day early in my country, I guess? It's still 7 november here.
I just read it... its like they put the previous episode in chatgpt and said, "write what happens next"
let down. I felt like the ending of the last one should at least give an opportunity for some cool hack and slash shots. (long given up on the story itself)
rakshas just feel like a parody of a parody... he used to be quite cool, you know.
Was hyped to see him last episode, but...

maybe im too harsh, ill check it again tomorrow.. been a long day
 
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It's amazing how many pages it takes them to communicate absolutely nothing. The second Guts fake out was fucking insulting and their misunderstanding what happened to Rakshas leads me to believe that they can't even draw intelligent conclusions when they do carefully consult the manga. Not even the stupidest Berserk fan took 341 to mean that he was dead. I'm seriously concerned about what other open and shut events they can spectacularly misunderstand at this point when I really should have been from the start.
 
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They've been playing with Guts' condition like this since ep. 373: he gets up, but he really doesn't, repeat for the next episodes.
It's like the bare minimum they can do to rope people back in thinking the main character is still a factor in a story that has actually left him behind out of cowardice. If fear of writing for him really is motivating this they're doing an even worse thing for his characterization with this bullshit.
 
If fear of writing for him really is motivating this they're doing an even worse thing for his characterization with this bullshit.
At this point I'm 100% sure that even if Guts comes back to his senses, they're still not going to let him talk. It will be even more awkward than these episodes.
 
Did someone slipped something into the coffee i drank before reading this episode? because either i'm under the influence of something or that episode made no freaking sense.

Jokes aside this is painfull to watch so Rakshas ''died'' but he somehow survived, by some reason Rakshas open a gate to Qliphoth how dont ask me, wasnt the astral world already connected to the ''real world'' after the merged? Guts is now depresso expresso again when in last episode he had a raging boner after feeling Rakshas presence...
 
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Sweaty Guts is lying on the floor 3 years irl

I won't be surprised if this is the beginning of the final battle and all God Hand members + Griffith will show up soon. We will have like 3 volumes left and 18-20 chapters (9 years of publication if they don't speed up)

I'm so scared for inevitable Guts vs Griffith confrontation. These cheesy dialogues...
 
Can we at least agree that the artwork did not improve this episode?

I'm so scared for inevitable Guts vs Griffith confrontation. These cheesy dialogues...
Who said anything about dialogue? Perhaps Griffith will be fast asleep, so Guts can hack away for some dialogue-free episodes.
 
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Can we at least agree that the artwork did not improve this episode?
Every time someone makes a YouTube video talking about a new episode I read the comments. Don’t ask me why I subject myself to this. Without fail I have always seen a comment basically saying “the artwork just keeps getting better and better!” As though that is the deciding factor of value that makes each episode memorable and worth revisiting for that individual. It makes me wonder if a bot wrote the comment sometimes.
 
I never thought I'd be dreading the potential emergence of a God Hand member, after so many years waiting for it, but here we are.

Here's my regular list of questions and inconsistencies. There are a lot this time...
  • Rakshas can't fly like this. He sprouted wings to chase them in 341, but that was circumstantial. He doesn't hover like a ghost. He's not a ghost, right?
  • Rakshas' mask exploded from the lower right in 341. Here it's shown having exploded from the upper left. How'd it do that?
  • Why is Rakshas wearing his old mask on his hip? Is it like a signpost for those who don't know this is Rakshas?
  • Why is Rakshas depicted as mixing his human and apostle forms in this episode? The tendrils with hooks is indicative of his apostle form, but the distinct head/shoulders are part of his human form. So which is it...?
  • There is zero chance that Rakshas died from Rickert's blast. If that's the case, why aren't they mass producing rockets to take on Falconia?
  • It's very strange to have the Bakiraka emerge disguised as unmasked humans, when their normal disguise is to cover their faces with masks. But beyond that, standard bakiraka warriors disarming Rakshas feels like too much, to me. They're formidable, sure. But against an apostle it's ... a stretch.
  • Rakshas farts out a miniature Great Wave of the Astral World. Not only is this nonsensical, it should be redundant with the state of the world from back in v34. The world changed that day. There was no exclusionary zone around Kushan territory. And if it WAS limited, then what the hell was Silat talking about in 377 when Roderick asked how their capital city has survived so far?
  • The above also reminds me that we never got clarity on why (nearly all) the elves disappeared when the tree was destroyed. It's yet another indication that the writers may not understand how this important stuff works.
  • Rakshas can't summon a giant tornado (hopefully there's something else happening behind the scenes to explain his "death", his disorientation, the sudden appearance of trolls, and this giant tornado.)
  • Why do the trolls appear to emerge from X-Files like black goo filling up in the streets like sewage?
  • I can't think of any good reason for these trolls to have regional distinctions from the ones we saw back in Enoch.
  • Here's the big one: Why do the Kushan people seem surprised to see trolls here in the city? It's Fantasia, creatures like this exist in the world. This is life now. Why is this suddenly a crisis? Do they not have defenses set up? Then HOW IS THE CITY STILL STANDING?
  • Farnese believes that she can help, so she's running toward the action. Why? If it's something happening deeper in the astral world, then why doesn't she hole up somewhere safe and use her body of light to determine the cause and take action from there, like Schierke would do? What good is running (seemingly) toward Rakshas going to do?
  • Good to know that Serpico didn't lose his feather sword back on the island (it's sort of been disappearing and reappearing ever since).
  • No, Farnese: Just because there are trolls does not mean this is Qliphoth. Trolls were also seen in v34 eating geese when the worlds suddenly merged... Are we to believe Rakshas farted out the Qliphoth?
  • Will Yoni ever run out of apples? Maybe he has his own private barrel of them in his room.
  • The elephants freak out and stampede, running through the walls. Daiba shrieks and says he's lost control of them. Why was he controlling the elephants to begin with...? They aren't pischacha. They're just normal goddamned elephants
  • What happened to Guts' apostle boner from last episode?
 
Looking at all the member berries in this episode, it's clear that they're just going to repeat what happened at Enoch village and the Qliphoth, but with their own bad spin. Sigh. In this episode we got the trolls, so maybe we'll see ogres next, and Skully will make an appearence.
 
This "this will do" Rakshas said in the last pages is maybe suggesting that the one that summoned this mini Qlypoth (Rakshas, Slan, Griffith?) is doing this only to wake Guts up

Or maybe i'm overestimating the Continuation team and this is like "this is enough" to kill the guys in the room

Or maybe i'm just trying to make some sense out of this shit
 
This episode marks a watershed moment for the Continuation. There were discrepancies in it from the very beginning, and as I feared two years ago, these accumulated and compounded over time, resulting in severe, irreconcilable deviations from Miura's vision for the story. But here I feel like we've crossed a boundary. I don't think it's a matter of misunderstanding things anymore; I think they just don't care. Whether they never did or just progressively let go of their qualms, I can't tell.

But it's never been clearer that this is just someone's derivative fiction using Miura's world and characters. Maybe they had good intentions (of which the road to hell is paved) when this started, but I think we've long passed the point where they could be excused or given the benefit of the doubt. Whether it's Mori, Shimada or Kurosaki (the guy actually producing this), they really should be ashamed of themselves for what they're doing to this series. And, incidentally, for blatantly lying to us when they said they would respect Miura's word religiously.

I don't know where we'll go from here, but the outlook is grim.

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About those color illustrations...

I rarely comment about the artwork because, while I don't think it's especially good, it's not what really matters to me. But I want to take a minute here to talk about those color illustrations. As I said earlier, the one for the clear file is not just incoherent with what we know of Rakshas, but with what happens in the episode as well. It's not the first time, and I get that there's an artistic license and all that, but past a certain limit it makes me wonder what the point even is. That said, it's the one in the magazine that really puzzles me because it just looks like shit. Were they going for Monet's style or something? Whatever the reason, I wish they'd focus on quality versus quantity. No one's clamoring for these, so just focus on making a few good ones.

Starting off on the wrong foot

We open with a replay of the previous episode's ending, except... it's quite different. In 377, Rakshas was emerging as his transformed self, towering over the scene. Here he's much smaller, jumps out instantly and flies up to the ceiling. They regularly change things in this way and it's impossible for me to escape the feeling that they're just adjusting things as they go, but without bothering to correct what they've done previously. It's a strange choice as it just make things feel disconnected and inconsistent. The same goes for the notch in Rakshas' mask (from the fight in Falconia) for example, which is now shown here, but wasn't in 377.

Speaking of which, he's still got his original mask stuck around his waist, which still makes no sense. Can't wait to see what that's all about, assuming it amounts to anything at all. You really never know with these guys.

Anyway, Rakshas flies up and seems to float back down. It looks like he's levitating at first glance, but I think he's actually meant to be in the process of slowly falling down and it's just poorly depicted. This is why on page 8 he's shown to be resting on his claws. That's very stupid, by the way. Why use up to ten or more appendages that could serve to fight instead of standing on his feet, like he's always done so far? He could have overwhelmed the opposition if he'd done that. Of course the answer is that they thought it'd look cool for him to be standing on that table like that (it doesn't).

Look how they massacred my boy

Speaking of his fighting prowess, I'm glad that some pseudo-members of the Bakiraka make an appearance, but for them to disarm Rakshas with pocket knives? Really? They didn't just parry his attacks but broke off his claws and were so fast they could jump in front of his attacks as well. Silat himself couldn't do that. This is ridiculous and not at all in line with what his dangerosity should be. This is a case where they should be jumping in as Silat says "no, don't!" and then they get insta-killed without even giving him pause.

Going back to his body, they're done a weird thing where this is essentially a new form for him. It's neither his normal self nor his apostle form that we briefly saw in volume 38. It's some kind of shitty hybrid that does not look cool and is very clearly ineffective given that he is unable to kill anyone. Remember when he transformed in Falconia and casually tore through a roof with a scythe-sized claw? Remember how he was so big they weren't even trying to fight him anymore and just ran away? How flaming oil didn't do shit to him? That's what an apostle is. Can't be stopped, can't be hurt, can barely even be survived very long.

So Rakshas' abilities and skills are changed and lessened to the point of being insulting to his character, but what about his behavior? Well that's even worse. You thought he sprang out by surprise to assassinate the emperor, or maybe Silat? Nope. He doesn't know why he's there, or even who he is at first. The last thing he recalls was being hit by Rickert's rocket in Falconia, and he concludes that he died at that moment. Which means he's now been inexplicably revived and somehow ended up in some random guy's torso. Do I even need to say it makes no sense?

Rakshas didn't die in Falconia

Rakshas was clearly not meant to have died in volume 38. They managed to cut his pursuit short, but he probably didn't even stay down for very long. Again, that's what an apostle is, and he's not any apostle either but one of the big five. The event isn't depicted as being his death, and it also wouldn't make sense narratively, as this isn't how you end such a memorable character. Beyond that, the idea that he could have "died" months before is impossible according to how Berserk's world works. Moments after death, an apostle's soul is taken away and absorbed into hell. This isn't a reversible process; individuality is lost when it occurs.

Even if through some infeasible development his soul were to be transposed to another body, it couldn't possibly look like what happened here anyway, where he just sprouted out of a guy's back. There is simply no way this can work if you follow the simple rules Miura established for the series. By the way, Rakshas is also deprived of his personality. From a devious, quirky villain with his own agenda, who lurks in the shadows and likes to toy with his victims, he's turned into a mindless monster who lashes out randomly and exhibits almost no agency.

Needless to say, even the way he talks is unfaithful to the character. For example, he keeps referring to Silat using the suffix "-sama", even while thinking to himself. In Berserk (the real one), he only said so once, in volume 38, and it was ironic. He was taunting Silat, not showing respect. This is stuff that's obvious to anyone with even a passing understanding of Japanese, so the authors of the Continuation have absolutely no excuse for getting it wrong. And it's the same for every character. It's not just amateurish but feels like they just don't care.

And what to say about the scene itself. This is basically the worst scenario for Rakshas to shine. He's an assassin and likes darkness. Here he's in the open, surrounded, and has no plan. Would he really just make a stand and fight in those circumstances? That was never his style. I could understand if he'd been lured into an unfavorable position by clever opponents, but that's not what happened here and the result is that it just won't make for an interesting fight. This is a really sad end to a character that I really like quite a lot, and I guess a preview of what to expect for the rest of them.

Somehow, the Qliphoth returned

Surrounded by enemies and unwilling to retreat, Rakshas unleashes his true power. No, not his apostle form. Rather he sends out a shockwave that "opens the gate to the astral world", according to Daiba. A tornado forms over the castle where they are, while far away in the city streets, a black fluid appears out of nowhere on the cobblestones, pools up, and then monsters come out from it. Then Farnese says it's the Qliphoth and that those monsters are some sort of trolls. Wow. Where do I even begin. Maybe with the fact that this is total nonsense?

Walter has been likening this to the Great Wave of the Astral World, and to the idea that we're being shown a delayed version of Fantasia. It's not a bad idea, but I think it's much stupider than that. What Rakshas does isn't an imitation of the Great Wave, it's rather modeled on what beherits do when they activate, and specifically on the shockwave Griffith's beherit sent out when it transported everyone to the Eclipse's alternate dimension. The tornado that forms over the castle is (poorly) copied from the one in volume 3, when the Count summons the God Hand (and similarly from the Eclipse in volume 12). This is mixed up with trolls spawning from the Qliphoth in volume 26.

Basically, Rakshas acts like a beherit, but instead of taking people to the God Hand (path of dragons), he summons the Qliphoth to the corporeal world (path of nonsense). And then trolls spawn up from the ground because... well, that's just what happened in the Qliphoth, right? Yeah. I think their thought process was that stupid. And so it doesn't make sense, and I know I say that a lot but they've really outdone themselves here. You see, Miura created all of this stuff smartly, and it all makes sense in the context in which he used it. But that also means you can't just do random shit like that.

It doesn't fucking work like that

The beherits work a very specific way. It can't be reversed (people are transported there, not the other way around), it can't be forced, apostles can't randomly do it, and it can't be randomly applied to the Qliphoth. The level of incomprehension on display is frankly astonishing, an example of which is the way they treat the tornado. It just appears but basically "ends" before reaching where Rakshas is, and then monsters show up all over, even a mile away from it.

The way these magic tornados work is that they encompass the physical space that's taken to the astral world, they're a barrier between the dimensions basically. That's why when the Skull Knight exits the Eclipse, he suddenly zaps into existence from it. In volume 3, we see that the tornado is gaping open as if it's going to swallow the castle, and that's because the space atop its highest tower has been transported elsewhere. This is what it's all about. So the way it's being used in episode 378 simply can't work, and that shows they really just don't understand a thing. It's just not how any of this works.

Same thing for the Qliphoth and those pseudo-trolls being spawned. Slan spawned ogres in the Qliphoth because she's Slan. That's why she likened it to her womb. It wasn't an arbitrary line from her, nor was that meant to be a weird natural phenomenon that monsters just come out from the ground in that place. And the "dark liquid" there was the trolls' blood, because Guts had massacred a hundred of them, it wasn't just some mystery black fluid either. It's so frustrating saying this because it should be obvious to anyone who cares a minimum for the story, and clearly the Continuation team doesn't.

Is the God Hand coming... or is it the gnawers all over again?

Now the obvious thought given what happens is that Slan (or one of her kindred) might be behind this. I mean clearly these guys like to rehash past events, so it would make sense, it's like the lowest possible hanging fruit. And yet... Will they do it? It's clearly Rakshas himself who transposes people manifests the Qliphoth with that shockwave. I wouldn't put it past them to have done it only so that there'd be panic in the city and something for "secondary characters" to fight. But what's the connection between Rakshas and the Qliphoth, you ask? Well there's none whatsoever, but you know what? It's got "darkness" in the name and Rakshas is called a "Night Demon" so it's almost the same thing, right? Right????

I won't pretend to know what they've got planned because at this point we're in an insane asylum, but the above feels completely plausible to me. It really reminds me of the "gnawers" and how they showed up out of nowhere to destroy the island then vanished without explanation. I guess we'll see! By the way, why mutant trolls? It could just be normal trolls, and if they wanted something different, why not Naga, Preta, Karura or whatever other creature out of the Indian folklore? It certainly isn't lacking in that department. Did they copy this design from some discarded doodle of Miura they found? Or did they just want to create their own type of monster? I'd love to have an explanation, but I'm not holding my breath.

To get back to Fantasia for a second, I do want to point out that what happens here is fundamentally incompatible with it in this context. Trolls and all other kinds of creatures should be roaming the whole world right now, and "gateways" to the Qliphoth should be able to be found in every dark corner of the woods, every sinister cellar and so on. I think the Continuation team mostly doesn't care about it and has decided to ignore it, at least for the time being. Do they think Fantasia was a localized event? That'd be very stupid, but who knows at this point. Or they might just treat it as such temporarily for convenience's sake. Or maybe they'll keep pretending it didn't really matter so they can have a big battle between massive armies. After all, they're not even using the arc title anymore.

The Elephant Man

By the way, Daiba's knowledge and level of understanding makes little sense here, and the same goes for Farnese. I guess they've been upgraded to expert magicians for the sake of delivering information to the reader, regardless of their background or personal journeys. Daiba even goes so far as to comment on what an apostle should or shouldn't be able to do. From a guy who used to be the lackey of an apostle – and whose power largely depended on it – that's a bit rich. On that topic, I would be remiss if I didn't mention the gigantic elephants that come crashing through stone walls (how did they even get inside the inner castle???).

Daiba actually refers to them as "demon beasts" in Japanese, which is the kanji used for the Pishacha. So he's not just saying he was controlling these but that they're familiars. I guess the only difference is that before they could stand up and use weapons and now instead they've grown to three times their normal size. Of course this isn't possible, as the Pishacha magic relied on Ganishka's fog. Daiba could be controlling elephants or horses or whatever other animals (that's his specialty), but they wouldn't be "demon beasts". This is again a complete misunderstanding, or at least a serious misuse of the word. It does have a funny side effect though, which is that the famously timorous Isidro (sarcasm) was right to call them monsters.

Side characters reduced to mere shadows of themselves

Where's Rickert now, with his patronizing bullshit about these gentle creatures? Oh that's right, he's actually fighting off a bunch of monsters in hand to hand combat. Yeah that sounds like what he'd do, use a random Kushan sword, not one of his genius inventions. I mean isn't he supposed to have killed Rakshas last time? He should be the one inside that council room, not Silat. Things would already be over!
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By the way I'm convinced they forgot about Erika. Maybe they think she stayed behind with Luka or something. Will they remember her at some point and give her a token appearance? Take your bets!

On the topic of side characters, we see that Yoni's still eating a fucking apple, like seriously? Even as monsters surround them? Is Azan getting drunk too? My god is the Continuation team obtuse. He ate an apple that ONE time. I can't get over this shittification of the characters down to one note stereotypes, it's unbearable. By the way, given that they can't use magic anymore, I guess those kids are all about to die now? Or will their powers come back because "the astral world is here"? Ugh. I don't know which would be worse.

Oh and what of Molda, who's freaking out at her window? Not so cocky anymore, eh? (Hint: that's another character whose personality has been erased) Maybe she's opening the window so she can fly off on her broom, or can she not do it anymore now that it'd be useful?

The reaction shots in general are really quite something in this episode. The guys on page 11 have got to be the best/worse, where they're literally looking puzzled and unimpressed as horrifying monsters come out of the ground in front of them. And then the guy raising his eyebrow is still dumbfounded as his face gets devoured the next page. Talk about keeping a stiff upper lip. The guys on the upper left corner of page 3 are the opposite, full on "youtuber thumbnail face" on display. Someone should tell the team the point isn't to draw silly faces, it's gotta be taken a minimum seriously.

Farnese, Silat & Guts

Anyhow, as far as magicians go, the big thing going on is Farnese running towards "the center of the Od", which is presumably Rakshas, so she can do... what exactly? Cast the formation of the four cardinal points? I mean that's all she learned to do, right? And more importantly, that's probably all the Continuation team can think of. To think that Skellig's master magicians didn't do more than that as their home was annihilated... *sigh*

Farnese runs into monsters which means we get to see Serpico in action for a brief moment, and he's even found his Sylph sword again! Cool I guess? His attack seems too powerful though, like when there's a full moon, except there isn't one here. And he's still not wearing his cloak, apparently he doesn't see the need for it? Well, it's always better than Isidro, who's leisurely taking a stroll apparently.

The episode ends with Silat finally engaging Rakshas, except he's screaming like if Guts were fighting Griffith. Another case of a character having the wrong personality. Of note is that earlier in the episode, we see Roderick telling him to stay calm, like who the fuck are you again? Some foreign ship captain who can't handle a situation like that at all. Add one more ridiculous characterization to the pile. I like Roderick but they really should stop trying to make him into something he's not.

And then there's Guts, of course, heavily sweating as usual. Bonus points this time for him having his back to the window in a panel, and the light on his face in the next, as if he were looking at that window. He looks half-conscious, as if he'd been drugged, but that's meaningless and not worth dwelling on. I've seen some people complain that last episode he was all revved up and so this doesn't make sense, but isn't that par for the course? His face was grotesquely contorted but as I said last time I think he was just supposed to be grinding his teeth because of the Brand. It's true it doesn't make sense, and if Rakshas "unleashed the Qliphoth" he should be feeling it more and not less, but at this point this is maybe the smallest inconsistency of the lot.

I guess the question is what's next? Will Guts wake up? Will Schierke come back? Will Slan show up? Somehow I feel like we might just get a most insipid fight and some more artificial urgency. But who knows in what novel ways the team might tarnish the series.
 
A true continuation of "Berserk's Greatest Hits".

Hm, the past few episodes I decided to mention mostly the positive stuff I see, even if it was only the art getting better (the least important aspect of the continuation).
I guess they made the effort not to copy the trolls' design 1:1. Knowing how they operated the continuation so far I would've assumed they'd choose the old design since it's just Qlipoth again anyway.
I noticed Serpico somehow got the character trait of forgetting things he witnessed already. First the "who are these Kushan people" when they were captured and now "are these creatures trolls?". Perhaps the first one was Roderick now that I think about it but it's not really worth it to look it up as there's no truth behind it anyway. It's not like readers forgot everything after Miura died and since they're continuing the series as "Berserk" I think it should be fine for a reader in volume 43 to be expected to know the basics. If they started it under a completely new name, maybe those explanations had *some* purpose, albeit in a different execution.
What I was really surprised by was that Rakshas didn't know how he got inside the Kushan. I'd have less of a problem if Rakshas awoke somewhere at Griffith's palace and thought he died given that established rules are out for the continuation anyway but this wouldn't make sense in ANY story. If they struggle so much by making sense of Miura's story points then just omit the character's thoughts and dialogue like that and it'd lead to a better experience.
Another thing I wanted to mention about Rakshas: why does his form look so exceptionally fragile? Even his "human" form never looked like that and this is supposedly his apostle form.

artificially delaying Fantasia's arrival here in the Kushan capital
This makes the most sense to me. They didn't know how to start the plot at the "Bakiraka's hideout" and then it was just easier to actually show what Fantasia did to this place, too, suddenly and a few episodes in.
 
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what of Molda, who's freaking out at her window?
I think it is actually intended as fan service.

Will Guts wake up? Will Schierke come back? Will Slan show up?
Or will none of those things happen in the next episodes. At this point I'm guessing Guts and Schierke might continue to simply do zero.

Eventually, Guts has to be able to stand up long enough to end this thing once and for all.

Until that point the now massive Kushan/raka population, almost totally unfazed by world events, could keep these "tense skirmishes" of random characters raging on for a dozen more episodes easily.
 
This is just me tryng to make sense of the nonsense going on with Rakshas, but maybe the continuation teams think that after the Great Wave of the Astral World now Hell is merged with earth (misconception), and therefore when an Apostles die, any member of the God Hand can just decide to pick one at any time and send it back on earth, Dragon ball style with an halo on their head
 
I don't think it's a lack of respect per se. There's a reason they were Miura's assistants and not producing their own manga.

Well they're certainly not respecting what he had established for the story and characters, and Kurosaki was happy to retweet Mori's interview saying he might just be a better artist than him. I don't know about you but that's not my definition of being respectful.

This makes the most sense to me. They didn't know how to start the plot at the "Bakiraka's hideout" and then it was just easier to actually show what Fantasia did to this place, too, suddenly and a few episodes in.

I'm sorry but that doesn't actually make sense. How is it easier to depict this instead of something else? They could have done things differently if they had wanted to.

Or will none of those things happen in the next episodes. At this point I'm guessing Guts and Schierke might continue to simply do zero.

That's what I was implying.

This is just me tryng to make sense of the nonsense going on with Rakshas, but maybe the continuation teams think that after the Great Wave of the Astral World now Hell is merged with earth (misconception), and therefore when an Apostles die, any member of the God Hand can just decide to pick one at any time and send it back on earth, Dragon ball style with an halo on their head

This wouldn't make sense with the fact Rakshas "opens a gate" to the Qliphoth though. Nor would it make sense that a soul having lost its individuality can somehow be extracted and returned. And finally, if it was just his soul, why does he still have his body? Why did he emerge fully formed out of some random guy on the other side of the world from where he was? None of it makes any sense.
 
I'm sorry but that doesn't actually make sense. How is it easier to depict this instead of something else?
I didn't mean that it makes sense for the story (we're way past that point), but I think that's what their thinking process was like. It's much harder to come up with a good solution why the Bakiraka/Kushans were able to "just defend" themselves as it's been presented so far. Only having to act against fantastic beasts a few episodes in gets rid of that problem for them.
It made sense that ignoring the problem for the first few episodes was their thinking process
 
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