"Griffith's theme" - Niwashi King

This is the song "Niwashi King" made by Susumu Hirasawa.
Hirasawa composed the music for the Berserk 1997 anime and the Berserk PS2 videogame. Therefore I felt that this song was fitting to be a theme for Griffith, who unfortunately doesn't have one in the anime.

[@idrinkrawmilk554]

The best villain of all fiction

[@kai4344]

johan would like to disagree

[@Dr_Pickle]

@@kai4344 What is Johan from?

[@kiryuchanfan]

Johan🤝griffith🤝aizen 🤝funny valentine

[@kai4344]

@@Dr_Pickle Monster

[@onepiecethegoat4562]

He's the fucking greatest villain.

[@zackshekelstein1034]

behelit is griffith's theme when he was leading guts and the band of the hawk, niwashi king is reborn griffith's theme

[@pinchevulpes]

Falcon of the Millennium Empire

[@djefardeur7958]

He always carried himself like a “god”.

[@jaipandey7142]

Sounds like the world is gonna end and Griffith is Messiah

[@pixelwortel9578]

And guts will be the antichrist

[@jaipandey7142]

@@pixelwortel9578 It would be Ganishka atleast as per the story

[@The_Honored_One_69]

Omii this song sounds like something divine

[@GimmieTheJimmie]

Yeah this track embodies Griffith's whole "Messiah" vibes. Even though we all know the sinister nature that underlies him.

[@filliteast]

Worthy of him

[@DoratTheKiller]

Indeed

[@vapourgaming783]

RIP legend Kentaro Miura you will be greatly missed

[@laserbaby5529]

sounds divine and unholy at the same time

[@ajwadfida2105]

Berserkkkkkkk is backkkkkkkkkk helll yeahhhhhhhhh

[@francisco7600]

This is marvelous :3

[@Dr_Pickle]

With a single swing you sound out the source of the rain,
and with two swings you learn the anger of the sea
With blessings thrice you find lodgings in this world,
and with magic’s aid you fence in the four winds (1)
# Without rest, oh King You will work, oh King
until the garden of humanity has everything it needs
Within a single sleepless night you know this world’s every star,
and with the second dawn you listen to the sunshine’s song
Within the three worlds’ plains you become the father of all, (2)
and with the four pillars you prop up the sky
# Repeat
※ Blow in great amount, oh wind most refreshing
Fill this shirt to bursting, ‘till it billows like a sail
Blow in great amount, oh wind, within the cosmos of the human body (3)
Work on, oh Gardener Without rest, oh King
With the pride of a single ear of rice you adorn yourself,
and with a two-character word you carry out a pious act (4)
With the third step of your stride you discover your own name,
and within the fourth throne I let you catch your breath

[@Dr_Pickle]

(1) Shihou literally means “four directions”, but “four winds” is another possibility. (Alternatively, it could mean both of them at once…)
(2) Perhaps a reference to the Trikaya as well as the Trailokya.
In addition to meaning “three worlds”, sangai can also be translated as “the whole universe (of a billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened” and “past, present and future existences." The Buddhist phrase sangai ruten (三界流転) refers to "the endless cycle of rebirth through the three worlds of past, present, and future existences.”
(3) “Sky” (sora) is the reading given here for the kanji meaning “cosmos” (uchuu).
(4) Kyuusai (救済), perhaps? (The word can be used in both religious and non-religious contexts.) If read as kusai or gusai, it can mean “salvation from suffering based on Buddha’s teachings.”

[@blackhoundrise8431]

Bravo

[@keosopheak3216]

💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

[@blackhoundrise8431]

Come to think of it… Griffith looks like Michael Jackson… 😳…. Nahhhhh… 😳

[@TheExpressionless1]

Gotta be honest, the Berserk/Griffith interpretation of this song is kind of lame compared to the obvious interpretation one would more readily get from it: the beauty and divinity of creation being related through the imagery of a farmer or peasant. The Lord planting the seed if creation if you will.

[@mikeasmussen7548]

The fact that you call the interpretation, that most people who know this song will already readily make, lame, and then proceed to go with something as oversaturated as making it a topic of religion instead, attributing the title of gardener to something incorporeal instead of a human who is so ambitious that he thinks it his right to make and change the world, the garden, to his image.

[@TheExpressionless1]

@@mikeasmussen7548 What do you mean most people, most people who know this song are Hirasawa Susumu fans, japanese fans most likely. It's lame to assume he made this song or the entire concept album it's from (Technique of Relief) about a manga character he hadn't yet had anything to do with. It's on the same level of Persona 5 fans thinking jazz reminds them of the game.

[@ajwadfida2105]

Why does it sound like freaking chinese propaganda song 😑

[@Kutomi1]

LMAO

[@drippinjoe4433]

Its a Griffith Propaganda Song😳

[@atomnum9]

@@drippinjoe4433 nothing happened during the eclipse

[@TheElevenFirst]

@@atomnum9tietnam square 😳

[@averagetej8310]

Maybe if you can understand a little bit japanese you wouldn’t think so