Griffith Reincarnated: What IS Femto?
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Femto did nothing wrong. Falconia is a paradise.
Read blue lock manga please
@@tsidbanda He really shouldn't, it's trash
@@stevenpeeckford5999 femto is wrong
its factually femuth
femto is wrong
its factually femuth
Just a thought: could it be that the fact that the ritual was incomplete that Femto still has some feelings, precisely for those that haven't been sacrificed?
Yeah I agree, the ones he cared for most were not sacrificed so he's not a full Godhand.
Definitely! There's a sort of cyclical, poetic tone to that interpretation that I really love.
Never thought of this, but I love this idea! Thanks.
Yeah I agree it’s seems fate and causality struck back. In the end everyone has a choice like skill knight did to save Guts and Casca. If you swift things enough maybe fate can change.
Then wouldn’t Void’s transformation be incomplete aswell?
Griffith will always be one of the most intriguing villains to me. So many of his characteristics, such as his drive, ambition, and dreams, are common traits no different than many of us. Miura was able to craft such a human and monstrous villain
People who say he is pure and shallow evil just don't get it.
@@easschung9442 I mean he is evil, and selfish to an extreme. Even if something is "understandable" it need not be "justifiable." He was always a sociopath who was walking the road directly to hell. He is the opposite of the archetype of Jesus. Instead of sacrificing himself for a greater good, he sacrificed others for his ambition and desire. That is a major tenant of evil in every situation. We sympathize with Griffith to a certain degree bc he suffered, but one's suffering does not justify them in committing atrocities in any sense. Griffith being grey is a moral test of discernment on the reader's part imo
@@mrmanju6989 To be fair he has sacrificed alot to get as far as he did but losing a good friend which is something he’s never had and making a fatal mistake that cost him everything one would be hard pressed to sacrifice everyone to achieve something they desired their entire lives.
And it doesn’t help the God’ Hand entities deftly manipulating an already physically and mentally broken man
@@mrmanju6989 well said man
@mr manju honestly most humans in Griffiths position irl would have did the same thing he did
In a way it's a perfect punishment for Griffith casting aside his family and humanity for power but realizing the empty feeling in his heart is because he cast out those closest to him and Is sitting on a lonely throne
He will never realise that. Even after becoming a god. He wanted to surpass them as incarnate himself in the physical plane.
@@thedelordhimselfgokublackmost dedicated hater in anime
Its good thst he's doomed himself to never feeling satisfied.
Yeah "nostalgic warmth" is the key phrase as you said. I think the final chapter makes it very clear that he does care, a part of him is still stuck to his humanity and he can't get rid of it. Doesn't make him forgivable or anything of course, but it does make him more interesting.
Inb4 "can't believe you excuse his actions!!!11!1"
Speak for yourself, Griffith did nothing wrong.
Those are the feelings of the child. That's literally what it translates to
Moonlight child not Griffith
@@tugay199156 yes and because Griffith is now tied to moonlight boy, he too feels the despair
I was convinced Griffith’s lack of emotions would be his utter downfall. I thought by the end of the story Griffith would achieve everything he dreamed of but due to his lack of emotions when he became a God Hand he would never feel fulfilled. This “nostalgic warmth” quote really is interesting and changes all of that.
Can you elaborate on that? In my eyes, I see that quote as proof of a sorta regret. That he achieved what he wanted, yet is still unfulfilled, and desiring the emotional connection that he had with guts and casca
@@ninja13334 there is no regret the moonlight child is the only reason he felt that
@@ninja13334 I see the “nostalgic warmth” quote as proof Griffith can still feel emotion which directly opposes my theory that he would lose due to the lack of feeling I assumed he had. I thought by the end of the series Guts wouldn’t be capable of physically defeating Griffith but by growing closer to others and learning to trust again while Griffith achieves his kingdom yet feels empty inside Guts ultimately wins. I’m not too sure now where the story was heading but it’s interesting to still theorize.
@@josephs.4813 A Theory that I like is that moonlight boy makes Griffith feels emotion, but it's only for a few seconds, and Griffith is Left with this longing feeling
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Under typical circumstances, reincarnated Griffith can no longer feel emotion. However, because Moonlight Child’s body is used as the physical vessel, Griffith feels emotions towards Guts and Casca, especially in the moments of transforming into the child.
Miura has given interviews talking about how the ghost of Casca’s miscarried fetus had a kinship with Griffith when he was taken out of the tower- the physical issues/disabilities, tortured personality and “monstrousness”, and core protectiveness of Guts and Casca. He’d been writing Griffith and that child as being symbolically and emotionally linked for a long time, both as the moonlight boy and the baby ghost. So what Griffith feels are both the child's emotions AND his own. Griffith can NOT run or hide from his humanity, no matter how much he tries to rise completely above it. That's his whole character arc in a nutshell.
I view Moonlight Boy as a persona of Griffith's, one of his fractured personalities manifests by way of causality (in which demon baby is the vassal that reincarnates him). Griffith in Golden Age had three distinct sides to him. The valiant commander, the dark prince, and the child. Now these sides to him have their own forms. His "Griffith" persona, his "Femto" persona, and his child persona as represented by the Moonlight Boy.
This comment makes too much sense to have so few likes🤦🏽♂️👍🏽Not being sarcastic, that all adds right up!
You may be onto something... the moonlight child could be Griffith's "inner-child", so to speak. The innocence he's tried ,and is still trying to repress. The last remnant of Griffith's attachment to Guts and Casca, who he still sees as extensions of himself; people who he cared about, as long as they stayed in his shadow. That's his own twisted way of forming attachments.
At the same time, anything resembling emotions or attachments is a flaw in his eyes. A weakness he wants to eliminate in order to keep moving forward. Even though ,technically, he's achieved his dream already. All he has now is a megolamanical need to keep rising in power. He'll never have enough, no matter how much he gains.
Ya
This tracks…even down to the “temper tantrums” he threw when he didn’t get his way, much like a child.
I really like this idea that the child's feelings are able to somewhat temporarilly unlock Griffith's former feelings pre-Eclipse. What I really love is what you elaborated in the end of the video: that this "unlock" can perhaps cause something of a downfall for Griffith eventually due to Guts.
Just speculating this could be what Zodd was referring to in his prophecy to Guts instead of the eclipse. I prefer if he meant the eclipse as it would make the story better in my opinion.
If Griffith is killed wouldn’t the moonlight boy or their son be killed as well? Could cause conflict between SK and Guts.
Ever noticed that Zodd, Moonlight Knight Locus, Rakshas, and Grunbeld are all variations of Guts? Zodd is the violent, war hungry brute, Grunbeld is a giant who wields a huge weapon in heavy armor, Lucas is a silent, lonely hunter, and Rakshas is a deadly assassin who takes any opportunity to kill his opponents.
Not specifically Guts, but the old Band of the Hawk.
@@adamkoxxlNah, I think he’s on to something. Guts was definitely the guy in those roles. The parallel makes a lot of sense.
Bro literally tried to warn guts but could not because his tongue was cut out. He even saved him from falling off of the God hand pillar. He had a shred of humanity before he started being shown visions
guts means everything to him. guts couldnt see that.
By the way for anyone interested in the potential future of the series: Right now the assistants off Miura have said that the status of the series is up in the air and to be determined.
Has something like this happend before in the manga Industry?
That's actually really good news. if they had a mind to cancel it, they would have by now.
@@munken7673 Not that I'm aware of
@@munken7673 It did happen with the manga Zero No Tsukaima:
"Author Noboru Yamaguchi was planning the end of the light novel series before he passed away due to cancer in 2013. According to MF Bunko J, he dictated the remaining plot of the series, including its ending, from his sickbed and *entrusted it to the editors.*
The editors acknowledged that the publisher has received a steady stream of requests to continue the series from fans, and added that the late novelist's family also expressed their desire *that the series be completed".*
From the Zero no Tsukaima wiki regarding it's conclusion post Yamaguchi's passing.
Depending on wether Miura left any "notes" and ideas for his staff to finish his work they can always continue writing his manga in his stead to allow it to reach the conclusion he always intended.
Glad you found so much depth from the final chapter. It opens up so many possibilities and I think there's no way to know for sure, so it's a tragedy that it has to end like this. But I think you're right about the idea that a part of him is still human, the part attached to the Moonlight Boy who feels that affection for Guts and Casca.
The mistake people make with Griffith is trying to figure out whether he's "good" or "evil". He's neither of those things. He's both. He has other priorities. He's beyond good and evil, that's the whole point of his character.
Yeah he wants his own place… Biblical undertaking….
I do love the idea that the one thing that can effect the all-powerful force of causality is human compassion for one another
Woah! was not expecting a Berserk video, especially on Femto. Thank you for your hard work and creative analysis videos Aleczandxr! I always enjoy them, happy holidays.
My pleasure! Happy holidays mate.
I believe that the point you made about how Griffith's caring makes his actions more evil is an important one. I think it emphasizes the distinction between Griffith being fully "god" or just a human acting like one. If he were a god, I feel like it would be almost instinctual for him to continue to grow his nation, but if he were human, there would be a choice in the matter. If Griffith has no other choice but to continue down this path, is he truly evil? Just as how Ares isn't "evil" for starting wars since that is just his "nature". If we know that he cares, which is essentially a human trait, it emphasizes how he still contains some humanity which means he has a choice in his actions yet continues down this evil path.
This may have just been the point you were making, but I think it was an important one.
Ever since I read the encounter in the hill of swords for the first time I never believed it when Griffith said he feels nothing. I think he just can't accept on a subconscious level that he still feels something for Guts, that even after becoming a god, sacrificing everything for his dream, and arguably even achieving it, that Guts still has that hold over him.
I also haven't read any fan theories but I think the Moonlight Boy is just his subconscious acting out, because despite achieving his dream, deep down he can't accept that it doesn't satisfy him, the only time he ever felt truly happy was with Guts.
Just to clarify I don't mean that in a romantic way, though I can't deny that possibility exists, I don't think it's true and it's another can of worms.
This made me remember about the count , he gave up his emotions too but still cared for his daughter so much he went to hell for her .
@@fabi7953 The count is the key example to me. It’s the one time we’ve seen a behelit be activated without being used.
The way I see it, Griffith retaining some humanity is a direct result of two people living when they probably shouldn’t have.
Either it’s because two sacrifices weren’t sacrificed and this means he’s still got some attachment to them, or it’s because of the moonlight child situation, or a combination of both. The latter is very much a kindness gone wrong, given that the egg apostle was being “kind” to the child, the former would be very on point for the series because the two people who meant something Griffith are the remains of his humanity. I just hope there’s a way to spare the moonlight child.
I dont see nothingness when I look into his eyes, nor do i see a monster. I see a deep void, like a wound deep inside Griffith when i look into his eyes. Something I can relate to, Something i find familiar. I too have dreams I wish to see happen... but i dont want to do good things solely to accomplish my dream.
Love that snow background
Great takes on the final chapter. Feeling nolstagic of ur past life kinda reminds me of the Ants in HxH. Griffith is so beautiful
It was in his Guts video as well
@@justmyopinion79 yeah I know it looks great and fits for berserk
Beautiful video! One of my favourite parts of Griffith is just being able to wonder at where he begins and Femto ends. I've never experienced being able to apply so many different mindsets to a single character. Maybe something similar would've applied to the other Godhand members too.
Also how masterful is it that we actually got an amazing pay-off to the demon child's identity, a character introduced all the way back in 1989???? It was truly an honour to read Berserk, starting my own reread as soon as volume 41 is released!
Once again Alec, keep up the amazing work, you never run out of great insights I like to hear.
Well thanks so much as always and glad you enjoyed it! I also think it opens up interesting interpretations for the Godhand, though we obviously don't know the nature of their sacrifices and the context of their lives - but interesting food for thought regardless.
Femto is the bane of my existence. Happy holidays GOAT!
You too!
Really good analysis. I share your views. This has always been the best and most interesting aspect of Griffith's character as well as the essence of his tragedy. He's incredibly nuanced. He cared before and still does. He cannot escape it no matter how hard he's tried. He wanted to destroy the best there was in him for it was hurting too much, wanted so bad to stop caring and came to despise his friend for making him care, believed attachment held him back. But it was always going to come back in some way and I think the way it was done was beautiful. It does not mean it suddenly makes him "good" or erases what he's done and that's what makes it so painful. It adds to his complexity and the central dynamic of Berserk.
I’ve been reading the Berserk manga now that I got the full collection for Christmas. Once I complete it I’m going to binge all of your Berserk videos.
Hope you enjoy the series! And the videos of course, but you enjoying the series is the most important thing.
A redemption for Griffith would be the ultimate ending.
Redemption? Sorry but after what he did, he crossed to the path of no return.
guts is such a chad he made griffith question his sexuality.
The thing that's "evil" about Griffith is his complete lack of boundaries. The apostles are all the same way. Extreme behaviour, no brakes. Griffith is basically the messiah, but not because he actually cares for other people. Its a performance. Its important to him, but that's the only reason he cares about anything. Its like the old dilemna. Griffith is the embodiement of "Might makes right.". The good is only good because God (or Griffith in this case) ordains it so. Griffith and the other godhand's are all "I will", no boundaries.
If Griffith didn’t care about the band of the hawk then the sacrifice wouldn’t have worked. Granted he cared for them but still they were just a means to an end
It would make sense for Griffith to have remnants of feelings/emotions given the fact that despite sacrificing everyone from the band of the hawk, he still refused to kill the 2 people he cared for the most. Guts and Casca. Even tho the rules for becoming a god hand are clear. Maybe him only sacrificing the band and not guts/casca made his transformation into Themto incomplete in terms of completely removing his feelings/emotions since he couldn’t bring himself to kill them despite the animosity he had towards guts at the time. He may have wanted to hurt Guts, but he clearly didn’t want to kill him. Otherwise he would have as Themto.
He fucked casca
@@serpico2425 True. That thought did cross my mind, but that act was mainly self serving towards the end of making guts suffer. But to the godhand that’s irrelevant. Their requirements are clear. Which is essentially sacrifice anything and everything that you love/are strongly attached to. Which Griffith clearly didn’t do.
He can't kill them its not his place to thats why there his "sacrifices"
@@mcbdllc136 and yet he didn’t let them be sacrificed either. It’s pretty clear that Themto had control over the monsters in some capacity. Otherwise how would you explain that one monster not only not eating guts but stopping at guts arm as if to hold him there so he could watch? Griffith didn’t want guts and casca in particular to die and how the monsters moved reflects that
Good video, that nostalgic warmth comment does add food for thought. My take on Griffith is that he was always torn between his facade (the person he wanted other people to see) and his real persona, subconsciously so. His facade made him think that Guts, by sheer virtue of being in the Band of the Hawk, was not his equal or friend, but he came to be confronted with the harsh reality once Guts left, tearing Griffith's worldview apart. I do not have an answer on whether or not that part of him has carried over to Femto, seeing the final image of 364 leaked without translation I was sure that it did carry over, but after reading it, I'm not so sure anymore. I think he does still feel for Guts and Casca, but whether or not it's due to the Moonlight Child or not, I seriously cannot answer. I want to believe that Griffith still does, but I just do not know.
I find in interesting about “The tear” as Griffith descended into the core, he dropped his last tear and that was supposed to be the end of his humanity, but was it? Being a God hand shouldn’t allow this. But didn’t (what’s her name) didn’t she cry when she saw all the range of human emotions at once “Hate, rage, anger, love, desire, lust, pain” etc. didn’t it move her to tears?
"Last HUMAN tear you will ever shed"
Since he never took off his helmet. Does that mean his helmet is permanently fused with his organic bat skin suit?
I think that The ritual has not finished because Guts and Casca are still alive. And they are represent the past relationships and last bits of humanity of Griffith.And their child also is the key to the human side of Griffith.
I am glad you got around to talking about Berserk again.
I think it makes for a better villian if Griffith still retains vestiges of humanity within him. He cannot be redeemed or forgiven but he can perhaps come to feel regret for what he did and realize that his dream won't leave him fullfilled and those new "Band of the Hawk" that worship him won't replace the original ones that added their dreams to his.
It feels like it could be Griffith is split in two. Femto and the Moonlight Boy. The good side of Griffith’s humanity had to be cut away to somewhere. Maybe Moonlight Boy is the manifestation of his other side.
I wonder if the other members of the godhand dealt with similar vestiges of their humanity over the years?
I don’t Think so since they didn’t get reincarnated
Nope
Honestly, this is the most interesting video you've made in my opinion. I've thought about it but its hard to put into words, and you do it really well. Keep it up!
Thanks!
i dont think griffith had feelings to begin with since 1 owned guts and told him so. everything he did was to his own goal of obtaining a "kingdom" like said just soaring higher and higher like a hawk. man blamed guts for everything dispite him getting captured for treason from his own actions. griffith is still the same griffith he just dint know if he had feelings to begin with and is figuring it out now he is shallow only with a goal in mind. would actually love to see a ending where griffith gets his way he gets everything in this world and there is no place to soar higher a hawk hitting a solid roof. i think this would be the only way to break him. only then will he realise what he has done and actually gave up everything that was so simple yet pure.
Griffith definitely had feelings, as is explicitly confirmed when reflecting about Guts in the cellar and through the fact that the sacrifice worked at all. And also through what he mentioned about the faint stirring in his heart, the nostalgic warmth, and all that I explained in this video.
@@Aleczandxr that's true but the man strikes me as a high functioning psycho with emotional detachement from the start he might have some feelings but he always was goal orianted and even when the man he cared most for wanted to leave it was "if i cant have him no one can" so he had to die.he has feelings but they where already near non or locked away to the point everything was goal driven
You probably won’t see my comment but I’ve always liked your videos. Gives a lot introspection in media I watch or read. Thank you
You’re welcome!
Can't wait to watch this one hope you had a great Christmas dude!
You as well, and hope you enjoy the video!
I wouldnt call it spitballing at all here, i think it calls back to the very beginning of berserk itself when Guts is born and its said "his existence shouldn't be he is a bad omen for a band of mercenaries" and when he is found laying with the wolves he killed the band called him "lucky" and the lucky motif had kind of gone on but was very important early on when griffith found him cutting the axe guy in half through the crack
I wasn’t expecting a berserk video but I’m glad especially with the conflicted news about the future of the series 🙏🏾 Thank you for that friend and Hapoy Holidays to you 🖤🖤🖤
Happy holidays Josh, best wishes!
Once again a beautiful video. In my eyes you have never made a bad video. Keep making hits!
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it! I hope I’ll be able to continue.
I honestly have a love hate relationship with this character although I hate him for what he did at the eclipse he's still one of the most intriguing and complex villains in anime and manga history
It was when Guts decided to leave that Griffith stopped acting logically. Guts thought Griffith would walk again and not really ever again. That's perhaps why he got wings instead. When Guts saves him & breaks down crying, Griffith must've felt enraged or at least confused as to why Guts would leave if he cared that much to begin with. "Why did you leave at all if you cared about my life" & never realized Guts just wanted to earn his place beside Griffith.
It's still not justification for how things played out.
The art style & direction of the story became very mellow and wishy washy that I couldn't see it becoming darker. The author said we'd have a somewhat sad ending, but not really or something bc he didn't want a sad ending.
Griffith still cared for Guts even if it was Guts' child being the reason for that. He did hesitate with killing Guts.
We can't really say Griffith is now Femto or w/e bc it's the same concept as the Solo Leveling protagonist simply becoming one with a godly entity.
The godly entity changes his soul, but it's still the same host.
Guts' child balances his soul out. In the end, it'd be up to Griffith whether he's the good guy or a villain.
From his actions previously, he was still willing to do just about anything to win. He hid his true nature, manipulated the world & caused chaos on purpose to create a reason for him to be ruler of his own kingdom. That's probably 70% into the story's intended length. So, he was still doing the same things up to this point.
Rickert slapped him, but he let Rickert go. That could mean a lot of things. It could mean he doesn't care at all & respects Rickert's decision, but disagrees with it. It could mean the slight opposite in that he somewhat agrees with Rickert's PoV & decided to let him go because of that without arguing with him.
Perhaps the latter is more logical, but it's not likely given all of his actions up to that point. He did seem a bit down at that moment, so perhaps he felt some sort of guilt?
You see, Griffith is perhaps conflicted the entire time - like an ex-wife who took your house in the divorce.
Maybe the author was showing us a realistic scenario through fantasy. Idk.
Also, it's nice to watch your video & see you share a similar nuanced, enlightened take on the matter. I didn't like how you said Griffith is worse for caring & deciding to do evil. It's true in the sense that he's aware of his own evil doings. It's untrue in the sense that he held back & allowed Guts to survive.
It seems wherever you can slap good or evil onto him, there's something a bit more. The author really likes to make us think. Perhaps because our biggest conflicts in life are coming to terms with ourselves and people as we get to know them.
I didn’t say that Griffith is worse for caring. I said that him having the capacity to care *arguably* makes him worse. As in, someone could argue that. Not that that’s the full-on truth.
Griffith is interesting because his crutch is his dream, and he's all on his own. Whereas Guts crutch at one point is another person, Griffith. It's interesting that he's so alone in a way
I think I really needed this
Guts is a glitch in the matrix basically. He defies causality with his survivability. He should have died a long time ago but he didn't. He obstructed fate and now defies it. As we all know a glitch can cause major problems and ruin the program from it's core. Same with Guts. He is breaking Griffitth, the man made a god by making him feel. Otherwise impossible cuz Guts wasn't suppouse to live til then yet he did. Like Gambino said he should have died on that tree but he didn't.
I think reincarnated Griffith and the moonlight boy are two halves of the same coin and Fento is just trying to possesse the body through Griffith but is having trouble because of the moonlight boy.
If you look at the slug count arc as berserk in miniature then you can see that considering the ridiculous power scaling and the like it was likely that at least Griffith's own lingering humanity would be his own undoing whether by self-sabotage or just creating a moment of vulnerability and the moonlight boy speech is an allusion to that
Slug count??
@@justmyopinion79 it's the first part of the story before Guts backstory. To make it short the slug count was practically invincible until his daughter made him have a moment of weakness that allowed Guts to slay him
I just searched femto and this was the first thing uploaded in 4 minutes, very excited to see an analysis of an interesting villain
I just rewatched the whole 1997 anime yesterday night. Amazing to see your video right now
Thank you very much for this video.
I hope you enjoy the holidays!
It was my pleasure, happy holidays to you too!
Thank you, what a beautiful video, was looking forward to a piece of art like this :)
My pleasure, happy you enjoyed.
I'm sure that Griffith is the yin yang himself, you can tell by the characteristics of both Moonlight boy's and Femto's hair color. Moonloght boy and Femto= Griffith. Griffith basically split himself in two when he was reborn.
Griffith should be a L'Oreal advert, look at those luscious locks, I swear he became even more twinky post reincarnation.
This tiny bit of humanity left on Griffith reminds me of how Darth Vader turned to the light at the end...
And also that Miura was a star wars fan due to all the references Puck does, so maybe, something similar would've happened?
i miss your berserk vids so sm. thank you for this video!
You're welcome! Hopefully you caught the Guts one I released a couple of months ago!
Miura's artwork is very soothing.
Okay so if I were to "no really" answer this question, I'd have to say that Griffith cares. This confirms it. People who don't have proper reading comprehension, who are biased or who have a pageful hate boner for Griffith will no doubt disagree, but I don't care. Miura has made it clear since his reincarnation that he is still human, and still cares. And Guts is the core of that like you said.
Only for a short time after
omg I agreed soo much !!!! It was just that Griffith is ALWAYS in denial of his own emotion! Remember that berserk had a lot of influence from Devilman, what is the ending btw Aska and Akira? Does Aska/ Lucifer regret after Akira died ? So the relationship btw Griffith and Guts is the extension of such !
Hey man! I Always liked your videos, and I love your analysis of griffiths thoughts during and after golden age. I think you are correct in thinking that griffith's feelings for guts are not lost yet. And I think that he lies to himself again, like he did when talking to Charlotte in the fountain. He thinks he can't have more feelings inside him, as he thought no members of the band of the hawk were his friends. That is because he never could comprehend his emotions. I love seeing your videos, and hope you well!
I’m doing well thanks, I hope the same for you too!
My theory is that Guts himself is an error in the matrix. Based on the law of causality, he should never have been born in the first place. He was literally born from a dead mother. He was supposed to be dead from the start but somehow managed to survive. Maybe due to his strong will or maybe some other force else made this possible. We don’t know.
But if we propose that his birth and life is some glitch in the matrix, we could be seeing the butterfly effect in full action. Griffith was never supposed to meet Guts and get a new warmer, more empathetic side. He was supposed to lead the Band of the Hawk, start the Eclipse and sacrifice them. He wouldn’t have raped Casca without Guts, Casca would have died in the Eclipse. Casca wouldn’t have given birth to the moonlight child. Griffith wouldn’t have another side with feelings after his reincarnation.
Following this theory, Griffith would have become Femto and reincarnated without any issues, without anyone making him bound to humanity and his former self. Making him completely invulnerable and inhumane.
But Guts birth and life changed stuff. Small changes lead to big changes afterwards lead to Griffith (and therefore the God Hand) having a big invulnerability. Maybe Miuras Message here was to show that even one person can change fate.
As to why Guts was born alive. We don’t know. Maybe Skull Knight. Or maybe there is some counterpart to the idea of evil - the heard of evil - which exists purely to give reason for all the suffering of humanity. Maybe some counterpart - like some good heart - allowed the existence of Guts to give reason for the hope of humanity. I mean saying that some supernatural entity created the God Hand to give reason for humanity suffering implicates that humanity’s collective thoughts and feeling can manifest into some godlike being. So people like Guts with a strong belief in humanity and free will could manifest some counterpart to the idea of evil that could change the law of causality itself.
I always had an idea of how things could end, but I had a few doubts till the last chapter. I once remember someone talking about the final battle of Guts and Griffith would end with them some how cutting the world spiral tree. And that would cut the worlds ties with the astral world and the god hand. Would also be symbolic of Guts cutting ties with Griffith. Although I imagined Griffith being forced to leave the human world and maybe at a last act of compassion leaving his human body to the moonlight child. Afterwards maybe skull knight fights guts for the child who he probably thinks still holds ties with the god hand. Then Gut’s would end the series going blind and struggling do a lot of things, but having Casca and all his friends around him to help this time in his final years.
I also personality believe Femto’s body is actually 3 beings. I don’t believe Femto could have come back without a physical body and before the moonlight boy was a dead fetus wandering through the interstice. I think the egg of the perfect world devoured the baby that was brought into the tower of conviction by that mother. That could have produced his physical body and being a baby would probably be out over taken by Griffith and the Moonlight child.
Although just my dumb theories.
The beginning of the Falcon of the Millenium Empire arc is the peakest of peak fiction.
Perhaps the boy has griffith memories and feelings, and now he feels nostalgic warmth in griffith's place
Griffith is the Anti-Buddha and Guts & Casca are his tethers to humanity. By himself he only knows how to move forward always but with comrades he can relax & rest finally but that rest will feel like a betrayal to him and he doesn't know how to cope with that so he just keeps it moving.
Guts child manifesting only on the full moon make me feel that it's griffith unconscious feeling! As so that on day light, when he is awake, the boy is represented
Maybe old griffith had a child withing that he represented.. he did had a child-like wonder and on some moments, a child's innocence but his dream made him act only towards his dream alone, this child is not necessary for his dream, yet, it's the little human side of him, the side that guts got out!!
(And yes, griffith is still bad for killing his inner child.. and his comrades..)
maybe griffiths humanity isnt gone because the transformation into femto never completed. Two of the sacrifices lived, so a small part of his previous self stays inside him somewhere. The moonlight kid gives that part of him a way out.
Fempto IDEALLY would lack emotion/remorse--yet his final act of betrayal, ridden with petty human-nature, was to defile Casca whilst forcing Guts to watch--would lead to his downfall in a very ironic and deserving manner.
The moonlight boy is completely separate from Griffith/Fempto and has only ever acted as a young child would torwards his parents--protective, loving, and lastly, crying tears of sorrow upon realizing he has to depart from them once again (the final chapter).
*Guts and Casca's true love* for each other, as well as *Griffith's malicious final act of betrayal*, manifested itself into a being that would defy the alleged "fate" the GodHand seem so certain of--taking attributes from his father and actively rendering Griffith more useless and with less control upon each subsequent Full Moon.
Those tears you saw were simply the tears of the moonlight boys carrying over to Fempto's face and possibly, as if from a far-off dream, a moment of residual sadness glossed over Fempto before his cold heart took control. Before reverting into a creature with seemingly no free-will--a creature at the behest of mankind's will and one they themselves created.
Griffith/Fempto will never receive his own kingdom because, similar but worst than Guts, -he left the Kingdom he already had- (The Band of The Hawk), had weird crying sex with the princess, and got the punishment he was deserving of.
-Griffith did -*-nothing-*- right- and certainly didn't do anything a true leader of a Kingdom would do. Happy endings don't occur to characters like him regardless of the unsettling amount of people rallying behind him and claiming his reprehensible/deplorable acts were never his fault to begin with.
Instead of throwing a baby rage upon losing one sword-fight and giving up everything his dream entailed, perhaps he shouldn't have gone so gently into the good night; blatantly accepting the words of demonic strangers as gospel as he knowingly sacrifices the only Kingdom he'll ever have, losing every emotion in turn, and subsequently begins building torwards that same goal except this time, he's devoid of motivation, passion, or any of the emotions and dreams that initially set him on that path.
Fempto has no purpose, aside from being an Antagonist, no redeeming qualities, no true goal that he's able to strive for with eagerness--had this manga went further, I believe it would've been revealed to us that he was simply bait for Guts; a goal-post to strive for and one that allows him to hone his dimension-cutting ability/fate altering insistence (akin to Skull Knight). A stepping stone to perhaps Void and the others.
The moonlight boy is the good within Griffith. I think this is why Guts will not kill Griffith, he will choose to overcome his hatred with love.
"I can save him"
For My Dream, For Falconia. I am Femto, I am Free. I am The Hawk of Light Soaring The Sky. Come and Bask in My Eternal Light.
the moonlight child having dark hair makes me think that it's not Griffith, but the demonic infant; the infant was always protective of guts and casca before fusing with the egg apostle, and his spirit was so powerful that it influences griffith's ability to feel. was fusing with the infant part of griffith's plan, or an unintended consequence of the egg's actions? in any case i think the infant's presence in griffith will be the only path to defeating him.
My personal favorite villain in anything ever :)
Great video
i dont think it needs to be stated that all of those people are damned to be taken to the vortex of hell 6:27
What if Griffith impregnated caska on purpose to keep some humanity?
I think a lot of us judge griffith bc his fall happened during the events of the story.
But a lot of our “heroes” come from events similar to this. We werent in his head during the events of the eclipse. We can only assume his motivation based on the info provided to us. But… griffith has always been portrayed as an angel doing whatever it takes to reach his goal.
What if he isnt done reaching his goal yet.. and femto is just a means to an end for Griffith to reach the finishline and the moonlight boy was a calculated gamble on griffiths part to stay human.
Idk. Probably a big reach. Just, Guts is for sure not the protagonist of the story.
Nice analysis dude. Hope you had a merry berkmas👌
Thanks, you as well!
Short answer: a €unt
Long answer: a €unt with wings.
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In my opinion, transfer to Admon can’t be completed without sacrificing all the human with the marks. By not turning to a demon completely, part of Griffith’s humanity still exists. And by r@bing Casca deliberately, he separated his humanity away from his god form. Thats what created the moon child, it was his desperate attempt to protect his connection with the Hawks band (Guts and Casca)
The fact Griffith went out of his way to go to the hill of swords at all is strange to me. I know him and guts needed their “reunion” as means to progress the story. But why does a “God” who made an absolute decision need to go confirm wether or not he made the right decision and make sure there’s no emotional attachments left? If this is what you really wanted and who you truly are why do you need to go prove it? Idk maybe I’m just thinking about it too hard
Cant wait to start collecting the berserk manga. I've been collecting blade of the immortal latley but berserk is next on my list. I did watch the old late 90s anime and was very intrigued by it. Griffith/Femto is definitely an intriguing charecter. Such a shame that Miura passed away before being able to finish the story. He was an incredible artist and the artwork I've seen of his was strikingly beutiful
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Griffith revive expanded in Le' Garde from Fear & Hunger
Just a snowy walk in Skyrim 😊
Babe new Griffith video dropped
Babe I saw the new Griffith video
Femto is hot for Guts, obviously.
I think with the Count not sacrificing his daughter shows that even after sacrifice emotions can still be felt even if they r mostly numbed
Yeah all of this just adds to the already bottomless depth to the theme of how complicated people are. It’s like you said in your other video on Griffith how there’s a sneaky feeling Femto’s not as high and mighty and mustache twirling as he makes himself appear because even God Hand members have shown subtle signs of still being partially human, although probably to just a tiny degree.
One of my favorite parts in Berserk, which happens to possibly indicate reborn Griffith’s general attitude/feelings towards others, is when that guy asked Griffith where he just sent all of those souls (after he put on that display at the hill for everyone)…and the look on Griffith’s face was very interesting (to us as the readers it was kinda like Miura was throwing us a huge bone).
I don't think Femto is Griffit. Griffit would value human life and sacrifice. He had remorse for the people that died in his stead. Fenton is a demon who took in Griffit's appearance and memories without human emotion. The rebirth of Femto killed the human Griffit and created a new entity.
Love the berserk videos!
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Griffith embodies Nietzsche’s master morality very well. Genius character
Griffith's human corporeal form is fused with Guts' and Kaska's literal child (demon baby), that's it. Moonligt boy is treating Guts and Kaska as рis parents because they literally are.
I think Griffith is a new kind of Godhand, with some of his humanity intact because of that enduring connection to Guts and Casca. And I think that is due to their collective strength of spirit and the power of the connection the trio had in a past life AND - as you say - from Guts' uncanny ability to effectively struggle against fate. I think Griffith is beyond redemption and his empire of Falconia is built upon immense suffering - and therefore slated to fall. But clearly, Griffith and Guts' fates are so intertwined that even status as a Godhand cannot fully cut them away from one another.
great video
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As always, your Berserk videos never miss. I made the mistake of going onto Reddit to see what people were saying and istg I lost braincells reading people's theories/opinions.
What were some of the things they said?
@@justmyopinion79 stuff like how Griffith needs to voluntarily sacrifice himself and his kingdom to be redeemed and so the moon baby can be with his parents. It’s pure fanfiction at this point and there’s nothing wrong with that, as long as you don’t force it on others or pass it off as fact. Too many times have I seen people saying that Griffith raped Charlotte, when it was just extremely dubious consent.
Think Griffith is gathering peoples for another sacrifice… the final sacrifice
But for what!? He's already a god hand member above apostles! He's now the one who turns people into apostles or a new memeber he's trying to fuse the three realms into one so they can rule and roam the world
@@ghost-writer007 we may never know the true intent of the author. But I believe it was to bring the swirling void into existence. Could even be that Griffith is a tool, used by void to bring it into existence. We may even see him and guts team up in the end.
@@ash6287 man if only he left us a novel or a web comic now we'll never know even if his friend continue the story with some notes it wont be the same
Awesome video analysis.
Thanks!
people think griffith and femto aren’t the same, when femto is everything griffith wanted to be, devoid of human emotions and empathy, he always had that dark side to him, the sacrifice just merely allowed him to be able to act on his desires
They do that cuz they wanna absolve him of any wrong doings