@D Moll I'm not too sure, considering the Count and Rosine, and how he didn't even try the arm canon against Zodd in their rematch, or the Sea God he killed
@D Moll Yeah. Guts really ain't the type to be on that energy. It's pretty hard to see him actually go up against the God Hand. As much as I like him, he's a struggler for a reason.
@D Moll Mmhmm. I get the feeling a lot of people didn't really read between the lines of what Guts does. He's not really the Doomguy/Doom Slayer archetype where he just slaughters demons. If that was the case, I guarantee you the God Hand and Femto would be a non-factor. Narratively, he's a struggler. He just so happens to be better at it than most in his verse.
Summary of the fight: Nightmare: I will make you feel something you can't even imagine Guts: How original. Nightmare: and make you my host Guts: Daring today, aren't we.
I feel like an under-rated feat of guts' is when after fighting the kushan army, fighting alongside zodd to take out the emperor, being struck by lightning, falling hundreds of feet and taking so much damage the berserker armour DEACTIVATED, he got back up despite being utterly exhausted just to talk smack to a different army of demons for no other reason than to prove a point
I think that's what makes Guts such an awesome character for me (even if I'm only on part 136 of the manga). He doesn't care who or what's in front of him. He just fights and struggles through it.
“Who’s clearly the stronger combatant here?” “Definitely Nightmare.” “So Nightmare is gonna win?” “Hell no.” “But you said-“ *_“It was too big to be called a sword. Too big, too thick, too heavy, and far too rough. It was more like a large hunk of iron”_* “That doesn’t-“ *_”In this world, is the destiny of mankind controlled by some transcendental entity or law? Is it like the hand of god, hovering above? At least it is true that man has no control, even over his own will…”_*
That's cute, but cute can't help a city block-tier character beat a multi-continental character. There are no plausible means by which Guts can win this fight, he's just way too outmatched.
I never heard of Guts before this and I thought Nightmare had this in the bag. Then I decided "hey let me read a few chapters of Berserk to see what this Guts guy is about." *Oh dear sweet salty Christ, Nightmare never stood a chance.*
Really puts in perspective how weak of a backstory Bat’s is actually, especially when you compare him to other, seemingly similar characters i.e. Guts.
@@maxmillianwiegel1643 I wouldn't consider a kid who witness his parents shot in front of him weak.. It's just that stories like Guts is..... Over the top dispair.. LOL..
Also to anyone confused as to why Nightmare's Soul Wave didn't kill Guts immediately by devouring his soul and haven't read Berserk. I should tell you that those who have read Berserk will know the rather terrifying reason why; Griffith, upon becoming Femto, claimed ownership of Guts' soul with the Brand of Sacrifice, so Griffith owns Guts' soul, and nobody else can take it or sacrifice it in any sort of way. Meaning that Griffith was one of the major factors in why Guts didn't die.
I like how at the start when they cross blades the first couple times before guts overpowers him for the first bit nightmare has to look at his sword for a second like"you good? You working? Cause this shouldn't be happening.."
@@bigmyke2008 Guts says that he hates Vargas in that arc because Vargas had his life ruined by an apostle, and Guts is disgusted with him because he sees his own failure to overcome the supernatural. You can see this when he reflects on his own metal arm while remembering Vargas' story. Guts does not hate the weak, he just hates the things that have been done to him and reframes them as weakness so that he can overcome them with strength. If you want to see someone who steps on the weak, look at Griffith.
At the start he hates what he sees as weak, including relying on others, but as the story goes on and Guts looses more and more to the armour, he begins to trust others absolutely, notably trusting Schierke to guard Casca and Serpico to watch his back.
Fun fact: you can actually power through exhaustion for a short period of time, as long as you want something bad enough. Especially when you have strong mental willpower.
Totally. Through pure stats, Gut’s should have been instantly killed by Souledge. Hell, through just stats, any of the demons Guts faces on a daily basis should kill him. But Guts just keeps on going.
Focusing on the nature of the characters and not their stats creates inaccurate results. Otherwise I guess Master Chief can beat Guts because his narrative is that his luck allows him to overcome the odds not matter how unfairly stacked against him they are.
@thehighestorder2868 in actual combat, you can never simply go by stats anyway. Just like in life if you discount the "human element" you're missing a piece of your opponent. Like small groups of people who struggle against far superior military powers to outlast or wear them down because they're fighting for something they truly believe in.
I like how in every death match episode everyone has a different approach and theories but in this one everyone just agrees guts would won, just goes to show how everyone can respect this fictional man Started reading after hearing guts lives in a world filled with monsters, so glad i did
@@Never_heart dunno who that is and im not sure i give much care to fictional characters im not attached to. i just had the same sentiment just as everyone else did after reading berserk
4 months late but that’s mostly how using fighting game sprites can harm immersion, as they just flip the character the other way. I’d he was facing to the right of the screen he’d look perfectly normal. I don’t remember who it is but there’s a street fighter character with one arm that seemingly switches depending on which way he turns.
I noticed that even the movies and anime switched that up. Mostly because when I broke my hand from a fight I was relating myself to guts thinking "damn at least the guy only lost his left hand"
RIP Kentaro Miura The mangaka who worked on this masterpiece for 30 years. It's a tragedy, but to take a brief moment to step back, Berserk was always about understanding life is unfair and growing through the pains to thrive in spite of the injustice.
This might be my favorite death battle ever. Watching this really brings back nostalgia for me, back when I first discovered death battles and started watching them all the time. Not to mention this is the whole reason I started reading berserk.
Awesome as Guts is, I’ve always wondered how exactly he manages to carry around a sword twice his weight (230 pounds with the sword at over 400), let alone swing it with such strength in the first place?
It's heavily implied that the eclipse changed him, multiple characters bring up his unusual aura and his strength seen as impossible even in his own setting. Keep in mind he isn't just swinging that thing around, he's extremely skilled and can swing it so fast that others literally can't perceive his movements. He even lifted the thing with his teeth. I even suspect he wouldn't have been able to use the Dragonslayer before the eclipse, my theory is that while Guts is still human, his willpower makes reality bend slightly around him, tweaking things like physics and probability slightly in his favour.
@@dreadknight-zi1gq not a demon exactly, the Skull Knight tells him he exists in the interstice, which is like the space between the physical and astral worlds. It changed or possibly corrupted his spiritual essence and is probably why he can survive blatantly impossible injuries and perform superhuman feats.
I think it's kinda funny whenever I go into the comments section and the only mature people are the ones with the dumbest pfps. The deepest stuff always comes from either a sanic, ugandan knuckles, random emoji, or just a random stock photo pfp person.
Six years ago, I discovered Berserk thanks to this vid. And it is to this day the best work of art that Ive ever discovered. Been meaning to write a comment here since the sad news of May 6th, just to thank u guys from deathbattle. For all the strugglers out there, may we keep strugglin, always forward, perhaps one day we might see the end of KM masterpiece when the struggle comes to an end.
Son Goku If you want to start reading it this is the first page www.mangahere.co/manga/berserk/c001/8.html. You could also watch the anime or the movies but those only cover the first arc which is Guts backstory before he starts killing Demons all day erry day.
Son Goku if you wanna get into it i recommend watching both the anime and the 3 movies that have come out and once youre done with that also read the manga
Actually, it said that it bought him plenty of time. That’s not saying he needed it. The berserker armor is made to hold the body together when in severe condition. Meanwhile, you already see Guts leap through fire earlier in the fight. A couple seconds of being on fire does not change anything about the outcome.
@@gigaguy200 but it could technically make the fight longer as fire is pretty distracting and Guts could´ve missed the final blow. Because Fire that is basically in youzr eye prevents you from seeing stuff. Trust me, I would know.
I know I'm late, but I had to pay homage to the video that introduced me to my all time favorite series. Thank you for the memories and may your story carry your name to through the ages.
@@ItsMeBarnaby No, she cut her hands pretty bad there, so it's got an edge but it isn't razor sharp. She was only, what? 12? 13? She was pretty small too, probably only 70-90lbs.
The man had the worst day of his life when he was thrust into this world. And that bad day.....just kinda kept going. And escalating. Death bumps shoulders with Guts in the hallway, he promptly hands Guts his wallet in a panic and vows he'll be more careful.
@@dreadpiratedan4664 only in backwards land. Chuck norris is powerful, amazing and spectacular, but not even he can best 100 soldiers at once. He has even been beaten in single combat before Guts was literally on death's door before the fight started the ONLY time that happened
@@nathanielbass771 To be fair...he was beaten by Bruce Lee. The embodiment of peak human potential. A literal human weapon. The unshakable mountain. The one man of whom every legend is actually true.
Funnily enough though “He’s just built different” works for Guts. Because of the brand on him, he’s constantly partially in the spirit world where thoughts can affect reality. In the case of Guts, simply thinking he’s strong can give him a combat boost.
I was thinking what they said the entire time. “Guts has to fight beings like this every day” should be another dub haha Rest in peace Kentaro, we miss you.
@@immaculateAMG "Stupid ass comic book" ...bro. Berserk is one of the longest-running and most respected mangas of all time. It's been going since 1989 and is still being made (albeit slowly) by one guy; Miura. I dunno where you're getting that the anime producer is basing Griffith from the anime on anything other than the manga. Y'know, the _source material._ Also I don't usually harp on grammar, but when you say something like "you is such a idiot" it just strikes me as hilariously ironic.
@@reviewception4328 well one piece is 10 years behind. The only way one piece could outlast berserk is if berserk ended and one piece ended 11 years later.
@@KingBullDogg Fr I only watch death battle for the fights and the music the analysis they do is so wrong on so many levels I don't think anyone takes death battle seriously tbh
Read the Manga for the love of God if you liked the anime read it please. Im dyslexic to all hell and it took everything I had but God it was worth the pain haha
I want to see an animation of guts being tempted by soul edge. SE: hey pick me up Guts: pretty sure my sword is better, I beat you SE: but think about this... You could have TWO swords Guts:... I'm listening
@@hanksturgill7366 Well, his prostethic arm has magnets to hold Dragonslayer. Yet, he was trained since childhood to wield a two-handed sword, so it's simply more convenient for Guts to wield one, but two-handed sword.
This video introduce me into Berserk and the creator, Kentaro Miura. Later, I learned others like Hidetaka Miyazaki were heavily influence by his work. Without Kentaro Miura, we wouldn't have Dark Souls, etc. He was 54 and this is heartbreaking. Kentaro Miura is a man of legend and he'll be missed.
@@titan133760 well let’s see. I’m hoping the manga ends in my life time, but depending on the mangaka’s age, it’s a matter of either I die before it finishes or he dies before it finishes. And since I’m 20 right now, it’s leaning towards the latter option. Right now it’s at volume 41, so it might get into the 50s or 60s
@@sirisgunplabuildsandmanga9240 I don't know if I am correct, but I think Miura(author of berserk), has the ending somewhat thought up and has it on stand by if something were to happen. I know how you feel though. If something were to happen to him and we weren't able to get the proper ending for berserk I would be pretty depressed.
What is the most underrated well known, but still not known enough work of fiction ? BERSERK This series deserves the status of DBZ, Smallville, Game of Thrones etc etc
Datte! Still my favorite manga of all time, the anime ended at a crucial point in the story and I didn't really care for that, but the OVA's are doing an excellent job, I can't get enough of this series as a whole
Datte! True that, if everyone watched and more importantly read Berserk, the whole entertainment industry would be much better since everyone´s expectations of quality would be tripled :DD
T Rawls The best part is that that movie cuts out a LOT of content. It gives you a good idea of what happened, but not everything. Go read the manga if you want the full effect.
Guts was literally destined for a life of torment. Sure he did find happiness in the form of the Hawks but look what happened to them. Gintoki Atleast found happiness and is content with it.
@@nameless0510 just the history behind why he was named guts already points to how more messed up guts backstory was. He basically fell out of his mothers corpse and was found by mercineries who taught him basically to fight till death, besides the early times of the band of the hawk, his life is largely downhill from the start.
Engineer:The solution to every problem is a gun, and if that dont work use more gun Guts:The solution to every problem isba sword, and if that doesnt work, use bigger sword
Guts is one of those characters that I can’t help but feel awful for despite not existing. And I don’t even know the guy. His strength is earned, but he didn’t deserve to earn it the way he had to struggle for.
Thank you death battle for helping to convince me when I was younger to read the manga berserk. I had already Watch the 1997 anime but this video is just the tiniest little bit more that convinced me to find a way to read berserk. It was one of the greatest decisions I will ever make in my life, thank you death battle and thank you can Kentaro Miura. Hope to see you in the next life!
This death battle is what helped me discover Berserk, and man I couldn’t thank the guys who made it enough. Berserk means so much to me now it’s crazy.
Patrik guts stood under a waterfall full of logs on purpose. It was a dumb idea and he survived because of luck. then he demanded a rematch and destroyed all the logs!
Bruh imagine serving legendary warriors through a few millennia, quenching yourself in the blood of your masters and enemies and progressively getting stronger and stronger just to lose to a guy who treats you like Tuesday lol I dunno about you but that's gotta be an L
It's not even the losing that's so humiliating, Soul Edge has lost before, but this guy just. did. not. care. He wasn't even slightly tempted, scared, hell he wasn't even worried when he was being blasted through a forest by beams of concentrated evil! Like, WTF is your life like that this is boring to you!? (Gut's life, that's what it's like.)
After failing numerous times, one would think maybe world domination isn't the career path for you. Perhaps owning a flower shop more his speed at this point
I'd argue that this was one of your more evenly matched fights; you have any idea how many times you guys have said that someone didn't have anything that could actually hurt/kill their opponent? Here we've got what amount to two unstoppable forces headbutting each other until one finally broke.
mr. boomstick i do have to say that caliber pun was unprecedented and probably the most eye rolling comment i have ever heard and i love it thank you for being so hellarious, punny dood makes a punny friend, til the very punny end
Rey Yan Yes, he is a demon. He's the physical manifestation of the demon, Inferno. And yes, Guts kills demons on a daily basis, not just really evil guys (though he kills plenty of them too)
Boomstick: Guts story it's not for the feint of heart. Me:That's what some people say about most anime.(after hearing guts story) Me: I'll probably have knight mares about that.
I Never get Tired of this death battle!! The Reason is because I ALWAYS Enjoy when the Character I want to win; ends up surviving; and That's all that matters to me; in a death battle!
Usama Zahid Kratos also has the Blade of Olympus. Maybe he could use that to combat Guts' Dragonslayer if any of his Blades of Chaos, Athena, or Exile seem to prove futile against that iron-slabbed sword
For Nightmare, this was the fight of his life
For Guts. It was Tuesday
Lol
yeah, just another mid week day, not even monday. You don't even want to know how Guts' mondays are!
I appreciate this quote from the Street Fighter movie
🤣🤣🤣🤣 good one
Is guts Thanos?
Guts: *facing another potential world-ending demon*
Also Guts: Damn, Monday already?
Guts: I thought that after the first 27 world-ending demons that they would learn their lesson
@D Moll I'm not too sure, considering the Count and Rosine, and how he didn't even try the arm canon against Zodd in their rematch, or the Sea God he killed
@D Moll
Yeah. Guts really ain't the type to be on that energy.
It's pretty hard to see him actually go up against the God Hand. As much as I like him, he's a struggler for a reason.
@D Moll
Mmhmm.
I get the feeling a lot of people didn't really read between the lines of what Guts does. He's not really the Doomguy/Doom Slayer archetype where he just slaughters demons. If that was the case, I guarantee you the God Hand and Femto would be a non-factor.
Narratively, he's a struggler. He just so happens to be better at it than most in his verse.
Well nightmare isnt really a world ender in the first place
Summary of the fight:
Nightmare: I will make you feel something you can't even imagine
Guts: How original.
Nightmare: and make you my host
Guts: Daring today, aren't we.
Nightmare: Dude, Ar-are you alright?
Guts: No!
That's literally a Tuesday afternoon for Guts
I miss the old death battle.
@@ewancook9107what about it do you miss?
@@protalghulnist4126 I miss the old opening tune.
I feel like an under-rated feat of guts' is when after fighting the kushan army, fighting alongside zodd to take out the emperor, being struck by lightning, falling hundreds of feet and taking so much damage the berserker armour DEACTIVATED, he got back up despite being utterly exhausted just to talk smack to a different army of demons for no other reason than to prove a point
walking W
Hype asf speech, to
"I'm human, down to the marrow of my bones!"
5:38 what’s the epic background music for this section?
@@ilikefriez3161 "Des Cambrioleurs!"
@@notbrandon721 THANK YOU SO MUCH YOU LEGEND GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY
Even after all this time, it still cracks me up that the battle effectively comes down to "yeah, Nightmare's more powerful, but Guts doesn't care."
I’ve read quite a few variations of this same comment, throughout this comment section, but the way you worded it made me bust a gut…thank you!
@@kylewood2715 bust.. a gut… heh.
@@depressoespressoedits I never even realized I punned...doh
@@kylewood2715 don’t worry, it’s great
I think that's what makes Guts such an awesome character for me (even if I'm only on part 136 of the manga). He doesn't care who or what's in front of him. He just fights and struggles through it.
Guts: Are you apart of the God Hand?
Nightmare: What?
Guts: just another apostle
you got likes thought I'd tell you
Nightmare: "why do I hear boss music?"
I mean, he knows *exactly* what the godhand looks like
@@the_luckiest_charm unless we're talking about the new GODHAND(old technically)
definitely another apostle. I have to kill him quick and go check on casca, other apostles might be nearby
“Who’s clearly the stronger combatant here?”
“Definitely Nightmare.”
“So Nightmare is gonna win?”
“Hell no.”
“But you said-“
*_“It was too big to be called a sword. Too big, too thick, too heavy, and far too rough. It was more like a large hunk of iron”_*
“That doesn’t-“
*_”In this world, is the destiny of mankind controlled by some transcendental entity or law? Is it like the hand of god, hovering above? At least it is true that man has no control, even over his own will…”_*
Underrated comment
That's cute, but cute can't help a city block-tier character beat a multi-continental character. There are no plausible means by which Guts can win this fight, he's just way too outmatched.
@@alondite215 guts is heavily outmatched, but he doesn't care, either he wins or he dies, he really doesn't care which happens
@@DepressedCrow Then he dies. Not caring doesn't make him special, tons of characters aren't concerned with death.
@@alondite215 Guts is typically outmatched, he just wins anyway.
I like how even after killing Nightmare. Guts still decides to shoot a few more arrows at him just to be safe
I see that more like tbagging
@@camaradearthur3531 I see it more like he’s just pissed while berserking
I feel like that’s more of the spirit of the berserker armor
It's a joke from the first episode of the berserk anime, he defeats a snake villain and then tortures him by shooting arrows in his face 😂
@@affiliate-slim555 lol
I never heard of Guts before this and I thought Nightmare had this in the bag.
Then I decided "hey let me read a few chapters of Berserk to see what this Guts guy is about."
*Oh dear sweet salty Christ, Nightmare never stood a chance.*
Clipha FirePaw "Oh dear sweet salty Christ" this comment got me dead
you might be one of apostles of Griffith?
Not to mention that Guts has "the devil's own luck"
Welcome to the club, fellow struggler!
Guts eats demons like Nightmare for breakfast, and still leaves hungry
Batman: I have the darkest origin. I've lost my parents.
Guts: That's cute.
Nice
Really puts in perspective how weak of a backstory Bat’s is actually, especially when you compare him to other, seemingly similar characters i.e. Guts.
Exactly!
@@maxmillianwiegel1643 I wouldn't consider a kid who witness his parents shot in front of him weak.. It's just that stories like Guts is..... Over the top dispair.. LOL..
Simon's origin is pretty dark.
Also to anyone confused as to why Nightmare's Soul Wave didn't kill Guts immediately by devouring his soul and haven't read Berserk. I should tell you that those who have read Berserk will know the rather terrifying reason why; Griffith, upon becoming Femto, claimed ownership of Guts' soul with the Brand of Sacrifice, so Griffith owns Guts' soul, and nobody else can take it or sacrifice it in any sort of way. Meaning that Griffith was one of the major factors in why Guts didn't die.
Considering they mention this in the episode, there isn't much confusion here. Still, thanks!
Ah thanks I was seriously confused
so in a fucked up way he kinda saved him??????
@@shadowboy2818 yep
@@shadowboy2818on the bright side, Griffith would probably have an aneurysm if he found out he indirectly saved Guts' life.
I like how at the start when they cross blades the first couple times before guts overpowers him for the first bit nightmare has to look at his sword for a second like"you good? You working? Cause this shouldn't be happening.."
Word, it's a small detail, but a hilarious one.
@@cr820 that's the thing about small details, they're small, but they add up.
time stamp?
@@jacobaugustine4052 around 13:16
I've watched this like 6 times and did not notice that. Thank you.
Guts and Doomguy just need to sit down and have a beer together.
ok bro you are everywhere I freaking love it.
Схут уп
Justin Y’s stand power
When u gonna grow that mustache?
And then killing some demons together with passion
Normies:OMG!! Goblin Slayer is so gruesome and dark.
Berserk fans: *Laugh in hiatus*
*Facts!*
I was literally like “Ha is it?”
Goblin Slayer is meme dark.
why I was so confused by the "backlash?" whining when Goblin Slayer first came out. Be curious to see how Berserk would do if released today.
@@warriorfire8103 if it stayed true to the manga with no censors, i think it'll be banned from so many countries
Death battle sound effects better than the entirety of Berserk 2016-2017
Low bar to clear
@@bigmyke2008 Right? I could make better sound effects with a single pot.
But we all love the clang
@@whateverwhatever4026 CLANG CLANG
Fr they have some old Batman impact speech bubble ass sounds
This Death Battle was made over 8 Years ago, and now Guts has returned
He has?
@@elijahlewis761 August 14th Guts vs Dimitri
@@alexander5468 sweet.
Foreal!
The Black Swordsman is back and ready for round 2 🤘🤘🤘
*Guts appears*
Demons: why do i hear boss music
demons: why do i hear sighn
guts:GRIRRTTTHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
griffith: NOPE
Demons:... why can I not feel my legs?
Broly The Sarcastic Savage they wouldn’t fight but it’d be cool to see they’d be the ultimate team
HAIYOOOOO~
I feel like guts and doom guy would be best friends
alternate ending
guts: your in my way
nightmare: oh my bad *steps aside*
nightmare: here ya go pal
Lmfao I want this
Would have been smart.
Still gets rekt
He’s still gettin fucked up mate
Guts: huh nice guy wait why does he looks like a demon
Guts does not hate the weak. Saying that he does betrays a fundamental misunderstanding of the character.
yeah...he just uses that as a facade as a way to cope...
Black swordsman arc guts might say that
@@bigmyke2008 Guts says that he hates Vargas in that arc because Vargas had his life ruined by an apostle, and Guts is disgusted with him because he sees his own failure to overcome the supernatural. You can see this when he reflects on his own metal arm while remembering Vargas' story. Guts does not hate the weak, he just hates the things that have been done to him and reframes them as weakness so that he can overcome them with strength. If you want to see someone who steps on the weak, look at Griffith.
At the start he hates what he sees as weak, including relying on others, but as the story goes on and Guts looses more and more to the armour, he begins to trust others absolutely, notably trusting Schierke to guard Casca and Serpico to watch his back.
I mean, what can I say you’ll explain it perfectly!
Keep in mind Guts after this fight is going to fight even more demons because they never leave him alone. Guts “the winner”
Guts: *Hears boss music*
Boss: *WHY DO I HEAR GUTS MUSIC?!*
Guts theme play sing in the abyss
@@rimurudono3005 it intensifies 😂
Hhhhhhaaaaiyyyiii ariii ffoorces
HAI YOOOOO
*Hai Yo with a few CLANGS intensifies*
Nightmare: Ah finally a worthy enemey that I have not found in millennia
Guts: hello Tuesday my old friend
Guts: I come to kill you yet again
Lol
Wait is it Monday...where is casca when you need her?
@@gryphonprovenzano3156 probably bleeding... and not from a wound.
Ironically the way you phrased that implies that Nightmare is better.
Guts should be a guest character in next Soulcalibur game.
Maybe for the seventh.
He would actually fit really well
No because that will be a discrace
Yeah, just to be OP as all hell. OMEGALUL
You can really easily just make him yourself on SC6
Fun fact: you can actually power through exhaustion for a short period of time, as long as you want something bad enough. Especially when you have strong mental willpower.
In other words, the only way to stop Guts’ Berserker Armor is to break his spirit… that ain’t happening so easily
@@gigacanno750 Griffith Took your advice and now i feel obligated to be pissed at you.
;-;
Rest in Peace, Kentaro Miura.
He good son, really good. Maybe even the best
@@patrik9328 he IS the Best
I'll say the same thing when a certain someone who was a top dog at Nintendo died. Sayonara.
Tragic. He influenced so many great works of fiction, but was cut off short
I know. It's truly sad that he died.
Boomstick: Imagine if someone made a sword to murder you and it appears multiple times.
Ganondorf: Man let me tell you something
DORIYA!!
Makes PERFECT sense!
Omaigad 😂
Oh no you didn't
XDx
I love seeing these more unique death battles that aren’t so heavily focused on stats but rather just the nature of the characters. This was so epic.
Totally. Through pure stats, Gut’s should have been instantly killed by Souledge. Hell, through just stats, any of the demons Guts faces on a daily basis should kill him. But Guts just keeps on going.
@@crows_are_superior4464 indeed.
Focusing on the nature of the characters and not their stats creates inaccurate results. Otherwise I guess Master Chief can beat Guts because his narrative is that his luck allows him to overcome the odds not matter how unfairly stacked against him they are.
@@thehighestorder2868 I suppose that’s true.
@thehighestorder2868 in actual combat, you can never simply go by stats anyway. Just like in life if you discount the "human element" you're missing a piece of your opponent.
Like small groups of people who struggle against far superior military powers to outlast or wear them down because they're fighting for something they truly believe in.
I like how in every death match episode everyone has a different approach and theories but in this one everyone just agrees guts would won, just goes to show how everyone can respect this fictional man
Started reading after hearing guts lives in a world filled with monsters, so glad i did
This episode and the Eggman vs Dr. Willy. Because yes Metalsonic won that fight fair and square
@@Never_heart dunno who that is and im not sure i give much care to fictional characters im not attached to. i just had the same sentiment just as everyone else did after reading berserk
They nerfed the hell out of Nightmare tho
@@idkwhattoputhere5047 nah they nerfed the hell Heaven and purgatory out of Nightmare
i think nightmare would win, maybe 60/40. The things like nightmare that guts had beaten before was with the help of plot armour.
Nightmare: *goes into his final form just to protect his vessel*
Guts (Only just now starting to put on his unnecessarily OP armor): “No”
The most hilarious part is that he didn't even use it
@@Jotunn96 "ah the fires a bother,better put something to not feel it"
To be fair, if he turns it on, he could kill his friends
It was much to big to be called a sword...
@@the_luckiest_charm not could he would
Bruh imagine being a ghost chilling in the afterlife, and you see a giant random sword floating around the place.
ghosts in berserk go to the abyss
Random inanimate object covered in eyes? Yeah, that sounds like something you’d see in heaven.
@@funnymeme1847 BE NOT AFRAID
@@mercury2157 *ÆRUEOWOWOÆSKWOWOA0*
Imagine guts in Danny phantoms world
14:07 small mistake by death battle, Gut's metal arm is his left, not right. he would be wielding sword on his right, not left.
Bah, semantics.
4 months late but that’s mostly how using fighting game sprites can harm immersion, as they just flip the character the other way.
I’d he was facing to the right of the screen he’d look perfectly normal.
I don’t remember who it is but there’s a street fighter character with one arm that seemingly switches depending on which way he turns.
It's a sprite animation, what do you expect?
I noticed that even the movies and anime switched that up. Mostly because when I broke my hand from a fight I was relating myself to guts thinking "damn at least the guy only lost his left hand"
I believe that guts is the embodiment of the phrase “rage is a hell of a anesthetic.”
Nightmare : Tremble in my darkness
Guts : Ohhh you think darkness is your ally. You merely adopted the dark. I was born in it
You really a Man with Berserk literature
He is even born during the Dark Age
Literally
*Captain America's voice* I understood that reference
Nah, he killed it. And when it came back, it was terrified so much it forces itself away from him, when he's asleep.
Kratos, Guts and Doom Slayer should have a beer together talking about all the monsters they fought.
Scorpion sadness and sorrow
I need this fanart
Ghost Rider Roberto Reyes got the Rage Mode.
Dante would def join as long as there's pizza and a strawberry sundae
The ''to angry to die'' trio
“Guts’ life is not for the faint of heart”
“Yeah… it’s kinda dark”
The biggest understatement I have ever heard in my life😂😂😂
"3x as thick and 3x the damage" this scene still kills me 🤣
"And if you look closely, my sword possesses sixteen times the detail of a normal blade"
That moment when you realize Guts is so badass he Broke another Games Lore
Which one?
Soul Caliber
Guts is basically Siegfried so it makes sense he won.
14K Gaming & DKD He is more than him
@@AcceptGamingDKD more like the other way around.
RIP Kentaro Miura
The mangaka who worked on this masterpiece for 30 years. It's a tragedy, but to take a brief moment to step back, Berserk was always about understanding life is unfair and growing through the pains to thrive in spite of the injustice.
Yeah, thank death battle for making me know about berserk
Legends... Never... Die
@@berserklover897 amen to that
Amen brother...well said...
I don't think a sentence sums up Berserk more perfectly than that. It didn't hold back any punches, just like life.
I love at the beginning of the fight where Nightmare looks at his own sword and is like " is this dude really knocking me back right now?" 🤣
7:10 Correction the last thing you'll EVER do is get in this guy's way
Guts need a person who made him happy
@@backstoryww2135 casca tho?
@@youngqueazy4815 Yeah but they are too much broken to be happy together now
@@backstoryww2135 yeah you have a point
Guts is raw 90s anime manliness, he's so awesome he deserves another fight.
I want him to see fight Kenshiro!
+wizzzer1337 Or since neither died, Guts vs Chuck Norris. I need the john just imagining all the bloodshed.
+SIMPDUDE chuck Norris would never fight him because guts killed Bruce Lee not aspirin.
that's a stupid idea
+wizzzer1337 What about Guts vs Cloud? Or Sol Badguy, or Ragna the Blood Edge?
Allen Babylon as long as it's someone with a sword
This death battle was the reason I got into berserk and I’m so glad I did. Rip Kentaro Miura.
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This might be my favorite death battle ever. Watching this really brings back nostalgia for me, back when I first discovered death battles and started watching them all the time. Not to mention this is the whole reason I started reading berserk.
Awesome as Guts is, I’ve always wondered how exactly he manages to carry around a sword twice his weight (230 pounds with the sword at over 400), let alone swing it with such strength in the first place?
Anger issues
It's heavily implied that the eclipse changed him, multiple characters bring up his unusual aura and his strength seen as impossible even in his own setting. Keep in mind he isn't just swinging that thing around, he's extremely skilled and can swing it so fast that others literally can't perceive his movements. He even lifted the thing with his teeth.
I even suspect he wouldn't have been able to use the Dragonslayer before the eclipse, my theory is that while Guts is still human, his willpower makes reality bend slightly around him, tweaking things like physics and probability slightly in his favour.
@@patrickbeaton4827 or because the eclipse he himself became a part demon?
@@dreadknight-zi1gq not a demon exactly, the Skull Knight tells him he exists in the interstice, which is like the space between the physical and astral worlds. It changed or possibly corrupted his spiritual essence and is probably why he can survive blatantly impossible injuries and perform superhuman feats.
@@patrickbeaton4827 so in other words he is ascending? Because we can’t call him a human anymore
He died doing what he wanted, no matter what. I bet he was happy. - Guts.
R.I.P Kentaro Miura.
Keep struggling forward….
Heppy
@@auraemerald8434 Be heppy, mah bruddah!
I think it's kinda funny whenever I go into the comments section and the only mature people are the ones with the dumbest pfps.
The deepest stuff always comes from either a sanic, ugandan knuckles, random emoji, or just a random stock photo pfp person.
@@epic_soup779 dis is da wae, mah bruddah
Making a death battle between a demon and a demon slayer? What did you think was going to happen?
🤣🤣🤣
That's a smart human!
It should have been estarossa vs guts
Typo. It's Demon Slayed xD
Doom slayer vs guts
Six years ago, I discovered Berserk thanks to this vid. And it is to this day the best work of art that Ive ever discovered. Been meaning to write a comment here since the sad news of May 6th, just to thank u guys from deathbattle. For all the strugglers out there, may we keep strugglin, always forward, perhaps one day we might see the end of KM masterpiece when the struggle comes to an end.
the song Forces kicking in at 4:04 while Dragonslayer is described was mint
You wouldn't happen to have a link to the video where they sing Forces in a chant like that do ya? Been looking for it.
Jesus christ ive never heard of guts till now and now i wanna see everything about him
How are you doing right after you lost to superman again
Son Goku If you want to start reading it this is the first page www.mangahere.co/manga/berserk/c001/8.html.
You could also watch the anime or the movies but those only cover the first arc which is Guts backstory before he starts killing Demons all day erry day.
hurrdurrmurrgurr thank you so much
hurrdurrmurrgurr thats not a good opening page
Son Goku if you wanna get into it i recommend watching both the anime and the 3 movies that have come out and once youre done with that also read the manga
It's funny because Guts really didn't even need his berserker armor in this fight, Screw Attack just needed to show it at least once.
"We had to pay for that sprite, you think we'd waste not showing it!"
Actually it said that guts needed the armor to strike the final blow
Actually, it said that it bought him plenty of time. That’s not saying he needed it. The berserker armor is made to hold the body together when in severe condition. Meanwhile, you already see Guts leap through fire earlier in the fight. A couple seconds of being on fire does not change anything about the outcome.
Okay
@@gigaguy200 but it could technically make the fight longer as fire is pretty distracting and Guts could´ve missed the final blow. Because Fire that is basically in youzr eye prevents you from seeing stuff. Trust me, I would know.
I know I'm late, but I had to pay homage to the video that introduced me to my all time favorite series. Thank you for the memories and may your story carry your name to through the ages.
This introduced me to berserk all those years ago and i still think this death battle was perfect.
I think my favorite part is that Dragonslayer isn't a sharp blade. It's completely dull.
It just tears things apart due to its sheer weight and might.
It is, if you reread the part where godo fixes it again you’ll see.
@@ItsMeBarnaby No, she cut her hands pretty bad there, so it's got an edge but it isn't razor sharp. She was only, what? 12? 13? She was pretty small too, probably only 70-90lbs.
@@marnzo7534 Oh, I hadn't gotten there. Nice!
Imagine if it WAS sharp. would probably tear through space and time.
Plus, like they mentioned, doesn't it also have somewhat magical properties due to slaying so many supernatural creatures?
The man had the worst day of his life when he was thrust into this world. And that bad day.....just kinda kept going. And escalating.
Death bumps shoulders with Guts in the hallway, he promptly hands Guts his wallet in a panic and vows he'll be more careful.
Legends say guts once met Chuck Norris...they are now best friends.
@@chriserwin7823 the legend says that chuck norris met guts, and from idolizing guts, he managed to achieve everything but become his idol
nathaniel bass i think you have it backwards
@@dreadpiratedan4664 only in backwards land. Chuck norris is powerful, amazing and spectacular, but not even he can best 100 soldiers at once. He has even been beaten in single combat before
Guts was literally on death's door before the fight started the ONLY time that happened
@@nathanielbass771 To be fair...he was beaten by Bruce Lee. The embodiment of peak human potential. A literal human weapon. The unshakable mountain. The one man of whom every legend is actually true.
Funnily enough though “He’s just built different” works for Guts. Because of the brand on him, he’s constantly partially in the spirit world where thoughts can affect reality. In the case of Guts, simply thinking he’s strong can give him a combat boost.
I wonder if that explains the more recent chapters, where his heart wavers and he feels a despair so profound he can’t even hold the blade
I was thinking what they said the entire time. “Guts has to fight beings like this every day” should be another dub haha
Rest in peace Kentaro, we miss you.
The true tragedy of Guts is the Berserk anime was never completed.
immaculateAMG no, the anime all comes from one dude’s manga
@@immaculateAMG "Stupid ass comic book" ...bro. Berserk is one of the longest-running and most respected mangas of all time. It's been going since 1989 and is still being made (albeit slowly) by one guy; Miura. I dunno where you're getting that the anime producer is basing Griffith from the anime on anything other than the manga. Y'know, the _source material._
Also I don't usually harp on grammar, but when you say something like "you is such a idiot" it just strikes me as hilariously ironic.
@@immaculateAMG what are you talking about? what's wrong with you? you sound insane.
@@Arto257 Its gonna outlast freaking One Piece in a couple of years!!
@@reviewception4328 well one piece is 10 years behind. The only way one piece could outlast berserk is if berserk ended and one piece ended 11 years later.
So Guts has “unstoppable will power”... so if he had a green lantern ring he would basically rule the universe with and iron fist.
Literally
He'd be the second Green Lantern to kill a 10 year old for a Rolex.
Since Guts is basically wrath wielding a sword he'd be a red lantern wielder
Basically he’d be the most overpowered lantern ever. It’s like if Kratos got a ring but slightly worse imo
He would be both a red and a green lantern and the best of both sides
Who's here after Guts vs Dimitri?
Me
Me, deathbattle is inconsistent as all hell
@@KingBullDogg Fr I only watch death battle for the fights and the music the analysis they do is so wrong on so many levels I don't think anyone takes death battle seriously tbh
And how much this is a better and accurate fight than the other one.
I'm here now, knowing that Berserk is coming back!!! Just thrilled!
Ah, the Deathbattle that caused me to watch my first anime ever... Berserk was one hell of a way to start.
Try Boku no Pico
Read the Manga for the love of God if you liked the anime read it please. Im dyslexic to all hell and it took everything I had but God it was worth the pain haha
You should try Akame ga Kill, then. It will break your heart just as much as the Golden Age Arc did.
Me First anime is Dragon Ball and me last anime is Berserk is so Dark.
I hope you started reading the manga too to continue the story.
I want to see an animation of guts being tempted by soul edge.
SE: hey pick me up
Guts: pretty sure my sword is better, I beat you
SE: but think about this... You could have TWO swords
Guts:... I'm listening
SE: R-right! I g-got the power of darkness! I'm the ultimate demon!
Guts:....
SE: M-mercy!
breh guts is missing a hand he cant dual weld
@@hanksturgill7366 Well, his prostethic arm has magnets to hold Dragonslayer. Yet, he was trained since childhood to wield a two-handed sword, so it's simply more convenient for Guts to wield one, but two-handed sword.
@@George_Bulkin bred guts weilds a 2 handed sword with 1 hand cause hes a badasss
@@hanksturgill7366 He has a mechanical or prosthetic arm
This was such an awesome video and a cool battle to watch and enjoy today :]
Sure this Death Battle is cool and all, but we all know Schnoz clears everyone.
Yes, Schnoz could beat Goku.
who tf is schnoz
@@ToxicNoxic your new god.
This is Death Battle....Goku always loses here. Regardless of Schnoz's omnipotence.
@@whateverwhatever4026 schnoz wins ez, no dif
This video introduce me into Berserk and the creator, Kentaro Miura. Later, I learned others like Hidetaka Miyazaki were heavily influence by his work. Without Kentaro Miura, we wouldn't have Dark Souls, etc. He was 54 and this is heartbreaking. Kentaro Miura is a man of legend and he'll be missed.
Same man. We lost a legend
Amen
Gone way too soon. Such a loss
Miura work has been the inspiration to many other manga and dark genre. Berserk is the godfather of Dark manga
Guts won the Death Battle. Miura won our hearts.
This death battle helped me find the greatest manga in existence way back when this video came out
But is the destiny of mankind controlled by some sort of transcendental entity or law?
@@Acidpunk101 “Is it like the hand of God hovering above? At least, it is true that man has no control, even over his own will.”
But seriously, when is it going to end?
@@titan133760 well let’s see. I’m hoping the manga ends in my life time, but depending on the mangaka’s age, it’s a matter of either I die before it finishes or he dies before it finishes. And since I’m 20 right now, it’s leaning towards the latter option. Right now it’s at volume 41, so it might get into the 50s or 60s
@@sirisgunplabuildsandmanga9240 I don't know if I am correct, but I think Miura(author of berserk), has the ending somewhat thought up and has it on stand by if something were to happen. I know how you feel though. If something were to happen to him and we weren't able to get the proper ending for berserk I would be pretty depressed.
Nightmare:I’m stronger in every way
Guts:Nuh uh
Winner:guts
Really I didn't expect the winner. Great Video!!!
Really glad this is also promoting Berserk. I want more people to experience how fucking badass it is!
What is the most underrated well known, but still not known enough work of fiction ? BERSERK
This series deserves the status of DBZ, Smallville, Game of Thrones etc etc
Datte! Still my favorite manga of all time, the anime ended at a crucial point in the story and I didn't really care for that, but the OVA's are doing an excellent job, I can't get enough of this series as a whole
I watched it on Netflix recently and Jesus is it amazing. One of the top animes hands down
Datte! True that, if everyone watched and more importantly read Berserk, the whole entertainment industry would be much better since everyone´s expectations of quality would be tripled :DD
T Rawls The best part is that that movie cuts out a LOT of content. It gives you a good idea of what happened, but not everything. Go read the manga if you want the full effect.
Guts has the saddest, most horrific backstory I can recall ever hearing.
How aboit Gintoki from Gintama you should watch that Anime
Star Platinum Gintoki does have a tragic backstory but I don’t think it really compares to Guts
@@stephaniehavoksen1761 yeah...
Guts was literally destined for a life of torment. Sure he did find happiness in the form of the Hawks but look what happened to them. Gintoki Atleast found happiness and is content with it.
@@nameless0510 just the history behind why he was named guts already points to how more messed up guts backstory was. He basically fell out of his mothers corpse and was found by mercineries who taught him basically to fight till death, besides the early times of the band of the hawk, his life is largely downhill from the start.
I love the use of "Forces" when describing Dragonslayer. so badass and appropriate.
Engineer:The solution to every problem is a gun, and if that dont work use more gun
Guts:The solution to every problem isba sword, and if that doesnt work, use bigger sword
Guts is one of those characters that I can’t help but feel awful for despite not existing. And I don’t even know the guy. His strength is earned, but he didn’t deserve to earn it the way he had to struggle for.
Hence, "Struggler" as per Skull Knight.
He deserves so much more.
Dude just needs a break
If Nightmare wanted to win, all he needed was a boat.
The boat has been beaten.
I'm just imaging nightmares going up in the air and like hotf road roller but with a boat.
Or his soul charge
Are you sure he wouldn’t need a bigger boat?
@@darthvadersith514 thank you good sir.
I’ve been watching DB for years and I still love this episode so FREAKING MUCH
Thank you death battle for helping to convince me when I was younger to read the manga berserk. I had already Watch the 1997 anime but this video is just the tiniest little bit more that convinced me to find a way to read berserk. It was one of the greatest decisions I will ever make in my life, thank you death battle and thank you can Kentaro Miura. Hope to see you in the next life!
FYI, Dark Soul was mostly based on Berserk.
Mike Jizzwalker What's the of that sword that starts with an A. Man at Arms made it I forgot completely
kaboomkid241 the wolf knight's greatsword wielded by Artorias the Abysswalker?
true. even the monsters in that game, you can see that they are based on berserk.
Is that true? That's awesome if it is
White_Death15 Yeah that from dark souls 3!!
Nightmare: pick me up
Guts: no
Nightmare: plz
Guts: no
Guts picks him up nightmare please put be down
Hahah if he picks it up the sword will learn the true meaning of nightmare haha
Did I stutter?
@@artoriasbrando5514 *yeetus deletis*
Basically how it would go.
This death battle is what helped me discover Berserk, and man I couldn’t thank the guys who made it enough. Berserk means so much to me now it’s crazy.
Just love seeing my 2 favorite boys fighting to the death! Man I love these 2! Imagine a team-up!
So guts is pretty much like a honey badger, he just doesn't give af
Pretty much
Guts has had a pretty fucked up life and that's putting it lightly
Very Lightly.
no he a honey badger that went super sayain.
a honey badger with a giant sword maybe.
Dumb luck? No
Unstoppable Willpower? Yes
Edit. thank you all for likes. Rest in Piece Kentaro Miura
Guts luck is -99
Will >Lvl 999
Guts minmaxed his Willpower and deleveled his Luck just for that bruh.
Patrik guts stood under a waterfall full of logs on purpose. It was a dumb idea and he survived because of luck. then he demanded a rematch and destroyed all the logs!
"No...not yet... The flame. It's not yet blown out. Not yet!! It's not too late!! This time, I swear...!!! I'll never lose her again."
This Death Battle was actually my introduction to Berserk
and I'm grateful for it
This Video was my(and many others) first exposure to Berserk. I am so greatfull for this 😊
“It’s kinda dark” understatement of the century
Lol _"kinda"_ dark
Bruh imagine serving legendary warriors through a few millennia, quenching yourself in the blood of your masters and enemies and progressively getting stronger and stronger just to lose to a guy who treats you like Tuesday lol
I dunno about you but that's gotta be an L
He should give Subaru from ReZero a therapy session the would be nice just chatting about there MENTAL HEALTH
And the hilarious part is that he didn't even need to use the Berserker armor
An then a bumblefuck potato walks over your corpse and pokes you
It's not even the losing that's so humiliating, Soul Edge has lost before, but this guy just. did. not. care. He wasn't even slightly tempted, scared, hell he wasn't even worried when he was being blasted through a forest by beams of concentrated evil! Like, WTF is your life like that this is boring to you!? (Gut's life, that's what it's like.)
After failing numerous times, one would think maybe world domination isn't the career path for you. Perhaps owning a flower shop more his speed at this point
I'd argue that this was one of your more evenly matched fights; you have any idea how many times you guys have said that someone didn't have anything that could actually hurt/kill their opponent? Here we've got what amount to two unstoppable forces headbutting each other until one finally broke.
mr. boomstick i do have to say that caliber pun was unprecedented and probably the most eye rolling comment i have ever heard and i love it thank you for being so hellarious, punny dood makes a punny friend, til the very punny end
soo its a demon slayer vs a demon😐
Yea... It was pretty straight forward.
luckly he is a tank x)
Sonic 102 kinda silly
Nightmare isn't really a demon? More like a really evil bro. Vs somebody that fights really evil bros every day. So I guess its close enough lol
Rey Yan Yes, he is a demon. He's the physical manifestation of the demon, Inferno. And yes, Guts kills demons on a daily basis, not just really evil guys (though he kills plenty of them too)
Boomstick: Guts story it's not for the feint of heart. Me:That's what some people say about most anime.(after hearing guts story) Me: I'll probably have knight mares about that.
If you can read the chapters covering the advent\eclipse you're pretty much set
Horse mount woman? All of my nope.
It's so depressing you can almost guess the entire the entire story by predicting the worst possible things to happen.
+dancinginfernal like what? A crazy bird monster tries to eat a capital and afters it's defeated the entire village dies.
Mykel Bertulano I can't even begin to describe
Thanks for introducing me to this masterpiece Death Battle.
I Never get Tired of this death battle!!
The Reason is because I ALWAYS Enjoy when the Character I want to win; ends up surviving; and That's all that matters to me; in a death battle!
Guts is quite literally the kratos of anime
Only difference is Kratos LOST!! TO SPAWN!!!!
And yet I feel like Guts could beat Kratos. And Spawn for that matter.
+KeroroPlatoon321 Guts could team with Kratos and Spawn would still own both.
Except, he has only one blade while Kratos has Two blades.
Usama Zahid Kratos also has the Blade of Olympus. Maybe he could use that to combat Guts' Dragonslayer if any of his Blades of Chaos, Athena, or Exile seem to prove futile against that iron-slabbed sword
"ambitious man named Griffith" you could say that
Yeah, that's one way to put what he did.
GRRRRIIIIIFFIITTTH!!!!!!
Ervin Morris griffisu
Amethyst Goblin
Griffith who? Sounds like an admirable guy who I can entrust me life to.
@@ervinpucchi6951 DIOOOOOO! SOOOOUTHERRRRR!!
It's an extremely Guts move to headbutt an armoured, helmeted and horned opponent just to get him to stop monologuing.
Wow this video is how I started Berserk. Feels good to come back. RIP the GOAT and thank you guys.
Berserk is love
Berserk is life
Lobo The Main Man
Touché.
+w00tz0r9000i Nice boat
+w00tz0r9000i Does anybody know the cool anime of guts at 3:00? I cant find its name:(
Nike Som-Anya That is the Berserk movies. They recently remade the Golden Age ark (the same arc from the original anime) into 3 theatrical movies.
Oh okay thank you so much, I'm totally gonna watch those soon!
Guts, like the Doom Slayer, is just too angry to die
Guts could be his great great grandfather
I do believe you mean that the Doom Slayer is too angry to die, much like Guts.
Kratos:that's cute
I think Doomguy is the reincarnation of Guts
Asura warth: yall say something?
Love the Destiny Will Tell background music ❤️
13:24 You can see the Chuck Norris vs Segata Senshiro constellation in the top left corner of the sky.