Reading chapter 370 and I'm surprised it took this long for it to occur to the others characters to question the wisdom of giving the cursed suit of armour that feeds into your inner darkness to turn its wearer into a singleminded superhuman killing machine that doesn't distinguish between friend or foe when they get angry to the single most depressed, traumatised man in this or any other world.

I'm eternally grateful that we're getting the continuation of Berserk as much as any other fan... but man, does the art and storytelling are suffering drastically because of the new release schedule... I would just prefer to get 2-3 episodes per year where Studio Gaga can actually polish the art as much as they humanly can because the last couple (370-371) left such a sour taste in my mouth regarding pacing, dialogue and overall art composition...

Just caught up on Berserk and now my heart hurts. I was still unsure if Berserk could still deliver without Miura, but apparently is very much can.

You were all I had...

This chapter broke me...

Berserk (ベルセルク Beruseruku) by Kentaro Miura, Kouji Mori and Studio Gaga

Honestly, this feels like a return to form.

You were all I had

berserk: [literally the most depressing thing you’ve ever seen. the main character is in absolute despair, he’s lost almost everything, he’s at one of his lowest points ever. like literally the big sword man has lost faith in his fucking sword]

berserk fans:

Two questions: 1.How do you think /that/ foreshadowing will pay off now that Guts is depressed and everyone is cramped on a boat again? 2.Why do you think that Puck and Ivalera are still here when Danan, Isma, etc. disappeared?

I don't think it's likely that he'll lose his shit now while they're on the boat. Partly because the Fantasia arc is over and that doesn't feel like the first thing that would happen to open a new arc to me. But I do think it's very likely that Guts will treat the armour like a possible fix for his sword's insufficiency and plan to use it next time.

I mean we need Guts to go ham at some point, and now that he's getting all fucked up over his failure it seems like a solid cause and effect for Guts deciding to really ignore all the warnings he's been given and actively choose to use the armour.

(Which, incidentally, would also be the ideal set up for NGriff being the one to pull him out of it, a la "I forgot my urge to kill," I'm not betting on it but man wouldn't it be good?)

So like I don't think he'll end up accidentally consumed by his armour because he's sad, but once they reach land he might deliberately let it take over so he can go and chase Griffith.

THEN when that doesn't work maybe he'll use words and feelings instead and we'll get our cathartic resolution that way.

And as for the second question lol, idk. I mean I guess Ivalera not getting snapped makes sense because she's not an Elfhelm resident, but Puck was and Isma wasn't, so... idk. Maybe Elfhelm also includes like the surrounding waters and therefore the mermaids and sea god and ghost pirates and whatever else, and Puck avoided it because he changed his permanent address to Midland area?

Idt it really makes sense lol but I'm glad Puck's still around tbh. I'm hoping the tone shifts a little now and leaves his chestnut comedy act behind.

//SPOILERS// BERSERK // NEW MANGA CHAPTER//

When you look defeated as he did, you’ll understand the pain and numbness your body and mind, will feel

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Berserk manga episode 370 color page

Kodiak, the Bear Warframe

He is both kinds of bear. Because I know my audience. Genuinely don't think he needs any other introduction. He's a bear. The skillset I was aiming for was chonky tank with limited support capability but he ended up more versatile than originally intended. This is not a bad thing because it just makes him more of a chad.

Health: 540 (740 at rank 30) Shields: 270 (370 at rank 30) Armor: 575 (675 at Rank 30) Energy: 100 (150 at rank 30) Sprint Speed: 0.9

Passive: Kodiak has double the normal overshield cap granting him a maximum of 2,400 overshields and when Kodiak recovers from a hard landing or a knockdown he roars causing enemies within 18 meters to become terrified and flee for 7.5 seconds, ceasing their attacks and fleeing in random directions.

Ability 1: Gore, 25 energy. Kodiak grabs the enemy closest to his crosshairs within 10 meters and rakes them with his beastly claws, dealing 500+X (where X is equal to the enemy's level times 10) slash damage with a guaranteed slash status proc before throwing them away in the direction of his crosshairs as an arcing projectile with infinite punch-through against bodies. Upon hitting another enemy, both the original target and the struck victim are dealt impact damage equal to 10% the original target's max health and shields with a guaranteed impact proc for both while also knocking down the struck victim.

Ability 2: Hibernate, toggled ability, drains 5 energy per half-second. Kodiak enters a void-sleep, a quantum state that allows him to rapidly regenerate while totally invulnerable to harm but also prevents him from using any movement, attacks, or other abilities. While Hibernate is active Kodiak is immune to damage and status effects and regenerates 5% of his max health & shields every half-second. If Kodiak's health and shields are full he will begin generating overshields. If Kodiak's overshields are full he will begin generating overguard. Hibernate cannot generate overguard that exceeds a value of 10,000 points. Ending Hibernate after spending at least 5 seconds regenerating will trigger his passive ability.

Ability 3: Berserker, 75 energy. Stripping himself and his teammates of their fears and inhibitions, Kodiak and all friendly players within affinity range immediately gain +35% ability strength for the next 10 seconds. Furthermore players gain bonus armor equal to the amount of energy spent on abilities up to a maximum of 1,000 lasting until Berserker ends.

Ability 4: Mountain King, costs 25 energy to activate plus 3 energy per second. When Kodiak embraces his divine right as king of the mountain he gains an additional 200 armor and summons his exalted heavy hammer melee, the Polaris. The Polaris hammer has very high per-hit damage but slow attack speed and deals mostly cold and impact damage and lesser values of puncture and slash. Polaris has low status chance but exceptional critical chance and multiplier as well as a guaranteed cold status proc on every hit. Polaris also releases freezing cold novas on slam attacks with a wide range. Lastly, Polaris gains an extra 10% cold damage that does not combine with other elements for every tier of combo multiplier he ahcieves.

Subsumed ability: Gore.

Signature Weapon Grollier: A very special shotgun used by Kodiak, the Grollier employs a unique feed mechanism with four rotating tubes. Each tube holds five shells and once a tube is emptied the feeder rotates to the next tube. When reloading the user replaces each tube one at a time. Each tube takes 1.5 seconds to replace, meaning replacing all four tubes takes 6 seconds. Once a tube is replaced its ammunition is added to the magazine meaning the reload process can be interrupted for a partial reload. Magazine capacity mods will increase the number of shells contained in each tube but not the number of tubes. Grollier deals mostly slash damage with moderate values of impact and puncture and has a moderate balance of firing speed and per-shot damage for a semi-auto shotgun. Fires a large number of small pellets with high status chance and average critical chance at the cost of a short effective range. As Kodiak's signature weapon he will replace two tubes at once when reloading this weapon from empty with a special animation.

Closing Notes: While doing research for this I learned the term "berserk" literally translates to "bear shirt" in other words someone who wears a bear skin instead of armor. The Grollier shotgun is named after the inventor of the bear trap; Nicholas Grollier. His base stats took a few rebalancings, I ended up copying Lavos's. God, I keep forgetting how tanky Lavos is. Also I freaking love that the text box for his shotgun is bigger than any of his abilities.

Berserk 370 chapter dropped! Fantasia Arc is ending with a boom. And despair

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