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* ''[[Berserk]]'', in both the manga and the anime adaptation. Oh my god, I don't even know where to begin with this one. Griffith's penchant for declaiming long, soulful speeches to Guts while completely naked for no real reason is probably a good place to start. Or just relies on the phrase, [[Berserk Abridged|"Naked water fight."]] Not to mention how he frequently reminds Guts, "You are mine." The whole battle between him and Guts before Guts left has Griffith acting like he was being jilted by his lover, and reacting like a possessive [[Yandere
** Pre-Eclipse Griffith grows green with envy when he notices that Guts and Casca have become an item, [[Kubrick Stare]] and all. It is unclear who he envies more due to his ambiguous sexual orientation. It's possibly both.
** Don't forget that even before that, Casca was really jealous of the attention that Guts got from Griffith.
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** Berserk was inspired, in part, by the western film [[Ladyhawke]], in which two lovers are kept apart by their respective transformations. A woman into a hawk by day; a man into a wolf by night. Hawk and wolf (or wolf-like beast). Two lovers. Hm.
** Don't forget that Guts thought Griffith was gay when they first met, which lead to Guts telling him that "if you can beat me I'll be your soldier, your lover, whatever you want."
*** The more [[Squick
*** And then there's when Guts and the Hawks discover Griffith broken and tortured body, Guts cries while holding him and then goes... well, berserk all over the Midland guards holding Griffith captive, killing them in great swaths.
*** It's especially interesting to note that Guts [[Hates Being Touched]] except by his [[Love Interest]] Casca, and yet he didn't seem to mind when Griffith held his face in his hands, got really close following their first duel, looked into his eyes, and said "You belong to me now, Guts."
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