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* [[I Ain't Got Time to Bleed]]: Did anyone else get the idea that Guts was so [[Unstoppable Rage|blinded with rage]] that he felt little to no pain as he {{spoiler|[[Major Injury Underreaction|hacked away at his arm]] }}?? Aside from that, Guts passes out from the blood lost only after {{spoiler|Femto finished raping Casca and left her and Guts to the demons.}}

* [[I Did What I Had to Do]]: Griffith's reasoning behind his [[Face Heel Turn]] ([[Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil|though from a certain context,]] it tends to fall flat on its own face). Guts gave a more sympathetic one when Casca accused him for being the reason for Griffith's and the band's downfall, sincerely feeling sorry for what has happened but not sure what he could have done to correct what has already taken place.

* [[In a World]]: The opening narration of the Anime series, each episode.

** Naturally, this is parodied by the outtakes: ''"In a world of tiny red objects, one man held one for a very long, long time."''

* [[Indecisive Deconstruction]]: While Berserk acts as a [[Deconstructor Fleet]] for most traditional [[Shonen]] tropes (despite not, itself, being shonen), it takes a more nuanced approach with the idea of following your dreams. It acknowledges that people need something to strive for in order to become stronger, but at the same time: 1) Not everyone can have what they want, 2) Many people's dreams can actually be quite destructive, and 3) Dreams you had as a child SHOULD be abandoned, as they are usually for childish things that aren't worth the effort it would take, or the sacrifices that would have to be made, to get them (ie Griffith is prepared to sacrifice countless lives because {{spoiler|he wants a castle}}).

* [[Infant Immortality]]: Brutally averted. In Berserk's [[World Half Empty]], there is no such thing. Children and babies are just as likely to be brutally murdered as their parents and Miura makes it a point to show it to us VERY clearly. Hell, {{spoiler|even the main characters' unborn child is not spared from a cruel fate}}.

** And in a rare male example, Griffith, who is quite comfortable being in the nude around others.

** Isma is a more straightforward example, having no aversion to standing butt naked in front of Isidro and quick to ditch her clothing when she has to jump into the water. Unlike the examples above, she is not evil and is otherwise a perfectly normal teenage girl... {{spoiler|who happens to be a [[Our Mermaids Are Different|Merrow]]}}.

'''Isma''': Tits? Don't worry, they didn't get smaller. }}

* [[Instant Plunder, Just Add Pirates]]: Averted since the pirates following Guts and his troop are the most recent [[Goldfish Poop Gang|gang]] [[Butt Monkey|of butt monkeys]]. [[They]]'re pretty fun while they lasted, though. It's like having a more incompetent and [[Large Ham|hammy]] [[Monkey Island|Le Chuck]].

** Also, how Farnese turned from a rampant, [[Pyromaniac]] Knight Templar whose motivation was to burn heretics and accused witches, of which half of the motivation went to {{spoiler|[[A Date with Rosie Palms|her own gratification]]}}, to a soft-spoken student of witchcraft who merely wants to be of use to others around her.

* [[It's Going Down]]: The Tower of Conviction near the end of the Retribution Arc.

* [[Jedi Mind Trick]]: Schierke is quite good at this.

* [[Jerkass Facade]]: Despite his comparatively noble intentions, Guts often pretends to be a heartless, sociopathic, sadistic [[Jerkass]] in order to keep anyone else from being hurt by the Demons that hunt him incessantly.

* [[The Juggernaut]]: Most Demons.

* [[Just a Kid]]: This reaction that a lot of adversaries had to seeing a young Guts on the battlefield. They were in for a [[Child Soldier|world of deadness.]]

* [[Kick the Dog]]: Gambino does this both literally and figuratively throughout his appearance.

** In fact Gambino probably deserves some sort of a freaking achievement award - the man manages to [[Kick the Dog]] by petting the dog!

* [[Kill It with Fire]]: Used effectively within the series several times, no matter the situation.

* [[Kill the Cutie]]: Colette, right at the beginning. Interestingly enough, there a only a few more instances where this happens to minor characters.

* [[The Kingdom]]: Why, little 'ol Midland, of course, which has been bullied by not only one [[The Empire|empire]], but TWO over the span of the series, before [[The Messiah|Griffith]] came into action. However, this might all change now that {{spoiler|[[Dark Messiah|Griffith]] is basically in charge of the place now that Falconia has arisen, bringing on the age of darkness.}} Fun times.

* [[Knife Nut]]: Judeau

* [[Knight in Shining Armor]]: The Skull Knight is the combination of this and the [[Black Knight]]. Griffith is a deconstruction.

** Azan seems to be one as well.

* [[Knight Templar]]: The Holy Iron Chain Knights.

** Subverted: The order itself is a ceremonial guard composed of young nobles whose parents wanted them to have the prestige of military service minus the risk associated with actual warfare. Farnese was all Knight Templar, however, and often ordered them to mete out some brutal punishment to supposed heretics.

** It should be noted that Guts had one very [[Knight Templar]] moment near the end of the Golden Age Arc when he is about to depart from Godo's:

** Now ''that'' is the beginning of [[He Who Fights Monsters|a very scary vendetta.]]

* [[La Résistance]]: The Midland resistance against [[The Empire|the Kushan]] occupation of the capital of Windham was headed by Sir Laban and Minister Foss.

* [[Lady of War]]: Farnese, though this is subverted when we find out she can't fight. Casca is a straighter example, even though she wasn't from a privileged background.

* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: All over the place, most of it coming from Puck. When Magnifico first shows his cowardice in battle, the elf notes that [[Sarcasm Mode|"there was never a character like this before..."]] - obviously recalling Corkus, who Puck never even met.

** Also, when Serpico [[Eyes Always Shut|opens his eyes]].

* [[Life Energy]]: Od.

** And, as if the church wasn't already bad enough (it is, after all, inspired by the medieval catholic church), Inquisitor Mozgus becomes a angel-like pseudo-apostle covered by white feathers and having a light breath.

* [[Lightning Reveal]]: Used to re-introduce Guts after the two year [[Time Skip]] which opens up the Lost Children Arc.

* [[Ludicrous Gibs]]: A constant byproduct of Guts' fighting style.

** A particularly deserving example is when Guts slashes through a soldier's head, and his jaw, eyeballs, tongue, scalp, and ''entire undamaged brain'' fly off in different directions.

* [[Lying on a Hillside]]: This is the last serene moment that the Band of the Hawk have together.

* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Well now, the series has Guts for you [[Tall, Dark and Handsome|tall, dark, handsome]] and [[Tall, Dark and Snarky|snarky]] girls and Griffith for you chicks who dig the whole [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]] [[Bishonen]] thing. There's some [[Fan Service]] for everybody, [[Periphery Demographic|even for the female readers]].

* [[Made of Evil]]: The Behelits, Berserk Armor and a couple other things.

* [[Made of Iron]]: Guts, who can be beaten to a pulp by a monster the size of an elephant and still be on top form the next day. Averted in the case of Griffith, who ends up crippled by torture.

* [[Makes Just as Much Sense in Context]]: So, while Guts and Casca are separated from the Hawks, General Adon shows up with a troop of mercenaries that he hired to catch Guts. Guts makes a path for Casca to escape, when Adon sends some men after her in order to kill her. When they catch up to her and eventually over power her, the mooks are mad that she was able to kill some of their comrades, so they want to ''thank'' Casca for doing so... [[Murderers Are Rapists|by raping her.]] THEN killing her. Um, okay then.

* [[Man in the Iron Mask]]: {{spoiler|Griffith}}, after he slept with Charlotte.

* [[A Man Is Always Eager]]: Although both [[All Men Are Perverts|he]] and [[All Women Are Lustful|Casca]] are the least sex-crazed characters in Berserk, Guts is shown to be a bit less nervous about initiating sex with Casca {{spoiler|as this is his [[Technical Virgin|first time as well]]}}. And afterward, Guts is shown to be ''very'' eager about making love to Casca a hundred - no, a THOUSAND - more times.

** This of course plays into Guts's [[Heartbroken Badass]] status later, as he is not only desperate for Casca's emotional love, but also her physical love {{spoiler|and his beast within uses this longing [[Near-Rape Experience|for his own desires]].}}

* [[Mars Needs Women]]: Most male apostles or evil spirits won't hestitate to have their way with any human female in the vacinity.

* [[Mark of the Beast]]: Inverted in that Griffith was the one who made the [[Deal with the Devil]], but those who are given the mark are to be sacrificed to demons; thus it's called the Mark of Sacrifice. It'll bleed when the individual is near a demon.

* [[A Match Made in Stockholm]]: Pretty much how Guts and Farnese met.

* [[Mauve Shirt]]: A couple of minor recurring characters that lasted for several volumes, like Gaston.

* [[Mega Neko]]: Ganishka's monstrous demon tigers.

* [[Melancholy Moon]]: Every once in awhile, we see Guts staring at the moon, lost in his own thoughts... He Schierke also share a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|moment of heartwarming]] this way.

* [[Messianic Archetype]]: Griffith and Guts can both be seen as this trope. Griffith is a dark version of this, in reality being a [[Dark Messiah]] who is also an demonic demigod, as he was "[[Cold-Blooded Torture|crucified]]" but was then "resurrected" in the demonic sabbath of the Eclipse. He has currently {{spoiler|"ascended" onto his throne that is Falconia}}. [[Messiah Creep|Guts is becoming a straighter example as the story progresses.]] He has the unusual birth down, and he is against the populace's belief that Griffith is [[The Chosen One]], and has since gradually begun gathering "[[True Companions|disciples]]" and little by little, people who would have normally been afraid of Guts are growing to admire him. Wanna know what's ''really'' fucked up about this? [[Perspective Flip|See below.]]

* [[Minor Injury Overreaction]]: Gambino reacted quite violently and a bit like a brat when Guts managed to cut him on the cheek during his childhood training, ending with Gambino giving the kid an even nastier cut across his nose which ended up physically scarring him for life. On a more comical side, Guts himself is quite [[Afraid of Needles]] and acts like a baby whenever he has to get sewn up.

* [[Misery Builds Character]]: Though it isn't explicitly stated, a large portion of the backstory goes into showing why Guts is such a hardened (and therefore exceptional) warrior. Most of his life has been misery heaped on tragedy, forging him into an inhumanly durable person.

** Off course, the story allso points out that there are [[Driven to Madness|limits]] to this, and sometimes there isn't much character left when the dust settles. {{spoiler|Poor Casca...}}

* [[Misplaced Wildlife]]: A warthog shows up during a fox hunt. Bear in mind Midland is apparently the fantasy counterpart of ''Denmark''.

* [[Missing Episode]]: One chapter of the manga ( {{spoiler|where during his transformation into a Godhand, Griffith meets the Idea of Evil (A.K.A [[God]]) who explains its origins and its goals}}) that should have been in volume 13 was supposedly pulled by Miura because he felt that it revealed too much about the setting at the time; it was later released as supplemental material.

* [[Mix-and-Match Critters]]: Most of the Apostles and the qlipoth creatures. We got [[Panthera Awesome|tiger]][[A Load of Bull|bull]][[Blood Knight|apes]], [[Our Ogres Are Hungrier|manspermwhaleelephants]], froghorses, elephantwhales, and [[All Trolls Are Different|ratmonkeypigs]], just to name a few.

* [[Morality Chain]]: Post-Eclipse Casca to Guts.

* [[Morality Pet]]: Puck for the [[Sociopathic Hero|borderline-sociopathic Guts]] of the first issues. {{spoiler|Post-eclipse Griffith/Femto}} seems to be fond of {{spoiler|[[Oracular Urchin|Sonia]], the rookies and the refugees that accompany him for the second, demonic Band of the Hawk,}} though since he was a first-class [[Manipulative Bastard]] from the start, it's difficult to tell how genuine this affection might be. His total lack of remorse over everything he did during the Eclipse does not encourage the idea that he considers people anything more than tools anymore.

* [[More Teeth Than the Osmond Family]]: Just about every monster in the manga.

** {{spoiler|The monster in chapter 319 takes this up to eleven as all you can see is a giant mouth of very sharp teeth.}}

* [[My Brain Is Big]]: Void is a particularly creepy version.

* [[My Greatest Failure]]: Guts's greatest failure, without a doubt was {{spoiler|being unable to save Casca from being raped by Femto.}} Also, [[What the Hell, Hero?|he came to realize how much he screwed up]] by leaving Casca when the two of them needed each other the most, but instead decided to drown his sorrows in killing Apostles, which didn't help him very much in the end.

*** This is more of an [[Anti-Hero]] variation, since Guts still profoundly hates the Godhand and Apostles, and even admitted to himself that even though he may have lost the right to avenge the Band of the Hawk {{spoiler|he would '''[[This Is Unforgivable!|NEVER FORGIVE GRIFFITH]]''' for what he did to Casca.}}

* [[My Kung Fu Is Stronger Than Yours]]: After facing off with Nosferatu Zodd for the first time, Guts's goals in life became centered around training himself and becoming stronger so that the next time he encountered Zodd or another bigger enemy, he'd win (or, at best, survive). Then, more serious stuff settled into the plot - [[Total Eclipse of the Plot|like the Eclipse]] - and Guts's eyes were set on one thing and one thing only: [[Revenge]]. With that, Guts would get into battles [[Death Seeker|without really caring how much stronger his foe was]]. Later on, the trope was re-introduced with the appearance of [[Wrong Genre Savvy|Isidro]].

* [[Mysterious Protector]]: The Skull Knight.

* [[Myth Arc]]: In essence, the tumultuous personalities of Guts, Griffith, and Casca are explored as well as their relationships to each other throughout the series. [[Triang Relations|Their relationship]] pretty much influenced the fate of the entire world as it always comes down to these three. This is great and enticing to the reader, but the unfortunate [[Arc Fatigue|myth stall]] kind of sours it.

* [[Narrator All Along]]: {{spoiler|Void}}

* [[Never My Fault]]: When he returned to Godo's house to find Casca was missing, Guts immediately went to blaming Rickert [[What the Hell, Hero?|instead of looking how he played a role in Casca's condition.]]

* [[Never Sleep Again]]: Ever since he got the brand, Guts can only get some shut eye when he finds a spot in full sunlight. Eventually he gets so conditioned to this he can't fall asleep at nighttime anymore even when he knows he is in a safe spot.

** To make it worse, had Guts stayed a little while longer (or had Casca not gone and told Griffith that he was leaving) then maybe Griffith wouldn't have a massive breakdown and derail everything he worked for and the whole group could have a happy ending. (of course that would have been a boring manga)

** {{spoiler|In an attempt to kill Griffith, the Skull Knight appears to have broken ''the entire world!''}}

* [[Nipple-and-Dimed]]: A bizarre case. Miura has no qualms with sex and nudity, [[Male Frontal Nudity|even the full frontal male one]]. No problems with showing genitals ''very'' clearly, orgies, paedophilia, [[Rape Tropes|rape in all its forms]] and all kinds of explicitly sexual things that few manga writers would dare to show so clearly on panel. So it's pretty strange that no man on his pages is shown to have nipples... when women's are clearly shown at every turn!

** From some screencaps of the next movie(s), that's apparently going to change. [http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0wmhjSjHK1qlsfdio1_500.jpg NSFW.]

* [[Non-Action Snarker]]: Evarella. She's pretty judgmental for someone who doesn't do anything.

* [[Norio Wakamoto]]: Gambino in the anime.

* [[Not So Different]]: In the manga, Puck chastises Guts - who at the time is [[He Who Fights Monsters|just as vicious as the monsters he hunts for]] - for being so cruel to Vargas, a kind but revenge-driven man who wants the apostle {{spoiler|who mutilated Vargas and forced him to watch as he ate his wife and children}} dead, saying that they weren't much different and should consider each other allies. Guts laughs it off, but later {{spoiler|reconciles to himself that he and Vargas weren't so different after all, since he and Guts [[Forced to Watch|shared the same cruel fate when encountering apostles]].}}

* [[Nothing but Skulls]]: The road to the castle in Griffith's [[Mind Rape]].

** [[Cutlass Between the Teeth]]: Guts uses his teeth in order to use other weapons when he's incapable of using his own two hands, such as when he used his teeth to pull the trigger to his cannon arm when he was incapacitated by the Snake Baron.

** [[Man Bites Man]]: Or in Guts' case, Man Bites Demon.

* [[Number of the Beast]]: The Eclipse, which heralds the birth of a new member of the Godhand, happens once every 216 years. 216 = 6 x 6 x 6...

* [[The Obi-Wan]]: Godo, though not a swordsman, gives Guts a place to train for a year, made him most of his weapons and equipment, give him insight and advice, and above all, managed to be the only person in the series to make Guts [[What the Hell, Hero?|bite his own tongue and think about how he was acting like a complete asshole to people for reasons that were primarily his doing]]. And he did all this knowing that he was going to die soon and before he refurbished the Dragon Slayer for the final time. [[Cool Old Guy|Awesome work, man]].

* [[Oblivious to Love]]: Guts and Casca were both guilty of this around the time that Guts decided to leave the Hawks, but luckily, they later become the -

** First notable moment was when Guts battled Nosferatu Zodd for the first time. He kept his cool for the first moments - until [[One-Winged Angel|Zodd turns into his apostle form]].

** Then came the time when Guts was facing off Wyald, his second encounter with an Apostle. He took it a lot better than with his fight with Zodd, but it was one of the few other times that we see Guts tremble with fear.

** When the Hawks were transported to the Vortex where the Eclipse ceremony is held (a.k.a. HELL), and the realization of what the God Hand meant by "sacrifice" hit them.

*** The entire Eclipse ordeal was littered with [[Oh Crap]], one tragic expression after the other. It was basically a [[Mass "Oh Crap"]] convention.

* [[Oracular Urchin]]: Sonia

* [[The Other Darrin]]: The new movies will be replacing Casca's original Japanese voice actress, [[Yuko Miyamura]], with anime neophyte Toa Yukinari. It's probably safe to assume that once the new movies get licensed and dubbed there will be a number of different English voices as well.

* [[Our Ogres Are Hungrier]]: They look like [[Biological Mashup|biological mashups]] between human and sperm whale with noses on the crown of their heads and massive tusks. [http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080615184643/berserk/images/7/75/Ogre.jpg Just look].

* [[Outside Context Villain]]: One of the main reasons why even weaker Apostles and minor supernatural beings are such a threat to humans.

* [[Overdrawn At the Blood Bank]]: Everyone and everything bleeds a LOT. Guts himself is almost constantly dripping blood (especially from his brand), but he never seems to run completely dry. It's occasionally lampshaded when Guts needs to interrupt his battle to patch up, but his blood loss is still pretty unrealistic.

* [[Over-the-Shoulder Carry]]: How Guts kidnapped Farnese at the beginning of the Conviction Arc.

* [[Over the Shoulder Murder Shot]]: There's a scene like this where it's a family of three devouring their newborn. Alive.

* [[Papa Wolf]]: {{spoiler|''Guts'', in the latter stages on the manga, [http://www.mangakong.com/manga/Berserk/247.256/67 becomes this] towards Schierk}}

* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Everywhere. Prominent examples:

** Guts' birth mother died before he was born - via execution by hanging. His birth father [[Disappeared Dad|is never mentioned.]] His adoptive mother, [[Missing Mom|Sys]], [[Disposable Woman|died of the plague when he was very young]], and [[Abusive Parent|Gambino]] - well, [[Jerkass|we know enough]] [[Complete Monster|about his deeds to the boy.]] Guts [[Calling the Old Man Out|eventually calls his adoptive dad out]], [[Self-Made Orphan|though by accident.]]

** Rosine, like Isidro, is an inversion, but on a more diabolical level, as she {{spoiler|[[Self-Made Orphan|sacrificed her parents]] to the Godhand in order to become an apostle.}}

** Princess Charlotte's birth mother died, her stepmother [[Parental Neglect|more or less ignored her]] (who is also dead), and her father {{spoiler|who had previously [[Parental Incest|tried to rape her]]}} is now dead.

* [[A Party - Also Known as an Orgy]]: YES. Beserk has a lot of these, especially of the pagan variant.

* [[Pastel-Chalked Freeze-Frame]]: Berserk is fond of doing this for dramatic moments, usually when Guts is doing something particularly [[Badass]].

* [[Perspective Flip]]: The coming of the [[Anti Christ]] is part of the entire lore. Which is Guts. Wait, Something's wrong here. Why is ''[[Complete Monster|Griffith]]'' [[The Messiah]] again? Why is he ''acting'' like a Messiah? People see Guts as a child-slayer and demonic conqueror? Oh dear.

* [[Physical Scars, Psychological Scars]]: The lose of his left arm and his right eye serves has Guts' painful reminder of [[My Greatest Failure|what he failed to save]] during the Eclipse.

* [[Pimped-Out Cape]]

* [[Pimped-Out Dress]]: The Midland royal court has plenty of these.

** Those Vandimion's are pretty pimped-out themselves.

* [[Pirates]]: [[Everything's Even Worse with Sharks|Captain Sharkrider]] and his pirate crew are a group of [[Talk Like a Pirate|stereotypical]] Type 1 pirates - only they suck at what they do and Guts and his gang always [[Butt Monkey|take some time to talk shit about them]].

* [[Playing Cyrano]]: {{spoiler|Guts does this with Casca towards Griffith. Also, Judea does this with Griffith towards Casca.}}

* [[Plucky Comic Relief]]: Isidro and the two elves.

** Arguably Corkus, as well, and much less slapstick and annoying about it, too.

* [[Pointy Ears]]: A handful of characters, human and non-human, have 'em.

** The fact that Guts' ears, while still human, are somewhat sharper than other humans (the same can be said for his teeth) has led to considerable fan speculation about what exactly he might be. Being born from a dead woman with no known father means anything is possible.

* [[Poor Communication Kills]]: Guts could at least ''try'' to explain himself to people occasionally.

* [[Post Dramatic Stress Disorder]]: Happens all too often after a battle or just something really climatic.

* [[Potty Failure]]: Casca has an accident in volume 23.

* [[Power of Hate]]: Yes. Guts had shades of this as well as his standard [[Unstoppable Rage]]. When he wasn't slicing away at Apostles, some of which he had no connection to, Guts spent his spare time thinking about that one Apostle in particular that he hates above all else... And Mr. [[The Heartless|Uber-scary]]-[[Hell Hound|hellhound]]-[[Enemy Within|beast]] helped with that. However, Godo later deconstructs this when [[What the Hell, Hero?|he lectured to Guts]] that hate is where a man goes to when he is really afraid and [[Heartbroken Badass|is overwhelming with sadness]]. Guts' power of hate was eventually displaced by...

** [[Power of Love]]: Caused Guts to {{spoiler|chisel off an arm with little hesitation in order to save Casca from Femto}}. That's pretty damn powerful. Not to mention he gave up a two-year vendetta in order to come to her aid and to keep her near him so that he doesn't loose her to anyone or anything again.

*** Also invoked a couple of times. What's the last and best way to bring Guts back from being drawn over to his [[Super-Powered Evil Side]], or from just going on another blinding, roaring rampage of battle? Remind him of his love for [[Morality Chain|Casca]].

* [[Pragmatic Adaptation]]: The anime toned down on the violence as well as the occasional slapstick comedy, and focused more on the emphasis of ambition and friendship (albeit in the negative way) instead of on the series long supernatural plotline in order to give the series a dark, serious, and realistic atmosphere. Some also believe that by omitting Guts's {{spoiler|emotional breakdown from being raped as a child and the Skull Knight's presence when he saved Guts from the Eclipse}} made him look like a stronger person and more likeable to the audience. Despite all this, along with some of the [[Adaptation-Induced Plothole|plot holes]] and [[Adaptation Explanation Extrication|lack of explanation for some scenes]], the fans were pretty accepting of these changes to the anime.

* [[Precision F-Strike]]:

* [[Precocious Crush]]: Schierke has this for Guts.

** Implied that Jill had one for him too.

* [[Pretty in Mink]]: A few furs, especially among the royalty and nobility, given this show's setting. One standout is a dress Charlotte wears with a trim of white fur, but arranged as lines of puff balls.

* [[Primal Fear]]: No. ''Berserk'' doesn't stop at [[Nightmare Fuel]] and [[Adult Fear]]. Now we have those fears that everyone can relate to, including the valued reader: a fear of the dark (Guts virtually cannot sleep at night because he has to fight off monsters and evil spirits the whole time), being eaten alive (happens too often with both monsters AND humans), blood and guts (chances are that you will NOT die in one piece), giants (those goddamn scary apostles), monsters and scary beasts (again, those damn apostles - AND just about every supernatural creature is out to get you. It's a surprise that unicorns and fairies haven't been wiped out), bugs ([[Butterfly of Death and Rebirth|Rosine]] and [[Gosh Hornet|her little minions]]), snakes (um, the Great Goatheads [[Gag Penis|phallis]]), and probably dozens more. Alas, the one that takes the cake is the [[Cold-Blooded Torture|sadism]] and the [[Squick]] (and for added horror, the humiliation involved). What's the worse thing about being apprehended by the guards and going to a trial that might end with your execution? No, it's not the actual trial (or even the actual execution). It's:

** 'Tis just ONE example. Reading ''Berserk'' pretty much makes you want to go into a [[Troubled Fetal Position|fetal position]] and cry yourself to sleep sometimes.

* [[Primal Scene]]: Childlike Casca walks in on Luca and Jerome. Cue in "dwa" face from both Casca and Jerome.

* [[Private Military Contractors]]: The Band of the Hawk.

* [[Prolonged Prologue]]: Twelve volumes, man. ''Twelve volumes.''

* [[Public Execution]]: It's practically a form of theatre in ''Berserk''.

 

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