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* Hey, she could be all Kushanese: a Kushanese-Midlandian (like a Japanese-American).
** Just compare her to Silat. As for Donovan, Pippin and most dark-skinned extras that aren't explicitly Kushans, they mostly are of clealy African descent or mixed race in the case of Pippin who was probably a mulatto.
*** Well, Miura has a knack at [[Cast of Snowflakes|not making everybody a paper-doll cut out of each other]], even if they're from the same ethnic group. Silat has [httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20190710230215/https://www.mangakongotakusmash.com/read-manga/Berserk/037.047/169/ a lot of sharp features to his face], as well as a lot of the Bakiraka, which could reflect how [[Red Right Hand|they were perceived as not really good guys]] - and maybe even a bit stereotyped - while Casca's features are a lot more soft and "normal" which is probably how a lot more Kushan people look like, [httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20190710230215/https://www.mangakongotakusmash.com/read-manga/Berserk/237.246/211/ judging from the way the children look]. Personally, I always thought that a half-Kushan person would look like [httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20190710230216/https://www.mangakongotakusmash.com/read-manga/Berserk/317/10/ Guska], since he looks like both of his {{spoiler|supposed}} parents and thus has features of both [httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20190710230216/https://www.mangakongotakusmash.com/read-manga/Berserk/237.246/49/ a Kushan and a Midlandian] (or is it "Midlander"?).
*** Also with the Casca's true ethnic origin thing, I always imagined that Casca's home village was comprised of Kushan refugees: it's in a place that's technically a safe haven, but it's close to their home turf. Plus, it's possible that Casca's family was given the crappy land by the Kingdom of Midland because the government wanted to "assimilate" the Kushan immigrants into their society (or they were just cautious of their allegiance) - but from a confined distance which was basically an ethnic ghetto.
 
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== Caska will regain her mind, but she's gonna [[Came Back Wrong|Come Back Wrong]]... ==
...as a [[Fooly CoolyFLCL|Haruko]] Expy who lives [[For the Evulz]]. Living without any inhibitions for so long is going to make a huge change in her personality, only now it's coupled with her intelligence and willpower. Now the world is truly @#!*% .
 
== God Hand has a "good" equivalent ==
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** He looks like a Bloodthirster though. Of course he's a demon of Khorne.
*** Or if not, certainly a Champion of Khorne.
** Compare, if you will, [http://berserk.wikia.com/wiki/File:Brand.png Gut's brand]{{Dead link}} to [http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Khorne the mark of Khorne]. They're just a few lines short of each other.
* The Skull Knight is really a manifestation of the God-Emperor,
* This Troper can totally imagine Farneze as a Sister of Battle, now. I mean, she was once a [[Knight Templar]] until recently, and she ''loooooooves'' fire.
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== Guts is an alternate universe version of [[Final Fantasy X|Auron]] ==
Let's go through the checklist, shall we?
* [[BFSBig Freaking Sword]]? Check.
* [[Badass]]? Check.
* Only one functional eye? Check.
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== [[Suikoden V|Georg Prime]] is an alternate universe version of Guts. ==
Now, Georg may use a katana and fights like a Samurai, while Guts is a mercenary who uses the mother of all [[BFSBig Freaking Sword|BFSs]], but most everything else fits. Both are [[Lightning Bruiser]] badasses capable of kicking all kinds of @#!*% . Both live in worlds controlled by some transcendental entities that manipulate the flow of causality (the {{spoiler|Idea of Evil}} and the 27 True Runes). And @#!*% , both bear a striking resemblance to each other. And while we're at it, Georg tends to wear an eyepatch over his right eye, despite it still being fully functional. Perhaps this could be telling: either Guts has been fooling everyone all this time and his own right eye is still good, or Georg seems to share some kind of connection (or possibly memories) to his Midland counterpart and acts accordingly. Perhaps ''Suikoden'' does not take place in an alternate universe, but in the exact same universe as ''Berserk'', in the distant future, with Georg being a reincarnation of Guts!
 
== [[Running Gag|Guts is]] [[Batman]]. ==
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== King Gaiseric. is a [[Red Herring]] ==
[https://web.archive.org/web/20190710230214/http://view.thespectrum.net/series/berserk-chapter-314.html?ch=Volume+13%2B13&page=4 Unless this is a mistranslation], The Skull Knight has been around for several thousands of years, while King Gaisaric rose to power approximately 1,000 years ago, meaning the two can't be one in the same. As such, The Skull Knight might have had a relationship with King Gaisaric similar to the one he has with Guts, or King Gaisaric went on to become Void.
* It ''is'' a mistranslation. Zodd really says that the Skull Knight has been "our foe for a millenium."
 
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Slan is more of a personification of the [[Seven Deadly Sins]] (seven guesses as to which one), but I will add that the lines of which Godhand best represents which horseman is blurred, since there are several interpretations on what each of the four horsemen represent in themselves. For example, the White Horseman (pestilence) would actually be more befitting for Femto instead of Conrad, since scriptures say that the White Horseman is suppose to represent [[The Antichrist]], and so far, Griffith [[Dark Messiah|deceives the people as a messiah,]] [[Ambition Is Evil|conquers all that oppose him,]] and he returned on a white steed; however, according to [http://berserk.wikia.com/wiki/Ubik the cool wiki], there are some allusions that ''Ubik'' can represent the Antichrist, since he also has powers of deceivement, as he used them on none other than Griffith when he first appeared. Of course, Conrad could himself take on the role of the both the White Horseman and the Black Horseman (famine), since his image was present when Wyndam was wrought with plague. Pretty obvious why Void would be the Pale Horseman (death). Of course, if you wanted to throw the theory mentioned above into the mix... They are rivals after all.
 
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