POR QUE O GUTS É TÃO FORTE? – BERSERK

Throughout the work, Guts accumulates completely absurd feats of strength, resistance and combat skills. Things that sometimes go beyond any kind of logic lol Which generates a very sincere doubt in the Berserk community; Why is Guts so strong? How can a normal human, until then without any power, face such powerful creatures and still come out alive? Is there some magical reason for this, is he really a normal human? Well, that’s exactly what we’re going to find out in today’s video. So, let’s go! CONTEXT To understand the reason behind Guts’ superhuman ability, let’s analyze three main aspects explained in the manga; • Unlimited potential • Berserker Mentality • Evil Descent This way it will be very clear where so much power came from, and how far he can go with them. UNLIMITED POTENTIAL You know when you try to lift something very heavy and then give up, when you realize it’s too much weight for you? Most people believe that this is the limit of their physical capacity, but this is not true. In reality, your body sends signs of muscle fatigue well before reaching its real limit. All this to avoid damage to your muscles, tendons, joints and other structures involved. In other words, your body decreases its capabilities to preserve your body. But believe it or not, there is a very peculiar way to get around this limitation; Exposure to danger In situations where people were face to face with certain death, whether their own or that of close relatives They demonstrated absurd feats compared to their normal capabilities. For example in accidents where people lift cars to help someone trapped Or even the case of a woman who fought a fucking polar bear to defend her children. People who, when faced with extreme danger, end up far exceeding their own physical limitations. But what if someone managed to control this limiter? Could you use 100% of your physical capacity? In Berserk this question was answered very clearly with Guts. With that, even if we take into account that Guts is just a normal human. His constant fights against creatures 3, 4, 10 times stronger than him put him at a completely absurd pace of physical enhancement. In each battle he is pushed to the extreme, coming very close to death several times. Obviously he does not come out of these battles unscathed, quite the opposite. He has always been very injured and sometimes he almost dies, Puck who saves him with his elven magic But beyond that From this damage, Guts also developed an extraordinary battle capacity Since he was little, he always used swords much larger than normal. Bigger and heavier. Thus, his strength and physical resistance were increased to the extreme . constantly becoming practically a super human Which partly explains his achievements But not completely Because an improved body is not everything in a battle, which leads us to the second point; BERSERKER MENTALITY We have already seen that Guts has a completely improved and specialized body for battles. But obviously that alone wouldn’t be enough to achieve the feats seen in the manga And that’s exactly where your Berserker mentality comes in. In the real world, experienced fighters and martial arts practitioners They train blows and techniques exhaustively with the intention of making their actions and reactions completely automatic When recognizing a specific type of attack Their body moves instinctively, dodging or defending the blow This way they can react much faster Keeping the mind free to analyze the fight and think of new strategies for victory What does the cycle do starting over and leading them to learn more and more patterns Bringing it to a fictional context It’s almost like Gaara’s sand in Naruto, which protects him without him having to do anything Thus being free to analyze the blows and techniques that his opponent uses Or take a kick in the face if that opponent is rock lee lol In the case of Guts, he uses this ability to be more offensive Since he needs less conscious effort to defend himself and attack He can be, in a way, more careless Focus much less on his own conscious defense What I called here the Berserker mentality In which the best defense is attack Exactly like the Norse warriors who gave rise to the term itself. This way the character managed to develop not only a body completely adapted for battle But also a completely optimized mind A completely rare and unusual combo to find] So unusual that it’s almost strange for him to have all the necessary requirements Which brings us to the third and final point of why Guts is so strong. EVIL Descent In chapter 83 of Berserk, Miura revealed the idea of ​​evil in a dialogue with Griffith during his transformation into Femto. A chapter that was even decanonized by him and removed from the work And that is why this last topic may or may not be valid, depending on your interpretation of this change in the original material. This is because, during the dialogue between Griffith and the idea of ​​evil, it is revealed that the entity controls the destiny of humanity, guiding them according to their desires and plans, which even led Griffith and the entire gang to that moment of sacrifice during the eclipse. Upon discovering this, Griffith himself questions whether his destiny was also manipulated What is confirmed and explained in detail by the idea of ​​evil Which says it was decided a long time ago that Griffith would have this role That history was manipulated so that everything happened for that he would get there That every encounter he had during his life was the result of this superior will That his lineage was manipulated so that he was born with the correct abilities His beauty, leadership, charisma, aptitude for battle, all of this was perfectly planned Well how the people around him were manipulated into helping him achieve his goals that would lead him to that moment. Even though we are talking explicitly about Griffith himself, it is implied that the rest of the people who had an influence on the falcon’s life were also manipulated. This means that Casca, Corkus, Judôu, Pipin, Rickert and the rest of the gang All of them had their bloodlines manipulated so that they had the characteristics and skills necessary to be the gang’s warriors In other words, Griffith’s sacrifices From then on the natural question is; And Guts? Did he also have his family tree manipulated to be so strong, fast and resilient? Are your abilities the work of chance or was this all planned by the idea of ​​evil? We know that Guts is somehow immune to the manipulation of destiny. This is one of his main characteristics in the work. This could rule out the idea that he was also manipulated. But is that really so? At no point is it said that this ability has genealogical factors So Guts’ ancestors were not necessarily immune as well. They could therefore have been manipulated to reproduce exactly according to what was planned by the idea of ​​evil Providing exactly the genes necessary for Guts to have all the capabilities mentioned in the previous topics Which makes a lot of sense if we think about the importance that Guts had as a warrior for the gang For example, after his entry into the group The gang’s victory rate increased drastically He is directly responsible for many of these battles In Several times he defeats military leaders, strongest warriors and dozens of men, completely shaking the morale of the enemy army, just as he did with Bazuzo at the beginning of the golden age. So even if Guts can’t defeat entire armies alone Only his fame and the moral effect he has on the group Absurdly expands the conquests of the falcon band. Therefore, Guts is a fundamental piece in Griffih’s trajectory, in several aspects, in fact. From this point of view, it becomes much more likely that your lineage has been manipulated by the evil entity that controls the destiny of humanity. Mainly because we don’t know who Guts’ parents were He may have had completely absurd and even non-human parents as some theories suggest But that is another subject, which would not fit into our discussion today And it can also become another video if you want, so if you want a video about Comment there CONCLUSION From these three points it is very clear why Guts is so absurdly strong He has a body and mind perfectly adapted for battle Which is most likely the result of the manipulation of the idea of ​​evil So yes, Guts does have a little magical push in his abilities Even if indirectly he received everything he needed to become the strongest human of all Being able to go head to head with absurdly strong beings Not to mention the Berserker armor, which takes him to another level completely But even before that, just With his ability and common weapons, he is already a super human One who can become even stronger if he becomes the next skull knigth or even an apostle, but this is also a subject for another video. 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