Yeah. They kinda did the same thing in the movies. I mean, I really liked how they did the love scene in the movie (it was pretty gratifying, if you know what I mean) but I much rather prefer the original because why would you show a flashback of Guts getting raped and never have Guts address or be really affected by it when it was such a pivotal moment in his life?
Actually, they were pretty flimsy with all of the sexual abuse/assault in the films, another example being Griffith and Gennon. Again, I know why they cut shit out, but why are you gonna have all of his boy sex slaves be happy in his company, when in the original Casca quoted them as having “lifeless eyes” out of fear and abuse??!!
I, as a Berserk fan - with Casca being my favorite character - I’m already disgruntled with how she’s depicted and how sexual violence is handled in the original story… Long story short, the few male sexual violence and abuse scenes never show the physical act in depth, but you still feel the full emotional depth of what rape can do to someone (female sexual violence - um, not so much >:/ ). Tbh I have to give the TV show some credit because I think they did the Eclipse in the most fitting way that I would have preferred (and it’s like, they probably did it more out of censorship than out of the art of depicting such a scene with all of the emotion and little of the exploitation).
But back to Guts (and Griffith depending on how you view his scenario), being raped was such a huge emotional turning point in his life and it affected him into his adult years: it affected his outlook on relationships, both platonic and romantic, and shaped his worldviews. Not to mention how Guts and Griffith are once again juxtaposed, this time with how they dealt with their trauma and how Casca was involved with each. It was all very emotionally gratifying to see how they interacted with their own emotions and with Casca (notice how Casca gave the cool down hug to each of them, but Guts and Griffith responded quite differently) and it gave way for a lot more character depth.
I always saw the TV show wanting to deal more with camaraderie and such, which was alright with me, especially since they were slated for 25 episodes. I’m not 100% pleased with how everything is depicted in the original manga, but I do give Miura credit in addressing male sexual violence in a character such as Guts, and I wish both producers and fans would stop erasing that part of Guts’ narrative.
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