#chapter 371

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Please tell me

the path through the Real Goods Box is two-way.

[everytsuyuasui]

Chapter 371 ~ Together with Shoji

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I love this

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Happy one year anniversary to Spinner-vision of League of Legends Shigaraki.

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Thoughts on chapter 370 & 371

370 was, in my opinion, mostly about setting up the future events of the main battle, the BBs essentially just arriving to the scene and telling Asta to go ahead; that they can handle the clones. And that... for some reason the Clover castle needs to be in the skies for Lucius' plan to work (I guess JuLu really just is gonna climb the tree of Qliphoth and punch their celestial parent for missing out on parenting /j). But also just securing that Yuno and Asta as a duo are the only "real" threat to Lucius. Though I have to suspect that there is going to be some kind of a scene stating that they weren't alone, and were only able to do it because of the wonderful people and friends they met along the way.

(But I also gotta laugh at Auggie just chilling in his castle while there the apocalypse happening outside. Do the limits of this man's incompetence know no limits?)

Charlotte deciding that she can't die yet. My romantic heart wants to believe that it's partly because Sukehiro needs to talk to her about something, once the battle is over. But also for the very obvious reason of... the world being about to to end, and her being one of the people that stand in the way of it. Rill might just be able to soon paint his masterpiece.

Then...

MEREO

CLK

FUE

Oh gosh. I love how Tabs went from the pure battle into some lore! He gave an explanation to Mereo's decision to leave the capitol, and it was simply because she didn't think that she'd get to ... grow stronger, in the proper sense of the concept. Because growth exists outside of one's comfort zone, and she would have, most likely, been stronger than anyone she goes up against with just being comfortably at home. There wasn't enough to quench her thirst for ability, for knowledge. Life inside the castle walls just wasn't enough, because there was no challenge.

I can now really imagine how much that battle during The Tuesday of Blood and Fire meant for Mereoleona. It was one of the first, perhaps only, times when someone really, truly, engaged with her into a proper battle. She must've been ecstatic! Such a proud big sister!! And we always knew that she has fire in her heart, and she was going to make something out of herself, but even her, she couldn't quite make it on her own. She needed that push from the people behind her. They might have been weaker than she was, but they gave her the necessary nudge.

Then we have Morris, blabbering about how the most weak preach the most... and then goes to preach about how he was chosen by God. Well... I guess he can't appreciate the irony in it, but I can.

Fue arrives to the scene, when she's on the brink of realizing. After having shown some of his strength, and only to see the dead souls of their squad rise from the flames of hellfire that exists in Mereo's fire! She figures out her ultimate magic! And as she does, she declares that she wasn't waiting for anyone. She's going to charge ahead, with someone or without, because that's the only way to get stronger. To keep pushing the limits!!

Her soul is Fire! And she manifests that forth, into her body and gives body to the fallen souls. "You fools can't just die and think you'll get away with this!! That is not an excuse!" Like damn... what a mentality!

But these people were the ones who were not deterred by her training methods. They were afraid yes. They were aware of their weakness in comparison to her. But that was not an excuse for them to not push their own limits!! Mad respect. And Mereo grins. "This is the true shape of a human soul!" Something that burns with passion and bravery, charges forward and refuses to give in.

Like holy hell (pun intended)

And then she glances back with a mad grin, like something hell itself spat out.

I wouldn't be surprised if she becomes... like a fire spirit after this? I mean... Salamander is The Great Spirit of Fire, but he has a physical form. And Mereo is doing something similar, though at least between the Spare and Final arc, it seemed like she was able to still retain her body -body. I wonder if, but I also doubt, that it would be the same after the final arc. It might be that she'll become permanently a spirit. But... I honestly can't blame. Because that is not her death, even if it comes to that. It's her becoming.

If I wasn't afraid of Mereo before, I sure as damn am now (in a positive way)

That's my girl!

Hell yeah!

Burn baby buuuurrrrnnnn~

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Chapter 371 is out: readseinen*com/berserk-chapter-371/

Oh lol this snuck up on me, totally forgot. Thanks for the heads-up!

My thoughts on the chapter and another anon about it under the cut:

I'm sorry but Guts' breakdown is hilarious to me lol, it's so fucking overwrought, I'm dying. Full on losing his shit and sobbing while remembering all the good times he's had with his fucking sword. Like yeah, thematically it makes sense, Guts is all about his sword, this is the knockdown to the set up of him waxing poetic about it all the way back in chapter 48, etc. But come tf on lol. I wonder if Miura would've been able to pull it off better and make it feel more emotionally fitting honestly.

Also nelsonlaugh.wav at everyone who insisted his sword was a symbolic stand in for Casca and he was really having a breakdown over her kidnapping. Still not a thought spared for her. You love to see it.

Anonymous asked:

I loved the new chapters but I'm super concerned with how they have NeoGriffith smirking all the time. It makes him look super villainy like Black Swordsman Femto and it makes me anxious that they're gonna play him up as a mustache twirling pure evil type like how the general fandom sees him as

Yeah it def seems a little ooc to me. Miura always drew him with a neutral to blandly positive expression as far as I can remember, with some interesting subtle emotional shades imo, and I don't think there's a single instance of evily smirking NGriff in his art. But to be fair Miura was fucking incredible at nailing expressions. Like this is Miura's smug NGriff:

I can imagine this is someone aiming for the same vibe and just not being able to pull off the sense of subtlty:

But it's definitely a shame lol, the moustache twirling smiles are so much less interesting than

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I missed him, HBD Tokoyami!

Chapter 371