Anonymo said: for the is berserk homophobic thg. a saw someone scribe griffhs storyle as ' mak the rears unable to sympathize wh the gay-d character who experienc every pa a...
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My Big Gay Berserk Analysis This statement of this goddamn this: Guts is sexually attracted to Griffh. Now, this is long. This is the shortt part of a four-part seri, and this isn’t a short... * berserk is gay *
EDIT: After readg some of the ments, I jt want to make clear I'm g the word "homosexual" as an umbrella term regards to romantic and sexual relatnships between people of the same sex, not jt one or the other. Explic Homosexualy In Berserk. In Berserk, there are only two explicly homosexual characters, and both of them make short appearanc the Goln Age, although the effect they have is undoubtedly enormo.
The send explicly homosexual character is Gennon, a wealthy ernor who keeps young boys as sexual playthgs.
This is an obv example of the “All Gays are Pedophil” trope (lk) The obv thg to say about this is that Miura is drawg a lk between the two characters and providg sight to how each of them work, as well as givg pse for thought on how the events changed the characters. Implic Homosexualy Berserk.
* berserk is gay *
When I say that, I mean appears to me that some people on this sub do not believe that the implitn of homosexualy exists the Goln Age arc and that some do. Griffh’s numero ments about not havg “any particular reason” for savg Guts mak seem as if he has somethg he don’t want to adm, which is unrstandable as the world of Berserk don’t appear to be particular acceptg or knowledgeable of homosexual relatnships. Although Berserk’s story was crafted the late 1980s, is clear that Miura wanted to have the suggtn of homosexualy his manga and I thk be all the more rich a manga for .
Before this Griff even told Guts: "I want you", which Guts misterprets as a gay thg, and Griff explas how he views him as a ary asset wh an tertg willgns to risk his life. I’m not gog to speculate on Miura’s motiv for addg a ton of gay subtext, like, uld be anythg om tryg to be as gay as possible whout pissg off his publishers to all beg totally cintal and meangls wh an alternate explanatn for every pot I have, or anywhere pot is only that Berserk readily lends self to gay readgs, wh a foc on Guts’ sexual attractn to Griffh (as I feel like tends to be neglected favour of terpretatns that Griffh has a one-sid csh.