Lol that was fantastic <| sep |> LOTR wasn ' t being published monthly during those 12 years , was it ? So how is it relevant to this discussion about Berserk ? The main problem with taking 15 years to cure Casca if she gets cured at all is that she is now one of the weakest members of Guts ' party . Of course Casca is still a better warrior than someone like Isidro but she never demonstrated any feats that put her above Serpico or Azan or Silat or the Tapasa fighters not to mention that there are probably more highly skilled martial artists in Silat ' s hometown . Miura wrote himself into a corner . Speaking of asspulls , what exactly do you expect Casca to do now in Berserk ' s postapocalyptic world ? She might be able to fight trolls and other minor evil spirit creatures if she ' s given a magic weapon if there are any more magic weapons but she stands no chance against bigger monsters or the vast majority of apostles . If a scrawny kid like Isidro can face the horrors of Berserk with a goofy smile on his face , if a minor aristocrat like Serpico can cut monsters up with razor wind , if a spoiled noble like Farnese , who had absolutely no talents whatsoever can learn sorcery , then I can expect an experienced soldier like Casca to carve her place into the more dangerous world of Berserk . You say that she stands no chance against the bigger monsters or vast majority of apostles ? Well guess what ? Neither does anyone else in Guts ' party ! Actually , if anything , Casca ' s got a few things on them she ' s the only person besides Guts to actually kill an apostle . As for what she will do , I ' ll wait and see what Miura will pull . And not just bash the whole thing and throw it in the trash based on some pessimistic preconceptions like you have . In other words , Casca was a vegetable for 15 years and now she is placed in a situation where her options are extremely limited . She can either retire and spend the rest of her life living peacefully in Elfhelm or she can get herself killed in battle in the not too distant future . To be fair , the dangerous new world isn ' t just Casca ' s problem . Unless there are spare sets of berserker armor for every warrior in Guts ' party they won ' t last long in this new world . First of all , Casca ' s not a vegetable . Her mind may have been reduced to an infantile state , but she has autonomy . Second , she hasn ' t been mad for 15 years in Berserk ' s timeline , she ' s only been mad for a few four at most . And we ' ve seen times where her old edge would briefly come back to the surface , such as when she killed those three bandits who tried to have their way with her in v 23 . When she returns , she won ' t be completely helpless . The worst she ' ll be in is a little out of shape and practice , which training and exercise will cover just fine , and there ' s always the chance for more magical artifacts to help . I find it pretty telling that you previously said thisWhy ? Casca used to be a warrior and the incident where she killed those 3 bandits shows that she still knows how to fight . Don ' t you think that she would be a more useful party member than at least Isidro and Farnese ? . and are now saying how weak and useless Casca will be . Do you have a solid argument you stand behind , or are you now willing to contradict yourself just to get one over on me ? Why ? The could have been used to assassinate Gennon or General Boscogn . First of all , how would they do that ? And second of all , why would they do such a thing where the stakes are so immeasurably high and stacked against them ? And third of all , how the hell would that help Midland win the war ? Killing Gennon and Boscone wasn ' t the important part , capturing Doldrey was . To do that , you need an army to secure and occupy it . Killing the leaders only opens up a few positions to be filled . The Purple Rhinos are still going to be in there , and the fortress will still be under Chuder ' s control . Sorry but it ' s not good writing to introduce the special forces the Bakiraka squad or the shock troops Wyald ' s gang of the Midland army AFTER the most decisive battle of the war , a battle in which they were never shown or mentioned . I understand why it happened , but it ' s still a lame plot twist . Once again , the Bakiraka aren ' t special forces . They ' re just a hit squad for hire . Even if the king had them on his payroll during the war , they ' re not going to be interacting with the armies much anyway , so it ' s hardly a ridiculous notion to not see them when we were following the Hawks ' point of view during that time . As for the Black Dogs , there was a perfectly reasonable explanation for why they weren ' t seen . And once again , we were following the war through the Hawks ' perspective when Griffith stepped up to the plate to capture Doldrey , he insisted on doing it with his army alone , meaning that once again , there was no real reason we should expect to see the Black Dogs , or any other division of the Midland army . He did it because he probably assumed that Guts would be Griffith ' s sacrifice , therefore Guts absolutely had to survive until the Eclipse . And if Guts died in the Battle For Doldrey Griffith might have been killed too . Zodd couldn ' t let that happen . It ' s the same reason why Zodd showed up to stop Wyald . It definitely was NOT some act of charity or kindness . Heh , probably . Who ' s to say his motivation can ' t be multifaceted ? Ensuring that things proceed so that the Eclipse can occur are indeed possible , but not wanting to see Guts , the first person to ever wound him in a fight , die like a chump is certainly plausible as well . But if you want some better examples to showcase Zodd ' s respect towards Guts , fine . When he sees Guts has survived the Eclipse , he decides to put his duel with the Skull Knight on hold and allow him to escape with everyone in tow . And during Vritannis , Zodd held his underlings back from killing Guts . I ' m not saying he ' s a good ~~ person ~~ demon , and his acts are not charitable in the least his respect for Guts and the occasional act of mercy he extends stem from his desire to fight our hero to the death . But they illustrate that he has complex motivations , and by extension , all apostles can as well . I have no obligation to care about any fictional character . I just call it as I see it . Sometimes it ' s better to use a character that we already know instead of introducing a new character . And sometimes , it ' s better to introduce a new character than to force an old one into a position that makes no flipping sense for them to be in . In good writing , the plot doesn ' t drive the characters the characters drive the plot . It makes no sense for Theresia to be in the HICKs , and that ' s why she ' s not in them now and never was . She knows nothing about the Godhand and when she finally learns the truth she may decide that a war against very powerful supernatural beings is simply too much for her . She has no PERSONAL reason to oppose the Godhand . Of course the same is true for everyone else in Guts ' party other than Casca and Schierke . And she ' s not opposing the God Hand . Farnese joined Guts for her own reasons . To better understand a world that makes no sense , to become a better person , and so on . Not everything needs to be about revenge .