This happened in like season 3 or 4 <| sep |> And here ' s something you need to understand restoring Casca ' s mind is a gamechanger . That ' s pure speculation . At this point there ' s no guarantee that she will be cured at all . It ' s strongly implied that Casca will never be the same person again . Casca regaining herself before reaching the journey ' s end removes that sense of desperation . She would no longer be so dependent on Guts , and would have the ability to think , fight , and act independently of him . As such , Elfhelm is no longer a lastditch effort , but one of several possible options that would open up . Sure , it ' s safety would be nice for both of them , but it wouldn ' t be the only thing available to Casca , and she could very well wish to pursue another goal . So what ? What ' s wrong with that ? Casca regaining her mind is a much weightier thing in the story than her gaining safety , which I ' ll discuss in a moment , so making that happen first would have felt anticlimatic . Maybe it would feel anticlimatic to you but not to me or to other fans . Why is it so hard to understand that turning Casca into a vegetable for 15 years in real time ruined her as a character for many fans . Casca ' s condition is terrible and cannot be cured easily or quickly . Who said anything about Casca being cured easily or quickly ? I never suggested that it should be quick or easy . The same ritual that is being performed now by the Elf Queen could have been performed by Flora way back in volume 24 . Guts could agree to help Schierke exterminate the trolls in Enoch Village in exchange for Casca ' s mind being cured . The story could have been written differently and better . Farnese ' s personality did not make a 180 . She was changing since the very end of the Binding Chains chapter . She was changing , but turning a proud and arrogant noblewoman who is into pyromania and sadomasochism into Casca ' s nurse and best friend IS a 180 degree change . It ' s almost too good to be true . It happens all the time in shonen manga but Berserk is supposed to be a little more mature and realistic than that . And if you don ' t like any of this , then why the hell are you even still here ? Berserk has clearly not been doing you any favors for years and nearly half its run , so why the hell are you even following it anymore ? Just quit , already , because it ' s not the kind of story you like anymore . What a ridiculous comment . So we aren ' t allowed to criticize the story now ? Berserk , like any other manga or anime or movie , is NOTHING without a loyal fanbase . I never got the impression that Miura would keep writing and drawing Berserk even if nobody was going to read it . I do not expect Miura to pander to the fans . I don ' t want fanservice . But sometimes the author needs to stop and ask himself is really a good idea ? Do I really have the energy and the passion to do this ? I think it ' s obvious by now that Miura became exhausted after the Falcon of The Millennium arc ended . That ' s ok . But putting Berserk on hiatus to go work on some other manga and wasting his time on the 2016 anime that most fans hated maybe wasn ' t such a good idea . By the way your comment where you saidThe journey to find Elfhelm was one of desperation since the beginning . Guts needed to find a safe haven for Casca and was willing to travel all the way to an unmarked island lost to the annals of time , not only because she couldn ' t fend for herself against the things the Brand attracts , but because she couldn ' t even think for herself at all . Guts sought out Elfhelm because he didn ' t have any other options . And it was this sense of desperation that made the journey so meaningful . is where you basically agree with me without even realizing it . Useless distractions like Puck ' s and Isidro ' s antics , Schierke ' s crush on Guts , Farnese and Casca being kidnapped by the trolls , the troll on human rape scenes , the Pirates , etc only managed to slow down the story .