$ 30 maximum discount , nothing different from TRIPLE 15 code for higher price items , stupid jet ! c <| sep |> Oh yes , Miura is so dispassionate about Berserk , that he ' s determined to see it through to the end . Forgive me while I roll my eyes , ' cause it sounds like you ' re twisting his words to justify your preconceived notions . If you ' re going to be dipping into recent interviews , then here ' s one from the guide book you might find interesting . Check it out 15228 . msg 245547 # msg 245547 . Once again you are ignoring the fact that Guts did NOT begin the journey to Elfhelm to cure Casca ' s mind . He decided to travel to Elfhelm because it ' s the only place in the world where a branded person can live in peace . Guts DID NOT KNOW that Casca ' s mind can be cured until the Skull Knight told him so shortly before they reached Vritannis . And here ' s something you need to understand restoring Casca ' s mind is a gamechanger . The 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 . 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 . But even if they both decided to continue their journey to Elfhelm , the act of going through so much just to find a safe place for her to live wouldn ' t have been nearly as dramatic as it would have otherwise . Not to mention , 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 . How would it be an asspull or rush anything ? The truth is , Casca ' s therapy should have started shortly after the Tower Of Conviction arc when Guts brought her back home . At least back then it looked like Casca was beginning to feel safe and comfortable around Guts . All of that was thrown out of the window and for what ? To give Guts a reason to accept new party members , and to give Farnese a reason to change her personality 180 degrees . It would be an asspull because Casca ' s condition is terrible and cannot be cured easily or quickly . If the manga cured her at around v 24 , then it would have done a terrible job depicting how dire her state is supposed to be , because from our perspective as readers , she barely spent any time like that . It would have felt quick and convenient , with no stakes or drama , and a healthy dose of deus ex machine . And if there ' s no drama , then what point is there to storytelling ? Miura hasn ' t been making Casca ' s recovery a mere step in the process of the story of Berserk . He ' s been making it the single weightiest thing in the entire saga thus far . It has more weight than Griffith acquiring his kingdom , more weight than the return of magic to the world , hell , more weight than even the fucking Eclipse . Everything that ' s been happening on Guts ' side of the story since Volume 17 is because of Casca . He went to Albion for her . He journeyed to Elfhelm for her . He ' s losing his mind because of her . He ' s paradoxically staying sane because of her . He ' s accepted the help of others because of her . He ' s held an audience with the queen of the elves for her . Her recovery , which is happening right now is clearly intended to be a climatic moment , possibly the biggest one in the series yet , and it ' s going to be a massive gamechanger . That is why it cannot be rushed , and that is why it ' s taken so long to bake . Because Miura intends for it to be huge . Also , Farnese ' s personality did not make a 180 . She was changing since the very end of the Binding Chains chapter . Seeing Guts and the horrors around him challenged everything she thought she knew , made her feel small and fearful again , and her brief possession by a specter forced her to face the darkness inside of her that she was long in denial of . Throughout the Birth Ceremony chapter , she ' s no longer blinded by zeal , and could no longer use her faith to justify her cruelty . She doubts herself at every turn , frequently questions if the inquisition ' s actions are really in the right , and has trouble renewing her faith . And then the mock Eclipse proceeded to completely break her down and illuminate a new direction in life to take . Her following Guts and subsequent development since then , have all been natural extensions of that . To you this may be good storytelling but to me it sure as hell isn ' t . And why isn ' t it good storytelling ? Why is it bad storytelling to show the difficulty Guts began to face when he started protecting someone who couldn ' t think or fend for herself from a world that ' s doing everything it can to kill her ? Why is it bad storytelling to show the dark side Guts has developed from his years of pointless bloodshed , and how the trauma of the Eclipse has driven him mad as well ? Why is it bad storytelling to force someone as socially isolated as Guts into accepting the help of others since he can no longer help himself or the one he loves ? Why is it bad storytelling to show how having companions again is starting to develop Guts ' character some more ? Why is it bad storytelling to develop those companions in turn ? 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 . And maybe it never was in the first place .