Berserk and the Gaiseric Theory: Is Guts Related to Gaiseric?
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(Note: Marvelous Videos does a pretty good job with the follow through, but like my interepretation, could also be seen as speculation. But it’s still very thought out, none the less.)
For many Berserk fans, the speculation of Berserk’s future, while in limbo, is still moving on ahead. But to commit to any one idea is purely speculation, and speculations will be made throughout this essay. So, the idea that King Gaiseric is related to Guts, is a take that many might have made but never really thought of saying. And if there is a brave youtuber who has made this idea, please link or let me know. What is known is that Gaiseric was once a very powerful king of Midland, whose reign was over a thousand years long, but met with a tragic end. Guts finds out that Skull Knight is King Gaiseric, as this does present some basic fundamental questions.
If Guts lineage, as he is strong and has slain many soldiers and demons, and also being able to see a young fairy, even before his time with the Band of the Hawk it does create a very serious question. Why was he, a struggler, being followed by King Gaiseric taking an interest in his journey? That means the very consequence of Gaiseric reign was somehow passed on. Maybe with a specified child and mother, but something else. Divine Providence. Causality. Cause one thing is true about Berserk, Causality guides the characters, even if they change over time. Causality is the idea that no matter what a character or person might do, the person will move toward the same path, no matter what way they will take. And Gaiseric, in his powerful way, left his lineage mysterious and unknown, until Guts birth.
Gaiseric has been in communication with the elves, and lost his lover to a sacrifice, as Guts almost certainly did with Casca. So, is it fair to say that Guts shares some lineage to Gaiseric/Skull Knight, as he’s giving Guts some future that he can’t see at the current time. Like a dark guardian that can’t intervene but somehow is ever present in Guts life before and after the Eclipse.
So, while this does not give any real credibility, the questions so far create a contradiction. Is the decision to place Gaiseric/Skull Knight in direct correlation with Gut’s life an accident or Causality? Let the comments flow.
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