42 Most Terrifying And Hard-Hitting Quotes From Berserk

Some things are lost forever. No matter how much you try, you can’t turn back time. They are changed forever and no matter what you do, those things will never go back to the way they were before.

Guts was a self-reliant and independent person. He was a free spirit who wanted to live his life on his terms. He would rather die than bend in front of anyone else.

Your dreams are your own and not anyone else’s. You chase your dreams for your own sake because that’s what gives you purpose and adds meaning to your life.

Once you love something too much, it’ll end up consuming a huge part of you. You’ll end up losing sight of everything else in life. You’ll end up missing out on things that actually matter.

Griffith had gradually grown apathetic towards those who’d risked their lives for his dreams. He believed that in the battlefield, there is no royalty or commoners. There are winners and losers and the losers always die.

Ambition is important since it adds meaning to our lives. But someone who lets his ambition consume him will eventually follow a path leading to self-destruction and solitude, much like Griffith did.

In spite of his dark and brooding exterior, Guts does have a compassionate side to him. Despite his initial apprehension toward displaying affection for his comrades, he comes to appreciate the bonds he makes with them and grows grateful for having their individual strengths to rely on.

The deaths of those fighting for his dream take a toll on Griffith. In order to cope with the pain, he uses twisted reasoning and places success higher than compassion. Eventually, he grows apathetic towards his comrades considering them nothing more than tools for achieving his dream.

Guts had endured waves of suffering and numerous betrayals since his youth. He had to live as a child mercenary just as a way to merely survive. But as his story progressed, he became grimer as he ventured deeper into the darkness. The desire to survive became much stronger, something he’d never felt before.

It doesn’t matter how hard you try. The winner is always the last one standing. Even if you’ve given it your all, if you can’t make it to the end, you haven’t won.

Hate is something that’s born out of sadness. Someone who can’t endure sorrow turns to hate and apathy as a way of coping.

Guts was a self-reliant person who didn’t like depending on others. He believed that anything that was passed onto him by anyone else was not his own. He wanted to earn the things that he got.

It is in a rat’s nature to scavenge for food under the shadows and spend its entire life in fear, because the moment it steps out, a cat is always waiting to devour him.

Despite his act, it was clear how much Vargas’ death affected Guts. They were both similar in the sense that they’d lost their families and wanted revenge, but Guts was going to make sure he wouldn’t die before getting it.

Guts was verbalizing his intent for the world to hear, but what’s more ironic is that there were nothing but dead corpses around him, the same ones that had been the victims of the Count’s tyranny.

The Count believed that destiny itself had brought Guts before him, and no matter how much he resists or tries to escape, there’s no changing what is going to happen.

It was pointless to emphasize this in front of corpses, but the life that Guts had been left to salvage after the Eclipse was both a burden and a mockery to his mortality.

The Count chose to run away from the betrayal of his wife and became the very thing he despised. Theresia had already told Puck whatever she knew (which was partly true), but the fact remains that running away from his problems was what turned him into one.

The Godhand made sure the Count knew what awaited him if he didn’t sacrifice his daughter. The only way to live was to cut all ties he once had and doom his daughter for an eternity.

Theresia could finally leave her room, and that shadow of a father that terrified her no longer loomed around. She was free to do as she chose to.

There had been a cursed tree with corpses hanging from its branches. Below those corpses, was a baby without a living relative. Gambino blamed Guts for all the bad things that happened to him because of the same baby that Shisu decided to save when they passed by that tree.

Griffith could have killed Guts in one swoop, but he chose to have him as a friend and brother in arms. Guts couldn’t stand it at first, but Griffith was acknowledging him as an equal.

Griffith wanted Guts to join his Band of the Hawk, but Guts wouldn’t agree to being tied down unless he faced defeat. There was no other way though, as Griffith gets what he wants

Judeau had been one of the first members to try warming up to Guts when he was newly appointed. Guts had been aimlessly swinging his sword from one battle to another earlier, but Judeau reassured him that the place he wanted to be at, might just be this band.

Griffith had rightly won Guts’ loyalty after defeating him in their sword battle. But more than loyalty, what the two developed over the years was a deep sense of understanding and reliability.

Griffith was placing his claim over Guts’ as a commander. He wasn’t going to be left behind, and he certainly wasn’t going to be left alone. He was a part of the Hawks now, and the Hawks were under Griffith.

As an orphan, Guts had been subjected to harsh behavior even from old mercenary comrades. The man he looked up to as a father tried to kill him, so he couldn’t grasp why Griffith would endanger himself just to save one new (but significant member) member.

It is often said that men enjoy war and violence, which is not true for all, but this question was directed at a General on his path to the top.

Casca was saved by Griffith from a fate worse than death. He gave her people to come back to when she had been abandoned, and a sword to fight for the same people. For a child who doesn’t have anything ahead of them, that would mean the world.

A young boy among Griffith’s men had perished in the middle of their battle. The child idolized Griffith, and he briefly wondered if this was where his dream brought him, and if this is where it ends.

Griffith’s dreams not only carried the burden of hundreds of deaths under him, but they also carried the dreams of those who still tirelessly toiled beside his sword on the battlefield. He could not afford to fall weak when he has come so far.

For Griffith to reach a noteworthy position, he would have to establish authority through his achievements in conflicts and wars. The only way this dream would come true, was if his men agreed to give up on their dreams and die for him.

Guts had been able to fight off a hundred men, but the battle surely took a toll on his body. Judeau then handed over his legendary elf dust to Casca for treating him, justifying that wounds gained in legendary battles require quick and special treatment(not the exact wording but we all get the sentiment behind it).

Guts knew about the hopes and wishes of every single one of his underlings, after having spent a considerable amount of time as the Raiders Captain. To the him who sat at the mountain, looking down at their celebrating faces, it almost appeared as a Campfire of their happiness, where their dreams were slowly but surely coming to life.

Judeau was more observant than the rest (or maybe it was only when it came to Casca), but he could see the change in her. She, who followed Griffith’s words like they were from the bible, only had eyes on Guts’ retreating figure, even as Griffith lay defeated on his knees behind her.

Guts felt that the Hawks had been his temporary abode, and left to find a dream of his own. He knew how much it affected Griffith, but he also expected the light of his dreams to lift him up and carry him forward, just like they always had.

Casca believed that it was his abandonment that led to Griffith’s irrational decisions, but it was more about him disobeying Griffith’s orders, and having won his freedom fair and square.

Guts men deeply respected him, not only as a superior but also as a person. Their undying faith ( probably the only undying factor) in his abilities and his loyalty made it impossible for them to believe that things wouldn’t improve for them. Because if Guts was back, Griffith would follow soon too.

It had been too late when Guts realized that the thing he had set out to look for had been beside him for years, with Griffith, Cacsa and the rest of the Hawks.

Judeau had to make sure Casca survived the Eclipse, even though she would rather choose to die. He explained how for the Hawks to come back stronger tomorrow, they must retreat and regroup today.

Judeau had been the voice of reason within the Hawks. He was observant and convincing, which meant that he could usually talk his way into having people agree with him. But for all his smoothness, he could never tell Casca how much he cared for her.

Judeau’s last words to the last member of the Hawks, before he died while protecting her, whose last wish was to make sure that at least she survived.