Naoki Urasawa's MONSTER: Review Discussion & Spoilercast
-- SPOILERS BEGIN AT 1HR, 5MIN MARK (1:05) -- Our review is Spoiler Free up until that point, so enjoy, watch the show and come back for the rest! Steve is recovering from a long weekend out of town...
8 Okt 20243h 18min
BIRTH CEREMONY CHAPTER: Morning Truth, Revelations 1-3, Cracks in the Blade
Visions in hypnagogic states, deep introspection, and the ouroboros of prophecy vs. causality abound in these chapters as we learn more about Farnesse’s religiously driven sexual repression, Zodd’s fi...
24 Sep 20241h 48min
Holy Iron Chain Knights 1&2, The Hollow Idol, The Unseen, Night of Miracles, Past & Future
The Holy Iron Chain chapters of the Conviction Arc present some really cool dynamics into the characters, story, and world building of Berserk - namely the almost “anti-Casca” that is Farnesse. We als...
10 Sep 20242h 1min
End of Lost Children Chapter (Conviction Arc) + The Beast of Darkness
Rosine bears down on Guts at supersonic speeds (literally) and their final showdown begins! These chapters (that were too long to list in the title of the podcast: A BLOODY NIGHT SKY, THE SPACE BETWEE...
27 Aug 20242h 6min
Pursuers, The Misty Valley 1 & 2, Cocoons, Monster, Sky Demon
The battle against Rosine (and her child-elf minions) continues, with Puck trying to convince Jill to not succumb to Rosine’s fanciful temptations…and Guts just killing more and more children with mur...
13 Aug 20241h 57min
Queen, Elf Fire, Red-Eyed Peekaf, The Recollected Girl, the World of Winged Things, Guardians 1&2
Boy have we got some sceeeeeenes with Queeeeeeen Rosiiiiiiiine! Rosine full reveals herself (and it’s definitely disturbing) to Guts, Jill and Puck, and she’s pretty ticked off that Guts has been kill...
30 Juli 20241h 46min
CONVICTION ARC: The Black Swordsman Once more, The Elves of Misty Valley, Jill, By Air, Elf Bugs
The Conviction Arc begins!!! We have finally struggled through the Eclipse and the world-establishing epilogue immediately after, and now we are back to Black Swordsman Guts wrecking shop with the dra...
16 Juli 20242h 38min
Awakening to a Nightmare,The Sprint,Vow of Retaliation,Demon Infant,Armament,He Who Hunts Dragons
In the aftermath of The Eclipse, Guts must choose how to move forward with new limitations and truths. These chapters are exposition-heavy, but fascinating in how they establish the “new normal” of Be...
2 Juli 20241h 57min
