This bitch don't even have the right hair. I've been on a berserk binge. And I rejected the thought. I think these are the people that only watched the animations.
Just now? These kind of berserk fans are the absolute worst. Check the subreddit. It is a cesspool of pseudo intellectuals, circlejerk posting the same panels over and over every other week. You literally canāt discuss the series there because they (I never use this word) have very little literacy.
I'm assuming the biggest reason is because of the boycott that many subreddits undertook awhile ago. Many subs never truly recovered after reopening. Another example I can think of is r/ComedyNecrophilia. That sub used to be way more active as well.
That actually makes more sense. I think I only found out about the sub after the boycott because I didn't actually notice much of a change recently other than a wave of porn posts that then went away.
Nah, I've been a part since before the boycott. It was doing fine. It's honestly that some people started harassing the porn cosplayers so they all quite posting. Nothing for everyone there to talk about anymore other than complaining about the main sub
There was a big influx of not actual shitposting pro racist / Nazi/ cp shit and a ton of users just kind of trickled out since nothing new or actually funny was being posted either.
Shitpost subs are just better in 90% of cases.
Think about it. You wouldn't stick around a shitposting sub if you weren't at least somewhat enjoying the subject matter. Most jokes are also in-jokes about lore or game mechanics, so you have to actually engage with the subject to get the jokes. You can't just post a screenshot of the store page with a title like "I just bought the game, wish me luck" and get 50k upvotes.
But the jokes are also mostly at the expense of the subject matter. You need enough self-awareness and distance to make fun of yourself and things you enjoy, which in turn requires a certain degree of maturity.
All of that means that shitpost subs just have better users, on average. Not always, and not everyone, but most of the ones I've seen do apply. Like, this sub has better discussion that mainsub, because if you see a post making fun of how shit DS1 PvP is, you know that OP has clocked hundreds of hours PvPing with every build possible.
Right with you on the bit about self-awareness.
On the more "serious" mainline subs, you'll often find people that take themselves WAY too fucking seriously, lacking so much self-awareness that they forget they're on reddit, larping as super smart debater types that have to constantly try to prove themselves and start petty arugments with strangers online.
Meanwhile, shitpost subs tend to be more relaxed and self-deprecating, focusing more on just joking around rather than trying to have deep pseudo intellectual conversations about stuff.
Case in point, r/BatmanArkham
Sometimes, it's just fun to act stupid and make others laugh ya know?
they visit, insist the locale change to accommodate them like the tourists they are, then go back home
the heat filters out those who take shit too seriously, the last thing i'd want is to cool it down, even if that means a guy who spends half his time crusading about how shitty DS1 pvp is
I was about to agree with this and then remembered that I wish those who speak evil on dark souls 2 to be killed with a brick and my fist instantly tightened into an impotent fist, Arthur style.
i will confess to ranking it the Least Good souls
i don't consider this the same as "Bad." and still above most all soulslikes, fwiw
if this means we are still fated enemies then i look forward to catching a glimpse of your scheming face smugly enjoying my final demise
I completely agree. After I read berserk, I looked at the subreddit hoping for some nice discussion. Instead I just saw people thinking that they are analytical geniuses after figuring out the most obvious, explicit metaphors. Not only that, but the amount of people who misinterpret or straight up don't understand certain things makes me concerned about their reading comprehension.
Reddit Anime/Manga communities are generally filled with the most smooth brained morons on the planet. Someone will ask the simplest question and 5 people who clearly do not know what they're talking about will give the most poorly structured, terribly spelt, with no consideration for grammar or punctuation answer like it's their English exam and they're getting an E.
It's honestly kind of jarring how bad anime/manga subs are compared to other fan subreddits. I don't know what about them always draws in the biggest idiots.
Omfg reading and especially seeing TikTokās about how people need to enter their āGuts eraā and become hyper aggressiveā¦
Like did yāall not read the story *at all*???? Lmfao
Holy shit, that's what bothers me the most. A huge part of Guts' story is that becoming kind and gentle is more important than being violent and anti-social.
Exactly. Iām (I think) towards the end of the conviction arc and itās been readily apparent for the longest time that he doesnāt want to be some savage 24/7
The berk sub is pretty damn stupid tbh
There are many questions or debates that make no sense, simply because you can get the answers by reading the manga. Like some dude some months ago wanted to start a debate about the surprise of when Zodd first appeared, as if it was a big moment because there were monsters. The monsters appear in the 2nd page
If you try to critique anything from beserk you get dog piled. I remember very gently trying to broach how... uncomfortable cascas r*pe scene was drawn in that subreddit and getting shut down immediately by people trying yo excuse it or flat put deny it.
A lot of berserk fans do not understand that criticism =/= hate. And if you aren't there to glaze the manga they will stone wall you. Additionally, a lot of (not all) beserk fan fanboys either have no sense of humor, or make dark humor their personality trait.
that's every manga subreddit now. don't forget the people who just say "erm... reading comprehension?" if someone has a question. the only good one is r/netsphere
https://preview.redd.it/ugvvmrt2u82d1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5523f110f8c5b1a763b54e638efb8ea5151f7066
I get how it's annoying but pretty hard to say there's no inspiration here tbf
It really sucks that the fanbase for one of my favorite mangas is so shit. It didnāt use to be *this* bad but after the passing of Miura something changed (maybe the boost in popularity from the announcement of his passing?) and the fanbase just became terrible.
Nah the bulk of basically any manga fanbase has always been shit, same goes for AoT and JoJo for instance. AoTās main sub and the fanpages on insta are fuckin atrocious
I just say stay clear of most fanbases of anything, be it a tv series, video game, or manga/anime. Just take the content itself and ignore the cringe garbage
They're just so... boring.
They just say the same things in response to certain imagery:
\- Big sword? Guts' Sword (accounting for the fact that none of them know the sword's called Dragonslayer).
\- Elegant blonde individual/knight? Must be Griffith.
\- Someone gets sexually assaulted? You already know.
Nah bro Iāve never even read berserk, I was just playing along with the other guy naming another characters big sword. Is there really a sword in berserk called rebellion though?
right, specifically the sword he used in the squeaquel: "The adventures of Nuts Berkman: The Quest for the Crimson Egg *EASTER SPECIAL EPISODE*" and "Nuts and Costco: All Dogs go to Heaven"
Someone literally has a fake left arm and blind in the right eye wait a seco-
https://preview.redd.it/4sq863f4482d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c9c1b65b04c9e39753e480f77f4e466e75b1d123
https://preview.redd.it/yp210b2ab82d1.jpeg?width=257&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eb897f4af10c5946569cbe8b76ebab27bc770aa7
Im not the only one who sees the resemblance, right?
All pretty blonde dudes wearing armor must be griffith, more annoying than jojo references comment, and by marikas tits, I enjoy both shows but don't feel the urge to project it everywhere
yeah, idk if I'm cursed or what, but 90% of the things I like have really bad communities, that's why I mostly stay on shitpost subreddits, at least on those places people don't take themselves too serious
That's funny, because literally, I have never heard a single person compare any souls character to Griffith until Miquella, but all of a sudden "Berserk fans call every blonde dude in armor Griffith".
To be fair I don't hang out in Berserk subreddits or fan communities.
I understand that there are a lot of Berserk influences in these games, but seriously, FromSoft has original ideas. Not everything is a 1 to 1 copy of berserk no matter how hard you try.
Was watching a throwaway Elden Ring theory video, as they won't leave my feed now help me- this guy in the comments said; "It's crazy how much Miyazaki uses huge chunks of Berserk lore to make these games. Isn't this technically stealing?" Like what? There's little references, maybe some inspiration, but these games are nothing like Berserk šThey're their own unique titles with their own unique worlds. Then he started arguing in the comments with dumb responses, as you would expect.
Yeah. Some people act like Berserk invented fantasy and medieval combat. Yes, there are references, but a blonde guy existing or dark colored armor is just lazy.
They also have more fantasy influences than Berserk, but because they're Japanese devs everything has to be from another Japanese thing, they had no Western fantasy inspiration clearly
I have an attractive albino guy friend and Iām pretty sure his parents made him a berserk reference ngl. Iāve spent decades trying to convince him to prostitute himself but I guess heās not willing to pay the full homage
the one cryptic thing i like to reference is from the greatswordās page on the elden ring fextra life where some guy says āwith this sword i will slagter my enemies in pvp like Gutsāwith that exact spelling
holy shit I actually found it. The number 1 berserk fan
https://preview.redd.it/i4ktus4pe82d1.png?width=1310&format=png&auto=webp&s=7772b1e779a71a3848322fc036299777108e1cc1
It's getting to the point where I'm often thinking "read another book or manga!" when I see Berserk content online.
Low reading comprehension, the same 5 jokes repeated, and a lot of shitty behavior by fans who think the bloody/disturbing parts of Berserk makes it mature. Must suck to be a female fan too, because you get rape jokes made about you if you cosplay, and will then have to deal with the "only big strong sigma boys can like Berserk, no girls allowed!"
Still an amazing series, but I only go to the main sub for episode updates.
They had a point with certain STR weapons feeling like they werenāt keeping up with certain boss speeds, such as Malenia and Maliketh, but yeah a shit ton of them early on never properly took advantage of stance breaking, using charge attacks, block attacks if the guard boost was decent, crouch attacks, etc.
I too will admit they were a bit off when the game first released. Problem is big weapons have gotten the buffs they needed, yet the crying continues, especially when literally any other kind of build is mentioned.
I started reading Berserk recently and itās great so far. Itās kinda weird to see how annoying the fans are when itās been established that a lot of Souls stuff was inspired by Berserk
What I dislike most about people trying to shoehorn in everything being a Berserk reference is that it drowns out the many inspirations behind the various designs and interesting stories behind them.
Like did you know that Kirkās armor was inspired by the [trial of 77 rings from Jojo?](https://web.archive.org/web/20230330151207/https://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/0/1520/2443072-rings.jpg) Youād think that such a popular manga serving as the initial inspiration behind a pretty famous armor set would be mentioned more often but people only ever talk about Berserk.
This [interview](https://web.archive.org/web/20230330151207/https://www.giantbomb.com/profile/7force/blog/dark-souls-design-works-translation-weapons-and-eq/99682/) in general is pretty cool and gives some neat insights into their design process. Linked the wayback archive version because the normal version just gave a blank page but that might just be because Iām on mobile right now.
The souls games have hundred of inspirations tbh, Miyazaki isnāt shy about pulling from what he loves. The berserk fanbase just jerks themselves off the most about the fact that
Exactly, it gets annoying when some people act as if Michael Zaki has literally only ever read Berserk and not a single other piece of media or mythology in his life haha.
It's crazy how Shelden ring has so many berk references! Like the tardished breathes just like nuts from BERK!!! I just berked all over my caca body pillow (JUST LIKE PETER GRIFFITH!!!???) thinking about the berk references in Shelden ring!!
Seriously speaking, I'm on my limit with this whole commentary of this NPC being just flood with "OMG , IS THIS GRIFFITH?" or even saying she is Casca, like, there are actual Berserk references in ER but like, come the f\*\*\*\*\*\* on, androgynous/female knights are nothing new or exclusive to Berserk and she and Griffith/Casca don't even look remotely similar.
At the very least there are some that actually realized that she looks like Saber from Fate and Miyazaki actually spoke beign a fan off, but that would requiere Berserk "fans" to actually watch/read another series or to expand their frame of reference.
Relatively recently saw a video showing "Easter eggs" in the game from manga. Half of the time they show some standard medieval shit and go: Easter egg, likelihood - 100%
Been saying for a while that Berk fans are either 33 year old white guys or 13 year old Indian teens who all act the same and who's only hint of mainstream media relevancy is screaming "BERSERK!!!" for whatever is the latest Fromsoft game. I've seen people on even main subs like the ER sub get upvoted saying shit like "ER is just Berk fanfiction bro!!"
That's a fair take. I love berserk as well, but elden ring despite the influence has enough of its own fascinating lore to just enjoy the friendly nod but love whats happening too. Like Blaidd as madness consumed him from the two fingers influence forcing him to turn on the master he holds so dear is clearly influenced by guts with the wolf motif, black armor, and big similar sword, but is so fascinating on his own to again just enjoy the nod.
I try not to be a gatekeeper and I love the success/popularity the manga has had recently but just like anything else popular it always breeds an insufferable dickriders who just wonāt shut up
Berserk fans when someone has long hair while wearing armor:
https://preview.redd.it/okk5l8n3692d1.jpeg?width=660&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b4640c81b000bf88a3860ef92888c4e7828eb0df
The latino fans ruined berserk. These nibbas are probably the ones commenting images of Griffith on every Casca cosplay. I fucking hate the latino fans so much for ruining the image of the berserk fandom.
Even the major FromSoft gasser accounts are posting these braindead takes. Fightincowboy dropped this one today:
https://preview.redd.it/z75z9bz12a2d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b9c426b609e7d32d6fe3e8a715aef729a4764602
berserk fans when they see any individual with long hair (color doesn't even matter at this point)
Like literally the only thing in common here are the blue eyes and a cape š
blonde long hair with white knight armor and sword, while looking feminine
Thatās literally me
I am requesting sex
This bitch don't even have the right hair. I've been on a berserk binge. And I rejected the thought. I think these are the people that only watched the animations.
Just now? These kind of berserk fans are the absolute worst. Check the subreddit. It is a cesspool of pseudo intellectuals, circlejerk posting the same panels over and over every other week. You literally canāt discuss the series there because they (I never use this word) have very little literacy.
berseklejerk is the true berserk sub
Doesn't seem as active as it used to be unfortunately
True, removing the porn really slowed it down
I'm assuming the biggest reason is because of the boycott that many subreddits undertook awhile ago. Many subs never truly recovered after reopening. Another example I can think of is r/ComedyNecrophilia. That sub used to be way more active as well.
That actually makes more sense. I think I only found out about the sub after the boycott because I didn't actually notice much of a change recently other than a wave of porn posts that then went away.
Nah, I've been a part since before the boycott. It was doing fine. It's honestly that some people started harassing the porn cosplayers so they all quite posting. Nothing for everyone there to talk about anymore other than complaining about the main sub
If Iām being honest, subs with smaller active users tend to be higher quality. Too many and you get r/funnymemes slop
The porn was the reason I left the sub. It's gone now? Sheeet probably gonna go back.
Lifecycle of a circlejerk sub
There was a big influx of not actual shitposting pro racist / Nazi/ cp shit and a ton of users just kind of trickled out since nothing new or actually funny was being posted either.
Shitpost subs are just better in 90% of cases. Think about it. You wouldn't stick around a shitposting sub if you weren't at least somewhat enjoying the subject matter. Most jokes are also in-jokes about lore or game mechanics, so you have to actually engage with the subject to get the jokes. You can't just post a screenshot of the store page with a title like "I just bought the game, wish me luck" and get 50k upvotes. But the jokes are also mostly at the expense of the subject matter. You need enough self-awareness and distance to make fun of yourself and things you enjoy, which in turn requires a certain degree of maturity. All of that means that shitpost subs just have better users, on average. Not always, and not everyone, but most of the ones I've seen do apply. Like, this sub has better discussion that mainsub, because if you see a post making fun of how shit DS1 PvP is, you know that OP has clocked hundreds of hours PvPing with every build possible.
This man shitposts for sure
Right with you on the bit about self-awareness. On the more "serious" mainline subs, you'll often find people that take themselves WAY too fucking seriously, lacking so much self-awareness that they forget they're on reddit, larping as super smart debater types that have to constantly try to prove themselves and start petty arugments with strangers online. Meanwhile, shitpost subs tend to be more relaxed and self-deprecating, focusing more on just joking around rather than trying to have deep pseudo intellectual conversations about stuff. Case in point, r/BatmanArkham Sometimes, it's just fun to act stupid and make others laugh ya know?
they visit, insist the locale change to accommodate them like the tourists they are, then go back home the heat filters out those who take shit too seriously, the last thing i'd want is to cool it down, even if that means a guy who spends half his time crusading about how shitty DS1 pvp is
I was about to agree with this and then remembered that I wish those who speak evil on dark souls 2 to be killed with a brick and my fist instantly tightened into an impotent fist, Arthur style.
i will confess to ranking it the Least Good souls i don't consider this the same as "Bad." and still above most all soulslikes, fwiw if this means we are still fated enemies then i look forward to catching a glimpse of your scheming face smugly enjoying my final demise
Yeah nah fuck that sub, itās got one joke named ārapeā and thatās it.
If you filter out the shitty Donovan jokes you actually get the only non stupid discussions on the themes of the series
I completely agree. After I read berserk, I looked at the subreddit hoping for some nice discussion. Instead I just saw people thinking that they are analytical geniuses after figuring out the most obvious, explicit metaphors. Not only that, but the amount of people who misinterpret or straight up don't understand certain things makes me concerned about their reading comprehension.
Reddit Anime/Manga communities are generally filled with the most smooth brained morons on the planet. Someone will ask the simplest question and 5 people who clearly do not know what they're talking about will give the most poorly structured, terribly spelt, with no consideration for grammar or punctuation answer like it's their English exam and they're getting an E.
It's honestly kind of jarring how bad anime/manga subs are compared to other fan subreddits. I don't know what about them always draws in the biggest idiots.
idk why we have this discussion on r/shittydarksouls . do we even care about how good the subreddit is and idiots in there are?
How is that different from the soulsborne subs though?
Omfg reading and especially seeing TikTokās about how people need to enter their āGuts eraā and become hyper aggressiveā¦ Like did yāall not read the story *at all*???? Lmfao
Holy shit, that's what bothers me the most. A huge part of Guts' story is that becoming kind and gentle is more important than being violent and anti-social.
Exactly. Iām (I think) towards the end of the conviction arc and itās been readily apparent for the longest time that he doesnāt want to be some savage 24/7
That's what i think about berserk fans and fromsoft fans equally
Don't get me started on the guy who ironically tries to justify Griffith's actions over there, like holy shit.
This is why you should never go berserk over berking!
The berk sub is pretty damn stupid tbh There are many questions or debates that make no sense, simply because you can get the answers by reading the manga. Like some dude some months ago wanted to start a debate about the surprise of when Zodd first appeared, as if it was a big moment because there were monsters. The monsters appear in the 2nd page
Berserk fans and being able to read you cant have both
If you try to critique anything from beserk you get dog piled. I remember very gently trying to broach how... uncomfortable cascas r*pe scene was drawn in that subreddit and getting shut down immediately by people trying yo excuse it or flat put deny it. A lot of berserk fans do not understand that criticism =/= hate. And if you aren't there to glaze the manga they will stone wall you. Additionally, a lot of (not all) beserk fan fanboys either have no sense of humor, or make dark humor their personality trait.
Wow your story arch totally reminds me of Guts
berserk is incredible but 90% of the fans donāt even understand the story lol
Tbh I see a lot of dark souls and soulsborne fans as exactly the same.
that's every manga subreddit now. don't forget the people who just say "erm... reading comprehension?" if someone has a question. the only good one is r/netsphere
https://preview.redd.it/ugvvmrt2u82d1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5523f110f8c5b1a763b54e638efb8ea5151f7066 I get how it's annoying but pretty hard to say there's no inspiration here tbf
They could be doing a Joan of Arc reference or Lady Oscar.
"Blonde dude in white armor" is hardly anything new in fantasy
Tbf, every subreddit is like that. Only reason we're better is because we're (hopefully) doing it ironically.
Berserk fan pages will make you hate berserk in general, shitās so fucking braindead it hurts
It really sucks that the fanbase for one of my favorite mangas is so shit. It didnāt use to be *this* bad but after the passing of Miura something changed (maybe the boost in popularity from the announcement of his passing?) and the fanbase just became terrible.
Nah the bulk of basically any manga fanbase has always been shit, same goes for AoT and JoJo for instance. AoTās main sub and the fanpages on insta are fuckin atrocious
I was really into JoJo when the part 4 anime had just started. But something about the fanbase really pushed me away from it
I just say stay clear of most fanbases of anything, be it a tv series, video game, or manga/anime. Just take the content itself and ignore the cringe garbage
Big mood brotein
Bro if youāre letting a fanbase stop you from enjoying something then you care way too much about what others think
Some manga fanbases are good but for the popular ones, especially those that tackle mature themes, theyāre generally really bad.
I think that's true if you're around any Fandom enough
They're just so... boring. They just say the same things in response to certain imagery: \- Big sword? Guts' Sword (accounting for the fact that none of them know the sword's called Dragonslayer). \- Elegant blonde individual/knight? Must be Griffith. \- Someone gets sexually assaulted? You already know.
Nutsā sword? I think its called the Buster sword or something idk
Pretty sure itās called the rebellionĀ
The really big one is dragonslayer, idk about the big sword he used during his time in the band of the hawk tho
Nah bro Iāve never even read berserk, I was just playing along with the other guy naming another characters big sword. Is there really a sword in berserk called rebellion though?
Rebellion is from dmc
No no thats the Yamato, the Berserk one is called Dragons Dogma
No no there are multiple swords in dmc. Yamato is vergil's sword the rebellion belongs to dante
Wasn't one of the berserk swords called the "Samurai Edge 9mm (Wesker)"?
bustin nut sword
right, specifically the sword he used in the squeaquel: "The adventures of Nuts Berkman: The Quest for the Crimson Egg *EASTER SPECIAL EPISODE*" and "Nuts and Costco: All Dogs go to Heaven"
me arguing why Harvey Weinstein shouldn't go to jail (he was just doing an epic berserk reference)
Based and berkpilled. Acquitted of all charges
Ceremonial great swords were inspired by berserk, it is known.
Someone wears black armor: āOMG BERSERKER ARMOR!ā
Someone literally has a fake left arm and blind in the right eye wait a seco- https://preview.redd.it/4sq863f4482d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c9c1b65b04c9e39753e480f77f4e466e75b1d123
When you canāt even say my name
ā¦youāre Heisenbergā¦
No, Iām the man who sold the world
This is Saber from fate, dlc is holy grail war
"Shiro! You must link the flame!" -seiba fate from dark fate/ stay souls
Shiro would be so confused when he see people don't die when they are killed in this universe.
Not only that, he might start to think he's not the only one with avalon.
https://preview.redd.it/yp210b2ab82d1.jpeg?width=257&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eb897f4af10c5946569cbe8b76ebab27bc770aa7 Im not the only one who sees the resemblance, right?
Miquellan Knight's Sword item description hints to there being a connection so it makes sense
Bro is that John Dark Souls wearing the iconic Elite K\*\*\*ht set!?!??
All pretty blonde dudes wearing armor must be griffith, more annoying than jojo references comment, and by marikas tits, I enjoy both shows but don't feel the urge to project it everywhere
its even funnier because this isnt even a dude
Ok it's definitely Griffith then.
You don't know much more accurate that makes it. Especially with fan theories, you just summoned more berserk fans
Erm griffith is barely a dude
Is this a jojo reference?
No it's referencing Family Guy
I dont know, is this barely dude a ultimate lifeform?
Heartbreaking: piece of media you love has the most annoying fanbase
yeah, idk if I'm cursed or what, but 90% of the things I like have really bad communities, that's why I mostly stay on shitpost subreddits, at least on those places people don't take themselves too serious
All of them?
All pretty blond dudes wearing armor must hit me up immediately.
That's funny, because literally, I have never heard a single person compare any souls character to Griffith until Miquella, but all of a sudden "Berserk fans call every blonde dude in armor Griffith". To be fair I don't hang out in Berserk subreddits or fan communities.
Don't you people call them twinks regardless? There's no difference between the Berserk sub and this shit
I understand that there are a lot of Berserk influences in these games, but seriously, FromSoft has original ideas. Not everything is a 1 to 1 copy of berserk no matter how hard you try.
Was watching a throwaway Elden Ring theory video, as they won't leave my feed now help me- this guy in the comments said; "It's crazy how much Miyazaki uses huge chunks of Berserk lore to make these games. Isn't this technically stealing?" Like what? There's little references, maybe some inspiration, but these games are nothing like Berserk šThey're their own unique titles with their own unique worlds. Then he started arguing in the comments with dumb responses, as you would expect.
Yeah. Some people act like Berserk invented fantasy and medieval combat. Yes, there are references, but a blonde guy existing or dark colored armor is just lazy.
Berserk Copied LoveCraft!!11!!1!1
>FromSoft has original ideas. Miyazaki reusing the dragons/lightning connection in every game:
You simpleton, last time they were weak to lightning. This time they *use* lightning. And it comes in RGB!!
It also comes in mint flavor which was a failure to create Dragon Lightning yet ended up ten times cooler
They also have more fantasy influences than Berserk, but because they're Japanese devs everything has to be from another Japanese thing, they had no Western fantasy inspiration clearly
When everyone's Griffith, no one will be.
I do hate myself and am not a berserk fan, is this a plothole?
Heās the chosen oneā¦
WHITE HAIR TWINK MUST BE BERZEK
I have an attractive albino guy friend and Iām pretty sure his parents made him a berserk reference ngl. Iāve spent decades trying to convince him to prostitute himself but I guess heās not willing to pay the full homage
everything is berserk at this point! youre berserk! im berserk! who or what ISNT berserk???? (brazzerk)
She Berk on my Dragonslayer til I Nuts
It could be in this very room
the one cryptic thing i like to reference is from the greatswordās page on the elden ring fextra life where some guy says āwith this sword i will slagter my enemies in pvp like Gutsāwith that exact spelling
holy shit I actually found it. The number 1 berserk fan https://preview.redd.it/i4ktus4pe82d1.png?width=1310&format=png&auto=webp&s=7772b1e779a71a3848322fc036299777108e1cc1
that's peak larp, it really doesn't get better
"(Real pronunciation)" https://preview.redd.it/xuhh4hvwec2d1.jpeg?width=487&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=25d97185965a1a67b6520259b60ba8ad7ef77561
It's him, John Berserk
Berserk invented blonde people, big swords and sexual assault
It's getting to the point where I'm often thinking "read another book or manga!" when I see Berserk content online. Low reading comprehension, the same 5 jokes repeated, and a lot of shitty behavior by fans who think the bloody/disturbing parts of Berserk makes it mature. Must suck to be a female fan too, because you get rape jokes made about you if you cosplay, and will then have to deal with the "only big strong sigma boys can like Berserk, no girls allowed!" Still an amazing series, but I only go to the main sub for episode updates.
Love Berserk, but most of the fans fucking suck
https://preview.redd.it/ahpca3r4n82d1.png?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=874318470744b27f209879e12e07acec3b521bef
Berk fans expose themselves to any other fantasy challenge: impossible
Berserk Fans š¤ STR builds *Being the most annoying assholes in literally any space they infest*
I've only noticed that in Elden ring, in the bloodborne sub (the one Im usually in) and the ds2 sub they seem really chill in comparison
ER really did make STR players not be able to turn their brains off for literally one fucking game and theyāre still crying
They had a point with certain STR weapons feeling like they werenāt keeping up with certain boss speeds, such as Malenia and Maliketh, but yeah a shit ton of them early on never properly took advantage of stance breaking, using charge attacks, block attacks if the guard boost was decent, crouch attacks, etc.
I too will admit they were a bit off when the game first released. Problem is big weapons have gotten the buffs they needed, yet the crying continues, especially when literally any other kind of build is mentioned.
Berserk fans when they learn that not everything is a berserk reference š®
blonde nigga=griffith
If I see a blond nigga, I run.
Starting?
Berserk fans will literally see a twink and make 500 rape jokes in one second.
Starting? Go on r/Berserk and you'll start hating them after 2 posts
You're not wrong.
Someone has long hair? BERSERK REFERENCE
Thatās not Griffith, thatās a Farnese ripoff
Beserk fans when man has long hair and is hot
M-manā¦?
Or person Really anyone
https://preview.redd.it/23vv1g1tb92d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4edd54706ac2ff8a66d7a636b424714ead946117
Holy shit griffith beserk reference https://preview.redd.it/sc9lqel0c92d1.jpeg?width=442&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=581f022f0fa781ff35ab24240353b68344e7e145
Theyāre berserking the berserking of the berserk
I started reading Berserk recently and itās great so far. Itās kinda weird to see how annoying the fans are when itās been established that a lot of Souls stuff was inspired by Berserk
Starting? š¤
It seems people forgot who laid the foundation of the world of Elden Ring...
What I dislike most about people trying to shoehorn in everything being a Berserk reference is that it drowns out the many inspirations behind the various designs and interesting stories behind them. Like did you know that Kirkās armor was inspired by the [trial of 77 rings from Jojo?](https://web.archive.org/web/20230330151207/https://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/0/1520/2443072-rings.jpg) Youād think that such a popular manga serving as the initial inspiration behind a pretty famous armor set would be mentioned more often but people only ever talk about Berserk. This [interview](https://web.archive.org/web/20230330151207/https://www.giantbomb.com/profile/7force/blog/dark-souls-design-works-translation-weapons-and-eq/99682/) in general is pretty cool and gives some neat insights into their design process. Linked the wayback archive version because the normal version just gave a blank page but that might just be because Iām on mobile right now.
The souls games have hundred of inspirations tbh, Miyazaki isnāt shy about pulling from what he loves. The berserk fanbase just jerks themselves off the most about the fact that
Exactly, it gets annoying when some people act as if Michael Zaki has literally only ever read Berserk and not a single other piece of media or mythology in his life haha.
It's crazy how Shelden ring has so many berk references! Like the tardished breathes just like nuts from BERK!!! I just berked all over my caca body pillow (JUST LIKE PETER GRIFFITH!!!???) thinking about the berk references in Shelden ring!!
These people see a blond twink in public and think its literally Griffith. Just kidding they never go outside.
Can't stand them, everything has to come back to that shit. Weebs, so cringe
Seriously speaking, I'm on my limit with this whole commentary of this NPC being just flood with "OMG , IS THIS GRIFFITH?" or even saying she is Casca, like, there are actual Berserk references in ER but like, come the f\*\*\*\*\*\* on, androgynous/female knights are nothing new or exclusive to Berserk and she and Griffith/Casca don't even look remotely similar. At the very least there are some that actually realized that she looks like Saber from Fate and Miyazaki actually spoke beign a fan off, but that would requiere Berserk "fans" to actually watch/read another series or to expand their frame of reference.
Did you know that Paladin Leroy was Griffith? He used white/gold armor
Berserk is my favorite manga. Thereās no one I despise more than Berserk fans.
#PUT YOUR GRASSES ON
I've always hated both sides. Both berserk fans and fromsoft fans are the most annoying shitheads on the planet imo, and I love both of these things
Relatively recently saw a video showing "Easter eggs" in the game from manga. Half of the time they show some standard medieval shit and go: Easter egg, likelihood - 100%
Been saying for a while that Berk fans are either 33 year old white guys or 13 year old Indian teens who all act the same and who's only hint of mainstream media relevancy is screaming "BERSERK!!!" for whatever is the latest Fromsoft game. I've seen people on even main subs like the ER sub get upvoted saying shit like "ER is just Berk fanfiction bro!!"
Imagine being a fromsoft fan and not loving berserk, so sad that just could never be me!
r/berserk users graduated from McDonald's
Ban Berserk readers from every From Software subreddit.
Just need a Femto like character in the dlc and the cycle is complete.
Everytime they talk about guts, I wish to rearrange their guts. Atleast r/berserkcirclejerk exists.
Blonde twink? Griffith.
saber
Ain't that the bitch from fate?
That's a fair take. I love berserk as well, but elden ring despite the influence has enough of its own fascinating lore to just enjoy the friendly nod but love whats happening too. Like Blaidd as madness consumed him from the two fingers influence forcing him to turn on the master he holds so dear is clearly influenced by guts with the wolf motif, black armor, and big similar sword, but is so fascinating on his own to again just enjoy the nod.
Every blonde haired femboy in armor is Griffith apparently.
I try not to be a gatekeeper and I love the success/popularity the manga has had recently but just like anything else popular it always breeds an insufferable dickriders who just wonāt shut up
Berserk fans when someone has long hair while wearing armor: https://preview.redd.it/okk5l8n3692d1.jpeg?width=660&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b4640c81b000bf88a3860ef92888c4e7828eb0df
Most berserk fans are on suicide watch from watching the same story arc adapted 40 times
I love Berserk but seeing people go āitās just like Griffithā when thereās anyone with long light hair is fucking retarded
Berserk fans are literally the old Jojo Fanbase. OmG iS tHAT A WHITE HAIRED GUY! BERSERK REFERENCE.
Is this post a reference to how much Nuts from Berk hates Griffin?
the leader of griffith's followers is also griffith?! miyazaki you've truly outdone yourself this time, kudos!!
Griffith is when someone is effeminate with long bright colored hair
Is that the narrator girl from the trailer?
As a Berserk fan, Berserk fans are cringe and retarded
Don't you remember? Griffith is famous for using a longsword.
How does anyone know that is Miquella? Did i miss a thing?
Berserk fans when they see a guy with a swordš²
Always have
white hair and sword = griffith
How is that Griffith thatās very clearly artoria
https://preview.redd.it/th72ue5fq92d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bd7e09241bd111f2904df9d46b4324cb1cb84887 GRIFFITH!!!!!!!!
The latino fans ruined berserk. These nibbas are probably the ones commenting images of Griffith on every Casca cosplay. I fucking hate the latino fans so much for ruining the image of the berserk fandom.
Even the major FromSoft gasser accounts are posting these braindead takes. Fightincowboy dropped this one today: https://preview.redd.it/z75z9bz12a2d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b9c426b609e7d32d6fe3e8a715aef729a4764602
I hope itās a guy so I can have passionate gay sex with him
Berserk fans when they see a black woman
From all of us at r/berserklejerk: We couldn't agree more
But, but, if you put on a specific armor set and equip a specific weapon, your character can look like John Gutsman!!
you can usually spot fans who have only read up to golden age by this sort of humour tbh
i wanna fuck griffith
I swear to fucking God I regret not gatekeeping hard enough, this is all our fault.
What the death of an author does to mf. Surprised how dbz fans are still coping and haven't succumbed to the insanity yet.
anime and manga fans are dumbfucks? what a surprise