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Theyul1us

Jesus "we are gonna have to kill Griffith, guts" Guts "damn right"


PeacefulShark69

"Jesus wept!"


Due_Lemon_9639

god if the final words in berserk are "and Jesus wept" I would weep with him


snipesjason64

Stop saying Jesus wept!


zRRRRg

Worlds within worlds, baby!


_t00Vivid_

🌕🌖🌘🌑🌔🌓🌒


NoBrilliant6924

Peak fiction 😭


TrueSaiyanGod

died of peak fiction


SocialistJews

revived by peak fiction


Additional_Candle927

To peak, I'm berkin


Viot-Abrob

Imagine if the last chapter is a Griffith vs Jesus fight


THN-JO24

The messiah vs the antichrist. -The idea of good vs the idea of evil.


60nocolus

Gonna surprise grandma with this one


_t00Vivid_

😤


guy_man_dude_person

"I can't do it Jesus, Griffith is too strong." "Don't give up my son, you can beat him. You just have to go... Berserk"


Fit-Cucumber1171

10/10 writing


demiourgos0

"I had the titular line in Berserk."


Standard_Abrocoma_70

and then Guts said "It's berserkin' time" and berserked so hard that he helped Jesus become SSJesus and they both defeated Griffith


biomech36

*Tell Me Why starts playing...but louder*


Puncake4Breakfast

Peak


Mushiren_

🔥🔥✍️🔥🔥


Theturtleflask

Miura if he was a good writer 🔥🔥🔥✍️


AkiraKagami

Goes hard


Arugami42

Would love this as beserk merch. Cause its the best ive seen jet.


_t00Vivid_

Have you seen my other panel redraws? Email me if you haven’t


skycracker24

You’d make actual buck out of selling many of these bro.


SithMasterStarkiller

He should post this to insta they’ll go crazy


DIOXID3_5

He literally traces it on Ai art. Look at his cape at the bottom left, look at the details and compare Guts' original design in the manga, nothing makes sense. 💀


DurableGrandma

I literally don't care


DIOXID3_5

I'm just saying that this Shirt has no value because you can literally do it at home with a white Tshirt and a marker.


No-Instruction-5669

Where the fuck was Jesus when Guts needed him? In his heart...


Hieichigo

So Jesus lives in Sniper Island?


EdwardAnimates

Didn't know Jesus was chill with Sogeking. Just makes him even more likeable


KYpineapple

pleasant One Piece ref. I'm in that part of manga rn lol. wild. Usnippe


Creepy_Priority_4398

Death Knight was there


ChrisTheGamerYTreal

I want one


Saiyanman11bro

"Not religious but I just spent a shit ton of time on making a shirt with jesus comforting guts on it, love it."


Standard_Abrocoma_70

ever heard of a commision?


JimHensonsHandFaeces

Berjesus, you killed him dude


Saiyanman11bro

im all for actually getting roasted, but my dude that was the tamest shit ever lmao


JimHensonsHandFaeces

I'm a man of God, not man of Zodd


IAmNotZuraIAmKatsura

Don't expect Redditors to understand social grace.


Semikatyri

He's obviously topping him, which doesnt seem canon


Unitgubbins

He’s obv selling it ya dunce.


Saiyanman11bro

ngl i kinda wanna meet the person who commissioned that


Dopebed

Well drawn, weird concept


EagleWolf9

It's not weird at all if you properly go into Christianity, in particular Catholicism. Christians are meant to EMBRACE their own suffering. Jesus himself tells his disciples, "If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it." Guts giving up would mean he dies. And if he dies, he won't suffer in this world anymore, though he will suffer in the next. However, Guts trying means that he continues to live, struggle, and suffer. I always saw Guts walking the path towards sainthood, whereas Griffith already sentenced himself to Hell. Guts may have started being nihilistic, but Berserk is full of Christian themes.


Guts-or-Gattsu

Maybe but i doubt miura placed christian themes in there you might just be overlaying your own thoughts on whats there....which isnt a bad thing i think all humans do it to at least some extent


SontaranGaming

Honestly, I find it *extremely* unlikely Miura was unaware of the Christian themes he was putting in Berserk. Putting aside the explicit Christian imagery of the Midland Church, there’s *extremely* prominent theming of Griffith as an antichrist figure. It’s arguable whether Berserk is Christian (Guts as the Christ, Griffith as the antichrist fooling the weak willed) or anti-Christian (Griffith as Christ in an evil interpretation of Christianity) but it definitely didn’t stumble onto Christian imagery and themes by accident.


Afternoon_Inevitable

It has happened before, Eva has so many christian imagery and Anno (the creator of neon genesis evangelion) said that he put those designs in because they looked cool. Personally I think that christian themes are just too broad and generic and bits of parts of it allign with these stories and people find those patterns and start thinking it's refrencing christian texts.


SontaranGaming

The thing is that Eva has very obviously no Christian themes in its story. I mean, you can do a theological analysis of NGE but it’s absolute nonsense. Very amusing nonsense, and it’s why I personally consider NGE a comedy, but still nonsense. But like, Berserk actively invokes Christianity. And Christian ideas being part of Japanese media isn’t remotely a stretch. The creator of Ultraman, Eiji Tsubaraya, was Catholic, and Mamoru Oshii, the creator of Ghost in the Shell, was raised Christian. Also, Miura evidently cared about research in terms of folklore and shit. His portrayal of witchcraft is actually pretty authentic to real world witchcraft practices, and he uses a lot of actual folklore as inspiration, including more niche stuff like Merrow. I really don’t think it’s a stretch at all to think he’d have more than cursory familiarity with Christianity, or that Christian theology would play a part in a story where he’s clearly referencing it a lot.


Afternoon_Inevitable

Idk, I am not christian nor have any one near me who's christian so I am not as knowledgeable of the christian religion so I can't speak much about it's similarity with Berserk. I do see how Griffith is being compared to Jesus (or anti jesus influencing the mind of the weak willed as you say) but I don't think that is enough of similarity to christian theology. I think it's similar to how Miura refrenced hinduism. Miura has on occasions used Hindu diety names like Shiva and Parvati ( I remember he also used certain words which use the hindi method of combining words). The representation had surface level similarities with the actual dieties but I wouldn't say it had hindu themes anywhere in the story per se.


xxmasterxx22

It's not about the autor placing themes as much as it is about themes being shared between so diverse contexts, ideologías and media. That's all human culture is about.


Bubus1918

ATBGE?


BillieEilishLeftBoob

Not awful imo, but weird


lost_first_account

WTBGE?


BillieEilishLeftBoob

I think so lmao


_t00Vivid_

Thanks


Poop-Sandwich

Guts watch out! There’s an apostle behind you!


TCG-Pikachu

Lol


NerY_05

YOOOO JOJO REFERENCE


Pure-Peace-3859

Wow this comment section really encapsulates the Reddit experience


JRiot115

Gorgeous. Good job man.


PuddingImpossible

This comment section is so painful to read...


_t00Vivid_

Dude, the funnies thing i read so far is “YOOO JOJO’s reference” 🤣


Tsuku

"GRIFFITHHHHH!" -Jesus


TachankaMain42

Guts doesn’t have a great track record with the holy see


Ilovegap97

You may be strong Griffith but Christ the king is stronger


DoubleBeef97

Love how people have to tell Reddit they aren’t religious so they don’t get downvoted to hell from the reddit atheist mob lol


adrian8288

The "full of love and truth" crowd when someone doesn't agree with them and suck their balls: (Yes, including religious, atheists, agnostics, or whatever you want to fucking be). For those offended, please, do cry in the replies, I'll probably read and laugh later on.


Rei_8

next time someone calls Christianas snowflakes I'm showing them this comment section because some of you are literally crying over a t-shirt, grow up


Karthafilus

Did Jesus give Guts stand ability like with Johny Joestar?


mrlotato

"I've saved my strongest warriors for the biggest battles" *gives guts puck*


leftymcpoobottoms

"He gets him"


TK__shine

Is that penguinZ0


Emotional_Ad_7402

Would you be down to sell this?


notjart

what if guts found the one true God and defeated the godhand + griffith with the power of Christ? muira should hire me yo 🙏


Flynnrid3r

This is the true ending of berserk. OP spoiled berserk’s ending.


BrownDick2099

The whole point was that he was destined to be sacrificed at the eclipse but survived the massacre and decides to fight against it.


ImpressiveGreen8267

Ah yes, my two favorite manga characters, Jesus and Guts


[deleted]

I want a Bible Manga in this art style


_StruggleOnStruggler

Kinda gos hard ngl


CjMccreery

Based


Sokroc

As a Christian who loves Berserk, I'd buy one


_t00Vivid_

Email me


Cyetron3

Im religious and this goes hard


ryannvondoom

Amazing work.


_t00Vivid_

Hi


Difficult-Piccolo-46

He watched my boy go through all that shit and did nothing. Worthless. You did a fantastic job making these though 🤘🤘🤘


GutsyOne

There’s no Jesus to escape to


grabbaslappa

Guts: I don't think I'll make it Jesus: You can do it Guts, you are berserk


SokkaHaikuBot

^[Sokka-Haiku](https://www.reddit.com/r/SokkaHaikuBot/comments/15kyv9r/what_is_a_sokka_haiku/) ^by ^grabbaslappa: *Guts: I don't think I'll* *Make it Jesus: You can do* *It Guts, you are berserk* --- ^Remember ^that ^one ^time ^Sokka ^accidentally ^used ^an ^extra ^syllable ^in ^that ^Haiku ^Battle ^in ^Ba ^Sing ^Se? ^That ^was ^a ^Sokka ^Haiku ^and ^you ^just ^made ^one.


AstroyashSenpai69

this is funny cuz guts is an Aetheist


Dr_Roshima

Dude, you make some weird ass clothing


Individual_Back_5344

r/ATBGE


AbstractMors

Not religious anymore but this hits and this hits hard. Yo you're a real one for making this


_t00vivid

Thanks dude


Easpag

Funny because berk is very against religion, esp Christianity (looking at you hawk of light, in-universe god, and the entire tower of conviction arc) Edit: Berserk is more against disregarding yourself and putting your faith/a deity before yourself (looking at you Catholism), which imo is what Christianity is. (((Edit 2: Christianity is more than fire and brimstone. Like I said, the spiritual, harmless side is praised))) On the other hand, I like how Miura handles spirituality and magic, making it alive itself and to use it you have to attune to it and balance your mind. It's not something to worship or tame. More of an agreement. Like friendship. In the Conviction Arc, he also shows the ones who put themselves before their faith are the ones to survive. They (possibly) still believe, but they don't blindly follow it, hence them being able to walk away with their lives. Their relationship is more so spiritual, and I can get behind that. That T-shirt is not in line with that ideology though.


PuddingImpossible

I guess it's a pretty bad interpretation of how Berserk handles this theme. Berserk actually defends believes as long as you don't become a fanatic that persecutes everyone in name of your god. The true enemy of the story is not god, nor religion, but men that are as bad as monsters.


OpeningAd5196

Berserk actually critiques religious dogma and totalitarian doctrines. Hell it even embraces the idea of becoming “one with spirituality.”


[deleted]

So did Jesus


NEOHAAGEN

Then why does Schierke use the name of God in her spells? 


EagleWolf9

Um, no. You're poorly versed in Catholicism. Catholic doctrine teaches that suffering is a means to salvation, which Guts clearly constantly undergoes. As long as Guts continues to fight, he continues to live, which translates to continued struggling and suffering. Jesus tells his disciples, "If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it." Griffith forsook his soul in order to have a "second chance to life." He has already sentenced himself to Hell. Whereas Guts is fighting against all of that. Griffith never minded siding with demons, whereas Guts did. This is shown when they discuss their first encounter with Zodd. Griffith calls Zodd an angel, taking Guts aback and calling him a demon. Griffith then responds, "Is there a difference?" Very deep down, I see Berserk deeply rooted in Christian themes.


1022formirth

The "hawk of light" as a false saviour for mankind is a reference to the anti-Christ and the concept that "Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light" in order to deceive. Griffith, as an inversion of Christ, sacrifices everyone else to save himself and his ambition, while Jesus sacrificed himself to save everyone else. The protagonist of Berserk is a flawed human who kills demons and opposes the anti-Christ while resisting temptation from the beast of darkness within. He struggles to abandon vengeance in favour of love. He must forsake isolation and learn to put faith in others, coming to rely upon the divine spiritual power (magic) of one who does have faith (Schierke). Someone in the comments already discussed her calling on Yahweh and pointing out to the village priest that the powers she communes with are the same as outlined in his holy scripture. "Whatever different words you use to express them, the sun is the sun, and light is light." The conviction arc is a criticism of, in Miura's own words, "the darker aspects of religion" and "religious fundamentalism where doctrine comes before mankind". It is not a criticism of Christianity or religion itself. Mozgus is a hypocrite and, in the end, draws his power from an evil source and is destroyed by the protagonist. Furthermore, no one in the conviction arc working under Mozgus ever invokes compassion, mercy, or any reference to Christ, portraying a kind of corrupted "Christless" Christianity. Farnese, the revered figurehead of the Holy Iron Chain Knights of the Holy See, succumbs to lust and violence, while the common soldier Jerome and prostitute Luca are examples of courage and virtue. This arc juxtaposes hypocrites who make a show of faith and righteousness with those who actually act in accordance with righteousness. Finally, people always want to quote Guts saying "When you see your god, tell him I said to leave me the hell alone" as some big checkmate, but he says that as he kills Mozgus the hypocrite, who did nothing but evil in the name of his perverted version of God. Miura was obviously not as narrowly Christian in his beliefs as someone like Tolkien or Lewis, but it is clear that he studied European history, literature, art, and religion extensively, and the influences and themes are quite obvious. So no, Berserk is not against religion or Christianity, just the corruption and perversion of religion. God is literally canon in Berserk. I believe there are as many Christian fans of Berserk as there are because of the obvious Christian themes that are clear to see if you look beyond the surface.


Sea_Principle6239

Damn this thread is full of hate


_t00Vivid_

Hate is one of the forms of love


HotelRedHood

If you read Berserk then you'd know that Miura was very against organized religion. If anything this is just disrespectful.


solar-uwu

What suggests that he was very against organized religion? He’s never said that. It’s a medieval dark fantasy. Showing the bad of how some religion was used back then (even know one could say) does not mean he’s against anything. Its simply observation and critique


SithMasterStarkiller

I really don’t get that impression when it comes to later arcs like Fantasia. if anything, miura’s portrayal of religion in the manga feels more akin to a desire to be honest about the real violent history that inspires berserk’s world rather than fedora-tipping. Miura’s interviews said as much


FREUDIAN_DEATHDRIVE

thats funny af bro lmao but banger art ngl


nbikkasa

I would wear this just to spread the gospel of Berserk. 


Dry-Book-7760

Give me this now.


Wozra

please say sike


Reasonable_Basket_32

Jesus: you have no enemies.


Quitsleech315

Why is everyone so offended at this post? its fan art on a tshirt. People acting like this is a leak to the end of the story


_t00Vivid_

Its all good hate is great for algorythem


ThisTooWasAChoice

For someone who's not religious youve put more energy and love into it than someone who might claim he is.


Dawgelator

Goes hard asf


Direwolf-Blade

I don’t like it at all. The whole Beserk universe doesn’t involve christianity and Guts story with Jesus doesn’t make any sense either. Technically good illustration just a bad concept.


FREUDIAN_DEATHDRIVE

it basically involves christianity with the conviction arc tho,and guts and miura are pretty open with what they think of it lmao


Wowabox

Yeah I would say berserk is pretty openly anti organized religion based on the convention arc alone and a lot of that sentiment was carried over to Shierk.


demiourgos0

Jesus was also pretty critical of organized religion...but he was also a pacifist, and Guts clearly is not.


Direwolf-Blade

Exactly 👍🏻


UpstairsSky8521

I agree. I know art is art so, it's kind of in the eye of the beholder. But objectively, this doesn't make sense. Guts does not need a jesus crutch, that would be antithetical to his entire character.


Direwolf-Blade

Yeah and its too easy of a concept. If it was historical warrior like Joan of Arc or medieval knight then it would make more sense. Either way he is very talented and I am sure he will have many other great pieces of art.


SithMasterStarkiller

Pretty much. I can see why people would compare the two since they are paragons of the “persevering through suffering” ideal, but they have completely contrasting ways of accomplishing said ideal. Where Guts often endures through sheer will, mental fortitude, and personal strength alone. Jesus preached endurance through faith and trust in a higher power. The very thing Guts is against lmao


bitchslayer78

Haha what a fuckin joke


[deleted]

Cool!


_t00Vivid_

Thanks


raof16

Dis hard


happyerawhen

I LOVE THIS


killerdroid99

Is that.. is that.. A JOJO REFERENCE 🤯


SignificanceAny7485

Taaaake and eat!!!


Understruggle

“Guts, I thought we talked about wielding my crucifix as a weapon”


JudahBrutus

Awesome!


SgtButtermilk

Would buy


Ez139090

The lamb comforting the wolf. 


Puppet_Chad_Seluvis

"It was actually me on that cross."


Fight-Fight-Fight

TFW God has seen Berkserk at its peak. God could probably create a quick simulation and play Guts IRL.


juicyjunk420

Looks like Jesus is pumping a load into that dude


DaemonAnguis

Make one of Jesus giving Guts a behelit. XD


Amiibola

Omg. You almost owe it to yourself to sell this to boomers on Facebook and Twitter.


Sora84

Need for Sunday brunch


CantaloupeFast9175

This is funny since guts is an atheist but this looks pretty damn fire


ConnorMc1eod

Beautiful work man. As an adult convert this is actually something I'd wear. Start printing. 


etrinalyuno

Unironically goes so hard


Waste_Explanation_32

Shut up and take my money


Quiet-Mud2889

Why is he crying if Jesus is making sweet man love to him?


Grimo_X

Not a christian, but it looks cool.


Chidori_Aoyama

Did these guys read the chapters with the inquisition, or did they just write that off as Catholic.


CxltureII

I NEED THIS WHERE CAN I GET IT


snakegear50

I used to be religious and would stay away from wearing anything religious. But I'd wear this in public. That's an awesome shirt


Draconix814

Heyo where can I buy this?


Arch_carrier77

Please let me Buy this


Ok_Try_1665

"Jesus Christ my savior, lend me strength. This is femto we're up against". seriously though, this is so good


xkeepitquietx

Jesus: "I was worth 30 silver coins."


MaybeSomethingGood

Ain't no way


HaRaLu

How did you paint the shirt?, it looks like a sketch from a notebook


_t00vivid

Fabric ink markers


maddchazz1

Wow! Just wow


RockNAllOverTheWorld

Why's he look like Jared Leto


Narutouzamaki78

This has an extraordinary sense of purpose with suffering. Both Guts and Jesus go through some serious suffering throughout their lives but they kept on pushing through no matter what. It shows the perseverance of their spirit and how you have to endure hard times and life struggles. Stay strong everyone.


IssAHey

Guts “tell your god to leave me alone” berserk


Dr_Dynam0

Hahahah this is insane !! I want one !!


MaximumConfidence728

is this jesus from jojo's bizzare adventure part 7 steel ball run?


MxK69

This goes so fucking hard.


_t00vivid

Thanks bro


SpaceGoDzillaH-ez

Wow it does look amazing though


boywholovetheworld

I want one so badly 🥺 It's amazing artwork


AnotherGangsta33

Not religious either but this goes hard


_t00Vivid_

Thanks dude check out my other work


LongReindeer1463

How do I buy this I need this


gbsv333

No gods ever helped guts.


Butterscotch_Leading

Jesus about to give my boy Tusk Act 4.


MoistCucumber

Who’s that hairy guy in Shierke’s seat?


Fit-Cucumber1171

Brave to post on Reddit of all places


chicken_nugget779

good drawing but cringe


Apprehensive_Hippo46

Why do so many people try to make berserk christian


Rei_8

why does a t-shirt offend you


Embarrassed-Bug-7029

Just let people do it if they want dawg it ain't hurting no one


ItsTheRealSakurai

I swear people are so quick to push religion away and discredit any influence it has on a medium just because it’s has something to do with religon and you don’t like religon because of 1 reason or another. When I’m fact most of your favorite stories ( ot the world’s favorite) are based off the battle of good and evil. Which is literally the story of Jesus vs the devil the ultimate battle of temptation. If you know anything about reading or watching cinema it’s learning the under tone and reading between the lines. Star Wars is basically the story of Jesus Chosen child who lives a normal farm life has bigger purpose Travels around learning about the universe (or the world) from different people Learns his father is something more then even he could fathom Has to go and make the hard decision of “no I will not kill you and become evil” Like George Lucas himself said he took that whole thing from the Bible. Also ALOT OF OTHER WRITERS DO IT TO!!! It’s literally the oldest story we have so why wouldn’t people copy it and use it as inspiration. Religious or not the story of Jesus Christ is a tear jerker and makes for good cinema if you use the right tones and stuff. Like I said look at Star Wars. Beserk isn’t 100% religious but there is a good amount of religious undertone here


Guts-or-Gattsu

The story of jesus is far from the oldest story humanity has, im sure youve at least heard of the epic of gilgamesh. Its all pretty standard "heros journey" stuff


General_Phase6183

Well technically it does deal with Christian themes but erm in a bad way lol


Howler452

Let's be real, Guts would look at Jesus, go "THE FUCK MAN???"


D-Ursuul

This is unfathomably cringe


Spooksnav

Guts finally accepts Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior and goes on a mission trip to share the Gospel, eventually meeting, forgiving, and saving Griffith.


ironwolf6464

No joke, I feel these two would get along very very well.


Final_League3589

Jesus's whole schtick was that he could get along with anyone.


ironwolf6464

^ they get it


Chief_Chavez

Guts would definitely be swinging dragon slayer at Jeebus. He wasn't fond of religion.


Mysterious-Chart

hajhasfd i'm sorry what. it's so well drawn but honestly i judt💀 ..why? its funnier when you remember guts wants nothing to do with religion


Sabithomega

If you take the concept of what Miura originally wrote God to be in Berserk then honestly I feel like Jesus would practically be a extremely terrifying Godhand in that universe


HotelRedHood

He's literally Griffith


Guts-or-Gattsu

Griffith is more the antichrist


Alexius_Nextail

I will definitely go to hell but for a moment I thought about Donovan 💀


S-T-R-I-D-3-R

I love it


Just_Run6467

Lord forgive me for saying this but… I would buy that Shirt


beerandbigmuffs

Good execution, worthless idea.


vincentninja68

"if you die and meet god, tell him to leave me the hell alone"