Berserk: One Casca Storyline Singlehandedly Elevated the Entire Series
Warning! Spoilers ahead for Berserk chapter 355!
The highly anticipated moment when Casca's broken psyche eventually healed in Berserk already promised to be incredibly monumental and emotional regardless of how it transpired. But the legendary late mangaka Kentaro Miura somehow outdid himself once more when it finally happened, adding a creative spin to the entire experience while providing an unexpected and highly nuanced dynamic that served as an additional gift no one ever expected at the time -singlehandedly elevating the series as a result.
Although readers have seen the true Casca before her mind shatters, at the time, all of these instances solely occur during the epically long flashback known as the Golden Age. In the present day, Berserk only shows Casca as the shell of the powerful woman she was once for hundreds of chapters, an unfortunate circumstance that came as a result of the bloody Eclipse. During that horrific ordeal, Casca's assault at the hands of numerous demons and even her hero Griffith threw her into this near catatonic state where she adopted the persona of Elaine. Her portrayal as Elaine persists for quite some time until Guts and his comrades land on the island of Skellig, where the witch-in-training Schierke and her disciple Lady Farnese enter into Casca's mind in chapter 347.
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Entering the Corridor of Dreams simultaneously transports Schierke and Lady Farnese into a barren landscape where they meet a lonesome dog, a clear representation of Guts as it pulls an ominous-looking coffin containing a fractured, life-size doll of Casca. And inside that doll is an obvious nod to Casca's alter ego, a silent but highly
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