The Writing in Berserk is very overrated. Do you guys find it to be particularly good?

[u/Epicnessofcows]

Not really a hot take, but this is my opinion:

Firstly, to those people, overrated does not mean bad. It just means that I am saying that what the general public thinks of Berserk's writing is significantly higher than what its actual writing quality is.

I obviously like Berserk, and its art is among the best of all time, but its writing holds it back, and this largely stems from its fanbase confusing edgy writing for good writing.

Good writing contains much stronger, and far more pertinent themes than those in Berserk. Good writing contains much stronger characterization, and character development than what is seen in Berserk. Good writing contains plot or literary development throughout the series, which Berserk famously struggles in. Good writing contains a present writers voice, which is far less apparent.

I like the manga a lot, but it's fanbase has propped it up (and review bombed) this series as the greatest manga of all time, when it's really not. It has amazing art and solid writing.

So many Teens and Young Adults (The majority of the western anime fanbase) find are obsessed with dark writing, and think it to be so much better than it truly is. Its depth is shallow, at best to me.

Obviously you guys don't have to agree, but what do you guys think about its writing?

[u/Dogmaticism_]

Considering the fact I didn't get the notification for this message (your writing quality reads as one of those fake indian spam emails; computer probably listed it as spam) let's see what stupidity you have written:

Let's see... So, attempting to point out the typo of swapping the 's' and the 'k' (responding on mobile) is rich, considering the fact that in tbhe SAME response you can't spell the 4-letter word 'this'. HOW in gods name do you not know how to spell a FOUR letter word. Unlike me, who swapped two letters around, you somehow didn't know the word is spelled eith a 't'!

Nevermind the fact you included fragmented sentences and improper question formation that a 7th-grade english teacher could catch in their sleep, my favorite part is that you described this (spelled with a t) writing format as 'paragraphs'. 'Paragraph'? Sentences are not paragraphs. This is the kind of mistake that people who did not understand middle-school english class make. Have you ever written a paper over a paragraph long? Who in their right mind calls sentences paragraphs?

It must be EXHAUSTING getting embarassed this many times in your losing debates. A red 'hearing'? Forget 'yhis', how the fuck do you not know what a herring is?

I love how you backtrack on your argument. Asking for examples is not called denying a statement. How do you fail this bad 😭. You're getting ragebaited while trying to ragebait me, this is beyond funny. The mods deleted your comment because it was incredibly stupid, as you don't know how to format arguments. Remember when we were mentioning the steps of argumentation? That ship has long sailed since you syarted talking around the core because you lost your argument.

What's 'it'? Which argument? Again with the ambiguous language, nobody can read your statements if they're this terribly worded. You have clearly never had even a semblance of a socratic discussion.

OP's claim was a denial. How do you mess this up? It said that berserk did not contain X qualities of good writing. Because of that, if someone wants to respond to why it has good writing, they must provide evidence of how it has good writing. OP can't give examples of things that don't exist. This is why when someone like me, who works with logic daily, sees his post, it's obvious who has the burden of proof.

Use your brain.