I’m pretty new to tumblr, but wanted to try to post a bit!

I’m in a few fandoms, but these are my main:

-Berserk

-Death note

-Code geass

-Dragon ball Z/Super

-My hero academia

I also will probably discuss about the villains more in the series because I enjoy breaking down their character.

Before that, let's compare him before the death note.

Obviously, Light would probably be a pretty good boyfriend.

He’s smart, responsible, and calm. He’d help you study, walk you home, remember important things, and give solid advice when you’re stressed. Your family would adore him.

But even then, Light would need to feel admired. He’d want to be the smartest one in the relationship. He’d want to feel respected. Worshiped in ways.

He could love someone, but he’d still need to feel superior. Which could cause major relationship issues in the future.

The death note didn’t create his ego.

It just encouraged it.

Now, obviously his treatment of Misa proves that he had grown to be more toxic after the death note, but he didn't really love her. What if he actually loved someone? Could he throw his ego to the side for them?

Most likely not.

Because Light doesn’t just have an ego, it's basically who he is. His identity depends on being the smartest person in the room, the one in control, the one who is better than everyone else. Love requires vulnerability, equality, and the willingness to admit to wrongdoing.

Light would rather lose a person than lose control.

What if that person questioned him, even about the smallest thing, would he listen? Or would he see it as a threat?

Light doesn’t handle threats with emotion or communication, he handles them by getting rid of them. By nearly any means necessary.

Even if he felt something genuine, the second that relationship endangered his image, his plan, or his god complex, he would choose himself. In his mind, he is saving the world. Any personal attachment that interferes with that becomes dangerous to him.

a loving family, top grades, social status, a guaranteed future, a model girlfriend. He wasn’t neglected or desperate or clawing his way out of anything.

He was or seemed bored, despite having everything he could of desired,

That’s what I think is so much more terrifying, yet so fascinating.

When he found the death note, it didn’t save him from anything. It just validated and encouraged him. It told him that all those years of being “gifted” actually meant something bigger. And to him, that meant trying to become a god, deciding people's fate for them.

Personally, I love characters like this. Characters who are just evil because they are. No tragic event to blame it on, just for the love of the game or what they think is right. That's what makes them more intimidating to me.

What first drew me to him was how unique he feels compared to most characters in the series. So many monsters or creatures in Berserk have these crazy and outlandish features, but Rakshas stands out by having an unsettling mask and shadow-like body.

He doesn’t need brute strength to get what he wants. Instead, he uses stealth and little weapons that come out of his body, makes him an assassin-like character. To me, this makes him more intimidating than any grotesque monster.

The fact that you can’t see his face adds another layer to his character. You can’t truly read how he feels or his intentions. You can only go by his words and tone, which can easily be misleading.

I wish he was talked about more, but since there isn’t much on his backstory or character in general, there isn’t much to discuss in my opinion.

It’s so crazy to me that this guy thinks he is doing God’s work by killing and torturing people.

For example, when a mother was pleading for help for her almost-dead baby, Despite the fact that she stole food for her baby, Mozgus comforts her and assures her everything will be ok. Then he leads her to the church and proceeds to ensure that her and her baby will be fine and that the baby “will bear the weight of the payment later.”

Mozgus then opens the door to a torture chamber full of peopled getting hurt in unspeakable ways. The mother, rightfully horrified, gets dragged by some guards for her to get tortured as well. He isn’t angry, conflicted, sad, or anything. He’s completely convinced that he is the one in the right in this. That he is the only one to pass God’s judgement.

Even the scene when he smashes someone’s head with the Bible is really symbolic. The same book that represents salvation used as a weapon of destruction. To me, Mozgus is a perfect fit into Berserk and is pretty underrated.

Some might argue that Guts was someone that Griffith loved, but I honestly think he respected and kinda obsessed over him. Guts was someone that Griffith could consider a friend, maybe the only person he considered even close to an equal. Then when Guts left, he lost that sense of control over himself. Then that got worse over his time being tortured.

I think other people would also bring up Casca, but Griffith never really ultimately chooses her. Even when in his dream when he has a peaceful life with Casca, he actively rejects that possible future. Griffith refuses to sacrifice his ambition. Though Casca is capable and an independent person, he never really sees her as an equal. He might not be incapable of love, but is incapable of choosing love over himself or his own desires.

Charlotte and Griffith

Why does it have to be so toxic?

Obviously Griffith is a bad guy and wants to do anything for his dream so there is no surprise that he uses princess charlotte, but still. She’s so sweet and naive to the things that he has done. Not even knowing he ordered the killing of her uncle and cousin. Poor girl is head over heels in love with a guy that she thinks is an angel.

Idk maybe it’s just me, but there is just something about them that I see potential in, but with berserk being berserk I’m afraid that charlotte isn’t going to have a happy ending.

Personally I think of him as a form of what Griffith is on the inside. All of his wants and sick desires into one being. I would love to hear on what other people think or know!

Also sorry if this is mentioned anywhere and I missed it at some point. <3