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Is it a Buddhist parable?
>Desire is portrayed as the root of all evil in the story, or at the very least the catalyst for evil
>The major villain, on a personal AND supernatural note, Griffith, becomes a slave to and embraces his desire, becoming the root of all suffering in the story
>Causality is a major theme, that we have to change our karma
>No matter how much guts suffers, he survives and passes each test - suffering is seen as a test in Buddhism that we have to overcome
>The Egg of the Perfect World doesn't overcome his suffering, sadly, but is portrayed sympathetically for being human and leaning on faith.
>BOTH the clergy and the demons in the Conviction Arc are portrayed in a bad light - dualistically fighting for supremacy over mankind BOTH are slaves to the embodiment of desire; the Apostles
>Guts 'taking a third option' and being anti-theistic by being in control of his own karma and fate - fighting both the simplistic 'good' and 'evil' - and relying on himself is portrayed favourably
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Hmmm. Parts of this are definitely intentional.
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Lot's of these things are ingrained in popular culture. You'll see a lot of similar themes in many works. It's very likely that an Asian was influenced by Buddhism though a lot of western philosophy comes down to this too.
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A lot of Eastern thought comes from Buddhism yeah. And as >>153865926 says it's hardly anything really peculiar to East Asia
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The idea of evil is stronger than the idea of good in the world of berserk because humans choose evil more often than good. Guts eventually has to rely on the power of supernatural good to keep the evil within him in check, later on when he meets Schierke.
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