But this resonates nicely with the preaching of Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood. I find it ironic how in both cases, one should need to sacrifice a lot to the point it made me wonder whether it is even worth to become a God, and accordingly to take one down. That is the power to bring down a God and accordingly, that is the price. Drenched it an insanity and a primal instinct of destruction, that person loses himself and would even kill his loved ones. Naturally shy around people (whom she initially refers as savages) we see her own heart softens as she clings onto Gatts in his suit of the Berserker’s armor - a piece of armor made by the dwarves which grants the user the power manifolds times his own and releases all senses from him even fear and pain. An young but potent sorceress, Shirke’s journey with Gatts is a beautiful depiction of the feelings of a powerful witch and an adolescent girl. However it is these people (special credits to Shirke) that make his heart softer. In spite of his harsh behavior, his nonchalant attitude and his savage means, strong people like Shirke, Farenze, Serpico, Roderick, Azan and even elves like Puck and Ivarella gather around him as he undertakes his journey of vengeance. “People gather around him, for he is strong” - I quote from One-Punch Man.
Even though it was to save himself, he still haven’t got over the fact that he killed his own father His unnatural zeal of living on has been portrayed again and again in the manga. Initially portrayed as savage, unforgiving and blinded by revenge, a type of person who takes young maidens hostage if it suits his purpose - we see his hostility slowly thawing once the story progresses.īorn amongst the dead and holding a sword before being able to walk, Gatts childhood among the mercenaries has been one of violence and killing. You run from it, there is no Eden” - GattsĪnother protagonist in this story of two friends, Gatts is a dynamic character. Those who have failed, swept together here. You said anywhere, but here, this is where, at the border. “Strain your eyes, at the darkness around us. Even as the Hawk soars ever higher -saving Midland from the Kushan attack and creating a paradise on Earth with the resurrection of Falconia, the old capital of Midland-we but wonder the lines of Fate. Gatts and Caska survives, only to be cursed as branded sacrifices for eternity. Thus is born Femto, the God hand -in exchange of every single life in the band of Hawks. That being -though omnipotent is but a product of men itself, thus having no virtues or perhaps all of them together-so is indifferent to any individual’s wishes ( You will find similar depiction of divinity in the stories of Rajsekhar Bose, better known as Poroshuram ). In that same frenzy he goes ahead and sacrifices everyone and everything he knew to the Devil or perhaps the God, for there is no God or Devil only a collective consciousness of all the beings on the planet. Presence of lust, but absence of means to it is the road to damnation. In that frenzy of denial, he destroys, by his own hand the monument that he himself had built from nothing but mud. So when his true friend and right-hand-man Gatts leaves him, his world shatters. He is a man not prone to refusals and denials. Some are born to rule over others.” He believed from the bottom of his heart that everyone would always “accept me, either as an ally or an enemy”. Deep down Griffith’s heart, he is a man who believed that “In this world not all are born equal.
The story revolves around Gatts and Griffith, both of them belonging to the same “Band of the Hawk” as Griffith slowly build his dreams out of nothingness. The single phrase that turned Gatts’ life upside down, this line can be said to be the pivotal point of the entire story-line. And if someone were to destroy his dream … he would fight back even if that someone was me.Ī friend in my mind, is someone who is my equal” - Griffith
A friend would find his own reason to live.
A friend would not just follow another one’s dream.