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When you meet your God, tell him to leave me alone.
— Berserk ‧ 1989
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Guts's quarrel with heaven is the moral core of Berserk. Here it is spoken to a man who cannot stop praying, and it is the series' most direct statement that nobody on high is coming to help the people in it. The line spread among fans as a defiant, profane sign-off for anyone fed up with being told that suffering is part of a plan.
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In context
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This line is not from the 1997 anime. It comes from Kentaro Miura's manga, episode 169, "Those Who Cling, Those Who Struggle" (volume 21, Young Animal, October 2000), in the Conviction arc. On the wall of the Tower of Conviction, Guts fights the inquisitor Mozgus while a crowd of refugees begs Mozgus to save them. Mozgus says they await God's triumph and bids Guts listen to them. Guts finds a shallow wound in the inquisitor's chest and drives the Dragon Slayer into it, telling him to pass a message to his God: leave me the hell alone.
Sources (2)
- Berserk Wiki: Episode 169 (Manga)SummaryReference checked
- TV Tropes: Quotes/BerserkGuts entriesReference checked
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