Time to shill for Berserk again.
There are many reasons why the Golden Age arc is great; it shows how to do a flashback arc correctly by giving context to the larger story while standing on its own strengths. But chiefly it explains who Guts is and shows what happened in his life to lead us to the point that he is in the present timeline. Frankly, there’s loads of moments I’d love to go over, but I’d be spoiling it for those who haven’t watched it, yet (especially for the very end, but that requires the full context of the series to truly appreciate).
Guts’ first encounter with demon-kind, against the apostle Zodd, stands out as one of the most hair-raising scenes in dark fantasy:
Berserk: Bleak, dark story which features women and children being raped and murdered and the men are mutilated. It’s strongest theme and message is that life is suffering and you must bear its harsh burdens to become a stronger person.
Berserk’s opening:
put my grasses on
everything went wong