The beginning of the end is here.
Warning: Full spoilers for the episode below.
With only a handful of episodes left in the season, Berserk prepared for its final decent into madness as the entire cast converged on the Tower of Conviction for a massive showdown between good and evil.
While not quite as strong as last week's episode, "Blood Flow of the Dead" still had plenty of great moments, most of which involved the fierce and fabulous Luca. I admit I was skeptical when Guts allowed her to join the rescue mission, but all doubt was swept aside after she snuck the heroes into the Tower of Conviction, cajoled her lover Jerome into helping rescue Nina, and even took a plunge out a window to save her friends. A lot of the heroics have been left to the men in the past few episodes, so it was refreshing to see a women take charge, even if things didn't always go according to plan.
By the way, can we get more scenes of Luca and the Skull Knight together, please? Their brief interaction was great, and I loved the bemused sound the knight made when Luca explained her decision to drop from the window was partly to save her friends, and partly because she had already calculated she would survive the fall (thus negating his need to swoop down from atop the tower and "rescue" her). You could tell he was impressed by Luca's ability to think on her feet, and the Skull Knight doesn't strike me as the type of person who's easily impressed.
Luca and the Skull Knight.
Cheers to Luca, but jeers to Nina, who was utterly pathetic this week. Not only did she rat out Casca for being a "witch" (an accusation she knew was untrue), but she even contemplated letting Luca fall to her death in order to save herself. To be fair, this is par for the course when it comes to Nina, and the show once again did a great job underlining just how useless she is. Still, I swear that if she doesn't get her just deserts by the end of the season (or redeem herself somehow), I'll flip a table.
The only person even more yellow-bellied than Nina was Farnese. I couldn't believe it when the leader of the Holy Iron Chain Knights ran at the first site of the eponymous demons that emerged to protect Casca from Mozgus' iron maiden. Farnese's father was right to send that letter demanding she be pulled from the front lines, because she's clearly not fit to be a leader. Why Serpico keeps defending her, I don't know. In any case, "Blood Flow of the Dead" proved that both Nina and Farnese are cowards who can't be trusted to put anyone's lives ahead of their own.
Guts vs Mozgus.a
While I hated Farnese's cowardice, I loved Guts' fearless confrontation with Mozgus and his goons, all of whom went completely Super Saiyan this week (or is that Super Seraph?), thanks to the creepy egg-shaped being's timely interference. This dramatic showdown marks the beginning of the end of the Conviction Arc, and although it a was a bit disappointing to learn we'll have to wait until the next episode to see some sort of resolve, the ending scene where Guts narrowly avoided getting his eyes ripped out served as proof that the final battle is already off to an exciting start.
The Verdict
"Blood Flow of the Dead" was a solid episode that featured great action, showcased two of my favorite characters (Luca and the Skull Knight) and successfully set up the season's grand finale, which is shaping up to be a real nail biter.
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