So here we are at the conclusion of the Conviction arc. The more I keep reading this manga, the more I feel that Kentaro Muira is berating religion, making it look like an aspect that makes a person weak. Of course Japan has a very minuscule Christian demographic so I wouldn't be surprised to see Miura illustrating Christianity, or religion in general, as worthless. Everyone who followed religion ended up dying while the people who fought for their own survival instead of hopelessly praying lived through the nightmare. The volume overall was decent, not really concluding with anything greatly significant other than the Resurrection of Griffith. Guts finally retrieves Casca and some side characters tie up their own issues and feelings. What we did get out of this Volume, or perhaps this whole arc, is the addition of many more party members. The Black Swordsman (unknowingly) has now acquired a mixed party of ex-knights, an elf and a teenage wannabe. I'm not gonna lie I really wished I saw more of Griffith and him interacting with Guts (which would inevitably result in more epic fighting) and I do not really understand the purpose of Zodd or the Skeleton Knight serve. They are such mysterious characters, popping up only to give heed to ominous future events yet no one really knows why they exist. I'm not even quite sure if they should be considered allies or enemies at this point. Griffith just hops on Zodds back and flies away like something out of a Harry Potter novel and now Guts is on a Goose chase.
In the end this volume didn't really add anything too significant and I didn't have the same impact I felt when finishing the Golden Age Arc.
However things look more promising in the next arc with a flurry of new characters which means more character development and complex relations
Next up Volume 22, Hawk of The Millennium Empire
Get outta here Mozgul ya bish
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