No Guts, No Glory: the Berserk Podcast

The Human Bullet chapter offers one of the most iconic scenes in the entirety of Berserk, with ol’ Guts himself riding Zodd whole hog for one sole purpose: to penetrate the ethereal body of dread Emperor Ganeshka. It’s awesome, and so is the eventual showdown between Griffith and Ganeshka after a surprise sneak attack on the Kushan by the brand new Band of the Hawk!

Daiba is just tryin’ to Thrive-a in these chapters, as he battles Guts and Serpico with the might of even more ancient Eastern Magic: namely water tornados, makaras, and a giant ethereal Kundalini snake that’s essentially a god. Schierke helps Guts to finally exist half in and half out of the Berserker Armor; but, as Daiba ask him: will he be able to use it to its fullest potential without the “po...

These chaps are action PACKED!!! (Chaps means “chapters” of course). Guts and crew are in perfect sync as a classic fantasy JRPG party, fulfilling their roles perfectly as they battle hundreds of the Kushan’s “daka” soldiers, more enchanted tigers, and a dozen or so of the elephant snouted “Makara” from previous chapters. But…when the going gets really tough, will Schierke be able to bring Guts ba...

These chapters are all about gettin’ the band back together! Serpico (more like SLURP-ico back in his magical wind-powered regalia!) and Guts save a bunch of foppish aristocrats (including Farnesse, Magnifico and Roderick) from the Kushan’s enchanted tigers…but after this tiny taste of the coming battle…the real war begins, and our heroes need to GTFO and set sail to Puck’s homeland! Follow No Gut...

Serpico returns…but he returns to fight Guts to the death?!! Plus, a foggy four-legged assassin is released into the Vandimion manor containing all of the Midland elites…can Guts and his crew stop the mayhem before it reaches the now-betrothed Farnesse?! Follow No Guts, No Glory on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nogutsnoglorypc/ Check out Joey and Ryan’s Renaissance Martial Arts organization...

This chunka’chapters is all about old Loch-Nessy herself: Farnesse! Huge character arc movement here, as she reunites with her toxic rich asshole father, and her slightly less toxic and slightly more supportive Mommy and brother, Magnifico. Plus, there’s wedding bells on the horizon!!! Follow No Guts, No Glory on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nogutsnoglorypc/ Check out Joey and Ryan’s Renai...

These chapters focus largely on Schierke, Isidro, and their counterparts in the new Band of the Hawk: annoying psychic girl Sonia, and mildly annoying (and boring!) knight, Mule. The art is amazing, detailed and busy - just like the events of the plot AND the character development and world building at play. It’s a fun read, even if it all made our brains a little tired after trying to follow the...

We’re back from our longest hiatus ever - sorry about that. Holidays, birthdays, being first time parents, and the death of a beloved pet kept Joey playing the role of a podcast-cancelling fool every week, and we really appreciate your patience! Guts battles an elephant-whale like sea beast, succumbs to the Berserker Armor AGAIN (big surprise) and the crew enter the most bustling city ever as the...

The boys are back in town! And the girls, and the pixies. And Skull Knight. And some Crocodiles. And some Dhalsim’s from Street Fighter. And a moonlight boy who is wearing no clothes. We’re back too!!! These chapters have everything: a new hope and goal for our intrepid crew, huge lore drops about the Berserker Armor and Skull Knight, and a new mystery that almost literally falls in Casca’s lap. E...

Just a quick message to let you all know we'll be strugglin' down with y'all this Friday after two weeks of unforeseen cancellations - thanks for being patient with us!

This episode we trade Guts for Ganishka, focusing on a major battle between Griffith's demon knights (led by the ridiculously stupidly designed Locus in his apostle mode), which ultimately is a diversion for a certain demi-god to kidnap a certain princess. In the process however, we learn more about Ganishka and his own inhumanity and level of power. Like Guts' dong likely is...IT'S BIG.

All you need to know again (two weeks in a row - a first!) is Wolverine from Marvel vs. Capcom saying “BERSERKER (armor) BARRAGE! …BERSERKER (armor) BARRAGE!” over and over for this episode, as we close out the introduction to Guts’ fabled cursed armor. Schierke really defines her main role in the series with the help of Flora’s fiery force ghost, and we head back to oooooool’ Windham to see that...

Guts gets the f**king Berserker Armor - and that's all you need to know.

Things get even darker, wetter, and more horrifying as our intrepid crew delve deeper into Qliphoth. Farnesse and Isidro gain some much needed confidence thanks to our old pal McGuts the Crime Struggler (80s kids will understand that obscure reference…maybe), and some very powerful beings emerge to both help and hinder our heroes: Slan, Skull Knight, and the essence of Darkness itself!

These trolls be gettin’ WET thanks to the ultra-powerful witch Schierke! Guts is breaking trauma cycles and showing kindness and respect to this magical youngster, while Isidro looks on in shame, feeling that he’s worthless to his new crew. We get even more tug of war between the classically religious and the magical/spiritual aspects of reality here as well, ending in a highly unexpected change i...

Oh the trolls they are a cummin'! Uuuuuh, COMIN', I meant, of course... Either way, we get even more fantastical, existential, and occult in these chapters, with the badass of badasses, Schierke, invoking the lords of the east, west, north and south to protect Guts and crew (as well as the villagers and that a-hole priest!) while they take out this horde of nasties...that is, until a giant peepee...

We're getting a beefy-ass lore bomb in these chapters thanks to our new witch friends Schierke and her mistress Flora! What is the astral realm...the interstice...the Godhand...and the nature of Griffith's newly reincarnated powers? All of this is discussed in semi-mindbending detail - plus, Guts's JRPG party gets kitted out with magical weapons and armor for the journey to take out horrific troll...

Schierke, baby!!! It's the official introduction of everyone's favorite little (and mega powerful) witch in training. Plus, Guts, Farnesse, Isidro, Serpico and the rest of the crew are forced to deal with an ever more "fairy tail-ish" world, fighting off vicious disgusting trolls, and adorable regenerating golems.

The Holy Evil War is getting ready to pop off, as we get a lot of world building from Griffith's apostle-infused side of the battle: He has giants, he has superpowered men, he has shadowy supernatural assassins, all set to...liberate Midland? He's trying to be the savior of the world, using his powers of The Prince of Longing to make his new subjects fall in love with him. Also, Farnesse has anoth...

This should be a given for Berserk, but these chapters get dark, tragic, and disturbing. Sadly, it’s our beautiful, but flawed boy, Berk, himself, who is the perpetrator of this messed up stuff. But it’s not that simple! Much to discuss here as the Beast of Darkness begins to take its hold on old Gutsy, causing him to wrestle with (and largely lose against) his deepest desires…resulting in the sim...

In this surprisingly beefy episode, we cover three chapters that are short on pages but overflowing with meaty meat goo inside for you to sip on for almost three hours. Griffith’s war demons begin to make their pilgrimage to him, including first appearances of the fire-breathing Grunbeld and the mysterious Rakshas. The real meat of tonight’s meat goo treat is the origin stories of Serpico (more li...

Griffith...is...back. But Griffith don't GOT back, because we know he still retains his little flat buns despite his divine reincarnation into non-astral flesh. Zodd is his big ridin' pony, he saves Casca (surprising even unto himself), and starts amassing a crew against a major Kushan attack against Midland. Ah yes: Puck determines Guts' and crew's ultimate destination for about the next fifteen...

A day late and a dude short - Steve won't be joining this episode but Ryan is back from his excursion to the land of the rising sun for this episode, where we discuss the aftermath of the Birth Ceremony chapter, the reincarnation of Griffith himself, and the fantastical ramifications of the unifying of the astral plane and the mortal plane that was brought about by the re-embodiment of our favorit...

The penultimate chapters of the BIRTH CEREMONY sub-arc of Berserk are here. Who is being re-born in the Egg of the Perfect World? How will Father Mozgus, with his impenetrable skin, ever be defeated by our intrepid here: Berk-Boy? How could Nina get any more insufferable and annoying? All is revealed in this Ryan-less episode. He’s having a great time in the land of Guts himself: Japan! Follow No...

We're back...again...as usual! We catch up with Guts and crew in the ongoing battle with Father Mozgus - now with 100% more angel wings than ever before! Enjoy!