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I think this is a case of people taking things way too literally. The entire basis of people thinking this is that Wyald supposedly impaled that guy on that tower by running all the way up there and impaling him, because the part of the story where it happens says it happened in "an instant."
Anyone else think that seems kind of silly and also highly inconsistent with the rest of the series? When do we ever see Guts fighting at what appears to be anywhere close to hypersonic speeds? Moreover, who says the word "instant" was meant ot be taken literally in that passage with Wyald? In fact, the majority-consensus among hardcore-obsessive fans of Berserk is that the use of that word "instant" was meant figuratively to mean that it happened very quickly, and that Wyald threw the guy onto the tower rather than running up there with him, because running up there with him would be a fairly silly and stupid thing for Wyald to do anyways.
I have more evidence for Guts not being hypersonic or even supersonic. Look at Guts' fight against Rosine during the Black Swordsman arc. Rosine was barely supersonic with her flight-speed, and as Guts continued to be buffetted by sonic booms as she went by, he clearly acted bewildered as to what they were, because he'd never heard a sonic-boom before! And the mangaka is clearly realistic, too, based on that fight, about the effects of supersonic-and-above travel when it comes to the creation of sonic booms, which has never happened anywhere else in the series! For that reason, I think the ONLY things in the series which have ever physically moved faster than the Speed of Sound are: The tip of Guts' sword, Rosine during flight, and possibly Skull Knight--but that last is debatable since he never did create sonic booms.
Guts' speed seriously needs to be downgraded to subsonic (faster-than-eye) while Skull Knight's should probably be downgraded to trans-sonic.
I'm not just talking out of my ass, either. I've read every single chapter of Berserk over five times (true story, I'm OBSESSED with Berserk, it's my favorite story of all time) in both the official translations and scanlations from various groups. The series has a penchant for figurative language. The term "instantly" is not necessarily meant to be taken literally. Apologies to whoever originally did the calc for Wyald's supposedly "Mach 22" feat, but I do believe you were taking the wording of that passage far too literally, and that Wyald really did simply throw the guy up there like a sensible and rationally-thinking inhuman psychotic-murderer would do.
My final word on this, since I'm guessing some people might be stubborn about it: Are we going to base the speed-tiers in Berserk on a one-time event which was simply described/worded in a certain way, or are we going to base them on a look at what actually happens in the series throughout its over 300 chapters? Also, I love Guts, he's my favorite character in anything ever, but if he needs to be downgraded he needs to be downgraded, and I'm fine with that.
Anyone else think that seems kind of silly and also highly inconsistent with the rest of the series? When do we ever see Guts fighting at what appears to be anywhere close to hypersonic speeds? Moreover, who says the word "instant" was meant ot be taken literally in that passage with Wyald? In fact, the majority-consensus among hardcore-obsessive fans of Berserk is that the use of that word "instant" was meant figuratively to mean that it happened very quickly, and that Wyald threw the guy onto the tower rather than running up there with him, because running up there with him would be a fairly silly and stupid thing for Wyald to do anyways.
I have more evidence for Guts not being hypersonic or even supersonic. Look at Guts' fight against Rosine during the Black Swordsman arc. Rosine was barely supersonic with her flight-speed, and as Guts continued to be buffetted by sonic booms as she went by, he clearly acted bewildered as to what they were, because he'd never heard a sonic-boom before! And the mangaka is clearly realistic, too, based on that fight, about the effects of supersonic-and-above travel when it comes to the creation of sonic booms, which has never happened anywhere else in the series! For that reason, I think the ONLY things in the series which have ever physically moved faster than the Speed of Sound are: The tip of Guts' sword, Rosine during flight, and possibly Skull Knight--but that last is debatable since he never did create sonic booms.
Guts' speed seriously needs to be downgraded to subsonic (faster-than-eye) while Skull Knight's should probably be downgraded to trans-sonic.
I'm not just talking out of my ass, either. I've read every single chapter of Berserk over five times (true story, I'm OBSESSED with Berserk, it's my favorite story of all time) in both the official translations and scanlations from various groups. The series has a penchant for figurative language. The term "instantly" is not necessarily meant to be taken literally. Apologies to whoever originally did the calc for Wyald's supposedly "Mach 22" feat, but I do believe you were taking the wording of that passage far too literally, and that Wyald really did simply throw the guy up there like a sensible and rationally-thinking inhuman psychotic-murderer would do.
My final word on this, since I'm guessing some people might be stubborn about it: Are we going to base the speed-tiers in Berserk on a one-time event which was simply described/worded in a certain way, or are we going to base them on a look at what actually happens in the series throughout its over 300 chapters? Also, I love Guts, he's my favorite character in anything ever, but if he needs to be downgraded he needs to be downgraded, and I'm fine with that.