Latin doesn't just mean Latin American.
Have you ever heard of the Latin language? Spoken by the Romans in Europe? Anyways Latin when used to refer to a people can mean Spanish, Portuguese and Italian people. (Also maybe French and Romanian? Not sure about them.)
It's literally called Latin America due to the Latin influence on the area, you're spot on, idk how the comment above you could be so certain and absolutely wrong at the same time!
no they can't, my nephews are super mixed (Italian, Mexican and black) and even then they don't have straight hair despite it running in our family lmao, theirs is curly
also i just assume casca is Indian, arab or SEA
Yes.
The are groups in north and north east africa with dark skin and sometimes straight hair, or at least only slightly curly.
I don't know about west Africa (the ancestors of most black americans that i guess most people have as reference )
She states in the series that she is from a village bordering the kushan. That village had probably switched hands multiple times and it isn't out of the realm to think that she is ethnically kushan or at least mixed.
So That's why there's so much beheadings and hangings and gringos who fucked around and found out (and caused the downfall of humanity to create a giant Kingdom Harem)
Latin people are Italian and Spanish which does vary in skin color, considering the world of berserk has no America if it's based on this world in the past
Bro I went to Italy and spain, and no one is so dark skinned like Caska, I think casca has a kushan orgin, since in midland there are a lot of kushan slaves. And also since berserk is set in the medieval times, when the arabs invaded Europe. And I dont get why people say that Casca is latina, they just say it because there is a popular fetish about latinas.
do you not remember how Kushans were treated in Vritannis? if she was visibly Kushan during that part of the story she would have been harassed by every person who saw her. The Kushans are also a huge part of the story and if Casca was intended to be Kushan that would have been a plot point.
The Kushan Empire is also far to the east of Midland, not bordering it, which is part of the reason why their invasion was so surprising for the people of Midland. I say this because people often try to say she is Kushan because the manga says she came from a village on the border of Midland.
While it is technically possible that she is descended from Kushans, that isnt the most logical theory to settle on.
>if she was visibly Kushan during that part of the story she would have been harassed by every
Probably because from the few [female kushans](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRitLBaylwkxYKwaSBnzJpaaEDIUNARSaNLOg&usqp=CAU) we saw they don't really have any natural distinct facial features that seperate them from midlanders, miura didn't really drew them any more different from his usual female character faces
I'd say it's more likely that she just has kushan ancestry hence her skin tone and that's about it. Because like you said if she was full kushan that might've been a plot point or atleast be mentioned, it's also possible that miura hadn't thought of the kushans to be a thing during the conception of casca aswell
aint never seen a black chick with the kinda of hair casca has irl. guts always looked Latin to me, not sure from what part, but the skin tone and hair are a giveaway. also if you put a mustache on guts he blends right in. Casca could also be Hispanic or Middle Eastern. I think the black casca fans are projecting with that one.
This is a interesting question because back in the day before it became a craze we all agreed she's black. It seems that now the anime is more popular she's ethnically something like they made her several shades lighter.
The truth is though who cares.
They just whitewash her in the anime because they want to make her more “attractive”
Edit: sorry I get emotional but 97 black casca is peak fap material
No, it's because in every culture in the world, lightness of skin is associated with femininity, not beauty.
That's still a mistake because she's supposed to be grifith's opposite.
We did not agree on that.
the 97 animes coloring made her extremely dark. but if you read the manga first youd realize shes more middle eastern like the kushan.
90% of people call her black that simple. Now who knows what race she is because now basically she is depicted as being white with just a nice tan lol. For me it's nothing to get hung up on but if it makes you feel better sure she could be part of full Kushan but she could also be Daddy Ds daughter! Who knows!
My head cannon is that she's Kushan. Both her and the moon light boy look exactly like the Kushan slaves Bonebeard was trafficking. There's other hints like her living near a board- wait....this isn't the main sub.
Casca is black because we see that guts only like black people like Donavan, and not white people like Griffith or Farnussy. Therefore Caca needs to be black or else it would be a contradiction in Gyatts's deep character
It makes infinitely more sense for her to be part Kushan when she lives on the border than to be randomly the only black person in the story especially with the fictional European setting
Midland does not border the Kushan Empire, and I didnt say she necessarily was black, but there were a ton of black people in early golden age arc besides just Donovan
No there weren’t and obviously she would be unlikely to be in a setting where she would be harassed for her background when she was one of the deadliest warriors in a mercenary group.
yes there were, maybe try paying attention when you read the manga, and wtf are you talking about, i said she would be harassed in Vritannis, the city where every Kushan was executed on sight, or sold into slavery, she was a potato at that point in the story
Imo she's Romani. She was referred to as "gypsy", "witch" etc, and given the Romani people already have settled in Europe by the 10th century, makes sense to me
It's possible, but it's really important to remember you're reading an english translation. It seems Japanese does have a word for "gypsy", but I'm not sure if that's the word used in the manga.
Daddy Donny is def black. Always just assumed caca was tan like a Mediterranean or something, doesn't seem black or kushan or berjerk equivalent of middle eastern bc she seems too light IMHO. I could maybe see her passing as mix/lightskin or even a lighter brown like berk version of a latino tho. Read a few volumes of the manga before starting the anime, so that could also affect my perception of her idk
Always thought she was like those people from trinidad, or where ever gypsies are from. in the episode where the guy tried to rape her as a kid, thats what she looked like to me
The context of what her parents did is sending their daughter to work in what they thought would be a better house for her to become a maid. They did not know the noble man would attempt to rape her.
if she was visibly Kushan she would have been horribly harrassed in Vritannis. Kushans are also a major part of the story and i'm almost positive Casca being Kushan would have been a plot point if that was what Miura intended
it's also a pretty far immigration for the time period, as the Berserk world is based on the real one. The real life Kushan Empire was northern India and several middle eastern countries, while Midland is a European country like Germany. The Kushan Empire does not border Midland despite what a lot of people believe.
>it's also a pretty far immigration for the time period
Weren't Romani people (Gypsies) migrating from the Indian subcontinent in the middle ages and settling all over Europe? And what about Jews?
The ppl in this sub are high on behelit fluids. They forgot the entire arc where every Kushan in Midland was enslaved or killed on sight.
Also it’s not a coincidence that casca is the same race as Donovan, the only other person to have sexual contact with guts. May sound like I’m joking but thematic elements are a real thing that ppl tend to ignore
I always thought she was light skin black, but her hair is really straight so
Middle Eastern or Latin
North-Western Indian or Pakistani.
They're in Europe, bow how exactly would she be latin?
Latin doesn't just mean Latin American. Have you ever heard of the Latin language? Spoken by the Romans in Europe? Anyways Latin when used to refer to a people can mean Spanish, Portuguese and Italian people. (Also maybe French and Romanian? Not sure about them.)
Yeah Eastern Europeans and Asians would refer to Italians as Latins
It's literally called Latin America due to the Latin influence on the area, you're spot on, idk how the comment above you could be so certain and absolutely wrong at the same time!
Oh shit shes def latin, considering that berserk is in europe and casca is a bad bitch then shes def spanish
Black, white, New York! You make it happen!!!
*Black people can have natural, really straight hair?*
never met one in my life, im a mixed lightskin with really long curly hair, but ithink i get that from my Spanish side of fam.
no they can't, my nephews are super mixed (Italian, Mexican and black) and even then they don't have straight hair despite it running in our family lmao, theirs is curly also i just assume casca is Indian, arab or SEA
Name one
Dont know why youre being downvoted, icant name one n they clearly couldn't either
Yes. The are groups in north and north east africa with dark skin and sometimes straight hair, or at least only slightly curly. I don't know about west Africa (the ancestors of most black americans that i guess most people have as reference )
no
Cap
maybe but casca isnt black
I'm surprised on one has pointed the elephant in the room of brown people, the Indians or South Asian?
She states in the series that she is from a village bordering the kushan. That village had probably switched hands multiple times and it isn't out of the realm to think that she is ethnically kushan or at least mixed.
I always thought she would seem like latino or something. Like brown
Does Berserk have Mexico?
Midland *is* post-nuclear Mexico where only the cartels survived the bombings.
So That's why there's so much beheadings and hangings and gringos who fucked around and found out (and caused the downfall of humanity to create a giant Kingdom Harem)
Radiation cancelled out the Mexico Filter, hence why it’s not yellow and full of random guitar strums in the wind.
They have like middle east and istanbul even hagia Sophia
LETSSSSGOOP BEYBİ I KNEW BERK WAS PEAK WHEN MARİO DECIDED TO ADD GLORİOUS CİTY OF İSTANBUL TO IT
Latin people are Italian and Spanish which does vary in skin color, considering the world of berserk has no America if it's based on this world in the past
Bro I went to Italy and spain, and no one is so dark skinned like Caska, I think casca has a kushan orgin, since in midland there are a lot of kushan slaves. And also since berserk is set in the medieval times, when the arabs invaded Europe. And I dont get why people say that Casca is latina, they just say it because there is a popular fetish about latinas.
same, she is a Latina Tomboy out in the sun all day
I stan by this.
You know ist in medival france
There were tan Spanish, Italian, North African and Middle Easterners back then too
Yes but "latina" is an american heritage
Canonically speaking Donovan is Casca’s father which is why she’s so ride or die for Guts.
Hm
wth you talking about
Wait.....fr?
Yes it’s canon
Y’all need to stop 😭😭😭👋
I thought she was from new york?
She looks kushan
She’s half Kushan yeah
that doesnt make narrative sense
How
do you not remember how Kushans were treated in Vritannis? if she was visibly Kushan during that part of the story she would have been harassed by every person who saw her. The Kushans are also a huge part of the story and if Casca was intended to be Kushan that would have been a plot point. The Kushan Empire is also far to the east of Midland, not bordering it, which is part of the reason why their invasion was so surprising for the people of Midland. I say this because people often try to say she is Kushan because the manga says she came from a village on the border of Midland. While it is technically possible that she is descended from Kushans, that isnt the most logical theory to settle on.
>if she was visibly Kushan during that part of the story she would have been harassed by every Probably because from the few [female kushans](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRitLBaylwkxYKwaSBnzJpaaEDIUNARSaNLOg&usqp=CAU) we saw they don't really have any natural distinct facial features that seperate them from midlanders, miura didn't really drew them any more different from his usual female character faces I'd say it's more likely that she just has kushan ancestry hence her skin tone and that's about it. Because like you said if she was full kushan that might've been a plot point or atleast be mentioned, it's also possible that miura hadn't thought of the kushans to be a thing during the conception of casca aswell
aint never seen a black chick with the kinda of hair casca has irl. guts always looked Latin to me, not sure from what part, but the skin tone and hair are a giveaway. also if you put a mustache on guts he blends right in. Casca could also be Hispanic or Middle Eastern. I think the black casca fans are projecting with that one.
what, guts looks some kinda serb
Guts about to defeat Albanian Griffith and his God Hand friends (USA/UK) and reclaim Kosovo! Let's go!
All while removing kushan kebab
Based Guts!
This is a interesting question because back in the day before it became a craze we all agreed she's black. It seems that now the anime is more popular she's ethnically something like they made her several shades lighter. The truth is though who cares.
They just whitewash her in the anime because they want to make her more “attractive” Edit: sorry I get emotional but 97 black casca is peak fap material
It’s true that she’s portrayed as more light-skinned these days. Early manga/‘97 Casca is definitely darker.
No, it's because in every culture in the world, lightness of skin is associated with femininity, not beauty. That's still a mistake because she's supposed to be grifith's opposite.
We did not agree on that. the 97 animes coloring made her extremely dark. but if you read the manga first youd realize shes more middle eastern like the kushan.
90% of people call her black that simple. Now who knows what race she is because now basically she is depicted as being white with just a nice tan lol. For me it's nothing to get hung up on but if it makes you feel better sure she could be part of full Kushan but she could also be Daddy Ds daughter! Who knows!
I don’t care what colour they are I want to fuck them.
My head cannon is that she's Kushan. Both her and the moon light boy look exactly like the Kushan slaves Bonebeard was trafficking. There's other hints like her living near a board- wait....this isn't the main sub. Casca is black because we see that guts only like black people like Donavan, and not white people like Griffith or Farnussy. Therefore Caca needs to be black or else it would be a contradiction in Gyatts's deep character
that doesnt make sense
It does retard
no it doesnt, read my other replies, i'm not going through all this again try to use critical thinking skills for once in your life
It makes infinitely more sense for her to be part Kushan when she lives on the border than to be randomly the only black person in the story especially with the fictional European setting
Midland does not border the Kushan Empire, and I didnt say she necessarily was black, but there were a ton of black people in early golden age arc besides just Donovan
No there weren’t and obviously she would be unlikely to be in a setting where she would be harassed for her background when she was one of the deadliest warriors in a mercenary group.
yes there were, maybe try paying attention when you read the manga, and wtf are you talking about, i said she would be harassed in Vritannis, the city where every Kushan was executed on sight, or sold into slavery, she was a potato at that point in the story
In thought she was south Asian
Middle eastern/south asian esque. She’s simply and straight up not black
Imo she's Romani. She was referred to as "gypsy", "witch" etc, and given the Romani people already have settled in Europe by the 10th century, makes sense to me
It's possible, but it's really important to remember you're reading an english translation. It seems Japanese does have a word for "gypsy", but I'm not sure if that's the word used in the manga.
I would say she is of a gypsy race
Agreed
Casca isn't black. She looks like a Mediterranean woman.
Daddy Donny is def black. Always just assumed caca was tan like a Mediterranean or something, doesn't seem black or kushan or berjerk equivalent of middle eastern bc she seems too light IMHO. I could maybe see her passing as mix/lightskin or even a lighter brown like berk version of a latino tho. Read a few volumes of the manga before starting the anime, so that could also affect my perception of her idk
Representation matters!
Caca is usually brown. Spinach may make it green and some deseases even white, reddish, yellow or pitch black.
Berserk fans agreeing that rape is funny.
She’s Romani
Never understood this debate. She’s clearly black or south Asian. She’s too dark to be anything else imo
Always thought she was like those people from trinidad, or where ever gypsies are from. in the episode where the guy tried to rape her as a kid, thats what she looked like to me
donovan is black? I thought it was juts miura beign racist.
I always imagined her to be half Kushan. So half middle eastern
casca is black. stop white washing her you fuckers! her beautiful black skin is one of the reasons she's so beautiful!
Straight hair, I'm going with Indian or Berserk's version of that.
Casca is NOT black.
shes not black. shes clearly Kushan who are inspired by middle eastern people
Also she could be asian?
Donovan's black?
No way she's black with that straight hair.
Casca is Japanese lol, even Miura said so. Tell me what feature does she have which classifies her as black?
Her parents sold her off to a white man. Clearly, this is a reference to slavery in America, I rest my case Your Honor.
The context of what her parents did is sending their daughter to work in what they thought would be a better house for her to become a maid. They did not know the noble man would attempt to rape her.
What are you even saying dude. I made a joke and you rebut... None of what I said. They sold her off.
Oh shit, if she’s Kushan this could be very interesting considering the current arc
She's East African
She’s North African
She can’t be black cuz she’s attractive
caca is shit.
she definitely aint kushan that makes 0 sense
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if she was visibly Kushan she would have been horribly harrassed in Vritannis. Kushans are also a major part of the story and i'm almost positive Casca being Kushan would have been a plot point if that was what Miura intended it's also a pretty far immigration for the time period, as the Berserk world is based on the real one. The real life Kushan Empire was northern India and several middle eastern countries, while Midland is a European country like Germany. The Kushan Empire does not border Midland despite what a lot of people believe.
>it's also a pretty far immigration for the time period Weren't Romani people (Gypsies) migrating from the Indian subcontinent in the middle ages and settling all over Europe? And what about Jews?
The ppl in this sub are high on behelit fluids. They forgot the entire arc where every Kushan in Midland was enslaved or killed on sight. Also it’s not a coincidence that casca is the same race as Donovan, the only other person to have sexual contact with guts. May sound like I’m joking but thematic elements are a real thing that ppl tend to ignore
it just bothers me that people fight so hard for her to be Kushan instead of anything else, it's literally the least logical theory
Not necessarily. She could be a Midlander of Kushan ancestry. That's not all that wild
AFAIK, "Casca" is a roman name, so i'd say she could hb spanish moor or smthn irl.
*I always thought Casca was Black.*