

While he has become much more open to people since being joined by a new group of companions, he still tends to be aloof and brooding.

He fears that anyone who gets close to him will meet misfortune at the hands of the astral demons summoned by his Brand or the Apostles that he fights, and that letting himself care about other people will make him lose the ruthlessness he needs in order to defeat his enemies. Although he claims to be heartless and acts callously towards people who try to befriend him, Guts actually has a Hidden Heart of Gold, and his indifference towards the people around him is mostly an act. The Apostles are responsible, along with the Godhand, for the trauma he suffered in the Eclipse. He is introduced as a wanderer with a grudge, bent on hunting down and slaying the beings known as Apostles with a gigantic sword known as the Dragonslayer.
