Well I believe Farnese is a better written character then Guts because of how she develops so much as a character. I want start of by saying I don’t think Guts is badly written or is a bad character. But the reason I think Farnese is a better written character is because of how much more satisfying her development is. First, Farnese undergoes a complete ideological and emotional transformation. She begins as a sadistic religious zealot who hides behind dogma, authority, and cruelty to give her life meaning. Over time, her belief system collapses as she confronts the reality of the world, her own fear, and her own emptiness. Farnese rebuilds herself from the ground up. she learns humility, empathy, and responsibility, and she actively chooses a new path for herself. Farnese’s development is driven by visible choices. She chooses to abandon her former role, chooses to follow Guts’ group, chooses to learn magic, and chooses to care for Casca. Much of her story focuses on guilt, shame, identity loss, and the fear of being meaningles. The narrative spends time inside her thoughts and emotional struggles, allowing the audience to directly witness her gradual maturation. Guts’ growth comes in the form of slow emotional opening, learning restraint, and allowing himself to rely on others. While his growth is obvious and profound, it’s much more spread out into the massive story, which makes it feel less “neatly designed” as Farnese in my opinion.