CascaxJudeau

"There were so many things to tell you, but I guess it wasn't in the cards. Just a few special words."

- Judeau thinking about Casca, Berserk (1997)

CascaxJudeau is the het ship between Casca and Judeau from the Berserk fandom.

Canon
Throughout the Golden Age arc, Judeau is shown to care consistently care for Casca. Shortly before charging toward a battle, Judeau notices that something is wrong with her, but he doesn't know exactly what. What he does know is the bond slowly forming between her and Guts, even before they do. While the latter is away and the Hawks are being hunted down, Judeau is the one who makes sure Casca gets a good night's sleep and proper nutrition. When they reunite, Judeau encourages Guts to take Casca with him should he leave again.

During the Eclipse, Judeau swoops in on a horse to save Casca from a monster despite her wanting to stay and fight, telling her that as their leader, she must survive the ordeal. She later saves him by stabbing a monster that bit down on his arm. When their horse is tripped up by another monster, they fall over and see yet another monster with whip-like tentacles. Despite one of his arms being mutilated, Judeau shields Casca, who begs him to stop, as he is repeatedly lashed and impaled by the monster. He looks to her and throws his last throwing knife into the creature's eye. Casca then comes in and slices it in two. The mortally wounded Judeau tells Casca to go on without him, but she vows to make him carry his word to make it to the end even if she has to drag him. He agrees. In his final moments, Judeau contemplates that there were so many things he wanted to tell her, yet in the end, he missed his chance. He tells her that he thinks she cries a lot when she's alone. In his thoughts, he regrets that he messed up his last words before dying and falling from her grasp. Casca is barely given time to mourn his loss as more monsters set upon her.

Years later, when Casca overcomes her trauma from the horrific events of the Eclipse, one of the first things she notices about Guts's new party is that one of them carries a set of throwing knives like Judeau, then she suffers a panic attack while remembering his sacrifice.

Fanon
While most people do ship Casca with Guts, there is a group that wishes she was with Judeau, or that he at least confessed his true feelings for her before dying. On AO3, is the most written ship for Judeau and the third most written ship for Casca. It is also the ninth most written ship within the Berserk (Anime & Manga) tag.

Fandom
FAN FICTION