Appreciating Little Historical Details in Vinland Saga (Prologue Arc)

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[@leenari]

Since the moment I saw the vikings didn't have horns, I knew this was gonna be very accurate. And in the latest arc, Makoto Yukimura actually took the time to investigate about the indigenous language.

[@MediumDSpeaks]

What language? Isn't the manga written all in Japanese tho

[@leenari]

@@MediumDSpeaks You will understand once you get till that part.

[@pajamapantsjack5874]

Best friend got me into the series and yeah, as a history buff it was basically Christmas every episode, especially since I spend a lot of time looking into Native American history seeing the interactions between them and Leif Erikson at the start just blew me away.

[@some_guy117]

Might I interest you in a manga called Red Living on The Edge, not gonna say too much about it but the main character is a Native American and is a genuinely good read

[@Kurotaisa]

You might want to read the manga

[@ElitePlays1]

Makoto Yukimura has made a realistic Space manga called Planetes and Vinland Saga! What a goat!

[@LoganCrazyBoy]

There's an entire tangent in Planetes about Helium-3 and the possibility of energy generation with it. It's legit one of the few hard sci-fi manga I know.

[@Ildskalli]

"Planetes" is amazing, and still probably the top hard sci-fi manga/anime ever made.

[@AD-lh3jk]

Before I committed myself to Vinland Saga S2 since I heard it’s going to be more introspective & thought provoking than a simple battle & fighting story, I managed to heard of Planetes and found a way to watch the anime adaptation And damn, it was made in the early ‘00s and despite the more anachronistic story elements & archetypes that was more apparent in the first few episodes, by around he 5th episode I was almost moved to tears. And by the end I’m convinced Makoto Yukimura is a genius storyteller who not only knows how to write a story well, but also how he manages to almost undoubtedly seamlessly weave them with important societal aspects about the human condition (as well as of course his adaptations’ collaborators) His development of themes throughout a story is one of, if not straight up *the* best I’ve ever experienced. He displays a breadth of understanding about the various aspects of human life in both micro & macro sense, explores almost every one with sufficient enough depth while keeping it relevant to the main plot. And this’ further apparent in Vinland Saga’s S2 The only thing that irks me about him is how humble he is. As a practitioner of fiction myself (have studied and worked in film & advertising), I know full well what he & his collaborators did are no small feat whatsoever And I know I may sound very hyperbolic here, but imho their names & works deserved to be remembered for the ages

[@themodernfrontiersmen]

Vinland Saga is one of the best shows I have ever seen, and is far more historically accurate and respectful than shows like Vikings. It's also cool that you love Medieval history. My favorite era of history is Late Medieval Europe into The Tudor Era. I cringe with how little knowledge people actually have of those times and how much mis information there is.

[@Ildskalli]

"Vikings" plays veeery loosely with Norse history and culture, but it's still a massive upgrade over the big studio garbage that was being pumped out not that long ago. Rule of Cool is behind like 90% of the production/writing decisions behind it, but they at least made an effort to consult sources and experts. Just remember "The 13th Warrior" 😖

[@chrismic8087]

Viking series and stuff often is all about war and violence and conquest. Truly, the era was abundant with them, but Vinland Saga chooses to tell a story about the meaning of peace in a period where war is the lifeblood of the times. And that's very special, I feel. One of the best manga I've read for sure

[@seanmcloughlin5983]

@@Ildskalli also to be fair on it our knowledge of the Vikings and Norse culture is very limited and very biased Half the characters may not have even existed so it’s not that big a deal if they have them doing things later Vikings did.

[@thanatoast]

I hope everything goes well with your master's dissertation.

[@TheCrazyPikachu]

You might know this or not but a small thing about the hygiene(I guess...): Over here(Sweden) most the days of the week are named after a god, Like Tuesday(Tisdag) is named after Tyr the god of justice and Thursday (Torsdag) is named after Thor the god of thunder. Anyway what I'm getting at is that there are 3 days in the week not named after gods, Måndag(Monday), Lördag(Saturday), and Söndag(Sunday). Like in english Monday and Sunday are both Moon day and Sun day respectively, but Saturday is different. The "lör" in Lördag(Saturday) comes from the ye' Old Norse word "Laug" and in turn ye' old swedish "Løgha"(in more modern swedish it's 'Löga'), And "Löga" means to wash or to bath! So Saturday was/is bath day! It was so important that it got its own day!

[@CraftsmanOfAwsomenes]

One of the main things I appreciate about it is it's one of the only recent pieces of modern viking media that doesn't dip super hard into ahistorical symbolism associated with vikings because of Romanticism like "magical staves" from 17th century icelandic grimoires or everyone dressing up like they're in a BDSM themed metal band using an aesthetic popularized by Manowar album covers which is ubiquitous in games like Assassin's Creed Valhalla or in shows like History channel's Vikings.

[@Mayeko]

Love to see you back in action! If anyone wants a good supplementary vid about Vinland Saga's historical tidbits I recommend The Welsh Viking's video on the series, he's a history youtuber with an academic background in Viking culture and does living history/re-enactment stuff so he really knows his stuff!

[@blueegg4198]

I love learning about little historical details about the way people lived their lives, rather than just about Great Men and their wars. The info about the combs and Viking hair care, for example: very cool! I'd love to see you point out these details in a Farm Arc video.

[@porridgeramen7220]

RD BARD IS BACK BABY!!!

[@furns4040]

Ohhh wow I wasn't expecting a Vinland Saga video!!! This is going to be a fun watch 😌💞

[@markcummins4037]

As a fellow history nerd, I really enjoyed this video. Hope you make more videos delving into the historical accuracy of different franchises!

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

I love Vinland Saga. I never expected a Manga set partly in my home country. When one of the characters said "I have a plan. We must go to Odense." I was estatic! I've lived there! I've also visited Jelling, so I can add my own small detail: Jelling has no coast like in the manga. It's nowhere near a body of water large enough for boats like we see depicted. It did have a large bridge, but that was not near the town centre, but some miles outside the city.

[@kekero540]

Fun fact I didn’t think this series was gonna be historically accurate because Thorfinn was dual wielding. Legit not joking.

[@Rednarokku]

As a person who discovered viking culture as a child and was fansinated by it, watching Viland was sooo cool! It felt like I was a child again.

[@ems9616]

One of the underrated things i love about vinland saga is how much the background work of women is presant- especially weaving and spinning! People dont realise but before mechanical looms all cloth was made by the labour intensive (womens work) of weaving and spinning by hand. The labour required was constant, and had an enormous impact on both the family and the overal economy. Despite the prologue arcs focus on war, one of the striking things about the way women are portrayed is that looms and spinning wheels or hand spinners are rarely far away. Its treated as a background detail, but it really shows his care for the craft- because most shows and comics dont bother, and just think of medieval life as modern life woth funny clothes. Or worse- they treat fabric craft as a stand in for 'frivolous womens work' thats beneath the main characters notice or abilities (when actually your brave warriors would all be dying of frost bite without the women spinning and weaving at the looms). Idk, it just makes the world feel so much more real and cohesive, because no matter how powerfull a main character is the seeds still need to be sown, grain harvested and ground into flour, and the wool spun and woven into cloth. Hell, that the point of the entire second half of the story- that for all the war and glory surrounding the soldiers, thet are nothing but a nasty disruption to the neccersary work of actually surviving and living in the world day to day. And even right at the begining the work of living is always present and shaping the story. Its great.

[@doeliewaaje1761]

Awesome video!!! Loved how it went into the small historical details instead of covering the same large strokes that most channels focus on! (also sidenote, am I the only one who noticed that awesome protomen act II shirt? been a while since I saw one of those!)

[@cannibalisticrequiem]

I would defend like to see another video like this in the future! I know you're not a Viking scholar, but after this video, I'm curious about your take on the old Maelstrom ride at Epcot in Orlando-- that is if you had ever gotten to ride it before it turned into Frozen Ever After, or even if you've watched on-ride POV videos. 😅 I will also say that fellow KZbinr Kaz Rowe has a great video debunking the misconceptions of Medieval hygiene, as well as other popular myths. They've got quite a few interesting videos, and I think a Kaz and Kennedy Medieval collab would be freakin' awesome! Please keep us updated on the Masters status! The premiere Yaoi Paddle Historian is definitely worthy of a degree!

[@LoganCrazyBoy]

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[@Air_OK]

Had no clue you were uploading again! Gotta catch up after finishing this one. Glad to see you back, hope school wasn’t too rough on your psyche.

[@MintyVoid]

yes more please, for me I really like art history as its usually really woven with whatever the fuck is going on at the time- whether that be a ideology or visual trend. So it's really cool to see and learn about historical items or concepts and then how they're used or interpreted in later modern media. Anime seems to actually be really good at that in general, flexin their wide spread knowledge base- damn they're so cool TTvTT

[@gozalijo]

Thank you so much for making this video. I love historical manga and anime & that what got me into vinland saga in the first place. It's awesome to learn about all these historical details that are in it. I would not have known about them otherwise. I love how you include references to books for folks who want to learn more about viking history. Very helpful! And yes, please do make more videos like this in the future :)

[@timorkybalion3547]

All the manga I read in high school getting popular now. Fuck yeah

[@YoungDogNoTricks]

Woah cool yorvik shoutout! I actually did some consulting for them a few years ago, making their ride more disability accessable and met the curator. Really cool people and, as a born York resident, a really cool opportunity to work with such a staple of the city!

[@Lightdragon773]

The queen returns!

[@Belgand]

I would absolutely like to see another video on this topic. The best videos are always the ones where you're covering a topic or intersection of topics where you're passionate and invested, wanting to share your knowledge with people. This strikes me as one where that's the case.

[@maxjonope]

That's super interesting! Vinland Saga also got me to visit a Viking Museum on a recent vacation, so I'd love to see you talk about more of the details in the upcoming season!

[@rickyvaldez7370]

Love your new videos they are awesome and definitely hope you got your master's dissertation

[@MxPokirby]

Appreciated that brief So Sejima joke.

[@nightshadesyrup1624]

Good luck on your Masters, I would personally love to see you discuss more medieval misconceptions

[@Loiner_Leftie]

I'll be honest I wasn't expecting to see footage of the Jorvik centre in a Vinland Saga video, takes me back to when I was a bairn!

[@wakawakatakeover]

Oh HELL YEAH! Give me more historical content! I eat that shit up! I would love love LOVE it if you just did a series where you looked at little historical details in any manga/anime that tickles your fancy. I don't care if I haven't heard of the series before. Give me that sweet, sweet historical content baybee!

[@amelothetwin7122]

Yooo I didn't realize you were back ! So glad I get to see more of your work, you're the best ^^

[@funnyfreak4]

Great to see a new upload :) can't wait to watch it later

[@Frongo]

my dad's been a viking scholar since the 80's and he recently watched the anime with my sister meanwhile i'm still sleeping on it for no discernible reason, i really wanna watch+read it soon tho!

[@ouroboros78]

Good to see you making videos again. Welcome back.

[@mejestin]

Golden review!! (From head to toes) thank you for appreciate the viewer intelligence. I can't thank you enough for your time and pre homeworks And editing you put to make this

[@GracieLizzy]

Always loved Jorvik Viking Centre, one of the defacto day trips for any history nerd who lives in northern England. Yes it's cheesy but it's a lot of fun especially for kids. Definitely recommend Jarrow Hall Anglo-Saxon farm up near Newcastle as well (formerly known as "Bede's World") for Anglo-Saxon stuff.

[@CapnCrimson]

As a little Danish viking, it's really nice that someone seems to actually care about us and our history. Watching viking media often feels more like a charicature created by someone who's only heard secondhand retellings, rather than someone who actually knew what they were doing...

[@soggy_auggy7191]

YES IM SO HAPPY YOURE CONVERING VINLAND

[@IconicBoar097]

I loved this and would defiantly like more vids like it this is a cool way to mix your passions great video Kennedy :D

[@StargazingCeres]

Vinland Saga started airing at the same time I was listening my way through Bernard Cornwell's The Last Kingdom (audio)book series. They're a century or so offset IIRC but it was still a really interesting parallel, I feel like it increased my appreciation of both series.

[@davidbinkley4575]

Holy shit, a new Red Bard video! Can we just get more of ANY kind of content from you? Cause I dig your stuff.

[@Xcutioner72]

Holy crap you’ve really outdone yourself with this video!!

[@thoughtprism2963]

The bit where you showed So from Somnium Files got me LOL.

[@jmasm95]

I would LOVE to see a similar video on Farmland Saga, this kind of content is a delight to watch!

[@kisesakusaku]

It’s refreshing to see you back on a historical buff on hyped anime/manga!

[@Teag_Brohman15]

would've been more fitting if this was released on Leif Erikson Day

[@RBNinja]

I'm just happy to see a new Red Bard video. You talk about anything, I'm down.

[@purpleboye_]

video starts at 5:38

[@hotcocoandart]

I just finished season 1 and this is such a fun video!

[@oleksandrbyelyenko435]

Hurray! New video from Red Bard!

[@Milla4life2]

Congrats on the Book walker sponsorship! Gonna pick up Oshi No Ko with your code 🖤

[@vanni6923]

Hell yeah I’d love more history videos!! And good luck on your masters paper (((:

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

Awesome video about Vinland Saga!

[@CidAghast]

Please give us a video on the farm arc. I remember the author or editor giving some cliff notes on how the understanding of slavery was different then and that's why no one seems into helping Thorfinn and that got my noggin a jogging about this kinda thing

[@kingmorgana6782]

RETURN OF THE KING

[@johnshawdocherty7594]

Pre-orderd deluxe edition book 1 as you speak 😁

[@tutubism]

as a history enjoyer, i am a fan of all historical eras throughout human history including geological time periods that predates mankind, dinosaurs, multicellular life and even the earth itself!

[@datafoxy]

I really like knowing more historic facts, thanks. Please do another.

[@PhantomHung]

Good luck with you master's dissertation!

[@lottenetzel8751]

Vikings tv show haters should watch Vinland Saga if they want some real Viking action.

[@Fernando-gz1nu]

QUEEN

[@Pimpeaux]

10:11 PROTOMEN SHIRT SPOTTED

[@ludwigii9329]

Incredible. Half of this 12 minute video is preamble

[@themetronomian7239]

And she returns!!

[@cameronmarnoch5236]

Bit of a surprise to see the Jorvik Centre. It's a fun place

[@sbfh014]

5:50 That ai joke made me laugh harder than I should have, lol, but good luck on the masters!

[@tristen2164]

YOURE BACK OMG YESSSS

[@SappyZoe]

I love videos like this, I'd love to see more about the details in S2 once that's out! But I have to say, in my opinion, you spent way too much time in this video on apologizing about maybe not being perfectly correct at the start of the video, and then getting sidetracked in the rest of it. I can tell you're excited about the topic, and that's awesome, but getting _three_ "little historical details"in a 12min video is a bit of a disappointment :(

[@edwardgiurgiu6812]

wow half the video was about saying ''take it with a grain of salt'', jesus

[@RipJaws1]

Honestly, you could make a video that's just about actual Medieval British history and I'd watch that lol. It's an interesting time period, and listening to people who are passionate and knowledgeable about it is great

[@thelastcarnival]

Love the Protomen shirt! Also great vid!

[@histhoryk2648]

SHE'S BACK

[@nerone1984]

Holy shieeet She's BACK.....FOR THE THIRD TIME!

[@aaronstanley6914]

can't wait for season 2. (i read the manga and remember that it gets even better)

[@dkw0101]

hey glad youre back

[@Damonnanashi]

Man, seeing bookwalker sponsorships always hurts, man. I'm 898 books deep at the moment. Soon to be more. Also, got a bookwalker notification as I was typing this lol.

[@goodandfren3926]

Yaou are back,i should be watching Vinland Saga again. 0:20 wait what´s next,that you know about EU4?

[@SlapstickGenius23]

Red bard, you’re back!

[@525Lines]

Hair critters were a problem throughout most of human history. The combs helped remove them.

[@leandorr3299]

I really want to see the farm arc version

[@Arbie812]

Jorvik pronunciation 100% imo. Thanks for another great video!

[@fitfolu8748]

The video starts at 5:40

[@mega17]

Loved this. Please do more. If anything, this was too short and not in-depth enough

[@MediumDSpeaks]

Was that... two details?

[@LadyLunarSatine]

Came here after watching your vid on the Farm Arc. How did it go with your Masters?

[@HipFire1]

Holy shit! she's alive!

[@elbarto6668]

MAMA IS BACK!

[@Drakeo83]

Welcome back!!!!

[@CUniverse]

SHE RETURNS

[@ppllmmkko]

the first 5 minutes of the video is an intro lol

[@Kotifilosofi]

As a Finn, I'm just curious if the series has any relation to Finland? Like, the name sounds like it would have?

[@Asathegoopy]

Vinland was in Canada, it’s now called Newfoundland. So far in the anime specifically it takes place in either Scandinavia or the British Isles. So not impossible but not likely

[@Kotifilosofi]

@@Asathegoopy Oh, I see! Even though Finland is not a part of Scandinavia, so it probably doesn't take place here anyway 😄

[@Asathegoopy]

@@Kotifilosofi I can imagine it’s probably annoying to get that confusion a lot lol. But yeah thus far they only mention Danes.

[@Kotifilosofi]

@@Asathegoopy oh it's okay, we're used to the fact everyone thinks we're part of the Scandinavia ✌️😄

[@Fearmemaybe15]

RETURN OF THE QUEEN

[@goldengamer-b2z]

Omg the courps alive

[@aquatoon22]

holy shit this script reads like a middles schooler stretching for the word count on an essay! half the video was just saying "it can't be 100% accurate" and the other half was dedicated to a box and a fucking comb. big woop!

[@oleksandrbyelyenko435]

Sure. More videos like this.

[@Donerci_Pikacu_Usta]

Well, this is the only time the first video ever I watched from a channel contain a 5 min long disclaimer. Weird but okay.

[@KaylaSnom]

new red bard vid!!!

[@PigBoy99]

WELCOME BACK!