Path of Blood | Vinland Saga S2 Ep 5 Reaction

[@YaBoyRoshi]

Canute 2.0

[@iRoboticGaming]

Canute said "Imagine it, Mercia has been reduced to ash. If I will it, it would be done easily" along the lines of it. He didn't actually set fire to villages, he was saying that he could order it at any point, and there was nothing Eadric could do to stop him, but kill Ethelred II

[@Yumekos]

I definitely like this Canute a lot more

[@QuantumFishFTW]

Canute is HIM

[@johanneseiche664]

the guy to your left is lowbrow, makes too much unnecessary jokes, and is obnoxious.

[@RabidDogma]

@@iRoboticGaming Exactly, he was basically saying, "I have enough troops to simply destroy your entire land. We are everywhere." All those signal fires would have dozens of men at each, at least. Each one is a war camp. That was at least a dozen signal fires, stretching the horizon.

[@CandyVanMan1234]

Little correction, Canute didn’t burn down Mercia, those were all just other signal fires to intimidate him and show him how easy it would be for Canute to burn everything down. If they burnt down Mercia then that guy would no longer have any political power meaning he couldn’t get close to the king and poison him. Hope it makes sense

[@Reikha1987]

Yeah. Canute even said "Imagine it Eadric, Marcia has being turned to ash. "

[@CandyVanMan1234]

@@Reikha1987 I could see why it could be confusing tho, it was split apart so if you’re not paying attention closely you could’ve interpreted it like the guys did in the video.

[@ancer555]

100% correct

[@TheMrFilipin]

thank you so much for more details

[@yurimaldonado4966]

It may sound weird but i actually like how easy it is to get the scene wrong. Makes you feel the shock the count felt and shows how terifying Canute was actively trying to be

[@kaizukokage3yearsago70]

Askeladd still living rent free in everyone's heads.

[@LuisSierra42]

Askeladd, the ghost of Christmas past

[@dabmwlawnmower8089]

@@LuisSierra42 the GOAT of christmas past

[@dillis2188]

Everyone's favourite second father.

[@Zura-Janai]

@@dillis2188 mostly because he already killed their actual father ( and father figure in canute's case ).

[@edsonsengo2684]

Oh you have no idea

[@rickkcir2151]

There’s a reason that history remembers them as ‘Canute the Great’ and ‘Ethelred the Unready’

[@LuisSierra42]

Canute was great

[@christianconrad242]

Damn. Historians really fucked poor Ethelred on that one.

[@jombisaur7755]

he sure wasnt ready for that one

[@abilawaandamari8366]

I'd be so mad if I was remembered as the unready 💀

[@Silverado-pq6xe]

@@abilawaandamari8366on god I’m swinging

[@statickiler2355]

Vinland Saga just makes S+ tier characters left and right it’s crazy!

[@Crispifordthe3rd515]

Honestly, I can't think of a single character that isn't high tier in the Anime/manga.

[@abdelm4lek]

@@Crispifordthe3rd515 Floki isn't tho

[@Crispifordthe3rd515]

@@abdelm4lek actually, fair point. But even then I don't think he's bad. He's supposed to be hated for what he did and that's done VERY well. Dude is a scumbag. He's like Micah from RDR2, just less obnoxious.

[@Ash_Wen-li]

@@abdelm4lek Floki's character becomes better next arc though

[@charliezard725]

People just don’t understand flokis reasoning only because he killed a favorite character while I agree he was a ho for his actions he is a Viking and Viking warriors fight til death and in his eyes thors abandoned his people and turned tail

[@Reborn7456]

Roshi after watching this episode: But... But Canute was a beautiful man 😭

[@sinfia9775]

Femboy to FemMAN

[@Al_Breezer420-do4st]

My guy went from i bring your daughter home at 10pm to your daughter calls me daddy too

[@christianconrad242]

Fun Fact: King Edmund Ironside (son of King Ethelred the Unready) fought 5 battles against the Danes and surrendered to Canute after 6 months as king. Edmund got to keep Wessex and Canute got everything else. This agreement lasted for about a month and a half before Edmund died of uncertain causes - some accounts say murdered (stab wounds), battle wounds, or disease - at which point Canute exiled Edmunds sons and took Wessex.

[@eijirohiroshima2949]

Fun fact, in the manga, Canute also arranged the death of Mercia's earl once his rivals were dead. He didn't want any disloyal subordinates.

[@TheArtofJohnKelekele]

Roshi trying to save himself from getting clapped in the comments is always hilarious😂. I’m pretty everyone knew it was Canute, no way you wouldn’t recognize him.

[@internetgoat4831]

Most reactors immediately assumed it was Canute. Lmao

[@tajaemartin2251]

I think it’s because he’s not beautiful anymore

[@SolidSnake240]

I knew he was gonna get clapped as soon as he said that last episode 🤣

[@IM.98]

@@tajaemartin2251 he’s handsome now

[@Sched]

Personally I was also confused when I first saw him, until I saw reactor’s saying it was Canute. He looks different.

[@centipedekid9824]

I'm pretty sure those were signal fires but if Canute wanted to they could have destroyed Mercia reducing it to ash just as easily

[@Ash_Wen-li]

Yeah Canute's not the type to needlessly burn a place to the ground. He was just trying to send a message

[@raec5426]

Yeah, he said "Imagine it" part first.

[@kingvxv6438]

Psychological warfare

[@BrazilianImperialist]

If he did burn everything eadric loses the reason to help him

[@c3p6]

@@Ash_Wen-liJoker 🤝🏼 Canute: “It’s about sending a message”

[@inspektical2393]

To clarify some things, the signal fire was a threat, he didn't burn down Mercia, the smoke trails in the distance were other fire signals his men lit just to show the guy what his land would look like if he went against him, just straight up fear tactics. Thorfinn and Einar are in Denmark (mentioned in episode 2). Canute's father King Sweyn was the King of Denmark and England, Olmar mentioned "King Harald" in episode 2, meaning Canute's brother became the King of Denmark after Sweyn was killed while Canute rose to power and took England's throne.

[@jewelabyss]

Canute became so savage and gang-star that I don't know if I should be proud or sad or terrified😆

[@Kuuppon]

The signal flair was a "fuck around and find out" moment. Canute lit his and signaled to the rest to light theirs to show how far and wide his reach is among his army. Letting home dude know that if he wanted he could turn Mercia into ash. He didn't actually do anything yet, because of the constant war going on anyway that area was already ravaged but Canute was showing how much more devastating his army could be if homie didn't get on board.

[@internetgoat4831]

The only thing that hurts Roshi's excuses for not recognizing Canute is that most reactors immediately assumed it was Canute, and that's bad for Roshi because he's mostly perceptive in reactions. 🤣 Not as good as Sheera but still good. Lmao

[@pablolacalle6098]

Canute got that dog in him 😭

[@themostadventurousboyofwha7992]

Finally seeing Canute and Thorkell again after a long time :')

[@MandatoryFruit]

Something about the way they animated Canute walking on the silver coins was so satisfying to me and I can't explain why. It just tickled my brain right.

[@TheoVorster]

For those who are interested in reading along with the manga, this episode adapted the entirety of chapters 61 and 62. A little bit of clarification, Canute didn’t burn down all of Mercia right then and there, rather Canute was threatening the Earl of Mercia by showing that the Danes had the ability and means to burn all of Mercia down if Canute so ordered, and that Canute would be willing to actually follow through on such an order (even in spite of how much it would devastate the productivity of Mercia for a while). Basically it was Canute putting the proof behind his intimidation to the Earl. And if it wasn’t clear for anyone, while Canute becomes King of England in this episode, his older brother Harald became King of Denmark after their father Sweyn died in 1014. Basically the territories of the Danish crown was “split” between the two brothers as a matter of pragmatism, with Canute reconquering England, and Harald managing mainland Denmark (and Ketil’s farm, where Thorfinn and Einar are, is located in mainland Denmark) Also another heads up, this episode is Thorkell’s only appearance (barring any potential anime-original scenes) in Season 2 of Vinland Saga. Canute will appear again in this season, but likely not until the second cour of this 24-episodes season. Also another bit of trivia from the manga that this episode likely cut for time, the Earl that Canute intimidated into turning cloak was later put to death in December of 1017 (by Canute). Also even though Thorfinn and Einar are only a year apart, the main reason why there is no chance that Thorfinn could have been part of the first raid/pillaging of Einar’s village (when Einar was a child and Einar’s father was killed), is because that raid was committed by English soldiers. The raid that killed Einar’s mother and sister was the only one committed by Danes (and at that point Thorfinn was already sentenced to slavery as his punishment). Hence why Einar despises all soldiers and “warriors”.

[@bando3107]

I be shitting my diapies if i ever saw Thorkell coming at me like that.

[@192palmforest]

"You don't want these kinds of problems." - King Canute

[@yaboyemmit]

The OST was just ON POINT WHEN CANUTE WAS CROWNED KING

[@ramonperezart]

Canute and Thorfinn made a 180º , is strange how war changes a person.

[@tealboi4873]

you know MAPPA did a good job when you can't tell if the flashbacks are new or not

[@bot6365]

the artist are the same , I mean the staffs who drew the characters from season 1

[@ArtesMatt]

@@bot6365 just for the key frames,

[@romulorafael5563]

Bro is the same staff that make season 1, has nothing to do with mappa or wit studios💀

[@soumyadeepmondal6130]

@@romulorafael5563 Oh I see that's why before the start of the episode, there is that motorcycle scene and then Mappa's logo shows up. Previously the same motorcycle scene had the WIT logo showing up

[@nondrowzee]

The ost playing when Canute was being crowned was epic. Sounded like something out of The Dark Knight.

[@TryingExtraHard]

It's kind of weird to me that they did season one slightly out of manga order to make sure everything was in chronological order, but then this season we get this episode. The beginning of this episode, when Canute has his meeting with Eadric, happens before Einar got sold to Ketil. That makes this episode both a flashback and a flashforward, because the next episode that goes back to Einar and Thorfinn will be the year before Ethelred II died of "an illness."

[@AnimeSlaps]

My man fell down to his kneeees when Canute came!

[@free2928]

The fear in his face when the dealer realized Canute’s power. Mans is playing 5D chess.

[@GamingGamer22]

Narrator at the end was a great hypeman for Canute!

[@gooptaco2420]

Ost straight hittin each episode 🤧🔥

[@ethanweinstein8279]

Aight it was nice checking in with Canute, I wanna go back to the farm now

[@TheEpicphale]

"Somebody knock him out" "...WHO??"

[@aurilio5633]

This Ep was pure fire!! Im very curious to see whats gonna happen next.

[@thisperson345]

FUCK THIS SHOW HAS GOOD CHARACTERS. Look at the development, Thorfinn, from an innocent kid to a heartless warrior to a shell of a human being, Canute, from a sheltered baby who wouldn't hurt a fly to a king who leads his soldiers into war without a second thought. And then there's Askeladd but I don't think I could explain his character if I sat here all day, one of the best written characters I've ever seen.

[@Kunoichi4ever4]

It is sucha beautiful and interesting contrast right now between Thorfin and Canute´s paths. Thorfin is slowly learning how to live without taking lives. Canute is slowly learnign how to live by taking lives.

[@johanneseiche664]

It's important to understand the Anglo-Saxons didn't want to accept Canute as king because he is a Dane(royal Dane), this is something that should not be missed, Luper.

[@EM-tx3ly]

Cousin wars

[@johanneseiche664]

@@EM-tx3ly Not even close. What are you talking about? Are you non-white?

[@TheWcasey]

Canute has grown his beard of Sorrow.

[@EchoKakashi]

6:02 Lupa: "Somebody knock him out" Roshi: "Who???"

[@scar_black]

you know the man is a designer when he said 5 o'clock shadow.

[@followerofgaia7155]

I love how you guys are excited each episode being read Vinland since the start dudes I’m jealous for you guys for your experience been waiting for this to be animated for 13 years shout out to the channel

[@tranquilk5912]

Canute: "what do i look like?" Everyone: "Yes that boy King, King of the Garden" Canute: "Ya'll can call me king" only time I can even say something from Masego's song loool

[@iRoboticGaming]

Ain't no way bro, I was literally on the shut down button, since it's like 2 AM, but I was waiting for this upload.

[@mahmoudhritani2971]

No amount of joy can be described when Canute ordered his men to cut the heads of those pillaging swines that enjoyed tormenting those poor women and girls!!

[@whimsofmim]

Other have pointed out, but that first signal fire was lit to signal the other signal fires to be lit. It is a show of logistical power, essentially saying, I have the manpower and organizational capabilities to erect all of these signal fires simultaneously across all the strategic points of your lands. It would be just as easy for me to conquer these points simultaneously and burn your lands to the ground. It's more or less showing the leader of Mercia that he is surrounded by a more disciplined, capable force and giving him a glimpse of what Mercia would look like after a war with Canute (everything being burned to ash).

[@deadat1745]

Nah, he didn't burn it down. They were just signal fires to show that he _could_ burn the place down at any moment. "Imagine it, Eadric. Mercia has been reduced to ash."

[@rehLAX]

Who else saw Bocchi the Rock "coming soon" at the beginning of the video (the weekly schedule) and got excited af?

[@sorooshisonfire7601]

the way roshi said who at 6:05 😂gets funnier each time I watch it

[@foregroundeclipse8725]

@YaBoyRoshi It's ironic that both Thorfinn and Canute have the same goal of no violence, no war, no slavery . Since they parallel eachother in a way. They just go about things very differently.

[@johanneseiche664]

Floki is functionally a high level Bureaucrat(warrior-bureaucrat). A new King can't just fire types like Floki(because of pushback he would receive from other noblemen) similar to how a new U.S. President can't just fire bureaucrats after being elected. Plus Floki assisted Canute's father conquering England, Floki has experience in getting things “done”.

[@Ash_Wen-li]

We're definitely not done with Canute this season

[@kiritsugu5365]

Askeladd the papa killer, killed 3 dads, his own, thorfinns and canutes and turned 2 boys into badasses

[@reezwave]

If he burnt down all the village, there's no reason for that old man to accept Canute's offer dude, because his land was already gone.

[@Roan.bot.]

I thought Canute was saying their land is worth much more to him than 8000 coins. Basically if he can’t buy the equivalent of a whole province it’s not enough to stop him from taking that land.

[@chemist3678]

5:52 Editor-san, stop it. you're killing me with that horse sound effect xD

[@coconutfatality6689]

Canute: you will fight me till the bitter end… You already lost.

[@foregroundeclipse8725]

@YaBoyRoshi Thorfinn is basically Viking Jesus. A true warrior.

[@michaelremy2788]

Those were all just signal fires Roshi, but it was just Canute showing the scope of his reach encompasses all of the land. Basically putting his d1ck on the table

[@archimedeis]

Canute's shot with the pyre is pure gas

[@ShiroKage-h8v]

If I remember in the manga, Canute killed Eadric after the coronation bc he betrayed him

[@mightybryan1033]

Thorkell doesn’t like how Canute is just poisoning his enemies instead of engaging them in battle he seen the look in his eyes and thought he was on the path to becoming a True Warrior. That’s why he said “Your ruining the beer”. Also he’s literally tryna force peace instead of doing it with real love.He may have misunderstood the priest

[@Masterofcreations]

This show is a good history lesson. Who knew England was once ruled by a Viking.

[@AlphazFaye]

Wait they don't study that in England?

[@xWeebOtaku]

"This is what it means to go to war against me" all hail Canute

[@c3p6]

Canute really went from went femboy, to menace, to menacing femboy.

[@animusswtor4822]

Canute at the end there at his coronation doesn't have a goattee, he has a GOATtee, signaling his status for the rest of the season

[@roguewasbanned4746]

Sheera with better intuition than the boys once again. She’s always so sharp with things

[@Acatia2]

Obviously keeping spoilers away. The manga up to this point slips Canute's ascenssion in between chapters at the farm. I think a few of them might have been condensed into 1 episode though, as I remember more back and forth. Also, consider that Ketil estimated it would take Thorfinn and Einar 3 years to clear the forest and get a decent harvest going, so there's plenty of chances to cut away for different ongoing plot points while wheat grows.

[@thaisbenicio837]

Puberty hit Canute like a truck!

[@joerio3165]

“WHO!!👀” lmao

[@OfficialDjTalksick]

Big clarification Yea this is catching us up to Canute during the events of the first 4 episodes it was 16 months that thorfinn had been a slave until he met buddy, keeping that in mind By the end of the episode when Canute is crowned king of England It has been 3 years since askeladd died So this next episode will be a time skip of around 14 months Lining up to events of Canute becoming king

[@johanneseiche664]

Thorkell is a noble(title) Dane. The man talking with Thorkell is called *Asgeir* . He is Thorkell’s second in command, *he’s Anglo-Saxon, and he is Anti-christian. Remember the name.*

[@dat_sarge_]

Canute is in England..Thorrfin is in Denmark ? I think, so they are in different places. At Lupa

[@acl1894]

How can eveeeeeeery episode be this good?! I love Peakland Saga so much ❤🥺

[@roblee222]

Canute got that DAWG in him lol

[@KCnotsofunny]

literally it's not about the money it's the message lol

[@fe7542]

Okay so! Just to not get confused next episode if we go back to Einar and Thorfinn. Canute was crowned king in 1018. The events of Einar and Thorfinn happened in 1015 (I think) when King #2 Ethelred was still alive

[@FlyBoyKhi]

Canute is on demon time lol.

[@SupremeKaï9]

That Ost was crazy 🔥

[@corrupted5837]

I saw the Canute off rip, you not alone

[@Twoseconds001]

I THANK GOD IN HEAVEN Mappa didn't ruin the beards

[@functionproduction2049]

Ohmygod my "Who?" and "Yeah?" are starting to synch up with the videos lol.

[@FlashyDolphin]

Canute is HIM

[@3677378]

canute and thorfinn lowkey switched roles. wonder if askeladd would support the new canute?

[@BreakerX42]

Canute might be the NXT tag team champions the way he Pretty Deadly

[@UrboiLong]

GOD EATER!

[@JOYYboyy-kq3mg]

I think canute will be the antagonist of this Arc

[@alexanderkenway]

Bro he didn't burn down Mercia 🤣

[@r2d2fromstartrack83]

you would've figured out it indeed was canute on this ep, I think it's fine you didn't recognise him xd

[@tamukatembo9994]

I think thorkell isnt happy with the way hes claiming power in his eyes canute didnt really "fight" he is sneaky and cowardly about how he goes for power

[@voidwonder7904]

you know who else dont look like the first season? ... Thorfinn dawg

[@ryanread8617]

Do they know that house Wessex united England for the first time and for a period? With King of Wessex Alfred the Great starting it and fighting back the vikings, then his Grandchild united the Kingdoms into England, Æthelstan first King of England. All these dudes claiming to be King of England are descendants of those badass fuckery, unfortunately his descendants were not built like them, not as skilled or graced by God. Now Canute compared to the descendants doesn't have much right the throne, I don't think he has none, he just an invader claiming to be King because he conquered the land like people do. So I ain't surprised most people are loyal to those who have a stronger claim, history, ties too. Since Mercia did make a deal with Wessex like marriage I believe it was, when England was united under the first King Æthelstan. So those descendants have Mercia blood too. Might be wrong about that part, but yeah a bit of history. This was all before Canute, about 50-100 years.

[@ayomideijitona9910]

Their stories would still intertwine. Do not worry

[@-Discord1]

Appreciate it. TM directly. Something special for you...............

[@jjveal8564]

Where did Canute's beauty go?????

[@allancastellon9248]

He's still clearly very good looking just getting handsome instead of pretty

[@loveliestfawn]

It didn't go anywhere he just grew up lol

[@GOJOpacklmaoo]

@@allancastellon9248 nah he ugly

[@micu8942]

bro hit puberty

[@thescenicroute2416]

Ah yes…the sheeragan once again

[@djibrilr6s]

Canute's evolution reminds me of Eren

[@Killerqueen2000]

but just way better written

[@FenrirLupo]

The only semblance is that they went from whiny to calm and collected but they are very, very different characters with different values.

[@OGking831]

at the surface level of "from a wimp person to a calmer, cool collected, tactical, and has a goal on what he wants to be then sure but Canute is different than Eren looking at it deeply

[@djibrilr6s]

@@FenrirLupo yeah just on the surface level but I like their evolution in behaviour and philosophy

[@MINIPRO27]

Dont worry roshi I thought it was canute's brother

[@TryingExtraHard]

When I saw the trailer I thought the guy that turned out to be Edmund was Harald. It's sort of interesting that they skipped mentioning him in the three year's worth of history that we covered in this episode. Hopefully that means they plan to show his part of the story later in the season.

[@iceshadowboi2070]

Damn bruh all I hear is floch whenever I hear Canute talking

[@mister_chewy]

yea Canute is my KANG!

[@akorninmycup6161]

Canute became him

[@ethanradd]

This Canute slander shall not stand! Man's innocent, his rivals succumbed to natural deaths hence avoiding years of war and pain, it was simply meant to be, our pacifist King would never do the horrible things y'all insinuating!

[@Jeiben.]

1:39 Ey is that Bocchi the rock i see coming soon? 🔥

[@Jeiben.]

@-Dicord piss off scam bot