What You Missed About Vinland Saga

[@ShonenOuji]

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[@jessicamason2526]

would add it's also largely about trauma and how it twists people, from thorfinns trauma of the loss of his dad twisting him to seek vengeance at all costs, resulting in him being nearly an empty shell later down the road haunted by what he had done in pursuit of said vengeance, to the events that changed then Prince Canut from a passive and at least somewhat compassionate person to how ruthless he became later on, with the trauma of those events, along with the power of the crown, visibly poisoning his vary thoughts to the point he killed his own brother and made war on his own people just to steal land.

[@guywithatopknot4352]

I'm really loving how mappa adapts the manga especially the way they introduced the farm, it was beautiful.

[@ShonenOuji]

The stuff they added for Einar in ep 1 was awesome.

[@honaldjason]

Why didn’t they show at least thorfinn switching from a killing rage loser to losing his identity, shocked and trying to find himself again, or like him being bought or smth

[@askredditstudios8055]

Romans 10:9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

[@JacoB-wp4ws]

Ahhhhhhhh, its still same series director

[@akihikosakurai4013]

The Viking age was one of the most brutal periods in history so it's the perfect setting for this story. Not only that but Norse culture glorifies war and violence so it's absolutely genius to have the main character come from that kind of culture. It makes the rejection of violence and war all the more special. In a culture that values pride and honor above all else, it's a big thing for a character to reject that warrior pride and honor and live as a truly honorable man

[@adityannair3278]

Brutal oh hell nahh 😂😂 Aot and kingdom is more brutal

[@adityannair3278]

@rohandasgupta8758 or didn't u understand my point

[@hello-gx6oi]

​​@@adityannair3278or you didn't read properly It said " *one* of the"

[@Susancreamwood]

@@adityannair3278sure to you maybe i literally watched both and the obviously AOT is better but that doesnt take anything away from tvs

[@zeppkfw]

@@adityannair3278aot isn't real

[@luceafarul5740]

Yukimura explained in an interview that he didn't necessarily want to create a manga about vikings but one about violence, and he later settled to the viking age

[@hen-l]

Then why is the second season about loving your brothers from other mothers? Imma have to agree with the short on this one chief. It's less violence, more "true warrior".

[@luceafarul5740]

​@@hen-l​what does "agreeing" even mean? I didn't state my opinion, i just mentioned what yukimura, aka the author of the story, said in an interview (most likely the one with gigguk). He explained that he writes about three themes (love, life, death), and that he wanted a setting that is full of violence. He then thought that the viking age is the most appropriate setting because they are the most violent

[@hen-l]

@@luceafarul5740 fair point, point taken. Interesting take, have a good day and stay healthy.

[@TheThinkeerrr]

⁠​⁠@@hemoalmaster3014I don’t think a anime of the cartel will be that good, and the German thing is overused in stories,same with isis, there is countless movies with that premise, i personally like the Viking idea as there is not much of that in stories and it’s actually much more brutal then cartel and isis history, the Vikings were one of the most brutal in all of history, also what is the Africa one?

[@hemoalmaster3014]

@@TheThinkeerrr vikings is a stereotype to nordic people, it’s all mythology not history

[@sibsart2039]

Call the final episode of season 1 “end of prologue” was wild. I get why season 2 is considered so many people’s favorite anime of last year. Because it’s way of showing its message is more beautiful then most that have done it, while being covered in blood.

[@jashardwallington]

The creator actually detests violence so this is correct

[@JustsomeSpaceG1]

That's a nice loop. 👌

[@ShonenOuji]

Thank you 🙏

[@corpsejyrwa3258]

That quote I don't have enemies really moves me

[@UncleVuitton]

Look at how a lamb jumps on Thorfinns chest when he found peace... The lamb of God will give you peace of you come to Him

[@SebeseChaeli]

Amen he is the alpha and Omega the first and the last the beginning and the end 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@TheCyclingCardio]

Almosy no review mentioned it, but Vinland saga’s core conclusion is about Christ

[@jaelonwillis2336]

@@TheCyclingCardioThats one interpretation for sure, but I dont think that was explicitly intended by the author.

[@Contier7]

_“Does something good ever come from living? Because there’s nothing for me. In all of the days I’ve lived, nothing good, has ever happened to me”_ - Thorfinn

[@animeworld61616]

Vinland Saga is one of best pieces of fiction to exist imo Insane depth, character writing,world building,realism,art, parallels, dynamics, ideologies, dialogues and many more. Just incredible ❤

[@ammunity6890]

They have to show you how cruel and indifferent a world ofviolence is, in order to create that contrast and understanding of why its so difficult. It's why it's a masterclass in character writing and world building.

[@jashardwallington]

Yes

[@ErehYeager123]

Some people spamming in season 2 tgat they don't like it bcz there is no war and enough violence in season 2. I ....just.....can't believe how these people exist???? Why they are watching anime??

[@aniqalam8231]

Wow this is really coming from an eren yeager fan! You got my respect buddy ❤

[@aniqalam8231]

Wow this is really coming from an eren yeager fan! You got my respect buddy ❤

[@V-Kun.]

Me at 1st season taking as an entertainment but then on 2nd season i learnt alot of life meaning full thing its a masterpiece anime🔥

[@ameliabrittain3689]

Thorfinn is one of the few protagonists who actually sticks to their beliefs, even when it’s hard. After season 1, he never kills another person. He does pull a few badass Thors moments where he has to beat sense into people when pushed to the absolutely edge, but he never kills again, ever.

[@HoliGallistur1023]

It's about finding Newfoundland in Canada 🇨🇦

[@JeffGranja27]

While battles the first season showed were awesome, I understood as soon as I started watching season 2 that it was not going to be the focus at all, like, this is a manga that's often compared to Berserk which isn't only about fantasy monster and warriors or Vagabond which isn't only about Samurai mastering the sword, of course this was not going to be only about Viking wars.Tthe really good shonen-esque action sequences is what deceived people with 0 knowledge about Vinland Saga I guess

[@funky22]

Danish people were Vikings 8th century to the 11th century 😊

[@dineshsivakumar6299]

Also, ketil was the epitome of the "nice guy" . Someone who's only nice to people because they want others to like them. As soon as someone "betrays their kindness" or doesn't do what he expects just because he's nice to them, he gets mad and the nice person facade is gone. He's an example of who you shouldn't be when trying to st4ive for improvement

[@Anonymous-user-f6s]

A plot and a message that the art tries to deliver are not always at odds

[@SamTheGumMan117]

Looking sweet with the shorts

[@Reason4Termination]

Vinland Saga is the best anti-war media out there.

[@adityannair3278]

Hell nahh u must be a 3 year old kid if u think that Aot ,code geass, kingdom, legend of Galatic hero are the top spot for realistic war period anime not Vinland saga where talk no jutsu works watch the series properly

[@justajobro1266]

@@adityannair3278where exactly did that work In vinland. I can think of one scene. Plus vinland saga is a morecharecter focused story, those stories are plot focused

[@maedaaruto1211]

@@adityannair3278Hell nahhh you must be a 3 year old kid if you can’t even think that all of these series are meant as anti-war messages. Honestly arguing with someone who don’t actually think before saying feels like repeatedly bonking your head on the wall, so I’m not gonna interact with you further than this.

[@Mixelly]

​@@maedaaruto1211the author litterly said he hopes that the world would become a better place without violence and thats the message of his story so crawl back to the hole you came from

[@oe_woo]

you have a point, but it definitely is ”about” vikings, it is also loosely based on real life events, but yes, the main points of the story are way deeper

[@KafujiSato]

And, "Thousand-Year Voyage" symbolizes humanity's journey towards peace and prosperity as a whole.

[@EaGLenoMErCy]

Yes totally with you

[@MoreLimitless_]

I love that this clip just rehashed everything I’ve been trying to tell people who misunderstand this show and what it’s really about, good stuff right here.

[@JakesBasment]

I like how the whole thing was based off of vikings but its not about them

[@chickennugget1115]

Thats also why the show shows the very harsh and extremely brutal side of war

[@c3p6]

People really ignore the importance of the words “You have no enemies” in episode ONE and act like it’s all about Thorfinn being a cool dual-dagger-wielding assassin.

[@joshreiter7582]

You mean when the show was good right

[@c3p6]

@@joshreiter7582 wym season 2 is peak

[@StellaLuxNebula]

​@joshreiter7582 season 2 was just as good

[@jinoia]

The genius of Vinland Saga

[@iskateiguess]

🦦u right

[@Beer_Wolf]

Third season, Harvest Moon time.

[@conwaytwittyer2667]

I think based on the latest chapters it’s about the inevitability of conflict.

[@LaZonaDiRin3743]

*Evitability of conflict and a critic to war

[@channel-lk6xz]

A Making of a paradise

[@deyfiswrld]

YOUR TALKING MAD FACT

[@RED_12392]

vinland saga is not about war and blood it about people struggling to find peace execpt thorkell

[@EkeLopez]

You know peace when the anime had the Bible

[@Sigma18-o8b]

It's about both

[@bathsleeper]

I feel like if you didn't understand this you have zero media literacy

[@lightgamming6661]

It is about vikings I've been watchiny season 2, it's about changing VIKINGS, there are still battles, lots of scenes of pillaging and trash people, it's just that the mc changes and wants to be better.

[@micahDluffy]

I really spoiled myself when taking a peak inside volume 4 I really should’ve known better 😅

[@Okvetz]

But it is also about vikings lol. It’s about how their way of thinking was so violent and dumb, it talks a lot about the religion, discrimination, love, slavery etc. The main themes of course are: if people really can change, and how they can change, what’s the cause of not changing ? Why were vikings so violent ? Is it fine to taint your pride for your life ?. There’s just too much u can’t say that Vinland is just about the struggle of trying to be a better person, it’s way more than that.

[@Blizzy-yd7id]

“You missed this about-“ blah blah blah, anyone with basic media comprehension knows this

[@hello-gx6oi]

But here is the thing Not everyone has that and it's the reason why there are debates online about vinland saga

[@sumitpatel5080]

❤❤

[@idkidc206]

How could you miss that? If you catch up to the manga that's all the storys about😂

[@todoroki7779]

I have no bo enemies ❤

[@JohnCena-zm2mt]

Season 1 >>>>>>

[@22yezzzi]

10 year old

[@snakepliskin23]

The second season was long and lacked battles

[@augustthork]

nha its about vikings

[@Al3xLitt0n]

it’s definitely about playing minecraft 🥹

[@KorcsogBotond]

Nuh uh.

[@rjdez3589]

Loved the first season. Didn't like the second one that much. Sort of boring.

[@anakinskywalker2142]

This is why i stopped watching, i wanted a viking anime not a pacifist farming series

[@QuintrellDemary]

Yes it is about Vikings and thorfinn wants a second chance at life

[@sentialt-p8x]

the way i see it they made lots of cash from season 1 and then come in season 2 with this bs. Season one is basically a drawn out backstory for Thorfin if they started the whole series on the farmland saga, then no one and i mean no one would watch it. So stop defending it and trying to make people who don't want to watch it seem like freaks. Everyone is allowed to watch what they want. And the show started off as a excellent Viking Shonen that was building up into some insane war manga. Unfortunately, it wasn't that and people are annoyed and they aren't wrong i was a little annoyed also hence why i won't be watching. But please do go around saying that those who stop watching are just hungry for fight scenes.

[@mrs.force-kihn118]

😴😴

[@pj2345-v4x]

It is oversimplifying it. I think a better framing is that Vinland saga is about suffering and ideals. Thorfinn has an unimaginably cruel fate placed upon him from the start. His father who tried teaching him a better way failed and died, and he spent the next 11 years singlemindedly trying to live up to the ideals of his people because as a young child he couldn’t live up to his father’s ideals yet. At the end not only was he unable to avenge his father, he has the very notion of fairness and honor thrown like sand in his face and then is forced to watch as the person who is the object of his passions dies, leaving him with nothing. He’s failed the real ideals of his father, he’s failed the false ideals he clinged to because he was too weak to cling to the better ideals, works unimaginably hard and is met with failure even in this smaller goal. He’s sold his soul, pillaging and killing, and knows this ambition was all he had. But reality is unfair, just like it took his father it took away that decade. The set up is unimaginably well done. It’s not about being a better person, because Thorfinn was never aiming at that. It was about misplaced honor, violence, and ambition. It was about the unfairness of the world that is equal only in that it is cruel to everyone. And it is about the depths of emptiness a human can find themselves in if they fail themselves and everything they believe in.

[@MrJara1018]

But….. they are Viking

[@Thechivalrykiller]

Oh so interesting I really want to know how thorfinn accepts himself and moves on 🤣🤣season two was a flop who cares

[@joshreiter7582]

Yup season 1 was awesome season 2 was dumb asf

[@StellaLuxNebula]

Was not. WAS NOT

[@halabig2]

Go watch shonen anime then

[@anyeristrinidad3913]

@@halabig2what is lil bro yapping about