Vinland Saga is one of those manga that doesn’t glorify violence, but makes it more realistic and represents the struggle of Thorfinn as the lives he took begin to haunt him. And I love it for it

@K4inan

Жыл бұрын

Yes, men are abble to cleave a mast and 2 soldiers wearing chainmail with one swing of their axe like Thorkell did :D realism!

@goodgrief9307

Жыл бұрын

@@K4inan Realism in story building and theory of lead characters motivations , messages and senses . Realism in terms of action scenes especially in fiction, animation series is never problematic until the story stays powerful enough to push the audience to witness more of the story. I think Vinland saga does this type of things in a beautiful way

@K4inan

Жыл бұрын

@@goodgrief9307 I agree, was just having s laugh

@CodeeXD

Жыл бұрын

My favorite part is Spoiler alert kinda? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . When that one viking dies in a raid and we get his perspective as he dies. At first he's happy thinking he'll go to Valhalla but as his vision and senses fade He begins to panic and wants to tell his friends it's not worth it, fighting and death isn't worth it. But then his thoughts fade into nothing

@HonorarySaiyan

Жыл бұрын

"Thorthin" lmao

I've been caught up for like 8 chapters now I love this story. I love when Hild says that she forgives Thorfinn like such a good scene

@carlosdanielcalderonmontoy3723

Жыл бұрын

I cried and cried and cried in that part. Indescribable

@Rirawl1

Жыл бұрын

Hild is the best character in my opinion, she is amazing.

@samueljonathan6101

Жыл бұрын

Thorfinn would be doing Askeladd a favor his hairline is nonexistent he aint getting no bitches.

@badpiggy4177

Жыл бұрын

Best scene in the entire series

@parsarezaie504

Жыл бұрын

Same😭🥲

Vinland saga really is a perfectly written masterpiece and one of the few seinen series that has actually received a masterclass adaptation

@overheaven8684

Жыл бұрын

I mean I wouldn't say perfectly but it's still my top 1 regardless of if it's objectively worse than others. Just wish we got to see Thorfinn's and Gudrid's relationship develop more instead of just a time skip.

@thizguy519

Жыл бұрын

@@overheaven8684 yeah definitely

@carlosdanielcalderonmontoy3723

Жыл бұрын

I agree, a 100/10

@J4MIL

Жыл бұрын

FAAAAAAACTSS🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

@bigboy4137

Жыл бұрын

@@overheaven8684 what would u say is like objectively better than it bc if sum is outranking Vinland I’m tryna read it

Chapter 193 was a masterpiece

Vinland Saga to me always felt like the opposite, but also important, side to Berserk In the way that Guts is a protagonist known for never sitting down, to keep going and cut through everything for his goal, to keep struggling Thorfinn is similar through a struggle of, well, not fighting. Guts looks at danger straight ahead taking it head on. Thorfinn looks at danger trying to work around it or remove the conflict entirely. There’s a line when Thorfinn visits his father’s grave “When I was a boy my father said something to me. ‘You have no enemies. There is no one you should hurt’. Now I realize what a noble teaching this is. I want to do right by those words. But, IT’S JUST SO EXHAUSTING.” Thorfinn doesn’t always go through an external struggle every moment of his life but suffers keeping to the ideology to set for himself. That in the world you NEED to stand your ground in what you believe and know is right. Even if the world says otherwise and I love his conversation with Canute because of this clash of Ideology. To not kill and use the first resort that always reduces and takes away conflict. Where Guts is offense style of Thorfinn is defense Guts is an unstoppable force, The Struggler, Thorfinn is the Immovable Object, A True Warrior, like his father 1 took out 100 men 1 took on 100 punches 2 sides of a similar coin

@ejc4489

Жыл бұрын

Man, This is very well said 💯

@thaqwacarpet3685

Жыл бұрын

I agree. And to me Thorfinn battle is more harder than Guts. Because the fight to save a life is harder than the fight to kill. I really love Thorfinn character development. From a killer to a savior. So I don't understand why people hate Thorfinn development.

I feel at this point in the manga that Vinland Saga is something very different to its common counterparts of Vagabond and Berserk. It has matured, not through (exclusively) craftsmanship, tone or mentality, but rather purpose. I think that while purpose is interpreted quite literally as one of the biggest themes in all three of these seinen giants and their corresponding authors, in Vinland Saga it has taken a new meaning. Vinland has detached itself from being part of this "trinity" in my opinion. Vinland Saga is like someone who went to art school and devoted themself to becoming a master painter, but is now in their 30's and paints for fun, painting for the people around them, even though their art would single-handedly turn a gallery into a national landmark.

@magickwrld4886

Жыл бұрын

could you explain this purpose more?

@CornG4397

Жыл бұрын

Ur just trying to justify how it fell off

@lamenudenciaesreal

Жыл бұрын

@@CornG4397 vinland saga never fell off dude.

@CornG4397

Жыл бұрын

@@lamenudenciaesreal You just coping never see a single person talking about the last 2 arcs cause they shit

@lamenudenciaesreal

Жыл бұрын

@@CornG4397 🤓

Bro when hild forgave thorfinn I teared up. So beautiful.

@seanmundyphoto

Жыл бұрын

fucked me up for real. was one of the most beautiful moments in fiction I've experienced for a while.

@aliraschid5214

4 ай бұрын

same 😢

Sigurd is a severely underrated character

@carlosdanielcalderonmontoy3723

Жыл бұрын

I loved his growth

@dreamcastdazia4753

Жыл бұрын

For real

@Honkden

Жыл бұрын

I love Siggy

@user_in_the_cosmos243

Жыл бұрын

I love how even though his pride is hurt he understands you can't just make someone love you and you have to move on. I'm happy he now follows his heart with his friends and wife.

Thorfinn's development in farmland arc is one of the greatest character developments in history of manga

@carlosdanielcalderonmontoy3723

Жыл бұрын

In history of fiction

@kk_cinevlogs

Жыл бұрын

Next to guts from berserk 🔥

@julianlowry2610

Жыл бұрын

I gotta agree but Musashis development from being takezo and attoning for his actions and becoming Miyamoto Musashi is right behind it, it's cool because Throfinns character takes inspiration from Musashi

@carlosdanielcalderonmontoy3723

Жыл бұрын

@@julianlowry2610 what about Himura Kenshin?

@dawoodilyas1998

Жыл бұрын

@@carlosdanielcalderonmontoy3723 Kenshin has one of the best redemption arcs in all of fiction. His conclusion as to how he would finally atone made me cry abit. I'm always divided b/w who i like more, Kenshin or Thorfinn lol.

The most important line for me is when thorfins father said we have no enemies which can seriously change how people interact with people on a day to day basis really profound

@Struggler12349

Жыл бұрын

For me it's when the priest tells Canute that love doesn't exist, only discrimination. Don't know why but this whole segment with Canute's dream really got to me

@animealpha4795

Жыл бұрын

“I will run away” and “you have no enemies” are statements I live by.

@viola308

Жыл бұрын

wow its like jesus been said this :0

The moment Hilde forgives Thorffin and his reaction was the first moment ever in all those years reading manga that made me cry, I read many sad moments through the years, but none ever felt this real and beautiful, Vinland Saga is none less than a masterpiece.

Been caught up with the manga for a year now. And all I can say is... Welcome to the club brother

The story is so well written that it blows my mind. Even though this manga is almost 20 years there have been almost no hiatus and the mangaka is actually finishing it and I respect him for that.

6:38 That entire scene of Thorfinn being told he has to carry everyone with him to get out of that pit, reminds me of a story I once read about of a man who was stuck in purgatory, when he would try to escape, piles of other dammed souls would hang onto him to try and leave as well, he would try to get them off him, which would only result in him falling down once more and failing to escape. Eventually, he decides to bear the burden and lets them hang on to him as he climbs out, which is when he finally succeeds.

I've read many of the classics of world literature and other classics for many years now and i got to say, Vinland Saga's prologue and farm saga together form one of the best pieces of storytelling i have ever witnessed. I couldn't believe what i was reading half the time. It really has changed my life and that place is only for very few pieces of literature

About time 😉

One of the latest chapters involving Hild (if you're caught up, you know the one) absolutely destroyed me in the best ways possible and reminded me of the strength of the emotional core that's found within VS. Truly a masterclass of character writing and the value of a powerful pay off.

Thorfinn: I just wanna live in peace with myself and my loved ones Thorkell: hehehe, akimbo-axes go brrrrrrrrrrrrr

The "I forgive you" segment of chapter 191 makes me cry

The future seeing chapter was wild can't wait to see it animated

I don’t think any word better describes this manga than the word “saga”. Thorfinn’s story is fully encapsulated by that word. Incredible manga, one of the best I’ve ever read!

@goku-uh6hz

Жыл бұрын

wdym he comes from season 1 as a beast to seasons where he never kills he just knocks people out that’s so ass

@goku-uh6hz

Жыл бұрын

went from badass to a bitch

You got me into manga, thank yoy

@slickeye

Жыл бұрын

thank yoy

@imcomp2819

Жыл бұрын

thank yoy

@nightsfall3n

Жыл бұрын

thank yoy

@Melina_anileM

Жыл бұрын

thank yoy

@aperson3006

Жыл бұрын

thank yoy

I’m reading my first ever manga (monster) and it’s amazing

I already said it in your community post, but I've been caught up with the Manga for about a year now and I've loved it (watched the anime first). I've been thinking of rereading the series for a while and will definitely once I find the time. Thank you for getting to this series.

My favorite seinen of all time. The anime really did the first arc justice, and I really hope the same can be said for the second. Thorfinn is obviously an amazing character, but it amazes me how Yukimura managed to make such a complicated and charesmatic character in Askeladd in the short time he had on the pages. Both him and Thorfinn are in my top 5 manga characters.

Whenever people say it fell off, I laugh

@carlosdanielcalderonmontoy3723

Жыл бұрын

Fell off? WTF?!!🤣🤣

@GuacJohnson

Жыл бұрын

Its the rice paddy arc haters all over again smh

@rudra1286

Жыл бұрын

It did though, after ch 99

@viraatsingh1377

Жыл бұрын

@@rudra1286 ok

@dreamcastdazia4753

Жыл бұрын

@@rudra1286 clown

such an excellent series ,it's been almost a year and a half since I caught up and I love each and every chapter.I feel like this big part of the arc worked in the same way as the elf island part in fantasia arc ,they were the calm before the final storm

What a beautiful way to summarize this video and the message this story wants to deliver. It really was spot on and hit real deep. Keep up the amazing work, brother❤

I caught up right when I started the school year, and since I am a senior now I noticed how before I would have not been able to enjoy this series as much if I read it a year ago. This is because I thought (at least before reading peakland saga) that I was a fan of action manga only, but this manga proved me wrong really fast. It's my favorite manga ever because it hits so close to home and the characters are all endearing in their own right, even the "villains", who I would argue aren't really villains because I can see why the characters act the way they do and it just feels very realistic. This series really just hit my emotions and has a special place in my heart.

i got caught up to vinland saga when the most recent chapter came out, and hearing you talk about vinland saga makes me reminded why i love it so much

I read Vinland saga as my third manga ever and even today free reading many many more it still stands out as one of the greatest in development and storytelling, one of my favorite manga of all time.

Hild (Hildr) is the name of a valkyrie and means battle in old Norse. Hild is used in many poetic phrases for battle. Old Norse poetry use many poetic phrases to allude to concepts because it makes it easier to write alliterative verse, the poet can pick any number of different phrases to fit with the alliteration instead of being tied down to just a few words. And the archaic set phrases become a poetry in themselves. The main tale about Hildr is a darker version of the rape of the Sabine women where the host of the father and the host of the husband / bride stealer fight and kill each other and are then resurrected in the evening by Hild and then fight and kill each other the next day, every day, forever, until Ragnarök. Hence, Hildr came to embody eternal battle or battle itself. The husband / bride stealer of Hild is Heðin, hence, a kenning for Hild is often used to allude to Hild is often "the woman of Hethin" or "hethins maiden" or some such. Here are some kennings using Hild or allusions to Hild to say "battle" in a poetic way: "leikr Hildar" = Hild's Game = battle "Heðins snotar mot" = to meet Hethin's woman = battle "harðan leikr Hildar" = hard game of Hild = battle So Hild as the name of a revenge cycle is not a bad choice.

Get it to 10K!!!! I want this brother to see what a thematic masterpiece Vinland is 👏🏼

Masked man thanks for upload you made my day and I think you make amazing videos on manga. Thanks to you I started reading Berserk keep up the great work love from czech republic

BUT WHAT ABOUT THE GANTZ VIDEO PLEASE I NEED IT , WE NEED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@Gaiseric0

Жыл бұрын

We need to talk more about gantz, it seriously is wild

@mrmonkey3029

Жыл бұрын

Terraformers

Watched the anime in 2019 and read the manga after. Been in my top 10 since.

Vinland Saga is incredible. Simply incredible. It proves that Change is possible in anyone's life, that you can be better than your past self if you really try hard enough, this is one of those very few stories that are close to my heart

i need to catch up to Vinland saga aswell, all i know recently is that Thorfinn was tryna communicate to those people and he was forgiven, and it was amazing to read

I really like that this hits on that idea of being empty allowing for rebirth. Because how I've heard it is "when you have nothing you can be anything". It's the idea of once you have nothing to lose you have nothing holding you back. It is both a comfort to those going through stuff and also a reevaluation for those that find materialism losing it's luster. In the case of the latter you find that your possessions aren't what defines you as a person, you learn that you don't even need a roof over your head. The only thing we truly require is food, once that baseline is achieved we can put all our energy into achieving our goals, whatever those may be. The way I break it down is saying "say your goal currently is to relax on a beach, you can achieve that" and people like to respond you need a car, gas, etc. I then slap my legs and go "nope, you've always had transportation sorted, your legs are all you need".

I'm not completely caught up but I don't have much to catch up on but this journey of Thorfinns and everyone else along the way is so damn great it's criminal

Thorfinn & Hild parallels are my favourite parts of the manga.

Lets goo I was waiting for this video

Mask, I just want to say this is my num. 1 favourite anime channel. And your why, I can tell how these stories have impacted U and how much U care for them as artworks

Yes it is monthly. I am very much enjoying this arc even though it is slow arc, i love these small moments of chacter interaction.

Loved the vid man

I just finished it about a month ago and it really pushed me to think about how I was dealing with my anger and hatred through vengeful thoughts and chasing things that would aid in that drive, when Thorfinn began talking about the “first option” it felt like a wake-up call. It hasn’t completely changed how I do things all that much, but I do stop and think before I get absorbed in my anger and might lash out and think about that first option.

I just rewatched the first season to be ready for the second season and then I remember the manga from about a year ago. As I saw the paths of each of the characters, and how much it paralleled with Berserk in different ways.

This series peaked for me with the battle at Jomsborg. Was not expecting it to be that great

during the farm arcs for vagabond and vinland saga, I always remember the quote "it's better to be a warrior in a garden than a gardener in a war"

By the time you made this video, a conflict happened which is so incredibly written for the stakes. I'm so stoke to what happens to the ending of this series

Haven't read the manga yet, but the final scene from season 1 is one of the most beautiful scenes I have ever seen in an anime.

I'm too scared to watch this for spoiler reasons, as I'm reading this manga myself at the moment. I'm reading through the infamous Farm Arc. I'm absolutely loving every second of it and it's been incredibly addicting to read. It's been written and paced so well, that it's very easy to read. It's smooth to read through. Vinland Saga's anime is the first anime that made me want to get the manga to continue the story, now that says hell of a lot about a story. I'm nowhere finished with it (I'm on book 7), but it's already special to me in that regard. Berserk is my first ever manga that I started to read and Vinland Saga is my second. I'm reading both of them alongside each other to an extent and it's amazing to go through two absolute peak stories at the same time. Masked-Man, I'll be watching this when I've finished the story myself. Very much looking forward to it.

I BEEN WAITING ON THIS

I've only read the Prologue as of now but Im hyped to get to the rest of the manga sometime soon especially Farmland. But Masked when's the Fata video coming??? Been waiting on that one for a while now.

i stopped reading for a hot min to let the series build up and it was almost painful to hear how great its gotten and not be in the know but i always was like nah nah nah just a lil longer and im back on the sattle. but now i think its the perfect time to catch up. i love me some vinland saga.

wish we could've seen some of the journey to constantinapole too, some SoL some romance would be fun break from all the shit happening for me as a gintama lover, its good rn either way, i just want him to put ivar in his place

Vinland Saga changed my life and the way I think. Farmland arc is my favorite arc. I know how Thorfinn feels, I felt the same way. He truly is a role-model.

Great manga, I’m up to date with it as well. The anime is one of my top 10 favorite anime.

this story is so great and relateable on so many human levels.. I cried when Hild forgave Thorfinn, one can just imagine how much that meant for both of them..

im currently on volume 7 really enjoying the manga so far might collect maison ikkloku(i know the last volume droping soon)or might read ranma 1/2 and get those volumes will see lol

Damn i caught up to Vinland saga like two days ago aswell, lets goo😂

Gudrid best girl. She does so well to Thorfinn. Their relationship is not forced at all. I just wish we got to see it a bit more lol

Farmland arc was just the best where we see thorfinn's peak character development So goood!

14:51 yes yes yes yes, this is one of the top moments in the series, like what other manga does that

I am getting a thorfinn tattoo next month I can't wait Vinland saga is my favorite manga

Still haven't read past the first volume (like 5+ years ago) so I'll have to come back to this video another time but I've always wanted to read it. As much as it's been thrown next to Berserk, I've always gotten the sense that it's far more grounded, with maybe less extreme lows and less fantastical highs. Curious to see if that holds up.

@_cyberviber_1564

Жыл бұрын

It do be very good

You are one of my favourite youtuber and I must say bro you also caught up to Swagekage 😉

For real you know a great story is great when it get better every time you read it Happened to me with jojo, hunter x hunter, berserk... vinland saga i have read it just once but i clearcly understand and gonna re read it The blood and guts ost kick in btw

I need to start reading it again now that the anime is back i really liked the switch in thorfinns character tho after the time skip

The way Vinland saga explores the cycle of human violence and how it ultimately just destroys everything around you is rivaled only by the likes of Berserk Both the characters and the story itself shift their themes from revenge and the brutality of war to that of pacifism and personal developement Its honestly an absolute treat with the artwork tying it all together

Gotta start this soon! Need a good seinen

Despite the fact that Attack on titan is gonna probably have my favorite episode of 2023. Vinland Saga is gonna be my AOTY next year and I’m anticipating it the most

I am still waiting on your Billy Bat review.

Everyone needs to like this video ASAP so his brother gets exposed to this masterpiece

This is now in my top 7 manga of all time. Thank you so much for giving me the push I needed to read manga in general, let alone one of my top 10

I can’t wait for season 2

Experience offers perspective, intelligence grants many perspectives.

Fun fact if people didn't know. Vinland is a Danish word, meaning wine country. It's the name the Danish Vikings gave America when they first discovered it. I'm actually Danish and didn't even realise the name was Danish until a friend told me😅

I really hope that despite how slow the recent chapters are, that Yukimura is setting up for a big finish for the ending of Vinland Saga.

Finished volume 12 and waiting for the next one to finally sail to Vinland

My God, the anime did everything perfect as the source material, and the episode we have this week hits so much harder! Arnheid's death hurts me so much 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

people barely talk about vinland saga. thank you for this video.

Fantastic series.

tell your brother to get at it!!

I think hild repeating herself a lot reflects thorfinn saying "i am only doing this in order to have a duel with you askeladd" "i am the one who will kill you askelad" and those things. She has her inner conflicts and they are showed so little comapared to thorfin because she is a side character

when floral fury came on i liked the video Wasked man

I think hild i aa really good foil, and support. Like it makes sense with er traumatized and it would be naturally to not forgive him, even as she obviously supports the thorfin she obviouly likes and trusts, he just also, pretty sure her way to bak him up on staying on his path and not slipping up. Yeah its one phrase, but it changes meaning throughout the story in that she wants him to suceed, and back him up an has his back.

Same just finally caught up. Now I know why it’s called a saga. Season 1 was emotional especially at the end and it was only a prologue.

Yes Vinland saga is peak. Yes if you're young, then you're not gonna be able to understand the deeper meaning behind every character. Although you have an amazing plot and development you can enjoy and grow from. Im 16 and I caught up to the Vinland saga manga when I was 15 and it became my favorite. I believe I'm gonna continue to love this manga more and more as I grow older and as I become more wiser. (yes, I admit that I'm not socrates level wise (yet :) ), just because i read seinen manga, also I don't believe age in number always signify intellect). Vinland saga manages to have a very diverse cast while still having parallel characters. And the fact that every important character including villains have their own personal achievement, just shows how important the characters are and how well it can positively affect a good story. The manga is ending soon i believe, and I wish the best for it. The manga still has a few very important conclusions to make and I believe once they have been made, it's in the GOAT-debate.

Still haven't read the classics but it's in my top 4 right now

Vinland saga has moments that can truly stick with you. Arnheid's death messed with me for a while. The mood of the story shifts as the story goes on. I believe it's meant to reflect Thorfinn's change. Like, comedy is there in the prologue, but it is uses more liberally as the story continues. That's good storytelling, in my opinion.

Vinland Saga is a must read

vinland saga is actually so beautiful and i have enjoyed following it and seeing how it unfolds. but i am very sad to say that its coming to an end, the author has said its the last arc and this conflict is going to end it i belive. heads up if u dont want like spoilers btw in history thorfinn was a real person and theyre pretty accurate with historical figures, in history throfinn was the first man of european descent to have a child in north america but sadly he never returned because he was killed by natives and it all is lining up pretty well right now

I’m so scared reading new chapters of Vineland saga. I only want good things to happen to Thorfin. He’s been through so much. So I don’t want to see bad things happen to him anymore.

So Mask finally decided to catch up on peak?? Rare mask W

Right after I said a few days ago we need more Vinland saga fans. Love to see it.

Vinland Saga is sick, if your younger brother doesn't wanna read it that's absolutely his loss.

Masked Man became a slave for KZread and now understands Thorfinn after buying his freedom (he’s relatively happy now).

just wondering will you talk about Record of Ragnerok’s round 7

I might read👍👍