Vinland Saga

It is a recommendable manga for people who want a more mature serie, one in which goals can not always be met, showing the cruelty of humans and without any concern to show inappropriate themes. Vinland Saga, although it shows endless scenes of war and death, it does not intend to explain a history of conquests and struggles nor tell us how a protagonist trains to be the best or the king of the Vikings. History can be treacherous to you, you can love it in the beginning and hate it in the end because of the change that had in chapter 54. Followed by a simple art, similar to the art of mangas focused on the Shonen demography, but with a great evolution, having a detailed and realistic drawings in the current manga, making the characters have so much personality. While the art is very good, the character development is also good, giving them time to develop their characters well and giving more credibility to the readers to believe their changes. You can love or hate this series, but you have to accept that it is a series with great changes, having a personality of its own.

There are very few series I have read or watched that I would give a perfect 10, but believe me when I say this series is a masterpiece. This series at first glance seems like your typical story of revenge, but after reading a few chapters you realize it is so much more.

Story: This story has it all, in terms of truly depicting all the emotion included with drama such as despair, anger, revenge, sadness, repentance, hope, and bearing with sin while moving forward, very few works compare. the author takes his time with the story, the first half is a prologue, but it never gets boring, and continues to be exciting and intense all the way to its current chapter. I cant really get to into the story without spoiling it.


Art: The art is well drawn, and captures the emotion very well, I think the author does a great job of showing facial expressions.

Character: The characters are shown flawlessly, you see quality character development, and the author does a good job of having you understand how and why certain characters feel the way they do, as well as making you despise other ones.

Enjoyment: I read this entire series (well whats released so far) in 3 days, but it was good enough that I could have not slept and finished it in one sitting if I did not have things to do.

Overall:It is truly a masterpiece, flawless character development, and heavy and even heartbreaking scenes are show very realistic, sometimes its so brutal it is hard to read, but it could not be a masterpiece without being so realistic. I would suggest this to anyone wanting a quality, realistic heavy series, however some scenes are very graphic and this is not for the faint of heart. If you want a happy heartwarming story look elsewhere.

I'll just say it. Vinland Saga is my favorite manga. It beats both Beserk and One Piece.

One piece has a more grand adventure, Beserk has similar themes but Vinland Saga looks to reality and asks what it takes for the world to change. From both it's look at history, violence, human nature, and even friendship, it holds nothing back. Makoto Yukimura definitely made something that came to him while raising his sons. He takes hatred and anger and instead of glorifying or criticizing, he only asks the audience to look at what results.

I won't spoil anything but it is worth the read, because maybe Vinland can only be found in stories, but what if it is true?

Yukimura, Makoto the dude behind Vinland Saga deserves real praise for this viking adventure. . . Vinland Saga revolves around Thorfinn and his quest to be a better human. It was hard to put this manga down. . .

I just wanna summarize the whole 120 chapters i've read for you but that might mess with the experience . . . so i wont :). The Plot, The story of thorfinn and his many trails to becoming a warrior like his father. . . Sort of. .

Things I like . . . theres alot. I wanna start with art because the detail is crazy, the amount of time that must be spent on just the art!! You look at the settings and you feel like your taking a trip too its exactly what you want in a manga like this because the artist really gives you a roller coaster of feels.....
Based loosely on northmen history the story still feels so fresh I dont want to talk to much on it. I was happy with it.
Thorfinn the main, is such a badass character who goes through some trauma, some change, different morals are being thrown around in this and hes observing it all from a young age. Not just Thorfinn but all the characters are relevant and had thought put into them.

Things i didnt like.. . Even though i think this manga is great, i still felt there were faults.
My biggest fault would have to be Thorfinn. Not throughout the 120 chapters ive read, just a portion of it. I thought he was boring for awhile. I understood why he was like this and its a satisfying reason but it was a less enjoyable time for me.
The dialogue can be overwhelming too, there were times where i skipped some dialogue because i couldnt be bothered to read so much, which isn't often, but often enough to be a negative.

My enjoyment of this series was short lived because i couldn't put it down, i would be saying just 1 more chapter before bed and end up having very little sleep. Yukimura gives us a taste of the viking struggle while being somewhat informative of the era.
Thorfinn starts by being badass, kind of loses himself for a while and then comes back better than ever.

I recommend this. (FULL Stop). I rate this manga Badass