Vinland Saga was the first manga that i read and the best too. Im very excited to see the future of Thorfinn in the lands of Vinland. It was the best experience with manga that i ever had tbh. So ill make this review with topics and ill analyze them all.
Autor: Makoto Yukimura
Demographic: Seinen
Original run: 2005Present
My name is Lloyd and this is just my opinion and my perspective about Vinland Saga. Enjoy and sorry if this review has a lot of orthography errors im from Brazil and still studying english.
Worldbuilding and Character Devlopment
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Score: 10 Masterpiece
A little bit of the plot:
The world takes place in the war between Denmark and England. Our protagonist is Thorfinn son of Thors. Thors was a badass viking who won a lot of battles to the end understand that a warrior dont need a sword. After Thors death by Askellad Thorfinn became a monster seeking for his revenge against Askeladd.
This is the story of the first arc ill not mention the other ones like the farm or the seek for Vinland to improve your experience :
So lets talk about character devlopment. The first characters that we need to analyze is our protagonist and our antagonist. Thorfinn is a child that wants his revenge at all cost he abandoned his family and friends just to have a duel with Askellad. But Thorfinn also works with his own enemy in the war. Hes a complex character cause he ignores everything that he learned about Thors ideals and in the future after all of his sins he decide to help people creating a peace land that is Vinland.
We also have Askellad that is my fav character in the story. Hes the antagonist of Thorfinns entire journey and he also have ideals about what is a man or what is revenge for him. Hes always telling Thorfinn that his revenge would be totally useless if he dont think about what comes next or why the cycle of hate is never broke.
Theres also another character that is important to have a mention like Einar Knut Halfdan or Sigurd. Knut is the Price of Denmark son of King Sweyn of Denmark. Hes one of the most incredible characters in the story beacuse of his evolution trought the plot and hes the character who intensifies the meaning of what is a man.
Einar is Thorfinns Brother basically in the farm arc they create a strong friendship bond. Halfdan is Sigurds father. Hes nickname is Iron Chain and he is a landowner and moneylender. He helps Thorfinn in the seek of Vinland. Sigurd has a incredible change after seeing what Thorfinn saw.
The Design And Art Of Expressions
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Score: 10 Masterpiece again damn this sit is perfect
Theres a lot of things that i should talk about this: Revenge compassion humanity emptiness redemption and aspiration love. Pointy weapons making minced meat of people. Every single one of this feelings and aspects are demonstrated by EXPRESSIONS and the entire DESIGN of the manga in general. The art of the manga is realistic and dark to make it better to imagine. Also theres a lot of violence of course viking age bro.
Enjoyment and Why You Should Read
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I confess that I dont like so much vikings and that kinda of stuff but with Vinland Saga it is...wow. Every single aspect is so interesting that I think it is impossible to get bored. The plot and the characters make the experience so enjoyable that you want more and more content about it.
Final Score: 10 Masterpiece again and again and again
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