Oct 3, 2014
In a world which knows nothing but violence, war and betrayal, it is still possible to find your glimmer of light.
Vinland Saga takes you away to the 1000s, an old, long forgotten era, where seamen known as Vikings are the ruler of the sea. They murder and plunder without inhibitions.
The protagonist of Vinland Saga, Thorfinn sun of Thors, is one of those Vikings. Only with revenge on his mind he travels from battle to battle, day in, day out.
However, you will learn that everyone has his own reasons, his ambitions to go that path of violence. And even among those Vikings there are libertines such
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as Thors(father of Thorfinn)who kinda works as a moral authority.
It's my belief that Thors character may leave the biggest marks among all readers. That's propably due to his perfectly adjusted use of rethorical questions. Questions which can bother me even know, but that's not bad though.
Apart from that the story is kinda predictable and therefore a little bit underwhelming. Sometimes you may realise that characters act completely out of their former pattern. The authors logic is also questionable, when he can't even complete a plotline appropirately. The best example would be Askeladd, one of the most mysterious characters in the manga. Due to that the author wastes too much potential.
On the other hand there are quite a few times when the protagonist, Thorfinn, lacks temper.
Another point of criticism is misplaced and unfounded character developement.
Later in the story a character will go against his own principles and it will result in death That's purely arbitrary. I can't spoiler you, but see it four yourself.
I enjoyed Vinland Saga to a certain point, sure, however, I also 'raged' due to the authors unfounded caprice.
As I mentioned before there was potential the author never considered to begin with.
Furthermore I had many problems to admit Thorfinn as a protagonist. Most of the time he is nothing more than a side-kick without relevance. That changes later with further progress though. I could offer criticism the whole day about Vinland Saga, but it won't change the fact that it's still really entertaining.
It's thrilling, it's thought-provoking. Vinland Saga won't become boring.
See yourself and maybe you will come to a different conclusion.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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