Vinland Saga
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| Ah, it's entertaining to see some drama in town especially in the England region. Not sure how I feel about Leif but it reminds us how his character is still around this season and he displays the familiar personality as I had remembered. It's also interesting to see Canut's continuous growth and how he maintains his role. |
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| Watching Canute of the past and then his current self are like looking at two completely different things. Him who used to be the very image of fickleness in his youth is now giving his all to be the ruler whom people should fear. Liked watching him spar with his comrade. Though being a king of such a huge army, you’ve to ensure ways such that the numbers might never diminish. And that's when imposing taxes and all comes into play, but then again imposing a huge increase just so to feed the army wouldn’t be seen as a move in the will of citizens when it hasn’t been a week since Canute succeeded the throne of Denmark yet. So there comes the move of utilizing the huge wealth of few wealthy beings. Ketil’s timing couldn’t be anymore impeccable, as he requested the assistance of Canute now that he lost the backing of Harald and thus became a pawn of Canute’s scheme of exploiting the wealthiest, without even knowing, for the sake of peace he says. Pretty huge relevance this holds for the things coming later down the line. Also so does the presence of Leif, now that he got a clue as to where Thorfinn might be. |
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| Looks like Canute has even more work on his hands now that he's the new king and to maintain his reign, one does need that wealth and so is Canute planning for that in his own ways. Canute who resented swords now has to learn how to use swords that one would've never imagined. Ketil who's here to look for King Harald found out about the news of his death and so now he has to find another way. Olmar is still immature as always and Leif is still a kind man. It's always a pleasure to have him on this show. Another great episode and looks like things are moving gradually from here on out. |
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| The king and his sword: Canute is still the same versatile king that he is, with his practice duel with Wulf only won once out of 5 because of the distraction from Princess Estrid. But the price to pay for securing England, other than trying to squeeze Denmark dry, is the expansion of land for the people in a way that doesn't negate to his loss. Ketil coming back to Jelling the week after King Harald passed away, it looks as if he's lost a major backing. But his 20-year-old son Olmar is an entitled idiot through and through, and it has to take the Iron Fist himself to de-escalate the situation against Thorfinn the Bug-Eyes, whose father is Leif himself, remembering the original Thors's son for a much-needed reunion. based on Ketil's description, it looks as if Leif have found the real deal, and meeting Canute with great expectation, he's relieved. But Olmar insisting to join Canute's ranks, he's just all talk and no effort of Canute testing him trying to slice a roasted pig down, and should be ashamed of himself trying to challenge Canute. The foolish young Nordic man being a target, and Ketil's farm on the chopping board, welp... Slow, but great. |
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| Lets take a moment to appreciate how Leif spent YEARS looking for thorfinn. That’s a real friend. Never gave up. Canute continues to think outside the box and reinvent what it means to be a Viking king. Requisitioning the farms is a cruel but efficient technique to satisfy the general population while maintaining the army in England. Olmar dumbass can’t even cut a pig nonetheless a person and wants to fight π toxic masculinity in medieval Scandinavia was insane. |
Marinate1016Mar 20, 2023 10:07 AM
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| Lief gonna reunite with Thorfinn? Olmar is embarrassing but Canute is gonna use him to get the farm of Ketil eh |
| A bit of a transition episode today, with Canute showing his prowess in many ways, and he continues to seem to like a very powerful king. As for Ketil, after the death of King Harald, he wanted to earn the respect of the new king, so he visited Jelling once more to meet with Canute. His idiot son Olmar, who still has no idea what a warrior entails, picked a fight in the town, but with that, Ketil ran into Leif, who after all these years, was still looking for Thorfinn, and he might have gotten an idea of where he is now. He's a real one for looking for him for so long, he's a true friend. During Ketil's meeting with Canute, Olmar blurted out his wanting to join Canute's army, and so, he is tested on his swordsmanship. He is all bark, and no bite, and it was genuinely hilarious watching him embarrass himself like that. Poor guy doesn't know how cruel war is, he'll regret this soon enough. This foolish man will be the subject of Canute's plans now, as Ketil's farm is headed for a dark turn. A good, but slow episode overall. |
| Well, that was embarrassing, but even fools have their use. |
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| Just wants Leif to reunite with Thorfinn after all this. |
| I liked the overall content of the episode: one side the Canute’s choice build up in order to gain wealth and the funniest part with the Ketil family (very hilarious the scene with the two dads). I fear for Olmar and how he will be used by the king |
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| I think this is the 3rd time I've seen the OP start at around 7 minute mark in anime Poor Ketil. His son is such a moron but I can't help but pity him. Very excited to see Leif reunite with Thorfinn again (if he's actually able to) |
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| As a manga reader I can say this.. the preparation is now completely done.. the REAL FUN BEGINS the mere fact that we still have 13 eps left gives me GOOSEBUMPS BOI WE IN FOR A RIDE! As for the episode.. An episode where Canute acts like a king and boi! what a king he is! Beautiful and graceful.. and clever.. wouldn't mind getting an anal from canute.. (no homo) |
| I love how MAPPA is setting up this part of Farmland by staying in Denmark with Canute and Ketil instead of jumping back and forth with Thorfinn and the farm; it makes for a more enjoyable viewing experience in my eyes. This was a solid setup episode, and next week is about to be so hyped with Thorgil. In fact, all the content that's left is hype as fuck. |
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| Canute's change and development from how he was in season 1 to how he is now is night and day. He went from a sniveling coward who could barely talk to others to a king who will get things done through any means necessary. In this case, that means requisitioning land to help fund and sustain his army. I worry for what this means for Ketil and his farm after that cliffhanger. It was nice seeing Leif again, and he's STILL searching for Thorfinn after all these years. He's a real one. Olmar being a dumbass to the 10th degree provided some nice comedic moments this week. |
| People on MAL refuse to actually enjoy watching anime. Your taste in anime isn't a personality trait. MAL is literally just anime Twitter as its own website lol. |
| Knut has really changed that’s for sure now that he want to take england, was a nice interesting episode with a lot of dialogue. Finally he sees the real thorfinm back i hope. |
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| Really loved the political aspect of this episode. To fiance war you'll need to do everything in your power to get money and Canute is taking the approach I didn't expect. Can't wait to see how it will all play out. Thought the comedic bits felt a bit out of place, but they're necessary to give some breathing room for the more serious tone of Vinland Saga |
| Holy shit. Leif is still alive? This episode had more comedic moments than past episodes. No Thorfinn and Einar either. Still enjoyed it. |
| Olmar's scenes were supposed to be funny, but I had a serious second hand embarrassment watching him on-screen, the part of him trying to cut the pig was simply painful. |
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| man i feel bad for ketil and his family, although his son is a dumbass but at least ketil is a good man... sad |
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| Who is VA of Bug-Eyes ? |
| Geez. Olmar is so embarrassing, I wished the earth would open up and swallow me. |
| Olmar being the total dumbass he is, gave Canute a reason to take over Ketil's farm and solve North Sea Empire's financial issues. Such a disgraceful display can be interpreted as an insult to Canute and the only way to make up for that Ketil will have to hand his whole farm to the king. Once again, great episode. Love that we got two back to back episodes from Canute's side instead of going back and forth. |
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Bootleg Throfinn. |
| I guess we're going to a certain plotline later rather than sooner. Estrid like an audience surrogate, there. The practice is a microcosm of how Canute fights. There he is, bug-eyes. I'm glad the studio didn't hold back on bringing these scenes to life so faithfully, sound effects, winding arm motion and all. Now, where he is, Leif must be... Leif's within a reach of meeting Thorfinn again and not a false positive like this one. Unfortunately, Ketil's family is about to be caught up in the schemes of Canute here. |
Fortress_MaximusMar 20, 2023 4:15 PM
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| Maaaaaaan Canute why you gotta make feel bad like that. I love his character but now he's gonna fuck up Thorfinns's thing and that's just not okay. Olmar is such a tool. I'm not looking forward to whatever is going to happen to Ketil's farm. |
| i called it, he's definitely using Olmar as a card against Ketil to requisition his farm. WHICH, i'm guessing, leads to the best part: Thorfinn and Canute meeting again. A really good season man, im so glad we have 24 episodes |
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| Stoked for THAT badass Thorfinn moment in the near future. |
| uh oh! |
| Lief is back! I really hope that he and Thorfinn meet again. |
| Canute's a whole ass different person, even compared to the latest episodes of the first season. He sure is one hell of a king now, a cursed one to be exact. Olmar is the biggest joke ever and seems like he also managed to put Ketil in danger as they will use him. Leif still hasn't given up on searching for Thorrfin and he is very close this time. Hopefully, he'll be able to meet him. |
   “You yourself have to change first, or nothing will change for you!” ' |
| Fate works in funny ways. Ruthless Canute for the win. |
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| Olmar, that dumb f*ck! |
| No tomo malas decisiones, solo me gusta apoyar causas perdidas. Disfruté Mayoiga, Ou-sama Game, Evil or Live, Mirai Nikki, Big Order, Arifureta, Ex-Arm, Tesla Note, Shuumatsu no Harem y Platinum End nope les falle con esa, lo siento pero todos tenemos nuestros límites. Así de jodido es mi gusto en anime, ¡Y estoy pinche orgulloso de ello!  |
Illyricus said: Never let bro cook againOlmar's scenes were supposed to be funny, but I had a serious second hand embarrassment watching him on-screen, the part of him trying to cut the pig was simply painful. |
| What a goofy boi tryin to cut dat cooked pig. The hands of fate are zeroing in on Thorfinn. He can't escaped his destiny. |
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