Not gonna lie the protagonist was the most boring character in s1

May 26, 4:44 AM

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are you kidding me
someone killed his father in front of him and he's staying with them everyday to take revange, wt else u want him to do, be kind and play buddy buddy with them 🤦‍♂️
this is one of the stupidest form ever 🙄

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May 26, 4:50 AM

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I think no, because he just want to revenge...? and if he always mad when battle with askeladd it's normal cause he still teenager.

May 26, 4:56 AM

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Friendly reminder, that S1 is literally just a prologue.

May 26, 5:09 AM

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Ilias03x said:
What's even the point of having a protagonist if He did absolutely nothing for 24 episode beside being boring and obnoxious and kicking ass all the cast was exceptional beside him. Yeah I know he is a child but he still didn't do absolute anything beside following the real protagonist askeladd,tbh I feel like if the author removed thorfinb from the story.the story wouldn't probably change at all,at least for s1.

delete this and ur account thx

May 26, 5:19 AM

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So you were bored by the thing that 90% of Anime Fans World wide agreed on to be pretty exciting and awesome.

What's the big deal?^^
We don't mind that you didn't get it.

Carry on.

May 26, 5:30 AM

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Ilias03x said:
What's even the point of having a protagonist if He did absolutely nothing for 24 episode beside being boring and obnoxious and kicking ass all the cast was exceptional beside him. Yeah I know he is a child but he still didn't do absolute anything beside following the real protagonist askeladd,tbh I feel like if the author removed thorfinb from the story.the story wouldn't probably change at all,at least for s1.

he's intentionally written that way. the message of vinland Saga is quite literally stated that no one has enemies. if thorfinn accomplished his revenge on askaladd, that would be pretty counterintuitive to the message of the show, no?

May 26, 5:54 AM

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Did you even watch the show? Or are you just too young to understand?

May 26, 5:56 AM

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season 1 of vinland is well known for bad writing and having a poorly characterized mc

May 26, 5:58 AM

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riqmoran said:
season 1 of vinland is well known for bad writing and having a poorly characterized mc

No, that’s only how you know

May 26, 6:10 AM

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I’m sorry that you found Thorfin boring and I’m mostly sorry that other people in this thread are just insulting you and not making actual arguments.
I would like to tell you the meaning of Thorfin and how you can try to find him more entertaining but I simply don’t care to waste my time for this.
Instead I recommend to you to go on YouTube and find some videos regarding him, that way you’ll maybe understand his psychology a little better.
And if you’re not convince even after watching some videos, then that’s fine, it’s you opinion.
Have a good day bro.

May 26, 6:19 AM

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The main purpose of this season was to lay the groundwork for season 2.
and imo he gets outshined by Askeladd

May 26, 6:43 AM

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Have you watched S2? Because then it will make a hell of a lot more sense.

May 26, 6:54 AM

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was still more interesting than S2.

May 26, 7:32 AM

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Yeah, S1 sucks. It gets much better and more interesting in S2

May 26, 7:35 AM

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I think you were the problem 😦

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Should prob be doing my homework but i'm here.

May 26, 8:27 AM

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Bait used to be believable

May 26, 8:54 AM

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Ilias03x said:
What's even the point of having a protagonist if He did absolutely nothing for 24 episode beside being boring and obnoxious and kicking ass all the cast was exceptional beside him. Yeah I know he is a child but he still didn't do absolute anything beside following the real protagonist askeladd,tbh I feel like if the author removed thorfinb from the story.the story wouldn't probably change at all,at least for s1.

The mental illness is strong with this one.

May 26, 9:02 AM

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AnimeQira said:
I’m sorry that you found Thorfin boring and I’m mostly sorry that other people in this thread are just insulting you and not making actual arguments.
I would like to tell you the meaning of Thorfin and how you can try to find him more entertaining but I simply don’t care to waste my time for this.
Instead I recommend to you to go on YouTube and find some videos regarding him, that way you’ll maybe understand his psychology a little better.
And if you’re not convince even after watching some videos, then that’s fine, it’s you opinion.
Have a good day bro.

I fully understand his psychology and his trauma but he is not really interesting to watch I really hope season 2 make him actually interesting

May 26, 9:03 AM

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Insertnqmehere said:
Have you watched S2? Because then it will make a hell of a lot more sense.

no I watched only 1 episode of S2

May 26, 9:12 AM

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riqmoran said:
season 1 of vinland is well known for bad writing and having a poorly characterized mc

Now why would you just lie like that?

May 26, 9:28 AM

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so true, S1 is heavily carried by Askeladd

May 26, 10:02 AM

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Garyyyy1 said:
Did you even watch the show? Or are you just too young to understand?

I was 12 when I watched Vinland Saga. It doesn't matter if he is young or not. He is just too stupid to understand.

May 26, 10:10 AM

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I think the complete opposite honestly I love season 1 and everything about it including the Mc and I hate season 2 and think he becomes boring and stagnant just like the whole season. Just me tho I know that’s unpopular.

May 26, 10:33 AM

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It's a build up for Thorfinn's character for season 2 onward. Vinland Saga played the long con and the mangaka knew that part 1 would only be the prologue, so he had Thorfinn be an observer for most of the season, prepping for the finale in season 1 that push him to the front line in season 2.

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May 26, 10:49 AM

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Yeah, I can see it. I still liked him.

And there's no rule that the protagonist has to be the most interesting person in a story. The protagonist can be the lens through which we see other interesting characters and the world.

Hard disagree about making Askeladd the main character. He's fascinating to watch through other people's eyes. We (and other characters) are not quite sure what he's about, and so we don't know what he's going to do next, and the little hints that he drops make him all the more interesting. If we got into his head, he would be made less cool and likable.

May 26, 11:34 AM

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Ilias03x said:

AnimeQira said:
I’m sorry that you found Thorfin boring and I’m mostly sorry that other people in this thread are just insulting you and not making actual arguments.
I would like to tell you the meaning of Thorfin and how you can try to find him more entertaining but I simply don’t care to waste my time for this.
Instead I recommend to you to go on YouTube and find some videos regarding him, that way you’ll maybe understand his psychology a little better.
And if you’re not convince even after watching some videos, then that’s fine, it’s you opinion.
Have a good day bro.

I fully understand his psychology and his trauma but he is not really interesting to watch I really hope season 2 make him actually interesting

season 2 is much better, with real characterization and gradual growth.

May 26, 11:42 AM

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PinkFloyd007 said:

Garyyyy1 said:
Did you even watch the show? Or are you just too young to understand?

I was 12 when I watched Vinland Saga. It doesn't matter if he is young or not. He is just too stupid to understand.

if you mean Thorfinn, yeah. he really is unbelievably stubborn to the point of being stupid. it is supposed to serve the thematic purpose of demonstrating the pointlessness of violence and exalting pacifism, but it's just not subtle at all.

the author goes too far in portraying people who want to fight as stupid and people who don't want to fight as virtuous to convey this message. theres a few notable outliers such as Askeladd using both violence and his cunning to get the upper hand, as well as the cowardly and indecisive canute.

May 26, 6:55 PM

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Go read the whole manga before making a statement like this. There is a reason Vinland Saga is known as one of the four pillars of seinen.

The story is about Thorfins' development as a person. If you have a perfect character from the start, how can they grow?

May 26, 9:24 PM

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Ilias03x said:
What's even the point of having a protagonist if He did absolutely nothing for 24 episode beside being boring and obnoxious and kicking ass all the cast was exceptional beside him. Yeah I know he is a child but he still didn't do absolute anything beside following the real protagonist askeladd,tbh I feel like if the author removed thorfinb from the story.the story wouldn't probably change at all,at least for s1.

You seriously need to watch the anime first; season one is actually really good. I mean, come on—what do you expect the main character to do after witnessing his dad die right in front of him? Just magically snap out of it and become some kind of superhero for revenge? That's not how real life works. If you want that kind of clichéd nonsense, then this isn’t the show for you. For those who can appreciate real character development, the journey ahead is going to be amazing. So either get on board or move along!

May 26, 11:08 PM

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if I dump this topic.. Vinland Saga Has got the best OST which makes me watch it with peace 🕊️✌️

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May 26, 11:30 PM

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Ilias03x said:
What's even the point of having a protagonist if He did absolutely nothing for 24 episode beside being boring and obnoxious and kicking ass all the cast was exceptional beside him. Yeah I know he is a child but he still didn't do absolute anything beside following the real protagonist askeladd,tbh I feel like if the author removed thorfinb from the story.the story wouldn't probably change at all,at least for s1.

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May 26, 11:41 PM

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riqmoran said:
season 1 of vinland is well known for bad writing and having a poorly characterized mc

No, it's not. mc in s1 might be wrong or "poor" in lots of ways, but it's not bad writing but a creative choice author made. And it works really well in setting up for the character development.
Its annoying whenever i see ppl talk like they're some wanna be professional writers and try to criticize other works. most of the time, not even knowing half of the shit they are talking about.
Every show has its good and bad things, and it's fair to criticize them. but i hate it when ppl criticize just for the sake of criticizing.

May 27, 2:59 AM

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riqmoran said:
season 1 of vinland is well known for bad writing and having a poorly characterized mc

No. That's a you problem.

May 27, 6:22 AM

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such a toxic community rn ngl

May 27, 6:46 AM

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L take.....he was a child back then with full of anger and hate for askelad like wtf do u want him to do more become the king or smth...?

May 27, 8:50 AM

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one of the worst takes i ever heard, do u even have braincells? 😹😹

May 27, 12:01 PM

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mrching said:

Ilias03x said:
What's even the point of having a protagonist if He did absolutely nothing for 24 episode beside being boring and obnoxious and kicking ass all the cast was exceptional beside him. Yeah I know he is a child but he still didn't do absolute anything beside following the real protagonist askeladd,tbh I feel like if the author removed thorfinb from the story.the story wouldn't probably change at all,at least for s1.

he's intentionally written that way. the message of vinland Saga is quite literally stated that no one has enemies. if thorfinn accomplished his revenge on askaladd, that would be pretty counterintuitive to the message of the show, no?

I don't think that's really the message of Vinland Saga.

May 27, 1:06 PM

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Midio7 said:

Ilias03x said:
What's even the point of having a protagonist if He did absolutely nothing for 24 episode beside being boring and obnoxious and kicking ass all the cast was exceptional beside him. Yeah I know he is a child but he still didn't do absolute anything beside following the real protagonist askeladd,tbh I feel like if the author removed thorfinb from the story.the story wouldn't probably change at all,at least for s1.

delete this and ur account thx

I second this, just say you don’t understand the show

May 28, 3:13 AM

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Ilias03x said:
What's even the point of having a protagonist if He did absolutely nothing for 24 episode beside being boring and obnoxious and kicking ass all the cast was exceptional beside him. Yeah I know he is a child but he still didn't do absolute anything beside following the real protagonist askeladd,tbh I feel like if the author removed thorfinb from the story.the story wouldn't probably change at all,at least for s1.

Do we watch the same show 🤨🤨

May 28, 8:19 AM

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yes season 1 mc is really boring,i think most people just defend it because of some influence.

May 28, 11:07 AM

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just an L take overall.. I could probably write a whole five page essay on why this guy's wrong. but I'm not wasting my time giving into rage bait.

May 28, 11:33 AM

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So you think Uzumaki is the best anime ever according to your favorites...

May 28, 2:06 PM

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riqmoran said:
season 1 of vinland is well known for bad writing and having a poorly characterized mc

haven't heard of it, which parody are u watching?

May 28, 3:23 PM

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Thorfinn was not boring Season 1😭

May 28, 7:22 PM

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we all thought the same but..

May 31, 11:31 AM

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If you didn’t like a character or they just didn’t click with you, that’s fine. People are allowed to have their preferences. But genuinely curious why you feel like Thorfinn did nothing in his story?? He had a good amount of agency and autonomy, even when he chose to follow Askellad (which was a very character driven, plot relevant decision).

Jun 1, 12:30 AM

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Rage bait in this day and age.... damn

Jun 4, 7:11 AM

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Idk man. Thorfinn literally was looking for revenge for askeladd and he worked his way achieving that goal in S1

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just smiling at everyone disagreeing with you lmfao

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