Vinland Saga
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Esseexx said: Guys i just wanna ask, is vinland saga 100% accurate to history? History said King Sweyn died because he was falling from his horse. But in this anime canute and his followers killed him. I just cant trust both. i don't think so..idk though |
| misato > asuka > rei |
| What a way for me to end 2019 for the airing anime this season with an episode as mental and brutal as this finale of Vinland Saga, fittingly titled "End Of The Prologue". Sweyn made a big mistake for the low-blow style insult he made to Askeladd about Wales, which left Askeladd looking vehemently pissed off. Inevitably, Askeladd revolted at the king, announced his true name as Lucius Artorius Castus, and beheaded King Sweyn. This then led to Askeladd's last stand as he decimated the opposing soldiers, but his true motive here was noticed by Canute. By then, Thorfinn arrived and lost his mind once more, but Canute made his move to finish off Askeladd, which was what Askeladd set up this whole stage for in the first place. With Askeladd now dead, Thorfinn is at a lost now. His main goal was to kill Askeladd to avenge his father's death, but that's now been taken away from him. Who knows what'll happen to him from here on out, but I hope he heeds Askeladd's parting words and starts to finally grow up and become a man now. Overall, this show has been very memorable. The visuals and animation was a tad weak at times midway through this season, but other episodes made up for it, like this last episode as well. Great soundtrack and most of the voice acting was very good, too. The hint for a second season in already there, so I hope it'll be confirmed very soon. =D 9/10 is my final score. |
| 9/10 this anime so fuckingggg gooodddddddd |
i don't see any character development in thorfinn, after 24 episodes he is the same idiot and useless brat who always needs his ass covered and protected, he's more female than canute from this point of view. askeladd same thing, no character development. and yes, seinen NEEDS to be more mature, and i don't any mature thing in 24 episodes. is thorfinn mature? NO. i really hoped for him to be dead, he's a useless character. and i think we can stop it here, since you're not going to make me change idea. continue to fag an overrated series, it's not up to me to judge. but the reviews with 5 or less are more accurate. well you're gonna get that with farmland thats for sure |
| misato > asuka > rei |
| @IwaOi-KHRStan Do you really think the only valid form of character development is characters "growing" and not how they're developed through continuous characterization aka character writing (actions, thoughts, speech). Sorry you don't actually have points it's all meaningless rants. Constantly attacking Thorfinn is also a sign of meaningless criticism since the main attraction is his strange relationship with Askeladd (the real protagonist of this arc) and that's why he didn't get focus. Even then he grew from an innocent child with idealistic views of Vikings and their adventures and beliefs into a cold-hearted killer with an unhealthy desire for revenge while self-doubting himself constantly. Canute had a great character arc with growth and got just as much focus as Thorfinn. |
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| @IwaOi-KHRStan "a 17-year old boy in Vikings times doesn't need to be protected" ?? sorry I don't understand this faggotized argument all the characters are developed, askeladd easily the most complex yet you value him as much as thorfinn, so whatever, you do you. |
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-Aincrad- said: I have dropped this anime at episode 9 while it was still airing. And in the past few weeks many have told me to keep watching it, that it gets much better. But I still didn't feel like it. And since the last episode came out yesterday, I started watching it where I had left off in the evening, and finished it now. Until episode 9 I had rated this anime 8/10. I admit, it got significantly better after like episode 13-14, and got better and better. This episode was really amazing, a truly great one. But I still can't rate the anime higher than 8. Honestly, I was even thinking of giving it 7/10, 'cause even though I liked it, I didn't really feel anything special during any episode while watching it. It was just a regular enjoyable anime for me. Nothing against the anime, it really is good, and I can understand why people like it so much or call it AOTY, but for me, it wasn't anything special. 8/10 overall. . Yet you were like the 5th or 6th post in this thread and said something along this "This salty boy got annoyed at so many 5's so i rated this episode a 1". Those were allmost your own words, yet you deleted the post and now create this one. So you were the first 1/5 of this episode without actualling seen it, yet you now claim that it was a great one and you have catched up with the series? Why are you so cynical? Why are they so many users like you on these database that think they can/should manipulate the scores? Why cant you just enjoy two different shows? |
| Great final episode. I bet Askeladd planned on killing the King so he could protect Wales - and help Canute to get established. (Planned on getting killed by Canute.) Even though it seemed like it took some time for Canute to realize. (First he wanted to sent Thorkell to stop Askeladd when it seemed Thorkell had realized the plan a bit sooner.) Great how he insulted the king. And the reactions. Especially Floki with his funny square/rectangular shaped face. :D Good finales ... they happen less than the bad ones. But for "great scenes" this really is a rarity. That moment. The episode name/title. And how Askeladd had been used. That really had a huge impact on me as viewer. Also the small sword (or dagger) reflecting the past of Thorfinn at the end. I'm giving 8.5 (rounding up to 9) because of the weaker start and the too sudden change of Canute. Also Canute and Thorfinn were weaker chars. Askeladd and Thorkell were more interesting. I hope for more Canute and Thorkell ... until Thorfinn matures a bit more. (Hopefully not only focus on Thorfinn.) Good to see that there are other great shounen anime besides Attack on Titan with the potential for a more than 1 season. Since I like vikings as setting more I have this one scored much higher than the first season of AoT (which was weak). I just hope they aren't doing something like Berserk where the stuff adapted in the first anime was the strongest plot-wise. :D (With weaker plot later.) Askeladd surely will be missed. And for comparison: I dropped Kimetsu no Yaiba after episode 6 and scored it 6/10 only. Yeah had good visuals and sound as well. But if the chars are that annoying and the plot too much like "for kids only" I just can't enjoy it. Never liked stuff similar to Naruto, etc. |
LuthandoriusDec 30, 2019 9:16 AM
Soulblight said: -Aincrad- said: I have dropped this anime at episode 9 while it was still airing. And in the past few weeks many have told me to keep watching it, that it gets much better. But I still didn't feel like it. And since the last episode came out yesterday, I started watching it where I had left off in the evening, and finished it now. Until episode 9 I had rated this anime 8/10. I admit, it got significantly better after like episode 13-14, and got better and better. This episode was really amazing, a truly great one. But I still can't rate the anime higher than 8. Honestly, I was even thinking of giving it 7/10, 'cause even though I liked it, I didn't really feel anything special during any episode while watching it. It was just a regular enjoyable anime for me. Nothing against the anime, it really is good, and I can understand why people like it so much or call it AOTY, but for me, it wasn't anything special. 8/10 overall. . Yet you were like the 5th or 6th post in this thread and said something along this "This salty boy got annoyed at so many 5's so i rated this episode a 1". Those were allmost your own words, yet you deleted the post and now create this one. So you were the first 1/5 of this episode without actualling seen it, yet you now claim that it was a great one and you have catched up with the series? Why are you so cynical? Why are they so many users like you on these database that think they can/should manipulate the scores? Why cant you just enjoy two different shows? I have no idea what the actual fuck you are talking about.  |
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I must be crazy and making this all up because i got a personal agenda against you? Right? Stop with the cynicism, you actually made that post stating what i stated, any mod could verify it. I just cannot take your posts seriously anymore. |
Soulblight said: I must be crazy and making this all up because i got a personal agenda against you? Right? Stop with the cynicism, you actually made that post stating what i stated, any mod could verify it. I just cannot take your posts seriously anymore. Yes I made a comment like that, then deleted it after a few minutes, 'cause it was actually just pointless, would've just started a pointless argument most likely. And if you took a fucking look at the picture, you could see I have rated it 5/5. So again: I have no idea what the actual fuck you are talking about. |
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| @IwaOi-KHRStan You called us faggots for defending this series from your idiotic criticism lol. Your opinion is not respected because it doesn't make sense, sorry lol. @Sylverthas idk why they did the naruto running, it wasn't in the manga, maybe to save animation because you don't have to animate arms flapping around lol?. in other scenes he was running normally (even in the same episode), so stupid. it's things like that which make me question if the production teams behind anime are actually literally full of degenerates. |
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Sylverthas said: Overall I find it interesting how hard the term "seinen" is thrown around here to show that this is "for grown ups". Honestly, I would compare Vinland Saga to Attack on Titan rather than Berserk. It is one of those shows that has a lot of dark themes, but enough shounen components (fucking Thorkell, Thorfinn Naruto-running,...) so that teenagers will like it. Maybe all that changes after the prologue? IRC, it was originally published in a shounen magazine for 6 months before changing over to a Seinen publication and remaining that way ever since. I do agree that some people throw around the "seinen" label a lot on here as if it's some sort of badge of honour, and to deflect some valid criticisms of the series. That's coming from someone that gave it a 9/10 as well. There are some extremely mature shounen out there and some childish Seinen, so I automatically tune out when it's used in any sort of argument. |
Sylverthas said: the naruto run is just a normal run bad animated of the first chapter of the manga.Overall liked the show. Especially the Nordic themed music was great. But I find it shocking how few interesting characters this show established in 24 episodes. Askeladd was without a doubt the best one with the most buildup, and he is now dead. Thorfinn is incredibly bland. Canute is pretty decent. Thorkell sucks hard. And that's kinda it for the characters that had a lot of screentime. If I felt generous I could include Leif as well, but he had little importance except for the beginning and somewhat near the end. It's somewhat sad that the show ends when the story picked up its pace and got more political. That part was really good. As was the whole of episode 24, especially the scene with the dagger. I think I liked the beginning and end best, the middle part dragged with some highlights. Would've been good to cut some stuff there, but I guess they wanted to use the whole 24 episodes (and not anger manga readers^^) Overall I find it interesting how hard the term "seinen" is thrown around here to show that this is "for grown ups". Honestly, I would compare Vinland Saga to Attack on Titan rather than Berserk. It is one of those shows that has a lot of dark themes, but enough shounen components (fucking Thorkell, Thorfinn Naruto-running,...) so that teenagers will like it. Maybe all that changes after the prologue? |
TekFiji said: I literally cant control my tears right now wtf this is so weird. Askeladd was portrayed as the antagonist in every possible way yet I sympathised with him the most and I just can't stop crying. I am so glad to have seen this masterpiece before the end of the decade. 10/10. I felt the exact same way! This finale tugged at my heart strings soooooo much. Everything about this episode was masterful. I felt sooooo much for Thorfinn because deep down, I know that Thorfinn considered Askeladd a true friend. Wow, well down WIT. Amazing amazing way to end the season 10/10. |
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| One of the better animes to air this year. I'd say the show is far from perfect but if I had to rank it I would set it at an 8. Thorfinn's lack of character development in the later episodes dragged on too long for me which made the character annoying. The fights while fun were far less realistic than I would have hoped for but I got used to them over time. The animation had its ups and downs in quality. The overall story was Askeladd's story and that is where the series excelled in its storytelling but there was a certain lack of depth, a lack of humanization, that made me unable to connect with the characters and their struggles that would have made this a clear cut 10/10 anime had their been more episodes to flesh that out. Either way, it was a satisfying experience. Only three shows really beat it this year, Mob Psycho season II, the three Legend of the Galactic Heroes movies, and Attack on Titan Season 3 Part 2. |
| That gay Prince just stole his revenge? After observing thorfinn I also can tell what he felt. This show was amazing mabye the best anime in 2019. 9/10 |
| I cried over Askeladd. I did. Now I know I shouldn't be asking this but are we going to have a second season any time soon? Or is Wit Studio going to pull another Shingeki no Kyojin on us? |
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| Well that.... descaleted quickly? What the hell is this? Is this anime original ending to wrap this up as like in Gate (and though JSDF fought) for reference and manga still continues, or is this suppose to lead to season 2? There was this long set up, I believed in many years/season/chapters of conquest of Britania, power struggle at court, Askeladd telling Thorfinn about Floki being one ordering Thors death, and maybe reconcile those two (Thorfinn and Askelaad) or at least T forgiving A, when he is telling it him dying, i don't really know. I know I didn't expect ending like this. Damn, is it normal to root and cry over Askeladd more then Thorfinn? Is this suppose to be king Arthur/Artorius story after all? |
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| despite having read the manga, askeladd's death still really fucking hit me. |
AnimeFreak-San said: is this a male gender issure...human issue...mental illness perhaps? |
| When Thorfinn's dagger was dropped onto the floor, was that a flashback of Thor's 'adventure' to reach Iceland or something? I'm confused there. |
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Espio74 said: Great ending but I was disappointed with the shitty art and animation of the final episode. What kind of shitty art and animation are you talking about? There wasn't anything wrong with either of them. Haven't noticed anything unusual about them. |
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| That sacrifice alone was worth a country weight of blood Askelad has just gained so much respect from me and others. Watching Thorffin holding his tears was probably the saddest part of all, damn I also teared up a bit to bad S2 won't be soon... |
| Sorry if this was already stated but where does this pick up in the manga? |
| I don't know which hurt more: the death of Askeladd, or how the past 11 years of Thorfinn's life have been all for nothing, absolutely nothing. We're seeing one of the best characters of recent years depart from us, and I'm left with immense pity for a now broken Thorfinn who is wailing, screaming in despair and resentment. If Askeladd's mental battle with King Sweyn or his glorious bloodbath as Lucius Artorius Castus weren't enough to make this a masterful episode, then that surely will, even if we could have done without the sequel tease (especially since we got a trailer the same day for Farmland Saga). |
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| Shiet, that finale hit hard... One of the best shows. 10/10... |
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