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May 15, 2023 5:31 PM
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I was so disappointed of the cliffhanger in end:(
If only they make the episodes a little longer… ;)

Anyways, as always, it’s a good episode.
May 15, 2023 5:46 PM

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Ketil really sending 300 men to die in a battle they have no chance at winning, we ll see if he actually fights for himself or run when his little army gets crushed
May 15, 2023 6:21 PM

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snake and canute had some solid dialogue and the war as begun! thorgil's plan about infiltrating from behind is pretty good i imagine canute being one step ahead. because thorgil was also dumb enough to laugh and declare that he's behind canute right at the end. like bro.
arnheid's situation is still very bleak but thorfinn and the lot has made a break for it. i thought it would've been interesting to hear what current thorfinn thinks of war as he watches it in real time from afar but he just scoped the situation and dipped. they didn't properly part ways with ketil though, damn.
May 15, 2023 6:22 PM
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Let the bodies hit the floor....

I feel like Snake was lying to his men in order to save them... but it might have backfired.

Another great episode and I'm already looking forward to next week!

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May 15, 2023 6:26 PM

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Ketil be really faking till you make it eh?
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May 15, 2023 6:39 PM
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Don't know why they're dragging out Arnheid's death for another episode... now even more time will be spent wrapping things up next week. We're really gonna end season two right as
aren't we? It's gonna be forever til we see Gudrid...
May 15, 2023 6:47 PM
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just wanna say how obsessed w snake i am, his character????? i cannot.
May 15, 2023 7:45 PM

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I had wondered how many men Ketil would be able to rally in the forthcoming battle against Canute. Not telling them who they're even going into battle against and at the same time offering to cancel all their debts was the perfect incentive and indeed a smart move on Thorgil's part. However, as Snake already realized, there is essentially no chance that Ketil will emerge victorious. 

Thorfinn was finally able to thank Leif, who not only always worried about him, but never gave up hope of finding Thorfinn even after all these many years. Thorfinn has gone through such tremendous development in this arc that I'm not surprised that Leif could have mistaken him for someone else. Still, I found it extremely important that Thorfinn gets this message from someone like Leif, as he hardly seems to be aware of it himself. 

Interesting to hear that Snake not only met the true Iron Fist on the battlefield, but was trained by him as well. After that revelation, Ketil has become an even bigger joke than he already was. It was only because he shared the same name with the true Iron Fist that Ketil was able to claim the name of such a well-known warrior, when in reality he was merely a fake, as Snake discovered years later himself. Revealing this secret to his men shows the enormous trust Snake has in them. While I will never become a fan of Fox, especially with what he did to Thorfinn, I have to admit that he and the rest of Snake's men have extraordinary courage to join this seemingly hopeless battle.

Fleeing as soon as the battle began was the best decision Thorfinn, Einar, Leif, and Bug-Eyes could have made. Especially considering Arnheid's condition. The wonderfully portrayed dream sequence in which you see Arnheid driving home with Gardar and their children on the cart made me really sad. It's hard to put into words what these two went through. This almost extinguished all hope that Arnheid and her child might survive. 

The battle itself went as expected. Ketil's men have absolutely no chance, which once again shows that this kind of quality in Canute's soldiers is far superior to the quantity of Ketil's men. Solely Thorgil has come up with an extremely cunning plan, as I don't necessarily think Canute expects to be attacked from behind. But you never know with Canute. It could even be that he has already taken certain countermeasures for such a case.

As the preview title suggests, I'm assuming that the next episode will be truly painful ;_;

May 15, 2023 7:46 PM
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I'm still recovering from ep 18 my ptsd cant handle much more
May 15, 2023 8:06 PM

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There are red flags all over the place, sadly she won't make it for another day.

Lol at Thorgill believing he can slash Canute. 
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May 15, 2023 8:14 PM
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The battle finally starts and after last episode I can't say I'm rooting for either side, which seems to be the point. Thorfinn and company escaping seems to be going too well right now though.
May 15, 2023 8:35 PM

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Almost Jake mate...!!! Thorgil is a raging bull...!!!
May 15, 2023 8:52 PM
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I really hope that thorfinn somehow gets to speak to Canute and it all resolves in peace. Maybe there’s a way that Canute decides to change after seeing Thorfinn in how he’s changed.
May 15, 2023 9:23 PM

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Snake continues to be goated with the reveal about Ketil to his men and telling them to flee. 


Now I know this completely disregards Thorfinn's recent character development etc but MAN I wish Thorfinn took part in the battle. Would Snake + Thorfinn + Thorgil would be enough to turn the battle? Regardless, it would've been amazing to see these 3 team up.
May 15, 2023 9:35 PM
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sneaky Thorgil going for the head of king Canute but yeah King Canute is smart can't be killed that easily with underhanded tricks.
May 15, 2023 9:55 PM
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I swear if arnheid dies, because she's with Gardar now...
May 15, 2023 10:08 PM
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Canute is the most uninspiring character in the entire show. Use of subterfuge is not meant to be a substitute for lack of martial prowess. Rather, it's meant to enhance it instead. Time and time again Canute has struggled as a military commander. Canute's greatest feats as king are losing the war for England until he poisoned his rival, slaughtering peasants, torching the English countryside, and poisoning his own brother. Evidently, Canute is unable to face a foe if they are of equal or close to equal strength to him. He is good at crushing those who cannot muster the strength to oppose him at all; relying on the overwhelming resources at his disposal as opposed to his own abilities. This is evident in his reliance on poisoning his opposition. A superior king in his position would be able to crush his foes using his own abilities as a commander. That is not to say that poisoning is not a valid means of achieving one's goals, but that a worthy ruler would not have to rely on it as their sole avenue towards accomplishing a task.
May 15, 2023 10:58 PM
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And so another war begins and it's not looking good for Ketil as his army is crumbling before the jorms vikings but Thorgil is looking to make a sneak attack (Which I doubt will work).

On the other side of the farm Thorfinn, Einar and company are escorting Arnheid and looks like she might not make it, Also I loved a that we got more info on Snake and respect his loyalty to Ketil even though he's gone off the deep end I really hope he makes it through this war because he's a good man.


I am not ready for next episode =(
May 15, 2023 11:00 PM

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COULD IT BE?
FINALLY, A GOOD EPISODE???????
AFTER ALL THAT TRASH AND JOKES, FINALLY A GOOD EPISODE?????
I WAS STARTING TO FORGOT I WAS WATCHING VINLAND SAGA LOL
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Btw, cry about it.

May 15, 2023 11:04 PM
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Thorgilllllllll
May 15, 2023 11:12 PM
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every episode reminds me that this is a masterpiece
May 15, 2023 11:51 PM

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i really dont think Thorgils gonna get anywhere near Canute, but i sure hope he escapes with his life fr
May 16, 2023 12:21 AM

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Excellent episode, one of the best of the season so far, 8.3/10.
May 16, 2023 12:45 AM
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wow man so can I expect all my favorite characters from Ketil farm to die in this battle? Do not respond to this comment/question, as an anime only I would love to get that answer myself
May 16, 2023 12:57 AM

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So Thorgil is more than just a big blond Viking meathead! Nice to see he can be crafty and calculating as well. Obviously, he won't succeed in killing Canute because he's an MC. If I were Canute I would kill Thorgil, take Ketil hostage, then have Olmar the weakling serve as a vassal.  

Snake will probably survive but I have a feeling all his men will die in battle. RIP Pater, I don't think he's going to make it either. 

Still looking forward to the eventual meeting between Canute and Thorfinn. Both of them have changed so much. I wonder how they will view each other.  
May 16, 2023 1:01 AM
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Excellent ep!

I wonder what the real Ketil is like?
May 16, 2023 1:23 AM
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Franck_Nicolas said:
I feel like snake was lying to his men, and that ketil was indeed Iron fist.

Ketil being iron fist would explain why he has such a strong warrior son.
bro Ketil said it was all a lie in ep 7
May 16, 2023 1:32 AM
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I don't know but my chest feel so heavy watching this episode. Maybe it's because I know that things won't go well for all of them. It hurts watching Ketil's innocent armies getting killed left and right because of Ketil's arrogance and anger. Have a feeling that Arnheid won't survive too. This episode single-handedly changed my rating from 9 to 10
May 16, 2023 2:10 AM
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The episode was pretty good, sucks that Thorfinn already left, I wanted to see Snake having a conversation with him about his fighting skills and all that.

And yeah, my money goes for Canute's army, that's the safest bet.
May 16, 2023 3:42 AM
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Damn Canute's army is just way too OP for Ketil's one and they're already being destroyed right now, except if Thorgil makes a move against Canute at the end but I doubt it will work.
Another Arnheid's scene before she wakes up so at least things are getting slightly better for Thorfinn and Einar since they're obviously leaving the farm before the assault.
May 16, 2023 4:42 AM

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Ashhk said:
Damn Canute's army is just way too OP for Ketil's one and they're already being destroyed right now, except if Thorgil makes a move against Canute at the end but I doubt it will work.
Another Arnheid's scene before she wakes up so at least things are getting slightly better for Thorfinn and Einar since they're obviously leaving the farm before the assault.

Well Canute's force is an actual elite army and Ketils force is a bunch of farmers. 
May 16, 2023 4:44 AM
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Vindicater said:
Ashhk said:
Damn Canute's army is just way too OP for Ketil's one and they're already being destroyed right now, except if Thorgil makes a move against Canute at the end but I doubt it will work.
Another Arnheid's scene before she wakes up so at least things are getting slightly better for Thorfinn and Einar since they're obviously leaving the farm before the assault.

Well Canute's force is an actual elite army and Ketils force is a bunch of farmers. 
Yeah I mean why try to fight like you're a regular army in a situation like that
May 16, 2023 4:51 AM

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Ashhk said:
Vindicater said:

Well Canute's force is an actual elite army and Ketils force is a bunch of farmers. 
Yeah I mean why try to fight like you're a regular army in a situation like that
They're inexperienced and excited at the prospect of their debts being forgiven. Any decent fighter would know that they don't have a chance against the Jomsvikings. But these are peasant farmers who have never even seen combat. They don't know any better. And as far as they know, they have the "Iron Fist" Ketil on their side, so they can't possibly lose. 
May 16, 2023 5:15 AM
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Eyoo Ketil is full of shit, he isn't the Iron Fist Ketil. LMAO

Thorgil with ambush attack? really?
May 16, 2023 5:20 AM
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Civilians have a lot of courage to defend their master, but this is probably going to massive bloodshed.
May 16, 2023 5:34 AM

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Looks like Ketil started to believe his own lie.

In the purgatory(?) scene Gardar said he will wait with the children(both of them), that probably means the baby is dead too :(
May 16, 2023 6:12 AM

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This episode was prity hype ngl. We want more Canute.
May 16, 2023 6:52 AM
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Finally battle is going on however more like overwhelm by king's troop
May 16, 2023 7:20 AM

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I really wish Arnheid somehow survived and ended with Einar... but yeah, she has blood in her lungs so definitely internal bleeding. Her surviving is basically zero especially after that Gerard vision.

Also I'm still hoping we will see how Thorfinn end up on Ketil farm.

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thebrentinator24 said:
Ketil's guys really started laughing when they heard the numbers of Canute's forces. Lmao I'll take 100 actually trained warriors over 350 peasant farmers any day of the week. Speaking of that bastard Ketil, turns out he's a PHONY. Iron Fist Ketil is someone else entirely and he just so happens to coincidentally share the same name πŸ’€ he's been riding off of someone else's clout, what a FRAUD.
This piece of shit makes my blood boil now everytime he's on screen, I'm so repulsed to look at him. I knew he's good for nothing since he made his debut in the series. I'm just sorry for a reasonable man like Snake got into this clown's problems. But he has his honor to protect, as a warrior. I only see him, Thorgil and probably a veeery few men surviving this blood battle.


I would argue that Ketil was a good person, he always treated own slaves fair and good, you can see this by how awful he felt when kids were punished. Yes, he was obviously possessive over Arnheid but in the same time we saw what happened to his first love when he let her go and he didn't surrounded himself with young female slaves so we can't be sure if he would replace her by younger slave (possible but we can't be sure).

Quoting Joker: “All it takes is one bad day to reduce the sanest man alive to lunacy. That's how far the world is from where I am. Just one bad day.”


Franck_Nicolas said:
I feel like snake was lying to his men, and that ketil was indeed Iron fist.

Ketil being iron fist would explain why he has such a strong warrior son.


Nah, his older son just had luck to get proper training and not dying during battles.
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May 16, 2023 7:22 AM

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excited to see how Thorfinn will counter this situation and if he will meet Canute or not... 
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How's Thorgil so powerful if his father isn't Iron Fist Ketil? Makes it more impressive if he got his feat on his own instead of through his genes.
Thorkell said that Snake trained him ( episode 7 ), but he surely already had talent.
I can see him being inspired to be the next Iron-fist. Having similar body structure to his father, he believed that he had the potential and the means to become one.
May 16, 2023 7:48 AM
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The preparation for war has already been started and it looks like both the parties are ready to butt their heads in. Canute is here with his 100 men who are more than enough to wipe out the Ketil's entire farm. But, at least the farmers are a little motivated even if they're due to their own respective debt. On the other hand, Sanke is a loyal man. He won't leave the farm just like that. And, his men are loyal to him. We also got to know about the reality behind the 'Iron Fist Ketil'.

The plan to rescue Arnheid from the farm is on the way and seems like Leif wants to help Thorfinn's friend out from there. My poor girl Arnheid. Her condition is very critical. I hope she pulls through. But, that scenery of her with Gardar doesn't give me much hope. :( Throgil is planning to surprise attack Canute. That could be very risky for both parties.

Arnheid. Please.
Bruh, if you've been watching this anime until this moment, you should know that Ketil isn't the Iron Fist at all. I remember this was hinted somewhere in the first episodes of Season 2 (I think episode 7). 
Based on reviews, I can't believe there are many people who didn't notice that until now lol
May 16, 2023 9:31 AM

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Noo Pater-san went to the battle too? I was hoping he would leave with Thorfinn and co.

Also this show's previews sure aren't subtle at all. Arnheid is so gonna die next week. RIP in advance.
May 16, 2023 10:00 AM

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I'm predicting that Olmar is the one that survives, and Ketil along with Thorgil imminently fails.
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May 16, 2023 12:33 PM
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"Wait here with the children"

Well, she may be alive for now, but it seems her baby will not be.
May 16, 2023 1:31 PM
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That whole scene in which Arnheid is about to leave the forest (NO PLS NOT YET ;( is beautiful, from Gardar saying that he'll wait there for her with the children, to Thorfinn and Einar as a wolf and a stag, still fighting in the forest, who Arnheid wants to thank one last time before she moves on.


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May 16, 2023 2:51 PM

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I hope we can at least get to see a fight between Thorgil and Canute.
May 16, 2023 4:29 PM
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the battle begins. what an episode. I hope Thorfinn and Canute reunite in the upcomning episodes
May 16, 2023 9:38 PM
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Pre_Yum said:
The preparation for war has already been started and it looks like both the parties are ready to butt their heads in. Canute is here with his 100 men who are more than enough to wipe out the Ketil's entire farm. But, at least the farmers are a little motivated even if they're due to their own respective debt. On the other hand, Sanke is a loyal man. He won't leave the farm just like that. And, his men are loyal to him. We also got to know about the reality behind the 'Iron Fist Ketil'.

The plan to rescue Arnheid from the farm is on the way and seems like Leif wants to help Thorfinn's friend out from there. My poor girl Arnheid. Her condition is very critical. I hope she pulls through. But, that scenery of her with Gardar doesn't give me much hope. :( Throgil is planning to surprise attack Canute. That could be very risky for both parties.

Arnheid. Please.


I think Arnheid's husband along with her childrens including the one in her belly are dead, they might be pulling Simpnar + Arnheid happy ending by making them couple, the husband said I'll be waiting for you here with the childrens, the farm owner is probably going to die along with the eldest son, well idk about this one but I'm 50-50 on Einar + Arnheid couple route.
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