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Jul 29, 2019 4:22 AM
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I watched the preview of episode 5 and I think it'll be filler, am I wrong? I read the manga a long time ago and I don't remember if those scenes are cannon.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRC0_of8QIA
Jul 29, 2019 4:48 AM
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No, you are not wrong. Next two episodes will be mostly anime original.
Jul 29, 2019 5:01 AM
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Which is great imo.
Jul 29, 2019 5:15 AM
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i hope we are getting beach and swimsuit scene like in other anime fillers

just kiddin
Jul 29, 2019 5:53 AM
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I heard we were gonna get some filler about his childhood or something. Since its from WIT I'm ok with it. Anything to make this even better.
Jul 29, 2019 6:47 AM
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I would rather say anime original than filler since the term filler implies something negative in highly intellect anime community.

Having one or two anime original episodes showing how Thorfinn becomes a part of Askeladd group makes sense after the prologue. Otherwise it would feel quite awkward if they time skip it and move on to the actual story.
Jul 29, 2019 11:34 AM
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but why fillers right now in the anime why??
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Jul 29, 2019 11:42 AM
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245678 said:
but why fillers right now in the anime why??

Tbh the beginning part of the Vinland Saga manga didn't really explain how Thorfinn managed to be accepted in Askeladd's band. All we see is him as a teen.
Jul 29, 2019 7:50 PM
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Birdsanddrugs said:
245678 said:
but why fillers right now in the anime why??

Tbh the beginning part of the Vinland Saga manga didn't really explain how Thorfinn managed to be accepted in Askeladd's band. All we see is him as a teen.

Which I think is a good decision.
Jul 29, 2019 8:09 PM

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They are probably gonna pad the content in order to finish this before
, which imo is a perfect ending for the first season (if they ever plan on making another season)
Jul 30, 2019 12:00 AM

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It's okay. If there really was no explanation in the manga - then a wise decision as long as it doesn't ruin continuity. (Like ... showing him growing friendly with chars he suddenly later dislikes without explanation.)

If it shows flashbacks in the manga much later they could just adapt them earlier. With AoT the studio did a great job. (In some season they also had some later stuff a lil bit as teaser.) Director-wise this one seems to have done some nice stuff. (Even though not always as main director.)

I think we are fine if they keep this pace.
Jul 30, 2019 12:20 AM

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hope it'll be fine
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Jul 30, 2019 2:53 AM

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draco11 said:
Birdsanddrugs said:

Tbh the beginning part of the Vinland Saga manga didn't really explain how Thorfinn managed to be accepted in Askeladd's band. All we see is him as a teen.

Which I think is a good decision.

I also think that, but I trust wit studio, let's see what they are going to do. I just hope they keep the pace and quality.
Jul 30, 2019 5:36 AM
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If this is for some detail information about the carracters, that will be great.. i put hight expectation for this anime, event i'm not a manga reader..
Jul 31, 2019 11:36 PM

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In the manga the episodes so far were flashback. As for anime deciding to start with flashback, I still don't agree as because of that anime lost out on the hype that the adaptation of the first chapter could bring but hype aside, starting with this flashback made it into a better story.

The fewer flashbacks and time jumps there are, the easier it is to follow the story. Adding in some filler in here makes sense for anime. What else are they going to do, adapt the first chapter while 16-ish Thorfinn is already a badass jumping in the battle on his own... that's quite a huge time-jump from where the story in anime is right now.
Aug 1, 2019 1:39 AM
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Thats concerning
Aug 1, 2019 3:13 AM

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It seems to be great. We'll probably see Thornfinn develop his skills and get closer to the group. Maybe we'll see some early raids too.
Aug 1, 2019 3:41 AM

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One thing is anime original content, which might be added or not into an adaptation because artistic freedom exists, and doesn't necessarily mean the events of the original are put on standby because they change or add some things. Some shows even show improvement over the source material with these changes. And then there's filler, which is very intrusive anime original content which main purpose is "making time" so they don't get ahead of the manga.

Talking about filler only makes sense in long-running series like Naruto or One Piece, definitely not in something like Vinland Saga that will most likely never get anywhere close to the point of the manga, and even less after only 4 episodes.
Aug 1, 2019 11:58 AM
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Shaka said:
Thats concerning


Not really, WIT did the same with the 1st season of Aot, from a narrative perspective its a good choice
Aug 1, 2019 5:31 PM

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Beach episode with Ylva, clearly.
Aug 2, 2019 6:29 AM
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If it's a orginal episode to help the Story and make it follow better then it should be fine .
Aug 6, 2019 9:19 PM
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Mattinator95 said:
If it's a orginal episode to help the Story and make it follow better then it should be fine .


^ from what I heard, it does exactly that. I also heard that the author himself supervised and overlooked these episodes as well

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