Vinland Saga 2x09 Reaction

This episode had me in Aw forever after, honestly probably my favorite as well

Im definitely blinded by recency bias, but this might be my favorite episode of anything ever

when i watched s1and then immediately started read the manga because i loved it i never imagined thorfinn would become probably my favourite character in all media. i started recommending it later because i actually started this show because someone here recommended it to me, but my point is that as much as i loved season 1 it's nothing compared to the love i have for the rest of the manga, so i started recommending it immediately specially for this moment. i knew you would adore and be as obsessed as me with thorfinn's character arc. the only episode rated higher on imdb is s1 finale. i would say this is probably my favourite episode of the anime, along s1 finale, but not my favourite from the manga. but it's still up there. theres something so beautiful about someone leaving a life of violence and wanting to be reborn and atone for what they did. kinda similar to the show barry in that regard, thought the shows couldn't be more different 😂 and yes, some people have already said it but it's really funny how complete opposites thorfinn and eren's characters and stories are. while i've always said i'm not the biggest eren fan i've always admited that he's an amazing character that's extremely well written. both thorfinn and eren are two of the best written characters from the animes i've seen.

This episode really reminds me of the first seasons episode "Out of the Cradle". When Canute has the dream about Ragnar and then the Priest describes "Love" to him. Both characters coming to terms with a specific realization of who they want/need to be. Both wanting that change but going in opposite directions. Canute chose violence while Thorfinn chose peace.

people who dont like S2 are anime normies who only watch Shonen and have very small intelect, and are simply immature.

this is one of the best episodes so far in the show imo 🙌

This episode was insanity wow. Amazing

Another thing I really like about the episode is that Thors like Askeladd aren’t saying anything new. Askeladd is pretty much repeating his last words to Thorfinn (fight your true battle, become a true warrior etc) and it’s the same for Thors (you have no enemies etc). It shows that these words weren’t lost on Thorfinn, he just wasn’t ready to listen at the time but he is now at a point where he can grasp the meaning of those words and act on them

To clear up your enthusiasm about the writing: Yes, it was written down 1:1 like that. You are welcome to read Chapter 70 and Chapter 71 of Vinland Saga. Every image was simply taken from the manga, Mappa didn't have to do anything but put color and music over it. It's just a great story. https://ww2.readvinlandsaga.com/chapter/vinland-saga-chapter-70/

this and ep 4 so far are my fav eps. such beautiful episodes.

Rewatching the episode you can see Thors carries the bodies with him aswell. so good.

This show has gone to terrific territories that I did not expect at all. I'm super curious how Thorfinn's character progress further. Like, are we actually gonna have an anime protagonist that's not gonna fight? I really look forward to how this concept is gonna be dealt with. Pretty sure he's gonna be tested and challenged really hard in a time period like this. Amazing that an anime embraces pacifism unabashedly, especially for a Viking show lol, go figure. Really intriguing stuff.

I just love that Milena had a notepad and pen in her hand for this one. Also, name of the author of this story is MAKOTO YUKIMURA. This has been stated in comment sections of various reactions to this episode but i guess you should know it as well. When this episode aired Yukimura tweeted "I hope people are more ashamed to be violent. It would be nice if shooting felt as embarassing as bare dick" https://imgur.com/a/zvjLUhR (link to Screenshot of tweet) That's all we have to know what this story is about.

The word masterpiece gets thrown around too much but, this was one of the most beautiful episodes of anything I've ever watched. Thorfinn's voice actor even elevated it over the source material for me.