Vinland Saga 2x16 Reaction

this anime releases around midnight time here in my country, and after that cliffhanger it was the first time i waited for the next episode cause i wanted to see it the minute it drops. and it did not disappoint. what a fucking arc. i mean this episode is my favorite thing i've seen all year, out of all the movies and series i've seen. arnheid breaking down, voice actor is insane. the way snake dismounted and ran to sneak up on them, and the scene where thorfinn realized/felt him coming. every millisecond of snake's approach leading up to thorfinn's attempt to knock him out. askeladd appearing. every word he spoke to thorfinn, and thorfinn taking up the dagger stance. ugh. chills. i've seen it a dozen times. i subscribe to patreon today to see it again. still chills. haha

Hearing Arnheid cry during this episode literally broke me. She wanted nothing more than a simple life raising her child with her then husband. That's it. And all of that was ripped away from her. So in this current setting she's essentially moved on from the past (although I'm sure she thinks about it all the time which makes no sense but you know what I mean, lol.) and accepted a life being the mother of her child with Kettle.. but guess who shows back up? Her husband. So now she's back to thinking about him and the potential/hope that the two of them can be together again. I mean, that was the man she CHOSE to live her life with. There's very few things that are worse than accepting your fate in an unfortunate situation only to have a glimmer of hope be presented to you that you're not even sure you can rely on. It's just so sad for someone who is so good to be suffering so much. Seeing her break down and cry while washing those dishes as a slave. It's just heartbreaking. And don't even get me started on what must be going through Thorfinn's head while witnessing this. He knows that because of some of the things he's done in the past that he's participated in creating this situation in so many people's lives. He even said last episode how afraid he was that Arnheid might learn of his past.

I think the show's MVP is Yutaka Yamada and the music. It's so good. I've loved him as a composer since Tokyo Ghoul. It really elevates this story and the emotion in certain moments. The show has taken quite a long time this season to get going. I haven't loved it as much as S1 so far but it has a lot of potential. It can setup something really special for later so I'm eagerly awaiting the next step in Thorfinn's journey.

Hijacking this post to announce to the Mr. Robot fans that the 8th and final volume of the soundtrack has finally gotten an official release date, May 9th (aka. 5/9). Confirmation can be seen on Mac Quayle's Twitter.

While Arnheid was talking, I could hear "Glory" creep in. I started to get teary eyed, then the madman Yamada merges "Glory" with "Ahead of the road". How dare they use my two favorite tracks from this show in a single scene?

Fighting with daggers, when you see it now, really prepared him well for hand-to-hand combat. Dodging, sneaking in punches without lethal force.

次回の反応も楽しみ！

I love this series and I love you guys. Thank you for watching

It's okay ladies he's just doing what his daddy did , throwing these HANDS

i just finished the discussion and please, someone with time make compilation of all the different names milena called gardar because omg, she called him a different name every single time she talked about him. garland and arnheld are my favourite.

"we literally have to wait a week" now you feel like us feel when you watch an airing anime lol

askeladd giving thorfinn advice before he challenged snake feels like a parallel of when he coached up thorfinn to defeat thorkell. theres a really similar shot of askeladd over thorfinn’s shoulder too

i think thorfinn is the most realistic character ever created in a manga, his character development is a constant in this season, first he totally loses he lost the will to live, then he manages to find peace but at the same time he is haunted by people who he killed, so he decides to give up the violence, and never hurt anyone again, but he got into this situation with snake, and he realizes that to protect others he has to compromise, god i love his character

Snake looking at Thorfinn’s stance.. The contrast between Norse Warrior Thorfinn and True Warrior Thorfinn.. chefs kiss

The combat stance Thorfinn does almost got me teary-eyed. There's so much history, pain and suffering behind a single combat stance, and I love how Snake's body is giving him warning signs that he's dealing with an experienced warrior.

as he should be. he's one of the best characters ever written (in my opinion, i know not everyone thinks the same 😑) and he deserves the world. there's actually a panel of this manga i'd love to get tattooed but that won't be animated for years probably 💀 anyway, everyone give thorfinn a bit of love.

Don't worry, no more than two years until season 3. I expect fall/winter 2024.

The next couple of eps L&M are gonna be something special girls, so brace yourselves and to anyone on here who's anime-only. Get ready for peak fiction