How Vinland Saga S2 Crafted the GREATEST REDEMPTION ARC in All Anime!

Awesome video and truly vinland is easily in my top shows ever. Though kinda wish you had a talk about his scene with askeladd. That that whole scene is full of mixed emotions and was well done💯

Vinland saga = falconia

although I never liked Elmer, his story of realization that he isn't strong enough and isn't meant for war is nice to see

Well Canute blames God but his actual enemy is Satan

Bro everytime you say "asKee-lad" it annoys me. It's pronounced ASHEE-Lad.

Even the Japanese pronounce it right. Jeeeez!

This was one of the most beautiful video essays I have ever watched

I don’t think slavery was really the point in the arnheud parts. It is just to show the cycle of violence. Kettle was a victim off that cycle multiple times and nroke

Wonderful video! Season 2 is so masterfully created and underrated.

I don't know that I agree with your take on Snake. I don't see Snake being a villain. He might act like the majority of people and settle for the status quo of the time, but he wasn't a malicious person like Ketil or Kjallakr. He's an antagonist, but I wouldn't call him a villain. It was understandable why he felt Gardar needed to die. The fact that neither Thorfinn, Einar, Sverkel, nor Arnheid had any rebuttal for him shows he had a valid point about the value of Gardar's life vs. the nine people Gardar had killed.

Masterpiece

Amazing video. Honestly makes me appreciate season 2 a whole lot more, was unfortunately one of the ones that was kinda feelihg like it was getting a little boring since we didnt our GOAT actively fight again. But your vid makes me appreciate more the fight of becoming a true pacifist Thorfinn embarked on this season.

That scene with him beating Arnheid was somerhing i did not expect. My jaw dropped that whole sequence. The dynamic showcased was something ive never seen in anime.

That Canute shift in season was soooooo unexpected. The divergence bewteen Canute and Thorrfinn. MASTERPIECE

Bro gave us half a second to avoid major spoilers thanks

Love how after Einar pulled Thorfinn out of the mental Slums, he was kinda just there, Y’know giving the solid One liner, then It’s almost like they switched Places.

Season 2 had me zoning out half of the time due to meaningless exposition, poor pacing, lack of gravity or stakes in any situation, and flawed character logic.
Although the overarching theme of "everyone is a slave to something" is intriguing, if the scenes in each episode are boring, the significance of the character development implications falls flat.

I used to disagree strongly with arguments such as my own, but as season 2 developed, it became clear that the message was more important than the delivery.
Practices like:

1. A rushed family reunion? Haha, look at how funny his sister's physical abuse is!
2. a vital character dies- Move on!
3. Is King Canute changing his mind and war strategies? Make that a 10-second explanation!
4. The master (the biggest softie on earth) learns about his concubine escaping. You know the 'shock' factor I'm talking about, let's not BEAT a dead horse...

All the while talking nonsense to fill in the time, there's your 20 minutes, enjoy! Everything loses its impact. No situation has measurable effects. No episode weaves into the other.
You can argue about the show's "big brain setup," but if it's not entertaining to watch, then the logic falls apart. I get more immersed in lore when watching the Tellitubies worship their baby faced sun god.

Vinland Saga S2 has some of the best art I've seen in anime, with some of the least exciting writing possible. Masterpiece is a cope. It's mid.

"This video is rated S for spoilers"
I'm stealing this lol

Very nice vid

can someone help me ?
i watched 8 episodes of the first season and i found nothing interesting in this anime .
is it going to be better and change to something different ?
because the main character acts and his father philosophy was totally stupid to me .

I never thought snake as a villain.

A month ago in 7/10 (at 1am) i wanted to finish the second season of Vinland saga when i wake up but i woke up to a war. I couldn't finish it. it was hard for me to watch an anime about war and peace in a war. But yesterday i decided to finish it and it completely changed my view, now that i watch this video, it's just feels so real to just want peace and not wanting to fight. I wish all wars will end, and that the world will be a better place

I like Snake

Finished season 2 a couple of hours ago. Easily one of the best anime arcs ever, wow, could never imagine crying over characters only having conversations as often as this. Truly mindblowing

This show was so human and beautiful it really touched me.

Hollow Knight soundtrack makes such an amazing video even better
congratulations man!

I can see how some might not like the slower pace and reduced “action” (especially after the first season), but i loved both seasons. I can’t think of a single show that i’d hold in higher regard (a non-anime show).

Love everything about this season, but the reunion between Thorfinn and his family was stupid beyond belief and it makes ms way more angry than it should, but I can’t help it it’s so so so stupid

You had the opportunity to create one of the most beautiful moments in anime history and they start with a stupid comedic shtick with his sister and and the other Thorfinn guy, what on earth made someone believe this was a good idea

Again it just the biggest wasted opportunity I have ever seen and the fact it was replaced by a stupid shtick makes me even angrier

I hate it and thinking about it makes my blood boil

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Please do more anime analysis videos!!!

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As a Christian I feel that Vinland Saga, while I like it and it is a good story, will lead people away from God.

Thorfinn goals are admirable, to have a land of peace on earth, and the world would be better if Thorfinn was a real person, but his goals are not possible. Vinland is heaven, and we won’t see anything like that this side of death.

The last two episodes of this made me feel something I don’t know what but it was a similar feeling I had when I finished ds1 truly a masterpiece.

This is by far one the best analysis of Vinland saga I’ve ever seen. I hope you get the views you deserve.

I remember reading this Farmland Saga and found it boring. Now that I think about it, it was written for immense character development.

"Blessed are the meek"
Meekness isn't the same as harmlessness. It means being capable of violence and aggression, but choosing to be peaceful.

I think Season 2 is better than Season 1.
S1 was badass, but S2 made me feel.

Vinland Saga being a stylized telling of the [probably spoilers but history nerds will know as VINLAND is the big hint] is absolutely fantastic to me. So many real life characters and effort in making it historically accurate (relatively speaking) makes me so incredibly happy. Cnut (Canute is also acceptable), Thorfinn, Thorkel (IRL he was Thorkel the Tall.. no bullshit), Leif Ericson, Ketill, and so many others are all people that really existed and the series tried quite hard to put them in roles that mimicked their real lives.

The absolutely stunning part isnt the amazing writing, the incredibly deep and well developed characters, or the beautifully animated settings, its that they put faces and personalities to the absolute GIANTS of the real Viking era.

The thing tho ketil didn’t free the male slaves out of the goodness of his heart but rather, he did that then hired them to work in his farm. It would make the slaves work harder and them still serving him once they’re free. His good deeds were to serve himself, hence the reason y he’d never get rid of arnheid as freeing her won’t benefit himself. His father said that Ketil was greedy, so once all his wealth and farm was threatened to be lost, lost it.

So many people liked season 2? I just finished it and was very disappointed compared to season 1! There are too many gaps in the story. Also, the fights were... could be better. Thornfin can't help Snake when he is getting shocked by a half-dead man? King Canut gets saved by having his teacher throw a sword at the wrist of Thorgil? piercing it halfway like a spear?

I didn’t really like this season, side characters got more story and it felt like they got more screen time then the main character and most of the stuff he does is finished in one or two episodes but a random couple get like 5 or 10 episodes to get little done

Literally made me laugh within the first 5 seconds 😂😂

Honesty, I'd say Snake is more like an Anti Hero. He does do questionable things, like staying with Ketil, and Kill Armhide's husband. He never did anything truly evil. He's a good man who just does questionable things. To call him a villain would just ignore the good he did. He stopped Ketil from killing Arnhide (or at least he tried), he treated the slaves like human beings, stopped Fox from killing Thorfin, looked after his men, and looked after the Old Master.

I went into vinland saga blind. Without watching any trailer or videos about it. It was recommended to me on netflix. And i have to say, by the end of season 2, I knew i have witnessed a masterpiece.

This Season was trash 😂