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ヴィンランド・サガ [Vinland Saga] #29
Vinland Saga, vol. 29
Ambientada en la Escandinavia vikinga del siglo XI, esta es la historia de Thorfinn y su búsqueda del significado de ser un verdadero guerrero. Tras una vida marcada por la venganza y la esclavitud, alcanza la tierra prometida de Vinland con el sueño de fundar un país en paz. Pero las disonancias entre su pueblo y los nativos de Vinland son cada vez más grandes y la epidemia ha dejado estragos inimaginables.
Thorfinn declara ante el jefe de los nativos su retirada y un plan para evitar la guerra. Por un momento parece que la situación se calma, pero un acontecimiento sin precedentes impulsa a los partidarios de la guerra a actuar, las negociaciones fracasan y finalmente estalla el enfrentamiento.
¿Dónde acabará el sueño de Thorfinn...?
Thorfinn declara ante el jefe de los nativos su retirada y un plan para evitar la guerra. Por un momento parece que la situación se calma, pero un acontecimiento sin precedentes impulsa a los partidarios de la guerra a actuar, las negociaciones fracasan y finalmente estalla el enfrentamiento.
¿Dónde acabará el sueño de Thorfinn...?
288 pages, Paperback
First published July 25, 2025
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July 27, 2026
وینلند ساگا برای من انگار چهار مانگای مختلفه که زیر یه اسم چاپ شدن.
آرک اسکلاد (پرولوگ) و آرک مزرعه بدون شک بهترین بخشهای کل اثرن و دو روی یه سکه محسوب میشن. دو آرکی که به نظرم نه فقط جزو بهترین های صنعت مانگا هستن، بلکه هم رده‌ی مانگاهایی مثل برزرکن و میشه گفت بیشتر به ژانر سینن نزدیکن تا شونن. اولی یه تراژدی تلخ درباره نفرت، انتقام و جنگه و دومی درباره اینه که بعد از اون همه خشونت و ویرانی چطور میشه هنوز انسان موند. یکی از بزرگترین نقاط قوت دوتا آرک اول خصوصا آرک مزرعه اینه که جنگ رو فقط از زاویه دید برنده ها روایت نمیکنن بلکه داستان بازمانده‌ها رو هم نشون میدن. توی بیشتر داستان‌های وایکینگی، حمله و غارت یه جور ماجراجویی حماسیه. کشتی‌ها راه می‌افتن، روستاها رو آتیش میزنن، با دشمنشون میجنگن، غنیمت میگیرن و برمیگردن. اما وینلند مدام ازت میپرسه اون روستایی‌هایی که غارت شدن چی؟ اون زنها و بچه‌هایی که اسیر شدن چی؟ اون برده‌هایی که توی بازار فروخته شدن چی؟ سربازهای کشته شده چی؟ شخصیت‌هایی مثل اینار اصلاً قهرمان جنگ نیستن، اونا قربانی جنگن. برای همین وقتی تورفین از خشونت فاصله میگیره فقط به خاطر عذاب وجدان خودش نیست بلکه چون بالاخره داره آدم‌هایی رو میبینه که تمام عمرش براش خسارت جانبی بودن. حتی خود مزرعه هم یه جور یادگار جنگه. ثروت کتیل، برده‌ها، زمین‌ها و کل نظام اقتصادی‌ای که میبینیم تا حدی روی نتایج همون لشکرکشی‌ها و خشونت‌ها بنا شده. یوکیمورا خیلی خوب نشون میده که جنگ فقط میدان نبرد نیست؛ سایه‌اش سالها بعد روی زندگی آدم‌های عادی باقی میمونه. برای همین پرولوگ و آرک مزرعه اینقدر متفاوت و ماندگارن. چون فقط سؤالشون این نیست که چه کسی در جنگ پیروز شد؟ بلکه سؤال اصلیشون اینه که بعد از تموم شدن جنگ، چه بلایی سر آدم ها اومد؟
اما از بالتیک سی به بعد یه‌جورایی حس کردم دارم یه مانگای دیگه میخونم. داستان این آرک خیلی شونن‌تر میشه، شخصیت‌ها اغراق‌آمیزتر میشن، شوخی‌ها بیشتر میشن، و اون فضای سنگین و واقع‌گرای دوتا آرک اول کم کم عقب میره. تو پرولوگ و آرک مزرعه، جنگ تقریباً همیشه زشت، کثیف و تراژیکه. ولی تو بالتیک سی جنگ بیشتر شبیه ماجراجویی اکشن و هیجان‌انگیزه تا فاجعه‌ای انسانی و فن سرویس زیاد داره. ولی خب سرعت آرکش زیاده و کوتاه ترین آرک مانگا هم هست و لزوماً من این تغییر لحن رو نکته منفی نمیدونم به خصوص بعد از فضای سنگین دوتا آرک قبلی.
و بعد میرسیم به آرک وینلند. آرکی که بیشترین شباهت رو با داستان تاریخی اصلی داره. احتمالا قبل از خوندن آرک آخر، اکثر خواننده ها انتظار داشتن که این آرک اثبات کنه که راه تورفین جواب میده اما هرچی داستان جلوتر میره بیشتر شبیه آزمونی میشه که مدام داره محدودیت‌های ایده‌ی تورفین رو نشون میده. آرک آخر خیلی خوب تموم میشه ولی به نظرم زیاد از حد کش اومد و میتونست بیست تا چپتر کمتر باشه.
شاید بهترین خلاصه برای دنیای وینلند همون جمله معروف توسیدید باشه: «نیرومندان آنچه را میتوانند انجام میدهند و ضعیفان آنچه را ناگزیرند تحمل میکنند.»
وینلند ساگا در نهایت داستان تلاش تورفین برای فرار از همین قانونه.
اینکه این تلاش رو آرمانگرایانه بدونیم یا ساده‌لوحانه، احتمالاً به نگاه خودمون به انسان و تاریخ بستگی داره.
آرک اسکلاد (پرولوگ) و آرک مزرعه بدون شک بهترین بخشهای کل اثرن و دو روی یه سکه محسوب میشن. دو آرکی که به نظرم نه فقط جزو بهترین های صنعت مانگا هستن، بلکه هم رده‌ی مانگاهایی مثل برزرکن و میشه گفت بیشتر به ژانر سینن نزدیکن تا شونن. اولی یه تراژدی تلخ درباره نفرت، انتقام و جنگه و دومی درباره اینه که بعد از اون همه خشونت و ویرانی چطور میشه هنوز انسان موند. یکی از بزرگترین نقاط قوت دوتا آرک اول خصوصا آرک مزرعه اینه که جنگ رو فقط از زاویه دید برنده ها روایت نمیکنن بلکه داستان بازمانده‌ها رو هم نشون میدن. توی بیشتر داستان‌های وایکینگی، حمله و غارت یه جور ماجراجویی حماسیه. کشتی‌ها راه می‌افتن، روستاها رو آتیش میزنن، با دشمنشون میجنگن، غنیمت میگیرن و برمیگردن. اما وینلند مدام ازت میپرسه اون روستایی‌هایی که غارت شدن چی؟ اون زنها و بچه‌هایی که اسیر شدن چی؟ اون برده‌هایی که توی بازار فروخته شدن چی؟ سربازهای کشته شده چی؟ شخصیت‌هایی مثل اینار اصلاً قهرمان جنگ نیستن، اونا قربانی جنگن. برای همین وقتی تورفین از خشونت فاصله میگیره فقط به خاطر عذاب وجدان خودش نیست بلکه چون بالاخره داره آدم‌هایی رو میبینه که تمام عمرش براش خسارت جانبی بودن. حتی خود مزرعه هم یه جور یادگار جنگه. ثروت کتیل، برده‌ها، زمین‌ها و کل نظام اقتصادی‌ای که میبینیم تا حدی روی نتایج همون لشکرکشی‌ها و خشونت‌ها بنا شده. یوکیمورا خیلی خوب نشون میده که جنگ فقط میدان نبرد نیست؛ سایه‌اش سالها بعد روی زندگی آدم‌های عادی باقی میمونه. برای همین پرولوگ و آرک مزرعه اینقدر متفاوت و ماندگارن. چون فقط سؤالشون این نیست که چه کسی در جنگ پیروز شد؟ بلکه سؤال اصلیشون اینه که بعد از تموم شدن جنگ، چه بلایی سر آدم ها اومد؟
اما از بالتیک سی به بعد یه‌جورایی حس کردم دارم یه مانگای دیگه میخونم. داستان این آرک خیلی شونن‌تر میشه، شخصیت‌ها اغراق‌آمیزتر میشن، شوخی‌ها بیشتر میشن، و اون فضای سنگین و واقع‌گرای دوتا آرک اول کم کم عقب میره. تو پرولوگ و آرک مزرعه، جنگ تقریباً همیشه زشت، کثیف و تراژیکه. ولی تو بالتیک سی جنگ بیشتر شبیه ماجراجویی اکشن و هیجان‌انگیزه تا فاجعه‌ای انسانی و فن سرویس زیاد داره. ولی خب سرعت آرکش زیاده و کوتاه ترین آرک مانگا هم هست و لزوماً من این تغییر لحن رو نکته منفی نمیدونم به خصوص بعد از فضای سنگین دوتا آرک قبلی.
و بعد میرسیم به آرک وینلند. آرکی که بیشترین شباهت رو با داستان تاریخی اصلی داره. احتمالا قبل از خوندن آرک آخر، اکثر خواننده ها انتظار داشتن که این آرک اثبات کنه که راه تورفین جواب میده اما هرچی داستان جلوتر میره بیشتر شبیه آزمونی میشه که مدام داره محدودیت‌های ایده‌ی تورفین رو نشون میده. آرک آخر خیلی خوب تموم میشه ولی به نظرم زیاد از حد کش اومد و میتونست بیست تا چپتر کمتر باشه.
شاید بهترین خلاصه برای دنیای وینلند همون جمله معروف توسیدید باشه: «نیرومندان آنچه را میتوانند انجام میدهند و ضعیفان آنچه را ناگزیرند تحمل میکنند.»
وینلند ساگا در نهایت داستان تلاش تورفین برای فرار از همین قانونه.
اینکه این تلاش رو آرمانگرایانه بدونیم یا ساده‌لوحانه، احتمالاً به نگاه خودمون به انسان و تاریخ بستگی داره.
July 27, 2025
"What sprouted were prayers for the future. We must not let them die out."
It’s not a grand farewell. It’s not a dramatic finale. It’s a gentle plea that is rooted in soil, in tenderness, in hope. Every act of kindness, every seed of peace planted, is a prayer we leave behind. Even if the dream doesn’t last forever, it matters that it was dreamed at all. Peace, however fragile, is worth the struggle.
I get that much, but I feel empty as hell. Einar, brother, may your soul and everyone else's rest in peace... I couldn't take his departure. But maybe this emptiness isn’t a void. Maybe it’s the stillness that follows a long, hard storm. The ache of letting go. This is proof that endings, even hopeful ones, can still break your heart. Let me lay down and contemplate. Thank you for this journey.
[Chapters 210 - 220]
It’s not a grand farewell. It’s not a dramatic finale. It’s a gentle plea that is rooted in soil, in tenderness, in hope. Every act of kindness, every seed of peace planted, is a prayer we leave behind. Even if the dream doesn’t last forever, it matters that it was dreamed at all. Peace, however fragile, is worth the struggle.
I get that much, but I feel empty as hell. Einar, brother, may your soul and everyone else's rest in peace... I couldn't take his departure. But maybe this emptiness isn’t a void. Maybe it’s the stillness that follows a long, hard storm. The ache of letting go. This is proof that endings, even hopeful ones, can still break your heart. Let me lay down and contemplate. Thank you for this journey.
[Chapters 210 - 220]
Review of advance copy
Żegnaj Thorfinn, może jeszcze kiedyś się spotkamy, jeśli nie w Winlandii to choćby na Islandii 🥹
August 18, 2026
Siamo arrivati alla fine di questo incredibile viaggio e io non so più cosa ne sarà della mia vita d'ora in avanti.
Vinland Saga l'ho scoperto relativamente tardi, ma mi ha presa tantissimo, tanto che ora è uno dei miei manga preferiti.
La conclusione è assolutamente coerente con quanto ci è stato narrato nel corso della serie: la guerra è il male assoluto, e una persona come Thorfinn, che l'ha vissuta sulla sua stessa pelle (sperimentando anche emozioni intense quali l'odio, la cattiveria e la violenza), lo sa fin troppo bene.
Vivere nella propria ignoranza senza voler conoscere il prossimo, bensì puntandogli il dito contro senza invece cercare un confronto pacifico, è ciò che causa questo tipo di male.
Ma per questo bisogna smettere di essere gentili? Assolutamente no.
E Thorfinn lo ha dimostrato.
L'evoluzione di questo personaggio è stata spettacolare e penso che sia una tra le più belle nell'intero universo anime/manga.
Il modo in cui si stacca da ciò che è stato in passato senza però dimenticare ciò che ha fatto, bensì cercando di porre rimedio facendo del bene, è stato intenso e commovente.
In tutto questo, però, la mia valutazione non è di cinque stelle piene a causa di tre motivi principali.
Il primo è legato al fatto che non sappiamo che fine hanno fatto tutti gli altri personaggi che non hanno fatto parte dell'ultimo arco narrativo.
Per carità, erano ormai personaggi di sfondo, ma ammetto che mi sarebbe piaciuto rivedere Canuto prima della fine effettiva.
Lo vediamo a un certo punto in qualche tavola nel penultimo volume, okay, ma non ha avuto una vera e propria risoluzione, secondo me.
È rimasto tutto molto in sospeso, ecco.
Il secondo punto è legato a ciò che succede con Einar.
Forse sarà solo una mia impressione, ma l'ho trovato così veloce che non ho nemmeno avuto il tempo di elaborare quanto accaduto, e considerando che si tratta di qualcosa di importante, speravo in un maggiore approfondimento.
Il terzo punto è legato più a una considerazione personale che avevo già fatto in precedenza, ovvero che l'unico personaggio femminile degno di nota è Hild, cosa che in parte mi fa piacere perché almeno la sua caratterizzazione non si è persa per strada durante lo svolgersi della serie, dall'altro invece mi dispiace perché, insomma, c'erano anche altri personaggi femminili che secondo me meritavano di spiccare di più, Cordelia in primis.
Detto ciò, a parte le mie considerazioni finali, non posso negare che quest'opera sia mastodontica, un vero e proprio gioiello sotto innumerevoli punti di vista.
La rileggerò con piacere, più avanti.
Vinland Saga l'ho scoperto relativamente tardi, ma mi ha presa tantissimo, tanto che ora è uno dei miei manga preferiti.
La conclusione è assolutamente coerente con quanto ci è stato narrato nel corso della serie: la guerra è il male assoluto, e una persona come Thorfinn, che l'ha vissuta sulla sua stessa pelle (sperimentando anche emozioni intense quali l'odio, la cattiveria e la violenza), lo sa fin troppo bene.
Vivere nella propria ignoranza senza voler conoscere il prossimo, bensì puntandogli il dito contro senza invece cercare un confronto pacifico, è ciò che causa questo tipo di male.
Ma per questo bisogna smettere di essere gentili? Assolutamente no.
E Thorfinn lo ha dimostrato.
L'evoluzione di questo personaggio è stata spettacolare e penso che sia una tra le più belle nell'intero universo anime/manga.
Il modo in cui si stacca da ciò che è stato in passato senza però dimenticare ciò che ha fatto, bensì cercando di porre rimedio facendo del bene, è stato intenso e commovente.
In tutto questo, però, la mia valutazione non è di cinque stelle piene a causa di tre motivi principali.
Il primo è legato al fatto che non sappiamo che fine hanno fatto tutti gli altri personaggi che non hanno fatto parte dell'ultimo arco narrativo.
Per carità, erano ormai personaggi di sfondo, ma ammetto che mi sarebbe piaciuto rivedere Canuto prima della fine effettiva.
Lo vediamo a un certo punto in qualche tavola nel penultimo volume, okay, ma non ha avuto una vera e propria risoluzione, secondo me.
È rimasto tutto molto in sospeso, ecco.
Il secondo punto è legato a ciò che succede con Einar.
Forse sarà solo una mia impressione, ma l'ho trovato così veloce che non ho nemmeno avuto il tempo di elaborare quanto accaduto, e considerando che si tratta di qualcosa di importante, speravo in un maggiore approfondimento.
Il terzo punto è legato più a una considerazione personale che avevo già fatto in precedenza, ovvero che l'unico personaggio femminile degno di nota è Hild, cosa che in parte mi fa piacere perché almeno la sua caratterizzazione non si è persa per strada durante lo svolgersi della serie, dall'altro invece mi dispiace perché, insomma, c'erano anche altri personaggi femminili che secondo me meritavano di spiccare di più, Cordelia in primis.
Detto ciò, a parte le mie considerazioni finali, non posso negare che quest'opera sia mastodontica, un vero e proprio gioiello sotto innumerevoli punti di vista.
La rileggerò con piacere, più avanti.
September 3, 2025
Vinland Saga is one of the greatest stories I’ve ever experienced. While the final chapters felt slightly underwhelming compared to the incredibly high standard Yukimura-sensei had set throughout the series, the conclusion was still deeply satisfying. The ending wasn’t perfect, but it was meaningful, fitting, and stayed true to the heart of the story.
All in all, I feel honored to have been part of this voyage. Vinland Saga is a masterpiece that will stay with me, and I know it will remain one of the best manga I’ve ever read for the rest of my life. It also gives me hope in these dark times—that peace is attainable. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but someday we will reach it. We are still on the "Thousand-year Voyage" that Thorfinn started.
All in all, I feel honored to have been part of this voyage. Vinland Saga is a masterpiece that will stay with me, and I know it will remain one of the best manga I’ve ever read for the rest of my life. It also gives me hope in these dark times—that peace is attainable. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but someday we will reach it. We are still on the "Thousand-year Voyage" that Thorfinn started.
July 26, 2025
إلى اللقاء من أفضل الأعمال التي قرأتها واستمتعت بها سواء مانجا أو أنمي
شكرااااا للكاتب بجد على الرحلة الممتعة دي ومبسوطة إن فيه مكان ممكن أوصل شكري للكاتب منه 😭🤍🤍
النهاية المثالية لمعضلة ثوروفين والتي تثبت صدق ثوروفين في طلبه للسلام 🌼
"هل أنت جاد فيما تقول؟!
هل تقول أن التضحية بحياة اللنو تستحق لكي تأخذ هذه الجزيرة؟! " - ثوروفين
على الجانب الآخر في الحياة الواقعية فيه كائنات -لا يمكن تسميتهم بشرا- عادي تستحل دم الآخرين عشان تاخد الأرض وتستحل إبادة جماعية وتجويع 💔🇵🇸
وداعا ثورفين 🤍
وداعا إينار 🤍
وكل الشخصيات التي رافقتني 🤍
🌸🤍ありがとうございます🤍🌸
شكرااااا للكاتب بجد على الرحلة الممتعة دي ومبسوطة إن فيه مكان ممكن أوصل شكري للكاتب منه 😭🤍🤍
النهاية المثالية لمعضلة ثوروفين والتي تثبت صدق ثوروفين في طلبه للسلام 🌼
"هل أنت جاد فيما تقول؟!
هل تقول أن التضحية بحياة اللنو تستحق لكي تأخذ هذه الجزيرة؟! " - ثوروفين
على الجانب الآخر في الحياة الواقعية فيه كائنات -لا يمكن تسميتهم بشرا- عادي تستحل دم الآخرين عشان تاخد الأرض وتستحل إبادة جماعية وتجويع 💔🇵🇸
وداعا ثورفين 🤍
وداعا إينار 🤍
وكل الشخصيات التي رافقتني 🤍
🌸🤍ありがとうございます🤍🌸
July 26, 2025
به پایان آمد این دفتر حکایت همچنان باقی
به صد دفتر نشاید گفت حسب‌الحال مشتاقی
خب این هم از پایان حماسه وینلاند
یک پایان لایت و گسل باز
یعنی دیگه انگار حوصله نداشت بنویسه، البته شاید برای تورفین داستان تا همین اندازه بود
ولی ما دوست داشتیم راجع به تورکل و عاقبتش بیشتر بخونیم. مثلا آخراش رو جوری نشون میداد که تورکل هنوز تشنه جنگ و دعواست
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یعنی دیگه انگار حوصله نداشت بنویسه، البته شاید برای تورفین داستان تا همین اندازه بود
ولی ما دوست داشتیم راجع به تورکل و عاقبتش بیشتر بخونیم. مثلا آخراش رو جوری نشون میداد که تورکل هنوز تشنه جنگ و دعواست
دوست داشتیم اون جنگجویی که با تورکل مبارزه کرد رو هم بدونیم کجاست چی شد
دوست داشتیم داستانی راجع به هیلد بدونیم، بالاخره کی دل هیلد رو می بره
حتی دوست داشتم ببینم مثلا چند سال میگذره و اون بومی که تورفین بهش گفت شمشیرتو بنداز توی دریا به دردت نمیخوره با اون شمشیر چیکار کرد
و کونوت..
و خیلی دیگه از این موارد..
از همین جهت ها هست که این پایان رو پایان جالبی برای داستان در نظر نمیگیرم
حیف شد
شاید یک روز ساید استوری هایی نوشته بشه ازش..
شاید..
اما هر چی باشه از پایان اتک که بهتر بود 😂😂😂😂✌
August 7, 2025
Romanian review: „Vinland Saga” a ajuns la final și pot spune că este una dintre cele mai bune serii manga scrise vreodată.
Întregul arc narativ se concentrează pe întemeierea coloniei Vinland și pe interacțiunile cu nativii americani, nordicii încercând să comunice cu aceștia, să conviețuiască și să stabilească relații comerciale. Din păcate, diferențele culturale și, mai ales, apariția unor boli aduse de europeni, care decimează populația nativă, duc inevitabil la conflicte.
În ultimii ani s-a discutat foarte mult despre modul în care Makoto Yukimura va alege să încheie povestea — dacă va opta pentru un final fidel adevărului istoric sau pentru unul optimist. În realitate, colonia întemeiată de Thorfinn în America nu a rezistat. Personal, mi-a plăcut soluția aleasă de Yukimura, care a oferit o concluzie satisfăcătoare pentru poveste: .
Unul dintre cele mai memorabile momente ale acestui arc este cel în care șamanul tribului de nativi americani are o viziune. El vede cum vor evolua pământurile lor odată cu apariția omului alb, punctul culminant fiind scena în care asistă la testele nucleare de la Alamogordo. Pentru mine, acel moment a fost fascinant.
Mi-ar fi plăcut ca Yukimura să ne ofere câteva informații despre anumite personaje din arcurile narative anterioare; din păcate, pe multe dintre ele nu le mai revedem. Este adevărat că poveștile lor erau, într-o anumită măsură, încheiate, dar câteva cadre în numărul final ar fi fost binevenite pentru a ne lua rămas bun de la ele.
Transformarea lui Thorfinn dintr-un tânăr însetat de răzbunare într-un pacifist convins, care își trăiește viața după dictonul „nu am niciun dușman”, va rămâne memorabilă. Mă bucur că popularitatea seriei a răspândit, măcar puțin, filozofia păcii și iertării printre tinerii pasionați de anime și manga.
În final, deși este evident că adevăratul Thorfinn nu putea avea principii morale atât de apropiate de cele din prezent, faptul că a ales să navigheze spre America, într-o epocă în care vikingii își câștigau gloria prin jafuri în Europa, sugerează că poate a visat și el la o lume mai bună. Poate că există un strop de adevăr în această poveste spusă la peste un mileniu de la moartea personajului istoric. Cu această idee și-a încheiat Yukimura seria, așa că mi-am dorit să-mi închei și eu recenzia tot cu ea.
English review: "Vinland Saga" has come to an end, and I can say it is one of the best manga series ever written.
The final story arc focuses on the founding of the Vinland colony and on the interactions with Native Americans — the Norse attempting to communicate with them, live together, and establish trade relations. Unfortunately, cultural differences and, most of all, the outbreak of diseases brought by Europeans, which decimate the native population, inevitably lead to conflict.
In recent years, there has been much discussion about how Makoto Yukimura would choose to end the story — whether he would opt for a historically accurate conclusion or a more optimistic one. In reality, the colony founded by Thorfinn in America did not survive. Personally, I liked the solution Yukimura chose, which brought a satisfying close to the narrative: .
One of the most memorable moments in this arc is when the shaman of the Native American tribe has a vision. He is shown how their lands will change with the arrival of the white man, the climax being the vision of the nuclear tests at Alamogordo. For me, that scene was fascinating.
I would have liked Yukimura to give us some updates on certain characters from previous arcs; unfortunately, many of them never reappear. True, their stories were, to some extent, concluded, but a few panels in the final chapter would have been a welcome farewell.
Thorfinn’s transformation from a revenge-driven youth into a committed pacifist who lives by the motto “I have no enemies” will remain unforgettable. I’m glad the series’ popularity has helped spread, even a little, the philosophy of peace and forgiveness among young anime and manga fans.
In the end, although it is clear that the real Thorfinn could not have held moral principles so close to modern ideals, the fact that he chose to sail to America — in an era when Vikings earned their glory by raiding across Europe — suggests that perhaps he, too, dreamed of a better world. Maybe there is a grain of truth in this story told more than a millennium after the historical figure’s death. With this thought, Yukimura closed his series, so I wanted to end my review the same way.
July 4, 2026
Semplicemente uno dei manga più importanti degli ultimi vent'anni. Una persona con più energie di me traccerebbe dei confronti con Attack on Titan, ma io che sono pigro lascerò elaborare al mio subconscio. Sperando di trarne qualche lezione su questa spirale di odio, violenza, cupidigia, egoismo, intolleranza che sembrano far parte del dna umano.
E dato che siamo impermeabili alle lezioni del passato, miopi di fronte al presente e ciechi verso i tempi futuri (che si prospettano tutt'altro che rosei, più vicini alla nuvoletta del fungo atomico), forse la più grande qualità di queste opere di finzione è di saper rendere più vividi e reali questo genere di orrori, e gli effetti che ne conseguono, di quanto non siano in grado di trasmettere i testi scolastici con la loro natura accademica (e forse per questo meno umana).
La finzione percepita più reale del reale.
Ma noi siamo una società elitaria, e i fumetti sono ancora visti come intrattenimento popolare di bassa lega. Quanta pazienza...
E dato che siamo impermeabili alle lezioni del passato, miopi di fronte al presente e ciechi verso i tempi futuri (che si prospettano tutt'altro che rosei, più vicini alla nuvoletta del fungo atomico), forse la più grande qualità di queste opere di finzione è di saper rendere più vividi e reali questo genere di orrori, e gli effetti che ne conseguono, di quanto non siano in grado di trasmettere i testi scolastici con la loro natura accademica (e forse per questo meno umana).
La finzione percepita più reale del reale.
Ma noi siamo una società elitaria, e i fumetti sono ancora visti come intrattenimento popolare di bassa lega. Quanta pazienza...
July 25, 2025
Vivimos en un mundo en el que hay violencia, guerras y esclavitud y 'Vinland Saga' es un alegato a favor de la paz, la no violencia y las relaciones de igual a igual.
Desconocía esta obra y empecé a ver la 1 Temporada del anime hace un par de años pensando que sería un anime sobre peleas de vikingos pero la 2 Temporada cambió por completo mi visión sobre ella. Empecé el manga y avancé más allá de la 2 Temporada del anime y esta obra me terminó de enamorar por completo.
El odio o la venganza son sentimientos que contaminan nuestros corazones y la bondad o la empatía son sentimientos que hacen florecer nuestro corazón, Thorfinn a lo largo de la obra nos lo demuestra. 'Vinland Saga' también nos habla sobre lo importante qué es tener a personas a nuestro alrededor que nos quieran (familia, amigos o pareja) y hay personas como Einar que son muy necesarias cuando estamos en un pozo y esas personas nos sacan de él. También nos habla del perdón, Hild es un ejemplo de ello.
Sueño con un mundo dónde las guerras o la esclavitud desaparezcan al igual que Thorfinn y todos/as tenemos que esforzanos para que exista un mundo así. Gracias Makoto Yukimura por haber hecho esta obra.
Desconocía esta obra y empecé a ver la 1 Temporada del anime hace un par de años pensando que sería un anime sobre peleas de vikingos pero la 2 Temporada cambió por completo mi visión sobre ella. Empecé el manga y avancé más allá de la 2 Temporada del anime y esta obra me terminó de enamorar por completo.
El odio o la venganza son sentimientos que contaminan nuestros corazones y la bondad o la empatía son sentimientos que hacen florecer nuestro corazón, Thorfinn a lo largo de la obra nos lo demuestra. 'Vinland Saga' también nos habla sobre lo importante qué es tener a personas a nuestro alrededor que nos quieran (familia, amigos o pareja) y hay personas como Einar que son muy necesarias cuando estamos en un pozo y esas personas nos sacan de él. También nos habla del perdón, Hild es un ejemplo de ello.
Sueño con un mundo dónde las guerras o la esclavitud desaparezcan al igual que Thorfinn y todos/as tenemos que esforzanos para que exista un mundo así. Gracias Makoto Yukimura por haber hecho esta obra.
March 8, 2026
What a journey. I have no enemies. Thank you Makoto Yukimura for this masterpiece. Thorfinn’s character arc is truly unforgettable. Vinland Saga will never be forgotten ❤️😭♥️
October 31, 2025
Cudowny, dojrzały finał. Mądry, pozbawiony patosu. Sago Winlandzka, kocham Cię.
November 10, 2025
I’m litteraly in tears wtf…
Thank you for everything, Vinland, you will never be forgotten.
𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 ❤️
Thank you for everything, Vinland, you will never be forgotten.
𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 ❤️
January 20, 2026
Tüm seriyi bitirdiğimde içimde sessizce yer değiştirmiş düşünceler, sorgulamaya başlamış öfkeler ve adını koyamadığım bir ağırlık vardı. Bu seri bana bir hikaye anlatmadı sadece; beni kendimle yüzleştirdi.
Başlangıçta Vinland Saga, kanla yazılmış bir intikam destanı gibi görünüyordu(eş zamanlı olarak diziyi de izleme fırsatım oldu ve birebir aynı olduğunu söyleyebilirim, tabi tamamen diziye çevrilmiş durumda değil seri). Kılıçların konuştuğu, onurun güçle ölçüldüğü, hayatta kalmanın başlı başına bir erdem sayıldığı bir dünyaya adım attım. Thorfinn’in öfkesi bana oldukça tanıdık geldi çünkü sanırım hepimiz bir noktada acımızı öfkeyle karıştırmışızdır. Ancak seri ilerledikçe Vinland Saga’nın asıl meselesi savaş değil, savaşın insanda açtığı boşluk olduğu ortaya çıktı.
Seri boyunca şiddet yüceltilmek yerine sabırla soyuldu ve geriye ne kaldığını gösterdi bana. Her kayıp, her ölüm, her boş bakış şunu fısıldadı: “Bunun kazananı yok.” Thorfinn’in yolculuğu bir savaşçının değil, bir insanın yeniden doğma çabasıydı ve güçlü olmaktan vazgeçip iyi olmaya çalışmanın ne kadar zor olduğunu anlattı bana.
Serinin en çarpıcı yanı, affetmenin bir zayıflık değil, belki de ulaşılabilecek en büyük cesaret olduğuna dair ısrarı olduğunu düşünüyorum. “Gerçek bir savaşçı kılıca ihtiyaç duymaz” cümlesi zihnime kazındı çünkü bu söz, yalnızca Vikingler için değil, bizim için de söylenmiştir. Günlük hayatımızda sürdürdüğümüz küçük savaşlar, içimizde büyüttüğümüz kinler, haklı çıkma arzusu… Vinland Saga, tüm bunları sorgulattı işte.
Bu seri bende bir şeyleri değiştirdi çünkü bana şunları sordu:
“Acın seni neye dönüştürüyor?”
“Eğer intikamdan vazgeçersen, geriye sen kalıyor musun?”
Vinland Saga, umutlu bir hikaye değildi asla ama dürüst bir hikayeydi. İnsan olmanın ağırlığını romantize etmeden, ama umutsuzluğa da tamamen teslim etmeden anlattı. Barışın bir ülke değil, bir mücadele olduğunu gösterdi ve aslında Vinland’ın da bir yer değil, bir ideal olduğunu, zor ama aranmaya değer olduğunu anlattı.
Bu mangayı bitirdiğimde daha sakin, daha yavaş düşünen biri olduğumu fark ettim. Bazı öfkelerim anlamını yitirdi. Bazı suskunluklarım değer kazandı. Vinland Saga bana şunu öğretti: Değişmek mümkündür, ama bunun bedeliyle yüzleşmeyi göze alırsan. Ve belki de en önemlisi gerçek savaş, başkasına karşı değil, insanın kendi içindeki karanlığa karşı verdiği savaştır.
Başlangıçta Vinland Saga, kanla yazılmış bir intikam destanı gibi görünüyordu(eş zamanlı olarak diziyi de izleme fırsatım oldu ve birebir aynı olduğunu söyleyebilirim, tabi tamamen diziye çevrilmiş durumda değil seri). Kılıçların konuştuğu, onurun güçle ölçüldüğü, hayatta kalmanın başlı başına bir erdem sayıldığı bir dünyaya adım attım. Thorfinn’in öfkesi bana oldukça tanıdık geldi çünkü sanırım hepimiz bir noktada acımızı öfkeyle karıştırmışızdır. Ancak seri ilerledikçe Vinland Saga’nın asıl meselesi savaş değil, savaşın insanda açtığı boşluk olduğu ortaya çıktı.
Seri boyunca şiddet yüceltilmek yerine sabırla soyuldu ve geriye ne kaldığını gösterdi bana. Her kayıp, her ölüm, her boş bakış şunu fısıldadı: “Bunun kazananı yok.” Thorfinn’in yolculuğu bir savaşçının değil, bir insanın yeniden doğma çabasıydı ve güçlü olmaktan vazgeçip iyi olmaya çalışmanın ne kadar zor olduğunu anlattı bana.
Serinin en çarpıcı yanı, affetmenin bir zayıflık değil, belki de ulaşılabilecek en büyük cesaret olduğuna dair ısrarı olduğunu düşünüyorum. “Gerçek bir savaşçı kılıca ihtiyaç duymaz” cümlesi zihnime kazındı çünkü bu söz, yalnızca Vikingler için değil, bizim için de söylenmiştir. Günlük hayatımızda sürdürdüğümüz küçük savaşlar, içimizde büyüttüğümüz kinler, haklı çıkma arzusu… Vinland Saga, tüm bunları sorgulattı işte.
Bu seri bende bir şeyleri değiştirdi çünkü bana şunları sordu:
“Acın seni neye dönüştürüyor?”
“Eğer intikamdan vazgeçersen, geriye sen kalıyor musun?”
Vinland Saga, umutlu bir hikaye değildi asla ama dürüst bir hikayeydi. İnsan olmanın ağırlığını romantize etmeden, ama umutsuzluğa da tamamen teslim etmeden anlattı. Barışın bir ülke değil, bir mücadele olduğunu gösterdi ve aslında Vinland’ın da bir yer değil, bir ideal olduğunu, zor ama aranmaya değer olduğunu anlattı.
Bu mangayı bitirdiğimde daha sakin, daha yavaş düşünen biri olduğumu fark ettim. Bazı öfkelerim anlamını yitirdi. Bazı suskunluklarım değer kazandı. Vinland Saga bana şunu öğretti: Değişmek mümkündür, ama bunun bedeliyle yüzleşmeyi göze alırsan. Ve belki de en önemlisi gerçek savaş, başkasına karşı değil, insanın kendi içindeki karanlığa karşı verdiği savaştır.
May 24, 2026
Con questo albo termina quella che è una gran bella saga.
Yukimura sensei ha mantenuto per anni un piglio preciso nella narrazione, affiancando a scontri più o meno realistici le riflessioni sulla natura umana.
Certo, gli scontri a volte sono stati spettacolari, mentre la realtà deglle battaglie in quegli anni è decisamente più pragmatica e semplice. Il vero punto di forza della serie rimane il pensiero, le riflessioni sul modo di condurre la vita. Il sogno di Thorfinn di una società pacifista e pacifica termina qui, con un sanguinario scontro e la ritirata dei norreni, con una sconfitta, verrebbe da dire.
Certo, lo sciovinismo ed il razzismo hanno avuto il loro peso. Nella narrazione della storia, un peso anche maggiore lo ha avuto la pestilenza. In questo caso la ricostruzione storica dell'autore spazia molto nella fantasia, perché la peste arriverà un paio di secoli più tardi in Europa (e forse in Groenlandia, ma si pensa di no) e gli studi condotti negli ultimi 40 anni portano a credere che il ratto grigio norvegese sia in realtà meno suscettibile a portare queste pestilenze; i dati indicano che con la sua diffusione in Europa nel 1600 gradualmente si assiste al diminuire ed alla scomparsa delle epidemie.
Nella lunga saga, di circa 7500 tavole, abbiamo seguito lo sviluppo del pensiero del giovanissimo Thorfinn dalla sua militanza con i soldati di ventura di Askeladd fino alla schiavitù. Da un pensiero quasi monolitico dedicato alla vendetta sino ad una atarassia, seguita da una riflessione, guidata anche dal suo amico fraternon Einar. Una riflessione che lo porta verso il sogno di una utopia di pace.
Thorfinn proseguirà la ricerca di questa utopia in un altro luogo, dove non lo sappiamo e forse non lo sa nemmeno Yukimura sensei visto che ha deciso di terminare così la sua storia.
A me piace pensare che, rimessesi in mare le navi di Thorfinn, magari dopo aver passato l'inverno ancora nel Vinland, siano stati spinti da venti avversi nell'Atlantico ed abbiano raggiunto le Azzorre.
Isole disabitate, dove ci sono indizi di una fase medievale di abitazione da parte di umani, ma non sappiamo da dove venissero (e nemmeno se davvero fosse così) ed allora perché non sognare che fossero loro?
5 stelle
Yukimura sensei ha mantenuto per anni un piglio preciso nella narrazione, affiancando a scontri più o meno realistici le riflessioni sulla natura umana.
Certo, gli scontri a volte sono stati spettacolari, mentre la realtà deglle battaglie in quegli anni è decisamente più pragmatica e semplice. Il vero punto di forza della serie rimane il pensiero, le riflessioni sul modo di condurre la vita. Il sogno di Thorfinn di una società pacifista e pacifica termina qui, con un sanguinario scontro e la ritirata dei norreni, con una sconfitta, verrebbe da dire.
Certo, lo sciovinismo ed il razzismo hanno avuto il loro peso. Nella narrazione della storia, un peso anche maggiore lo ha avuto la pestilenza. In questo caso la ricostruzione storica dell'autore spazia molto nella fantasia, perché la peste arriverà un paio di secoli più tardi in Europa (e forse in Groenlandia, ma si pensa di no) e gli studi condotti negli ultimi 40 anni portano a credere che il ratto grigio norvegese sia in realtà meno suscettibile a portare queste pestilenze; i dati indicano che con la sua diffusione in Europa nel 1600 gradualmente si assiste al diminuire ed alla scomparsa delle epidemie.
Nella lunga saga, di circa 7500 tavole, abbiamo seguito lo sviluppo del pensiero del giovanissimo Thorfinn dalla sua militanza con i soldati di ventura di Askeladd fino alla schiavitù. Da un pensiero quasi monolitico dedicato alla vendetta sino ad una atarassia, seguita da una riflessione, guidata anche dal suo amico fraternon Einar. Una riflessione che lo porta verso il sogno di una utopia di pace.
Thorfinn proseguirà la ricerca di questa utopia in un altro luogo, dove non lo sappiamo e forse non lo sa nemmeno Yukimura sensei visto che ha deciso di terminare così la sua storia.
A me piace pensare che, rimessesi in mare le navi di Thorfinn, magari dopo aver passato l'inverno ancora nel Vinland, siano stati spinti da venti avversi nell'Atlantico ed abbiano raggiunto le Azzorre.
Isole disabitate, dove ci sono indizi di una fase medievale di abitazione da parte di umani, ma non sappiamo da dove venissero (e nemmeno se davvero fosse così) ed allora perché non sognare che fossero loro?
5 stelle
January 11, 2026
Bazı eserler size sadece bir hikaye anlatır, bazıları ise sizi yeniden inşa eder. Vinland Saga benim için kesinlikle ikincisini yaptı. Özellikle "Kölelik Arkı"(Farmland Arc), sadece Thorfinn'in değil, benim de zihnimdeki birçok putu yıktığı bir dönüm noktası oldu.
Thorfinn kılıcını bırakıp toprağı tırnaklarıyla kazırken, aslında ben de kendi önyargılarımı, hayata karşı duyduğum o anlamsız öfkeyi, kazanmak ve ağzımızdan düşmeyen başarmak hakkındaki sığ fikirlerimi ehlileştirdim. O yavaş, sancılı ama bir o kadar da vakur değişim süreci, bana gerçek gücün yıkmakta değil, hayatta tutmakta ve inşa etmekte olduğunu gösterdi.
Serinin sonunda Thorfinn'in geldiği nokta ile benim hayata bakış açım eşzamanlı olarak evrildi. İnsani ilişkilere, şiddetin doğasına ve affetmenin ağırlığına dair öyle pencereler açıldı ki, bu seriyi okumadan önceki halime geri dönebilmem, benim için artık çok zor.
Sadece Thorfinn değişmedi, onunla birlikte ben de değiştim.
Thorfinn kılıcını bırakıp toprağı tırnaklarıyla kazırken, aslında ben de kendi önyargılarımı, hayata karşı duyduğum o anlamsız öfkeyi, kazanmak ve ağzımızdan düşmeyen başarmak hakkındaki sığ fikirlerimi ehlileştirdim. O yavaş, sancılı ama bir o kadar da vakur değişim süreci, bana gerçek gücün yıkmakta değil, hayatta tutmakta ve inşa etmekte olduğunu gösterdi.
Serinin sonunda Thorfinn'in geldiği nokta ile benim hayata bakış açım eşzamanlı olarak evrildi. İnsani ilişkilere, şiddetin doğasına ve affetmenin ağırlığına dair öyle pencereler açıldı ki, bu seriyi okumadan önceki halime geri dönebilmem, benim için artık çok zor.
Sadece Thorfinn değişmedi, onunla birlikte ben de değiştim.
Review of advance copy
one of the best written manga I've ever read.
I think the ending, although bitter and quite abrupt, was the best one the author could have chosen, as it teaches us that even with the ideals and virtues it's not always possible to reach our goals unless everyone shared the same thinking.
I also appreciate the parallelism between Thorfinn and Canute, who shared the same purpose but ended up using different means, both valid.
I think the ending, although bitter and quite abrupt, was the best one the author could have chosen, as it teaches us that even with the ideals and virtues it's not always possible to reach our goals unless everyone shared the same thinking.
I also appreciate the parallelism between Thorfinn and Canute, who shared the same purpose but ended up using different means, both valid.
January 20, 2026
Randomly read the end of Vinland Saga today because I remembered it finished recently! Reread from around chapter 190 not even sure what chapters this volume has but just wanted to mark that I finished it. One of my favorite manga ever.
November 10, 2025
więc wyprawa nadal trwa.
doskonała manga o doskonałym, dojrzałym zakończeniu.
będę głęboko tęsknić.
doskonała manga o doskonałym, dojrzałym zakończeniu.
będę głęboko tęsknić.
September 19, 2026
Pensare che ho finalmente concluso questo viaggio a fianco di Thorfinn, quasi non mi sembra vero: mi mancherà ❤️🩹
June 23, 2026
Banger
August 14, 2026
A MASTER CLASS ON FORGIVENESS: VINLAND SAGA
Yukimura started a manga that drew in an audience that was the target to critique. He drew in an audience that cheered for the conquest of revenge and violence. He took that audience and forcefully opened their eyes to make them forgive. Thors realized how stupid and pointless war and killing was. As he states, “A true warrior needs no swords.” Despite Thorfinn not growing up with his father for most of his life since he was killed, Thors foreshadows the future that his son might be the same as him.
Thorfinn from the start never killed for the sake of killing. He was only focused on getting revenge for his father by killing Askeladd in a fair duel. During Thorfinn’s time with the Vikings, he got messed up in a lot of political affairs, including taking care of Prince Canute. Prince Canute introduces many new ideas into Vinland, such as the internal conflict people have when they have been assigned a role at birth, but they feel like they do not want to do it. Prince Canute encounters the violence that the Vikings cause. He has a conversation with a priest who was also with the band. The priest describes man as best being dead. He states that love is death because death is what completes the life of a man and forbids him from laying any more harm onto the human world. Canute has this revelation that oftentimes we do not feel love for people, rather a discriminatory affection because we see the benefit they can hold in our life. Love holds no discrimination; if you truly love humanity you love them because they are human and they breathe. Would you love a human even if they are at their worst Canute realizes that all this war and bloodshed is horrible, and he does not understand why God would allow this to happen. He takes an atheistic approach to life and in his creation of what he will call paradise. They both want to create a paradise where people are not suffering, but Canute does not hesitate to use the force of a King in the future.
Now, this entire time I have not gone into Askeladd’s relevance. Despite Askeladd being introduced as Thorfinn’s enemy and the killer of his dad, Askeladd in a way is also a father to Thorfinn. Askeladd strikes me as this trope of someone who knows what they do is immoral, but they are “too far in” to back out. However, they still want to inspire younger generations to do better, in a way of almost not repeating the same mistakes he did. Askeladd is a murderer, yes, but he could have killed Thorfinn; instead, he let him follow his band and feed off his resources. I think deep inside, Askeladd wanted Thorfinn to transcend as his father did, or maybe he felt guilty for taking Thors away from Thorfinn; therefore, he felt he did not deserve to kill Thorfinn as well. Now, in the Vinland Saga plot, it is revealed that Askeladd is of royal blood. In order to make Canute King, he fakes that he has gone mad and killed Canute’s father; then he gets himself killed by Canute in order to make it look like he is the hero and give him a valid right to the throne. Are we seeing the issue with this? This entire time, Thorfinn has been after killing Askeladd, and at the end he gets himself killed by Canute. Thorfinn is absolutely broken. He realizes that after all this time he also did like Askeladd quite a bit, and that his entire life goal is now gone before him. Askeladd utters one of the most important lines while he is dying: "Haven't given a thought to what you're going to live for after I'm dead, Thorfinn?” Thorfinn's entire life shatters, and so does the plot of this manga. Up till this point, we were made to believe that Vinland Saga would be a journey of Thorfinn taking revenge for his father, but no. Askeladd dies prematurely around 50 chapters in, and we are left with a Thorfinn who has no direction in his life, and so does the manga. Thorfinn, in his rage, tries to kill Canute, and he is then sentenced to be a slave.
Thorfinn has now been stripped of everything he is. He is no longer considered a warrior; no one cares for what he is, and most importantly, he does not know how to live as a mundane human. He doesn't know how to fill the emptiness inside him that appeared after Askeladd passed. Thorfinn starts to even question if he deserves to live and what he would live for. What reason exists in this world that would make a killer want to live? What in the world would fix that balance? Clearly, this is a massive question to ask if you are in the same standing as Thorfinn. This introduces one of my favorite scenes in the manga. The old man, who was the father of the current master of the farm that Thorfinn was a slave on, says to take it little by little. When being reborn, no one is expected to know everything correctly right off the bat. He also tells him that if you are empty, it means you can fill yourself up again. Breaking yourself down to nothing is the first step to being something greater. Important to the main story as well, another slave who became Thorfinn's friend called Einar, taught Thorfinn the normalcy of life. He taught him about farming and the simple joys of life that humans had at the time. He was the first person who accepted the “new” version of Thorfinn while still seeing the past that was dragging him. He believed he could change, and so he started changing. For me, this is where Vinland Saga started to change the way I think. People who have been immoral in the past or wronged others can never prove themselves to be better or move past that if others don't do the same for them. Maybe we should be more accepting of the fact that people can change; as long as the effort of change is being made, they are being reborn anew.
Thorfinn starts to slowly change his ways; he starts to see that violence oftentimes can be avoided if people just communicate or talk. Fighting happens over small things being escalated to big misunderstandings. Despite this growth, Thorfinn still doesn't know what to live for. He does not know how to atone for what he has done. One of my favorite scenes in the manga as well is when Thorfinn’s nightmares are explored and how that affects him as a person. Every night Thorfinn has nightmares about the people he killed, to the point that he starts yelling in his sleep. Einar always wakes him up, almost as a way of saving him from the nightmares. We get this scene where Thorfinn is trying to climb up, representing this rock-bottom state. Then, he is clinging to a stone, and he looks at what is around him. Askeladd is next to him in this dream as well, and he sees the souls of everyone he has killed and warriors fighting. Thorfinn realizes there is no glory for fighting in the afterlife, which, for Norse culture, is a huge revelation. There is no glory or mighty war you get to fight with the gods (Ragnarok); there is only despair. Askeladd tells Thorfinn he must continue living, and he must find a way to carry the souls of those he killed. The real fight is not with anyone now; he has no enemies. The last great battle, the real ragnarok everyone must go through, is a battle with yourself. A battle with all what you could call “your sins.” Thorfinn must endure his rage and tendencies to resort to violence for a greater life and lead all the souls he damned to atonement with himself.
Canute and Thorfinn are all grown up, and a fight starts to break out over the land of the farm. Thorfinn decides to resolve this issue; he will not fight, and he will simply ask King Canute to stop. However, when he goes to the royal armies and guards, they do not believe that he has any honor or relation to Canute since he appears to be a slave. Thorfinn then says he will not leave, and he will endure 100 punches to prove that he is a warrior. Here we see the idea of a warrior of endurance versus strength being introduced. Sometimes, the fact that you can withstand it is more powerful than fear-mongering with your power and strength. Thorfinn also states that the royal army is not his enemy; he has never met the men 1 on 1, and he does not know who they are personally. This scene is so impactful because it really highlights how humanity often gets carried away with group politics versus the individual stance of a person. After enduring 100 punches, Thorfinn is allowed to speak to King Canute. He tells him to stop, and Canute asks something along the lines of, “What if I don't?" How will a man who has become a slave counter the mightiest man in the land? And Thorfinn says something beautiful…he will run. And after this, Cantue breaks down laughing at Thorfinn. There is something so beautiful about how this scene goes from Thorfinn having an emotional beatdown over a serious topic, and then the perpetrator of the fighting being humored by Thorfinn’s actions. It goes to show that the first resort of talking might be the way to go? Canute is so moved by Thorfinn's beauty that he is defying the traditional honor codes of the Vikings and moving throughout the world as he sees fit. In a way, it relates to Canute’s ideology of him defying the rules of God to create his own paradise. Thorfinn is defying the way he has lived to create paradise. Canute calls Thorfinn a fool…and this scene honestly made me think of when Fujitara called Luffy a fool in One Piece. He's a fool, but a good one, and a kind-hearted one. Cantue actually agrees to leave the farm alone, and he leaves with happiness in his heart. Thorfinn marked a change in culture, and the world was much more precious than owning land in his eyes.
After this, Thorfinn and Einar both buy their freedom after working so hard on the farm. Thorfinn goes back to his home country. He reunites with his family, and he tells them everything he has endured. He realizes that his dream is to create a paradise; he wants to create a place with no slavery and war. He wants a place…"Far west, across the sea, there is a land called Vinland. It's warm. And fertile. A faraway land, where neither slave traders nor the flames of war reach.” Therefore, he needs to collect a force of men women and children from Iceland that will be willing to live this lifestyle. Here, we are introduced to a woman named Gudrid (who will become Thorfinn’s future wife). Her passion since she was a little kid was to explore the world and sail the seas. However, since she is a woman she was never granted this opportunity. Here we see another example in Vinland where people are forced to live in a specific way because of the way they were born. Men are put in a box of honor and strength being their only language, while women must protect the house and bare children. Thorfinn is trying to break this very thing, he wants people to be individuals themselves and not fall for this “groupthink” mentality in a way. There's this scene that involves Gudrid and Thorfinn that honestly really changed my perspective on how I view others making mistakes. Gudrid apologizes to Thorfinn for making so much commotion for wanting to sail with them, but Thorfinn says to not worry as he has done worse things in the past and he is still a free man talking about the world. This really shifted my perspective to judge people less when they make a mistake or cause a disturbance because most likely you have done something worse in your life, or you have been there before.
What would happen if Thorfinn’s past caught up to him when he was already a changed man? Thorfinn and his group encounter a woman named Hild while trying to get enough money to start up their settlement of Vinland. She is an orphan, who lost her parents due to Thorfinn. Hild has a mission of revenge, however Hild is slightly moved by the fact that Einar, and the rest of the crew were putting their life on the line to protect Thorfinn. She must have thought, if these people love Thorfinn so much like I loved my parents, surely there is something important within Thorfinn? Hild was especially moved by the fact that there was an orphan baby in the group being fostered by Thorfinn and Gudrid; she must have seen a bit of herself within that child and could not take away his parents like Thorfinn once did to her. Hild decides that she will watch Thorfinn on his mission to start up Vinland, and that she will not let anyone kill Thorfinn but herself. She would also kill Thorfinn on the spot if he seemed to try and kill anyone else. Thorfinn agreed as he wanted to prove his atonement. How do we live with ourselves after we have wronged others? Do we deserve to have a good life when he has made others miserable? The answer is simply yes. You cannot stop living properly or without joy just because you have wronged others, but it is important to carry that wrongness throughout your life.
What happens when the rage that you have been suppressing comes back? Throughout the plot, we find out that Askeladd did not kill Thors just because he wanted to, he killed him because he was paid off by Floki to do so. Thorfinn finds out and he surges with an uncontrollable amount of rage within him. He encounters Floki and almost loses it, but Hild’s presence reminds him even in the face of the man that caused his fathers death, he must atone. Even when you feel like you are standing right in front of the devil himself, you must remember you have a mission beyond that. The gaze you hold must go beyond the rage and material actions of the world. After Thorfinn almost loses it, he goes outside for a breath of fresh air. This sets up one of, or arguably the most iconic scene in Vinland Saga, and one of the most famous manga panels we have to date. Thorfinn sitting down on a stone says “I want to be a kinder and gentler person. I want to be a stronger person.” This scene for me personally also just broke me down. After Thorfinn made an error in his behavior, he is almost reprimanding himself and reminding him of his own goals that he almost lost sight of. But the most key thing here is that this dialogue is trying to show us that being kinder and gentler everyday is strength. He has no sword, he has no enemies, because his strength is kindness.
They realize that they must also find a way to coexist with the natives. Thorfinn was big on carrying no weapons over to Vinland. There were some people fearful of this idea, as where was the line between war and protection? This question is something contemporary times still battle with. Thorfinn emphasizes that you must always use the first restore. Communication goes a longer way that what we assume. And if talking does not work, the solution is not to draw your swords afterward.
There is a growth that happens with Hild that genuinely for me changed my life. Hild was tasked with killing a bear, but she decided not to kill it because she realized that they were in the bear's home. Despite the bear being aggressive and a threat, she started to understand what seemed to be her own enemy and emphasized her enemies', this scene is a metaphor for how she started to slowly view Thorfinn throughout the years. The more she watched him grow and live, she realized that her vengeance was an invasion to his growth, and that she understands the circumstances he went through even if they are “enemies.” This builds up to one of the most emotional scenes in Vinland, Hild forgiving Thorfinn. After Gudrid announces that she is pregnant with Thorfinn and her child, and he celebrates, Hild realizes that Thorfinn is true to his world. Thorfinn, after being forgiven, is shocked. It seems that Thorfinn was prepared to never be forgiven by Hild. He is so shocked that for one of the rare times, we see Thorfinn break down crying uncontrollably. This is why I think Vinland is a master class on forgiveness. This changed how I viewed forgiveness. Forgiving someone or yourself is not forgetting what happened or what you did. The best way I can put it is, imagine that your errors are a big yarn ball under your skin with a lot of tension. Forgiveness is unraveling that yarn ball and letting the string sit around inside your skin comfortably, and making sure your body never forgets its there nor does it reject the yarn. The true fight is not with the outside, but the inside. I hope one day I am strong enough to forgive even the devil in front of my face if I have to, as long as someone is trying to improve who they are. Who am I to judge when we all have yarn balls inside our skin, we all unravel them differently.
Now, here we get to the end of Vinland. This is where I am going to close it off. For the longest time I wondered why Vinland was called Vinland Saga. The word saga has Norse origin, which means something along the lines of long story. However, in the modern day sense of the word, it means a continuation of installments of some sort of story. I like the use of the word saga here. It shows that the original sense of the word was for a story, however the future uses the word to describe a continuation of a much longer story. This is what Vinland is trying to tell us. It is a singular story for its time that the events are happening in the manga, but it inspires what we refer to as a modern day saga, Yukimura connects the story brilliantly by showing us that the readers of the story now are the future people that Thorfinn imagined to try over and over again to maintain the peace he strived for. This connection clicked for me in the last 2 chapters of the manga. The natives and the norse settlers broke out into a fight. Einar at war ends up killing a man for the first time. He then understands what Thorfinn has been going through. Einar ends up being killed by a native, and Thorfinn his heart broken, as his first and true brother who accepted him while he was at rock bottom now suffered from the same guilt that Thorfinn preached to avoid. He realizes that war is a disease, it infects even the best of men, it can reach you whenever. The moment I realized this story was about continuing Thorfinn’s philosophy for years to come onto the new generations was when Thorfinn was standing in front of Einar’s grave, and Thorfinn’s 1st son was speaking over the scene. He says, “We’ll do it again and again. Until the land of peace is created. Until everyone understands daddy. As long as it takes.” WE the modern day people are the saga of Vinland. Kindness as strength is not just a one day commitment, it is a generational culture shift that we need to strive for, and it starts by remodeling yourself and then planting the seed for the youth that comes.
Live happy, communicate, prioritize the first resort, forgive and never forget, and remember your actions are a saga planted from those who come before you!
Yukimura started a manga that drew in an audience that was the target to critique. He drew in an audience that cheered for the conquest of revenge and violence. He took that audience and forcefully opened their eyes to make them forgive. Thors realized how stupid and pointless war and killing was. As he states, “A true warrior needs no swords.” Despite Thorfinn not growing up with his father for most of his life since he was killed, Thors foreshadows the future that his son might be the same as him.
Thorfinn from the start never killed for the sake of killing. He was only focused on getting revenge for his father by killing Askeladd in a fair duel. During Thorfinn’s time with the Vikings, he got messed up in a lot of political affairs, including taking care of Prince Canute. Prince Canute introduces many new ideas into Vinland, such as the internal conflict people have when they have been assigned a role at birth, but they feel like they do not want to do it. Prince Canute encounters the violence that the Vikings cause. He has a conversation with a priest who was also with the band. The priest describes man as best being dead. He states that love is death because death is what completes the life of a man and forbids him from laying any more harm onto the human world. Canute has this revelation that oftentimes we do not feel love for people, rather a discriminatory affection because we see the benefit they can hold in our life. Love holds no discrimination; if you truly love humanity you love them because they are human and they breathe. Would you love a human even if they are at their worst Canute realizes that all this war and bloodshed is horrible, and he does not understand why God would allow this to happen. He takes an atheistic approach to life and in his creation of what he will call paradise. They both want to create a paradise where people are not suffering, but Canute does not hesitate to use the force of a King in the future.
Now, this entire time I have not gone into Askeladd’s relevance. Despite Askeladd being introduced as Thorfinn’s enemy and the killer of his dad, Askeladd in a way is also a father to Thorfinn. Askeladd strikes me as this trope of someone who knows what they do is immoral, but they are “too far in” to back out. However, they still want to inspire younger generations to do better, in a way of almost not repeating the same mistakes he did. Askeladd is a murderer, yes, but he could have killed Thorfinn; instead, he let him follow his band and feed off his resources. I think deep inside, Askeladd wanted Thorfinn to transcend as his father did, or maybe he felt guilty for taking Thors away from Thorfinn; therefore, he felt he did not deserve to kill Thorfinn as well. Now, in the Vinland Saga plot, it is revealed that Askeladd is of royal blood. In order to make Canute King, he fakes that he has gone mad and killed Canute’s father; then he gets himself killed by Canute in order to make it look like he is the hero and give him a valid right to the throne. Are we seeing the issue with this? This entire time, Thorfinn has been after killing Askeladd, and at the end he gets himself killed by Canute. Thorfinn is absolutely broken. He realizes that after all this time he also did like Askeladd quite a bit, and that his entire life goal is now gone before him. Askeladd utters one of the most important lines while he is dying: "Haven't given a thought to what you're going to live for after I'm dead, Thorfinn?” Thorfinn's entire life shatters, and so does the plot of this manga. Up till this point, we were made to believe that Vinland Saga would be a journey of Thorfinn taking revenge for his father, but no. Askeladd dies prematurely around 50 chapters in, and we are left with a Thorfinn who has no direction in his life, and so does the manga. Thorfinn, in his rage, tries to kill Canute, and he is then sentenced to be a slave.
Thorfinn has now been stripped of everything he is. He is no longer considered a warrior; no one cares for what he is, and most importantly, he does not know how to live as a mundane human. He doesn't know how to fill the emptiness inside him that appeared after Askeladd passed. Thorfinn starts to even question if he deserves to live and what he would live for. What reason exists in this world that would make a killer want to live? What in the world would fix that balance? Clearly, this is a massive question to ask if you are in the same standing as Thorfinn. This introduces one of my favorite scenes in the manga. The old man, who was the father of the current master of the farm that Thorfinn was a slave on, says to take it little by little. When being reborn, no one is expected to know everything correctly right off the bat. He also tells him that if you are empty, it means you can fill yourself up again. Breaking yourself down to nothing is the first step to being something greater. Important to the main story as well, another slave who became Thorfinn's friend called Einar, taught Thorfinn the normalcy of life. He taught him about farming and the simple joys of life that humans had at the time. He was the first person who accepted the “new” version of Thorfinn while still seeing the past that was dragging him. He believed he could change, and so he started changing. For me, this is where Vinland Saga started to change the way I think. People who have been immoral in the past or wronged others can never prove themselves to be better or move past that if others don't do the same for them. Maybe we should be more accepting of the fact that people can change; as long as the effort of change is being made, they are being reborn anew.
Thorfinn starts to slowly change his ways; he starts to see that violence oftentimes can be avoided if people just communicate or talk. Fighting happens over small things being escalated to big misunderstandings. Despite this growth, Thorfinn still doesn't know what to live for. He does not know how to atone for what he has done. One of my favorite scenes in the manga as well is when Thorfinn’s nightmares are explored and how that affects him as a person. Every night Thorfinn has nightmares about the people he killed, to the point that he starts yelling in his sleep. Einar always wakes him up, almost as a way of saving him from the nightmares. We get this scene where Thorfinn is trying to climb up, representing this rock-bottom state. Then, he is clinging to a stone, and he looks at what is around him. Askeladd is next to him in this dream as well, and he sees the souls of everyone he has killed and warriors fighting. Thorfinn realizes there is no glory for fighting in the afterlife, which, for Norse culture, is a huge revelation. There is no glory or mighty war you get to fight with the gods (Ragnarok); there is only despair. Askeladd tells Thorfinn he must continue living, and he must find a way to carry the souls of those he killed. The real fight is not with anyone now; he has no enemies. The last great battle, the real ragnarok everyone must go through, is a battle with yourself. A battle with all what you could call “your sins.” Thorfinn must endure his rage and tendencies to resort to violence for a greater life and lead all the souls he damned to atonement with himself.
Canute and Thorfinn are all grown up, and a fight starts to break out over the land of the farm. Thorfinn decides to resolve this issue; he will not fight, and he will simply ask King Canute to stop. However, when he goes to the royal armies and guards, they do not believe that he has any honor or relation to Canute since he appears to be a slave. Thorfinn then says he will not leave, and he will endure 100 punches to prove that he is a warrior. Here we see the idea of a warrior of endurance versus strength being introduced. Sometimes, the fact that you can withstand it is more powerful than fear-mongering with your power and strength. Thorfinn also states that the royal army is not his enemy; he has never met the men 1 on 1, and he does not know who they are personally. This scene is so impactful because it really highlights how humanity often gets carried away with group politics versus the individual stance of a person. After enduring 100 punches, Thorfinn is allowed to speak to King Canute. He tells him to stop, and Canute asks something along the lines of, “What if I don't?" How will a man who has become a slave counter the mightiest man in the land? And Thorfinn says something beautiful…he will run. And after this, Cantue breaks down laughing at Thorfinn. There is something so beautiful about how this scene goes from Thorfinn having an emotional beatdown over a serious topic, and then the perpetrator of the fighting being humored by Thorfinn’s actions. It goes to show that the first resort of talking might be the way to go? Canute is so moved by Thorfinn's beauty that he is defying the traditional honor codes of the Vikings and moving throughout the world as he sees fit. In a way, it relates to Canute’s ideology of him defying the rules of God to create his own paradise. Thorfinn is defying the way he has lived to create paradise. Canute calls Thorfinn a fool…and this scene honestly made me think of when Fujitara called Luffy a fool in One Piece. He's a fool, but a good one, and a kind-hearted one. Cantue actually agrees to leave the farm alone, and he leaves with happiness in his heart. Thorfinn marked a change in culture, and the world was much more precious than owning land in his eyes.
After this, Thorfinn and Einar both buy their freedom after working so hard on the farm. Thorfinn goes back to his home country. He reunites with his family, and he tells them everything he has endured. He realizes that his dream is to create a paradise; he wants to create a place with no slavery and war. He wants a place…"Far west, across the sea, there is a land called Vinland. It's warm. And fertile. A faraway land, where neither slave traders nor the flames of war reach.” Therefore, he needs to collect a force of men women and children from Iceland that will be willing to live this lifestyle. Here, we are introduced to a woman named Gudrid (who will become Thorfinn’s future wife). Her passion since she was a little kid was to explore the world and sail the seas. However, since she is a woman she was never granted this opportunity. Here we see another example in Vinland where people are forced to live in a specific way because of the way they were born. Men are put in a box of honor and strength being their only language, while women must protect the house and bare children. Thorfinn is trying to break this very thing, he wants people to be individuals themselves and not fall for this “groupthink” mentality in a way. There's this scene that involves Gudrid and Thorfinn that honestly really changed my perspective on how I view others making mistakes. Gudrid apologizes to Thorfinn for making so much commotion for wanting to sail with them, but Thorfinn says to not worry as he has done worse things in the past and he is still a free man talking about the world. This really shifted my perspective to judge people less when they make a mistake or cause a disturbance because most likely you have done something worse in your life, or you have been there before.
What would happen if Thorfinn’s past caught up to him when he was already a changed man? Thorfinn and his group encounter a woman named Hild while trying to get enough money to start up their settlement of Vinland. She is an orphan, who lost her parents due to Thorfinn. Hild has a mission of revenge, however Hild is slightly moved by the fact that Einar, and the rest of the crew were putting their life on the line to protect Thorfinn. She must have thought, if these people love Thorfinn so much like I loved my parents, surely there is something important within Thorfinn? Hild was especially moved by the fact that there was an orphan baby in the group being fostered by Thorfinn and Gudrid; she must have seen a bit of herself within that child and could not take away his parents like Thorfinn once did to her. Hild decides that she will watch Thorfinn on his mission to start up Vinland, and that she will not let anyone kill Thorfinn but herself. She would also kill Thorfinn on the spot if he seemed to try and kill anyone else. Thorfinn agreed as he wanted to prove his atonement. How do we live with ourselves after we have wronged others? Do we deserve to have a good life when he has made others miserable? The answer is simply yes. You cannot stop living properly or without joy just because you have wronged others, but it is important to carry that wrongness throughout your life.
What happens when the rage that you have been suppressing comes back? Throughout the plot, we find out that Askeladd did not kill Thors just because he wanted to, he killed him because he was paid off by Floki to do so. Thorfinn finds out and he surges with an uncontrollable amount of rage within him. He encounters Floki and almost loses it, but Hild’s presence reminds him even in the face of the man that caused his fathers death, he must atone. Even when you feel like you are standing right in front of the devil himself, you must remember you have a mission beyond that. The gaze you hold must go beyond the rage and material actions of the world. After Thorfinn almost loses it, he goes outside for a breath of fresh air. This sets up one of, or arguably the most iconic scene in Vinland Saga, and one of the most famous manga panels we have to date. Thorfinn sitting down on a stone says “I want to be a kinder and gentler person. I want to be a stronger person.” This scene for me personally also just broke me down. After Thorfinn made an error in his behavior, he is almost reprimanding himself and reminding him of his own goals that he almost lost sight of. But the most key thing here is that this dialogue is trying to show us that being kinder and gentler everyday is strength. He has no sword, he has no enemies, because his strength is kindness.
They realize that they must also find a way to coexist with the natives. Thorfinn was big on carrying no weapons over to Vinland. There were some people fearful of this idea, as where was the line between war and protection? This question is something contemporary times still battle with. Thorfinn emphasizes that you must always use the first restore. Communication goes a longer way that what we assume. And if talking does not work, the solution is not to draw your swords afterward.
There is a growth that happens with Hild that genuinely for me changed my life. Hild was tasked with killing a bear, but she decided not to kill it because she realized that they were in the bear's home. Despite the bear being aggressive and a threat, she started to understand what seemed to be her own enemy and emphasized her enemies', this scene is a metaphor for how she started to slowly view Thorfinn throughout the years. The more she watched him grow and live, she realized that her vengeance was an invasion to his growth, and that she understands the circumstances he went through even if they are “enemies.” This builds up to one of the most emotional scenes in Vinland, Hild forgiving Thorfinn. After Gudrid announces that she is pregnant with Thorfinn and her child, and he celebrates, Hild realizes that Thorfinn is true to his world. Thorfinn, after being forgiven, is shocked. It seems that Thorfinn was prepared to never be forgiven by Hild. He is so shocked that for one of the rare times, we see Thorfinn break down crying uncontrollably. This is why I think Vinland is a master class on forgiveness. This changed how I viewed forgiveness. Forgiving someone or yourself is not forgetting what happened or what you did. The best way I can put it is, imagine that your errors are a big yarn ball under your skin with a lot of tension. Forgiveness is unraveling that yarn ball and letting the string sit around inside your skin comfortably, and making sure your body never forgets its there nor does it reject the yarn. The true fight is not with the outside, but the inside. I hope one day I am strong enough to forgive even the devil in front of my face if I have to, as long as someone is trying to improve who they are. Who am I to judge when we all have yarn balls inside our skin, we all unravel them differently.
Now, here we get to the end of Vinland. This is where I am going to close it off. For the longest time I wondered why Vinland was called Vinland Saga. The word saga has Norse origin, which means something along the lines of long story. However, in the modern day sense of the word, it means a continuation of installments of some sort of story. I like the use of the word saga here. It shows that the original sense of the word was for a story, however the future uses the word to describe a continuation of a much longer story. This is what Vinland is trying to tell us. It is a singular story for its time that the events are happening in the manga, but it inspires what we refer to as a modern day saga, Yukimura connects the story brilliantly by showing us that the readers of the story now are the future people that Thorfinn imagined to try over and over again to maintain the peace he strived for. This connection clicked for me in the last 2 chapters of the manga. The natives and the norse settlers broke out into a fight. Einar at war ends up killing a man for the first time. He then understands what Thorfinn has been going through. Einar ends up being killed by a native, and Thorfinn his heart broken, as his first and true brother who accepted him while he was at rock bottom now suffered from the same guilt that Thorfinn preached to avoid. He realizes that war is a disease, it infects even the best of men, it can reach you whenever. The moment I realized this story was about continuing Thorfinn’s philosophy for years to come onto the new generations was when Thorfinn was standing in front of Einar’s grave, and Thorfinn’s 1st son was speaking over the scene. He says, “We’ll do it again and again. Until the land of peace is created. Until everyone understands daddy. As long as it takes.” WE the modern day people are the saga of Vinland. Kindness as strength is not just a one day commitment, it is a generational culture shift that we need to strive for, and it starts by remodeling yourself and then planting the seed for the youth that comes.
Live happy, communicate, prioritize the first resort, forgive and never forget, and remember your actions are a saga planted from those who come before you!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 2, 2026
Es una obra magnífica, un alegato a la lucha por lo que realmente vale en la vida a través de la historia y los periplos de un verdadero guerrero: Thorfinn Karlsefni.
July 25, 2025
Thanks for this voyage.
November 23, 2025
Aquel verdadero guerrero es el que no tiene enemigos... solo espero que alla donde estes pudieses encontrar aquella tierra prometida donde todos esten libres y en paz, gracias por todo Thorfin🫂
May 27, 2026
Dernier et douloureux au revoir après 17 ans d'errance pour trouver une réponse bien complexe et incomplète sur la voie pour trouver la paix.
Pour l'occasion, je ne l'ai pas acheté, mais Kurokawa a sorti un collector permettant aux fans d'avoir une dernière fois des goodies à l'effigie de leurs personnages préférés. J'ai préféré pour ma part me concentrer sur l'oeuvre et quelle oeuvre !
J'ai fait cette lecture en retenant mon souffle. Le groupe de Thorffin est en plein conflit avec les Amérindiens du coin, mettant à mal son idéal de paix et de communauté fraternelle. Un principe de réalité qui nous rattrape durement, car comment rester sans défendre notre lieu de vie quand celui-ci est attaqué par des hommes ne voulant rien entendre, se sentant à leur tour menacer. Un vrai dialogue de sourd.
Ce fut une lecture des plus douloureuses. Makoto Yukimura fait souffrir ses personnages jusqu'au bout dans leur âme et leur chair. Il les confronte concrètement à leurs idéaux et ça fait mal. Pour autant, j'ai trouvé cela sincère, honnête, car il ne nous met pas face à une utopie. Il montre combien c'est dur de bâtir une confiance mutuelle et qu'il peut y avoir des échecs violents. Pourtant, est-ce obligatoire de céder à la violence ? C'est la question qui irrigue la série et ce tome plus particulièrement, avec la belle conclusion finale : personne n'avait vraiment compris ce qu'il croyait savoir ! C'est triste, mais c'est beau.
J'ai peut-être quand même quelques bémols. Malgré un volume assez épais, j'ai eu l'impression d'un auteur qui accélérait et condensait un peu trop son final, faisant appel à de grosses ficelles qu'il avait su éviter jusqu'à présent. Il raccourcit ainsi le temps, rendant certains développements peu crédibles, et bloque également l'émotion qui aurait dû nous emporter. Intellectuellement, j'ai aimé ce que j'ai lu. J'ai aimé sa morale, les idées qu'il défend, les développements choisis. En revanche, je n'ai pas été aussi emportée émotionnellement que je l'aurais pensé, souhaité, voulu. Il y a notamment une mort très importante et je n'ai pas versé ma petite larme. Bon peut-être est-ce parce que la canicule a fait évaporer toute l'eau en moi, mais je pense plutôt qu'il a manqué quelque chose dans l'écriture de l'auteur cette fois.
Pour autant, j'ai vibré tout au long de ce tome. J'ai eu peur. J'ai été en colère. J'ai été déçue. J'ai apprécié le choix final doux-amer très réaliste, qui contient une bien belle morale universelle qui fait réfléchir. Jusqu'au bout Makoto Yukimura aurait fait preuve d'un pacifisme concret et profondément ancré en lui, on le sent. C'est ce qui nous touche, notamment dans cette série qui tiendra une place à part dans ma bibliothèque.
Magnifique et poignante conclusion pour une épopée philosophique historique guerrière qui aura porté à ses sommets le pacifisme et sa complexe définition, sans parler de sa mise en oeuvre. Dans un dernier tome époustouflant, l'auteur ne lâche rien. Il offre une conclusion sous tension où il montre bien qu'un rêve est dur à réaliser et qu'il ne suffit pas de bonnes intentions. Ce fut rude, poignant et douloureux, avec une conclusion douce-amère entre déception et espoir. Une grande oeuvre !
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Pour l'occasion, je ne l'ai pas acheté, mais Kurokawa a sorti un collector permettant aux fans d'avoir une dernière fois des goodies à l'effigie de leurs personnages préférés. J'ai préféré pour ma part me concentrer sur l'oeuvre et quelle oeuvre !
J'ai fait cette lecture en retenant mon souffle. Le groupe de Thorffin est en plein conflit avec les Amérindiens du coin, mettant à mal son idéal de paix et de communauté fraternelle. Un principe de réalité qui nous rattrape durement, car comment rester sans défendre notre lieu de vie quand celui-ci est attaqué par des hommes ne voulant rien entendre, se sentant à leur tour menacer. Un vrai dialogue de sourd.
Ce fut une lecture des plus douloureuses. Makoto Yukimura fait souffrir ses personnages jusqu'au bout dans leur âme et leur chair. Il les confronte concrètement à leurs idéaux et ça fait mal. Pour autant, j'ai trouvé cela sincère, honnête, car il ne nous met pas face à une utopie. Il montre combien c'est dur de bâtir une confiance mutuelle et qu'il peut y avoir des échecs violents. Pourtant, est-ce obligatoire de céder à la violence ? C'est la question qui irrigue la série et ce tome plus particulièrement, avec la belle conclusion finale : personne n'avait vraiment compris ce qu'il croyait savoir ! C'est triste, mais c'est beau.
J'ai peut-être quand même quelques bémols. Malgré un volume assez épais, j'ai eu l'impression d'un auteur qui accélérait et condensait un peu trop son final, faisant appel à de grosses ficelles qu'il avait su éviter jusqu'à présent. Il raccourcit ainsi le temps, rendant certains développements peu crédibles, et bloque également l'émotion qui aurait dû nous emporter. Intellectuellement, j'ai aimé ce que j'ai lu. J'ai aimé sa morale, les idées qu'il défend, les développements choisis. En revanche, je n'ai pas été aussi emportée émotionnellement que je l'aurais pensé, souhaité, voulu. Il y a notamment une mort très importante et je n'ai pas versé ma petite larme. Bon peut-être est-ce parce que la canicule a fait évaporer toute l'eau en moi, mais je pense plutôt qu'il a manqué quelque chose dans l'écriture de l'auteur cette fois.
Pour autant, j'ai vibré tout au long de ce tome. J'ai eu peur. J'ai été en colère. J'ai été déçue. J'ai apprécié le choix final doux-amer très réaliste, qui contient une bien belle morale universelle qui fait réfléchir. Jusqu'au bout Makoto Yukimura aurait fait preuve d'un pacifisme concret et profondément ancré en lui, on le sent. C'est ce qui nous touche, notamment dans cette série qui tiendra une place à part dans ma bibliothèque.
Magnifique et poignante conclusion pour une épopée philosophique historique guerrière qui aura porté à ses sommets le pacifisme et sa complexe définition, sans parler de sa mise en oeuvre. Dans un dernier tome époustouflant, l'auteur ne lâche rien. Il offre une conclusion sous tension où il montre bien qu'un rêve est dur à réaliser et qu'il ne suffit pas de bonnes intentions. Ce fut rude, poignant et douloureux, avec une conclusion douce-amère entre déception et espoir. Une grande oeuvre !
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May 31, 2026
Avec ce vingt-neuvième tome de Vinland Saga, Makoto Yukimura livre l’un des chapitres les plus puissants et les plus émouvants de son œuvre. Après des années d’aventures, de guerres et de remises en question, Thorfinn se retrouve face à l’ultime épreuve de sa quête : défendre la paix dans un monde qui semble incapable de renoncer à la violence.
Depuis le début de la série, le parcours de Thorfinn a été celui d’une transformation profonde. Ancien enfant-soldat consumé par la vengeance, devenu esclave puis explorateur, il n’a cessé de chercher un moyen de construire un avenir différent de celui que lui avaient légué les générations précédentes.
Le Vinland représentait cet espoir. Une terre nouvelle où les hommes pourraient vivre sans guerre, loin des conflits qui ravagent l’Europe. Pourtant, même au bout du monde, les tensions finissent par resurgir.
L’incendie du village d’Arnéis et l’affrontement entre les colons norrois et les Lnu'g placent Thorfinn devant un choix impossible. Pour éviter un massacre, il promet le départ des siens. Mais autour de lui, beaucoup considèrent cette décision comme une faiblesse.
Même Einar, son plus fidèle compagnon, est gagné par la logique du combat. Une question traverse alors tout le volume : peut-on encore choisir la paix lorsque tout pousse à prendre les armes ?
Makoto Yukimura dépasse largement le simple récit historique. À travers cette conclusion, il interroge la nature même du courage. Le véritable guerrier est-il celui qui sait se battre, ou celui qui refuse de céder à la haine malgré la violence du monde ?
Le manga conserve toute sa richesse visuelle : paysages grandioses, scènes de bataille intenses et moments de silence chargés d’émotion se succèdent avec une maîtrise remarquable.
Ce tome apparaît comme l’aboutissement des thèmes qui ont fait la force de la série : la rédemption, le pardon, la transmission et la recherche obstinée d’un idéal humain.
Vinland Saga confirme ainsi sa place parmi les grandes œuvres du manga contemporain, capable d’allier fresque historique, aventure épique et réflexion philosophique.
Une conclusion bouleversante et magistrale, où Thorfinn doit décider si la paix mérite encore d’être défendue lorsque le monde entier semble choisir la guerre.
Depuis le début de la série, le parcours de Thorfinn a été celui d’une transformation profonde. Ancien enfant-soldat consumé par la vengeance, devenu esclave puis explorateur, il n’a cessé de chercher un moyen de construire un avenir différent de celui que lui avaient légué les générations précédentes.
Le Vinland représentait cet espoir. Une terre nouvelle où les hommes pourraient vivre sans guerre, loin des conflits qui ravagent l’Europe. Pourtant, même au bout du monde, les tensions finissent par resurgir.
L’incendie du village d’Arnéis et l’affrontement entre les colons norrois et les Lnu'g placent Thorfinn devant un choix impossible. Pour éviter un massacre, il promet le départ des siens. Mais autour de lui, beaucoup considèrent cette décision comme une faiblesse.
Même Einar, son plus fidèle compagnon, est gagné par la logique du combat. Une question traverse alors tout le volume : peut-on encore choisir la paix lorsque tout pousse à prendre les armes ?
Makoto Yukimura dépasse largement le simple récit historique. À travers cette conclusion, il interroge la nature même du courage. Le véritable guerrier est-il celui qui sait se battre, ou celui qui refuse de céder à la haine malgré la violence du monde ?
Le manga conserve toute sa richesse visuelle : paysages grandioses, scènes de bataille intenses et moments de silence chargés d’émotion se succèdent avec une maîtrise remarquable.
Ce tome apparaît comme l’aboutissement des thèmes qui ont fait la force de la série : la rédemption, le pardon, la transmission et la recherche obstinée d’un idéal humain.
Vinland Saga confirme ainsi sa place parmi les grandes œuvres du manga contemporain, capable d’allier fresque historique, aventure épique et réflexion philosophique.
Une conclusion bouleversante et magistrale, où Thorfinn doit décider si la paix mérite encore d’être défendue lorsque le monde entier semble choisir la guerre.
January 15, 2026
All in all this is a great and very appropriate conclusion to a series I've been reading for most of the time I've been an adult. Whilst I think some people might find the ending to be very fast or more sombre than they were expecting I think of this series as one that expresses its themes very openly and repeatedly such that a incredibly detailed ending was not vital for the series. Whilst some fans might be disappointed with the lack of a strong conclusion to beloved side characters from the farm arc or the war arc earlier in the series, at the end of the day I just don't think that's what this story is about. Vinland Saga is not a battle comic nor is it a power fantasy. It is at its heart a humble and small-scale story about pacifism and making our way in a challenging world. Whilst its characters and plot frequently run into more epic and more historically defining moments the series as a whole has always been focused on its core group of characters and themes and fundamentally these are rightly the focus of the conclusion. Overall while the ending didn't fundamentally change the message of the story I did feel it did a fantastic job at reinforcing the central themes of the series; The cost of war, The difficulty of striving for peace, The hard road to redemption and the intergenerational journey to enlightenment and cross-cultural understanding. I particularly enjoyed how this final arc focused so much on the earlier farm arc and has greatly recontextualise the events that take place there such that I look forward to rereading it. As a whole this series has been so philosophically profound, so full of great characters, great art and great ideas. I can't help but be swept up in nostalgia and joy for this series. The final feelings I take away from this epic journey are ones of hope and good fortune at having encountered the series. At the end of the day the story gets the rare joy of going out at close to its very best. What more as a fan can you ask for?
Final score: 4.5/5
Final score: 4.5/5
January 17, 2026
Un final que no resuelve la situación de manera idealista ni fantástica, sino que se limita a resolver el conflicto y empezar de nuevo el largo viaje de mil años por la paz que busca Thorfinn. Es desolador ver que la violencia que tanto aborreció volviese a manifestarse, y que se llevase a personajes queridos. Me parece una decisión madura por parte de Yukimura, puesto que es consciente de que la búsqueda de violencia y su ejercicio forma parte de la naturaleza humana. Pero en vez de justificarla o buscar extirparla de raíz, Yukimura plantea que es una batalla de todos los días, algo que nos toca hacer a todos como seres humanos para tratar de hacer un mundo que se corresponda con la supuesta consciencia que tenemos. La gran fortaleza de Thorfinn no resulta de su velocidad, su precisión o su fuerza física, sino de su capacidad de resiliencia y disposición a buscar siempre la salida pacífica... Un verdadero guerrero, en efecto.
Como nota general, si bien me parece que el panelismo, diseños y dibujo de Yukimura son muy buenos, creo que la adaptación a anime tiene un mejor resultado dados los canales añadidos con los que cuenta para construir significado y la experiencia de la historia; en particular el sonido. Con todo, me parece un grandioso manga, una obra excepcional.
Como nota general, si bien me parece que el panelismo, diseños y dibujo de Yukimura son muy buenos, creo que la adaptación a anime tiene un mejor resultado dados los canales añadidos con los que cuenta para construir significado y la experiencia de la historia; en particular el sonido. Con todo, me parece un grandioso manga, una obra excepcional.
July 29, 2026
Le manga offre une perspective pacifique au personnage historique de Torfinn, à travers une interprétation libre de cette 5e tentative d'implantation des vikings /islandais au Canada. L'histoire était vraiment magnifique. Les personnages ont tous une importance propre, et l'arrivée des perso féminins que je pensais ne pas voir apparaître (je m'en plaignais pas, pas trop envie d'une représentation catastrophique) est vraiment bien menée et variée : Hild, Gudrid, et Cordelia, à travers cette représentation d'une femme trans qui m'a beaucoup touchée. Certaines situations d'interactions avec les natifs peuvent mener à un débat : l'arrivée sans paix est-elle suffisante pour tolérer la mention et l'action d'une colonisation, selon notre regard actuel ? Sûrement pas. Mais la lecture de cette œuvre à travers le personnage excellent de Torfinn permet un relativisme qui, selon moi, ne doit pas pour autant faire de lui un être excellent. En dehors de ce sujet, ce protagoniste a une évolution si bien menée, si belle, j'ai failli en lâcher quelques larmes (ce tome avec Einar, mais avant également avec Hild et son pardon). Je suis reconnaissante que mon ami m'ait fait découvrir cette saga
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