Should you watch Vinland Saga?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Vinland Saga
Anime · 2019
For a thousand years, the Vikings have made quite a name and reputation for themselves as the strongest families with a thirst for violence. Thorfinn, the son of one of the Vikings' greatest warriors, spends his boyhood in a battlefield enhancing his skills in his adventure to redeem his most-desired revenge after his father was murdered.
The sides of Vinland Saga
- A boy who saw his father killed
- Viking bands hired by English kings
- A slave farm where a warrior tries to stop fighting
Vinland Saga is good for you if…
- you like Vikings, England and Denmark around the year 1000.
- you want to watch a boy harden into a killer, then try to stop.
- you want axe duels and raids on burning villages.
Vinland Saga is bad for you if…
- you can't watch raids, severed limbs and villages set on fire.
- you don't watch anime.
- you need momentum. The second season spends a long time on a farm.
About: revenge · violence · redemption
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