Slave | Vinland Saga: Season 2 – Episode 1 | Reaction

GOATLAND SAGA returns!

I think what makes Vinland Saga an excellent story is that it often defies the conventions of action stories.

Einar doesn't get a last-moment power-up, he doesn't get a "rage" power-up from his family's death, he doesn't lead a slave Revolt in the ships, nor does he succeed in escaping. He is a simple man, trying to survive a cruel world.

Spoiler Alert
His sister is definately dead. This ain't Demon Slayer, those type of wounds are definately fatal, specially without immediate medical aid, which she clearly didn't receive.

Hope they get what the story of Vinland is really about. 🙏🏻

Season 2 of Vinland Saga has been slated for 24 episodes according to Blu-ray pre-ordering/listing information.

Thorfinn is still the protagonist of the series, but Einar is definitely the deuteragonist of this arc.

So something for anime-onlys to keep in mind. After season 1 (i.e. the Prologue arc), the Vinland Saga series stops being anywhere as near battle-focused, action-heavy, or concerned with political intrigue (at least politics focusing on monarchy). It becomes much more character study focused and historical fiction focused (for those not in the know Thorfinn is a fictionalized version of a real 11th century explorer/trader of the same name, who’s main primary sources come from two Icelandic Sagas histories).

Also fun bit of trivia, this arc is often called the “Farmland Saga” arc of the series. But in addition to Wineland, one of the other common translations for the Norse word Vinland is literally “Farmland”. i.e. the most common name of this arc is literally just the series name but in modern English.

Also bit of trivia about this episode, the first-half of it is an anime-original creation/expansion of Einar’s backstory (that is told largely by a couple pages of dialogue in the manga).

Also in the manga the buyer who was looking for more “cute looking men” to buy as a slave actually copped a feel of Einar’s genitals (as part of the “inspection-process”). It was after that in the manga, that Einar made his first escape attempt.

I already like Einar I like how we are seeing how the world is so messed up through his eyes and how hopeless it is. Let’s be realistic if someone who is so close to you like your family and they get killed you would be in a shock and hopeless state. This season will be so different this is more of a character study

AMENZ don’t like anal 😂

Man Einar already makes me like him from the first episode 👏👏

Do not compare him with your typical shonen character

King Sweyn(Svhen) of Denmark offered Askeladd a stark choice: the security of his homeland Wales, or the life of his master, Prince Canute(Can-oot). Askeladd's answer was immediate: He struck off Sweyn's head. The meeting of military leaders erupted into chaos after this act of regicide(the action of killing a King), but Canute recognized the play at hand, and killed Askeladd himself, thereby accomplishing Askeladd's aim. Canute immediately took the throne. But after witnessing the end of his father figure, Thorfinn was left empty inside. He was eventually sold into slavery to work on a farm.

Ep 1 was a 8/10 c is crazy🤣

Einar kills thorfinn 😢

you give it a C??? Def an A for me, best Epsiode, Opening and Ending of this Season so far!

They're gonna drop the show lmao

FARMLAND SAGA LESGOOO!!!

This makes me wanna read the manga all over again 🥹

You two are like the worst kind of fucking reactor to watch this series.. only care about cool action and badassness.. but doesnt care about realism and character driven story.. you need to drop it before people slander you all 😂

Let me predict these guys next episode reaction : these two will complain to thorfinn why he doesnt fight back after getting humiliated 🤣

I think the point of Einar is similar to thorfinn but from a opposite side Einar wasn't gifted in fighting like thorfinn. He wasn't a warrior hence when his mom and sister got hurt he didn't know how to react . The point of Vinland saga to me is what's next how do you redeem yourself or just what's next for your life

The fact that you guys don't like Einar is crazy to me, he is so relatable. He was in an impossible situation to save his sister, against 3 warriors for living, while he was only a farmer, he got bodied like he should, this is no Shonen. If you guys were in his shoes you would get bodied no matter how hard you wanted to save you're relative, the odds are simply not favorable. The other little mistakes he makes (like staying back for his mom) make him so human and such a relatable character.

seeing how you put your pride above everything, I guess you won't like this season lmfao

I already knew this was going to happen and I am here for it, one of the reaction channels I expected the most to quit the show in this season hahaha, a fkng C ?!?! unsubbed already but will have fun watching your kid ass reasoning for not liking the season and thinking even less of you after haha. Just as the Mangaka explained right before these chapters in the Manga. People only like Brutality. Why. Sad World.