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Remember when you said you wanted to see more anime centered around adults? Season 2 is exactly what you wanted to see. Our boy has grown up. And so has the story
@@GOTGames on the topic of adult characters, I'll slide a recommendation for Run With the Wind, all the main cast are college guys and it's an amazing journey, such a good watch, it's only one season too!
Hey Luke, just a reminder, Scandinavia is a very diverse group of countries. Denmark (my home, and also the place where the story takes place currently) is basically flat land, and used to be mostly just forest back then. The flat land makes for excellent farmland, which is what you're seeing here. The difference between Denmark and let's say Norway, is night and day. You cross a very narrow sea, and you're immediately met with mountainous regions filled with fjords and lush hillsides. We Danes are often envious of that. Sweden, while still flatter and is occupied with more forests than Norway, also has a much more diverse nature than Denmark. As of today, very little untouched nature remains in Denmark. But we have enough for previously inhabitants such as wolves to thrive, and we're trying to bring them back to our country after they were hunted to extinction, just like in England. Any way, hope any of this helps.
Thorfinn is underdeveloped as an adult. His growth was presumably stunted from near starvation throughout his puberty. He always hunted his own food, and didnt know how to cook so he always had just meat - and usually just rabbit at that, which is not nutritious. He didnt trust others to eat with them. Remember in S1 where he was so surprised by the soup Cnut made? He never gets veggies like that normally. He is only 153cm and not growing anymore. It's a shame because he mightve been as big as Thors if he had a good life.
After attacking Canute, which is punishable by death, Canute basically chose to forgive him for slicing him across the face given the circumstances and handed out a lighter punishment, making Thorfinn a slave. That led to him being bought by this guy as a worker for his farm.
@@jeansnow1116 Its truly peak anime and best season. Whats crazy to me is that people on patreon were already complaining how slow s1 is. These kids need to stop drinking g fuel.
26:53 Actually, there were bears in the British Isles at least until 1500 years ago. 31:59 Thorfinn would have been severely punished for trying to kill a prince, the likely punishment being death. Remember that Canute asked that Thorfinn not be killed, remember? So the worse punishment for Thorfinn short of killing him would have been to sell him as a slave. 33:07 The Thorfinn that appeared when the slave master called him appeared relatively short to me, at least for viking standards. Also, Leif has no way of knowing how much Thorfinn would grow up.
The initial part of 'carve it' is in Icelandic. It seems that they received cooperation from the Icelandic Embassy in Japan. The voice is also from someone at the embassy.
With the wild animals mentioned in the series, you have to realize that bears and wolves not existing in Britain is a fairly modern thing. They both went extinct on the island sometime in the middle ages (Wolves later than bears), but during the time in which Vinland Saga is set, around the turn of the eleventh century, they could still be found in Britain relatively easily.
I think it's more of a bad interpretation of why she was even talking about bears. If historically, they weren't really around anymore, her speaking about how bears eat before hibernating would just be something she learned somewhere, and she was making small talk. The line didn't necessarily mean there were bears still around.
Einar isn't a kid, he's a young adult, at this point probably like 18 or 19 ish, also thorfinn literally attacked royalty, what do you think would happen to him? lol the fact that he's still alive at all is about the extent of what canute's mercy could afford him.
I don't think that's a satisfying answer, surely if Canute actually wanted to pardon Thorfinn he could've sold him into slavery and then discretly bought him back then free him? Unless you'd say that he didn't care enough to go through all that hassle, in which case fair enough.
@@goldenmairon2371 That would be too suspicious. It doesn't speak well if the king frees his attacker without any consequences. It's like if the US found out who assassinated JFK and pardoned them. The amount of backlash would be immense, not to mention people would start to think the king is spineless.
@@goldenmairon2371 I haven't watched beyond this episode yet, so I only have random ass theories, but maybe he doesn't know where Thorfinn ended up? Like, we know what Floki's like. He could have been the one to make the decision to sell Thorfinn off instead, and then tell Canute he'd been set free if asked. Idk
Basically Thorfinn was enslaved for stabbing the king (Canute) so Leif is searching for him again. Also, Thorfinn and Einar are like 18-20 years old (I don't remember exactly) so it wasn't THAT much of a time-skip. And yes, Thorfinn is short and so he will for the rest of the anime lol.
- they are in Scandinavia, Thorfinn was sold into slavery after attacking Canute. - Thorfinn is still young, he's in his early 20's and yes he's an adult but he's a short king 😅
remember the "carve it" poem. in fact, if you can, come back and watch the carve it poem after the season ends. it's very rewarding to do so. but oh my god finally, Einar is here. he's one of my favorite characters in this series, you'll see why. there really is a horrible realism to the way the deaths of Einar's mother and sister go. the arrow probably wasn't aimed at his mother in the first place... it was probably a stray shot, but that's all it takes. a raid like this is so violent that there's just no safety. and the way Einar and Lotta both freeze up, because the idea of leaving their mom behind is so unfathomable, they can't do it while she's still breathing. and if you remember what Einar's mother said about him in the scene prior... he's a big guy, sure, but he's no good in a fight. violence doesn't come as a natural impulse to him... he has to really convince himself to try and harm another person. it would be so easy to criticize Einar for not doing enough, or not doing it quick enough, but he is a better kind of person than these men, and it hurts to see someone so used to decency being treated this way. as for his age, I think Einar's supposed to be somewhere in his 20s. not as ridiculous as if the show was trying to convince us he was in his teens or anything, but yeah... the anime gave him a pretty mature appearance for his age. still, in his attitude, you can tell he hasn't experienced this much horrible behavior from other people before. a lot of the things he's experiencing would've been inconceivable to him before now. and yeah, now we have Thorfinn, in his post-Askeladd era. I think we can assume that enslavement was the lightest punishment Canute could finagle for a guy who stabbed royalty in the face. also, not necessarily a demand or anything, but my god, it kills me to see the ED get shut off after the episode. this one more than probably any other, for me. most don't bother me too much, but Vinland Saga season 2 has a tone, and this ED responds to that call, every time. like, in this episode, the lyrics seem to be responding to Einar's circumstances. during later events, they may respond to other events. many characters take their turn with the meaning. it never gets any less significant. just... on your own time, please listen to it often.
Almost parallel to Attack on Titan. Eren and Mikasa refused to leave Carla until Hannes pulls them away. It's a very real reaction, although Eren and Mikasa have a "Fight" response over a "Freeze"
@@LibbyisMid yeah, and even then, Armin definitely does have a "freeze" response, so he's kind of the counterpoint to Eren and Mikasa in that sense. all are realistic.
@@LibbyisMid true! and also, direct conflict fighters aren't everything. from what I've watched of AoT, I actually really liked Armin, and characters like him, who end up being more thoughtful and strategic.
@@kamuyking551 Every group needs a tactician. Sometimes butting your head against the problem works, but having somebody that can sit back and plan will make everything go easier. While the frontliners (Eren/Mikasa) hold the line for the strategist (Armin) to think. A figurehead to stand at the lead (usually falls on Eren or Jean) for everyone to fall in line behind to keep everyone on the same page. Such a great show.
The introductive season 1 was crazy good, this season 2 brings the show to an even other level. I really really love this season 2 which is a 10/10 for me when I would put 9/10 to season 1 (and I know not everyone would agree).
Einar is english and was transported to denmark on a ship from York. Thorfinn was basically jailed and sold into slavery, again in york. Leif knows the trade routes and has a good idea where slaves will be sold. This is Jylland the mainland part of denmark. Denmark, unlike the rest of scandinavia isn't mountainous, its got similar geography as england, but less hilly.
It is assumed that the last time Leif saw Thorfinn in the first season he was short and blonde, that's how he remembers him, that's why he describes him like this 🙄
As far as the bears in England thing goes, while bears don't currently live in England, they have in the past (the closest idea is as far back 425 AD), there's even bears on certain English flags from medieval times. Apparently the last bear to die in England was in the 10th century, so considering Vinland would've taken place in 1013 AD, they would've had some documentation that bears existed, though yeah, I don't think a random villager would have any idea what a bear was unless they went outside England, but maybe they had folktales about them, idk.
Not a spoiler. Thorfinn is still short and blond lol. Makes sense, he was probably malnourished while growing up alongside Askellad's gang, stunting his growth. Also, I am about to mention Thorfinn's age at this point and when he was with Askellad, if you don't want to know that, stop reading right now. Thorfinn was around 16 by the end of the season, now he is 19!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is a little bit of original research, because I was curious. The "carve it" bits at the beginning of the episode are in Icelandic, which is the closest surviving language to Old Norse (and of course, it's thematically fitting as well because Thorfinn is from Iceland). I decided to look up who voiced them; turns out it's some guy from the Icelandic Ministry of Foreign Affairs. According to his very official Twitter account he spent some time at the Icelandic embassy in Japan around the time the episode would've been in production. So I guess they just went there and were like "heyy could anyone voice this for us lol", which I think is kinda sick actually, lmao. Halldór Elís Ólafsson is the name.
1:20 Oh wow, I totally forgot that was the very first scene of the second season. When I saw it on my first viewing I tought it was just a tone setter for the intro.
There was a time skip but not by many years. Thorfinn is actually 19 right now, and he was 17 turning 18 at the end of season 1. And Einar is 20. Thorfinn was enslaved for attacking Canute, an act of Mercy by the king since he shouldve been killed for that. And Thorfinn was a warrior, it's normal for him to LOOK older than he actually is. Battle trauma and all that. Einar also ''looks 40'' when he was treated like shit, looking like shit. The more he gets a better life, the younger he appears. Also LET'S GOOOO SEASON 2
Basically every animal that's existed in mainland Europe, existed in England too. So yeah, that includes bears. Anyway, get ready for possibly the best anime season ever!
I love rewatching anime (whit you). When you know what will happen you see "spoilers" that mean nothing at first glance. But now I can apreaciate how he is already planting the seeds so when it realy matters it isnt out of the blue.
When Einar (that new dude) starts to build anger, you can notice that the voice shifts onto Thorfinn's anger build (when he realizes that he lost the chance to kill Askeladd), if you hear it closely ;)
So it begins. Season 1 was amazing, so it's hard to believe that season 2 is better but that's what I felt, I remember it as one of the few shows that made me cry (and twice). I'll enjoy the show once again, together with your reaction videos, thanks.
I was sooo expecting him to play a few seconds of the ending song 😢. The soundtrack is on par with season 1, S2 op 1 and ed 1 hit hard every time ! I'm here for this journey, season 2 is awesome. You said you love character development ? You'll definitely get some.
The second season is highly criticized by young audiences, but they do not understand how magnificent the story of Vinland Saga is, please I hope you like it because it is beautiful ❤
That's just because the media is overly exaggerating via the internet, the things that the media show are few but exaggerated and even many fans enjoy it a lot.
I looked it up and they were extinct 500 years before this point in time. But obviously knowing facts about bears doesn’t mean that bears still live where you do
You know, its funny. We danes are extremely proud of our heritage as vikings. And you get basically no representation in popular media, but you hear about a freaking viking manga coming up and you go hell yeah! Then as you watch it its all about how evil the danish are and theain character is freaking icelandic.
You need to understand the show title "Vinland Saga". Saga means dramatic story kind of. It is a story/journey to Vinland. So all those Viking Slavery just context in the show.
It's been 9 to 15 months since the end of S1. (I can't remember the exact length of time, someone correct me below) Also Einar is 20, roughly the same as Thorfinn.
Calm down😅it's only been a year or two since season 1 ended, and Thorfinn is still in his teens. Thorfinn was scheduled to be executed for attempting to murder Prince Cnut, but Cnut prevented this and instead granted him slavery as a minimal punishment. The biggest attraction of the second season of Vinland Saga is the conversations between the characters. Just pay attention to the casual exchanges of words and psychological descriptions.
This underrated show is special. Don't worry, every questions you had will be answered in next next episodes in the season. If not it will answered in next seasons. Just watch it and focus to it. Don't expect anything. Also, If you see happy moments it's mean it's gonna be tragic.
WE BOUT TO ESCAPE SLAVERY WITH THIS ONE 🔥🔥🔥 na but seriously this arc is easily one of the best arcs ever and i still use the purpose of this arc to push me forward each day
Thorfinn is a short guy, even when he was a teenager he was short. This is why Leif said that. And I think this is not spoiler. If you're not please aware me in the comments. They are in Denmark.
It’s only slow if you watched it week by week 1 ep at time. Rewatching it a couple ep at a time made it seem like pacing is fine. He reacts to 2ep a week so he won’t feel like it’s slow.
@@CSM_Kobeni I agree. I was almost jumping into farmland saga boat aswell bc i waited for every episode so badly and honestly seeing thorfinn getting beaten was not easy to watch. I would say around ep6 7 or so i was deeply hooked and already placed it above s1. There was some g fuel kids on patreon already complaining how slow s1 was🥶
@G.O.T Games The time has come , finally! Season 2 of Vinland Saga left a huge impact on me and really connected to me emotionally. You won't regret it. I plan on buying the D.V.D Boxsets for season 2 of Vinland Saga soon when I get enough money. I'm a huge fanboy of Vinland Saga sorry. I hope you continue to watch Vinland Saga season 2 . I hope you like season 2. 😭🙏
It is not possible to say exactly when and where bears died out, most say they went extinct in the early medieval period - between about 425 and 594 AD in the UK.
It's a bit of a hidden gem, it went under the radar, but you should definitely give a go to Grimgar Of Fantasy and Illusions. It's an Isekai, a bit on the short side with 12 episodes, but it's unique, beautiful, and amazingly powerful. It starts slow, but you will love the characters.
Beginning should be in Norse. It seems to me that bears will have same story as wolves. They were in England in 11th century and then went extinct. 24:15 Finally, he recognized a character.
You make so many wild assumptions XD It's fun, don't get me wrong, but I'm always afraid that randomly thinking "They're in Vinland?" or "This farm is exactly where Einar home was" will take away from your actual enjoyment. Some things are way better if you just take them in XD
I finished S2 last month and have been waiting for u to finish the season and u have so now i can binge hehehe can't wait to see what u thought of Farmland Saga :3
@G.O.T Games I'm pretty sure Thorfinn got thrown into slavery as punishment for what he did to Canute in season 1. For attempting to kill Canute . In a way.. even though still messed up, Thorfinn was spared . Thorfinn could have been excuted or worse tortured to death for what he did to Canute. Slavery is still bad obviously. It's still messed up for Thorfinn but the farm dose change him. I won't say anymore. Because I'm afraid of spoiling anything. You're about to witness one of greatest character arcs and character development to exist in a story. To me it's that good. That's how good Vinland Saga season 2 is. I hope we get a season 3&4 of Vinland Saga soon. There's still more to the story to adapt into Anime and the Manga to Vinland Saga is still ongoing. Thorfinn from Vinland Saga remains really short even throughout the entirety of the whole series, because he's malnourished and was growth stunted as a result. He's a small man. Look up his height on google. You'll be surprised.
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I am glad you said it - Einar's sister and mom got killed quickly which was better for them - it could have been a lot worse!
can you do an ado song quiz
Hey GOT, can you reacting to anime opening called Tenchi muyo war on geminar?
Remember when you said you wanted to see more anime centered around adults?
Season 2 is exactly what you wanted to see. Our boy has grown up. And so has the story
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@@GOTGames on the topic of adult characters, I'll slide a recommendation for Run With the Wind, all the main cast are college guys and it's an amazing journey, such a good watch, it's only one season too!
Thorfinn is naturally a short person, probably because of him growing up starving on the battlefield
Hey Luke, just a reminder, Scandinavia is a very diverse group of countries. Denmark (my home, and also the place where the story takes place currently) is basically flat land, and used to be mostly just forest back then.
The flat land makes for excellent farmland, which is what you're seeing here.
The difference between Denmark and let's say Norway, is night and day. You cross a very narrow sea, and you're immediately met with mountainous regions filled with fjords and lush hillsides.
We Danes are often envious of that.
Sweden, while still flatter and is occupied with more forests than Norway, also has a much more diverse nature than Denmark.
As of today, very little untouched nature remains in Denmark. But we have enough for previously inhabitants such as wolves to thrive, and we're trying to bring them back to our country after they were hunted to extinction, just like in England.
Any way, hope any of this helps.
Thorfinn is underdeveloped as an adult. His growth was presumably stunted from near starvation throughout his puberty. He always hunted his own food, and didnt know how to cook so he always had just meat - and usually just rabbit at that, which is not nutritious. He didnt trust others to eat with them. Remember in S1 where he was so surprised by the soup Cnut made? He never gets veggies like that normally. He is only 153cm and not growing anymore. It's a shame because he mightve been as big as Thors if he had a good life.
After attacking Canute, which is punishable by death, Canute basically chose to forgive him for slicing him across the face given the circumstances and handed out a lighter punishment, making Thorfinn a slave. That led to him being bought by this guy as a worker for his farm.
The farm where Einar and Thorfinn got sold is in Southern Denmark. Also Thorfinn is still short lmao, you can be an adult and be short
you can especially be an adult while short if you were malnourished as a kid!
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We just got out of a 10/10 arc to an 11/10 arc. Brace yourself for peak anime and storytelling
Oh yes this arc is a MASTERPIECE like really I'm sorry to say the direction of this one is even above season 1
@@jeansnow1116 Its truly peak anime and best season. Whats crazy to me is that people on patreon were already complaining how slow s1 is. These kids need to stop drinking g fuel.
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Also technically the main show starts here, since season 1 was just the prologue. It was an absolute banger of a prologue, but still a prologue
I liked season 1 better because of Askeladd, he was just such a great character. But season 2 is also a masterpiece and I can't deny that.
26:53 Actually, there were bears in the British Isles at least until 1500 years ago.
31:59 Thorfinn would have been severely punished for trying to kill a prince, the likely punishment being death. Remember that Canute asked that Thorfinn not be killed, remember? So the worse punishment for Thorfinn short of killing him would have been to sell him as a slave.
33:07 The Thorfinn that appeared when the slave master called him appeared relatively short to me, at least for viking standards. Also, Leif has no way of knowing how much Thorfinn would grow up.
The initial part of 'carve it' is in Icelandic. It seems that they received cooperation from the Icelandic Embassy in Japan. The voice is also from someone at the embassy.
With the wild animals mentioned in the series, you have to realize that bears and wolves not existing in Britain is a fairly modern thing. They both went extinct on the island sometime in the middle ages (Wolves later than bears), but during the time in which Vinland Saga is set, around the turn of the eleventh century, they could still be found in Britain relatively easily.
I think it's more of a bad interpretation of why she was even talking about bears. If historically, they weren't really around anymore, her speaking about how bears eat before hibernating would just be something she learned somewhere, and she was making small talk. The line didn't necessarily mean there were bears still around.
I did say that, after the information with the wolves I said it could be bears were in the UK, I wasn't sure 🤔
Einar isn't a kid, he's a young adult, at this point probably like 18 or 19 ish, also thorfinn literally attacked royalty, what do you think would happen to him? lol the fact that he's still alive at all is about the extent of what canute's mercy could afford him.
Still alive and in possession of all his limbs. Attached, even.
I don't think that's a satisfying answer, surely if Canute actually wanted to pardon Thorfinn he could've sold him into slavery and then discretly bought him back then free him? Unless you'd say that he didn't care enough to go through all that hassle, in which case fair enough.
@@goldenmairon2371 That would be too suspicious. It doesn't speak well if the king frees his attacker without any consequences. It's like if the US found out who assassinated JFK and pardoned them. The amount of backlash would be immense, not to mention people would start to think the king is spineless.
@@goldenmairon2371 Maybe Canute thought he was freeing him because Thorfinn was just a killing machine
@@goldenmairon2371 I haven't watched beyond this episode yet, so I only have random ass theories, but maybe he doesn't know where Thorfinn ended up? Like, we know what Floki's like. He could have been the one to make the decision to sell Thorfinn off instead, and then tell Canute he'd been set free if asked. Idk
Basically Thorfinn was enslaved for stabbing the king (Canute) so Leif is searching for him again. Also, Thorfinn and Einar are like 18-20 years old (I don't remember exactly) so it wasn't THAT much of a time-skip. And yes, Thorfinn is short and so he will for the rest of the anime lol.
- they are in Scandinavia, Thorfinn was sold into slavery after attacking Canute.
- Thorfinn is still young, he's in his early 20's and yes he's an adult but he's a short king 😅
remember the "carve it" poem. in fact, if you can, come back and watch the carve it poem after the season ends. it's very rewarding to do so.
but oh my god finally, Einar is here. he's one of my favorite characters in this series, you'll see why. there really is a horrible realism to the way the deaths of Einar's mother and sister go. the arrow probably wasn't aimed at his mother in the first place... it was probably a stray shot, but that's all it takes. a raid like this is so violent that there's just no safety. and the way Einar and Lotta both freeze up, because the idea of leaving their mom behind is so unfathomable, they can't do it while she's still breathing. and if you remember what Einar's mother said about him in the scene prior... he's a big guy, sure, but he's no good in a fight. violence doesn't come as a natural impulse to him... he has to really convince himself to try and harm another person. it would be so easy to criticize Einar for not doing enough, or not doing it quick enough, but he is a better kind of person than these men, and it hurts to see someone so used to decency being treated this way.
as for his age, I think Einar's supposed to be somewhere in his 20s. not as ridiculous as if the show was trying to convince us he was in his teens or anything, but yeah... the anime gave him a pretty mature appearance for his age. still, in his attitude, you can tell he hasn't experienced this much horrible behavior from other people before. a lot of the things he's experiencing would've been inconceivable to him before now.
and yeah, now we have Thorfinn, in his post-Askeladd era. I think we can assume that enslavement was the lightest punishment Canute could finagle for a guy who stabbed royalty in the face.
also, not necessarily a demand or anything, but my god, it kills me to see the ED get shut off after the episode. this one more than probably any other, for me. most don't bother me too much, but Vinland Saga season 2 has a tone, and this ED responds to that call, every time. like, in this episode, the lyrics seem to be responding to Einar's circumstances. during later events, they may respond to other events. many characters take their turn with the meaning. it never gets any less significant. just... on your own time, please listen to it often.
Almost parallel to Attack on Titan. Eren and Mikasa refused to leave Carla until Hannes pulls them away. It's a very real reaction, although Eren and Mikasa have a "Fight" response over a "Freeze"
@@LibbyisMid yeah, and even then, Armin definitely does have a "freeze" response, so he's kind of the counterpoint to Eren and Mikasa in that sense. all are realistic.
@@kamuyking551 Proactive versus reactive, 100%! tho it all pushes Armin into a more proactive role
@@LibbyisMid true! and also, direct conflict fighters aren't everything. from what I've watched of AoT, I actually really liked Armin, and characters like him, who end up being more thoughtful and strategic.
@@kamuyking551 Every group needs a tactician. Sometimes butting your head against the problem works, but having somebody that can sit back and plan will make everything go easier. While the frontliners (Eren/Mikasa) hold the line for the strategist (Armin) to think. A figurehead to stand at the lead (usually falls on Eren or Jean) for everyone to fall in line behind to keep everyone on the same page. Such a great show.
The introductive season 1 was crazy good, this season 2 brings the show to an even other level. I really really love this season 2 which is a 10/10 for me when I would put 9/10 to season 1 (and I know not everyone would agree).
Einar is english and was transported to denmark on a ship from York.
Thorfinn was basically jailed and sold into slavery, again in york.
Leif knows the trade routes and has a good idea where slaves will be sold. This is Jylland the mainland part of denmark.
Denmark, unlike the rest of scandinavia isn't mountainous, its got similar geography as england, but less hilly.
the carve sentences is not in Japanese, they are in Old Norse
Oh I had no idea 👀
Oh! A wild Thorfinn appeared!
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Dude! How can you say that Thorfinn is wild, when he is clearly a slave!? :D
One of the he best arc in anime begins now!!!
* most boring arc*
@@nexstbob6911 you're boring. Go back to your shounen things
@@nexstbob6911 Fuck out of here and go watch Jujutsu Kaisen😂😂😂😂😂.....Read what the plot of Vinland saga it was never about fighting
@@nexstbob6911 seems like you don't understand the character development
@@animevibee02 Its truly the best anime season out of all anime. On patreon these G-fuel kids were complaining how slow s1 was😂.
It is assumed that the last time Leif saw Thorfinn in the first season he was short and blonde, that's how he remembers him, that's why he describes him like this 🙄
All this talk about "big battles" and I'm like "Luke, leave a tissue box close by you gonna NEED it"
As far as the bears in England thing goes, while bears don't currently live in England, they have in the past (the closest idea is as far back 425 AD), there's even bears on certain English flags from medieval times. Apparently the last bear to die in England was in the 10th century, so considering Vinland would've taken place in 1013 AD, they would've had some documentation that bears existed, though yeah, I don't think a random villager would have any idea what a bear was unless they went outside England, but maybe they had folktales about them, idk.
Not a spoiler. Thorfinn is still short and blond lol. Makes sense, he was probably malnourished while growing up alongside Askellad's gang, stunting his growth. Also, I am about to mention Thorfinn's age at this point and when he was with Askellad, if you don't want to know that, stop reading right now. Thorfinn was around 16 by the end of the season, now he is 19!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Huh? I thought only one year had passed since season 1? I believe he was 18 when season 1 ended.
This is a little bit of original research, because I was curious. The "carve it" bits at the beginning of the episode are in Icelandic, which is the closest surviving language to Old Norse (and of course, it's thematically fitting as well because Thorfinn is from Iceland). I decided to look up who voiced them; turns out it's some guy from the Icelandic Ministry of Foreign Affairs. According to his very official Twitter account he spent some time at the Icelandic embassy in Japan around the time the episode would've been in production. So I guess they just went there and were like "heyy could anyone voice this for us lol", which I think is kinda sick actually, lmao. Halldór Elís Ólafsson is the name.
1:20 Oh wow, I totally forgot that was the very first scene of the second season. When I saw it on my first viewing I tought it was just a tone setter for the intro.
There was a time skip but not by many years. Thorfinn is actually 19 right now, and he was 17 turning 18 at the end of season 1. And Einar is 20. Thorfinn was enslaved for attacking Canute, an act of Mercy by the king since he shouldve been killed for that. And Thorfinn was a warrior, it's normal for him to LOOK older than he actually is. Battle trauma and all that. Einar also ''looks 40'' when he was treated like shit, looking like shit. The more he gets a better life, the younger he appears. Also LET'S GOOOO SEASON 2
einar is from britain and ketil's farm is in denmark
YES! YES! YESSSSSSS!
FINALLY WE'RE AT SEASON 2 & AM SOO FREAKING EXCITED FOR YOUR REACTIONS (ik you're gonna get emotional alot during this Arc 😭)
Basically every animal that's existed in mainland Europe, existed in England too. So yeah, that includes bears.
Anyway, get ready for possibly the best anime season ever!
Actual peak begins
I love rewatching anime (whit you).
When you know what will happen you see "spoilers" that mean nothing at first glance.
But now I can apreaciate how he is already planting the seeds so when it realy matters it isnt out of the blue.
When Einar (that new dude) starts to build anger, you can notice that the voice shifts onto Thorfinn's anger build (when he realizes that he lost the chance to kill Askeladd), if you hear it closely ;)
So it begins. Season 1 was amazing, so it's hard to believe that season 2 is better but that's what I felt, I remember it as one of the few shows that made me cry (and twice). I'll enjoy the show once again, together with your reaction videos, thanks.
FARMLAND SAGA BEGINS WOOOOO
I was sooo expecting him to play a few seconds of the ending song 😢. The soundtrack is on par with season 1, S2 op 1 and ed 1 hit hard every time !
I'm here for this journey, season 2 is awesome. You said you love character development ? You'll definitely get some.
Lets start another petition fkr luke to watch the last two episodes together, even if he foesnt upload them at the same time. 😂😂
Honestly, the last episode can be watched seperately. I'm actually pretty happy that 22 and 23 will be watched together.
Nah, I'd have him watch episode 22 and 23 together.
🤣 imagine if he actually does
@@loenk2651👍🏾
I think if we reach 600k subscribers before he finishes season 2, then that will be possible 😄
Ah yes.. Farmland saga, one of the best arc in the history of anime ever.
however brutal it seems, this series is a great anti-violence manifest, the best I've ever experienced
This was by far my favourite anime of last year! I hope you enjoy it!
😂😂 I've been waiting for your reaction on S2 and you didn't disappoint me 😂😂
WE'RE GOING FARMING WITH THIS ONE BOISS🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
5:30 Vinland is America, there is only native american people in Vinland at this moment of time.
The second season is highly criticized by young audiences, but they do not understand how magnificent the story of Vinland Saga is, please I hope you like it because it is beautiful ❤
I'm on the younger side and I liked season 2 more than 1
@@Writer-Two I'm on the older side, and I enjoyed season 1 more than 2. But I agree season 2 is more meaningful, and has huge emotional payoffs.
That's just because the media is overly exaggerating via the internet, the things that the media show are few but exaggerated and even many fans enjoy it a lot.
Its the g fuel kids. Imagine they were complaining of s1 being slow over at patreon. Cant imagine what they gonna feel in couple of episodes to come.
@@Writer-Two that makes me so happy
And the journey begins! This is the season what separate Men to Kids. Sorry to say it in that way but it is what it is.
Brown bears within the British Isles were just about going extinct around that time in history I believe.
I looked it up and they were extinct 500 years before this point in time. But obviously knowing facts about bears doesn’t mean that bears still live where you do
Luke, get ready for probably the best character development in anime!
Hell Yeah!
It's time for Farmland Saga!!!!!
THIS SEASON 100/10
Its a 2-3 year skip after ss1, they are some in a coastal farm somewhere in South Denmark, Thorfinn age is around 19-20 rn
It's only a year, but yeah Thorfinn should be 19 rn
Luke was 5 minutes into the episode and he was already theory-crafting about "30-40 years time jumps" and looking at people's eyes, hehe
Welcome to season 2 Luke! Prepare to cry, like a lot.
yes they are still in britian, and yes thorfinn was turned into a slave, but keep watching and you'll understand how.
No they're not, Ketil's farm is in Denmark
You know, its funny. We danes are extremely proud of our heritage as vikings. And you get basically no representation in popular media, but you hear about a freaking viking manga coming up and you go hell yeah! Then as you watch it its all about how evil the danish are and theain character is freaking icelandic.
WE'RE GONNA FARM THE WHEAT WITH THIS ONE 🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣
You need to understand the show title "Vinland Saga". Saga means dramatic story kind of. It is a story/journey to Vinland. So all those Viking Slavery just context in the show.
It's been 9 to 15 months since the end of S1. (I can't remember the exact length of time, someone correct me below) Also Einar is 20, roughly the same as Thorfinn.
witnessing top 3 anime season of all time.
Let the goat arc farmland saga begin
For timeline its a year after , the event of season 1 happened in 1014 now its 1015 , so thorfinn is now 19 years old
Calm down😅it's only been a year or two since season 1 ended, and Thorfinn is still in his teens. Thorfinn was scheduled to be executed for attempting to murder Prince Cnut, but Cnut prevented this and instead granted him slavery as a minimal punishment.
The biggest attraction of the second season of Vinland Saga is the conversations between the characters. Just pay attention to the casual exchanges of words and psychological descriptions.
This underrated show is special. Don't worry, every questions you had will be answered in next next episodes in the season. If not it will answered in next seasons. Just watch it and focus to it.
Don't expect anything. Also, If you see happy moments it's mean it's gonna be tragic.
The best season begins
😂 Luke pulled a power move on us exposing that he is 200 steps ahead with his pre-recorded video postings.
My first reaction on this ep is "Look! Eren's chopping the log!"
Thorfinn is a bit older, but still young, and still short.
WE BOUT TO ESCAPE SLAVERY WITH THIS ONE 🔥🔥🔥 na but seriously this arc is easily one of the best arcs ever and i still use the purpose of this arc to push me forward each day
Thorfinn is a short guy, even when he was a teenager he was short. This is why Leif said that.
And I think this is not spoiler. If you're not please aware me in the comments.
They are in
Denmark.
trust me bro this arc is slow at first but you will love this even more than season 1 in the end
It’s only slow if you watched it week by week 1 ep at time.
Rewatching it a couple ep at a time made it seem like pacing is fine. He reacts to 2ep a week so he won’t feel like it’s slow.
@@CSM_Kobeni I agree. I was almost jumping into farmland saga boat aswell bc i waited for every episode so badly and honestly seeing thorfinn getting beaten was not easy to watch. I would say around ep6 7 or so i was deeply hooked and already placed it above s1. There was some g fuel kids on patreon already complaining how slow s1 was🥶
PEAKLAND SAGA IS HERE!!! 🔥 Masterpiece incoming 🤯🤯🤯🤯
I like farmland saga so much man!
You're just starting my favourite story of all time!!!!!
@G.O.T Games
The time has come , finally! Season 2 of Vinland Saga left a huge impact on me and really connected to me emotionally. You won't regret it. I plan on buying the D.V.D Boxsets for season 2 of Vinland Saga soon when I get enough money. I'm a huge fanboy of Vinland Saga sorry. I hope you continue to watch Vinland Saga season 2 . I hope you like season 2. 😭🙏
It is not possible to say exactly when and where bears died out, most say they went extinct in the early medieval period - between about 425 and 594 AD in the UK.
First off, Vinland Saga reminds you that it is Vinland Saga.
It's a bit of a hidden gem, it went under the radar, but you should definitely give a go to Grimgar Of Fantasy and Illusions.
It's an Isekai, a bit on the short side with 12 episodes, but it's unique, beautiful, and amazingly powerful. It starts slow, but you will love the characters.
Beginning should be in Norse.
It seems to me that bears will have same story as wolves. They were in England in 11th century and then went extinct.
24:15 Finally, he recognized a character.
It's in Icelandic.
Really need to get a "I'm confused" coffee cup made for the merch store.
Farmland saga lets goooo
Thorfinn isint that tall. He also isin that old. I dont know why you assume that Thorfinn is VERY MUCH OLDER
YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WE FARMLANDING RIGHT AWAY???
you know what luke should just binge the entire season 2 and upload on schedule
This is in the future. Thorfinn is just short. Short and blonde
You make so many wild assumptions XD
It's fun, don't get me wrong, but I'm always afraid that randomly thinking "They're in Vinland?" or "This farm is exactly where Einar home was" will take away from your actual enjoyment. Some things are way better if you just take them in XD
oh yes here we go :D
And now Luke learns that Vinland Saga has never been about the cool fights...
Finally the true stories
I finished S2 last month and have been waiting for u to finish the season and u have so now i can binge hehehe
can't wait to see what u thought of Farmland Saga :3
Peakland Saga is here!
everything will be explained as the season goes on. trust me.
Season 2 > Season 1 🎉
PEAKLAND SAGAAAA
Now you will witness nothing but peak!!
Luke, why are you talking that much about Thorfinn beeing short? Have you learned nothing from Edward Elric?
Peak land saga is here
Because the 1st season was good, the 2nd season has more meaning and value.
I think he only said young cuz he’s old and last time he saw
Thorfinn was when he was small so yh
@G.O.T Games
I'm pretty sure Thorfinn got thrown into slavery as punishment for what he did to Canute in season 1. For attempting to kill Canute . In a way.. even though still messed up, Thorfinn was spared . Thorfinn could have been excuted or worse tortured to death for what he did to Canute. Slavery is still bad obviously. It's still messed up for Thorfinn but the farm dose change him. I won't say anymore. Because I'm afraid of spoiling anything. You're about to witness one of greatest character arcs and character development to exist in a story. To me it's that good. That's how good Vinland Saga season 2 is. I hope we get a season 3&4 of Vinland Saga soon. There's still more to the story to adapt into Anime and the Manga to Vinland Saga is still ongoing. Thorfinn from Vinland Saga remains really short even throughout the entirety of the whole series, because he's malnourished and was growth stunted as a result. He's a small man. Look up his height on google. You'll be surprised.
Thorfinn is still short and blonde lol
Nope Luke, this ain't Vinland yet. If you start seeing Indians(Native Americans) then yes.
Couldn't you just have left it as Native Americans? They're not Indians at all, Indigenous would be another correct word if you wanted to replace it.