@Blades O Grass in the manga later on, Einar is a character that becomes thorfinn's best friend and I just noticed that Einar jonassen is the name of the sculptor.
Fascinating that Askeladd could draw inspiration from a Norwegian myth about stoking the fire, when he spends his entire time in the story stoking the fires of war
I'm Really impressed by this video. It's really interesting and extremely well edited. I love Vinland Saga but I was never aware of how accurate it was to actual history.
If I remember from history class: Leif Erickson actually did land in the province Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He made friends with the local first nation people there and probably smoked. There are still traces of viking settlements there. Also, I'm not sure but he probably killed a bunch of those guys with new diseases.
Given that the Vikings didn't understand disease they can hardly be blamed, the English later did understand and intentionally gave disease laced blankets to the natives. Same result but the motives should not be overlooked one was a mistake, the other intentional.
I must admit, I was a little surprised when I found out ''Askeladden'' was depicted as a villian in an anime, I grew up with stop motion films based around the original tales! The only evil thing I can remember that he ever did was when he tricked a troll to stab himself! x)
Tbf he did some pretty fucked up things in the other, original fairytales. And Henrik Ibsen's "Peer Gynt" was literary a parody on Askeladden, showing the worst sides about norwegians and awarding them for it. Peer Gynt literary ran away from his fiance on the night before their wedding night, then she waited 40 years for Peer Gynt to just out of nowhere return (after making alot of money in the opium trade and "civilizing" in China and literary slave trade in Africa). Idk if he did marry her in their like 70s to live happily ever after, after all the evil crap Peer Gynt did, or he told his wife she was a stupid ass bitch for wasting her life on someone who didn't even love her, but yeah. I love Peer Gynt and I love the original norwegian folk tales and their just, mythology and remnants from the viking age.
I loved Askeladden as a villain, he felt like i dark twin of the original myths, his backstory and desire to rise above his brothers and the way he gather people with specific skills around him. It all had the common traits of a Askeladd story, but with a darker twist to it.
If youre familiar with the original stories, do you know by any chance know how "Askeladden" is actually pronounced? I hears ask, ash and dd-> v and am unsure... Any thoughts?
Vinland Saga takes a lot of historical liberties but then it makes sense for it to do so because the Saga of the Greenlanders and Erik The Red's Saga are both legendary accounts of real historical events. Vinland Saga is literally what it says on the tin.
Iirc his son becomes an important person for Christianizing the nords. In fact there’s more info on his son Snorri than Thorfinn, basically a much more culturally and religiously important character than his father. We know Vinland will fail, but Thorfinn’s story might have a happy ending in the long run.
Something they skipped in Vinland Saga was the role of poetery to the old Norse. Poetry was GIGANORMOUS in the viking world. It was an oral culture where the skald and poetry was tv, the movies, high culture and low culture, history department, legal department, everything. They could create poetry on the fly and they would memorize stories of enormous length and complexity. It might have been the right choice to skip poetry, from a story telling perspective. Just thought I should mention it.
@@kotarojujo2737 Ah, have not watched Season 2, thank you for tip. I do not mind that the Japanese are telling Japanese stories in the skin of another culture. And non Christian cultures have some things in common.
Yeah, this anime is amazingly historically accurate, but one point: the Wales. It is not credible that Welsh warriors of the eleventh century would have used Roman armors and ships. What was Roman Britannia did not survived the retirement of the Roman legions and the invasion of the Anglo-Saxons, more than 500 years before the story told in the Vinland saga. Therefore, that part is totally anachronistic.
Its kinda not tho. Things do retain. They didnt use the Roman armors but something that was remembered by it. Its perfectly plausible that they could wear and remember the Romans. Maybe not in reality but feasible nonetheless
@@zephyrr108 Come on. At that time, not even the remnant of the Roman Empire used the antiquate armors, garments and ships showed in Vinland saga. Those were used during the first two centuries of the Roman Empire, but later gradually dismissed. At the time the legions left Britannia, they were not in use anymore, if not for ceremonies by the elites in Rome and Costantinople. Besides this, the Wales were part of the Roman province of Britannia where people were less accustomed with Roman civilization. That part of Britain was the first in which the signs of Roman civilization disappeared after the legions left, 500 years before the time of the settings of Vinland saga.
You make a good point but there were a few places sprinkled throughout Britain where the local lords made a big deal about continuing the legacy of Rome and having Roman ancestors. It didn't amount to much other than maintaining examples of art and architecture because they were never super high ranking and were probably making the ancestors up for legitimacy but still
Great video, Yuki did a lot of research visiting and touring places like Iceland before starting Vinland Saga to make his manga realistic and historically accurate in many ways.
Prediction for the ending of Vinland Saga: Snorri who is older and now a missionary, is telling stories about Vinland that were told to him by his father Thorfinn to a group of small children in Normandy. One of those small kids is absolutely fascinated by the story but the other kids make fun of him and call him a bastard. Snorri asks the kid what his real name is and the kids tells him "William". Yeah I know it's not the most historically accurate thing but again neither is the manga and it would be a pretty epic way to end the series.
Just a sidenote at 12:25. Scania (skåne) was part of Denmark at that time. Similarly, it would be like describing Jutland as a different region to Denmark when in fact it's all Denmark. When talking about Sweden, as in Cnut the Great also ruled parts of Sweden, it's pretty much the area of todays Sweden besides Skåne. The map however makes Scania bigger than it actually was, is. Great video, btw.
Not really. Canutes title was "king of Denmark, Norway, England and some of the Swedes." Historians believe that those "some Swedes" were eastern Geats who had voluntarily pledged allegiance to him.
If you do another video like this for the events shown in the show you gotta add the opening attack from episode 2. This attack was carried out on a saturday when the vikings in the Danelaw were bathing (vikings were know to be quite clean bathing once a week, many suggest on saturdays) King Sweyn later says this attack is the excuse for his invasion, which would make these attacks what is known as the The St Brice’s Day Massacre The St Brice’s Day Massacre took place on 13th November 1002, A SATURDAY. i swear this series is so intricate.
Дуже дякую за ваші субтитри українською, це дуже не звично бачити англомовні канали, що намагаються робити контент зрозумілий для багатьох країн світу, моя щира повага. Thank you very much for your subtitles in Ukrainian, it is very unusual to see English-language channels trying to make content understandable for many countries of the world, my sincere respect.
My guess of how it will play out: The Norse settlers get into a conflict with the natives. Thorfinn realizes the fallen nature of man, as long as there are humans, there will always be war. He leaves Vinland and is reintroduced to the Gospel, so he decides that the land of peace he seeks can only be attainable in Heaven, then converts to Christianity. He goes back home, meets up with Canute, builds a church, and years later his grandsons are ordained as bishops. Also, Canute gets into a fallout with Wulf. Sounds plausible considering who the real Thorfinn’s descendants were, plus all the clues appearing in the Farmland arc (the lamb, conversation on being born again, Thorfinn listening into a Bible reading).
I really hope Thorfinn converts. Another thing that supports this theory is Hild, whose father’s last words to her were: “Later on, when you feel like the hatred and anger threaten to crush your soul, remember the teachings of Christ. Forgive your fellow man, for forgiveness is your only salvation.” I believe that if she forgives Thorfinn (perhaps for the colony’s failure), Thorfinn may end up converting due to her forgiveness for his numerous transgressions
That’s what I’m thinking. I’m about to start book 10 but the only way the journey to Vinland can end is in failure. Historically, thorfinns child is born in Vinland but they end up leaving. I think he realizes at the end the only heaven one can build in within themselves. It would be a nice message. It’s not about religion but about finding that peace within yourself and with the people around you. A great end to his arc. Vinland saga is brilliant.
Basically, it is difficult to directly refer to the actual fanatic cult religion Westerners are too obsessed with religion, so someone starts to get angry No more fanatic religion fight
I was hoping they would go the Byzantium and show the verengian guard. The series has so manny elisions to Ancient Rome and stoic philosophy it would make sense for them to go the the seat of Roman power.
Sad Fact: if the manga is really historically accutate, then thorfinn will die from the indian arrows. But there is still hope for a happy ending. We just never knew
It's still fiction manga lol Doesn't have to be historically accurate. If you want to see the accurate story, go to history class. This is entertainment only and should be fun more than real history That's not sad fact lol
i knew it was somewhat accurate but holly it does a great job of mixing fiction and non fiction holly idk the name of the author but this is just such amazing writing foes anyone know if the author has any other work then just vinland saga
Vinland saga pronounces it Thor- kell and it sounds so much better than Thorkel like your only saying it with one L, like the word snorkel. Not sure which is historically accurate but one definitely sounds better.
You don't need to have the title changed into different languages, at least in Swedish, as the Swedish audience that would watch this probably already know good English. It comes across as a bit weird. Also, the video is still in English so you would still need to understand that.
How I wish the statue will be erected once again though. I only saw the statue from my cousins pictures when they went to newfoundland but I was hoping to take my own picture beside it one day when I get to visit Canada.
From what I can find online the reasons you speak of is that the statue was a meeting place for a white supremacist group. So it seems there problem wasn’t necessarily with Thorfinn. I was confused why they would want to topple a statue of him too, but with the context it makes more sense.
@@arrakis5390 It's still a lame reason for them to do something like that, even with the context. Antifa wants to feel like they're doing something justifiable, like when Sadam's statue was torn down in Bagdad. But they're just being dumb hooligans with random statues they personally associate with 'white supremacy,' or 'the patriarchy'.
Very interesting video. Also, while I personally enjoy your calm pacing, I have an editing suggestion! You could easily have started talking during the slow channel intro text. A slow intro might turn some people off on this platform. You have a very pleasant voice, and together with music, it could actually work as a better intro too. You could even say something like welcome! Sorry! As a creator myself I just have a habit of picking things like this up. I also always wanna support small channels
This is somewhat a spoiler but where Vinland Saga is at now in the manga, Gudrid had announced her pregnancy and if the baby is not named Snorri like in the history then I don’t want it.
great video man, i’ve found out about this manga/anime and read it in a couple of days it was awesome. You did a great job in making a comparison between the history and anime really enjoyed this!
my family descended from Vikings so its so weird to hear how they lived back in those days compared to how we live now i honestly think theyd either fall in love with or shitt themselves if they ever saw a gun xD
"my family descended from Vikings." Nuh uh dmbss. Look at the person with Minecraft profile picture, do you know how many vikings are there? There are many, basically people who lives on the same country as you, is the descendants of viking. This is literally the same as saying, "I am a descendants of Adam." Literally everyone is Adam descendants. Typical eight grade IQ:
@@hanksturgill7366"my family descended from Vikings." Nuh uh dmb s. Look at the person with Minecraft profile picture, do you know how many vikings are there? There are many, basically people who lives on the same country as you, is the descendants of viking. This is literally the same as saying, "I am a descendants of Adam." Literally everyone is Adam descendants. Typical eight grade IQ:
Spoiler free videos are so boring. It takes away from the real life story and the lore of the anime. If people can’t enjoy a video without watching the anime then just don’t watch the video.
The biggest issue with this show is that they use American voice actors for the dub. Like it woulda been so sick to hear Welsh english or Danish accents and it probably could have been the best dub an anime has ever gotten.
From what I can find online the statue was a meeting stop for a white supremacist group in Philadelphia. So it likely wasn’t toppled because it was of Thorfinn, but because of the people that used it for a meeting place.
Vinland Saga is not a love letter to Vikings. It's literally about how shitty and hollow the Viking society and culture is and Throfinn seeking an escape from it ie.Vinland
Heres another fact tho the name Thor and kell is actually the english trasnlation for Tor and kjell so originaly the characters names is actually Torfinn Tor Torkjell And for cnut his name is actually spelled with an K not an C in norse so cnuts name is Knut in norse Just some small facts there for ya as i am norse my self i am from norway so i easly know what the characters actual names are😉
I never thought it was based on real historic people. I'm only on episode 2 and now I love this Viking anime so much more now. Thanks for teaching this to us sir 🤩🤩
I wonder If a hospital was a meeting place for a white supremacist group, if they would destroy it aswell... Its unreasonable to destroy X place or X monument because X group meets near it. Still a ridiculous act of a domestic terrorist group.
They took down a statue racist kkk members dirtied with their racist beliefs. U blaming the wrong ppl. Focus on keeping the Republican Party together cause it looks like it’s about to fall apart.
so, i've read up on Thorkell the tall, and what i've read is basically that Thorkell was known as "a man bigger than the biggest man", hinting that he was 7'7 feet tall. for reference, Richard Kiel, the actor most famous for playing Jaws in the James Bond movies was 7'2. historically, the tallest living man was a man named Robert Wadlow at the height of 8'11. for reference, Goro from Mortal Kombat is 8'2. everything else about Thorkell the tall checks out, asides from what you've mentioned in this video. the only thing we have in written record of Thorkell the tall is a runestone describing his life.
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A thing I would like to add is the author gave a tribute to the sculptor of thorfinn's statue by naming his best friend after him.
E T That’s awesome!
@Blades O Grass in the manga later on, Einar is a character that becomes thorfinn's best friend and I just noticed that Einar jonassen is the name of the sculptor.
Blades O Grass LMAO youre a funny guy
@Blades O Grass omg that's what I actually thought when I first read the comment
Einar is like a brother to Thorfinn
Fascinating that Askeladd could draw inspiration from a Norwegian myth about stoking the fire, when he spends his entire time in the story stoking the fires of war
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Thorfinn will be known more than Lief Erickson overtime just because of the anime lol
*Leif Erikson
Leif is already immortalized in the best anime, Spongebob
@@kaste94 we’re forgetting already
There's no thorfinn day but there is a Leif Erikson day
The vikings valhalla Netflix show based on leif ericsson is probably more popular than vinland saga
I'm Really impressed by this video. It's really interesting and extremely well edited. I love Vinland Saga but I was never aware of how accurate it was to actual history.
Der Xardas Thank you! I was impressed by the first season of the show. I just had to share how historical it was
Vinland Saga is infinitely better than any Live action Viking show ever
The Last Kingdom clears
@@ShortSideSniper17nah. Vinland is better. Last kingdom movie sucks
Yes
Vikings Is lit
If I remember from history class:
Leif Erickson actually did land in the province Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He made friends with the local first nation people there and probably smoked. There are still traces of viking settlements there. Also, I'm not sure but he probably killed a bunch of those guys with new diseases.
Panda Bear that’s right! If you want to know more about Leif’s (supposed) colony look up L'aux meadows
Wasn't that settlement abandoned after 3 years though?
They've found a bunch of Viking stuff in Newfoundland. They even found a HOUSE!!
Given that the Vikings didn't understand disease they can hardly be blamed, the English later did understand and intentionally gave disease laced blankets to the natives.
Same result but the motives should not be overlooked one was a mistake, the other intentional.
@@TwoPlusTwoEqualsFive32 This practice continued well after the founding of the United States
I must admit, I was a little surprised when I found out ''Askeladden'' was depicted as a villian in an anime, I grew up with stop motion films based around the original tales! The only evil thing I can remember that he ever did was when he tricked a troll to stab himself! x)
Tbf he did some pretty fucked up things in the other, original fairytales. And Henrik Ibsen's "Peer Gynt" was literary a parody on Askeladden, showing the worst sides about norwegians and awarding them for it. Peer Gynt literary ran away from his fiance on the night before their wedding night, then she waited 40 years for Peer Gynt to just out of nowhere return (after making alot of money in the opium trade and "civilizing" in China and literary slave trade in Africa). Idk if he did marry her in their like 70s to live happily ever after, after all the evil crap Peer Gynt did, or he told his wife she was a stupid ass bitch for wasting her life on someone who didn't even love her, but yeah. I love Peer Gynt and I love the original norwegian folk tales and their just, mythology and remnants from the viking age.
I loved Askeladden as a villain, he felt like i dark twin of the original myths, his backstory and desire to rise above his brothers and the way he gather people with specific skills around him. It all had the common traits of a Askeladd story, but with a darker twist to it.
If youre familiar with the original stories, do you know by any chance know how "Askeladden" is actually pronounced? I hears ask, ash and dd-> v and am unsure...
Any thoughts?
Vinland Saga takes a lot of historical liberties but then it makes sense for it to do so because the Saga of the Greenlanders and
Erik The Red's Saga are both legendary accounts of real historical events. Vinland Saga is literally what it says on the tin.
Its a tale of a tale of a tale...
I wonder how the manga will end... I really don’t want it to end tragically for Thorfinn like in real life 😭
Thanks for history spoiler dude😭
@@Deadly_Alive fr bruh
@@shigeokageyama4458 as soon as I remembered that Vikings left bummed me out
@@Deadly_Alive I mean......what do you expect someone like him in history to live happily ever after? Only some do.
Iirc his son becomes an important person for Christianizing the nords. In fact there’s more info on his son Snorri than Thorfinn, basically a much more culturally and religiously important character than his father.
We know Vinland will fail, but Thorfinn’s story might have a happy ending in the long run.
I’m starting to realize I’m just like my grandpa watching history channel 24/7… when I look at my favorite manga it’s all historical based Manga
lol I can very much relate
Something they skipped in Vinland Saga was the role of poetery to the old Norse. Poetry was GIGANORMOUS in the viking world. It was an oral culture where the skald and poetry was tv, the movies, high culture and low culture, history department, legal department, everything. They could create poetry on the fly and they would memorize stories of enormous length and complexity.
It might have been the right choice to skip poetry, from a story telling perspective. Just thought I should mention it.
Not only that but the entire pagan cults are missing. Tho maybe preferable.
well, Season 2 opening did recite old norse poem
@@kotarojujo2737 Ah, have not watched Season 2, thank you for tip. I do not mind that the Japanese are telling Japanese stories in the skin of another culture. And non Christian cultures have some things in common.
Season 2 used a Norse poem so well. It added a dramatic effect by the end
I actually like that they skip that because the last thing I want to see is them butchering that part of Norse Culture.
Yeah, this anime is amazingly historically accurate, but one point: the Wales. It is not credible that Welsh warriors of the eleventh century would have used Roman armors and ships. What was Roman Britannia did not survived the retirement of the Roman legions and the invasion of the Anglo-Saxons, more than 500 years before the story told in the Vinland saga. Therefore, that part is totally anachronistic.
Michelangelo Cordenonsi You are 100% correct. I can’t believe I didn’t mention this.
Never heard "anachronistic" before...
Its kinda not tho. Things do retain. They didnt use the Roman armors but something that was remembered by it. Its perfectly plausible that they could wear and remember the Romans. Maybe not in reality but feasible nonetheless
@@zephyrr108 Come on. At that time, not even the remnant of the Roman Empire used the antiquate armors, garments and ships showed in Vinland saga. Those were used during the first two centuries of the Roman Empire, but later gradually dismissed. At the time the legions left Britannia, they were not in use anymore, if not for ceremonies by the elites in Rome and Costantinople.
Besides this, the Wales were part of the Roman province of Britannia where people were less accustomed with Roman civilization. That part of Britain was the first in which the signs of Roman civilization disappeared after the legions left, 500 years before the time of the settings of Vinland saga.
You make a good point but there were a few places sprinkled throughout Britain where the local lords made a big deal about continuing the legacy of Rome and having Roman ancestors. It didn't amount to much other than maintaining examples of art and architecture because they were never super high ranking and were probably making the ancestors up for legitimacy but still
I’m so impressed with the anime I actually had to look up some history to see how accurate the anime is
Great video, Yuki did a lot of research visiting and touring places like Iceland before starting Vinland Saga to make his manga realistic and historically accurate in many ways.
4:52 My hatred for ANTIFA just increased even more...😪
When you learn Bluetooth is named after a king and realize the logo is obviously a rune
"This video is spoiler-free"
Also: "Thorfinn marries Gudrid" god dammit dude ! xD
But awesome video, thanks.
Sorry! It is a part of history but I could have been a bit more careful with my wording.
Actually, Cnut's mother is known. She is Sigrid the Haughty, also known as Gunhild, who assasinated king Swayn.
Yes and she's a daughter of polish prince Mieszko I, first historic ruler of Poland. So technically Mieszko is grandfather of Cnut the Great.
Prediction for the ending of Vinland Saga:
Snorri who is older and now a missionary, is telling stories about Vinland that were told to him by his father Thorfinn to a group of small children
in Normandy. One of those small kids is absolutely fascinated by the story but the other kids make fun of him and call him a bastard.
Snorri asks the kid what his real name is and the kids tells him "William".
Yeah I know it's not the most historically accurate thing but again neither is the manga and it would be a pretty epic way to end the series.
who tf is William
@@Saint0999 William the conqueror is the first king of england from normandy after taking the lands from the first kings of england, kings of wessex.
Ooh this is cool
I hope there is also a saga of Varangians that served under east roman or byzantine empire
@@rouymalic4463 Yeah, Harald Hadrada was one I can think of who had been in the guard.
Am I the only one that wishes Thorfinn coulda just reappeared out of his dragged down statue and took out the entire mob of Antifa?
i would've enjoyed that
Didn't know history class can be this epic!
I used to Hate history lol
My man really just spoiled who Thorfinn marries. 😓
Hey everybody it's Leif erickson day a hinga dinga drugen.
Just a sidenote at 12:25. Scania (skåne) was part of Denmark at that time. Similarly, it would be like describing Jutland as a different region to Denmark when in fact it's all Denmark. When talking about Sweden, as in Cnut the Great also ruled parts of Sweden, it's pretty much the area of todays Sweden besides Skåne. The map however makes Scania bigger than it actually was, is.
Great video, btw.
Not really. Canutes title was "king of Denmark, Norway, England and some of the Swedes." Historians believe that those "some Swedes" were eastern Geats who had voluntarily pledged allegiance to him.
THEY KILLED THORFINN'S STATUE!!!
If you do another video like this for the events shown in the show you gotta add the opening attack from episode 2.
This attack was carried out on a saturday when the vikings in the Danelaw were bathing (vikings were know to be quite clean bathing once a week, many suggest on saturdays)
King Sweyn later says this attack is the excuse for his invasion, which would make these attacks what is known as the The St Brice’s Day Massacre
The St Brice’s Day Massacre took place on 13th November 1002, A SATURDAY.
i swear this series is so intricate.
Дуже дякую за ваші субтитри українською, це дуже не звично бачити англомовні канали, що намагаються робити контент зрозумілий для багатьох країн світу, моя щира повага.
Thank you very much for your subtitles in Ukrainian, it is very unusual to see English-language channels trying to make content understandable for many countries of the world, my sincere respect.
Brilliant work, please do more!! I really loved it.. Season 2 can't come soon enough !!!
Thors the best warrior! He beat thorkel with just one punch and that dude is 9'6 😂
My guess of how it will play out:
The Norse settlers get into a conflict with the natives. Thorfinn realizes the fallen nature of man, as long as there are humans, there will always be war. He leaves Vinland and is reintroduced to the Gospel, so he decides that the land of peace he seeks can only be attainable in Heaven, then converts to Christianity. He goes back home, meets up with Canute, builds a church, and years later his grandsons are ordained as bishops. Also, Canute gets into a fallout with Wulf.
Sounds plausible considering who the real Thorfinn’s descendants were, plus all the clues appearing in the Farmland arc (the lamb, conversation on being born again, Thorfinn listening into a Bible reading).
I really hope Thorfinn converts. Another thing that supports this theory is Hild, whose father’s last words to her were: “Later on, when you feel like the hatred and anger threaten to crush your soul, remember the teachings of Christ. Forgive your fellow man, for forgiveness is your only salvation.” I believe that if she forgives Thorfinn (perhaps for the colony’s failure), Thorfinn may end up converting due to her forgiveness for his numerous transgressions
That’s what I’m thinking. I’m about to start book 10 but the only way the journey to Vinland can end is in failure. Historically, thorfinns child is born in Vinland but they end up leaving.
I think he realizes at the end the only heaven one can build in within themselves. It would be a nice message. It’s not about religion but about finding that peace within yourself and with the people around you. A great end to his arc.
Vinland saga is brilliant.
You lost me at the conversion to Christianity 😂😂 I hate how we abandoned our Gods
Basically, it is difficult to directly refer to the actual fanatic cult religion Westerners are too obsessed with religion, so someone starts to get angry
No more fanatic religion fight
@@calcaleb7041 but he was Christian, most of the Nordic people where Christan at that time
Knutt's growth was amazing in the first season
Peter Cho It was! I seriously hated him at first but now he’s one of my favorite characters.
@@BradleyGearhart ok but who asked
Knut is actually wroten with 1 T
@@xxxchild_predatorxxx107 me
It is written Canute everywhere you look
if only history was taught in the form of anime, I would go to class on time every day and pay attention.
Great video. The effort you put into research is phenomenal.
Спасибо за русские субтитры чувак!
I was hoping they would go the Byzantium and show the verengian guard. The series has so manny elisions to Ancient Rome and stoic philosophy it would make sense for them to go the the seat of Roman power.
Sad Fact: if the manga is really historically accutate, then thorfinn will die from the indian arrows. But there is still hope for a happy ending. We just never knew
That is not true: Thorfinn Karlsefni returned to Greenland, and he even brought two indigenous children with him, which he baptized
It's still fiction manga lol
Doesn't have to be historically accurate. If you want to see the accurate story, go to history class. This is entertainment only and should be fun more than real history
That's not sad fact lol
i knew it was somewhat accurate but holly it does a great job of mixing fiction and non fiction holly idk the name of the author but this is just such amazing writing foes anyone know if the author has any other work then just vinland saga
I can't wait in next season!
Vinland saga pronounces it Thor- kell and it sounds so much better than Thorkel like your only saying it with one L, like the word snorkel. Not sure which is historically accurate but one definitely sounds better.
The two LL’s make a “tl” sound in modern Icelandic
I never knew Canute was so cool
You don't need to have the title changed into different languages, at least in Swedish, as the Swedish audience that would watch this probably already know good English. It comes across as a bit weird. Also, the video is still in English so you would still need to understand that.
This video is fantastic. This greatly deepens my appreciation for both Vinland saga and our actual human history
Leave it to Antifa to drag a statue into a river because reasons...
Big sad.
How I wish the statue will be erected once again though. I only saw the statue from my cousins pictures when they went to newfoundland but I was hoping to take my own picture beside it one day when I get to visit Canada.
From what I can find online the reasons you speak of is that the statue was a meeting place for a white supremacist group. So it seems there problem wasn’t necessarily with Thorfinn. I was confused why they would want to topple a statue of him too, but with the context it makes more sense.
@@arrakis5390 It's still a lame reason for them to do something like that, even with the context. Antifa wants to feel like they're doing something justifiable, like when Sadam's statue was torn down in Bagdad.
But they're just being dumb hooligans with random statues they personally associate with 'white supremacy,' or 'the patriarchy'.
@@arrakis5390 its fckin re*arded thats all the sense it makes
Very interesting video. Also, while I personally enjoy your calm pacing, I have an editing suggestion! You could easily have started talking during the slow channel intro text. A slow intro might turn some people off on this platform. You have a very pleasant voice, and together with music, it could actually work as a better intro too. You could even say something like welcome!
Sorry! As a creator myself I just have a habit of picking things like this up. I also always wanna support small channels
This is somewhat a spoiler but where Vinland Saga is at now in the manga, Gudrid had announced her pregnancy and if the baby is not named Snorri like in the history then I don’t want it.
great video man, i’ve found out about this manga/anime and read it in a couple of days it was awesome. You did a great job in making a comparison between the history and anime really enjoyed this!
Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it!
my family descended from Vikings so its so weird to hear how they lived back in those days compared to how we live now i honestly think theyd either fall in love with or shitt themselves if they ever saw a gun xD
Many unrelated people claim to be descendants because it's sounds cool
@@novrinkov0053 yea but those people arnt me we actually did. do research on the sturgill name.
"my family descended from Vikings."
Nuh uh dmbss. Look at the person with Minecraft profile picture, do you know how many vikings are there? There are many, basically people who lives on the same country as you, is the descendants of viking.
This is literally the same as saying, "I am a descendants of Adam." Literally everyone is Adam descendants.
Typical eight grade IQ:
@@hanksturgill7366"my family descended from Vikings."
Nuh uh dmb s. Look at the person with Minecraft profile picture, do you know how many vikings are there? There are many, basically people who lives on the same country as you, is the descendants of viking.
This is literally the same as saying, "I am a descendants of Adam." Literally everyone is Adam descendants.
Typical eight grade IQ:
Ofcourse Thors and Thorfinn are op they are ancestors of Ragnar and Bjorn Ironside.
Ragnar and Bjorn Ironside lived before the events of Vinland Saga
Boi
The little bit about Antifa throwing a Viking statue into the river pisses me off so much.
Why would the damned meat heads throw a century old thorfinn action figure into the ocean
you were way ahead. you literally did a season 1 aqnd two recap 3 years earlier than season2
Did they have transexual vikings?
Spoiler free videos are so boring. It takes away from the real life story and the lore of the anime. If people can’t enjoy a video without watching the anime then just don’t watch the video.
Не знаю чому відео зарекомендувало тільки зараз, але все рівно дякую за цікавий контент і українські субтитри)
The biggest issue with this show is that they use American voice actors for the dub. Like it woulda been so sick to hear Welsh english or Danish accents and it probably could have been the best dub an anime has ever gotten.
Agree. Can you imagine if someone did an Old Norse dub? 🤯
very useful video, thanks!
PineapplexTouch I’m glad and you’re very welcome!
9:33 editing mistake
Dont tell me that herald Bluetooth own bluetooth in his generation
Haha bluetooth and the rune icon of its logo, are indeed directly based on Herald Bluetooth
They need too make it a movie
Damn it why they take down thorfinn's statue.
From what I can find online the statue was a meeting stop for a white supremacist group in Philadelphia. So it likely wasn’t toppled because it was of Thorfinn, but because of the people that used it for a meeting place.
Vinland saga is a real anime story. Viland not Vinland saga
The vikings conquered hearts all the way to Japan
Vinland Saga is not a love letter to Vikings. It's literally about how shitty and hollow the Viking society and culture is and Throfinn seeking an escape from it ie.Vinland
Heres another fact tho the name Thor and kell is actually the english trasnlation for Tor and kjell so originaly the characters names is actually
Torfinn
Tor
Torkjell
And for cnut his name is actually spelled with an K not an C in norse so cnuts name is Knut in norse
Just some small facts there for ya as i am norse my self i am from norway so i easly know what the characters actual names are😉
Fuck antifa
From what I can find online they toppled it because the statue was a popular meeting stop from a local white supremacist group
U MAGA
Antifa really hated Vinland saga so much they desecrated a statue
Wowwww Bjorn and Rangar’s bloodline
So no one's gonna talk about Harald Bluetooth
This was cool, thanks for this 👍🏾
Vinland saga currently anime at its peak....
i actually thought it was entirely historical ficiton, the fact that such a captivating show can be so surprisingly accurate is amazing
great video
How are u gonna say no spoilers but have spoilers😔
Good video tho, thank you for posting
great video dude, keep it up
sticcy fingers Thank you greatly! I’ll do my best.
I never thought it was based on real historic people. I'm only on episode 2 and now I love this Viking anime so much more now. Thanks for teaching this to us sir 🤩🤩
Harald *Bluetooth* 😂
Probably where the name came from
It absolutely is!
Makoto You Chimera is crazy.
u say the video is spoiler free yet u spoil the fact gudrid and thorfinn get married, had to stop watching ASAP since im only just started in book 8
That part is history though. Sorry if that ruined something for you.
@@BradleyGearhart well i understand that is history but it can still spoil it, and it's alright i'll try to forget it as much as i can
As if i needed more reason to hate ANTIFA...
They took down a statue racist kkk members dirtied with their racist beliefs. U blaming the wrong ppl
DENMARK REPRESSENT!! yeahh!!
What confusing me right now is, is the iceland that they are talking in anime is ICE-LAND? Or GREEN-LAND?
Yet he couldn't get Christianity right.
Man f anitfa
4:38 Damned domestic terrorists.
From what I can find online they toppled the statue because it was a meeting place for a white supremacist group
I wonder If a hospital was a meeting place for a white supremacist group, if they would destroy it aswell...
Its unreasonable to destroy X place or X monument because X group meets near it.
Still a ridiculous act of a domestic terrorist group.
MAGA? January 6th
They took down a statue racist kkk members dirtied with their racist beliefs. U blaming the wrong ppl. Focus on keeping the Republican Party together cause it looks like it’s about to fall apart.
4:40 wow, that really is a not so fun fact, that fucking sucks.
Blame racist kkk.
interesting
Why tell there wont be spoilers and then drop spoilers on canute like
What is the song in the beginning?
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@@BradleyGearhart Thank You!
GroovyGoomba221 You’re welcome! Sorry it took so long to get to you
Isn't thorfinn the descendant of ragnar????
thorfinn is the first member of the 27 club 💀
Summertime saga x vinland saga
harald bluetooht.....;
people watching this when s2 ep 5 drops
so, i've read up on Thorkell the tall, and what i've read is basically that Thorkell was known as "a man bigger than the biggest man", hinting that he was 7'7 feet tall. for reference, Richard Kiel, the actor most famous for playing Jaws in the James Bond movies was 7'2. historically, the tallest living man was a man named Robert Wadlow at the height of 8'11. for reference, Goro from Mortal Kombat is 8'2. everything else about Thorkell the tall checks out, asides from what you've mentioned in this video. the only thing we have in written record of Thorkell the tall is a runestone describing his life.
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The sculptor name was einar🤣🤣🤣
you're bullshitting 🤣🤣
Sweyn is read as Sven
Great vid
Eitthvað Íslenskt fólk hérna??
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Wow thank you!
Hello! I would like to ask where did you learn about Thord's connection to Bjorn Ironside (4:17) As i was very intrigued by that.