Vinland Saga Chapter 68 Discussion

kennikitty said:
I'm just glad when the farming finally stops and we get some nice bloody action. Thorfin is NOT supposed to be a farmer, he's destined to become a great warrior. :<



Either that, or revenge and selfish violence are futile acts that our hero will come to realise on his journey to Vinland to become a farmer till the end of his days.



I wonder which?

AfterGlow said:
No, I was just so disappointed at the lack of farming in the chapter that I'm at a loss of words, and I had to force myself to come here and write...



This is not a psychological, post traumatic stress saga up in this bitch, God damn it!

Give me my plows, my horses, my wheat and my Einar's Lessons for Life!

That is the reason I'm reading it, not for some semi-shonen/seinen action.

We already have that in a multitude of titles, what about THE FARMING?!

This is not the manga I have grown to love! The focus was shifted way too far from the main point of the chapter; the broken wheat!



I mean, what the hell is this, what are they doing to my beloved Farmland?

Nightmares, Askeladd and forgiveness, while the field is out there, unsupervised and un-prayed for. Am I the only one who was feeling slightly stressed out during the chapter? Not that it was for not, you see what happens if you leave the field unsupervised for too long.



Now, jealousy between the servants and the slaves, this can create some serious friction at the farm, it may jeopardize everything, but how is a slave to handle it? That would be interesting to see, but I guess we once in a while have to sit through a boring chapter to set the mood and create some conflicts. I'm hoping for a another great farm-politics chapter next month.



But sure, it wasn't all bad, the whole throwing the net to catch fish was just awesome. Who could've known catching fish with a net was that hard?



Oh Farmland, you never cease to amaze me.

LOL



I'm sure the sequel "Farmland Saga II: Return of the Wheat" will bring more epic farming drama to satisfy you. XD

I'm just glad when the farming finally stops and we get some nice bloody action. Thorfin is NOT supposed to be a farmer, he's destined to become a great warrior. :<

Good wholesome chapter, but can't say the same about that devastated wheat. Someone will lose his cool.

Alright, the story's finally picking up again.  As hilarious as Farmland Saga was, it's good to see Thorfinn finally buck up and a shocking new development to happen.



Of course, history demands that they get off the farm, Thorfinn find a woman, and all of them sail to Vinland.

Is no one going to comment on how amazing the dream was drawn, like that movement of falling down the cliff was visually  just so well depicted!!



And different from most of you, I really enjoy where the plot and the character of Thorfinn are going, it reminds me a lot of the farming arc in Vagabond.



I understand that it must have been hard to wait a month for irregular lengths and "unpredictable" content but the author is doing really great and going somewhere really good with this (in my opinion).



I wish similar mangas could take the time to properly develop their main character like this or at least offer more realistic philosophical questioning, reflection when it comes to their human warrior characters.



I have huge respect for Yukimura sensei, to try and construct an epic tale like this; risking to lose readers like the people who keep complaining in this thread, ultimately deciding not to sacrifice the quality of the story for more popularity.

I hope he doesn't just stay looking like that for the whole series. He was badass before the stupid farm.

AfterGlow said:


for some semi-shonen/seinen action.



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and thats exactly where most people went wrong when they decided to read the manga