Vinland Saga Chapter 81 Discussion

I'm getting tired of this. Everything began to go down after Askeladd's death. The story advances very very slowly and I miss those awesome fights. I hope they escape soon, maybe then it will turn interesting again.

It's as if the past is doomed to repeat itself. Canute's getting ready to raze the farm. I hope Arneis and her unborn child both make it this time.



...then again, I might be overthinking things.

damn...nothing is happening since we learnt that the farm is going to be attack. Those chapters are pointless. I think that the author is stretching this manga a lot. We would be fine without Gardan - he will probably  be freed by thorfinn, but one man can change nothing against the army.

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                        Wonderful chapter, Arneis is a character that needed a bit more development and it was handled in a good way.

This is all about building character development and it's being done beautifully. At the pace it's going though you might is well take a break for three years and come back to the story reminds me a bit of Berserk in this manner. The author takes his time building up characters and the plot. Keep in mind it's just chapter 81.

Yeah, it is true that the story follows the obvious path. He is building a complex situation and I like a lot how he use the "what will he do now that the vengeance he was searching cannot be accomplish?" argument. But still, I feel kinda tired of it. Nothing has happened since a year ago and I don't like at all the pacifist Thorfinn. It is just that Vinland Saga without vengeance and action is not Vinland Saga. Well, I suppose that action will begin soon, maybe I will get addicted again.

Loved the chapter. Arneis is one strong lady.

Damn, I wish this was a bi-monthly publication. Though, time is the sacrifice for high quality i guess.



Looks like things are going to get intense pretty soon. Can't wait to see how Thorfinn is going to react.

Very emotional chapter and it raises strong feelings. I think people finding it boring lack empathy. Personally i was disrupt by the ugly whims of fate.



Mormegil said:
It's as if the past is doomed to repeat itself. Canute's getting ready to raze the farm. I hope Arneis and her unborn child both make it this time.



...then again, I might be overthinking things.



I think they might not make it and that may be the trigger for Thorfinn to forget his Jesus mentality and try to go against Canute.



Neizaru said:


How will Thorfinns and Arneis pacifistic-passive aggression ideology will work out against Canute? Something to look forward to.



It can't work. Being a pacifist and all is nice but if you do nothing against those who use violence against you then you will just be their victim. And when his father told him that he has no enemies he was right because no one was trying to ruin his life, he went to the battlefield by himself. But Canute will bring the battlefield to him. Canute is definitely an enemy that wants to destroy his peace.

Really glad that Arneis is getting more fleshed out. It's a tragedy what happened to her family, but unfortunately these things happened on a daily basis.

Nidhoeggr said:


                        Wonderful chapter, Arneis is a character that needed a bit more development and it was handled in a good way.



Yep, considering her personalities, beliefs and past were rarely explored.

I liked the  woman's perspective of war, what the innocents go through and how they see the reasons men give for going to war. Interesting chapter.



Like Beatnik pointed out, the contrast between Thorfinn and the husband is quite interesting. That is what Thorfinn could have been if he had not accepted his past, filled with raging blood-lust and whatnot