Vinland Saga Chapter 166 Discussion

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                        Thorfin and Gudrid has adopted Karli as their child. They spent the last 2 years selling the horns Halfdan gave them and made a fortune. No, they haven't venture into Vinland yet. In fact, they are now recruiting crew for the real journey. Thorfin and gudrid goes to Halfdan to apologize but Halfdan instead threw them a feast for their wedding. Halfdan want to keep his promise to Siggy about helping thorfin.

Kinda bummed out that the trip was skipped, I was really looking forward to it tbh. I get that it would be too long but the author could have just summarized it in a single volume, I mean we did just get a whole volume focused on a secondary character (I liked it btw).

Marrone said:
Tsarko said:
If Rus and Eastern Roman Empire really get entirely skipped or we only get a flashback just glossing over it I think I am gonna lose the will to follow the manga. I am already kinda losing it just by thinking about it.



Vinland Saga has always been about the characters. It seems to me you care more about Greece than the characters. If Yukimura has something more interesting to tell than Greece then I dont see what the problem is. Its like Greece is the only thing to look forward to in the story when it really isn't. And  no it wasn't built up just because Leif mentioned it in 1 or 2 chapters.



I won't lie, I was looking forward to the Rus and Greece for years. But of course I also care about the characters, and this journey was the perfect opportunity to develop them as well as introduce new interesting locations and characters. Especially after medicore Baltic Sea War arc. Most of the crew needs development, some desperately so. Like flashing out Gudrid and her developing her relationship with Thorfinn more, giving Einar some screentime after who knows how many years, and especially Hild who has been static and annoying since she was introduced. Whatever Yukimura decides to do in the future, skipping the journey doesn't make sense to me and is giant waste of potential. It's a bad idea and no one can convince me otherwise. Of course, this doesn't apply if he does decide to show it to us via flashback arc.

Aaaah. The art in this manga has improved so much, even the narrative through the scenes is brilliant. I only hope we get to see more about the time skip soon, so we can understand how everything turned to be like this.



I feel a bit impatient to know how the author will develop the events from the time skip and what it's yet to come.



Anyway, come what may.