omfg you're RIGHT

It’s consistent all through the show and manga. The show does a great job of emphasising how much focus is needed to fight.

That guy was still physicly well abov avreage as well

He was injured...

Gardar ends up killing him though, squeezed him like an orange

@@gustavono8251snake didn’t die

Thorfinn had amazing speed compared to gardar

I was gonna say for honor but I realize you mean dark soul or similar to that

Best explanation I’ve heard. Still trying to figure out his fighting style / orign

​@@investlikeawarrior his hair and complexion is definitely different from vikings so I'm assuming he's more from far down south around the subcontinent area since his sword is also curved like they used to be down there rather then flat blades commonly used in Europe

Bloodborne moment

@@lorel747 maybe is form nowdays poland or at some point either moved further south, southeast as mercenary or was part of the Varangian Guard in the Byzantine Empire

everyone understood lol no need to explain

to all the toddlers watching the show*

wow, i would ve never guessd! thank you.

Wow, way to be dicks, guys. I have a question though-- at what point was he injured? When he burned down his old master's home and left he didn't appear to be hurt, and when he arrived and ambushed Lizard, Badger and Fox I think he was already hurt. What happened in the interim?

​@@Lauderdizzle He was always injured.

Snake would have still won, he is one of best fighters in Vinland Saga, Gardar is a strong opponent, but no where near Snake level... And also he wasn't trying to kill Gardar.

Bruh.. snake was compared to askeladd who is stronger than average jomsviking since he was able to cut thors and survived longest against him and the average jomsviking negs gardar

Nope.

Me when I lie

Gardar is stronger than the average viking I think he's up there

fr i need to find it

No god but Allah Islam way for peace and real monotheist Search about the truth with honest heart

Tokyo Ghoul vibes like Aogiri

​@@zenitsuthunder3946they have a soundtrack similar to this

​@@zenitsuthunder3946 te refieres a la música si parece te imaginas Tokio ghoul con esta animación?

This show is about a bunch of Jesus-s... Thorfin Jesus.. Jesus with brown hair, Buff Jesus, Jesus with one eye

@@Kraszerfr people are always acting like this show has some deep existential meaning. It’s really just thorfinn being bitched around and how being a coward is supposedly the real way of men.

@@ahu2872 thornfin the biggest idiotic coward main character

​@@ahu2872not really. He would be a coward if he didn't do it because he's scared. He just didn't do it because it's the right thing to do.

No, this is idiotic, it is entirely time where life was not worth much, so hesitation to kill someone is dumb.

Not just this show. ):

lol its vikings

No horse, no escape. Snake is a smart mofo.

And you think we had any mercy back then? Ohoho no, did you hear about the documentary about the horse that still ran with its head blown clean off?

@@kanyenorth2605 EXACTLY

I was wishing this fight would last a bit longer. Both of these guys look badass

​@@imsentinelprime9279 fights usually arent very long irl

@@arawn1061 is this irl? No

@@imsentinelprime9279 i mean its pretty close to realistic with some notable exceptions

@@arawn1061 ur too deep into it. this is still an anime adaptation so he aint wrong

french did it better ig

No, problem was there was not enough violence, that's it.

Oh please, as if there is any other solution for that. You're a slave, you're at the bottom of the food chain, so that's all you get

Well, what do you do? Just let the injustice continue. They clearly were not going to let her go or talk it out. Nobody came to an understanding or compromised that's the problem

I don't think Einar was really in love with her, tbh. They barely interacted at all

its not "real love", its a kind of love called "platonic love". He holds loving feelings for her but they are not sexual in nature, they might be somewhat romantic but they come from idealizing the person, not really getting to know her. Therefore he wants the best for her, he wants her to be happy above all else, even disregarding what she wants. In a way its a bit like brotherly love i guess? But more intense. But ye I agree with you in the regards that this is not really simping.

@@nodeberiaestaraqui93 Idk if he really was either. I haven’t read the manga and don’t plan too yet because of spoilers for the anime. I can see them being close friends at best but I always felt a subtle crush that he had on her but wasn’t really able to risk acting on as a slave. Regardless, I think it’s good writing that he wants her to be free above all else.

@@nodeberiaestaraqui93 I agree it’s likely platonic love but Idk I felt like he had a slight crush on her. In the little interactions they had it always seemed very pleasant and a little flustered on Einar’s part. Felt like them being slaves made him more reserved in that respect as well. I appreciate the writing of their relationship regardless though. Never hinted any jealousy from Einar when he found out she was married and just wanted her free and happy more than anything.

gave him critical thinking that this comment section apparently lacks

Greasy weebs when a character learns the consequences of violence

Shonen weebs craving for more violence because the MC is a fricking Viking 😂

@@l3ftie578 What?

@@glorytoukraine5524 Greasy?

Gardar wasn't evil and resorting to violence would have gotten both Einar and Thorfinn killed anyway since they have no rights

The term "aniki" is a respectful moniker to address someone that is regarded as "big brother"

They need to hurry it up and release them

Dark Storm - Yutaka Yamada

That's a byzantine sword, it's implied that he was a varangian

Because the lore (the wiki) said that he was once a Varangian Guard for the roman emperors

My initial theory was that he purchased it from a traveling Muslim trader but turns out he was a Varangian guard

It's a Byzantine sword i assume. In his fight with Thorfin he said he's a warrior from Miklagard (which is the Viking name for Constantinople)

Our guy used to be in Byzance

Bro this is 1% Gardar, if Gardar hadn't been fighting for days on end with many injuries, lack of food, sleep and water, Gardar would have clapped that mans cheeks.

@@Dubstepper Hell nah. This was also 0.1% snake in that case lmfao. Snake is on a whole different level. He was the highest ranked soldier when he was working (I forgot where) and he is in a top 5 list of the strongest VS characters. He would destroy him no matter what. Snake Is just him

​@@Dubstepper Snake will just kill him, it will be low-mid diff. Reason why Snake was having a hard time here because he wants to capture him alive and because Gardar had become a mad man. As you could see Gardar doesn't care to dodge or even defend himself, he just go mindlessly attacking making it hard for Snake to incapacitate such an insane man.

Nah snake isn't even trying

Yeah no snake always will take Gardar in a fight. Thorfinn said that snake was as strong as askeladd, Gardar may be buff and by all means a competent warrior, but snake was an elite soldier that put even jomsvikings to shame

@@Encai. He almost lost his head. If that's not trying then Snakes a complete idiot.

​@@JulioMendoza-up1pv Nah, I think Gardar is pretty much up there in skill and strength but not speed.

@@JulioMendoza-up1pv you're right. It's no contest tbh. Anyone saying that Gardar would win is blatantly ignoring the power scaling.

蛇さんかっこいいけどガルザルもかなりのバケモン。タフすぎる。

Character development

He is weak than

Vinland Saga. This clip is from season 2

No, Gardar is correct, his a Norseman, I don't think there was a Germanic letter for Z

Maybe, maybe not. Snake wasn’t trying to kill just capture, he also was talking while fighting.

@@Tradetek1 yea snake is proven to be stronger + gardar is fighting only out of willpower and mediocre battle experience

You seen the new episode?

Nah Snake is top 6 strongest characters in the entire series. Gardar definitely isnt. Gardars best feats are defeating fodder soldiers. At best, Gardar is at the level of a Jomsviking the most skilled viking soldiers, Snake and Thorfinn are both skilled enough to effortlessly defeat Jomsvikings so they are a level above gardar.

gardar is just strong physical snake was compared to askeladd because of speed and strength also he beat gardar without killing him very quickly

That's war and slavery for you

I mean he kinda brought that upon himself by killing everyone even while he's injured but then again I've never been what he's been through so I'm not gonna say I would've acted any different

What can hurt more? The fact that it was his fault in the first place

He say 斬る(slash)

​@@user-wn6yn6io9b In literal translation, yes. but I mentiond the meaning.

Vinland Saga

y

What's wrong with it?

Don't relate vinland saga with dragon ball crap. Vinland saga doesn't stall unlike that crap show

@@Redotwo42 its sure isnt on the level of a 90s anime but for a sword fight theres not enough actual *exchanges* rather than showing off the animation of jumping and dodging everything, keep it brief but add some Weight to it. I just cant help but think there was alot of unnecessary movement that was added to fluff it out but thats the perfectionist inside that wants this anime to be perfect. theres room for improvement on that fight but im sure it was alright in the context of the episode

Jesusie*

Same...

I think that’s the thing. He is generally unwilling to fight , but he had gained the maturity to know when to. When Thorfinn chooses to fight, it isn’t out of a reckless whim, but because he has no other option. Particularly as a slave, he never had the need to kill, because doing so wouldn’t solve any problems. Only getting himself killed

That's just character growth dude. He's moved past the pointless killing and matured

Generalized nonsense. Use concrete examples to prove your words. "willing to do anything necessary" - necessary for what? killing Askeladd? for revenge? so you are praising the fact that Thorfinn murdered countless innocent people to be able to duel Askeladd? Like wtf, are you just plain crazy? That's not mentioning the fact that by the time he had the skills necessary the reason he always failed to even land a blow was because *he didn't want to kill Askeladd anymore* - that was the whole point. Askeladd ended up raising him and becoming his second father figure. That's not even mentioning that his whole revenge against Askeladd duels idea was given to him by Askeladd himself - he took pity on the kid and gave him a reason to keep going, *while never mentioning the fact that he wasn't the one to order Thors' death, he was just a contractor, it was Floki* So all Thorfinn was in s1 was just a lost traumatized kid clinging to the only thing that gave his life meaning - earning another duel with Askeladd. Not even knowing who actually was to blame for his father's death. Just murdering innocents with the sole purpose to duel Askeladd once again - who he couldn't kill because then he would not know what to do with his life after. Rather pitiful existence you are praising here lmao.

He already has had extreme development what are you on about

That's what Vinland Saga and the character of Thorfinn is about. And I prefer ten times more over the edgy cruel world of AOT and that genocider cuck of Eren.

The author is a pacifist and usually people in real life tend to prefer to resolve conflicts peacefully if they can. Plus, the story tends to test Thorfinn with regard to the oath of non-violence he swore. At least this show, unlike AOT, does not try to justify its protagonist's terrible choices.

Vinland Saga is not a show for kids

@@Regenmacher175 who said aot justified it's protagonist? Rather it's the opposite ...

Edgy teenager

Sure buddy

Then go and read another thing.

@@fluthlight7131 dude watched the first season, meaning that he’s invested in the story and dedicated a good chunk of his life for it. He has all the right to complain if he thinks the story is going downhill

@@MaidenlessScrub Sure, and people who like the story’s path can suggest he drop it, because if he thinks this route is boring then he’s going to be wasting his time

​@@MaidenlessScrub even he invested time for the season 1, he can drop this series because the path of this one is not going to be a 360 turn just to give them satisfaction of seeing Thorfinn as an edgelord type of MC again.

if this is peaceful wait til these mfs read vagabond