I'm so excited for people to see this season. The character development and story in the Farm arc is unmatched and one of the best pieces of writing I've ever read. It's absolutely beautiful and spectacular.
@@neerajcherukuri4052 Those people who'll go into thinking it'll be like S1 will be humbled very quickly. And if they can't understand the story or what's being presented, Vinland isn't for them.
The first scene was so good??? I couldn't believe it was in old norse, such a wonderful detail. Just like in S1, the anime additional content was really well done and crafted, it gave us more background to Einar to sympathize with him.
Einar is also a very normal Icelandic name to be fair. The only thing wrong with the pronunciation is how Merphy prounounces the R. Icelandic and old norse use hard R's. Picture Speedy Gonzales going Arriba and you get the gist.
What I really love about Vinland Saga is that it tells stories from history that never get recorded. History does a good job telling the stories of powerful people who make wars happen, but we don't get as much about the victims, and now we can only imagine what those stories. I'm really glad you brought that up in the video.
Seeing Einar's backstory animated was so good and just reinforced some stuff from S1 I even teared up some and we only just begun. I can't wait to see Farmland Saga in all it's glory coming soon.
That while showing the absolutely beautiful Landscapes or characters eyes looking off. I said this yesterday to my friends, I truly think this is the most beautiful anime.
I believe most of the soundtrack is reused music from the first season, cause I listened to the soundtrack a lot and recognized the tunes when they played.
Can't wait for the anime only fans to experience this amazing arc! Sure action is lacking but the story, character development and art is just amazing and the anime is doing a great job so far! ❤️
Stop this bullshit, i'm tired of read this this. I mean c'mon..the action in season 1 is also not that good, and the action is never be the main focus, and the people who enjoy the season 1 probably know it that the action is not the main thing in vinland saga
@@ahmadiskandarzulkarnain5833 Calm down, I just said it will have less action than the last season, I never said anything about season 1 being "only action" or that action is the only focus in season 1. I think season 1 had a better balance of action and story while season 2 is more story focused and less action although the story and characters are the strongest in season 2 by far the best arc story wise.
The death of his mother and sister is truly heartbreaking, seeing his mother treasures life. Another part that broke my heart is when they threw the woman off the boat as if she were nothing but an ill livestock-no worth to an object. Truly sad that it happened in the past... We are privileged to live this era of order and peace.
I can already tell that this arc is gonna be a doozy...and I've already read it. The opening gave me goosebumps and the Icelandic intro was a perfect way to immerse and slowly bring us back down to Vinland Saga's world
Was absolutely stunned by the anime original Einar flashback, adds so much context to his conversations with Thorfinn and had me tearing up. Cannot wait to see this arc progress in its animated form as I’m expecting even more anime original moments that the staff will no doubt deliver on.
Oh it was sooo good. The op and ed, the soundtrack, the animation, the fact that it transitioned studios without a single drop in quality (due to the fact that the team behind it remained mostly the same) the added content to Einar's backstory, HIRING AN ACTUAL GUY TO READ IN OLD NORSE for the ambience. Hm, chefs kiss, hope it remains like this
I love how Einars first few lines were about fighting. ""im not cutting the tree im practicing in case the norsman come back"" and then what happens... This little addition to Vinland Saga gives SO much more depth to Einars decision to follow Thorfinn, bc now we saw what happened. From "i have to fight" to "this bloodshed has to stop". Love this piece of art.
Einar is my favorite character in the series, so I was very happy to see new lore for him at the start of the episode. It adds so much to explain why he is the way he is. I cant wait to see the rest of the arc adapted and what they add to it like they did in Season 1!
Man, now that I'm caught up with the manga, I was literally tearing up during the opening and ending themes. Can't wait for the rest of the adaptation of this amazing arc!
So happy you're going through with the anime on your channel! I was anime only for Vinland Saga, so I couldn't watch all your manga reviews on it. I'm so excited to see this season!
This episode made me cry and it blew me away with how well it was crafted from beginning to end. The anime original content with Einar and his Mom and Sister was incredible. I had very high expectations given that this is one of my favorite manga arcs I've ever read, and so far the adaptation is delivering. I cannot wait for each and every episode.
Seeing his mother and sisters death fully displayed rather than told is going to pay off immensely. Now when Einar says he hates warriors but grows to love Thorfinn it’ll make that development much more meaningful now that we’ve actually seen what warriors did to him.
King Sweyn(Svhen) of Denmark offered Askeladd a stark choice: the security of his homeland Wales, or the life of his master, Prince Canute(Can-oot). Askeladd's answer was immediate: He struck off Sweyn's head. The meeting of military leaders erupted into chaos after this act of regicide(the action of killing a King), but Canute recognized the play at hand, and killed Askeladd himself, thereby accomplishing Askeladd's aim. Canute immediately took the throne. But after witnessing the end of his father figure, Thorfinn was left empty inside. He was eventually sold into slavery to work on a farm.
Thorfinn was sold into slavery cause he struck Canute, the new king (left him that scar on his cheek). He would have been executed right then and there if Canute didnt spare his life.
I missed the new episode, but I've seen some episodes from the first season. The art is fantastic, and I think they keep the core of the story (despite needing to condense and rearrange things somewhat). Glad you enjoyed it so much; I'm looking forward to seeing it myself!
"Hey, if people want to run away from here, where do they go?" This question drives the whole narrative and the author explores it with such subtlety, I can't imagine it being done better. When they touch on this thought throughout the series it never fails to throw my heart into my throat. The answer is already known, but is unreachable in this life. My hunch is that this entire saga will land in that same conclusion, but the question and the quest is what is important. This entire show is my favorite thing ever put on film.
6:00 I don't think he gave up, he still tried to follow what his mother said, her last wish, he's just trying to keep living no matter what, I see it as direct opposite to Thorfinn that gave up everything even his father's last wish in the name of revenge becoming slave of his own anger, while Einar even after become a slave and accepting to be a slave still follows his mother's last wish.
It was a very good first episode! I cried when Leif showed up… and Einar’s backstory while wasn’t in the manga but was done so well in the anime! Merphy pls give Attack on Titan a chance, I think you’ll like it
I really loved how they handled einar's back story. that opening scene with gardar and arnheid was also really good. they even brought a nordic person to talk over it.
When I started read many years ago because of the name and premise of Þorfinnur karlsefnis saga in Vínlandsaga(I'm Icelandic and have a direct relation with Þorfinn) I was not prepared for such a epic of the development on the pacifistic world view and the difficulties and struggles of that ideology. Farmland arch is the epitome of how a person that is shaped by war and vengeance can actually gain by living life.
PLEASE do a collab with King Of Lightning about vinland saga!! I dont even know what about but itd be so cool having more youtubers talking about vinland saga!
Translation Notes HÁVAMÁL A poem found within the Poetic Edda, a collection of Old Nordic poems. The title translates to "sayings of the high one," and the contents of the poem are attributed to Odin. The Japanese translation, when not simply titled "Hávamál," is known as "the song of Odin" or "the proverbs of Odin." Hávamál is a gnomic poem, meaning that its verses are meant to serve as lessons or advice on customary topics, such as the laws of hospitality for both guest and host.
This reminds me so much of that two part Doctor who episodes Truth or Consequences & The Zygon The Zygon Inversion, when The Doctor The Doctor is asking Bonnie essentially What’s the point?, what are you going to after? What’s you plan for the future? Type vibes
You should read "slam dunk" and "Vagabond". His mangaka Is takehiko inoue .In the case of vagabond it is one of the best seinen and slam dunk is the best spokon. both do not require fiction. also both are older than vinland saga, one piece, etc.
She's going to be reading Vagabond with the same friend she did the Vinland analysis videos with. She announced it when they caught up on the latest Vinland volume.
Merphy id love to see your thoughts on the Light Novel series Mushoku Tensei Jobless Reincarnation Hope you check it out some day, There are definitely a lot of weird stuff but the character writing is GOD TIER
A change I noted that I fully support is that they removed the comedic tone out of Einar's escape and "examination" by the merchant looking for cute boys. While Yukimura's goofy faces are great, that are not the time and place for them. Good change!
I started watching Vinland Saga after hearing about how after a certain point in the story the tone changes drastically. I wasn't a huge fan of season 1, I think I was so eager to get to that drastic shift that I didn't really appreciate what season 1 was doing which is a flaw on my part. But season 2 is offering exactly what I was looking forward to so far
Vinland Saga is amazing. My only gripe is that big time skip between the 3rd and 4th major arcs killed the vibe to me. I'm sure the 4th arc is good but I didn't pull me in. For me, it ended in the 3rd
OK, this is a completly unrelated and very studip, but my favorite joke I read about Vinland sağa is that Thors clutches a knife Thorfin got his hands on so hard it starts to bleed and pounds in Thorfin the notion that no one has enemies, that he doesn't need to learn to use a knife because no one should take a life from another, and then Thorfin just fucking learns to dualwield
*Why is Makoto Yukimura trying to promote christianity in the 11th century when the people were militantly against Christianity? Think deeply about this.*
Because Christianity was in the upswing in Norse areas at the time like most of Europe, converting from Pagan religions to Christianity around the 10th and 11th centuries. It also corresponds with the church schism splitting to Orthodoxy and Catholicism, so both denominations sped up conversions on mainland Europe to cover their spheres of influence that would be a religious and political factor on the continent for centuries afterwards. This is also the period the "dark ages" ended in Western Europe (reflected in Vinland Saga with the end of viking pillaging culture), with the emergence of larger countries and stronger centralized leaderships that filled up the power vacuum of Western Rome´s fall.
Hey whenever you get a chance you should check out Noakis Urasawas manga masterpiece “Monster”. Truly deserving of the title. I HIGHLY recommend it. I feel like a reader such as yourself would enjoy it thoroughly. Also Netflix just started streaming its anime so that’s a plus too. #monster #manga #noakiurasawa
This is my fav arc in the manga. This was the peak of the manga for me. I don't know about the current arc since i stopped reading manga. The release rate of the chapters just too low. I'll binge read it once it is finished.
I appreciate how it didn't go the generic shonen route where "Oh his Mom died but she sacrificed herself to save her two children, but now it's up to Einar to get his sister to safety. Maybe one of them will be captured and Einar's goal will be to reunite with his sister and once again rebuild what was lost." Nope. Harsh reality check, and Einar was too stricken with fear and shock to do anything about it. I really like the parallels to Thorfinn where he also has lost anything that gave his life meaning, so he has to find a new purpose. Thorfinn looked up to his brave father and his warrior legacy, but when faced with the truth of war and violence broke down and sought revenge, which in the end even that was taken from him. Einar admired his own father's sacrifice to defend their home, and felt he had to live up to that, and get strong to rebuild and defend on turn. Reality doesn't care how hard you try and mend things. It's neutral, and won't stand in the way of injustice. Sometimes even after all your hard work, everything you care for gets taken away again anyway.
Hey Merphy big fan of yours and this is probably my first comment on your videos. As someone who's read the manga and a huge fan of the show (my favourite anime currently) I found the first episode to be sappy. I know what they were going for and I understand and see why but the execution of it didn't work for me. Whether it be the score and how it always came to pull the emotional strings or how the death of Einar's family played out. For me personally, it would have been interesting if we weren't shown the family but just started with him being captured and explore more of that journey. Show us the mental toil of captives from different territories put together from point a to b. See how they react to their new environment as the realisation dawns on them that their no longer free people. See the worry and fear, how they react when others are bought and others aren't, you know what I mean? Like many slave related media just show the act of capture, the display, and the purchase of slaves but I've never seen one where they explore the in between, the limbo experience, the time after the capture but before the selling. I think there's room for powerful psychological exploration there. Sorry for this being long but I thought I should share and see what you and your fellow subscribers think of it. I'm still very much looking forward to the rest of the season. Cheers!
I didn't like the first episode of season 2. The reason being that Einar of chapter 55 and this episode just feel two different people altogether. It didn't tell his expectations from his master like it did in the manga and he wasn't even trying to please his new master but somehow just thinking about pleasing him was enough X(
If you want to redeem yourself for all the horrible acts you committed in the past, you must first learn to forgive yourself and keep moving forward in your life.
@@alecks2m706 it is not that simple. There’s also a group of people on the farm not just that old man. Slavery was a success for a reason for a very long time. Escape is almost always futile.
I felt like it went on a bit too long. Unfortunately, I do see a dip in quality with MAPPA at the helm. It's still great storytelling. The Op and ending were dope. But what was once visually was a 10/10 feels like an 8/10. The water effects particularly
Am I the only one that found Einar's mother's death kinda jarring? (In a bad way) It was anime original so It just felt like they wanted to flesh out Einar more and stitched a scene together last minute. A random arrow flew at her back and nobody appeared in order to give them a dragged out back and forth. The episode in general had long ass pauses/silence to make it more cinematic, but it had the opposite effect on me. In general feels like an amateur's work ngl. I loved the opening scene tho
Episode 1 was good, but I didn't like the execution where a random arrow hits mother and then the time kind of stops. Einar fully stops to check mother and even daughter returns back. Better to try to run to safety. Otherwise I liked the episode. Looking forward to rest of the season.
It’s dark and all.. but there’s also a lot of edging going on.. a lot of clenched buttcheeks and loudly gritting teeth.. it’s like watching people get tense a lot.. I dunno.. sprinkle some backstory in there a little more? I feel like I’m watching dragon ball z sometimes, but not in a good way (because I’m not in grade school anymore). I’m 4 episodes in, sorry if this ruins anyone’s day. I’ll probably stick it out and see where it leads, but I’m probably going to take a few weeks off from watching it first (they probably should have just released all the episodes together), to let things broil over and get interesting again. So far the way I feel about it as a non-true-believer is.. Meh.. 😑
*I think this pandemic has taught people the importance of multiple streams of income, unfortunately having a job doesn't mean security rather having different investments would be best to recover from this global inflation and stay afloat.*
season 2 sucked I don't even want to talk about it just stupid and slow , I will say if you want to fall asleep and sleeping pills don't work then watch this you will sleep in no time lol. how do you screw up a Viking show well watch this and find out .
I have absolutely no interest in vinland saga anymore. S1 ended perfectly. The MCs is just unlikeable and I have even forgotten who he is or what his name is even. Artorius was the mc and his story ended very well. S1 was 10/10. Askeladd was the hero. Kinda like Avatar, no sequel needed.
Just watch season 2 ... Season 1 was the prologue for a reason... You would absolutly do yourself a disservice if you stopped now... Just wait untill the anime is done and watch it in one go.... You are gonna be surprised.
Well I saw thumbnail and fall in love with you 😅. And you're Anime fan 🥲. It's perfect for me. Unfortunately not everything mean to be together. Atleast i seen you. Hope we get one interaction 😄. Btw great review 🥰.
I'm so excited for people to see this season. The character development and story in the Farm arc is unmatched and one of the best pieces of writing I've ever read. It's absolutely beautiful and spectacular.
Get ready for the backlash too.Reasons:
1.)Animated by Mappa
2.)Very few gruesome fights
3.)People will think Thorfinn lost his MaSCuLinITy.
@@neerajcherukuri4052 Those people who'll go into thinking it'll be like S1 will be humbled very quickly. And if they can't understand the story or what's being presented, Vinland isn't for them.
@@Ornaxius I agree.
@@neerajcherukuri4052 People who will hate this simply because it's done by MAPPA needs to get their brains checked lmao
@@neerajcherukuri4052 animated by MAPPA will not be a problem this time since the main staff are basically the same
The first scene was so good??? I couldn't believe it was in old norse, such a wonderful detail. Just like in S1, the anime additional content was really well done and crafted, it gave us more background to Einar to sympathize with him.
Einar is also a very normal Icelandic name to be fair. The only thing wrong with the pronunciation is how Merphy prounounces the R. Icelandic and old norse use hard R's. Picture Speedy Gonzales going Arriba and you get the gist.
What I really love about Vinland Saga is that it tells stories from history that never get recorded. History does a good job telling the stories of powerful people who make wars happen, but we don't get as much about the victims, and now we can only imagine what those stories. I'm really glad you brought that up in the video.
You should make a video on it
Seeing Einar's backstory animated was so good and just reinforced some stuff from S1 I even teared up some and we only just begun. I can't wait to see Farmland Saga in all it's glory coming soon.
One thing that always stands out in a Vinland Saga episode is the amazing soundtrack. Stunning.
That while showing the absolutely beautiful Landscapes or characters eyes looking off. I said this yesterday to my friends, I truly think this is the most beautiful anime.
Yea
I believe most of the soundtrack is reused music from the first season, cause I listened to the soundtrack a lot and recognized the tunes when they played.
Can't wait for the anime only fans to experience this amazing arc! Sure action is lacking but the story, character development and art is just amazing and the anime is doing a great job so far! ❤️
Stop this bullshit, i'm tired of read this this. I mean c'mon..the action in season 1 is also not that good, and the action is never be the main focus, and the people who enjoy the season 1 probably know it that the action is not the main thing in vinland saga
@@ahmadiskandarzulkarnain5833 Calm down, I just said it will have less action than the last season, I never said anything about season 1 being "only action" or that action is the only focus in season 1. I think season 1 had a better balance of action and story while season 2 is more story focused and less action although the story and characters are the strongest in season 2 by far the best arc story wise.
@@Official_RetroMania Casuals : Can they beat Goku tho?
The death of his mother and sister is truly heartbreaking, seeing his mother treasures life. Another part that broke my heart is when they threw the woman off the boat as if she were nothing but an ill livestock-no worth to an object. Truly sad that it happened in the past... We are privileged to live this era of order and peace.
Oh our era still has chaos and war, just arent in the areas of the worlds that are suffering.
@@Bionickpunk tf. At least it's not conquest and taking a whole village or city captive then slaughter them
@@arolemaprarath6615 Oh you sweet summer child.
@Bionickpunk you're young kid. You'll know your place soon
I can already tell that this arc is gonna be a doozy...and I've already read it. The opening gave me goosebumps and the Icelandic intro was a perfect way to immerse and slowly bring us back down to Vinland Saga's world
Was absolutely stunned by the anime original Einar flashback, adds so much context to his conversations with Thorfinn and had me tearing up. Cannot wait to see this arc progress in its animated form as I’m expecting even more anime original moments that the staff will no doubt deliver on.
Oh it was sooo good. The op and ed, the soundtrack, the animation, the fact that it transitioned studios without a single drop in quality (due to the fact that the team behind it remained mostly the same) the added content to Einar's backstory, HIRING AN ACTUAL GUY TO READ IN OLD NORSE for the ambience. Hm, chefs kiss, hope it remains like this
Agreed Einar's backstory was just 1 panel in the manga.
Great creative decision.
I love how Einars first few lines were about fighting. ""im not cutting the tree im practicing in case the norsman come back"" and then what happens... This little addition to Vinland Saga gives SO much more depth to Einars decision to follow Thorfinn, bc now we saw what happened.
From "i have to fight" to "this bloodshed has to stop". Love this piece of art.
Turn out it's not Norseman who's come, it's English 😂
Dude can't catch a break
Einar is my favorite character in the series, so I was very happy to see new lore for him at the start of the episode. It adds so much to explain why he is the way he is. I cant wait to see the rest of the arc adapted and what they add to it like they did in Season 1!
Can't wait until i finish S2 and watch back all those discussions.
Also definitely continuing the Manga after S2 ends 🤌💚
Man, now that I'm caught up with the manga, I was literally tearing up during the opening and ending themes. Can't wait for the rest of the adaptation of this amazing arc!
I appreciate they cut parts of the slave market section and just added the anime exclusive scenes with Einar´s family at the beginning.
BANGER FIRST EPISODE!
So happy you're going through with the anime on your channel! I was anime only for Vinland Saga, so I couldn't watch all your manga reviews on it. I'm so excited to see this season!
I love Vinland Saga so much. I'm so happy you love it too.
This episode made me cry and it blew me away with how well it was crafted from beginning to end. The anime original content with Einar and his Mom and Sister was incredible. I had very high expectations given that this is one of my favorite manga arcs I've ever read, and so far the adaptation is delivering. I cannot wait for each and every episode.
Its nice that you are watching the anime Merphy...Also sweet hairdo YOU. ARE. PULLING. IT. OFF!!!
Seeing his mother and sisters death fully displayed rather than told is going to pay off immensely.
Now when Einar says he hates warriors but grows to love Thorfinn it’ll make that development much more meaningful now that we’ve actually seen what warriors did to him.
I literally finished the episode, went to youtube and saw this. I am so excited!
Please do more of these, I want to know ur thoughts on the adaptation
King Sweyn(Svhen) of Denmark offered Askeladd a stark choice: the security of his homeland Wales, or the life of his master, Prince Canute(Can-oot). Askeladd's answer was immediate: He struck off Sweyn's head. The meeting of military leaders erupted into chaos after this act of regicide(the action of killing a King), but Canute recognized the play at hand, and killed Askeladd himself, thereby accomplishing Askeladd's aim. Canute immediately took the throne. But after witnessing the end of his father figure, Thorfinn was left empty inside. He was eventually sold into slavery to work on a farm.
Thorfinn was sold into slavery cause he struck Canute, the new king (left him that scar on his cheek). He would have been executed right then and there if Canute didnt spare his life.
The opening for S2 is so well made. The music, the lyrics, the visual metaphors, all very beautiful
The op is great but the ed is so much better.
im excited for whats to come. Nice video
I missed the new episode, but I've seen some episodes from the first season. The art is fantastic, and I think they keep the core of the story (despite needing to condense and rearrange things somewhat). Glad you enjoyed it so much; I'm looking forward to seeing it myself!
"Hey, if people want to run away from here, where do they go?" This question drives the whole narrative and the author explores it with such subtlety, I can't imagine it being done better. When they touch on this thought throughout the series it never fails to throw my heart into my throat. The answer is already known, but is unreachable in this life. My hunch is that this entire saga will land in that same conclusion, but the question and the quest is what is important. This entire show is my favorite thing ever put on film.
Super excited for the 100 punches scene. Ohhhh boi!!
6:00 I don't think he gave up, he still tried to follow what his mother said, her last wish, he's just trying to keep living no matter what, I see it as direct opposite to Thorfinn that gave up everything even his father's last wish in the name of revenge becoming slave of his own anger, while Einar even after become a slave and accepting to be a slave still follows his mother's last wish.
Yess we did it boys.. A new anime reviewer is born
It was a very good first episode! I cried when Leif showed up… and Einar’s backstory while wasn’t in the manga but was done so well in the anime!
Merphy pls give Attack on Titan a chance, I think you’ll like it
It looks amazing. im so happy:)
I really loved how they handled einar's back story. that opening scene with gardar and arnheid was also really good. they even brought a nordic person to talk over it.
I can’t wait to see chapter 191 animated. This first episode gave me hope that we’ll get there eventually
Just finished book 3, hyped to get ahead of the anime.
When I started read many years ago because of the name and premise of Þorfinnur karlsefnis saga in Vínlandsaga(I'm Icelandic and have a direct relation with Þorfinn) I was not prepared for such a epic of the development on the pacifistic world view and the difficulties and struggles of that ideology. Farmland arch is the epitome of how a person that is shaped by war and vengeance can actually gain by living life.
PLEASE do a collab with King Of Lightning about vinland saga!! I dont even know what about but itd be so cool having more youtubers talking about vinland saga!
Vinland saga & Attack On Titan carrying mature thoughtful storytelling in anime medium!
Vinland Saga and AoT are the closest things to Game of Thrones. Great writing, story and music.
I recommend you to watch or read Magi
yeaaaaah... Game of Thrones up to season 4/5 maybe. After that the writing took a rapid decline.
I wonder if she'll ever watch attack on titan and do a review on it?
Translation Notes
HÁVAMÁL
A poem found within the Poetic Edda, a collection of Old Nordic poems. The title translates to "sayings of the high one," and the contents of the poem are attributed to Odin. The Japanese translation, when not simply titled "Hávamál," is known as "the song of Odin" or "the proverbs of Odin." Hávamál is a gnomic poem, meaning that its verses are meant to serve as lessons or advice on customary topics, such as the laws of hospitality for both guest and host.
So excited
This reminds me so much of that two part Doctor who episodes Truth or Consequences & The Zygon The Zygon Inversion, when The Doctor The Doctor is asking Bonnie essentially What’s the point?, what are you going to after? What’s you plan for the future? Type vibes
the opening was too goated
You should read "slam dunk" and "Vagabond". His mangaka Is takehiko inoue .In the case of vagabond it is one of the best seinen and slam dunk is the best spokon. both do not require fiction.
also both are older than vinland saga, one piece, etc.
She's going to be reading Vagabond with the same friend she did the Vinland analysis videos with. She announced it when they caught up on the latest Vinland volume.
@@MugiwaraNoDavid Really?, in which video did she say that? I'm glad, also "real" is a very good manga, I hope she reads "slam dunk".
@@MugiwaraNoDavid Yes! Can reread Vagabond along with them. Its gonna be so good.
I was pleasantly surprised that we were shown Einar’s past, which was just told in the manga.
Merphy id love to see your thoughts on the Light Novel series Mushoku Tensei Jobless Reincarnation
Hope you check it out some day, There are definitely a lot of weird stuff but the character writing is GOD TIER
Any plans on starting "attack on titan"? Eagerly waiting for it
A change I noted that I fully support is that they removed the comedic tone out of Einar's escape and "examination" by the merchant looking for cute boys. While Yukimura's goofy faces are great, that are not the time and place for them. Good change!
Yeah, if I had the choice to scrap those moments just to have that amazing family intro scene, they yes do it.
I started watching Vinland Saga after hearing about how after a certain point in the story the tone changes drastically. I wasn't a huge fan of season 1, I think I was so eager to get to that drastic shift that I didn't really appreciate what season 1 was doing which is a flaw on my part. But season 2 is offering exactly what I was looking forward to so far
Yayy!!
I call these “filler” parts that are expending the story and amplify it instead of being just there to pad out the episode anime only
It had a great flashback setup plus einar is the truth
Do you have to read the manga before watching the anime show ?
Vinland Saga is amazing. My only gripe is that big time skip between the 3rd and 4th major arcs killed the vibe to me. I'm sure the 4th arc is good but I didn't pull me in. For me, it ended in the 3rd
Your initial pronunciation of Einar was correct, at least in danish it it.
I think if you liked vinland saga you should watch pingpong the animation. You will love that show
*Watch Vinland saga ss2 ep1*
*Die from peak fiction*
OK, this is a completly unrelated and very studip, but my favorite joke I read about Vinland sağa is that Thors clutches a knife Thorfin got his hands on so hard it starts to bleed and pounds in Thorfin the notion that no one has enemies, that he doesn't need to learn to use a knife because no one should take a life from another, and then Thorfin just fucking learns to dualwield
One piece hype for life great 👍🏻 video nice hype!!!!!!!!
I hope season 2 wins Anime of the year.
It deserves it
There is nothing funnier than Merphy trying not to spoil.
*Why is Makoto Yukimura trying to promote christianity in the 11th century when the people were militantly against Christianity? Think deeply about this.*
Because Christianity was in the upswing in Norse areas at the time like most of Europe, converting from Pagan religions to Christianity around the 10th and 11th centuries. It also corresponds with the church schism splitting to Orthodoxy and Catholicism, so both denominations sped up conversions on mainland Europe to cover their spheres of influence that would be a religious and political factor on the continent for centuries afterwards. This is also the period the "dark ages" ended in Western Europe (reflected in Vinland Saga with the end of viking pillaging culture), with the emergence of larger countries and stronger centralized leaderships that filled up the power vacuum of Western Rome´s fall.
@@Bionickpunk I replied half an hour ago. I think it got sent to spam. Perhaps Merphy will release my comment, perhaps not.
The slavery, violence and greed needs to end!
Have you read or watched attack on titan? I think you’d appreciate the story
Hey whenever you get a chance you should check out Noakis Urasawas manga masterpiece “Monster”. Truly deserving of the title. I HIGHLY recommend it. I feel like a reader such as yourself would enjoy it thoroughly. Also Netflix just started streaming its anime so that’s a plus too. #monster #manga #noakiurasawa
Have you ever watch attack on titan
This is my fav arc in the manga. This was the peak of the manga for me. I don't know about the current arc since i stopped reading manga. The release rate of the chapters just too low. I'll binge read it once it is finished.
I appreciate how it didn't go the generic shonen route where "Oh his Mom died but she sacrificed herself to save her two children, but now it's up to Einar to get his sister to safety. Maybe one of them will be captured and Einar's goal will be to reunite with his sister and once again rebuild what was lost."
Nope. Harsh reality check, and Einar was too stricken with fear and shock to do anything about it. I really like the parallels to Thorfinn where he also has lost anything that gave his life meaning, so he has to find a new purpose.
Thorfinn looked up to his brave father and his warrior legacy, but when faced with the truth of war and violence broke down and sought revenge, which in the end even that was taken from him.
Einar admired his own father's sacrifice to defend their home, and felt he had to live up to that, and get strong to rebuild and defend on turn. Reality doesn't care how hard you try and mend things. It's neutral, and won't stand in the way of injustice. Sometimes even after all your hard work, everything you care for gets taken away again anyway.
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Hey Merphy big fan of yours and this is probably my first comment on your videos. As someone who's read the manga and a huge fan of the show (my favourite anime currently) I found the first episode to be sappy.
I know what they were going for and I understand and see why but the execution of it didn't work for me. Whether it be the score and how it always came to pull the emotional strings or how the death of Einar's family played out.
For me personally, it would have been interesting if we weren't shown the family but just started with him being captured and explore more of that journey. Show us the mental toil of captives from different territories put together from point a to b. See how they react to their new environment as the realisation dawns on them that their no longer free people. See the worry and fear, how they react when others are bought and others aren't, you know what I mean?
Like many slave related media just show the act of capture, the display, and the purchase of slaves but I've never seen one where they explore the in between, the limbo experience, the time after the capture but before the selling. I think there's room for powerful psychological exploration there.
Sorry for this being long but I thought I should share and see what you and your fellow subscribers think of it. I'm still very much looking forward to the rest of the season. Cheers!
Still hasn't dropped in South Africa 🥲
I didn't like the first episode of season 2. The reason being that Einar of chapter 55 and this episode just feel two different people altogether. It didn't tell his expectations from his master like it did in the manga and he wasn't even trying to please his new master but somehow just thinking about pleasing him was enough X(
We need a Netflix English dub. As much as I love original Japanese audio, I was well too adopted to the 1st season English dub :/
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I am curious about this. I read the manga for a short but, but that thing lost steam in a major way after Askelad wasn't in there anymore.
please read berserk. i beg you
If you want to redeem yourself for all the horrible acts you committed in the past, you must first learn to forgive yourself and keep moving forward in your life.
00:08 Top 10 Series in general? Alrighy almost close to One Piece 👍
Thorfinn is a slave??? I didn’t think he was a slave in the first ep.
Yes he was
He was arrested for attacking Canute and likely sold into slavery
@@Aubie1995 I mean he’s strong, I don’t see his slave master stopping him if he actually tries to escape
@@alecks2m706 it is not that simple. There’s also a group of people on the farm not just that old man. Slavery was a success for a reason for a very long time. Escape is almost always futile.
@@Aubie1995 I know but Thorfinn is not your average slave.
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I felt like it went on a bit too long. Unfortunately, I do see a dip in quality with MAPPA at the helm. It's still great storytelling. The Op and ending were dope. But what was once visually was a 10/10 feels like an 8/10. The water effects particularly
Just binged the anime finally. Went into it expecting misery porn/village burning simulator, and yeah thats pretty much what it is.
Wait why hasn’t she read berserk yet?
Am I the only one that found Einar's mother's death kinda jarring? (In a bad way) It was anime original so It just felt like they wanted to flesh out Einar more and stitched a scene together last minute. A random arrow flew at her back and nobody appeared in order to give them a dragged out back and forth. The episode in general had long ass pauses/silence to make it more cinematic, but it had the opposite effect on me. In general feels like an amateur's work ngl. I loved the opening scene tho
Episode 1 was good, but I didn't like the execution where a random arrow hits mother and then the time kind of stops. Einar fully stops to check mother and even daughter returns back. Better to try to run to safety. Otherwise I liked the episode. Looking forward to rest of the season.
Thorfinn really looking bored asf since his beat buddy passed away.
It’s dark and all.. but there’s also a lot of edging going on.. a lot of clenched buttcheeks and loudly gritting teeth.. it’s like watching people get tense a lot.. I dunno.. sprinkle some backstory in there a little more? I feel like I’m watching dragon ball z sometimes, but not in a good way (because I’m not in grade school anymore). I’m 4 episodes in, sorry if this ruins anyone’s day. I’ll probably stick it out and see where it leads, but I’m probably going to take a few weeks off from watching it first (they probably should have just released all the episodes together), to let things broil over and get interesting again. So far the way I feel about it as a non-true-believer is.. Meh.. 😑
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I thought season 2 episode one was pretty boring. I like episode 2 way better.
*I think this pandemic has taught people the importance of multiple streams of income, unfortunately having a job doesn't mean security rather having different investments would be best to recover from this global inflation and stay afloat.*
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season 2 sucked I don't even want to talk about it just stupid and slow , I will say if you want to fall asleep and sleeping pills don't work then watch this you will sleep in no time lol. how do you screw up a Viking show well watch this and find out .
....... You're such a child.
I have absolutely no interest in vinland saga anymore. S1 ended perfectly. The MCs is just unlikeable and I have even forgotten who he is or what his name is even. Artorius was the mc and his story ended very well. S1 was 10/10. Askeladd was the hero.
Kinda like Avatar, no sequel needed.
Just watch season 2 ... Season 1 was the prologue for a reason... You would absolutly do yourself a disservice if you stopped now... Just wait untill the anime is done and watch it in one go.... You are gonna be surprised.
Imagine not being hyped for Farmland Saga. I sure cant.
...... You're such a child.
Well I saw thumbnail and fall in love with you 😅. And you're Anime fan 🥲. It's perfect for me. Unfortunately not everything mean to be together. Atleast i seen you. Hope we get one interaction 😄. Btw great review 🥰.