This manga is brutal because Vinland Saga's atrocities are reality-based and certainly not romanticised, whereas other manga usually are more fantastical or divided clearly between good and bad, right and wrong, black and white, or simply 'here is the protagonist, just root for him'. is a fantasy and the other is an adaptation of a romanticising novel. More brutal than Berserk, Vagabond or anything of that ilk. It’s not dry and lifeless, and at the same time it’s not completely in the realm of fantasy. He grounds his work with research, yet at the same time leaving it open for creative exploration. Vinland Saga almost has nothing in common with Makoto Yukimura's previous much praised work, Planetes, except for his passion for technical realism. Pointy weapons making minced meat of people. Set in 11th-century Europe, Vinland Saga tells a bloody epic in an era where violence, madness, and injustice are inescapable, providing a paradise for the battle-crazed and utter hell for the rest who live in it.
One day, when Askeladd receives word that Danish prince Canute has been taken hostage, he hatches an ambitious plot-one that will decide the next King of England and drastically alter the lives of Thorfinn, Canute, and himself. Not yet skilled enough to defeat him, but unable to abandon his vengeance, Thorfinn spends his boyhood with the mercenary crew, honing his skills on the battlefield among the war-loving Danes, where killing is just another pleasure of life.
However, Thorfinn is not part of the group for the plunder it entails-instead, for having caused his family great tragedy, the boy has vowed to kill Askeladd in a fair duel. EditSynopsis Thorfinn, son of one of the Vikings' greatest warriors, is among the finest fighters in the merry band of mercenaries run by the cunning Askeladd, an impressive feat for a person his age.
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