Review of Vinland Saga Season 2

6/10 Vinland Saga season 2 is alright but noticeably worse than its predecessor. While I enjoyed the overall plot and story, I found that the show moved way too slowly, was full of pointless scenes, and could have been shrunken down to maybe 12-15 eps (in which case is could of been an 8). I loved the overall plot of the story, with Thorfinn rediscovering who he truly is and finding an identity of his own. It’s full of great characters like Einar, snake, and old master who are all great well-developed characters. On the other side, we followed Cannute’s development which was also interesting to see,who like Thorfinn, is also trying to forge his new identity after losing his father. While there were way fewer fight scenes, the few left were pretty good.

Unfortunately, this show is really hindered by mini-arcs and terribly slow pacing. Thorfinn’s whole PTSD issues were very boring and lasted about 10 episodes, I think there was one episode dedicated to it entirely where he has a dream with Askelad which I almost skipped. Armheid's subplot with her husband returning was also way too long. The overall thing going on where they show how his insane rage destroyed him was pretty good, but the flashbacks that lasted half the episode were so pointless. This show is riddled with all sorts of boring and pointless dialogue that I wish they just took out. The cheesy dialogue between him and Einar wasn’t helping either. They constantly edge us out with some cliffhanger, and it's to the point where if something interesting happens I almost expect there to be filler-tier content for the next 20min. Very predictable.

I’m sad they made this show 24 eps instead of something shorter, as I feel a lot of people lost interest, so we might not get a third season. Could have easily been solved. I’d say if you enjoyed the first season this is still worth watching, just be ready to have your finger on the right arrow key.