Review of Vinland Saga Season 2
Vinland Saga Season 2 Slavery and freedom: the duality between living dead or dying while living A visual delight. A beautiful work not only for its animation but for its impactful story and perfect narrative. Full of philosophies that show us different ways of thinking about the world, wars and human relations. Makoto Yukimura truly has an impressive ability to make his characters compelling. The justice of Einar, the melancholy of Arnheid, the wisdom of Sverkel, Canute’s ideology, Snake’s compassion and, of course, Thorfinn’s redemption. All of this is very well worked and executed impeccably, making us feel connected to each of them. The second season of Vinland Sagadelivers not only a story wrapped in philosophies and ideologies, but also a charming visual delight from beginning to end.
Thorfinn: from "warrior" to slave; from assassin to pacifist. We follow Thorfinn, totally broken by the past, living his days as a slave filled with monotony, guilt and lack of purpose, as if life no longer existed in his body. He remains this way until Einar makes him realize he can still do something, that he can live a new life and find a new purpose.
Thorfinn discovers the gratification of work. The value of each plowed field, each seed planted and each new wheat harvested. From this experience he finds a new purpose: to live honestly and simply. Guided by this new design, Thorfinn begins to live faithfully according to his new ideals of peace.
The teenager with bloodstained hands transforms into a man who rejects violence, who refuses to cause pain to another human being. Thorfinn becomes another person, living his new ideals of the world with dedication, not caring to die for them.
Thorfinn gives meaning to the word warrior: he is not the one who attacks, but who endures; not the one who destroys, but who builds something new; not the one who violates, but who spreads good deeds. He shows us that it is possible to start over from zero, change the way one sees the world and fight for something that benefits everyone: peace.