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Mickael Landry

It's refreshing to see someone immediately connect the dots and not stare at Leif, thinking that he named his adopted son out of some obsession with Thorfinn. I've witnessed many viewers get so confused that they mock Leif, so it's great to see that you quickly grasped the situation. 👏

Erjon Sejdijaj

Ketil meeting Leif is such a beautiful example of how small the world truly is. Also, Canute is for sure Askeladd's child lmao Not much to discuss, so this might be a good time to mention that a lot of the volume releases of the Vinland Saga manga include some bonus materials, such as blueprints to various homes or whatever. One of the earlier volumes of this arc included a whole two page diagram of all the characters, who relates to whom, et cetera. Yukimura humurously titled this diagram "What is this? This looks like a social studies textbook [sweatdrop]" Anyway, besides various paragraphs of explanatory texts, he gives each character a short descriptor, of which a couple I find quite funny. I'll just list some. Thorfinn (Empty) Einar (Thoughtless) Ketil's first daughter (Married off) Olmar (Idiot) Farmhands et al. (Bullies) Snake (Boss) Fox (Skinny) Badger (Fatty) He also explains a couple historical things. Namely, he says that in medieval Scandinavia, it was customary for the eldest son to go off to war, leaving farmwork to the younger sons. This is why Ketil wants to leave his farm with Olmar. Further, he confirms the "guests" are actually employees (he also explains guard forces were usually subordinates or friends), and that acquisition of a slave is roughly analogous to the purchase of a car in modern terms. Lots of neat stuff. I'll also quote a somewhat interesting paragraph from the thing. "Being born a slave, or born of slaves, made one a target for class discrimination, but it was not the same thing as racial discrimination. At the time, it was not uncommon for people of high status to have, say, a Celtic mother. The Vikings did not seem to mind mixed blood. Later on, in the massive slavery trade conducted in America, black slaves were treated horrendously due to a confluence of racist and classist oppression, but it seems that slave owners in medieval Scandinavia were somewhat more humane." Idk, just fun to read about some of the historical research he had to do to make this series.