The illustration is incredibly detailed and absolutely magnificent. In addition to all of that there are brief recaps of history and recaps of where Thorfinn has journeyed to between each chapter. There are also historical characters throughout (the obvious Leif Ericson, but also some kings of the era are mentioned). You learn a lot about Frank, Danish, and English battles.

The history in here is very detailed as well. You really feel Thorfinn’s anger and want him to succeed, he is a very engaging character. I really enjoyed the characters, the story, and the the detailed artwork.Īll of the characters have a lot of depth and really come alive. Much different from other manga I have read. This was a very well done epic historical manga. Thorfinn is sustained by dreams of somehow escaping his current situation and finding Vinland. He constantly seeks to defeat Askeladd in a duel, but has yet to succeed. Thorfinn is an excellent fighter, but he is still a boy. Now Thorfinn is being raised by the very Viking mercenaries who killed his parents, they are lead by Askeladd. Thorfinn dreamed of going to Vinland, but his dreams were shattered by a raid of Viking mercenaries. Thorfinn was raised on the stories of the great Leif Ericson, who told tales of a land where slavery doesn’t exist.Vinland. It ended up being a very well done historical manga about Vikings.

I finally got a copy of the book for mother’s day and was excited to read it. I have been wanting to read Vinland Saga forever.

Vinland Saga, Tome 1 by Makoto Yukimura