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I like the OP!!!! the show of thorfinn screaming to the heavens under the milky way owns Loving this adaptation so far. Maybe it's just the quality of the source material, but I was still on the edge of my seat during that fight. I keep seeing that the anime will add original scenes of kid thorfinn for the next couple of episodes, does anyone have a source for that? Not sure how I feel about it
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Jul 31, 2019 02:06
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Expect My Mom posted:I keep seeing that the anime will add original scenes of kid thorfinn for the next couple of episodes, does anyone have a source for that? Not sure how I feel about it I hope it's not true  We got plenty of kid Thorfinn already
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Jul 31, 2019 08:56
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Makatka posted:I hope it's not true This gag manga from the rerelease of Chapter 162 says that Teen Thorfinn won't speak until Episode 7, so we'll probably have 1-2 more episodes with him as a kid.
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Arkhams Razor posted:This gag manga from the rerelease of Chapter 162 says that Teen Thorfinn won't speak until Episode 7, so we'll probably have 1-2 more episodes with him as a kid. That seems...insane? That's two whole episodes of filler for an adaptation of a manga that's up to like a dozen volumes over the course of like a decade.
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I enjoyed the fight but the post-fight section felt a bit slow and lacked the tension you'd expect from that scene.
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My dad's a big fan of anything to do with the Viking age and has read most of the actual sagas cover to cover, so this has been a real treat for him. He's not an anime fan, but when Thorkell the Tall cleaves through four men and a longship's mast in a single axe stroke, it's speaking his language.
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Not Important posted:My dad's a big fan of anything to do with the Viking age and has read most of the actual sagas cover to cover, so this has been a real treat for him. He's not an anime fan, but when Thorkell the Tall cleaves through four men and a longship's mast in a single axe stroke, it's speaking his language. please keep us updated with further dadimpressions, i love hearing about non anime people enjoying an anime especially if he's well-versed in the actual groundwork stories
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Aug 2, 2019 02:09
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Patware posted:please keep us updated with further dadimpressions, i love hearing about non anime people enjoying an anime He's very well-versed in the sagas and history behind the anime. He was pretty excited when the anime portrayed the St. Brice's Day Massacre as a leadup to Thors getting called back to the Jomsvikings. After episode 4, his main comment was a very despondent "I was hoping Thors would stick around longer."
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Aug 2, 2019 19:03
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Aug 2, 2019 19:19
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I am watching this blind and I've never heard of the series before. I'm not entirely sure how to feel about it since this is so clearly the Backstory to the main character rather than the meat, but I really hope the latest ep was the end of this kid being annoying. The opening plainly shows he's Not Ok, and the end of this ep seems to be the start of that, but I'm not really a fan of just watching an ineffective child force themselves into dangerous situations to be used as drama. Also I was not actually expecting Thors to die like that. That band of assassins looked like the most foddery group imaginable, so them actually succeeding caught me off guard. Thors was cool, but was very obviously going to die from the very start, so I'm kinda glad they just got it over with.
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Aug 2, 2019 19:31
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Momomo posted:I am watching this blind and I've never heard of the series before. I'm not entirely sure how to feel about it since this is so clearly the Backstory to the main character rather than the meat, but I really hope the latest ep was the end of this kid being annoying. The opening plainly shows he's Not Ok, and the end of this ep seems to be the start of that, but I'm not really a fan of just watching an ineffective child force themselves into dangerous situations to be used as drama. (Very minor spoilers) This is the last we see of child Thorfinn in the manga - barring any anime original content, the next we see him will be as an Extremely, Ridiculously Not Okay Teenager. I like that Thors never really had a chance, when you think about it. Askeladd didn't even truly need his boats/soldiers to do anything other than cut off Thors' escape - he was doomed as soon as the archers took their spots.
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Yeah, and Thors very obviously knew that. Askeladd just wanted to see what all of the hype was about, and Thors used that as an opportunity to save everyone else.
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Aug 2, 2019 21:21
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First filler episode was alright. I prefer how the manga did it by just kind of alluding to events like this, but as far as filler goes it could've been worse. Really curious to see what they do with next week's though. Hopefully it ends up justifying the slow pacing in some fashion.
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Aug 4, 2019 21:51
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There's one chapter about child Thorfinn working for Askeladd before the big time skip, so it could just be that.
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Theowulv posted:Thors intentionally breaking his own sword to lower Askeladd's guard is still so drat cool. Also then dropping Askeladd's sword and kicking it up into his hand is the loving coolest thing god drat
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Aug 4, 2019 22:50
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Big feels this episode. Poor English lady 
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Aug 12, 2019 16:14
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This show is brutal, even if it could be way worse. It's an emotionally draining series.
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Aug 12, 2019 17:14
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Since they seem to be fine adding stuff I wonder if this means we'll get the attack on Hild's village in the spot where it should be chronologically. At least up until the part where she falls.
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Aug 12, 2019 20:13
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It would make a good call back in the hopeful season 2.
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Aug 12, 2019 20:31
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Yeah ok, as far as filler goes that was fine. Still feel like it's stuff that would be better left suggested than shown but it was good.
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Aug 12, 2019 20:55
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I was looking forward to this show and it's good
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Aug 12, 2019 22:45
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Thorfinn's Not Okay levels continue to increase with every episode.
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Aug 12, 2019 23:35
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I'm glad they kept this in because the image of Askeladd on the boat is just too fun.
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Aug 19, 2019 02:09
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I appreciate Little Lord Pez Dispenser
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Aug 19, 2019 02:36
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It says something that even though my other half and I were constantly side-eyeing what was happening on screen, we never paused to refill our plates.
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Aug 19, 2019 05:53
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I can't help but feel that this ep (and the next one too, probably) is kind of redundant. I mean, chapter 1&2 did a great job establishing characters, setting, etc. but since anime's already done that and there's no story progression in these chapters, why adapt them? Especially since up to this point it was violence bad, Vikings bad and now we suddenly have awesome Vikings doing cool stuff. I don't know. But boy, that boat scene really is awesome.
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Aug 19, 2019 08:39
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Haha wow I'd forgot the complete caricature of the Frank nobleman. These norse boys are having so much fun!
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Makatka posted:I can't help but feel that this ep (and the next one too, probably) is kind of redundant. I mean, chapter 1&2 did a great job establishing characters, setting, etc. but since anime's already done that and there's no story progression in these chapters, why adapt them? Especially since up to this point it was violence bad, Vikings bad and now we suddenly have awesome Vikings doing cool stuff. I don't know. I think it's kinda important is showing Askeladd's leadership style and charisma. Also the longboat shot is loving iconic so they had to get that in.
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Aug 19, 2019 13:05
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Aug 19, 2019 13:07
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Recent archeological evidence suggests the vikings may have been among the the first people to develop the naruto run.
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Captain Invictus posted:I require gifs  The added laughter makes it even better
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Dzhay posted:Recent archeological evidence suggests the vikings may have been among the the first people to develop the naruto run. So there's an interview with an actual ninja on Youtube and he explains this run (around 10-11 minutes in but the whole thing is worth checking out). Apparently it lets you run fast while saving energy
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Makatka posted:So there's an interview with an actual ninja on Youtube and he explains this run (around 10-11 minutes in but the whole thing is worth checking out). Apparently it lets you run fast while saving energy Great video. I had no idea it was a real thing.
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Fun episode, even if it didn't really move the story forward in any significant way. I just continue to be mystified by the Amazon subtitler's complete prohibition on using exclamation marks at any point. They have a ram. Fire. It's no good, retreat. You bastards.
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Aug 19, 2019 22:34
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This week's episode is the opening of the manga. It does this story and then flashes back to Thorfinn as a child.
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Hargrimm posted:I just continue to be mystified by the Amazon subtitler's complete prohibition on using exclamation marks at The Vikings are here. Everybody run for your lives.
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Aug 19, 2019 23:53
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The Normanni. They're madmen.
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I like what they're doing with Thorfinn here, he feels a lot more unbalanced and wild than I ever felt in the manga. The first person running/action scenes look pretty rough but I kinda like them and feel like they do a decent job capturing Thorfinn's speed. All in all I'm liking this a lot more than I do Studio Wit's previous adaptations but I do wonder what people who haven't seen the manga are feeling. also I did not notice the lack of !'s at all honestly, but that may just be because I know Japanese a tiny bit enough to not always be looking at them
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I like it a lot!!!
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