Amazing episode honestly. Compared to the last couple episodes where it focuses on multiple people and what they are doing this whole episode was focused on one thing so I won't have to explain much. This is easily one of the best episodes of the series in my opinion. A lot of storytelling comes full circle and there was a lot of great dialogue here.
It starts off with Thorfinn taking his punches and around twenty to thirty in snake and olmar find the fight circle and investigate leading to them trying to stop it causing thorfinn to get distracted from softening the blows and gets knocked down. Einar explains to them that he's doing this for the farm and Shake says it's useless to try and talk them out of this war, but thorfinn doesn't budge and calls both sides out for resorting to violence instead of negotiating or talking first and goes back to taking his punches. Before all the Vikings were laughing at thorfinn and after time passes they all watch on in silence and olmar cries over thorfinns will to fight for the farm. This was honestly a powerful scene. It was all respect at that point, after surviving the hundred punches he and Einar finally get permission to go and meet Canute
But before thengen asks why he didn't fight back and thorfinn states that there isn't any reason to fight since they all just met that day and they have no reason to hate each other and kill each other because this is ketil and Canutes war. He looks back on his fathers morals (I'm guessing because it was shown for only a second) and says the famous line
I have no enimes
Thengen brings thorfinn and Einar to Canute.
Canute thinks thorfinn must hate him after making him a slave and killing askeladd, But thorfinn forgives him and even apologizes for giving him his scar.
Thorfinn asks canute to end the war and leave ketils farm, but Canute says no and tries to justify the war because of the planned death of his men by the hands of olmar and thorgils to start the war. Thorfinn tries to argue that he's proven his point but Canute doesn't budge on this. Einar calls out his morals and reasoning and canute explains his reason for killing innocent people, it's to save the Vikings too and defy god by creating a paradise. After this there is lots of fantastic dialogue between Canute thorfinn and einar.
Canute is similar to how thorfinn was back then and it's almost like looking into reflection of his past self for thorfinn. I'll stop here because what are you still doing here reading this? Go watch it!
Overall this episode was emotional and the storytelling is at its best! A lot has come around full circle and I really like everyone's character growth over this last season. I truly think this might be the best anime this year in terms of storytelling and emotion so far.
It starts off with Thorfinn taking his punches and around twenty to thirty in snake and olmar find the fight circle and investigate leading to them trying to stop it causing thorfinn to get distracted from softening the blows and gets knocked down. Einar explains to them that he's doing this for the farm and Shake says it's useless to try and talk them out of this war, but thorfinn doesn't budge and calls both sides out for resorting to violence instead of negotiating or talking first and goes back to taking his punches. Before all the Vikings were laughing at thorfinn and after time passes they all watch on in silence and olmar cries over thorfinns will to fight for the farm. This was honestly a powerful scene. It was all respect at that point, after surviving the hundred punches he and Einar finally get permission to go and meet Canute
But before thengen asks why he didn't fight back and thorfinn states that there isn't any reason to fight since they all just met that day and they have no reason to hate each other and kill each other because this is ketil and Canutes war. He looks back on his fathers morals (I'm guessing because it was shown for only a second) and says the famous line
I have no enimes
Thengen brings thorfinn and Einar to Canute.
Canute thinks thorfinn must hate him after making him a slave and killing askeladd, But thorfinn forgives him and even apologizes for giving him his scar.
Thorfinn asks canute to end the war and leave ketils farm, but Canute says no and tries to justify the war because of the planned death of his men by the hands of olmar and thorgils to start the war. Thorfinn tries to argue that he's proven his point but Canute doesn't budge on this. Einar calls out his morals and reasoning and canute explains his reason for killing innocent people, it's to save the Vikings too and defy god by creating a paradise. After this there is lots of fantastic dialogue between Canute thorfinn and einar.
Canute is similar to how thorfinn was back then and it's almost like looking into reflection of his past self for thorfinn. I'll stop here because what are you still doing here reading this? Go watch it!
Overall this episode was emotional and the storytelling is at its best! A lot has come around full circle and I really like everyone's character growth over this last season. I truly think this might be the best anime this year in terms of storytelling and emotion so far.