Perhaps it is going a little more unnoticed these weeks between everything that is happening with ‘One Piece’, the demon hunters from ‘Kimetsu no Yaiba’ and the idols from ‘Oshi no Ko’… But Vinland Saga‘ is having a spectacular season and despite the studio change the series has maintained its good level.
And most important of all, is that even the creator of the manga makoto yukimura he is extremely happy with how MAPPA is adapting his work.
When the manga suits well
It doesn’t always rain to everyone’s taste with anime adaptations, and sometimes we have come across series that have either deviated greatly from the original material or have changed the pace and aesthetics so much that even many fans have ended up asking for them to be completely redone. . This is not the case of ‘Vinland Saga’, which is seen to be following the anime with a lot of enthusiasm and only has good words to say. MAPPA.
“The soundtrack is wonderful…it can completely change the impression of a scene. And the theme ‘I have no enemies’, thank you very much Mr. Yukata Yamada,” Yukimura wrote in your Twitter account. “I wish the manga volumes could play that music too, like those baby picture books that have features like adding music. Thank you for respecting the original work like this.”
Although most of the praise has gone to the soundtrack, it seems that Yukimura is happy with how his manga is adapting and is following it week by week and discussing story trivia with his fans (and he also apologizes often). for giving Thorfinn a hard time).
So although it is not always easy to find the key to a good adaptation, at least MAPPA has followed the good line of WIT Studio and the original author has no complaints.
Vinland Saga It is already in its second season and we can follow the episodes week by week through Crunchyroll and Netflix. is the story of Thorfinn, whose father is killed by a mercenary and throws him into a spiral of violence and revenge in order to avenge his death. And over time, Thorfinn understands better what his father meant by “you have no enemies.”
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