I Want a Horse

After last week's intermission focusing on Canute and other old characters we are back with our beloved duo and watching them making progress.

Although the episode consists of literally no action at all it's still phenomenal because we get introduced to another new character which is written extraordinary. It fits all so well into the bigger puzzle, there is just no complain. We also get to the point where the relation between Thorfinn and Einar grew to a friendship and hell that was satisfying to watch. This episode is another picture perfect example of storytelling and especially character development.

I close this review with the words of Thorfinn: "I feel like I learned a lot today."

This episode was the happiest episode of Vinland Saga since the very beginning. I have taken heed of what happened at the start and know that this is probably a sign that the following episodes will he horrid and there will be a lot of violence and probably an invasion of Ketil's farm. Nevertheless, I am a sucker for these step-away moments in anime and I enjoyed this episode.

The art was very nice in this anime, it felt more like the WIT style and reminded me of the show before the MAPPA curse of picking up WIT's shows when they start to follow Murphy's Law ('everything that can go wrong will go wrong') and I love the friendship of Thorfinn and Einar. It makes me happy and I hope they will continue to be friends, as very complementary characters.

It wasn't special as an episode, but it felt lovely to watch and ended on a really nice sentiment.