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Story: 6/10

Yuan Zun has a relatively simple plot for a manhua. The story follows a boy named Yuan Zhou who was supposed to be born with a divine dragon blessing. But this blessing was stolen by the Wu Family, a rival family of the Great Zhou Empire. By stealing the blessing, Yuan Zhou was left unable to cultivate and was seen as a disgrace to the Zhou bloodline. Yuan Zhou's determination to cultivate eventually leads him to find a master that is able to unblock his cultivation channels and allows him to freely cultivate. Of course there is nothing given for free in this ... world so the master had one request. He had to protect a girl named Yao Yao. After being sent back to the Great Zhou Empire and finally able to cultivate. The story continues with Yuan Zhou trying to become strong enough so that he could take down the Wu Empire to make sure they pay for everything they had done to the Zhou Empire. The story is fairly average as the majority of manhua has a similar story line: boy is weak but has a special hidden ability that makes him very strong so he sets off on a journey to become the strongest. Another negative about this story, and many other manhuas, is that the story moves the main characters from place to place and they seem to forget the places they have traveled in the past and it is completely forgotten in their world. Overall the story is very simple but it is decently done and is very enjoyable watching our main characters travel from different place to place and meeting and fighting stronger people.

Characters: 7/10

One major problem that I have with a lot of manhua's is the lack of character development. Sure Yuan Zhou becomes more powerful and is able to beat other people. But his character itself does not change at all throughout the story. He stays as this badass ruthless main character throughout the whole story (as of the latest chapter). However the character of Yuan Zhou himself is very likeable and is not someone that isn't a simp. I greatly appreciate that. Yao Yao, our female mc, is a very unique character with a hidden past. We get to learn more about Yao Yao's past but she is a very mysterious person and it is great unraveling the mystery of who she actually is and where she is from.

Another problem that I have with a lot of manhua's is the lack of side characters, as I have stated before. The main character is constantly traveling from place to place and is constantly meeting new characters. This makes a lot of the characters very forgettable and a lot of the times we don't even get to see these characters for a very long time (or not at all). We also do not get to see the transformations the characters have in the story. We only get to see the final product. Personally I would like to see the side characters journey and past to feel connected to those characters. However the side characters are not prevalent to the plot of the story so therefore they are not really talked about after the main character moves on.

Art: 9/10

The art is pretty fantastic and the intricate detailing of the characters and background makes for an enjoyable read. This manhua updates twice weekly (I believe) so it is great that the art style is still done very well even though it updates so frequently. The background is also not forgotten and drawn very well. All these visuals together makes the manhua very visually pleasing and a great read.

Enjoyment: 8/10

I have a personal bias here because I love over powered main characters stories so obviously this story is enjoyable for me. The best part about this manhua is where the main character proves everyone wrong because everyone believes that the main character is really weak but he is able to prove everyone wrong and saves the day many times. If you like op mc stories, this manhua is definitely for you.

Overall: 7/10

Overall, I would recommend this manhua to those who love the shounen genre or the action genre in general. However even if you don't like these genres, if you gave this manhua a chance. I think you will find it very enjoyable and a great read. However this manhua's release schedule is kind of weird because it releases in half's. Meaning that you get chapter 1 and chapter 1.5 in one week. Chapter 1.5 is the last half of chapter 1 and it is spaced out like this to ensure that each chapter is done well. Therefore you might have to wait for sometime to read the full chapter but I guarantee you it is worth the wait and you will be happy that you decided to pick up this manhua.

Revenge, murder, sorrow, emptiness, redemption, and aspiration. The story of Vinland Saga takes place in the 11th century during the age of Vikings. This tale follows Thorfinn on his path of revenge to his tale of redemption and aspiring to be different. From immersive storytelling, to the beautiful art style, showing how brutal the age of Vikings were, Makoto Yukimura creates a masterfully written story that everyone should read.


Let's first start with the story. I will try not to go into much detail in order to refrain from spoilers but here we go. The story starts out with the main character Thorfinn joining his ... father Thors on an expedition overseas. Thors crew comes face to face with another Vikings group, Askeladd’s group, that was hired to murder Thors as he was a threat to them being one of the strongest Vikings of their era. Thorfinn watched as his father was brutally murdered by Askeladd and everyone else on that voyage was also murdered by Askeladd’s gang. Instead of killing Thorfinn as well, Askeladd decides to take him under his wing and promises Thorfinn that he will take him under his wing and when he is old enough, he can try and take his head. Thorfinn is subjugated to these harsh wars all in order to be able to face Askeladd and kill him. This war story that Askeladd subjects Thorfinn to takes up the majority of his childhood and makes Thorfinn’s childhood full of regret, anger, revenge, and murder.

One problem that I do have with the story is that the author feels it is necessary to add time skips throughout the story in order to not bombard the reader with so much information. I felt that one of the arcs that was skipped due to a time skip was very necessary and would have been cool to see what actually happened. But nonetheless, I understand the author’s reasoning for these time skips as there is already so much to digest, even more would be too much.

Now let us talk about the characters. Unlike many manga and anime, the story is not heavily focused on the main character. In this case, we get to learn so much more detail about the side characters and are able to see their character development throughout the manga. The author also does not stray away from the gore and the brutality that went on during this time period. Things such as rape, plunder, pillaging, colonization are all displayed throughout the story and are displayed with an exquisite art style.

Speaking of the art style. That is what I am going to talk about next. The art style in this manga is magnificent. It is arguably more gory and gut wrenching than manga like Berserk or Vagabond. The art style allows the author to really show how brutal the 11th century Viking era truly was. The wars and fights are very realistically drawn and the background is drawn masterfully as well.

One thing that the drawers do really well is the faces of the characters. The immense amount of detail that is used for facial features is insane. The reader is always able to tell how the character is feeling by just looking at their facial expressions. I cannot stress enough how beautiful the art style of this manga is and you’ll just have to read it to understand.

Now let us discuss the characters. This is definitely the best part of Yukimura’s work and he has not slacked off once while writing chapters for the manga. The characters are introduced carefully into the story allowing for character development to occur through the interactions of the main cast and the side characters. As I have stated before, the readers are able to go through and see how Thorfinn changes from a boy wanting revenge to a man wanting redemption and peace.

Even Askeladd has been shown with immense character development and always plays a role throughout the story even though he is not the main character. Side characters are also very important to the story and are not excluded and not given any background on because they are just side characters. Each side character is carefully crafted and is used to develop the main character and progress the story.

Now for the enjoyment factor. This is probably one of the most well crafted manga I have ever read in my life. From start to finish I was on the edge of my seat waiting for what was going to happen and was able to catch up to the latest chapter all in one sitting. I recommend this manga to everyone that is reading this and hope you guys will see what I see in this manga.