Reviews

Vinland Saga, Volume 7 by Makoto Yukimura

cupidcove's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Because of its focus on combat, this was not one of my favorite volumes, though I like the direction the story is going in by the end. I wish we got a little more internality from Canute and could follow his character's analogous journey to Thorfinn and see how they parallel each other in patterns of thought rather than just actions. Overall though, I think Thorfinn's character arc is interesting but I can only see him failing going forward. I wonder if that will lead to another character shift and I am intriegued to see it.  

jedidiah_blake's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

craig_tyler's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

electrospino's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

drewreadstheworld's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

eddyfate's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

okichan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

jakes_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional fast-paced

5.0

count_chocula's review

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

4.5

frasersimons's review against another edition

sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Slightly worse than the first, if for no other than reason than to step into predictability and resorting to emotional manipulation because it didn’t feel like putting the work in for side characters, and then the characters become only relevant as to how they can interact with the characters arc. 

Thorfinn becoming a pacifist is challenged, somewhat, though still feels flimsy. The resolution of the main conflict felt pretty good though. So it was a so-so ending to an arc, I’d say, overall. And then the tail end goes into an attempt at being funny again, which, again, doesn’t work at all, and actively undermines any emotional impact it would have had with a genuine moment. How it goes, I guess, in a manga.