Canute (Vinland Saga)

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Canute (Japanese: クヌート, Hepburn: Kunūto) is a character from the manga series Vinland Saga by Makoto Yukimura. Canute is the 17-year-old prince of the Danes. He is initially portrayed as timid and feminine, and he is unable to function without his retainer, Ragnar. These traits, along with his strong Christianity, earn him the mockery of the Vikings with whom he works. After Ragnar's death and the toll of experiencing warfare, however, he has a sharp reversal of personality, becomes strong, kingly, and openly hostile towards religion, and in his Messiah complex, develops an ambition to create utopia on Earth before God's return. Towards this end, he plots to overthrow his father Sweyn and brother Harald while also razing anything he deems unfit for, or resistant to, his paradise. Canute is based on the historical King Canute the Great, the most prominent Danish ruler of England. Yukimura created him to be the foil of the protagonist Thorfinn, who also wishes for a utopia, but their ideals...

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