Vinland Saga (manga)
Japanese manga series and its adaptation
Japanese manga series and its adaptation
Vinland Saga (Japanese: ヴィンランド・サガ, Hepburn: Vinrando Saga) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Makoto Yukimura. Published by Kodansha, the series was first serialized in the shōnen manga (boys-targeted) magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine from April to October 2005 before moving to the seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon, aimed at young adult men, where it ran from December 2005 to July 2025. Its chapters were collected in 29 tankōbon volumes. Vinland Saga has been licensed for English-language publication by Kodansha USA. The series is a dramatization of the story of the Icelandic explorer Thorfinn Karlsefni and his expedition to find Vinland. The story covers Thorfinn's fictional counterpart's transition from a bloodthirsty, revenge-filled teenager to a pacifistic young man. Inspired by the King of Norway, Olaf Tryggvasson, Yukimura decided to write Vinland Saga as a story about slavery. However, Yukimura's editor was against the original idea of Thorfinn being a slave...
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