my teen romantic comedy snafu
From within the story, we
meet Canute, a prince with a cowardly personality and bishonen-like appearance. Created as a foil as some of the main characters, he starts off as a meek man but transforms into a strong headed prince after losing someone close in his life. And that’s what makes Vinland Saga so meaningful. Character deaths are impactful and causes people to change as in the way it’s meant to. I can honestly say from heart that character evolution in Vinland Saga is one of the core fundamentals of the series. It’s not just about evolving characters either but showing the reality of death. It’s a clever way to avoid character
assassination by changing their personalities through events. As I watched more of the show, it becomes more and more intriguing to understand each one. Unfortunately, a 2-cour adaptation does limit the potential of full character development. There’s much more to be found in the manga but that’s for another story.
If I said it once, I’ve said it a hundred times.
[4] Following Sony's acquisition of Crunchyroll, the series was moved to Crunchyroll. [79]
Medialink has also licensed the series in South and Southeast Asia and streamed it on their Ani-One YouTube channel. [80] On June 4, 2021, a second season was announced. [81] Yuka Yamada replaced Kazuyuki Fudeyasu as the scriptwriter. It aired from January 9 to March 27, 2023. [6][15][a] MindaRyn performed the opening
theme "Way to go", while Azusa Tadokoro performed the ending theme "Drum-shiki Tansaki". [83] Episode list[edit] Season 1[edit] StoryEpisodeTitle [84][b]Directed by [84]Written by [84]Original air date [85]11"Ryoma, with the Slimes"
Transliteration: "Suraimu-tachi to Ryōma" (Japanese: スライムたちとリョウマ)Takeyuki YanaseKazuyuki FudeyasuOctober 4, 2020 (2020-10-04)[c] Ryoma Takebayashi is an 11-year-old boy who lives in the forest with over 1000 magical slime familiars. He finds Reinhart Jamil, a noble, and his soldiers in the forest and invites them to his home. Seeing he obviously lives alone, they become suspicious. Ryoma claims he learned magic from his deceased grandparents. Camil, a mage, determines Ryoma has a high resistance to mental and physical pain.
It was a pleasant surprise to see these young actors who don't have much experience as leads under their belts - yet they
carried the story so effortlessly. So much so that I completely bought the story about life in the world of comic books.
The main characters' side swipes at the
overused tropes of romantic dramas were what got me hooked in the beginning, but it was the heartfelt acting - especially from our two leads, that kept me going.
I felt every smile, every tear, every fear that went through their faces. And I prayed as hard as they did to writer-nim to please make this a happy ending.
Yes, it's not perfect, there were some threads left hanging and some sub-plots that were too conveniently solved.
