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Originally Posted by paradox13

Think you should try Ubel Blatt and Historie as well.

Slightly off topic: Are there any other manga series just as good as Vinland?

And is Berserk any good? It gets good reviews, but how does it compare to Vinland Saga?

Thanks for the recommendation. I'll try them for sure.

Going off topic, but it's not like we have anything else to discuss with the long periods in between releases, so following might actually help some people pass those times.

Spoiler:

Other manga series, starting with the best going worse but all still some of the best out there:
For fairly realistic manga's, I mean without magic, transmutations or throwing energy forces etc...
Finished: Battle Royale and Rurouni Kenshin
Ongoing: only one stands above Vinland Saga. This is Vagabond, of which the storytellig and especially the art is just too amazing for words imho. Though Vinland Saga may have the potential to become as good as Vagabond, for know I like it just a little less.
Another one is Black Lagoon, but the story of this one is in this time and the involves gunfights (maids with guns, nuns with guns etc. ). I first watched the anime (in this case, I think watching the anime actually may be as good as reading the manga) then continued where it ended.

For other great manga's, now involving unreal stuff ...
finished: Hellsing, Elfen Lied
ongoing: Berserk (the KING of action manga's), Gantz, Claymore, Full Metal Alchemist

So if u want to read something like Vinland Saga but not quite like ... then I'd start with Vagabond.


For Berserk, it is imho the best action manga there ever was and ever will be. Yeah I could go on and on about it, but I guess you better go read it yourself and/or discuss in the berserk section.

I found it very hard to compare Berserk to Vinland Saga ...

Spoiler:

The first 13 volumes of Berserk are still fairly realistic. After that, the story involves a lot more fights with monsters, which I kinda regret. But for the first part ... both stories are about a power struggle in some country and fights between armies led by an inspiring king or general, but the main characters and their role in the story is completely different. In Vinland Saga, Thorfinn becomes part of an army with the purpose of avenging his fater. Because of his agility, he acts a bit like an assassin to kill the general for example. He himself doesn't play a very big role in the war itself, since it would probably continue along the same path even without him.

Instead in Berserk, the main character becomes part of a 'army' because he is forced to (not entirely true but ...) and for a very large part, because of him and his pure strength, the army becomes more succesfull. Also the story is less 'real' than Vinland Saga...

So ... Vinlang Saga and Berserk both are great manga's with awsome story and art, but the story and art is also different, so ... just read them both!