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Vinland Saga, Volume 2 by Makoto Yukimura
4.0

This volume is bigger than the first, giving us a longer time period of jumping back and forth, a little history, and of course some awesome fights.

So the wars are heating up. Our favorite hero is still on his mission to murder the leader of the vikings in a honorable duel. What's great is he isn't a good guy himself. Not the typical hero you'd expect and even among horrible events such as death and rape he doesn't bother getting involved. On top of the main character we got a little background on other characters and how plans on fold. Some major events coming soon.

Good: The art is great. Some big badass fights happen in this one. Also I enjoy watching these adventures, even if they can be a tad slow, they have some seriously interesting characters. Also the ending, the build up, seems like it's coming to something major.

Bad: The pacing can be stilted at times by moments of slowness that they can speed through. Also the humor can be hit or miss.

Overall it's really enjoyable. It's dreadful at times, and sad, but it's still always entertaining. The winter months are slow, and the pacing goes down a bit, but picks back up by the end. A 4 out of 5.