Author / PublisherMakoto Yukimura / Kodansha
GenreHistorical Drama
PlatformsManga
Release2005–
StatusOngoing / edition dependent
9.6
OtaHub score
Masterpiece
Vinland Saga by Makoto Yukimura stands as a generational historical epic spanning two decades (2005–2025), chronicling Thorfinn Karlsefni's profound transformation from a vengeance-obsessed teenage warrior into an apostle of peace. An in-depth review of the 29-volume masterpiece.
29 volumes, ended July 25, 2025; 36th Kodansha Manga Award
Read the review →Overview
Thorfinn grows up amid war and revenge, then must rediscover freedom and seek a land without slavery or conflict.
OtaHub's take
The manga evolves from a Viking epic into a meditation on violence, responsibility and the labor of building a new life.
