Vinland Saga
ヴィンランド・サガ | 海盗战记 | 海盜戰記 | فينلاند ساغا | Винланд дастаны | Saga Winlandzka | Сага о Винланде | Vinland Destanı | Сага про Вінланд | وِنلینڈ ساگا | Truyền thuyết miền đất hứa | Vinland Saga (Fan-Colored) | Vinland Saga | 빈란드 사가 | วินแลนด์ ซากา | Vinland Saga (Official Colored)
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. The series is published by Kodansha, and was first serialized in the boys-targeted manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine from April to October 2005 before moving to Monthly Afternoon, aimed at young adult men, where it ran from December 2005 to July 2025, with its chapters 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.
Thorfinn, son of one of the Vikings' greatest warriors, is among the finest fighters in the merry band of mercenaries run by the cunning Askeladd, an impressive feat for a person his age. However, Thorfinn is not part of the group for the plunder it entails—instead, for having caused his family great tragedy, the boy has vowed to kill Askeladd in a fair duel. Not yet skilled enough to defeat him, but unable to abandon his vengeance, Thorfinn spends his boyhood with the mercenary crew, honing his skills on the battlefield among the war-loving Danes, where killing is just another pleasure of life.