Image source: Kodansha websiteVinland Saga creator Makoto Yukimura recently announced on Twitter that Chapter 220, set to release on July 25, will be the concluding chapter of the manga.
This final chapter will mark the end of a saga that first began in 2005 in Weekly Shonen Magazine (the manga is currently being published in Monthly Afternoon).
Image source: Kodansha websiteThe manga published by Kodansha took readers back to the era of the Vikings and inspired two seasons of TV anime, the first produced by WIT STUDIO and the second by MAPPA (both were directed by Shuhei Yabuta and shared key staff, including series composer Hiroshi Seko, character designer Abiru Takahiko, and background art director Yusuke Takeda). According to Kodansha USA, the manga’s premise is:
As a child, Thorfinn sat at the feet of the great Leif Ericson and thrilled to wild tales of a land far to the west. But his youthful fantasies were shattered by a mercenary raid. Raised by the Vikings who murdered his family, Thorfinn became a terrifying warrior, forever seeking to kill the band’s leader, Askeladd, and avenge his father. Sustaining Throfinn through his ordeal are his pride in his family and his dreams of a fertile westward land, a land without war or slavery … the land Leif called Vinland.
As of June 2024, the manga consists of 28 volumes.
Source: @makotoyukimura
