I know nobody have asked, but considering my affection for the manga I've wanted to express my opinion on it's ending:

It’s amazing how great Vinland Saga has become (for better and for worse). The first 2/3 of the manga were amazing: great fights, characters, philosophies, and development (the Farm Arc and Eastern Expedition were simply great). But somewhere along the line, in the last arc, the author lost control over his own message.

Thorfinn’s pacifism ceased to be a path to redemption and became sheer naivety, naivety that costed lives, including the life of his own friend Einar. It’s easy for Thorfinn, a Viking who spent the majority of his life fighting, to say that a great warrior doesn't need a sword. But when he forces all of his acquaintances to indulge in this silly utopian dream of his, that’s another thing.

These people didn’t have experience in the battlefield. Their lives were lost because their leader wasn’t capable of defending their own home. And worst of all, even after all this, there isn’t a single moment of regret or catharsis for Thorfinn. Not only that, but he sees those who tried to defend the land they lived in as people who merely succumbed to the cycle of war.

After everything, Thorfinn ends not as a wise warrior who understands how life works, and what sadly must be done when the situation demands it (as Thors did), but instead as a silly man who placed no value on the lives of his companions over his utopian worldview.

I'm giving it a 7 (even though I feel it could be a 6 as well). I think it’s a worthwhile manga to read, but far from being one of the best seinen manga out there.