A young boy's buttocks are seen briefly while he is being spanked by his father about age of seven or eight.

A woman kisses her husband just before he goes to war. More emotional than sexual.

A man is fantasizing about beautiful slave women. In his imagination, we see scantily clad women. The scene is brief.

In a village-life scene, men are bathing outside. We see a man completely naked from the back; no genitals shown. We are also briefly shown the women inside a bathhouse, but nothing is shown.

A man asks another woman if they should do more than just kiss. But it doesn't go far as she slaps him.

In season 1 episode 17 a scene with fairy women are naked and clearly scene.

In the beginning of season 1 episode 11 a man fantasises about a 'Christian Woman'. She is seen covering the front with a sheet, but in a suggestive pose.

Bloody battle sequences. Stabbing, slicing and with use of blood. Aftermath of village raid shows hanged villagers and pillaging.

The most violence seen is in the first few minutes of the show, where a man is seen fighting barbaric vikings, lots of blood is seen, and this is the only time in the show where visible gore is shown.

Frequent battle and war scenes. Blood is seen frequently during sword battles. But the anime doesn't have a dark tone to it. For instance death note has moderate violence but its dark tone makes the violence feel heavy. The violence in vinland saga is stylised and even though bloody, the main character's journey is one of redemption and justice, as he searches for vinland. In season 2, Thorfin becomes a christian.

There is bloody violence including: bloody battle sequences. And there also is a scene where askeladd is shot by 16 arrows. Overall still a great historical show.

Although the violence is stylised and somewhat infrequent, a person gets his one arm cut off, a man is thrown in a pit, a ship is set on fire killing all the people on board.

One episode features violence toward horses, this can be rather disheartening for horse/animal lovers.

The series has a lot of bloody fighting sequences but is not ultraviolent or unnecessarily graphic (meaning that it's nowhere near as violent as something like "Berserk", but it's still graphic). However, the violence is presented in a stylized way, with quick edits and fast-paced music playing along.

The openings show snippets of the violent sequences, with blood detail

Season 2 is much tamer than Season 1 in the first half, there is almost no violence in it. Season 2 focuses more on character-building other than war. But there are scenes of stabbings, impaling, eye gouging, limbs being cut off, and savage beatings. Season 2 does have more emotional moments though.

The series is based on history and real life, and has alot of educational value to it. As you learn about christianity in the middle ages, and the political system back then. As thorfin sets out on his journey to find vinland, (which is america).

Blood is much less frequent in season 2, but when it does happen it is bloody. That being said, it is also slightly censored on the Netflix version as of August 9 2023.

A man's leg is pierced by a coin. None of it is off screen. Some blood is seen running down his leg.

A soldier's hand is cut off with a sword for information. His bloody hand is seen on the ground.

The subtitles contain occasional moments of swearing. The original source material contained stronger language.

The Sentai Dub contains stronger language than the Sub or Netflix Dub.

Swearing isnt very frequent but there Is still some swear words

Multiple uses of "damn," "hell," "bastard," "ass," "shit," one usage of "bitch"

Sub has little to no language

The vikings drink beer in their banquets.

A viking takes Magic Mushrooms to go into a berserk like state to crush his opponents

Same as Violence & Gore category. The first season consists of blood-filled battles between vikings.

The vikings in the show are true to their real world origins. They're a culture of warriors who are guided by their collective pride and their desire to die in battle in order to reach Valhalla. As a result, they're shown to kill many innocent villagers who get in their way.

Thorfin breaks away from the vikings to his own journey to find 'vinland', which is North America. On his journey he starts reading the bible and starts to want to explore christianity, eventually taking one of the verses "love your enemies" to heart.

The series is not very disturbing, but it is quite gritty, taking place in a unstable medieval world. Not for those who are uncomfortable to violence or heavy themes.

Season 2 emphasizes themes of slavery, guilt, and the human condition more than the action-filled first season. Season 2 has more of an adventure feel to it, as thorfin searches for vinland. There are also some more uplifting moments and scenes in season 2.

A villager gets brutally beaten up but it only shows the tail end of it. Some blood is seen on the man's face.

Season 2 is less violent and action-orientated. However, season 2 has more emotional beats and focuses more on philosophy.

Don't watch this series if you too emotional or don't like bloody battle scenes.