It started off strong and rapidly became very dull. I don't mind if there's no action but i literally stopped caring about the plot, about Thorfinn wanting revenge. Hell Thorfinn barely appears. The rest of the characters are just assholes. Then prince Canute does angry face and I just couldn't watch it anymore.
Priest be like "love is when dead person" my eyes rolled so hard I could see my brain.
Can't even bring myself to finish season 1 i simply don't care about a single character.
I didn't learn my lesson with Re:Zero to just not listen to whats popular cos its a guaranteed wet fart.
I imagine the vast majority of the Japanese audience doesn't know that and has likely never heard of Vinland or Canute. For that audience it'll probably hit like a punch in the gut.