Talk:Thorfinn/@comment-44142004-20191015175220/@comment-44355274-20191108122548

I don't think the author wants to make him relatable. Being the shortest adult male protagonist I have ever seen, Thorfinn is literally shorter than most Japanese girls. Japanese guys have the average height of 5'7, that's the most relatable height and many Harem stuffs' protagonist are just about that tall.

People in medieval Scandinavia were shorter than modern-day Europeans due to many reasons, interestingly, they had similar height with modern-day Japanese, male average is about 5'7, female average about 5'2. The author did his research on this subject, he said that Askeladd and Canute were kind of average for their time. Thorfinn just happened to be very short.