Manga panel of a disheveled long-haired man saying 'I have no enemies at all' with armored warriors behind him

I Have No Enemies

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Published November 12, 2026

Vinland Saga's quiet pacifist line from the father Thors to his son Thorfinn turned into a 2023 TikTok joke about staying absurdly calm while everything goes wrong. Reddit fans were already making "I have no enemies" posts in 20211, but the catchphrase broke out in April 2023 after a skit from @.theanimemen about a man refusing to react to anything topped 14 million views2.

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Overview

In most "I have no enemies" posts, a character faces insults, robbery, or outright violence and answers with Thorfinn's calm refusal to treat anyone as an enemy, often with the chapter 96 manga panel captioned over the clip3. Entries split into two main shapes: a live-action skit where a "no enemies mf" absorbs escalating harassment without flinching, and a quick image edit pairing the Vinland Saga panel with a cartoonishly over-the-top provocation2. The joke rides the mismatch between Thors' earnest teaching about peace and the ridiculous scenarios fans put his son into.

Earlier Reddit versions were closer to image macro territory. @simidan ran the Petting My Cat Before the Nuclear Blast template with the quote on r/VinlandSaga in May 20224, and later TikTok skits swap that static joke for acted-out scenes of refusing to retaliate against a thief, a cheating partner, or a drill sergeant8.

Origin & Background

Platform
Vinland Saga manga / TikTok (viral spread)
Date
2021

In Vinland Saga, the Viking warrior Thors tells his young son Thorfinn "you have no enemies, nobody has any enemies" as a lesson about refusing violence. The scene first appears in chapter 7, returns as a flashback in chapter 70, and comes back in chapter 96 when Thorfinn himself says "I have no enemies" before fighting6. One of the first known meme uses of the phrase is a "they don't know" post on r/VinlandSaga from September 21, 2021, which picked up more than 460 upvotes over two years1.

How It Spread

TikTok was where the catchphrase broke out of the Vinland Saga subreddit. @burnoutoriginal uploaded a short edit on March 26, 2023 captioned "how mfs feel after saying 'I have no enemies,'" set to a clip of Michael Jackson lowering a soldier's gun7. The next day, @sonkero flipped the Coca-Cola GTA ad into the same joke10.

Scale grew through April 2023. On April 7, @whoscollinn uploaded a skit about a "no enemies mf" finally snapping that reached 1.3 million views8. On April 23, @.theanimemen shared the format's biggest hit, a skit about a man embodying the "no enemies" quote that topped 14 million views within a week2, followed the next day by a sequel with over 16 million views9.

By early May the joke was on other platforms. Instagram and Facebook accounts shared static image macros and panel reposts of the Vinland Saga scene, and Lessons in Meme Culture published an explainer video to YouTube on May 4, 20235.

Timeline

2021-09-21

An early "they don't know" meme using the phrase is posted to r/VinlandSaga, one of the first known meme references.

2022-05-14

@simidan combines the quote with the Petting My Cat Before the Nuclear Blast format on r/VinlandSaga.

2023-03-26

TikTok user @burnoutoriginal posts an early viral edit set to a Michael Jackson clip.

2023-04-07

@whoscollinn's "no enemies mf" skit reaches 1.3 million views on TikTok.

2023-04-23

@.theanimemen's skit embodying the quote tops 14 million views, the format's biggest hit.

2023-04-24

@.theanimemen's sequel skit reaches over 16 million views on TikTok.

2023-05-04

Lessons in Meme Culture publishes a YouTube explainer about the format.

How to Use This Meme

Common posts put a character in a situation where anyone would retaliate (robbery, insult, betrayal) and have them refuse to react, often with the Vinland Saga chapter 96 panel of Thorfinn captioned over the moment or spliced into the edit2. Short skits typically end either with the character staying serene throughout, or with them finally cracking for the punchline8.

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