One thing I think you may have missed in the first few episodes is that every time skip is shorter than the one before it. Frieren is gradually becoming more connected with the people around her, making it harder to simply lose decades doing nothing like the first two 50 and 20 year timeskips. By the time the fourth episode rolls around the timeskips are down to a couple months instead of years. It's a work in progress for her.
@@AnMComm A bunch of human mages that weren't Frieren. They show them developing the shield spell during the fight with Qual when Frieren lectures him that his spell is outdated easily blocked now.
@@arashimiyazawa8165 It later reveals, I believe in episode 10, that Frieren had a large hand in breaking down and analyzing the spell. But I completely agree with your original point, her time spent dawdling on random things has decreased because she has begun to value Fern’s time more than she has valued her own time in the past. Part of that may also be Frieren trying to value their time together, not wasting it now that she’s realized just how limited that time will be.
@@joshlewis8860 Yeah, but she didn't develop the shield, she's the one who turned it into a spell specifically to kill demons, a version seemingly unique to her and Fern considering how confused the other demons are when they use it.
Another thing I'd like to add is later on there's a short (and I mean short) flashback montage of the heroes party's 10 years and it's all condescended into 3 seconds maybe
I love how she searched for years for a spell to turn grapes sour just for Eisen to enjoy a full basket of 'em and the show doesn't even pause on it. if you blink you miss it. Goddess this writing is fabulous.
Frieren also acquired magic to remove rust on bronze statues because and used that spell to clean Himmel and the Hero Party's statues later on. Stark noticing Kraft's good build at episode 10, and later on it was revealed that Kraft was a former legendary warrior
Whats crazy is that even in the manga, there are things Im noticing in the anime that only become relevant so much later Its absolutely beautifully done
@@angelserenade I mean in the very same episode Kraft hints that he did important things, right? When he asks Frieren who she was in the past and he just discards the hero's journey like it was nothing out of the ordinary for them and they have that small talk.
I really loved that fight against the sealed Demon, it was such a clever little twist on things. I honestly felt bad for that guy, sealed away and never knowing how obsolete he had become
the scary thing is that he managed to do the defensive version of his spell the second he heard about it. had he lived longer then he might've made another spell that could bring extreme outcomes for humans.
@@xaoz2362there is no “might’ve”. With the amount of time it took for him to understand how the defensive magic worked he for sure could’ve come up with something stronger if he had a bit more time
Killed by becoming obsolete. Totally matches the theme of the anime. He died not of old age, but the time equivalent in the arena of ideas and innovation.
One of the parts that got me, was when Frieren said she has a spell to turn grapes sour. Which we all read as pretty useless. Then we learn later that sour grapes are Eisen's favorite. So Frieren learned a spell for her friend. It was her way of connecting with them. And hamburger steak.
@@CristiNeagu I have worked in food service for like 25 years. So there is something special to me about food in shows and the connection it makes. Having the thought to get the recipe so you can make dinner for your party member on their birthday? Thats the kind of shit that will hit me right in the heart.
This fight scene was the first 'hype' scene that we got in frieren and it was absolutely amazing But what really hit me like my mom used to, was the end of episode 4 At the start of that episode we had a flashback of frieren saying to the party that the ten years she spent with them was not even 1% of her life, and was therefore insignificant. And she thought eizen would understand that sentiment since he also has a long life. At the end of the episode, when frieren departs to go to heaven, eizen says the absolute golden line: 'that one one-hundredth changed you' This hit me like a freaking wreaking ball. This line is trying to say that its not about the quantity of time spent, its about the quality. And that even a small fraction of your life could end up changing your life completely. This single line is my absolute favorite line in this show and possibly in all of anime
My favourite paet is realising that the reason Himnel built so many statues everywhere is because Frieren was sad she's the only one who actually remembers Flamme. So he plsced his own sratues on every minor settlement he could and statues of the whole party in all major ones, msking sure she can see him wherever she goes and a lot of people also remember her, the only gero they will actually have a chance to meet in the future.
those 10 years were actually not a mere 10 years. Himmel did learn throughly about his hero party especially Freiren. He knows Freiren wouldn't see him in romantic way the way he did to her. But still made some decision based on how she might think in the future.
I think the episode that really convinces him to build the statues is the one where the hero party meet the old dwarf. He says he can’t even remember what his wife looks like since it’s been so long. You can tell this hits Himmel in the gut as he realizes what this means for him and Frieren.
What sold me on Frieren is the way it just emphasize that life is slow, but if you blink, it may just pass by you, simply because you arrn't looking at it. It hits with a strange wave of melancoly and hopefulness at the same time. I just love this anime. It's beautiful.
Another quick couple lines that establish time advancing was when Frieren flies up to take her shot at him and he remarks "you can fly now". Many episodes later Frieren has another one of line explaining why they can't get out of a difficult situation by mentioning that they've only had the ability to fly for 40 years. Neither line was necessary, and both can be easily missed, but together they reinforce each other's point.
Frieren telling Heiter it's too late to put on a good act for the goddess is also... really, an attempt at a jab or a joke, right? Even if she's not very emotive, the fact that we get that line after she's been out and about for twenty years, making an effort to connect more with the people she meets along the way, makes it easy for me to assume she's become more sociable in the time since Himmel's passing.
Oh, but Zoltrak itself didn't take 80 years - Frieren beought it to humanity after returning from her journey, already adjusted for use on demons. She's really good at spell analysis, in no small part thanks to her magic collection hobby. It's the shield thst took a lot of time
@@CuriousInLCL I just want ta point out that that fight was... Well, imagine that you're the inventor of the first gun. You dominate the battlefield with that gun to the point that you get put to sleep for 80 years just to put a stop to you. When you wake up, not only have your enemies made modern body armor, but you are almost promptly shot in the face by a 50 cal. In short, that fight was hilarious to me for that fact alone.
Qual wasn't undone by the shortness of human lives, or even by the intensity with which they live. He was undone by 80 years of progress, progress which Fern takes for granted because most of it had occurred before she was even born.
The tiny detail I like about the anti-Qual development is how they layered a bunch of rocks together with a hole going through and it mimics EXACTLY what raillgun experiments look like when they place steel plates together to measure how far the bullet goes.
I think the show is a sort of retort to nihilism. Why are the flowers important? Cause Himmel likes em. Why are spells important to Frieren? cause her teacher liked them. Why should you give a shit about anything at all? do you like things in your life like flowers or hobbies? Then thats good enough.
that makes the story original and unique. for the first time, i get the idea of how actually living without dream, motivation, ambition and obsessions looks like. this show depict how exactly it is if life is not where u lure on something or lust for anything (power, money, love, connections or anything else). Yet the life there is still beautifull and looks distressing peaceful
This show is, at its core, *very* romantic, as in the philosophy. Romanticism is all about “smelling the roses” and taking your time, about compassion and spirituality. It feels very Tolkien in its conception of elves, and Wordsworth in its ideas of appreciation of the mundane. And I think that’s beautiful. I’m so sick of post-modernism and devil-may-care nihilism, this is absolutely a breath of fresh air.
What you said about the human experience vs the vastness of time really made the gears in my head turn a bit. I've said somewhere before that time itself is a character in this show. The passage of time and how things develop will be a constant theme. Frieren is not only on a journey of self actualization and gettin in touch with her emotions and appreciating shorter lifespanned beings whatnot. Frieren herself is an achor to the past, a measure and reference point by which the story and world almost revoles around. Her almost perfect memory of past events, scenes and even food make it much more apparent how much things can change even in short timespans.
Her goofy facial expression when she makes from time to time is really precious, and yeah her character development really speaks out that "She is Frieren". [Spoiler] As I get deeper into the series, I started to understand why the hero party have some awkward moments since Frieren doesn't have the same common sense even compared to Dwarf races and the reason why they don't force Frieren to understand was because time is the best teacher for her, even Flammel understood predicted it from a long time ago.
I already read most of the manga and knew what would happen, and I STILL fell RIGHT BACK IN LOVE WITH FRIEREN after the anime came out. Literally couldn’t have asked for a better adaptation.
like.. i the manga, the fights per se arent that important or interesting, rather than the results, but in the anime, teh fights have been severly fleshed out vi aanimation, and other thing i loved from teh adaptation is that in the manga, the backgrounds are kinda generic, which again, like the fights, is just a background for the really good part that is the characters interactions. but in teh anime, the backgrounds have been seriously fleshed outm which reinforces the idea of a journey, and gives teh different places a sense of identity that lets you dwelve in them, considering another important point in frieren is the importance of teh journey , rather than the results of such journey.
i read all what came out of the manga befire watching the anime, what i liked abou the animation is how the fight scenes were focused on and also the soundtrack was very calming, such subtle change but definitely added alot to the experience
I would actually love if a game had a vast post game after the main game was finished. Something like RDR2's epilogue, but without changing characters. Something to give players reason to explore the vast world, some small quests here and there, helping to build the world over time, etc.
It's a coming of age story, but backwards. In a coming of age story the young character sets off on a huge adventure, and at the end he's wiser and older. But in Frieren, the coming of age part starts after the huge adventure, when the main character is already over 1000 years old.
What's even crazier is that the Zoltraak episode takes on new meaning episodes later. Minor spoiler, when Lügner is struck by the same spell he quickly realizes that the spell is demon killing magic, so Zoltraak's last words 'My spell' was not only a statment on how Frieren used his own spell against him, but the very spell he spend his lifetime cultivating had been destorted into a spell specialised in killing Demons.
Also, in later episodes it was explained that Freiren herself was a major contributor to the research of countering Zoltraak. It was mentioned by the messenger demon of Aura the guillotine.
Every spell she has been collecting since her original party split up has connected in some way to their adventure. Everything centres around their time together. It’s the most important time in her long long life.
I've been hooked since ep 1 because I'm a sap but this scene really did give me chills. with immortal characters, there's always this tendency to like... belittle the mortal ones or portray them as little more than kids who keep repeating history, have no perspective, etc etc. so i love that sousou no frieren turns that on its head. while frieren is OP given the sheer vastness of her lifespan, the show makes it a point to celebrate human connection and innovation too, in spite of (or *because* of) their brief lives.
(just noting i've only seen the first five episodes) For me the fact that Frieren's first episode started out so slow, even with the massive timeskips, was like half the reason I got interested in seeing more. It made me feel like it actually had the time to tell it's own story unlike many other more fast-paced series I've seen recently where Something Big Is Always Happening Every Second. It gets a bit tiring lol. I liked how it started with the end of the titular Journey, which had me expecting an In Medias Res deal, but that never happened! We are not re-living their adventure. It's done and we can't go back in time. We only get to catch glimpses of it from Frieren's new adventures when she comes across things that remind her of the Hero Party. Back to episode one; The way Frieren spoke about time piqued my interest instantly. "A mere 10 years" or "It's just 50 years from now". I read another series over the last couple years that explored the same theme of how different Fantasy peoples perceive time and I loved that idea. How it can lead to frustration, misunderstandings, or feelings of being left behind. In Frieren's case, apathy. Why bother learning about the others when they will only be a part of your life for the equivalent of a few weeks? Then came the funeral scene. It hit me hard. Suddenly she realized she did care, that she would miss them, then followed by the grief of realizing she never really got to know them. That scene completely cemented my interest in this series. It explores the same theme, but from a perspective that's new to me and I love it! On a sidenote, while it could just be my tiny laptop screen and poor eyesight, it looks like there's a "grainy" texture on top of everything which really reminds me of anime from ~2000 and older. Find a high quality video of any Ghibli movie from the 80's or 90's and you'll see what I mean! Almost like an old scanned picture. Or I suppose scanned animation cells. If that is intentional it is a really nice touch that adds a big nostalgic quality to the show.
I stumbled into thd manga not long after it started, and noticed really quickly how it was quite serious about exploring the ideas it was focused on: the passage of time, the meaning of human connections, valuing the ephemeral and trivial as well as the lasting and grand, etc. And just generally one of the best written, most thoughtful manga I've read in decades. Also, like frieren, the mimic gag never gets old.
Personally I really like the fact that a majority of chapters are isolated arcs that cover various events, locations, and personal character moments. Obviously the story progresses in a linear manner, one event leads to the next, which is one step closer to the end of their journey. It’s just refreshing to read a story where the characters aren’t stuck on one arc for 10 to 50 or even 100+ chapters (sorry One Piece, I love you but a 200+ chapter arc makes my brain tired). This style of storytelling also makes the few multi-chapter long arcs hit that much harder. The First Class Mage arc, Macht of the Golden Land arc, and Goddesses Monument arc all feel extremely satisfying and refreshing as it breaks up the pacing. It’s definitely worth a watch/read, it’s one of the better mangas to come out recently in my opinion.
2:29 To be more precise, Qual isn't the right hand of the Demon King, another demon has that role, he is "just" one of the Seven Sages of Destruction, a title given to the 7 most powerful demons of the Demon King's army.
He is not even one of the seven. But he was really high placed and viewed as one of the most innovative and powerful demon. Macht calls him his friend. Which has no meaning for demons but show he worked in close relationship with the head of the demon army.
One very minor world building spoiler that goes along with the point of this video . . . . . . . . . Demons were originally the only mages that had the ability to fly. Qual does a slight surprised noise when he sees Frieren flying. In the “short” amount of time between Qual’s sealing and episode one, non-demon mages really came a long way.
Thats a point in the story. On one end, elves like frieren, or the demons who have a similar lifespan, can learn an absurd quantity of magic. Certain spells demand even hundreds of years to be mastered. But in the other end, they got so much time they slack off. Taking way much more time to do certain things than humans who don't have the luxury to wait another millenia to solve a problem arising. So the humans are the motor of evolution in sciences, magic, technologies, etc, because they get to work faster. It is truly amazing.
The reason why humans advance so quickly is because of their short lives. Hence why Frieren comments of her lifestyle as 'lazing around' because elf lifespans are very very long that passion, ambition and innovation can wait while they spend their time leisurely with little consequences. Humans have very short lives compared to elves, and Fern's impatient attitude and being able to learn magic techniques in a span of 4 years instead of 10 years for an average mage is emphasizing that fact of human nature. This is why humans can get strong very quickly but like a blazing fire, it quickly goes out eating all the fuel.
@@jayzenstyle That's what humans in fantasy stories like to think : their short life is in fact an advantage. Long lived being surely do not take advantage of their lifespan. But well, Frieren has no reason to hide anything, has she ?
@@vincentlalyman1008 elf, at least in a DnD esque type of fiction, have an inclination to obsession. While humans have ambition, elves will obsess over a specific hobby/skill which they can be extremely good at, given their extremely long lifespan. And another thing that they do in order to push the insanity brought by living very long(lazing around is one of them) is by treating said 'obsession' into an 'art' of sorts. This mixes well with their nature towards leisure. Hence why another anime with a lot of DnD vibes like Goblin Slayer, has their elf ranger being able to pull trickshots with the bow at ease, like a form of art. I have no issue with long-life races as they have their own strengths and weaknesses contributed by their lifespan. Humans can have many, many generations over a millenium, whereas an elf procreation cycle might require a few millenium to generate just one... So genetic mutations and mini-evolutions are more common with humans than with elves. Some are bad, some are good, you'd get natural prodigies like fern and stark. That said the average human cannot fare well against an elf, at least in Frieren-verse. Because obsession and art(has a similar mini-evolution cycle of sorts) if given time(which elves have a LOT of), would be leagues greater than whatever an individual human can pull off, and they can make it cooler(the art part). Humans pretty much rely on luck and grit to become powerhouses, but most of their strength relies on their quick adaptation and society. Individually, humans are pretty weak.
I genuily love not only this scene but this fight aswell. Aside from everything you said in this video, in this fight we learn why it was so important to kill this demon as soon as he was unsealed. He was a genious in magic and im sure that if he were to roam free in the present day, would very quickly learn and improve all the knowledge that humanity managed to achieve. Like if you gave Isaac Newton all the present knowdlege we have of physics im pretty sure he would be able to improve them even further. I personally love that, an enemy thats not dangerous cause his power level but because of his actually scary intelect. Also this fight is a good foreshadowing that Fern is quicker than Freiren at casting spells, wich i also like. ALSO I just noticed this but you can see IN the fight how smart Qual is. At the beginning, Qual fires a massive beam at Freiren and Fern wich is blocked with 1 big barrier by Fern. Then he starts launching a bunch of small attacks wich again are blocked by Fern, BUT as soon as 1 of them breaks, he inmediatly understand how tough this defensive spell is and shoots another big spell, but this time the spell shatters the shield almost instantly. Thankfully Fern put 2 shields but it just comes to show how quickly this man went to getting his most powerful spell countered to knowing the limitations of said counter and adapting acordanly.
DUDE, please keep doing this i love your short analysis like this, you convey so much points in under 5 minutes and you get straight to the point, a really good and compact analysis sharing your thoughts and great script, great editing too, you'll be big! hope to see more! i subbed.
Imagine being a part of a tiger tank crew, being sealed and having all of your tank's parts, systems, armor, and ammunition studied for 80 years, then getting released while facing an M1A2 Abrams on a battlefield.
my favorite scene was the episode where Frieren was looking for the ring that Himmel got her. She offhandedly said that Himmel probably didn't understand the significance of it, but we see a memory of hers where she realizes that Himmel not only understood it's significance but even bent to one knee to put the ring on her finger. seeing that scene makes it hard to rewatch the first episode without crying..
this video just popped up on my feed so im late to the party, but i just wanna appreciate your joke about frieren being similar to violet. these 2 shows are my absolute favorites and thats probably because they are reaaallly similar, and not only because both have OSTs from the mastermind evan call. both are basically a drama about a character trying to learn to handle human emotions, i dont know what that says about me but i resonate so much with both of these characters.
I watched the first 3 episodes and didn't find it very interesting even though they did get me with the waterworks. I ended up restarting a few weeks later and didn't really notice at first the analogue between Himmel and Frieren, that the people's love for him was also the love for her. Himmel's openness to receiving that love contrasted her apathy and made it seem like he was basking in the love because he was self-centered, when all he was trying to do was demonstrate, over and over, that all she had to do was indulge herself and live in the moment, that her long life could be made up of those joyful moments. Himmel's attempts at trying to make sure she'd have reminders of that were really touching. Just one of those series that you have to let cook, apparently.
episode 3 reminded me of a game called "the longing". It's basically a game about finding solutions by utilizing time. Only thing is waiting too long or too short may do you harm. Episode 3 was almost as if Frieren knew that waiting for humans to develop a way to mitigate zoltraak's damage and even outdate it to the point that it becomes a beginner spell was the solution.
The zoltraak scene solidifes that Frieren being an elf and time passing matters. Frieren being alone after her party broke apart and her old friends started dying isn't just a convenient way to get Frieren on a new journey, it's directly tied to the plot, story and worldbuilding of the show (and manga). Excelent writing
I feel like the way she treats people is a defense mechanism because it's really sad to watch all of your friends die over and over and over throughout your lifetime.
I picked it up and binged it when only episode ten was out. Her low teir god'ing aura sold me. Very cool to see demons portrayed in the classic manner of doing all in its power to trick people and being a complete different species fundamentally
I was sold on Frieren when Himmel died. It felt different. In a good way. So I want more. And the show delivered. Every episode hook me in more and more.
Spoilers : If You read ahead, the sentiment only keeps compounding, and by the time she gets sent back to the initial adventure, she's like a new person to the team. May the city of gold be alive forevermore.
Dude Eldorado Arc is fucking PEAK. EVERY character makes decisions in line with who they are and what they know and so many little things pay off, it takes "the demons are predators that cannot coexist, unless she's wrong?" parts of the early episode (and chapters) at the wall and expands it into a whole arc. its SO good.
for me, the moment that sold me on Frieren was the first minute, of the first episode. This anime pulls me in completely, I can't watch it without headphones, because not much is going on, the immersion is what makes it feel so long, yet so short, it becomes my whole world. Not many things can do that for me other than Frieren, I can only think of taking a walk, especially at night, and especially in nature
I belive we are watching the show from Frieren's perception of time. Fern was just a small child, yet she grew up so quickly we didn't even notice it properly.
This anime is the perfect definition of a "slow burn." You don't feel the heat because it's not that hot in the beginning but when it burns boy does it BURN, it really hurts . (the heart)
What sold me on Frieren was Stark's fight against the solar dragon. I know it's a monkey opinion to be swayed by something so flashy and extravagant however I just couldn't help but enjoy the sight of the small and fearful Stark beating down a large and powerful dragon that he thought he could never scathe. That combined with the flashbacks and the music and the PLACEMENT OF THE MUSIC was something I never really knew I needed in an anime. If anyone has any recommendations for animes who share the vibe of that fight, I would greatly appreciate it.
The city timelapse bought me This winter vilage to see the down on crystal clear water refleftion soo good Has a similiar vibe to the rudeus And the spirit world
Now that I think about it, it was this scene that sold me on the manga It kind of reminds me of how in Lord of the Rings, every race was given some sort of gift, and man was death
Long life and health and knowledge for the elvenkind in the Middle Earth, certain death and another unknown destination other than Middle Earth for mankind. With the passing of the ages, both races ended envying the gift of the other.
The passage of time, mortality, what it means to have a connection with another person, are all the themes of the show. Of course they're going to be repeated over and over. With each iteration we gain insight into Frieren's view and really feel the disconnect between Frieren's life and her world vs the life and worlds of the normal people around her. Each time it happens, she grows a little, and comes to truly understand others, which is her main struggle. It's poignant.
_"Ok, dude that Zoltrack skill is too OP. We need to balance the Meta"_ *Proceed to spend 80 years patching the meta* Humanity upon seeing Qual slay 70% of the region mage.
Finally, a fantasy work that explains why, despite of being the most boring and the least powerful of fantasy races, humans somehow are the most dominant and the most amazing species.
Zoltraak is NOT obsolete. It's the basic offensive magic spell that every wizard learns and Fern uses nothing but. Fern defeated Ehre during the first mage exam with the exact same tactic Qual used against her.
the moment that sold me was when Frieren realised she was tricked by Heiter this was reinforced by subsequent episodes where we see further parts of his plans learn some of her secrets "in case of" sow the seeds of adventure in certain individuals including the one whith the potential of becoming a priest I'm fairly certain he had a hand in Eisen geting an apprentice adopt a mage child trick Frieren into teaching the child Send them on an adventure where they'd encounter every other piece Thus leading to Frieren getting another group to look after her and take the mantle of the party... likely also taking care of remants of the demon king's forces that slipped away. I would not even be surprised if his plan include for the new party to form the next one, starting a tradition that would follow Frieren througth the ages. Heiter (like gandalf) is a proper example of how priests should be written in medieval fantasy. He is dead and is still the best character, not to forget had better long term planning than the immortal.
No matter how many reviews and comments I got from friends that Frieren was good I didn't want to watch it until I saw a tik tok with the Zoltrack scene. So glad I started watching it after that, the show is so interesting
...i watched it because of a meme video with the priest and warrior dancing in the flowers frieren made 1:08 since I knew the show would be serious (which is cool unless its jjk levels of serious) but then i saw the goofy and knew it wouldn't be loke jjk where the goofy turns off and on. Even in the worst situations characters can find a reason to smile I dont like stories where we becime depresed when calamity befalls us. We signed the contract of life that said our lives would be tested with pain and to fail that test by losing your smile is a bad story espeically when it leads to a permanet change It's why we love guts and Thorfinn they lost it all failed, but got back up, apologized and walked again. Even if their stories arent perfect its a good direction to go and a great lesson to teach
Fern and Frieren can be compared to using modern body armor and a 50. caliber against Qual who is like just having developed gunpowder. Jokes aside, the Qual Scene was very important and subtle at the same time. Fern is first scared about this fearsome demon mage with his epic Zoltraak magic just to be disappointed when she is actually facing him in combat. She is too young to know the weight of 80 years of continuing research and development in order to counter Zoltraak. Frieren on the other hand demonstrates what a long lifespan can achieve, for her it's like an afternoon study session, which results in a casual oneshot kill.
Ever watch a movie/tv show, read a book, or play a game and wish there was a much longer/more detailed epilogue...well, maybe you don't actually want that is kind of how I felt the first 4 or 5 episodes. But, then I started really enjoying the show and can't get enough of it at this point. So, I'm in a similar camp that it's slow to get into, but worth it.
I was sold at 1000+ year old intelligent and cute little elf with monotone voice. For some reason I find that archetype interesting. Guess it's the gap-moe fan in me. lol
I kind of love and hate how this series revolutionizes the fantasy genre just by making its worldbuilding not stupid. Time passes and is important. Individuals and peoples learn. Things said and done have consequences. Power shifts, emotions change. It is the most basic stuff any good writer should consider since the first paragraph, yet no one does.
It’s easier said then done. Don’t forget, you need to make it interesting. It’s a lot easier to load up dopamine insane fights and such while it takes a lot of emotional capacity to write a heartfelt and grounded moment without it turning into a bland documentary.
I think this kinda makes me think that dog see human in the same manner human see elf. They tend to looks like they lives forever and the concept of time is different for each of us. What felt like 10 years for dog were merely a year in human and what felt like 10 years for human were probably merely a year for elf as well. It really show that what really important is not how much time you have but rather what you do with the time that you have. Make sure your love ones knows that you love them when you still have that 'time' with them.❤❤
Mine was when they had to clean up the beach for a watching the sunset festival in a village, and she couldn't get up in the morning and had to be dragged to work. I don't think she should develop her personality to become more like humans at all. Why would a Zen master who has seen things come and go for 1200 years and has thus become less attached need to learn to get caught up in the chaos of human emotions and attachments? Is that even possible? I mean, Zen practitioners practice their whole life to become like how Frieren is portrayed. She's kind, carefree, not robotic or anything. Ok, she may not have access to some deeper emotions that humans do have, and get jojo'ed around by all the time. And it may be interesting to investigate that a little bit and connect a bit better with others.
Frieren's gentle, calm & non reaction to events was the hook from the get-go.( Question how did Himmel lose so much of his height as he aged,I know you shrink a tad when age but 60%???)
One thing I think you may have missed in the first few episodes is that every time skip is shorter than the one before it. Frieren is gradually becoming more connected with the people around her, making it harder to simply lose decades doing nothing like the first two 50 and 20 year timeskips. By the time the fourth episode rolls around the timeskips are down to a couple months instead of years. It's a work in progress for her.
Doing nothing? Who designed the shield spell?
@@AnMComm A bunch of human mages that weren't Frieren. They show them developing the shield spell during the fight with Qual when Frieren lectures him that his spell is outdated easily blocked now.
@@arashimiyazawa8165 It later reveals, I believe in episode 10, that Frieren had a large hand in breaking down and analyzing the spell.
But I completely agree with your original point, her time spent dawdling on random things has decreased because she has begun to value Fern’s time more than she has valued her own time in the past. Part of that may also be Frieren trying to value their time together, not wasting it now that she’s realized just how limited that time will be.
@@joshlewis8860 Yeah, but she didn't develop the shield, she's the one who turned it into a spell specifically to kill demons, a version seemingly unique to her and Fern considering how confused the other demons are when they use it.
Another thing I'd like to add is later on there's a short (and I mean short) flashback montage of the heroes party's 10 years and it's all condescended into 3 seconds maybe
I love how she searched for years for a spell to turn grapes sour just for Eisen to enjoy a full basket of 'em and the show doesn't even pause on it. if you blink you miss it.
Goddess this writing is fabulous.
oh ho ho ho! finally someone noticed this mini chekov's gun.
Frieren also acquired magic to remove rust on bronze statues because and used that spell to clean Himmel and the Hero Party's statues later on.
Stark noticing Kraft's good build at episode 10, and later on it was revealed that Kraft was a former legendary warrior
@@angelserenade bruh you just gave a minor spoiler about craft
poor anime watchers lmao
Whats crazy is that even in the manga, there are things Im noticing in the anime that only become relevant so much later
Its absolutely beautifully done
@@angelserenade I mean in the very same episode Kraft hints that he did important things, right? When he asks Frieren who she was in the past and he just discards the hero's journey like it was nothing out of the ordinary for them and they have that small talk.
I really loved that fight against the sealed Demon, it was such a clever little twist on things. I honestly felt bad for that guy, sealed away and never knowing how obsolete he had become
And then Episode 7 teaches you to not feel bad for demons.
the scary thing is that he managed to do the defensive version of his spell the second he heard about it. had he lived longer then he might've made another spell that could bring extreme outcomes for humans.
@@xaoz2362there is no “might’ve”. With the amount of time it took for him to understand how the defensive magic worked he for sure could’ve come up with something stronger if he had a bit more time
@@AltNova True
Killed by becoming obsolete. Totally matches the theme of the anime. He died not of old age, but the time equivalent in the arena of ideas and innovation.
One of the parts that got me, was when Frieren said she has a spell to turn grapes sour. Which we all read as pretty useless. Then we learn later that sour grapes are Eisen's favorite. So Frieren learned a spell for her friend. It was her way of connecting with them. And hamburger steak.
Yeah, the hamburger steak hit hard...
@@CristiNeagu I have worked in food service for like 25 years. So there is something special to me about food in shows and the connection it makes.
Having the thought to get the recipe so you can make dinner for your party member on their birthday? Thats the kind of shit that will hit me right in the heart.
This fight scene was the first 'hype' scene that we got in frieren and it was absolutely amazing
But what really hit me like my mom used to, was the end of episode 4
At the start of that episode we had a flashback of frieren saying to the party that the ten years she spent with them was not even 1% of her life, and was therefore insignificant. And she thought eizen would understand that sentiment since he also has a long life.
At the end of the episode, when frieren departs to go to heaven, eizen says the absolute golden line: 'that one one-hundredth changed you'
This hit me like a freaking wreaking ball. This line is trying to say that its not about the quantity of time spent, its about the quality. And that even a small fraction of your life could end up changing your life completely.
This single line is my absolute favorite line in this show and possibly in all of anime
This comment hit harder than my dad
it is Eisen :)
Yes me too!!! Ep 4 sets out the main plot of the story which made me invested
Lmfao all these parent jokes
Hit harder than Eisen
My favourite paet is realising that the reason Himnel built so many statues everywhere is because Frieren was sad she's the only one who actually remembers Flamme.
So he plsced his own sratues on every minor settlement he could and statues of the whole party in all major ones, msking sure she can see him wherever she goes and a lot of people also remember her, the only gero they will actually have a chance to meet in the future.
those 10 years were actually not a mere 10 years. Himmel did learn throughly about his hero party especially Freiren. He knows Freiren wouldn't see him in romantic way the way he did to her. But still made some decision based on how she might think in the future.
I think the episode that really convinces him to build the statues is the one where the hero party meet the old dwarf. He says he can’t even remember what his wife looks like since it’s been so long.
You can tell this hits Himmel in the gut as he realizes what this means for him and Frieren.
After all the old dwarf knight forgot his wife's face
What sold me on Frieren is the way it just emphasize that life is slow, but if you blink, it may just pass by you, simply because you arrn't looking at it. It hits with a strange wave of melancoly and hopefulness at the same time. I just love this anime. It's beautiful.
Another quick couple lines that establish time advancing was when Frieren flies up to take her shot at him and he remarks "you can fly now". Many episodes later Frieren has another one of line explaining why they can't get out of a difficult situation by mentioning that they've only had the ability to fly for 40 years. Neither line was necessary, and both can be easily missed, but together they reinforce each other's point.
"A mere eighty years, huh?"
"For us, anyway."
Frieren telling Heiter it's too late to put on a good act for the goddess is also... really, an attempt at a jab or a joke, right? Even if she's not very emotive, the fact that we get that line after she's been out and about for twenty years, making an effort to connect more with the people she meets along the way, makes it easy for me to assume she's become more sociable in the time since Himmel's passing.
Good point
Oh, but Zoltrak itself didn't take 80 years - Frieren beought it to humanity after returning from her journey, already adjusted for use on demons. She's really good at spell analysis, in no small part thanks to her magic collection hobby.
It's the shield thst took a lot of time
Yeah the later episodes addressed that, I didn't know cuz I was anime only lmao
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I just want ta point out that that fight was...
Well, imagine that you're the inventor of the first gun. You dominate the battlefield with that gun to the point that you get put to sleep for 80 years just to put a stop to you.
When you wake up, not only have your enemies made modern body armor, but you are almost promptly shot in the face by a 50 cal.
In short, that fight was hilarious to me for that fact alone.
Not only did humans develop a perfect defense against Zoltraak but Frieren reverse engineered the spell to be super effective against demons
I dont think people really notice this but fern actually ages every few episodes but its barely noticable unless you go back a couple of episodes
I'll keep that in mind and watch closer
It's so well made!
Qual wasn't undone by the shortness of human lives, or even by the intensity with which they live. He was undone by 80 years of progress, progress which Fern takes for granted because most of it had occurred before she was even born.
The tiny detail I like about the anti-Qual development is how they layered a bunch of rocks together with a hole going through and it mimics EXACTLY what raillgun experiments look like when they place steel plates together to measure how far the bullet goes.
I think the show is a sort of retort to nihilism. Why are the flowers important? Cause Himmel likes em. Why are spells important to Frieren? cause her teacher liked them. Why should you give a shit about anything at all? do you like things in your life like flowers or hobbies? Then thats good enough.
that makes the story original and unique. for the first time, i get the idea of how actually living without dream, motivation, ambition and obsessions looks like. this show depict how exactly it is if life is not where u lure on something or lust for anything (power, money, love, connections or anything else).
Yet the life there is still beautifull and looks distressing peaceful
Pop-nihilism in shows like Rick & Morty and others has just been done to death. I like that a piece of entertainment is offering a different take.
This show is, at its core, *very* romantic, as in the philosophy. Romanticism is all about “smelling the roses” and taking your time, about compassion and spirituality. It feels very Tolkien in its conception of elves, and Wordsworth in its ideas of appreciation of the mundane. And I think that’s beautiful. I’m so sick of post-modernism and devil-may-care nihilism, this is absolutely a breath of fresh air.
What you said about the human experience vs the vastness of time really made the gears in my head turn a bit. I've said somewhere before that time itself is a character in this show. The passage of time and how things develop will be a constant theme. Frieren is not only on a journey of self actualization and gettin in touch with her emotions and appreciating shorter lifespanned beings whatnot. Frieren herself is an achor to the past, a measure and reference point by which the story and world almost revoles around. Her almost perfect memory of past events, scenes and even food make it much more apparent how much things can change even in short timespans.
Her goofy facial expression when she makes from time to time is really precious, and yeah her character development really speaks out that "She is Frieren".
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As I get deeper into the series, I started to understand why the hero party have some awkward moments since Frieren doesn't have the same common sense even compared to Dwarf races and the reason why they don't force Frieren to understand was because time is the best teacher for her, even Flammel understood predicted it from a long time ago.
I already read most of the manga and knew what would happen, and I STILL fell RIGHT BACK IN LOVE WITH FRIEREN after the anime came out. Literally couldn’t have asked for a better adaptation.
like.. i the manga, the fights per se arent that important or interesting, rather than the results, but in the anime, teh fights have been severly fleshed out vi aanimation, and other thing i loved from teh adaptation is that in the manga, the backgrounds are kinda generic, which again, like the fights, is just a background for the really good part that is the characters interactions. but in teh anime, the backgrounds have been seriously fleshed outm which reinforces the idea of a journey, and gives teh different places a sense of identity that lets you dwelve in them, considering another important point in frieren is the importance of teh journey , rather than the results of such journey.
i read all what came out of the manga befire watching the anime, what i liked abou the animation is how the fight scenes were focused on and also the soundtrack was very calming, such subtle change but definitely added alot to the experience
Freiren is basically when you finish your main and on the way to clearng your remaining subs. Which is where you actually get into the lore.
I would actually love if a game had a vast post game after the main game was finished. Something like RDR2's epilogue, but without changing characters. Something to give players reason to explore the vast world, some small quests here and there, helping to build the world over time, etc.
Not really? To her it more like she finished half life 1 and 2 and was kinda bored for a few hundred years then half life 3 came knocking
Only Frieren is not a boring and overrated waste of time.
Does Nier count? Kind of.
It's a coming of age story, but backwards. In a coming of age story the young character sets off on a huge adventure, and at the end he's wiser and older. But in Frieren, the coming of age part starts after the huge adventure, when the main character is already over 1000 years old.
What's even crazier is that the Zoltraak episode takes on new meaning episodes later. Minor spoiler, when Lügner is struck by the same spell he quickly realizes that the spell is demon killing magic, so Zoltraak's last words 'My spell' was not only a statment on how Frieren used his own spell against him, but the very spell he spend his lifetime cultivating had been destorted into a spell specialised in killing Demons.
You mean Qual's last words?
Also, in later episodes it was explained that Freiren herself was a major contributor to the research of countering Zoltraak. It was mentioned by the messenger demon of Aura the guillotine.
Every spell she has been collecting since her original party split up has connected in some way to their adventure. Everything centres around their time together. It’s the most important time in her long long life.
Even the one to see through clothes?
I've been hooked since ep 1 because I'm a sap but this scene really did give me chills. with immortal characters, there's always this tendency to like... belittle the mortal ones or portray them as little more than kids who keep repeating history, have no perspective, etc etc. so i love that sousou no frieren turns that on its head. while frieren is OP given the sheer vastness of her lifespan, the show makes it a point to celebrate human connection and innovation too, in spite of (or *because* of) their brief lives.
(just noting i've only seen the first five episodes)
For me the fact that Frieren's first episode started out so slow, even with the massive timeskips, was like half the reason I got interested in seeing more. It made me feel like it actually had the time to tell it's own story unlike many other more fast-paced series I've seen recently where Something Big Is Always Happening Every Second. It gets a bit tiring lol. I liked how it started with the end of the titular Journey, which had me expecting an In Medias Res deal, but that never happened! We are not re-living their adventure. It's done and we can't go back in time. We only get to catch glimpses of it from Frieren's new adventures when she comes across things that remind her of the Hero Party.
Back to episode one; The way Frieren spoke about time piqued my interest instantly. "A mere 10 years" or "It's just 50 years from now". I read another series over the last couple years that explored the same theme of how different Fantasy peoples perceive time and I loved that idea. How it can lead to frustration, misunderstandings, or feelings of being left behind. In Frieren's case, apathy. Why bother learning about the others when they will only be a part of your life for the equivalent of a few weeks? Then came the funeral scene. It hit me hard. Suddenly she realized she did care, that she would miss them, then followed by the grief of realizing she never really got to know them. That scene completely cemented my interest in this series. It explores the same theme, but from a perspective that's new to me and I love it!
On a sidenote, while it could just be my tiny laptop screen and poor eyesight, it looks like there's a "grainy" texture on top of everything which really reminds me of anime from ~2000 and older. Find a high quality video of any Ghibli movie from the 80's or 90's and you'll see what I mean! Almost like an old scanned picture. Or I suppose scanned animation cells. If that is intentional it is a really nice touch that adds a big nostalgic quality to the show.
I stumbled into thd manga not long after it started, and noticed really quickly how it was quite serious about exploring the ideas it was focused on: the passage of time, the meaning of human connections, valuing the ephemeral and trivial as well as the lasting and grand, etc. And just generally one of the best written, most thoughtful manga I've read in decades.
Also, like frieren, the mimic gag never gets old.
The character growth in this show is going to be so good.
In other words, let em cook
Manga readers been eating good cause god damn did they cook
@@Despotic_WaffleI heard the story falls off after a certain arc. Did it pick up again?
@@Autisticslayer2022its constantly good lmao
Personally I really like the fact that a majority of chapters are isolated arcs that cover various events, locations, and personal character moments. Obviously the story progresses in a linear manner, one event leads to the next, which is one step closer to the end of their journey. It’s just refreshing to read a story where the characters aren’t stuck on one arc for 10 to 50 or even 100+ chapters (sorry One Piece, I love you but a 200+ chapter arc makes my brain tired). This style of storytelling also makes the few multi-chapter long arcs hit that much harder. The First Class Mage arc, Macht of the Golden Land arc, and Goddesses Monument arc all feel extremely satisfying and refreshing as it breaks up the pacing.
It’s definitely worth a watch/read, it’s one of the better mangas to come out recently in my opinion.
2:29 To be more precise, Qual isn't the right hand of the Demon King, another demon has that role, he is "just" one of the Seven Sages of Destruction, a title given to the 7 most powerful demons of the Demon King's army.
Ohhh I see, thanks for the fact-check lol
He is not even one of the seven. But he was really high placed and viewed as one of the most innovative and powerful demon. Macht calls him his friend. Which has no meaning for demons but show he worked in close relationship with the head of the demon army.
He's not even one of the Seven Sages of Destruction, "only" a Sage of Corruption.
That guy slept during WW1 and then woke up a hundred years later to suddenly get nuked by a Raptor jet.
One very minor world building spoiler that goes along with the point of this video
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Demons were originally the only mages that had the ability to fly. Qual does a slight surprised noise when he sees Frieren flying. In the “short” amount of time between Qual’s sealing and episode one, non-demon mages really came a long way.
If humans learn so much in their short lives, imagine what someone who lived far longer knows. Not just about magic, but about time and life itself...
Thats a point in the story. On one end, elves like frieren, or the demons who have a similar lifespan, can learn an absurd quantity of magic. Certain spells demand even hundreds of years to be mastered. But in the other end, they got so much time they slack off. Taking way much more time to do certain things than humans who don't have the luxury to wait another millenia to solve a problem arising. So the humans are the motor of evolution in sciences, magic, technologies, etc, because they get to work faster. It is truly amazing.
Humans learn so much precisely because their lives are short.
The reason why humans advance so quickly is because of their short lives. Hence why Frieren comments of her lifestyle as 'lazing around' because elf lifespans are very very long that passion, ambition and innovation can wait while they spend their time leisurely with little consequences. Humans have very short lives compared to elves, and Fern's impatient attitude and being able to learn magic techniques in a span of 4 years instead of 10 years for an average mage is emphasizing that fact of human nature. This is why humans can get strong very quickly but like a blazing fire, it quickly goes out eating all the fuel.
@@jayzenstyle That's what humans in fantasy stories like to think : their short life is in fact an advantage. Long lived being surely do not take advantage of their lifespan. But well, Frieren has no reason to hide anything, has she ?
@@vincentlalyman1008 elf, at least in a DnD esque type of fiction, have an inclination to obsession. While humans have ambition, elves will obsess over a specific hobby/skill which they can be extremely good at, given their extremely long lifespan. And another thing that they do in order to push the insanity brought by living very long(lazing around is one of them) is by treating said 'obsession' into an 'art' of sorts. This mixes well with their nature towards leisure.
Hence why another anime with a lot of DnD vibes like Goblin Slayer, has their elf ranger being able to pull trickshots with the bow at ease, like a form of art.
I have no issue with long-life races as they have their own strengths and weaknesses contributed by their lifespan. Humans can have many, many generations over a millenium, whereas an elf procreation cycle might require a few millenium to generate just one... So genetic mutations and mini-evolutions are more common with humans than with elves. Some are bad, some are good, you'd get natural prodigies like fern and stark.
That said the average human cannot fare well against an elf, at least in Frieren-verse. Because obsession and art(has a similar mini-evolution cycle of sorts) if given time(which elves have a LOT of), would be leagues greater than whatever an individual human can pull off, and they can make it cooler(the art part).
Humans pretty much rely on luck and grit to become powerhouses, but most of their strength relies on their quick adaptation and society. Individually, humans are pretty weak.
the moment that sold me on Frieren is when she learned the spell to make grapes sour 10/10
I genuily love not only this scene but this fight aswell.
Aside from everything you said in this video, in this fight we learn why it was so important to kill this demon as soon as he was unsealed.
He was a genious in magic and im sure that if he were to roam free in the present day, would very quickly learn and improve all the knowledge that humanity managed to achieve.
Like if you gave Isaac Newton all the present knowdlege we have of physics im pretty sure he would be able to improve them even further.
I personally love that, an enemy thats not dangerous cause his power level but because of his actually scary intelect.
Also this fight is a good foreshadowing that Fern is quicker than Freiren at casting spells, wich i also like.
ALSO I just noticed this but you can see IN the fight how smart Qual is.
At the beginning, Qual fires a massive beam at Freiren and Fern wich is blocked with 1 big barrier by Fern.
Then he starts launching a bunch of small attacks wich again are blocked by Fern, BUT as soon as 1 of them breaks, he inmediatly understand how tough this defensive spell is and shoots another big spell, but this time the spell shatters the shield almost instantly.
Thankfully Fern put 2 shields but it just comes to show how quickly this man went to getting his most powerful spell countered to knowing the limitations of said counter and adapting acordanly.
DUDE, please keep doing this i love your short analysis like this, you convey so much points in under 5 minutes and you get straight to the point, a really good and compact analysis sharing your thoughts and great script, great editing too, you'll be big! hope to see more! i subbed.
Thank you so much! More is definitely on the way
Imagine being a part of a tiger tank crew, being sealed and having all of your tank's parts, systems, armor, and ammunition studied for 80 years, then getting released while facing an M1A2 Abrams on a battlefield.
my favorite scene was the episode where Frieren was looking for the ring that Himmel got her. She offhandedly said that Himmel probably didn't understand the significance of it, but we see a memory of hers where she realizes that Himmel not only understood it's significance but even bent to one knee to put the ring on her finger. seeing that scene makes it hard to rewatch the first episode without crying..
this video just popped up on my feed so im late to the party, but i just wanna appreciate your joke about frieren being similar to violet. these 2 shows are my absolute favorites and thats probably because they are reaaallly similar, and not only because both have OSTs from the mastermind evan call. both are basically a drama about a character trying to learn to handle human emotions, i dont know what that says about me but i resonate so much with both of these characters.
I watched the first 3 episodes and didn't find it very interesting even though they did get me with the waterworks. I ended up restarting a few weeks later and didn't really notice at first the analogue between Himmel and Frieren, that the people's love for him was also the love for her. Himmel's openness to receiving that love contrasted her apathy and made it seem like he was basking in the love because he was self-centered, when all he was trying to do was demonstrate, over and over, that all she had to do was indulge herself and live in the moment, that her long life could be made up of those joyful moments. Himmel's attempts at trying to make sure she'd have reminders of that were really touching. Just one of those series that you have to let cook, apparently.
episode 3 reminded me of a game called "the longing". It's basically a game about finding solutions by utilizing time. Only thing is waiting too long or too short may do you harm. Episode 3 was almost as if Frieren knew that waiting for humans to develop a way to mitigate zoltraak's damage and even outdate it to the point that it becomes a beginner spell was the solution.
The zoltraak scene solidifes that Frieren being an elf and time passing matters. Frieren being alone after her party broke apart and her old friends started dying isn't just a convenient way to get Frieren on a new journey, it's directly tied to the plot, story and worldbuilding of the show (and manga). Excelent writing
I feel like the way she treats people is a defense mechanism because it's really sad to watch all of your friends die over and over and over throughout your lifetime.
I picked it up and binged it when only episode ten was out. Her low teir god'ing aura sold me. Very cool to see demons portrayed in the classic manner of doing all in its power to trick people and being a complete different species fundamentally
It’s not often that I quote Marvel movies, but this seems as apt a time as any:
“A thing isn’t beautiful because it lasts”
-Vision, Age of Ultron
I was sold on Frieren when Himmel died. It felt different. In a good way. So I want more.
And the show delivered. Every episode hook me in more and more.
The fact that Violet evergarden songs can be fitted into Frieren😂.
I don't know, man... I'm 15 minutes into the first episode and it's already breaking my heart.
Spoilers :
If You read ahead, the sentiment only keeps compounding, and by the time she gets sent back to the initial adventure, she's like a new person to the team. May the city of gold be alive forevermore.
Dude Eldorado Arc is fucking PEAK. EVERY character makes decisions in line with who they are and what they know and so many little things pay off, it takes "the demons are predators that cannot coexist, unless she's wrong?" parts of the early episode (and chapters) at the wall and expands it into a whole arc. its SO good.
With much desire, kindly let me know where you read the manga.
for me, the moment that sold me on Frieren was the first minute, of the first episode. This anime pulls me in completely, I can't watch it without headphones, because not much is going on, the immersion is what makes it feel so long, yet so short, it becomes my whole world. Not many things can do that for me other than Frieren, I can only think of taking a walk, especially at night, and especially in nature
I belive we are watching the show from Frieren's perception of time. Fern was just a small child, yet she grew up so quickly we didn't even notice it properly.
The fact you used Violet Evergarden ost for this video is 👌
very much agree. that quall moment has no right to be that FIRE, this, and also the recent episodes with aura has me mindblownnn it's just so good
i dont have good introspection when it comes to anime so thank you for explaining this. this whole anime feels so much cooler now
This anime is the perfect definition of a "slow burn." You don't feel the heat because it's not that hot in the beginning but when it burns boy does it BURN, it really hurts . (the heart)
I binged it in the last week before the last episode. It's the most epic and easily watch ever. 12/10 😊👍
This scene is like how a genration of humans went from using muskets to machine guns IRL (1850s to 1890s)
Good Riddance from Hades is absolutely perfect for this video, absolutely love it
The magical point is the end of episode 8, where you're reminded the title of the show isn't "Frieren"
What sold me on Frieren was Stark's fight against the solar dragon. I know it's a monkey opinion to be swayed by something so flashy and extravagant however I just couldn't help but enjoy the sight of the small and fearful Stark beating down a large and powerful dragon that he thought he could never scathe. That combined with the flashbacks and the music and the PLACEMENT OF THE MUSIC was something I never really knew I needed in an anime. If anyone has any recommendations for animes who share the vibe of that fight, I would greatly appreciate it.
Every scene with Himmel is my favorite scene because Frieren Beyond Journies End is secretly actually "The Tale of Himmel the Hero"
serious logic and reasoning, a moment that had me hooked on frieren was her canonically winning a fight by telling the opponent to kill themself LMFAO
all i know is that imma cry as the show goes on and Fern gets older and older ..... :(
I like how Quall realizes "oh, you can fly now"
The city timelapse bought me
This winter vilage to see the down on crystal clear water refleftion soo good
Has a similiar vibe to the rudeus
And the spirit world
Now that I think about it, it was this scene that sold me on the manga
It kind of reminds me of how in Lord of the Rings, every race was given some sort of gift, and man was death
Long life and health and knowledge for the elvenkind in the Middle Earth, certain death and another unknown destination other than Middle Earth for mankind.
With the passing of the ages, both races ended envying the gift of the other.
Noted that if you look into details. Fern's first spell to pierce her target was just that. Ordinary offense spell.
the use of hollow knight and hades OST in the bg >>>>>
Oh man, if this moment sold you I can’t imagine how you felt with aura the guillotine and the class a exam now
The passage of time, mortality, what it means to have a connection with another person, are all the themes of the show. Of course they're going to be repeated over and over. With each iteration we gain insight into Frieren's view and really feel the disconnect between Frieren's life and her world vs the life and worlds of the normal people around her. Each time it happens, she grows a little, and comes to truly understand others, which is her main struggle. It's poignant.
When Himmel put the flowers on her head *then* he should have said how badly he wanted to fill the world with half-elves, and gone for it.
_"Ok, dude that Zoltrack skill is too OP. We need to balance the Meta"_
*Proceed to spend 80 years patching the meta*
Humanity upon seeing Qual slay 70% of the region mage.
Also she is flying when she does zoltrack. Something humans were unable to do 80 years ago.
Lügners realization about fern was gold
I like Lugner being as disgusted at her concealing her mana as Graf was at Lugner lying and manipulating him.
Finally, a fantasy work that explains why, despite of being the most boring and the least powerful of fantasy races, humans somehow are the most dominant and the most amazing species.
That demon was power creeped over time XD
Kinda minor Manga spoilers
That is no longer the same spell anymore. Frieren basically uaed the base spell but specialization on killing demons
Zoltraak is NOT obsolete. It's the basic offensive magic spell that every wizard learns and Fern uses nothing but. Fern defeated Ehre during the first mage exam with the exact same tactic Qual used against her.
I know the video is not about hollow knight but the soundtrack
the moment that sold me was when Frieren realised she was tricked by Heiter
this was reinforced by subsequent episodes where we see further parts of his plans
learn some of her secrets "in case of"
sow the seeds of adventure in certain individuals including the one whith the potential of becoming a priest
I'm fairly certain he had a hand in Eisen geting an apprentice
adopt a mage child
trick Frieren into teaching the child
Send them on an adventure where they'd encounter every other piece
Thus leading to Frieren getting another group to look after her and take the mantle of the party... likely also taking care of remants of the demon king's forces that slipped away.
I would not even be surprised if his plan include for the new party to form the next one, starting a tradition that would follow Frieren througth the ages.
Heiter (like gandalf) is a proper example of how priests should be written in medieval fantasy.
He is dead and is still the best character, not to forget had better long term planning than the immortal.
No matter how many reviews and comments I got from friends that Frieren was good I didn't want to watch it until I saw a tik tok with the Zoltrack scene. So glad I started watching it after that, the show is so interesting
Ayo what was that OST at the end of the video
The characters are great and the vibes are immaculate
frieren finally understands... she ws inlove with himmel and it took so much for her to even realise it.
only person who can defeat frieren would be either the demon king or a human mage!! these words holds big wight
FRIEREN THE FRIDAY ELF
I want to watch as little as possible of this anime...can anyone comment with the time stamp of the scene He's talking about!?
His spell is not obsolete, it's been so throughly reverse engineered and integrated into human magic, the spell is now common place and basic
Consider what we get to see of what she has in her suitcase. Important magical things? Not so much. It's almost all mementos.
...i watched it because of a meme video with the priest and warrior dancing in the flowers frieren made
1:08 since I knew the show would be serious (which is cool unless its jjk levels of serious) but then i saw the goofy and knew it wouldn't be loke jjk where the goofy turns off and on. Even in the worst situations characters can find a reason to smile
I dont like stories where we becime depresed when calamity befalls us. We signed the contract of life that said our lives would be tested with pain and to fail that test by losing your smile is a bad story espeically when it leads to a permanet change
It's why we love guts and Thorfinn they lost it all failed, but got back up, apologized and walked again. Even if their stories arent perfect its a good direction to go and a great lesson to teach
hades music.
oh you actually showed hades at the end, nice. such a fun game.
Fern and Frieren can be compared to using modern body armor and a 50. caliber against Qual who is like just having developed gunpowder.
Jokes aside, the Qual Scene was very important and subtle at the same time. Fern is first scared about this fearsome demon mage with his epic Zoltraak magic just to be disappointed when she is actually facing him in combat. She is too young to know the weight of 80 years of continuing research and development in order to counter Zoltraak. Frieren on the other hand demonstrates what a long lifespan can achieve, for her it's like an afternoon study session, which results in a casual oneshot kill.
Literally the same take i had, nice vid
Ever watch a movie/tv show, read a book, or play a game and wish there was a much longer/more detailed epilogue...well, maybe you don't actually want that is kind of how I felt the first 4 or 5 episodes. But, then I started really enjoying the show and can't get enough of it at this point. So, I'm in a similar camp that it's slow to get into, but worth it.
I was sold at 1000+ year old intelligent and cute little elf with monotone voice. For some reason I find that archetype interesting. Guess it's the gap-moe fan in me. lol
I kind of love and hate how this series revolutionizes the fantasy genre just by making its worldbuilding not stupid. Time passes and is important. Individuals and peoples learn. Things said and done have consequences. Power shifts, emotions change. It is the most basic stuff any good writer should consider since the first paragraph, yet no one does.
It’s easier said then done. Don’t forget, you need to make it interesting. It’s a lot easier to load up dopamine insane fights and such while it takes a lot of emotional capacity to write a heartfelt and grounded moment without it turning into a bland documentary.
what do you mean by the human experience? i tought it was about the appreciation of time
I think this kinda makes me think that dog see human in the same manner human see elf. They tend to looks like they lives forever and the concept of time is different for each of us. What felt like 10 years for dog were merely a year in human and what felt like 10 years for human were probably merely a year for elf as well. It really show that what really important is not how much time you have but rather what you do with the time that you have. Make sure your love ones knows that you love them when you still have that 'time' with them.❤❤
cool now I'm watching this show
Mine was when they had to clean up the beach for a watching the sunset festival in a village, and she couldn't get up in the morning and had to be dragged to work. I don't think she should develop her personality to become more like humans at all. Why would a Zen master who has seen things come and go for 1200 years and has thus become less attached need to learn to get caught up in the chaos of human emotions and attachments? Is that even possible? I mean, Zen practitioners practice their whole life to become like how Frieren is portrayed. She's kind, carefree, not robotic or anything. Ok, she may not have access to some deeper emotions that humans do have, and get jojo'ed around by all the time. And it may be interesting to investigate that a little bit and connect a bit better with others.
Frieren's gentle, calm & non reaction to events was the hook from the get-go.( Question how did Himmel lose so much of his height as he aged,I know you shrink a tad when age but 60%???)
Chad Hades Enjoyer