Hey Guys, I know I made a mistake in this video, when I filmed it I had forgotten/it skipped my mind that in EP4 her age was briefly mentioned, but thank you for correcting me, appreciate everyone’s feedback. ❤

I love how it goes from Frieren saying 'kill yourself', us watching Aura do just that, then cuts to the ending with the first line being, "Are you alright?'

I love how many subtle touches there are to the Aura fight. There's the fact that Aura actually did check for mana suppression, because with a spell like this, of course she's paranoid about trickery. But Frieren's been doing it so long that even when checking for it, Aura didn't notice. There's the fact that even Aura's scales are fooled by Frieren hiding her mana. Aura is aware of the possibility of suppression, but she didn't design the spell to account for it, because in her eyes, who would be dumb enough to suppress their mana against this spell? There's the fact that before Frieren's side of the scales drops like a stone, the scales freeze in the middle, perfectly balanced, while Frieren explains how Aura lost. Why stop there? Because Frieren is playing with the scales like a fidget spinner before releasing her full mana. I mean, when is she going to get a chance to play with these scales again? Never, she just killed the only person in the world who knows this spell. Then there's that 1000-year montage. There's something incredibly clever the animators did here. The thousand years between Flamme and Himmel take about 50 seconds of screen time. And then the heroes' 10-year journey to defeat the demon king flashes by in 0.5 seconds. Exactly one hundredth. We're literally seeing what those 10 years, that one hundredth, felt like to Frieren compared to her millennium of solitude.

this epsiode was basically a 20 minute explanation of how Aura was about to get fucking COOKED. THIS is how you do a flashback.

Episode 10 also gave you the answer to why Frieren is almost pathological about not name dropping. She'd spent a millennia being obscure per Flamme's instruction, that type of habit isn't going to disappear after 80 years.

When Frieren says, "Aura, kill yourself. " And then walks away, has to be one of the most cold lines ever. I love that entire scene so much, the switch to the flashback, the music, and the voice acting was perfection. Not to mention the detail on the animation, when Aura moves the sword up to her neck, some of her hair is cut off and falls to the ground. It is just one of those scenes I would want to have my memory erased of so I can watch it for the first time again.

Also notice Flamme erased those demons with no staff or other apparent casting aid. That scene really shows how strong Flamme was.

"Are you alright?" Aura: "..........."

It was great how each time it switched from the fight to the flashback and from the flashback to the fight you were upset they didn't continue. It really shows how well the content engaged you and how well they paced the switches to keep viewers on the edge of their seats.

A great detail in the Fern fight is that she doesn't use her left arm the entire fight, showing how significant the injury is.

I like that, during the fight between Fern and Lugner, we get Lugner's inner monologue not Fern's. This was the final boss for Lugner. For Fern, it was Tuesday.

I don't care how often I've seen it, but Frierens _shooter game voice chat_ line always gets me. ^^ And it's every time a joy to listen to Stark in the little church; his whole speech, full of confidence - just for that last bit. 😅

29:58 - This is one of the coolest things the show does. At first you see the big montage of her hundreds of years of life passing by, an entire city being built while she's in the forest. Then you see in a second her journey with the party of heroes. Compared to her life so far, it was but a moment, a mere 10 years, but it was the most important moment of her life, it changed her forever.

And that is how Frieren got banned from Twitter.

I've noticed a difference in Flamme and Himmel's appearance. Despite that Frieren spends 50 years having known the both of them, Himmel shrank and appeared much older, while Heiter stayed tall and appeared a bit distinguished. Flamme does look much older, but she grew old gracefully, as if aging like wine in terms of looks, despite the lines in her face. Also, keep in mind one of the things Frieren said: "It becomes tiring after a while" And compare that to how long she sleeps into the day. It's like working out or flexing a muscle. And she does that *constantly* If you've ever seen Bleach, I would say compare it to Zaraki Kenpachi's first ever appearance and conflict with Ichigo, when Ichigo couldn't hurt him, he said 'Basically it's because the power I let off *unconsciously* from my skin is more than your finely honed, razor edge blade, and even If I tried with all my might to hold it in you still wouldn't be able to scratch me.' Also, yeah, that line for how she killed her? Fuckin' *everyone* loves it. So damn cold. Ultimate disrespect. Basically like 'Yeah, I'm not gonna use my own magic to kill you. Do it yourself you fucking bitch.'

frieren blends action and storytelling sow ell. thank you so much for reacting!

The OST at the end especially during the last the flashback before "KYS" /chefskiss

Hehe, you were literally at the edge of your seat during the battles in episode 9. And it was funny how it seemed you were frustrated that they cut to a flashback just as Aura was about to use her Scales of Obedience… but when the flashbacks ended and went back to the current battle, you wanted to see more of the flashback, lol. It’s also interesting how these two episodes were epic in their own ways… the first full of amazing animation, drama, and action, and the second with almost no action, but it was gripping, full of drama, and I’m sure left many viewers shocked and speechless at the end. ^_^

Can’t wait till the next reaction!!!!!!!

Frieren did grow powerful enough to defeat the DK, with help, and she wore Flamme's earrings for it so Flamme was symbolically with the Hero's party for the adventure.

For me, what Frieren did to aura and how she did it, and why she did it, is the greatest moment on anime history. like she was willing to fight aura but in the moment aura said the "welp himmel is not longer alive lol" frieren was like "oh Bi... thank you for that now i will have no compassion" and yet she was not deserved of getting her hands dirty, and went all "nah Bi... KYS, you mean so little to me im not gonna waste memory space on my mind with the sight of your dead *walks away* .

Headless haunted armor like her army are called a Dullahan. It's fron Irish mythology, though in the US it's commonly dipicted as the headless horseman of sleepy hollow.

These two episodes are the best of this anime series. And look forward to the wonderful 14th episode.

Frieren is at least 1000 years old. It was 1000 years ago that she met and became Flamme's apprentice. No mention is made of how old Frieren was when she first met Flamme. Old enough at least to be the strongest mage in her village, and powerful enough to take on a demon general 1v1 in a straight fight. So that plus 1000 years of training in suppressing and growing her mana.

I like how after Aura decapitates herself we get a POV shot of her head falling to the ground, implying she was alive long enough after cutting her own head off to see Frieren walking away and herself dying

Nice Reaction! :D I get goosebumps every time she casually says "Kill Yourself" In my opinion, it's one of the most brutal and "best" anime deaths so far

The Plot around Himmel is just amazing, Himmel means Heaven in German and Frieren goes on a journey to find the Land where Souls Rest (aka Heaven) and when asked about her journey she repeatedly admits that shes unsure if Heaven even exists but shes traveling anyway to find Himmel again so she can tell him how she feels

On the way up Ali

this is the only show where i dont scream "JUST SHOOT!!!" at the screen for unnecessary exposition

I'm sure you already know why but the reason Frieren doesn't go around announcing herself is because she doesn't like the attention. Her master thought her to live in obscurity. Also humans like to give her special treatment or ask her for help. Like in a previous episode when they were in the town that closed their checkpoint. She wanted to stay in the town for a few years but the castellan granted her a special access through and threw a farewell festival for her lol.

33:31 Her being over a thousand years old was already known by that point. Flamme was the legendary first human mage who lived over 1000 years in the past, and she was her student.

Let's think about Frieren's training on this. The first task Flamme gave Frieren was mana suppression, and Frieren commented on how it gets tiring after a while. In other words, just doing mana suppression counts as magic training. Now let's consider the more time one spends actively training, the greater their mana potential becomes. Then consider even the most dedicated practitioner would go around eight hours a day, so Frieren is effectively tripling the amount of training one could reasonably expect from a mage, giving her over 3000 years' worth of practical magic training with the resulting mana pool. Frieren's magical training was oriented from the start toward killing the demon king, and this is how - through ridiculously disproportionate quantities of training relative to how long she lived, causing her to out-power almost any other magical being. This also makes me think this is why the demon king ordered the genocide of the elves - he realized they had potential to get more powerful than him if they were allowed to survive, a situation that by his own culture's values he must never allow to occur. Now the battle with Aura. Technically Aura did something similar - every puppet she created needed continuous mana to support it, so she was getting the 24/7 magic training like Frieren, but for only 500 years. This showcases just how much mana was being brought to bear in that final clash, however relatively peacefully the final blow was resolved (by weighing mana totals and granting control to the stronger).

In episode four, the one where Frieren, Eisen and Fern look for the tree that protected Flamme's home, we find out that Frieren was an apprentice to Flamme who lived about a thousand years earlier. So we found out that Frieren was over a thousand years old back then. Also, sure Frieren has been teaching Fern to suppress her magic, but Fern started out being good at that. When we first see Fern trying to blast a hole in the rock, she mentions that it was hard for Frieren to find her. That's because she can control her mana, which is usually the hardest thing for other new mages to learn. Fern has a natural talent for suppressing her mana.

There's a cat meowing between episodes 9 and 10. He must be hungry. I also have a cat. He came back from his fight with the other cats, ears stuffed, clawed paws and head, a broken tail. But like Stark, he got back up and fights on 😁

I thought I was going crazy hearing a cat while at work, but it was there LOL 😂

Episode 10 is one of the best episodes I’ve ever seen in any anime . Also, fun fact, Frieren knew that auras scales could be resisted with strong will, so she intentionally let aura feel in control only to smash her superiority complex with her mana. Fun fact #2, no one in the manga or anime has ever said that the mana Frieren released was her “full” mana. She may have just released enough to completely break auras spirits. The “reduce down to 10%” line has not been confirmed as true in Frierens current state , and she has shown the ability to reduce her mana to essentially zero if she wants to. TLDR, Frieren is fucking HER, and we still don’t know how strong she actually is , even in the manga .

I loved these four episodes of our team of baddies killing actual baddies! The animation of episode 9 and the (back)story of 10 were my personal highlights. Also it's likely Frieren currently gives off even less than one-tenth of her full mana, as that was only the first exercise Flamme gave her (when she was still little). Nowadays I reckon she can easily surpress it to the point that most magic users barely recognize her as a experienced mage - with a thousand year of practice she can practically boost or decrease it whenever and however much she wants.

Lügner is pronounced with a vowel sound that doesn't exist in English. To get the gist of it, start with a long 'u' sound (or 'oo'), then move towards a long 'e' sound. In between the two is what 'ü' sounds like. So kind of like "loog-nair", but tilt that long 'u' sound towards a long 'e'. In German, it means "liar". Basically all the names - both characters and places - in this show are German words, and they have meaning. Frieren - freezing (cold personality) Fern - distant (stand-off personality) Stark - strong Himmel - Heaven or the heavens (the sky) Heiter - bright (cheerful, pleasant) Eisen - iron Some of them are a bit less obvious, or even obscure, but most of those are characters you haven't met yet as of this episode.

fern injured her left chest and she was fighting with only right hand. that was so cool.

Both episodes, 9 and 10 are Masterpieces

10:34 "she has probably a solid 300 years of practice on you" 32:39 even you have been fooled 😂

What i rly like is that every person thinks along, guards are rly guards and you don't wanna mess with them, they all aren't just only side characters only for one reason, they all well grounded AND though out. You don't get the sense they are just there and that's it. i believe Himmel loved this view from frieren 01:23 xD it would be a cool thing when Frieren in Aureole finds Fern Parents or the Son of the Count too and they thanked her, or a few of the soldiers. When "Zoltraak" AND "Fear brought be this far" are played in one Episode, its just nuts!

My favorite part of this episode are the two sets of parallels. Fieren/Himmel: In her first encounter with Flamme, Fieren points out that Flamme is a powerful mage. When asked why she says that, Fieren's answer is, English Sub: "Just a feeling." Japanese: なんと なく / Nan to naku / Somehow or other. Afteward, when meeting Himmel and he remarks that Fieren is a powerful mage, Fieren asks him why he says that. His answer? English Sub: "Just a feeling." Japanese: なんと なく だ / Nan to naku da. / Somehow or other. Fieren and Fern: Initially, when Fieren is asked if she likes magic, she confirms she does. After training with Flamme, when asked the same question, Fieren responds, English Sub: "Somewhat." Japanese: "ほど ほど こ の" / Hodo hodo ko no. / Moderately. At the end of episode one, Fieren asks Fern if she likes magic. Fern answers, English Sub: "Somewhat." Japanese: ほど ほど で ございます / Hodo hodo de gozaimasu / In moderation. Fieren smiles and remarks that she's the same way. After that, Fieren begins to take more interest in Fern. - In both cases Fieren's past with the two most important people in her life, Flamme and Himmel, greatly influence her future: encouraging her to join Himmel's party, and encouraging her to train Fern.

Frieren: Aura, KYS. Millet: 🎶 and you alright? 🎶

The animation during the Fern vs Lugner fight popped OFF.

Aura states that Frieren had around 100 years worth of magic (before frieren showed her true strength) the same amount she thought she had when she first met her. Heiter stated when he first saw frieren that she had around a 5th of his mana as she was still consealing it, this means Heiter has at least 500 years worth of power, which is hyper impressive for a human. During their first encounter, Frieren would have been seen as the weakest of her group, knowing this its no wonder Aura misjudged Frieren's strength.

I haven’t seen anyone mention this but if frieren was still suppressing her mana to 1/10 at the time meeting with heiter, then he would have half of frieren full mana, that’s insane for a human

It's a cute moment when Heiter meets Frieren and says "She has 1/5 of my mana, not bad" because the dude is so UNAWARE, but it actually means Heiter has mana of a 500 year old mage

Stark was fighting defensively the whole fight because of his fear and self doubt but once he got through that and he went on the offensive he one shot her.

By the way, they translated it as ‘“Frieren the Slayer” but it’s original title is “Sousou no Frieren (葬送のフリーレン)” and Sousou means sending deceased person to the grave but in this title’s case not only a deceased one but also a live one so it literally means “Frieren, the sender to your grave (or funeral). Intimidating, eh?

The dub doesn't change the line. Frieren still says, "Aura, kill yourself." Also, notice that it was said that those with strong wills can momentarily resist the scales. Aura could not at all. It shows that Aura has a weak will. Makes sense, given that she's a coward. That's why Aura waited until after Himmel died to attack humanity again. She didn't want to risk fighting Himmel.

Remember in episode two when Frieren first met Fern, there was this thing about how both she and Heiter had trouble finding her when she was out by herself. So I'm wondering if Fern maybe has a natural ability to suppress her mana or something

Watching your reactions to episode 9 made me realize that a typical anime the protagonist would likely have swooped in to save the day, and that isn't how it happened here. People who aren't Frieren are allowed to win significant fights also.

Remember that Fern, by the time Frieren met her, was aleady hard to perceive manawise. She was born a natural at mana suppression.

flamme : "my parent taught this spell to me..." her parent wich mean serrie

"And you alright..."

I love the menancing score as Aura moves closer and closer, only for an operatic version of Frieren's main theme to reveal itself. Frieren is the one knocks!

I know Frieren vs. Aura overshadows this but I love Starks and Ferns fight against Linie and Lügner. Stark is down there up against the wall against a seemingly stronger opponent. He knows that but he keeps fighting defensively to buy Fern the time to finish her fight before he gets overwhelmed and Linie goes to help Lügner. And in the end he even manages to win because he, like a true warrior, just can take more hits than Linie. And Fern is just up there and demonstrating what an amazing mage she has become in the time she trained with Frieren. Her ability to fire her spells fast is even enough to outdo a probably much more powerful demon mage. And the soundtrack to that fight is perfect!

You should also try reacting to "Ranking of Kings"

The elf ears are so powerful

And high possibility that Frieren is way older (even hesitated to call her master at first) than Flamme but still she has a way larger mana pool.

I don't know why are you surprised about Frieren age. This was already mentioned multiple times that she was Flamme disciple, and Flamme lived 1000 years ago.

Frierin wearing flamme earings!!!

Frieren... the "Stone Cold" Slayer xD

Frieren the Slayer? More like Frieren the Toxic Gamer.

Hey @AliAnimus Where can I find the Bird toy your cat was playing with in the “The last two Brain Cells be like” Shorts video?

Peak episodes

Frieren, is the greatest magical weapon ever crafted, by Flamme the Legendary Mage.

lmao when u think frieren only has 300 years of experience on fern :D

WHERE DID YOU GET THAT RUG ITS SO CUTE WTF

there isnt a thought behind those eyes for real

Lugner and Linie are some of my favor devils lol. I just find the way they actually engage with humans but also go after Stark and Fern first even though "they don't view them as a threat" lol. And Lugner calling out Linie's name when she died showed they actually cared.

I amused that almost every name in this anime are german

Frieren wears her masters necklace and earrings. Just saying if you ever noticed

"we just found out she lived over a 1000 years!". Ehm, not to nitpick but we knew this since episode 4. When they search for Flamme´s book and find the old ruins Frieren says " Even after a thousand years i am still dancing in my masters palm". 😁

What do you mean.. we just found out she lived over a thousend years?? Episode 4 when Eisen made her search for Flammes spellbook. Eisen told Fern, that Flamme (who lived a thousend years ago) was Frierens Master.

Every demon Frieren kills she killed the same way the demon tried to kill her, dont know if this is out of sheer hatred