you know the animation is good when people mention 7ds

Frieren's har have more animation than 7ds 3

If I didn't know any better, I would've sworn Stark sprinting toward the dragon with his ax was rotoscoped because of how crazily accurate it was.

Bro 7ds already had enough of shit on bro let it r.i.p 🙏🙏

better than the entire shibuya arc

The fact that she casted that shit with no staff or hand, and Fern confirms it wasn't a spell, Frieren definitely got that dawg on her

Frieren has a second phase that only the Demon King and Fern got to experience.

Good point lmao

@@dareka9425 Now i'm curious what type of dawg the demon king was

😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊​@@mohmedabdo4681

Imagine in 3rd exam, you're waiting outside the interview room and Frieren came out failing ...

@@reaperandyel you know people were shitting bricks at that point🤣

“SHE FAILED??”

i guess u enjoy re:zero and frieren. so in the end i’m guessing you have good taste (my taste lol)

@@StormArtificial The taste of demoness isn't bad.

@@StormArtificial re:zero is ass bro don't compare it to frieren (i quit when subaru rejected rem)

@@YourAverageOnePieceWatcher I quit when I got spoiled(apparently subaru died )

@@YourAverageOnePieceWatcher fucking subjective

The thing about battle Shonen is that the genre oversells the fights, everything has to be a set piece to sell the product, whether it's anime or manga. When everything is trying to oversell the flashy, fancy fight scenes, you WILL get bored. By giving the reader or watcher a chance to breathe and take in the world, and getting to know the characters without constantly pushing for the next fight to one-up itself, you get a chance to care about the characters and the world they live in so you'll actually care about the fights when they happen.

@@guardiansoulblade2673 and they ALWAYS make the fights multi episode long spectacles. So much so that any Anime that doesn't people call "Boring"

​@@jonathanwessner3456 remember a famous shounen that took more than a year with 1 episode a week to conclude 1 night of a battle :D

@@isirachehansa4886 depends on how you define a good fight. Surely the scales of Naruto is much higher, interplanetary even

@@isirachehansa4886 I guess this anime doesn't focus much on the fights but more about storytelling, like New Game+. If they wanted to do more fighting they would've set this before the hero team fight the demon king fell

Don't tell FMAB fans

it low-key has everything. something for everyone. Incredible OSTs, Immersive atmosphere, immaculate background arts, Toptier animation and sfx, Efficient Screenwriting, enetertaining character dynamics, absolute solid side/main cast, solid Romance and best ships, Comfy SoL moments, absolute banger action scenes, 2d dragon fight, Hype af non-action moments, an incredibly well done OP mc, a unique yet intuitive magic/power system, subtle but solod power scaling, incredible worldbuilding, just enougj subversion here and there to keep it unpredictable and most impressively and importantly: it has an incredible pacing , to string all these together. doesnt matter what genre you prefer, the show has got you, unless someone is shounent@rd and thinks making every story's arc a copy paste and as relentless as shibuya arc is the only best way tell stories or something

​@@dimitrilepain3821FMAB is great but it's nowhere near as balanced and consistent as this anime.

@@jackreacher7495 glad you understood the joke. FMAB fans are notorious (especially on online ranking sites like MAL) to downvote, downplay and shittalk any anime that just remotely threatens FMAB's status as absolute and indisputable pinnacle of art. that's why i said "don't tell 'em", because those fellas would get mad if you even dared to compare Frieren to FMAB.

@@jackreacher7495cap

Yeah and it’s a logical way of thinking. Serie wanted to quickly weed out weak mages without needless effort. Why expend large amounts of energy fighting, when there’s an easier way you can resolve things? It’s like how Frieren defeated Aura without lifting a finger. She could’ve used Zoltrak on Aura when she was paralyzed but Frieren just said “kys” and that was it.

I guess I didn't understand the fight or why the hell it seems everyone liked the fight. It was just the demon girl slamming Stark until he had a flashback and he straight up one shots her, it was too stupid

@@juggram_99. not really? it was stark’s first legitimate fight and it perfectly illustrated his entire character at the start. he was being beat cause he was scared. his whole point is being cowardly and insecure and being faced with a mirror of your mentor can confuse you and harp on your issues. thats what makes it go so hard. when stark is so wrapped up on technique when realistically, all he needed was doing the job he’s supposed do.

⁠​⁠@@juggram_99 Oh, Stark could always one shot her. To be fair, he’s capable of one-shotting most beasties. He was just worried that the demon girl would also be able to one shot him in that time. The demon girl moves just as fast, but unlike Eisen, she hits like a wimp. Stark just needed to realize he could tank one of her hits while getting the decisive wind up, ez win.

@@Hilliam66 definitely, it's to develop Stark's character more.

She also spent a majority of her lifetime dedicated only to work on her mana suppression.

I have been watching many anime for 15 yrs already. I come to question what's there to many of these battle shounen. What's the point in fighting and become more powerful. What's even the point in becoming all powerful? I am not saying everyone of them was just an empty fights design to amuze audience, there a few exceptions and Frieren is one of them.

The fights were, like in one of the episode's title "A Necessary Death" iirc, like a key, or icing on cake, that one needs to be introduced into the substance within, the character building for a better story progression.😍

​@@roxroe6731 to protect themselves and their families? In a lot of Shonen their not just fighting to be cool as you claim.

@@roxroe6731 Name one mainstream long running shonen that doesnt use fights for character development. New gen fans really are just yapping about shit to make modern stuff look better 💀

@@roxroe6731 i argue that frieren isn't really shounen, it never tries to cater to that audience

I agree that Himmel is best boy. What I loved most about him was the fact that he stayed loyal to Frieren and never loved anyone else, even though she was gone for 50 years…

@@Kureemy he never even expected anything from her, he just wanted to love her TT

@@Kureemy Not to mention that one guy who stopped a mugging or something because - and I quote - "It's what Himmel the Hero would have done." Dude didn't even let being a fictional character stop him from inspiring others to do good.

​@@jahrusalem3658can you tell me more?

@@Stint45678 A Taiwanese dude stopped a knife attack because Himmel inspired him to do good. There're whole Reddit threads about this guy, so it shouldn't be hard to find one. They'll explain it better.

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the fights are just the cherry on top for everything else

As "realistic" as any battle shounen with plot armor.

@Eridna how bout chainsaw man?

@@chongwillson972 Chainsawman fights occur very randomly, especially the ones vs katanaman. The quick fights that are very truthful regarding the strength of each character was nice. If a character stood no chance, they died, if a character did stand a chance, they might still lose. I liked these aspects of the fight very much. The power system did leave a bit to be desired. I'm probably spoiled by LOTM though.

honestly, you people are just boring

@@ratedr7845 who is boring?

@@chongwillson972 me, sorry guys for being boring 😔

U aint even get to the best parts. have fun my friend

Strap in, bud. Your ride isn't nearly over...

@@joeyweinwurm7477 I will

@@quigonkenny great to hear

It gets better and better, keep going

I think Kraft is the oldest Elf we have seen, even older the Serie, because he physically looks the oldest, and is mentally also way ahead of Frieren and Serie both. Also he has that aura of mysticism around him, that suggest that the dude has seen some stuff that is probably not meant for mortal eyes to see.

@@zigazdovc6175 Nope. Serie was around at the same time as the goddess. Kraft says that he was not, hence he must operate on faith. Serie is older.

@@djx7134 Stop spewing BS, Kraft was an established Hero in the Mythical Era, so he is at least as old as Serie, but he is likely way older.

@@zigazdovc6175 Didn't he literally say he doesn't know if the goddess is even real ...? Why are you berating me when you don't even pay attention?

@@djx7134 Lol, who is the one not paying attention? He is a monk of the goddess herself, Frieren is the one that thinks she is not real. He is a devoted follower.

Because it's the classic Fern strat. "Oh no, I'm just a poor little girl with weak mana, I hope no one bullies me because I'm so vulnerable". Opponent gets overconfident, suddenly eats a hail of arcane arrows, either dies or goes OOM defending with no opportunity to counter-attack. The end. It's very simple and yet surprisingly tricky and strategic.

​@@djx7134call an ambulance! . . . But not for me

@@djx7134 or just open's the door and starts blasting

Her?

@@libertybell5876 frieren was failed mostly because the elf at the heart of the association has a beef with her direct disciple, frieren's master. she didn't fail her because she failed. she failed her to spite her long dead disciple who she felt was the greatest disappointment/failure of her life. Understand frieren's master Flamme, loved magic. As does Frieren. But both dedicated their lives to killing demons, so Frieren was trained "differently". The elf felt both wasted their time on their passion. she once loved magic herself, now she does not. And frieren's love of magic mostly upset her. Because Frieren did something she could not, which was kill the demon king. why? because magic is partly about envisioning the result. Neither Flamme or whatshername could envision a world without the demon king, so neither could actually kill him. Frieren could envision a world without demons let alone the demon king, so she was able to kill him (or at least help Himmel do it). She's jealous and angry, and became petty. what really pissed her off though was frieren not caring. To frieren the "classification" test was just something amusing to do in her spare time, she saw no value in it. (which is why the top elf girl felt fine about being spiteful. she knew it wouldn't really hurt frieren to fail her)

@@arizona_anime_fanthanks! Im just starting the series so that makes much more sense now!

@@arizona_anime_fan genuine question, how impactful is this visualisation shi, is it like an actual thing or just a metaphorical non real thematic thing. like if stark truly truly believed or somehow imagine how he could kill serie, flammes teacher, could he do it? if ubel believe or somehow imagine cutting a mountain in half, could she?

@@NaMe-zg9qs Well, think of it this way. I can imagine myself rich and powerful, but if i don't have the skills to make it happen it won't happen. So it's not enough to be able to envision a world without a demonking, you need to actually be able to kill the demonking. The "Envision" concept is best displayed with Ubel and the limits to her magic. She technically doesn't really understand how magic even works. She doesn't really care, because to her, magic works the way she believes it works. and in her case she can understand and cast a spell if she empathizes and understands the magician who cast the spell. Now this is not how magic is supposed to work; or at least magic doesn't work like this for people who were told you need to learn how magic works. But it works fine for her. Because she believes that's how HER magic works. Now how useful is Ubel's magical copying ability? well compared to a magical genius it's painfully limited. Frieren for example can pretty much learn any spell she sees often in real time and copy it, reverse engineer it and make it work better for herself. She doesn't have to empathize with the caster, or even know their name. But for Ubel that's exactly how her magic works. What's even more mindbending is she improves upon the magic she copies by bending it to work how she wants it to work as well. This also shouldn't be possible. but there is Ubel making it work. So this raises a question. Does magic work with rule because someone one day made up rules and told others this is how you use magic. or is Ubel utterly unique? Well we learn the answer to this with the explanation of why Flamme and Serie couldn't kill the demon king. In short, due to their inability to imagine a world without him, they were unable to make their magic kill him. So it seems Ubel's magic works because magic works based on how you envision it working. For frieren and most traditional mages its something you learn and teach. But in reality it works according to the internal "belief" rules you've constructed for yourself with your understanding of how the world works.

I agree. Serie pointing out the unique qualities/philosophies of each character really made the 3rd test special. That test further characterizes the examinees and validates why they deserve to pass.

Thanks jakis 🙏🏾

Serie, detached? Uncaring? She's the exact opposite. She has a problem with Frieren because Frieren doesn't care enough/isn't forceful or ambitious. And she cares about her students a lot. The whole grumpy grandma act is just a coping mechanism. It becomes obvious when you notice that her actions contradict her words at almost every turn.

Milf of culture, unite, man. Count me in bro!!!🤩😍👍

I was on the fence about Methode until that moment of hers with Serie... Just about everyone else was either scared to approach this millennia old arch wizard or crazy enough to consider attacking her. Methode: SMOL AND CUTE!!!!! Heh, it even freaked out Serie.

Well... Most anime do what you describe, which is to put most of their resources, more specifically talent (big name animators) into 1 or 2 eps per season, IF they even have them at all or the time to do it (usually not). While Frieren is much like CSM, Mob, Tengoku, JJK s2, etc., where they've got a large amount of talents every single ep. Even in slower scenes from non-action eps the animation isn't limited (still frames with no movement) and there is a decent amount of character acting animation. Obviously it still allocates more talents to bigger/more demanding eps, but it's not like they were able to use the other eps to "take a breather", so to say... The perks of having the One Punch Man s1 producer and most of the industry animators working on this show I guess... alongside JJK s2. (That's how the anime industry is like nowadays... 2 or 3 shows per season get all the big names in the industry and every other anime has to just deal with the cards they've been dealt).

Your what?

Because they were clearly less capable than most of the other mages there. Esp. Kanne. Without having rainfall as a win condition, Lawine & Kanne, the two that can only fight well together, were getting bodied by a Richter who wasn't even trying. He's a powerful mage, but not top tier. They're probably good compared to average, but bad compared to the best. I don't think we've seen a truly average mage yet.