Everyone’s waiting for the BATTLE TOURNAMENT arc.

I liked how Frieren threw both Stark and Fern under the bus with like zero hesitation.

At some point, you really do have to start wondering whether Flamme went, “What if I messed this elf up for life emotionally, but in a funny way?” given all the non-magic stuff that she taught Frieren.

Another great episode. Not much to say. Frieren’s lowkey trolling is the best.

What do you think this white field is?

Loved how most of the episode is spent on the hype build up. Like when the scales are introduced it becomes pretty apparent that they are going to be used and that Aura won’t like the results. But we really spend time on why Frieren hides her mana and why it won’t ever occur for demons as a valid long-term strategy. And so by the time the scales come into play we are absolutely hyped for the result. Which is followed by immediate and complete dismissal. Frieren has no interest in demons besides killing them. Even when presented with someone pretty high in demon hierarchy, Frieren does not care for any information or giving any orders, besides killing them as soon as possible.

Also that decapitation scene is just great.

Man the animation quality just slaps. Not only the fights, but even Stark putting his jacket on was fire. Also Fern’s side step.

In a way, Frieren’s lack of gravitas is refreshing. Usually, when you have elves (which are not just isekai hot babes with long ears), they are at least a little bit haughty, and it makes sense, too: having lived for thousands of years, some acquired pride is to be expected. But Frieren, while undeniably long-lived, and it is reflected in her personality (by relation to time mainly), absolutely does not feel superior to humans. Celebrate her early wake-up by spoon-feeding her? Sure! Carry her like a sack of potatoes? Thank you very much.

Frieren’s constraint/lazyness is great - I’m sure she could have taken on a few human guards. Especially with Fern and Stark assisting. But same as in the flashback, she wants to teach them a lesson about demons?

I was really skeptical when they hyped battle scenes because well, it’s not a strong point of this manga, but damn I’m happy to be wrong. Dragon fight absolutely slaps.

Also, how how could they have dropped this panel when they decided what to animate for the “investigation”? We’ve seen ten hobos interrogated, but the only bunnygirl in the entire manga got cut. Madness:

I’m okay with a bot posting episodes for popular series (which are guaranteed to have comments), but the abundance of zero comment discussion posts benefits no one. I propose we limit shinobot to top 10-15-20 popular series per season (by MAL followers or we can vote before the season starts). Anything else can be posted manually (it’s very simple anyway - go to /r/anime and copy the source text for the episode discussion, replace or remove one /r/community link and optionally link past discussions).

Kinda low quality animation/design. Or we are just spoiled by Gilse. I like the series and Mia though, so still gonna watch it.

Turns out I really like fantasy without levels, skills, cheats, isekai protagonists or plot structure. I have almost forgotten what’s it’s like. Himmel is a bro.

Frieren mimic’d: twice

Frieren is going to be a cult classic alongside Mushishi, Kino no Tabi, Haibane Renme, YKK and a few other similar melancholic works. I just don’t see how they are planning to get mass audience.

Yes, author tried to squeeze too much misery in too few chapters. Maybe it flowed better in manga/LN but in anime it became a villain of the week show. Usubas could have taken an entire half cour, if they padded the first season with some drama/fluff/growth between ML and FL.

Overall still liked the show, but could have been better balanced.

It will come out Jan-Mar in Japan, maybe in Autumn 2024 in some select places of the world, and finally on BluRay in 2025, after which anyone will be able to see it.

Anne’s incredulity about first their original form, and then princess’ original form was a sight to behold.

Can’t wait till summer 2025 when we get to see it.

She looks like a villain already!