I love that the laundry spell specifically has floral scent because Fern got jealous when Frieren was hugged by Methode and she said she smells like flowers
My Anime of the year probably. Show pulled my heart strings all the way. Loved each character they pulled into this and can't wait to see them again. Thank you for your reaction and time with this show!
to be fair , frieren will likely teach her most of the combat spells that she knows , and frieren herself has an vast arsenal of spells already. So it's not like she really needs to ask that from series.
@mihai000000 this is another example of great writing. Its not explicit, but she also asked for that spell because the most dangerous situation she's been in, was one where a demon splashed blood on her outfit to track her. This is a counter to that ever happening again.
@@JamesMillsNeutralBase and for non manga readers, its kind of obvious that you dont really need an all powerful spell since well the demon king is dead and the era of peace is here, even lernen was complaining that he was "living in the wrong era" since hes so powerful but reached that power level during the peaceful era. So it was more beneficial to get a practical spell rather than a combat spell yknow?
of course the laundry spell counters the splashed blood tracking her, and also her getting that spell is proof that she is frieren's student and has her style in being a mage, and also the fact that she wants frieren to like her flower scent cuz of flashback to that scene where frieren liked methode's hug more than fern's cuz she smelled like flowers, all these little details the audience can analyse, whether it is intentional or not, is pretty nice
The thing about Lernen trying to kill Frieren is this: Frieren is one of, if not, the most famous mage in the history being part of the Hero's party. Killing someone like that will make you very memorable and will surely make you part of the history no matter how many years past basically making you part of a fairy tale as the villain. He wanted more people to remember Serie not only as the teacher of Flamme but also the teacher of someone who bested and killed another legendary figure.
Didn’t he want himself to be remembered? And then if I rememb correctly Frieren said that he’ll be remembered by Serie so he doesn’t need to kill her or anyone to be famous?
@@danielsirbu6706 he wanted to be remembered because 1 for the reason you said about serie remembering him and also make her more impactful in the future even if by becoming a villain (so serie wouldnt be easily forgotten) by killing someone important like the mage in the hero party thus making serie the killer's master
@@danielsirbu6706 I think the main reason was that he wanted his master to be proud and remember him. He didn't know Serie is already proud and will remember him. But Serie is just so childish she won't tell her students how she feels.
@@skilo581I honestly don't think it had anything to do with wanting anything for himself. The line he says right before the "even if it means being the one who killed a legendary hero" is that he doesn't want Serie to be alone in the future. The show kinda goes into the idea of "you're only truly dead once everyone has forgotten you", so if more of Serie's students are remembered like Flamme is, then they aren't truly gone and she isn't "alone"
I like to think she passes Ubel without speaking to her for multiple reasons: 1. She knows how Ubel works and doesn't want Ubel to learn anything about her. 2. She's still pissed off that Ubel killed one of her first class mages.
3) She's aware of what Ubel is capable of, and she can tell that Ubel isnt even afraid of her. Honestly, all the mages that Serie passed all share one criteria: They didnt freeze from her aura, albeit a few exceptions Possible spoilers: . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fern: was analyzing her aura Old man: Almost wanted to challenge Serie Ubel: she's nuts to the point that she's fearless, even against Serie Land: To not even be physically present the entire time is wild. Dude passed the exam in his home. Serie acknowledges his boldness. First exception Wirbel: Basically a demon killer, and Serie enjoys mages that can fight. Methode: Second exception. She adores Serie since she smol and cute. Serie passed her coz she didnt sense any fear from her.
These are likely true, but also she can see who can visualize themselves as a first class mage, and Ubel definitely is there already. In the world of magic, what can be visualized is what is.
Ladies, it's been super fun watching along with you on Patreon! Unfortunately Madhouse doesn't have the best reputation for continuing their hit shows so I hope the popularity of Frieren changes that. They did such an amazing job with season 1 I don't want season 2 to be in another studio's hands,
The detail of some of Frieren’s traits and quirks are influenced by Himmel, it only deepens pivotal bond between them. This series does character relationships/bonds. I really dig the philosophy behind Himmel and Frieren’s distaste for emotional goodbyes, as it would be embarrassing when they reunited with the people they said farewell too. This series is greatness.
Frieren is already one of my favorite shows, Frieren herself is my favorite Mc in quite a while, it’s been years since I’ve liked an Mc this much. This show has a lot of amazing characters in general and I’m excited to see what that’ll do in the future. The in-depth magic system,the world building and the life lessons , it has it all what a show
After the first exam Ehre (The brown haired girl with Wirbel) mentions that she has a rich grandpa in Auberst (said rich or famous can't remember which) . In the end credits we see Lernen (The guy who wanted to fight Frieren) with WIrbel and Ehre, basically to show that he is Ehre's grandpa
The scenes at the end were the graves and important meeting places of various characters -the flower bush where Himmel and the others first met Frieren, Himmel's grave, Heiter's grave, Eisen's home (with the markers to his dead family), the scenes with all the various characters, then closing on Flamme's grave. It really is about life and death and the people you meet along the way.
I really like Serie as a character. If we put together everything she's said in the past few episodes, we realize that she wasn't insulting Lernen for being old, she was sad that he (and all her other students) couldn't live longer; she wasn't refusing to honor Flamme's will, she was refusing to accept that Flamme was dead; and so on. Serie is struggling with and mourning the reality of human mortality just as much as Frieren is, but in different ways.
She's someone who subconsciously understood the value of companionship long before Frieren did but is still incapable of understanding her own feelings well enough to communicate them honestly.
Fun fact: 14:21 if you look at the flashback of Serie students, you can see one of them use a spell to bind a bird. I believe this is the spell that Frieren learn to catch Stille in first exam.
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And one of them was Lernen, creating a golem (like the one used in the second test, made by him)
Lernen challenging Frieren really calls back to episode 7, the bit where Himmel says he wants the statues made so that long after he's gone his memory will live on for Frieren's sake. "We existed. We won't be fairy tales." He's afraid that Serie will regret taking him as her apprentice if he doesn't do something to keep the memories of him from fading, and sees killing the legendary Frieren as the one last chance in his life to do something that will make him be remembered, even if it's for something terrible. He stops trying to fight when Frieren helps him realize that Serie does truly value his companionship, and has no regrets about taking him in even if he isn't remembered by others. Serie in a lot of ways is very similar to what Frieren would be if she never journeyed with Himmel and co., who taught her how to properly express her feelings.
Lernen challenged Frieren out of love for Seirie; if this anime gets the greenlight for Season 2 you WILL revisit those characters again as the manga has revisited them.
On a second re-watch I noticed why Fern chose, "a spell to make clothes clean and spotless". In a past episode Frieren considered, "a spell to remove mold and a spell to remove tough oil stains" to be "legendary", Fern even says, "those spells are so convenient they changed my world". Frieren is definitely influencing Fern's view of magic the way Flamme did for her by wanting everyone to be able to use "ordinary" magic. In Fern and Frieren's eyes more simple, ordinary and useful spells are "legendary spells", she even loves searching for and collecting spells and looks forward to seeing different kinds of magic, to Serie magic is a tool for killing. Frieren and Flamme's favorite spell creates a field of flowers, Serie calls it a "useless and foolish" spell, even though she uses it herself. Serie might be older but Frieren was right, "she truly is a child".
@@jgaringanalso, a powerful demon attack spell becomes a basic spell a human mage can cast after 80 years. Actual useful spells will probably live on longer, truly LEGENDARY.
Serie is the ultimate tsundere. I love how, despite being disappointed in her, Freiren is only person she ever opens up to. After all, she's the only person who isn't going to be dead in the blink of an eye.
1:19 Morgan is right yesss. Dani asked what other criteria would make u pass & i think its if you seem like a challenge, like a challenge she can overcome.. in a weird way, like if you make her feel strong....which imo is twisted.. but who knows... "serie's intuition is always right" lol
"taking it out on Frieren" is a funny way to put it lol, kinda trivializes the whole point, to summarize though Frieren is from the heroes party so defeating her puts you the history books, even if you aren't acknowledged as Hero, that display of strength would definitely not be forgotten. I'm glad Dani remembered what Serie said about Lernen's capabilities because I get confused every time reactors wanna play it off like Friene's shields didn't just get ripped through like they weren't there, that didn't even happen when she fought herself
It got ripped through but Frieren still has “the height of magic” up her sleeve that serei may not even know that Frieren knows. Frieren defeats people stronger than him later and there are several extremely powerful demons that directly say they are trying to reach the “height” of magic , suggesting that Frieren has already achieved what others seek out. That spell likely isn’t even mythical era magic but instead goddess magic . If you notice the scene where flamme finds Frieren in her village , the general she killed looked like he had been crushed against a wall much like fern was during the exam , so this spell may be something Frieren has known how to do since before she was trained by flamme. There’s also the fact that flamme could read serei like a book as demonstrated with the scene of Frieren delivering her will, and flamme likely had Frieren keep certain abilities hidden from serei Incase she ever had to fight her . Tldr , the guy could lend a hit when Frieren wasn’t even looking to fight but if she took him seriously she would likely destroy him.
@@mookiestewart3776 "She would likely destroy him" nah absolutely not, Frieren Is not a very skilled mage After all. After a thousand years She still does the same mistakes that the normal magic students learn to correct immediately... Her real strenght Is the ability to trick the enemy with her Amazing mana control but Lerner immediately saw the fluctuations in her mana. Even if She didn't want to fight him she cleary didn't want to be hit as well and still he destroyed her magic shield and hit her. Talking about Serie, She knows a lot of things that happened during the fight against the demon king and we know that Frieren used that Attack in the fight so I Don't think that Serie didn't know about It, probably is a special form of magic only used by the elfs, Who knows
@@bondrewd5935 “she’s not very skilled for her age” is the actual quote you’re looking for. Compared to everyone but her and serei she is insanely skilled , also even the statement “not skilled for her age” is shown to be false in the manga in the very next arc when she goes against people that are essentially her age and have equivalent mana to her (more or less) and she out skills them. Yes her little half shield got broken but she also has to ability to simply “flash step” out of the way of attacks or behind people as shown in ep 25. From your comment I can tell you haven’t read the manga and you simply don’t know what you’re talking about . Frierens main strength isn’t her mama supply or big spells (even though she has both those things) it’s her skill and most of all her intelligence and adaptability. You’re simply uninformed on this topic. She didn’t even fire a single retaliation spell at the guy, wtf is he gonna do when she actually fights back?? You don’t know because she didn’t. You’re entire point of view is based off of a point of ignorance
@@mookiestewart3776 She isn't very skilled in general, even the worst mages Who are trying the exam are able to detect mana while they are attacking, Frieren Is not able to do that After thousands years of training....sorry but you are the One Who didn't read the manga if you think that in Eldorado arc She outskilled someone 😂 SPOILER Frieren literally admitted that Solitar was far more skilled then her both in attack and defense and she was literally forced to free Fern in order to win 2vs1 because Solitar was destroying her....This to not talk about the fact that Frieren was scared of macht because during their First fight he destroyed her while Lerner fought him and survived Without a single scratch and macht Definitely fought back😂
Frieren is the only anime for a long time where it got me excited every week again waiting for the next episode. Before, I'm pretty much tired of anime for many years because i've watched so many animes and probably have watched 1000+ of them(i've been watching anime continously for almost 20 years). Especially when almost all of anime are following the same trope over and over again. That's why even popular animes now that alot of people get hyped for like MHA, JJK, solo leveling, chainsaw man, demon slayer, etc. I can't even finish those because of how many generic tropes they have (it make sense though, why change the tropes if it still works right? They still make money doing those tropes) I can't even finish most of anime now i just ended up just watching 2 or 3 episodes i immediately get bored and stop watching. That's why I'm happy that watching frieren somehow made me feel the joy of watching anime again.
I think whether one will enjoy the show or not comes down to expectations. I came in expecting something action packed and provoking, and I almost gave up on the show during the first few episodes, but luckily I had promised myself that if a show is very hyped, I will at least watch the first season, no matter what. Because even if it sucks, at least then I can have an actual opinion about it, and not be the "quit after 2 episodes" -guy. Man, did I make the right choice with this one. But I am a sucker for exam arcs, so by then I was hooked. But even after finishing the show, I only saw it as a "pretty good show", and it required a rewatching from me to learn to appreciate the slow, deliberate pacing of the show. Now it's in my Top 5 animes.
btw , you should not lump ChainsawMan with the others. It is Special or at the very least very very different than the others. S1 only had 12 episodes, which was an absolute mistake. The story of ChainsawMan doesnt really shows its true colors until around ep20-ep21 k 6-7th hour of its screentime etc. but yeah u r right, Frieren set a new standard. After watching frieren it has become hard for me to not noticee often how most other anime even the good ones lack authenticity , subtlety and just end up feeling like shallow nd too much on the nose compared to frieren.
@btchiaintkidding7837 I'm not really impressed with Chainsaw Man. If you've seen as many anime as I have, almost nothing impresses you anymore. Chainsaw Man is no exception because it includes generic tropes, especially the ones I'm very tired of seeing. I don't know if you've read the Chainsaw Man manga,I haven't, but I'll give you an example of a generic trope I've seen in anime so many times, and I'm sure it'll also happen in Chainsaw Man. I've seen so many shows where the main protagonist receives a demon power and will be later revealed that the demon power he recieved is actually very special. So when I first watched episode 1 of the anime, I already guessed that Pochita was some kind of very special devil, giving Denji a special devil power. As I continued watching the show, my suspicion became more and more accurate. That's just one of my many guesses. Hey but if you love chainsaw man then good for you.
Anyone who does labor would appreciate spells like laundry spells, spells than clean kitchenware, spells that can help in farms, etc. that's why i understand why fern chose that spell. Besides they're already living in a peaceful era, battle spells would be pretty useless considering that mages are already pretty strong and they can take care of threats such as bandits and demons.
Lernen actually exploited Frieren's weakness discussed 2 episodes ago, which is why he successfully injured her. Assuming he wasn't watching them in the dungeon, it means he immediately noticed the flaw in her defense after only a few seconds. That tells a lot about his skills and why Serie said he could take Frieren in a fight.
A decade ago I had a very similar relationship as Denken and Laufen have, but the genders reversed. My wall neighbor was this sweet old widowed grandma I talked with whenever we passed by, I had just moved on my own from my parents as a 20-year-old guy, and she was super friendly and sociable, I would go to visit her, talk with her about whatever she wanted to talk about, and she would "bribe" me with pastry she had baked. I think at one point her actual children thought I was a scammer of some sort, but it all turned out fine in the end. Back then I did mostly go to see her for the free food, but I did enjoy her company.
Have the bittersweet feeling to ladies, this series was so damn good and lovely, not have around for the time being, is major bummer. I truly we hope we see a majority of these characters again, damn near all of them are so cool and interesting. This series also has one of the best cast of lady characters I’ve seen, very dynamic and versatile as far as the collective goes. Thanks for putting me on this lovely ladies, I appreciate it very much. Watching this dope series with you guys has been a good vibes. S2 needs to come expeditiously.
Serie is just like that because if she’s gonna be honest with her feelings she’ll be devastated because of the countless students, friends or love ones she outlived.
Wonderful reactions ladies! The second season of Frieren can't come soon enough! Really liked the wrap up of the exam arc and Fern's choice of spell and Serie's reaction to it with the same Frieren face. I couldn't wait and jumped ahead in the manga and it's very interesting journeying in the Northern Lands. Looking forward to your reacitnos to Made In Abyss season 2!
I think Sein’s friend is definitely dead as well, if only because he needs a reason to go to Heaven with the rest of the party. Frieren has Himmel, Fern has Heiter, Stark has his brother, so Sein needs someone he wants to see again.
2nd season for sure will come, given how well made and well received it is, and manga readers already know who will be onion-ing our eyes in the next season (El Dorado Arc), it's Denken.
If you don't know what to do with your life now without Frieren, may I suggest reacting to Maomao and the Apothecary Diaries? It's a great salve for Frieren withdrawal lol. I doubt I'm the first to suggest it to you guys. You won't regret it.
Worth mentioning that Ehre’s grandfather was Lehrnen, the first class mage who wanted to fight Frieren. It brings more context to the fight Ehre had with Fern during the first mage test when she said fighting Fern was like fighting her grandfather. Lehren too would only use basic offense and defense spells while fighting her.
I like how Frieren last line "It would be embarrasing when we meet again" and they asking "What does that mean?" is very likely their way to confirm that there's going to be S2.
I can't believe Land shot up from "meh" to "top tier" at the last second by discovering the ancient, forbidden power of Work From Home. All the other mages were out there risking their lives, but this guy was able to pass the test and get a girlfriend/stalker while spending the whole time just relaxing and sipping tea.
Serie didn’t exactly punish Frieren with the ban. Frieren never cared about being a first class mage it was just a requirement to have one to continue the journey, she also didn’t care about being part of the mage association. All Serie did was leave another mark in history for Frieren… she’s recorded at every association event as a barred mage, so she’s further immortalized. The real question is whether Serie was being petulant and this is just a side effect or whether she’s being clever and intended this.
Did you catch from the end screens that Lernen (who attacked Frieren) is probably Ehre's gradfather? 😄 As she mentioned that her gf is 1st class mage and offered Wirbel an introduction
Serie is actually nice letting Methode-oneesan dotes on her. There is an omake where she asked Genau to tell Methode that she can only caress her for 10min a day. Thats how strong Methode is. LoL
There’s a frieren chibi version of like 10 episodes of about 3 minutes each. They’re on TH-cam although without subtitles. But since they’re on TH-cam it’s ok to watch them in pirate sites for the subs because it’s already free anyways
I love this anime so much that I’m definitely gonna go back and watch it in English… if I ever get the time. For now, I just have to make do with whoever else might be reacting to it.
It didn’t click for me until I was watching a different reaction, but the more I watch this episode, the more I’m convinced that Serie doesn’t consider herself talented. She is the strongest because she’s lived for so long, but lacks the imagination and creativity of her students. She’s bored when innovation stalls, but doesn’t have the capacity to move it forward herself. And so that’s why she’s always looking for geniuses that can push the boundaries and quell her boredom.
I like that theory, not sure if I fully buy it since we don't know what an elf of her age is supposed to be like strength wise but its certainly interesting
@@Sarahnsx I think I buy it a little bit, considering how Serie's attitude was to Flamme all that time ago she realized that humans will always accomplish great things and she even acknowledged that by telling Frieren that if its not the demon king that kills her it will be a human mage. That applies to Serie herself, given time of course. She talks about how humans don't put things off because they live so much shorter in comparison to elves as well. Like yes Serie is powerful as hell, she knows she's powerful, but she probably doesn't see herself on the same level as these human mages who can accomplish so much in such a little time, if were talking about talent.
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She at least gets excited when she founds a talented young mage to mentor.
@@skull1161 Interesting, I like the theory that her admiration for what humans achieve in a short time is also her considering them to be talented/geniuses, I can definitely get behind that. Thinking back on the scene were she talks about the "era of humans" you could tell she was excited about the idea, looking at that scene with this context I see its more than just excitement but admiration as well. Serie still knows almost all of humanities spells though, obviously she's really old and had a lot of time but I'd think that takes a high level of talent, we've also learned that despite how long elves live they learn slowly, so who knows whether she's achieved this faster than normal.
@@Sarahnsx fwiw, the initial line that made me think about this was cut from this reaction, but it was when Serie was talking about Flamme: "Honestly, Flamme was a failure. Despite all her talent, she failed to reach my heights." To me, that line feels like she really thought Flamme had more talent, but still fell short because of her short lifespan. Almost as if Serie expects that someone with enough talent might be able to catch her, despite her time advantage. In that conversation, Serie also talks about her other students in a similar light.
i dont know in the future or (manga), "after all, it would be embarrasing when we met again", and the present time Frieren and group is going to heaven meeting Himmel
I think Frieren will learn time travel magic, go back in time, become the goddess, and periodically come back to Himmel during his life as they grow old together (that's why he looked so old, because it was actually much more than 50 years for him due to time traveling with Frieren).
Nah, Frieren Is not even One of the top 5 strongest characters in her verse After thousands of years of training.....She Definitely can't become the goddess😂 in addition a solution like that would ruin the entire message of the story: human Life is short so Don't delay too much or you Will regret it.
I love that the laundry spell specifically has floral scent because Fern got jealous when Frieren was hugged by Methode and she said she smells like flowers
Omg yes😂😂
I never noticed
Omg, i get mad since it is so Obvious now that you mentioned it. (I did not pick that up at all)
My Anime of the year probably. Show pulled my heart strings all the way. Loved each character they pulled into this and can't wait to see them again. Thank you for your reaction and time with this show!
You guys were my favourite reactors for this show because you relate the to the emotion in the show better than anyone, sad its over.
I hope season 2 comes soon 🥹 -Sam
@@TheReactPackIt's confirmed coming!
But they didn't understand Serie true feelings.
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Serie is like "Great, now there's two of them" when Fern asked for that spell 😂
to be fair , frieren will likely teach her most of the combat spells that she knows , and frieren herself has an vast arsenal of spells already. So it's not like she really needs to ask that from series.
@mihai000000 this is another example of great writing. Its not explicit, but she also asked for that spell because the most dangerous situation she's been in, was one where a demon splashed blood on her outfit to track her. This is a counter to that ever happening again.
@@JamesMillsNeutralBase and for non manga readers, its kind of obvious that you dont really need an all powerful spell since well the demon king is dead and the era of peace is here, even lernen was complaining that he was
"living in the wrong era" since hes so powerful but reached that power level during the peaceful era. So it was more beneficial to get a practical spell rather than a combat spell yknow?
of course the laundry spell counters the splashed blood tracking her, and also her getting that spell is proof that she is frieren's student and has her style in being a mage, and also the fact that she wants frieren to like her flower scent cuz of flashback to that scene where frieren liked methode's hug more than fern's cuz she smelled like flowers, all these little details the audience can analyse, whether it is intentional or not, is pretty nice
The thing about Lernen trying to kill Frieren is this: Frieren is one of, if not, the most famous mage in the history being part of the Hero's party. Killing someone like that will make you very memorable and will surely make you part of the history no matter how many years past basically making you part of a fairy tale as the villain. He wanted more people to remember Serie not only as the teacher of Flamme but also the teacher of someone who bested and killed another legendary figure.
Didn’t he want himself to be remembered? And then if I rememb correctly Frieren said that he’ll be remembered by Serie so he doesn’t need to kill her or anyone to be famous?
@@danielsirbu6706 he wanted to be remembered because 1 for the reason you said about serie remembering him and also make her more impactful in the future even if by becoming a villain (so serie wouldnt be easily forgotten) by killing someone important like the mage in the hero party thus making serie the killer's master
Herostratus's logic.
@@danielsirbu6706 I think the main reason was that he wanted his master to be proud and remember him. He didn't know Serie is already proud and will remember him. But Serie is just so childish she won't tell her students how she feels.
@@skilo581I honestly don't think it had anything to do with wanting anything for himself. The line he says right before the "even if it means being the one who killed a legendary hero" is that he doesn't want Serie to be alone in the future. The show kinda goes into the idea of "you're only truly dead once everyone has forgotten you", so if more of Serie's students are remembered like Flamme is, then they aren't truly gone and she isn't "alone"
I like to think she passes Ubel without speaking to her for multiple reasons:
1. She knows how Ubel works and doesn't want Ubel to learn anything about her.
2. She's still pissed off that Ubel killed one of her first class mages.
I also think she knows how Ubel works, she has been around for millions of years so I think she knew this types of mages through her life
damn didn't think about this but you're probably right. So many layers to the writing in this show.
3) She's aware of what Ubel is capable of, and she can tell that Ubel isnt even afraid of her.
Honestly, all the mages that Serie passed all share one criteria: They didnt freeze from her aura, albeit a few exceptions
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Ubel: she's nuts to the point that she's fearless, even against Serie
Land: To not even be physically present the entire time is wild. Dude passed the exam in his home. Serie acknowledges his boldness. First exception
Wirbel: Basically a demon killer, and Serie enjoys mages that can fight.
Methode: Second exception. She adores Serie since she smol and cute. Serie passed her coz she didnt sense any fear from her.
These are likely true, but also she can see who can visualize themselves as a first class mage, and Ubel definitely is there already. In the world of magic, what can be visualized is what is.
@@andresalonso1143 I know she's qualified to be first class, I'm more speaking as to why she doesn't want to speak to Ubel.
Ladies, it's been super fun watching along with you on Patreon! Unfortunately Madhouse doesn't have the best reputation for continuing their hit shows so I hope the popularity of Frieren changes that. They did such an amazing job with season 1 I don't want season 2 to be in another studio's hands,
It's already confirmed to continue on Twitter and technically end of the show. Hence why the journey to ende continues
@allanperez8743 oh we will get a season 2, but we need that season to be made by madhouse.
The detail of some of Frieren’s traits and quirks are influenced by Himmel, it only deepens pivotal bond between them. This series does character relationships/bonds. I really dig the philosophy behind Himmel and Frieren’s distaste for emotional goodbyes, as it would be embarrassing when they reunited with the people they said farewell too. This series is greatness.
Frieren is already one of my favorite shows, Frieren herself is my favorite Mc in quite a while, it’s been years since I’ve liked an Mc this much. This show has a lot of amazing characters in general and I’m excited to see what that’ll do in the future. The in-depth magic system,the world building and the life lessons , it has it all what a show
After the first exam Ehre (The brown haired girl with Wirbel) mentions that she has a rich grandpa in Auberst (said rich or famous can't remember which) . In the end credits we see Lernen (The guy who wanted to fight Frieren) with WIrbel and Ehre, basically to show that he is Ehre's grandpa
The scenes at the end were the graves and important meeting places of various characters -the flower bush where Himmel and the others first met Frieren, Himmel's grave, Heiter's grave, Eisen's home (with the markers to his dead family), the scenes with all the various characters, then closing on Flamme's grave. It really is about life and death and the people you meet along the way.
I really like Serie as a character. If we put together everything she's said in the past few episodes, we realize that she wasn't insulting Lernen for being old, she was sad that he (and all her other students) couldn't live longer; she wasn't refusing to honor Flamme's will, she was refusing to accept that Flamme was dead; and so on. Serie is struggling with and mourning the reality of human mortality just as much as Frieren is, but in different ways.
She's someone who subconsciously understood the value of companionship long before Frieren did but is still incapable of understanding her own feelings well enough to communicate them honestly.
This show is too good to not have a 2nd season. I hope Frieren season 2 returns soon because I miss it
Its okay soon bro soon
In a mere Ten years probably
The manga is also crazy popular. There’s no way the cancel it.
Season 2 has been announced without a release date. It's coming, though we have no idea when.
Fun fact:
14:21 if you look at the flashback of Serie students, you can see one of them use a spell to bind a bird. I believe this is the spell that Frieren learn to catch Stille in first exam.
And one of them was Lernen, creating a golem (like the one used in the second test, made by him)
Lernen challenging Frieren really calls back to episode 7, the bit where Himmel says he wants the statues made so that long after he's gone his memory will live on for Frieren's sake. "We existed. We won't be fairy tales." He's afraid that Serie will regret taking him as her apprentice if he doesn't do something to keep the memories of him from fading, and sees killing the legendary Frieren as the one last chance in his life to do something that will make him be remembered, even if it's for something terrible. He stops trying to fight when Frieren helps him realize that Serie does truly value his companionship, and has no regrets about taking him in even if he isn't remembered by others.
Serie in a lot of ways is very similar to what Frieren would be if she never journeyed with Himmel and co., who taught her how to properly express her feelings.
Lernen challenged Frieren out of love for Seirie; if this anime gets the greenlight for Season 2 you WILL revisit those characters again as the manga has revisited them.
it will definitely get greenlight for season2 (i hope :D)
I really love how the ending about goodbyes was for us, watchers and fans of Frieren!
On a second re-watch I noticed why Fern chose, "a spell to make clothes clean and spotless". In a past episode Frieren considered, "a spell to remove mold and a spell to remove tough oil stains" to be "legendary", Fern even says, "those spells are so convenient they changed my world". Frieren is definitely influencing Fern's view of magic the way Flamme did for her by wanting everyone to be able to use "ordinary" magic. In Fern and Frieren's eyes more simple, ordinary and useful spells are "legendary spells", she even loves searching for and collecting spells and looks forward to seeing different kinds of magic, to Serie magic is a tool for killing. Frieren and Flamme's favorite spell creates a field of flowers, Serie calls it a "useless and foolish" spell, even though she uses it herself.
Serie might be older but Frieren was right, "she truly is a child".
Arguably, a spell you would use a million times is more legendary than a spell you'd only use once.
@@jgaringanalso, a powerful demon attack spell becomes a basic spell a human mage can cast after 80 years. Actual useful spells will probably live on longer, truly LEGENDARY.
Serie is the ultimate tsundere. I love how, despite being disappointed in her, Freiren is only person she ever opens up to. After all, she's the only person who isn't going to be dead in the blink of an eye.
1:19 Morgan is right yesss.
Dani asked what other criteria would make u pass & i think its if you seem like a challenge, like a challenge she can overcome.. in a weird way, like if you make her feel strong....which imo is twisted.. but who knows... "serie's intuition is always right" lol
"taking it out on Frieren" is a funny way to put it lol, kinda trivializes the whole point, to summarize though Frieren is from the heroes party so defeating her puts you the history books, even if you aren't acknowledged as Hero, that display of strength would definitely not be forgotten. I'm glad Dani remembered what Serie said about Lernen's capabilities because I get confused every time reactors wanna play it off like Friene's shields didn't just get ripped through like they weren't there, that didn't even happen when she fought herself
It got ripped through but Frieren still has “the height of magic” up her sleeve that serei may not even know that Frieren knows. Frieren defeats people stronger than him later and there are several extremely powerful demons that directly say they are trying to reach the “height” of magic , suggesting that Frieren has already achieved what others seek out. That spell likely isn’t even mythical era magic but instead goddess magic . If you notice the scene where flamme finds Frieren in her village , the general she killed looked like he had been crushed against a wall much like fern was during the exam , so this spell may be something Frieren has known how to do since before she was trained by flamme. There’s also the fact that flamme could read serei like a book as demonstrated with the scene of Frieren delivering her will, and flamme likely had Frieren keep certain abilities hidden from serei Incase she ever had to fight her . Tldr , the guy could lend a hit when Frieren wasn’t even looking to fight but if she took him seriously she would likely destroy him.
@@mookiestewart3776 "She would likely destroy him" nah absolutely not, Frieren Is not a very skilled mage After all. After a thousand years She still does the same mistakes that the normal magic students learn to correct immediately... Her real strenght Is the ability to trick the enemy with her Amazing mana control but Lerner immediately saw the fluctuations in her mana. Even if She didn't want to fight him she cleary didn't want to be hit as well and still he destroyed her magic shield and hit her. Talking about Serie, She knows a lot of things that happened during the fight against the demon king and we know that Frieren used that Attack in the fight so I Don't think that Serie didn't know about It, probably is a special form of magic only used by the elfs, Who knows
@@bondrewd5935 “she’s not very skilled for her age” is the actual quote you’re looking for. Compared to everyone but her and serei she is insanely skilled , also even the statement “not skilled for her age” is shown to be false in the manga in the very next arc when she goes against people that are essentially her age and have equivalent mana to her (more or less) and she out skills them. Yes her little half shield got broken but she also has to ability to simply “flash step” out of the way of attacks or behind people as shown in ep 25. From your comment I can tell you haven’t read the manga and you simply don’t know what you’re talking about . Frierens main strength isn’t her mama supply or big spells (even though she has both those things) it’s her skill and most of all her intelligence and adaptability. You’re simply uninformed on this topic. She didn’t even fire a single retaliation spell at the guy, wtf is he gonna do when she actually fights back?? You don’t know because she didn’t. You’re entire point of view is based off of a point of ignorance
@@mookiestewart3776 She isn't very skilled in general, even the worst mages Who are trying the exam are able to detect mana while they are attacking, Frieren Is not able to do that After thousands years of training....sorry but you are the One Who didn't read the manga if you think that in Eldorado arc She outskilled someone 😂
SPOILER
Frieren literally admitted that Solitar was far more skilled then her both in attack and defense and she was literally forced to free Fern in order to win 2vs1 because Solitar was destroying her....This to not talk about the fact that Frieren was scared of macht because during their First fight he destroyed her while Lerner fought him and survived Without a single scratch and macht Definitely fought back😂
I mean they’re right, trying to kill someone because you’re insecure about your relationship to your mentor is kind of insane.
Land is a legend for not even showing up to the exam and passing anyway lol
The journey to Ende continues. "When????"
Frieren: "Soon."
"How many years is soon?😭"
"Soon"
I'm 100% sure when Stark said he'll wait outside it was for Frieren not waiting alone, and Fern liked how Stark is considerate for Frieren
it was a mere 28 episodes...
Frieren is the only anime for a long time where it got me excited every week again waiting for the next episode. Before, I'm pretty much tired of anime for many years because i've watched so many animes and probably have watched 1000+ of them(i've been watching anime continously for almost 20 years). Especially when almost all of anime are following the same trope over and over again.
That's why even popular animes now that alot of people get hyped for like MHA, JJK, solo leveling, chainsaw man, demon slayer, etc. I can't even finish those because of how many generic tropes they have (it make sense though, why change the tropes if it still works right? They still make money doing those tropes) I can't even finish most of anime now i just ended up just watching 2 or 3 episodes i immediately get bored and stop watching.
That's why I'm happy that watching frieren somehow made me feel the joy of watching anime again.
I think whether one will enjoy the show or not comes down to expectations. I came in expecting something action packed and provoking, and I almost gave up on the show during the first few episodes, but luckily I had promised myself that if a show is very hyped, I will at least watch the first season, no matter what. Because even if it sucks, at least then I can have an actual opinion about it, and not be the "quit after 2 episodes" -guy. Man, did I make the right choice with this one. But I am a sucker for exam arcs, so by then I was hooked. But even after finishing the show, I only saw it as a "pretty good show", and it required a rewatching from me to learn to appreciate the slow, deliberate pacing of the show. Now it's in my Top 5 animes.
btw , you should not lump ChainsawMan with the others. It is Special or at the very least very very different than the others.
S1 only had 12 episodes, which was an absolute mistake. The story of ChainsawMan doesnt really shows its true colors until around ep20-ep21 k 6-7th hour of its screentime etc.
but yeah u r right, Frieren set a new standard. After watching frieren it has become hard for me to not noticee often how most other anime even the good ones lack authenticity , subtlety and just end up feeling like shallow nd too much on the nose compared to frieren.
@btchiaintkidding7837 I'm not really impressed with Chainsaw Man. If you've seen as many anime as I have, almost nothing impresses you anymore. Chainsaw Man is no exception because it includes generic tropes, especially the ones I'm very tired of seeing.
I don't know if you've read the Chainsaw Man manga,I haven't, but I'll give you an example of a generic trope I've seen in anime so many times, and I'm sure it'll also happen in Chainsaw Man. I've seen so many shows where the main protagonist receives a demon power and will be later revealed that the demon power he recieved is actually very special. So when I first watched episode 1 of the anime, I already guessed that Pochita was some kind of very special devil, giving Denji a special devil power. As I continued watching the show, my suspicion became more and more accurate. That's just one of my many guesses.
Hey but if you love chainsaw man then good for you.
Anyone who does labor would appreciate spells like laundry spells, spells than clean kitchenware, spells that can help in farms, etc. that's why i understand why fern chose that spell.
Besides they're already living in a peaceful era, battle spells would be pretty useless considering that mages are already pretty strong and they can take care of threats such as bandits and demons.
Lernen actually exploited Frieren's weakness discussed 2 episodes ago, which is why he successfully injured her. Assuming he wasn't watching them in the dungeon, it means he immediately noticed the flaw in her defense after only a few seconds. That tells a lot about his skills and why Serie said he could take Frieren in a fight.
Could you agree that himmel is the most Hero of all heroes character of all anime? 😭
A decade ago I had a very similar relationship as Denken and Laufen have, but the genders reversed. My wall neighbor was this sweet old widowed grandma I talked with whenever we passed by, I had just moved on my own from my parents as a 20-year-old guy, and she was super friendly and sociable, I would go to visit her, talk with her about whatever she wanted to talk about, and she would "bribe" me with pastry she had baked. I think at one point her actual children thought I was a scammer of some sort, but it all turned out fine in the end. Back then I did mostly go to see her for the free food, but I did enjoy her company.
Have the bittersweet feeling to ladies, this series was so damn good and lovely, not have around for the time being, is major bummer. I truly we hope we see a majority of these characters again, damn near all of them are so cool and interesting. This series also has one of the best cast of lady characters I’ve seen, very dynamic and versatile as far as the collective goes.
Thanks for putting me on this lovely ladies, I appreciate it very much. Watching this dope series with you guys has been a good vibes. S2 needs to come expeditiously.
My favorite part is the music when Stark realizes he's been casually talking to nobility!
Thank you so much for your wonderful reactions!!! My heart has a small hole after this show ended. ❤
Dani: WHEN?! When does it continue?!
Frieren: Soon.
Fern: ....how many years is soon?
Thx for sharing ur reaction and journey with us. Loved ur takes and emotionality, and the appreciation of Lernen.
Serie is just like that because if she’s gonna be honest with her feelings she’ll be devastated because of the countless students, friends or love ones she outlived.
New season has officially announce. As a manga reader I can't wait for you guys to react to it when it gets animated ❤
Wonderful reactions ladies! The second season of Frieren can't come soon enough! Really liked the wrap up of the exam arc and Fern's choice of spell and Serie's reaction to it with the same Frieren face. I couldn't wait and jumped ahead in the manga and it's very interesting journeying in the Northern Lands. Looking forward to your reacitnos to Made In Abyss season 2!
I think Sein’s friend is definitely dead as well, if only because he needs a reason to go to Heaven with the rest of the party.
Frieren has Himmel, Fern has Heiter, Stark has his brother, so Sein needs someone he wants to see again.
💀
2nd season for sure will come, given how well made and well received it is, and manga readers already know who will be onion-ing our eyes in the next season (El Dorado Arc), it's Denken.
The ending of the season REALLY hit me emotionally out of nowhere. 10/10 show.
You know Frierien is such a great show because the second it ends you feel a giant black hole in your life. I need more.
Thank you for a wonderful time, guys!
"The journey to Ende continues." such a good note to end on
I just keep crying everytime I see the ending of this show
If you don't know what to do with your life now without Frieren, may I suggest reacting to Maomao and the Apothecary Diaries? It's a great salve for Frieren withdrawal lol. I doubt I'm the first to suggest it to you guys. You won't regret it.
Grandpa Denken out here just adopting grandchildren 😂🤣
Worth mentioning that Ehre’s grandfather was Lehrnen, the first class mage who wanted to fight Frieren. It brings more context to the fight Ehre had with Fern during the first mage test when she said fighting Fern was like fighting her grandfather. Lehren too would only use basic offense and defense spells while fighting her.
Denken got himself a granddaughter as a bonus
16:42 "Denken needs to talk to her"
Don't worry about that :>
Is this talking about something that hasn't happened in the show yet?
Yes@@broad_cat
I like how Frieren last line "It would be embarrasing when we meet again" and they asking "What does that mean?" is very likely their way to confirm that there's going to be S2.
I can't believe Land shot up from "meh" to "top tier" at the last second by discovering the ancient, forbidden power of Work From Home. All the other mages were out there risking their lives, but this guy was able to pass the test and get a girlfriend/stalker while spending the whole time just relaxing and sipping tea.
Love Stark's reaction to finding out Denken is a noble. He's still mentally scarred from way back at Graf Granat's castle.
I Love the Show. Im from Brazil. Thanks for all.
Such a beautiful show, bring on season 2 😭🙌🏽
Serie didn’t exactly punish Frieren with the ban. Frieren never cared about being a first class mage it was just a requirement to have one to continue the journey, she also didn’t care about being part of the mage association. All Serie did was leave another mark in history for Frieren… she’s recorded at every association event as a barred mage, so she’s further immortalized. The real question is whether Serie was being petulant and this is just a side effect or whether she’s being clever and intended this.
that ending song ?
is this frieren's love letter to himmel?
There’s nothing more beautiful than seeing hot reactors reacting to my favorite socially awkward
Elf mage. ❤
I love this show so much! 😭 Cant wait till season 2.... whenever that will be (please be soon! 😆🙏)
I am still waiting on that S2 announcement. Great reaction ladies
Did you catch from the end screens that Lernen (who attacked Frieren) is probably Ehre's gradfather? 😄 As she mentioned that her gf is 1st class mage and offered Wirbel an introduction
You really have to love Land, dude really went through the whole exam on a Zoom call
Reactor in the middle: "Oh hey what spell did Denken pick?"
Oh I promise you're gonna find out, and it's gonna be DOPE.
Serie is actually nice letting Methode-oneesan dotes on her. There is an omake where she asked Genau to tell Methode that she can only caress her for 10min a day. Thats how strong Methode is. LoL
Methode is truly the most powerful of all.
We all gonna look like Old Man Himmel by the time the next season rolls around
That ending song hits even harder when season is over 😭😭😭
"WHEN!??! When does it continue?"
It's okay, soon... in a mere 50 years.
Please react to Apothecary diaries next... Thanks...
It’s already on our Patreon! ;D -Morgan
“When is it gonna continue” lmao my exact reaction when the show ended 😭😢
There’s a frieren chibi version of like 10 episodes of about 3 minutes each. They’re on TH-cam although without subtitles. But since they’re on TH-cam it’s ok to watch them in pirate sites for the subs because it’s already free anyways
I love this anime so much that I’m definitely gonna go back and watch it in English… if I ever get the time. For now, I just have to make do with whoever else might be reacting to it.
It didn’t click for me until I was watching a different reaction, but the more I watch this episode, the more I’m convinced that Serie doesn’t consider herself talented. She is the strongest because she’s lived for so long, but lacks the imagination and creativity of her students. She’s bored when innovation stalls, but doesn’t have the capacity to move it forward herself. And so that’s why she’s always looking for geniuses that can push the boundaries and quell her boredom.
I like that theory, not sure if I fully buy it since we don't know what an elf of her age is supposed to be like strength wise but its certainly interesting
@@Sarahnsx I think I buy it a little bit, considering how Serie's attitude was to Flamme all that time ago she realized that humans will always accomplish great things and she even acknowledged that by telling Frieren that if its not the demon king that kills her it will be a human mage. That applies to Serie herself, given time of course. She talks about how humans don't put things off because they live so much shorter in comparison to elves as well.
Like yes Serie is powerful as hell, she knows she's powerful, but she probably doesn't see herself on the same level as these human mages who can accomplish so much in such a little time, if were talking about talent.
She at least gets excited when she founds a talented young mage to mentor.
@@skull1161 Interesting, I like the theory that her admiration for what humans achieve in a short time is also her considering them to be talented/geniuses, I can definitely get behind that.
Thinking back on the scene were she talks about the "era of humans" you could tell she was excited about the idea, looking at that scene with this context I see its more than just excitement but admiration as well.
Serie still knows almost all of humanities spells though, obviously she's really old and had a lot of time but I'd think that takes a high level of talent, we've also learned that despite how long elves live they learn slowly, so who knows whether she's achieved this faster than normal.
@@Sarahnsx fwiw, the initial line that made me think about this was cut from this reaction, but it was when Serie was talking about Flamme: "Honestly, Flamme was a failure. Despite all her talent, she failed to reach my heights."
To me, that line feels like she really thought Flamme had more talent, but still fell short because of her short lifespan. Almost as if Serie expects that someone with enough talent might be able to catch her, despite her time advantage. In that conversation, Serie also talks about her other students in a similar light.
Now we wait for El Dorado arc, probably one of the best one of this story
Yeah I felt the same as you guys when it was over. Season 2 definitely hasn’t been confirmed yet. So anyone who says otherwise is trolling
"It would be embarrassing when we met again"?
Himmel, you magnificent bastard, you are talking to us, the viewers, right?!
Man I love this show... Dungeon Meshi next !!!!!
And you alright~
Can you hear me~
😢
You have to remember Frieren Cried at Himmel's goodbye. So now she's going to meet him again It going to be embarrassing.
This show so great 😢 🙏
This show was just so f'n good.
If you like gentle works like this, you might like "Natsumeyuujincyo". The leading Japanese voice actor is the same as Levi from Attack on Titan.
i dont know in the future or (manga), "after all, it would be embarrasing when we met again", and the present time Frieren and group is going to heaven meeting Himmel
and Himmel in German means heaven/sky
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PEAK IS RETURNING FOR S2! BUT THEY DIDNT SAY WHEN SO IT COULD BE A WHILE 😂
第2シーズンは2025年の放送に向けて制作中だ。私も楽しみだ。
Frieren: =w=
Serie: =w=
-Kraft when lol-
Old man dehnken(?) took off in the middle of the night asap to get north to his wife's grave... the party will meet up w/him in his home village 😊
Did you know Ehre grandfather is First class mage Lernen.
I can’t wait for season 2
If only Sein had hanged around long enough to have met Methode. lol.
Fern's team on the 1st exam is godamn busted
😍Dani🥰
crying excessively, indeed
Go ahead and mark me down as "not okay" too.
18:24 same
😭
Not much of a spoiler bur i will say your gonna be seeing denken alot more but probably be a while
🦵🦵🦵👀
I think Frieren will learn time travel magic, go back in time, become the goddess, and periodically come back to Himmel during his life as they grow old together (that's why he looked so old, because it was actually much more than 50 years for him due to time traveling with Frieren).
Nah, Frieren Is not even One of the top 5 strongest characters in her verse After thousands of years of training.....She Definitely can't become the goddess😂 in addition a solution like that would ruin the entire message of the story: human Life is short so Don't delay too much or you Will regret it.
wtf lol
Recommendation: black clover
Not the screaming brat
アニメ画面が消えるたびに見える真ん中の娘の太ももにムラムラしてしまう
🤣🤣🤣
Crazy comment
sigh* boys will be boys I guess