What I like about this fight is that although Stark and Fern fight separately, their final success relies heavily on each other. Fern wouldn't have had that opening to strike Lugner had Stark not killed Linie, and Stark wouldn't have had the chance to trade that final blow with Linnie if Fern hadn't cornered Lugner so bad Linie had to rush to help. They are two, but one. Fantastic writing.
I haven't watched the Anime yet so I don't know if it's the same but there the ironic part is that Lügner pretty much wanted Linie to to kill Stark so Ferne would be distracted ... and then Stark kills Linie, distracting him and allowing Ferne to deal the killing blow.
@@jessISaRicePrincessyeah, but he will still hold on longer and deal more damage to Fern. Remember, the guy has more mana than Fern. He can keep on buying time until Fern runs out of mana. He needs Linie help to ensure his victory since Fern is dangerous. However, that does not mean that he’s incapable of beating her or at least gives her a serious injury.
@@stevenlee3240 Nah he admits mid-fight he wouldn't win in a battle of attrition because she is attacking faster than he can replenish his defenses. Hence why he called out to Linie to be a distraction for him. he claims he has greater control and power but at no point after they start battling was Fern on the back-foot. Hell Stark only took the amount of damage he did because it took him far too long to figure out Linie's power plus he seems to get in his own head too much.
@@stevenlee3240lugner hadn't landed a hit on fern the entire fight beside the beginning. He would've lost either way because fern was the much stronger than him, it just would've taken a little longer since in the scene where he wants to have a battle attrition, she breaks through his shield in not even a minute and damages him. No way would lugner have any shot of beating her. Worrying about linie is what caused his death to be sooner than it would've been
Yes, he CAN tank damage as he is a warrior. But he said it himself during the episode, he wouldve died had that demon's strike be as heavy as Eisen's, which it wasn't.
I think he compare himself to much to Eisen who is a fucking iron tank. Weapons literally break on his skin wthout leaving a scratch when he takes a direct blow.
It wasn’t that he could technically tank damage, the demons attack had no weight to them and as stark said we’re just mimicking the attacks. Thats why when the demon hit stark in the eye he didn’t end up loosing it.
The demon girl also made blunder and the reaction are animated too well. We can see how she made heavy step from draw back her axe to try to step back. But because she didn't anticipate such quick movement, it become a dead end for her. Even when the inertia of her body going to back, the quick slash force her to move foward suddenly. Not to mention her face expression after that. 😘 It was beautiful. All the detail makes the fight has some sense of realism there instead of making her just simply wait to be attack or some bs plot armor like she is surprised she can't draw back her axe.
he also did that in the valley when they first meet stark at night when hes training the loud sounds arent from him splitting the mountain but from the sonic boom he creates from swinging faster than sound
@@MonsteRNieRNah didnt say she was weak. the problem is that she was fighting as Eisen. Had that been Eisen Stark would be dead several times. Meanwhile Stark was as usual mentally nerfing himself thats why he later realized that her blows are too weak for him. Just think of it as a Lvl 50 Warrior with 999 STR and VITgetting afraid to hit back a Lvl 100 Demon with 200 ATK and 100 VIT but LVL max copy skill.
the fact that Stark withstood Eisen's "serious" punch after being scared with just a mere scar is a testament to how durable he actually is. Bro's just lacking the self-confidence but that's what makes his character great because it's reasonable. Fear towards someone you think is more powerful than you doesn't really go away that easily especially if you're inexperienced, atleast in terms of actually combat although you probably have more than enough skillset to overpower them.
The thing about that Eisen punch is that he wasn’t just training him then. He got so scared he attacked on instinct with his full power. And the end result is that his student only has a scar, when that punch should have ended a lot of people. Stark is a name many will come to revere or fear, depending on whether their on his side or not, with how tanky and strong his now, and his potential there later.
Last minute before the episode ended, I was like “another shounen cliffhanger”, I DID NOT expect to see that fight end in such an amazing way, holy crap the animators went mad with this for sure
Fern might not have the strength that her master does, but she has serious speed. And she’s only going to get stronger from here on. Combine that with her speed and she could be even scarier than Frieren is now. Speed means a lot in a battle. Being able to kill your opponent in a single strike doesn’t matter if your opponent can do the same to you, but faster. That’s where Fern’s heading by the looks of it.
All of them were except Qual. Lugnar practically talked himself to death and Linie didn’t think about defending herself either. And she was too weak to even get a double kill.
Qual is arrogant the most. Anyway, as Frieren stated, she believed this couple can 2v2 those demons. They were well-trained by the strongest of their class. Enemies' arrogant did help but mostly they won by their own potential which is incredible.
@@khalduras784 he was, and he had every right to considering that the OG who killed the demon king Can't even beat him He only lost because frieren deconstructed his magic and turned it against it's own creator
I believe linie didn't defend because,Eisen didn't,She's like a mage who tried to copy a skill of warrior,sure you can copy the skill but the power and her physical body didn't match the original user
What I also love is just how much this showcases fear as Stark's main flaw: Linie was probably way weaker than that solar dragon, given how he cleaved right through her while leaving the dragon mostly intact with the same move, but he struggles way more against her bc he was scared of demons due to there being way more stories abt them from the war
That, and when he fought the dragon, he thought he had Frieren the Great Mage backing him up. In this fight, Fern straight up told him he was on his own.
I feel it was more because he was fighting a stand-in for his master but when he realized she can only copy the moves that's where he was able to overcome her.
stark is super fast and super strong, he could have just one shot her from the very start but seeing his master's technique must have felt like facing a wall
Man this episode animation was top notch even the simple scenes like when stark put on his jacket and when fern throws her coat, Kudos to the animators!
The one that blows me away is the little detail of Lenia's hair shreds after the lighting strike. Same with Aura's hair in the aftermath of her fight; the little details are always so amazing in this show.
Frieren is an anime that I didn't expect to be a GOD TIER anime. She may take the anime of the year award. Also, the physics on this anime is top notch. The way their hair moves along with their body movements is just awesome. And to top it off, the BGM is f*cking perfect.
@@thedarkwolf5637 JJK is only getting as much hype as it is , over Frieren is because people kinda assume anime = shonen . I love JJK to bits but Frieren has everything and it doesn't need to write characters off to make us feel sad , every few episodes.
I jokingly told my wife that Stark's Lightning Strike comes out at frame 1. Rewatching the scene, it is confirmed, there are no start-up frames on that bad boy. He's standing up one moment, and chopped demon the next.
gotta love the poetic part of their death lügner: had to gloat so he failed his sneak attack on purpose giving fern all she needed linie: could only do cheap imitations, got killed by the real deal
Funny coming from Switzerland and being able to speak Swiss-German and Standard German, all the names are in German. "Lügner" means liar so I was sitting there (even though everything else gave it away but the name was the last bit that just gave me the last "hint" even though it's still googleable) was funny. Fern means far Frieren means to freeze or freezing (smth or feeling the cold to the point where you freeze) Draht means wire Linie means line and her "Erfassen" means to capture but more in the sense of "record" something Stark means strong, in English it means something severe/distinct/obvious/strong as well Just to name a few.
Loved the choregraphy. Fern flying backwards on top of the castle, lugner blocking precise Zoltraks, the wide swings and stances. And the animation is top knotch
I always imagine in Lugner’s POV the fight against Fren is just like how we fight Sans in Undertale. Your opponent is supposedly physically way weaker than you but you can’t do anything since she is ridiculously fast and seemingly has unlimited juice and every of her projectile spam is super deadly.
What were we sincerely hoping for? From the beginning Freiren said that she did not believe that Stark and Fern would lose and she knows her disciple well enough to say that, after all she trained her because she saw that she had talent. In Stark's case, he was trained by Eisen the definition of toughness itself. Stark received a scar from a serious blow from Eisen when a blow like that should have killed him and anyone in general, the dwarf runs on damn water, his strength is something else. Stark's toughness is already on another level, Linie's ax didn't even pierce him just superficially. In short, both are just built different
I'm running this anime now and at the moment this fight is one of my favorites. Initially, Fern and Stark believed they couldn't win against Linie and Lugner. But once they realize they can (Fern forcing Lugner on the defensive due to her insane casting speed and Stark realizing he can tank Linie's blows) it's over. The track that plays leading up to their victory matches it perfectly. Without fear there cannot be courage.
Not sure if I'm reading too much into this but even the voice-acting is top-tier. The way that Lugner says "Linnie" as she gets hit almost sounds like a chastisement, as if Lugner doesn't actually care for how she is but rather is merely annoyed that demon magic was disgraced. Which fits the whole theme of demons being soulless creatures who only care about advancing demon magic.
One of the best anime episodes I've seen in a long time. The unique visuals like Fern throwing off her cloak is just hnggghhh. I had to replay the part where she side-steps Lugner's attack like a pro.
I saw a guy write a review on mal saying that the action is nonexistent and that the anime would be good if the story was about himmel’s party with extra flashy action scenes. I’m glad we didn’t get that with this anime. The action is less but is amazingly animated because the animators are allowed to cook
These fights were not as fancy in the manga, and of course since the "°action" was never the main attractiveness of Frieren. But now I'm excited to see how they will animate Frieren vs Aura and Frieren's flashback.
I can't have enough praise for the fight. It's simple scene, but Stark lightning strike scene is animated with some sense of realism. The demon girl made a blunder and the reaction are animated too well. We can see how she made heavy step from draw back her axe to try to step back. But because she didn't anticipate such quick movement, it become a dead end for her. Even when the inertia of her body going to back, the quick slash force her to move foward suddenly. Not to mention her face expression after that. 😘 It was beautiful. All the detail makes the fight has some sense of realism there instead of making her just simply wait to be attack or some bs plot armor like she is surprised she can't draw back her axe.
He wasn't cut in half because she literally COULDN'T cut through him. His body's so strong that all she could manage with a full power swing was a shallow cut.
@@haydenblazier6751 Yes, she is not that strong. When she's lifting the axe she controls the weight to lightweight and when attacking downwards she sets it to heavy again. so Stark raised his axe so Linie has no choice but to attack his stomach area so she could not take advantage of the heavy weight of the axe.
@bulldogrocks It wasn't because she wasn't strong. She literally destroyed a section of the castle with her attack. It's that she wasn't strong when compared to Stark, who is basically a freak of nature.
I've read someone say that Frieren is boring because all the main characters are Gary Stu and Mary Sue characters, but IMO it's hard to justify that when none of the characters are pulling powers out of their ass. Fern's magic teacher is a millenia-old elf from the Hero's Party, and Stark's teacher is its indestructible dwarven vanguard. This story is just very well-written, and if the writing stays consistent, any future holes in the plot can and will be explained properly due to its core premise of Frieren being several millenia old. She can just take an experience from her memory and the plot will be resolved.
People who say that don't understand power scaling in anime. It's a common issue with people watching things as they just watch they don't connect the dots as to why a character is the way they are in strength. Frieren isn't even the greatest mage in the story or history she is just insanely powerful.
@@madokaP2833 That arc’s going to be great (Also man imagine how pretty it’s going to be once we get to what’s basically a city touched by Midas cuz man that place atta be brimming and the satisfaction when the gold reverts back)
It will have to be for season 2 At the pace we're going we'll get the end of the mage examination arc at the end of this season by episode 28. My real question is what's happening with the OP, it features serie who first appears in the manga toward the end of the exam arc and yet the OP doesn't even show denken whose first appearance is like 15 chapters earlier. I think they're going to move up serie's introduction which is interesting to say the least.
Linnie strikes very hard. Harder than any normal warrior. But Eisen is a fucking powerhouse, one of the best warrior in history. Stark perception of strenght is completely skewed because of him and that's why Stark doesn't think he is that strong or resilient.
Stark made Eisen so scared when they argued that he threw a punch with full force onto Stark’s face. And Eisen was literally the most powerful warrior. If he could withstand his mentor’s punches (as a kid even) then Linnie’s strikes are nothing
Demons are actually stronger than most warriors. The reason why Linie didnt manage to cut him because Stark is also built like a fucking tank like Eisen. Stark believed himself to be weak but actually he is very powerful.
I am speechless how this anime have a top animation in non action+action scenes and it seems to be more promising than jjk s2 in animation just mappa didn't do right with jjk otherwise it would be the best out of any anime in animation but frieren is peak.Thanks madhouse for this incredible production.
The funny thing is that he said it as he was about to strike. But because of how fast his strike was. It sounds like he said it afterward. It's just that fast. Even the animation shows it. There is only 1 attack frame. He started to speak at the wind up. Finished the attack and then finished the rest of the line.
I honestly thought i would not like this series but lo and behold i keep coming back every week and when im done with the episode, i eagerly await the next. Has everything you would want in a high fantasy series. Excellent quality all around. I was so tired of the bullshit isekai laking in any depth and character development. A serious story like this fall along the lines of goblin slayer full of meaning and heart. Tis a good season for anime indeed.
I LOVED this fight (or fights i guess). They weren't too heavily choreographed, but they were very cinematic. I'm also loving all of our main characters so far! Usually there's one that's a bit annoying but not this time 😍
Stark is FAR stronger than what he normally shows, he could easily reach hero levels of broken if he applied himself but his cowardly mentality really gets in his way
Stark: Compared to my master, those attacks have no weight to them. In other words, Eisen hitting him a with a Stick hurts more than an axe to his side. Jesus Eisen didn’t train a strong unbeatable warrior. He made a Military Tank, it just looks like red haired warrior.
that's what you call a lightning strike! an attack so fast, neither the enemy nor the viewers can even react! the attack was so fast, you see it already over when you hear the attack name!
I love how there's literally no animation of Starks strike. At all. Just, 1 frame, axe raised, poised to attack; next frame, Linie is already cleaved straight through. Man swings that axe through well over 200 degrees of rotation in less than a frame. I'm sure somebody out there can do the maths on that, taking into account its weight and the impact force it must've had, and get us a good idea of how fast and strong Stark really is. And he did that after a protracted battle whilst bleeding from multiple wounds that would've probably been fatal to lesser beings. Eisen was right to be scared.
Frieren is the perfect party leader, instead of letting the 2 noobs leech, she lets them kill the mobs instead. She just handles the ones who are outlevelling the 2
Wdym frieren are dominating the charts for best non sequel anime... if you want to talk about underrated series then kusuriya no hitorigoto are more deserving since literally nobody is talking about it even tho the series are amazing so far.
@@lordtouchme77idk apothecary diaries is doing pretty well in the charts too, perhaps not as good as frieren (which is anime of the season) but still it's doing mighty fine. On the other hand i have no idea what happened to mahoutsukai no yome, its season 1 clips reach millions of views on youtube and now it's basically forgotten with barely anybody mentionning its season 2 that's airing right as we speak, it barely breaches top 15 in most popularity ranking such as redeit or animecorner, shit is wild.
He didn't care. Linie was his scapegoat to make an opening against Fern, she was gonna be the decoy (and probably get killed by Fern anyway) so Lugner could target Fern and kill her. He expected Linie to "finish the job" and aid him, but since she was killed his plan was rendered useless, he got distracted by checking if she was coming or not and couldn't keep up with Fern. When Draht got killed by Frieren none of them cared a bit outside of the fact that Draht's death messed up their original plan, and you expect them to care for each other now? Lol Also, it was never that demons are incapable of showing emotions, it's that they are incapable of true empathy or friendliness for Humans or other races, or even among themselves.
maybe, the demons are prideful, sadistic and arrogant, those are emotions HOWEVER, even if they can experience happiness, anger, and many other emotions, they do not have the moral compass necessary to work properly in society. They do not know what guilt, sorrow, or remorse are, they don't understand it.
Insane animation. Frieren is not that action packed, but when there's action, they just throw loaded sakuga moments at the audience.
thank madhouse for that. they made One Punch Man S1, No Game No Life, Irregular at Magic High School S1, Overlord. etc.
Well, frieren is like a retired war general
She's stronk
The manga is not that action packed but here they really above and beyond especially stark killing the dragon in the beginning
@@gameseeker6307frieren as in the show not the character
i thought the dragon fight was gonna be the peak animation but I am glad I was wrong.
What I like about this fight is that although Stark and Fern fight separately, their final success relies heavily on each other. Fern wouldn't have had that opening to strike Lugner had Stark not killed Linie, and Stark wouldn't have had the chance to trade that final blow with Linnie if Fern hadn't cornered Lugner so bad Linie had to rush to help. They are two, but one. Fantastic writing.
I haven't watched the Anime yet so I don't know if it's the same but there the ironic part is that Lügner pretty much wanted Linie to to kill Stark so Ferne would be distracted ... and then Stark kills Linie, distracting him and allowing Ferne to deal the killing blow.
Fern was beating lugner regardless if lugner was distracted or not
@@jessISaRicePrincessyeah, but he will still hold on longer and deal more damage to Fern. Remember, the guy has more mana than Fern. He can keep on buying time until Fern runs out of mana. He needs Linie help to ensure his victory since Fern is dangerous. However, that does not mean that he’s incapable of beating her or at least gives her a serious injury.
@@stevenlee3240 Nah he admits mid-fight he wouldn't win in a battle of attrition because she is attacking faster than he can replenish his defenses. Hence why he called out to Linie to be a distraction for him. he claims he has greater control and power but at no point after they start battling was Fern on the back-foot. Hell Stark only took the amount of damage he did because it took him far too long to figure out Linie's power plus he seems to get in his own head too much.
@@stevenlee3240lugner hadn't landed a hit on fern the entire fight beside the beginning. He would've lost either way because fern was the much stronger than him, it just would've taken a little longer since in the scene where he wants to have a battle attrition, she breaks through his shield in not even a minute and damages him. No way would lugner have any shot of beating her. Worrying about linie is what caused his death to be sooner than it would've been
Fieren’s visuals are top notch and it builds more dramatic tension in one episode than other series can with an entire arc.
Also stark's jacket was gud too
*cough *cough ONE PIECE
@@kazuXZ69yep that shot where stark wear his jacket mu jaw dropped like "fr they has no need to make the scene goes that smooth"
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See?! Stark can really tank the damage, it's just he's scared affecting his mindset.
Yes, he CAN tank damage as he is a warrior. But he said it himself during the episode, he wouldve died had that demon's strike be as heavy as Eisen's, which it wasn't.
I think he compare himself to much to Eisen who is a fucking iron tank. Weapons literally break on his skin wthout leaving a scratch when he takes a direct blow.
@@gsksbdb9988to be fair… I don’t think many people could take Eisen
It wasn’t that he could technically tank damage, the demons attack had no weight to them and as stark said we’re just mimicking the attacks. Thats why when the demon hit stark in the eye he didn’t end up loosing it.
@@joeltoomer3332 He said her blow have no weight compared to Eisen. But she still hit stronger than a normal warrior.
Loved the lightning strike detail. If you pay close attention, he swings faster than the speed of sound, which we can hear a few seconds afterwards.
The demon girl also made blunder and the reaction are animated too well. We can see how she made heavy step from draw back her axe to try to step back. But because she didn't anticipate such quick movement, it become a dead end for her. Even when the inertia of her body going to back, the quick slash force her to move foward suddenly. Not to mention her face expression after that. 😘
It was beautiful. All the detail makes the fight has some sense of realism there instead of making her just simply wait to be attack or some bs plot armor like she is surprised she can't draw back her axe.
nice observation haki right there.
@@arahaitham123 Did not catch this detail when I first watched this but I can see it now!
Finally someone's responded 🎉❤
he also did that in the valley when they first meet stark at night when hes training the loud sounds arent from him splitting the mountain but from the sonic boom he creates from swinging faster than sound
Linie is the prime example of having a Max Level mimic skill but has crappy stats to maximize the damage.
its not that she has crappy stats, it's that Stark is stronger than he thinks he is. There's a reason Eisen says Stark will grow stronger than him.
A reminder that Eisen stated himself that he fear Stark for once and accidentally injured him cause he know what Stark's capable of.
Exactly. Just because she can copy a person's movements and patterns, doesn't mean that she possess the same physical strength as Eisen did
Huh? She wasn’t weak tho, to me they both were too arrogant, she could have finished stark if she wanted to. She had many chances..
@@MonsteRNieRNah didnt say she was weak. the problem is that she was fighting as Eisen. Had that been Eisen Stark would be dead several times. Meanwhile Stark was as usual mentally nerfing himself thats why he later realized that her blows are too weak for him.
Just think of it as a Lvl 50 Warrior with 999 STR and VITgetting afraid to hit back a Lvl 100 Demon with 200 ATK and 100 VIT but LVL max copy skill.
the fact that Stark withstood Eisen's "serious" punch after being scared with just a mere scar is a testament to how durable he actually is. Bro's just lacking the self-confidence but that's what makes his character great because it's reasonable. Fear towards someone you think is more powerful than you doesn't really go away that easily especially if you're inexperienced, atleast in terms of actually combat although you probably have more than enough skillset to overpower them.
The thing about that Eisen punch is that he wasn’t just training him then. He got so scared he attacked on instinct with his full power. And the end result is that his student only has a scar, when that punch should have ended a lot of people.
Stark is a name many will come to revere or fear, depending on whether their on his side or not, with how tanky and strong his now, and his potential there later.
like when the bird took them, stark could easily take the fall but he was too afraid
Last minute before the episode ended, I was like “another shounen cliffhanger”, I DID NOT expect to see that fight end in such an amazing way, holy crap the animators went mad with this for sure
Well...
The anime was animated by the *house of the mad*
Nah, main characters in this series know how to get things done. 😂 *Zoltraak*
Well studio actually named Mad so yea 😂.
they need the entire next episode to show what's coming up.
This isn't a battle shounen, not sure why you'd lead with that expectation.
Lugner: I need to create a distraction.
Gets distracted.
Duality of a man.
Lugner really seemed to care about Linie. Not as a friend mind you, but as a very important asset to him and Aura.
@@thenewguyinred Agree. Lügner probably cared about Linie as much as any demon can care about another demon.
@@ennui9745 Which is still more than he can say for Draht.
@@thenewguyinred can't really blame the dude, Draht ruined the plan which the trio probably have planned for months
I love the fact that it’s just no frame between him raising his axe and bringing it down. It’s epic.
Lighting Strikes!
I slowed it down to 0.25x, it was really just an instant
The cameraman couldn't keep up
IKR it was so epic, the fact that we hear the impact sound seconds after the hit is crazy, his strike was faster than the speed of sound
@@papayabrainyeah its literally light speed not lightning speed 😂
This is one of those top tier anime where the narrative and battle are balance with great animation.
Narrative is the strongest point of Frieren but anime made the action truly amazing
Nah. Its really nothing impressive
No lie, but all of that training that they did with Frieren and Eisen REALLY did wonders for them here! I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fern might not have the strength that her master does, but she has serious speed. And she’s only going to get stronger from here on. Combine that with her speed and she could be even scarier than Frieren is now. Speed means a lot in a battle. Being able to kill your opponent in a single strike doesn’t matter if your opponent can do the same to you, but faster. That’s where Fern’s heading by the looks of it.
This episode is amazing! To me the main reason these two demons lost was because they were way too arrogant
All of them were except Qual. Lugnar practically talked himself to death and Linie didn’t think about defending herself either. And she was too weak to even get a double kill.
@@DeathWishMonkey Qual was also somewhat arrogant.
Qual is arrogant the most. Anyway, as Frieren stated, she believed this couple can 2v2 those demons. They were well-trained by the strongest of their class. Enemies' arrogant did help but mostly they won by their own potential which is incredible.
@@khalduras784 he was, and he had every right to considering that the OG who killed the demon king Can't even beat him
He only lost because frieren deconstructed his magic and turned it against it's own creator
I believe linie didn't defend because,Eisen didn't,She's like a mage who tried to copy a skill of warrior,sure you can copy the skill but the power and her physical body didn't match the original user
What I also love is just how much this showcases fear as Stark's main flaw: Linie was probably way weaker than that solar dragon, given how he cleaved right through her while leaving the dragon mostly intact with the same move, but he struggles way more against her bc he was scared of demons due to there being way more stories abt them from the war
That, and when he fought the dragon, he thought he had Frieren the Great Mage backing him up. In this fight, Fern straight up told him he was on his own.
I feel it was more because he was fighting a stand-in for his master but when he realized she can only copy the moves that's where he was able to overcome her.
stark is super fast and super strong, he could have just one shot her from the very start but seeing his master's technique must have felt like facing a wall
Man this episode animation was top notch even the simple scenes like when stark put on his jacket and when fern throws her coat, Kudos to the animators!
The one that blows me away is the little detail of Lenia's hair shreds after the lighting strike. Same with Aura's hair in the aftermath of her fight; the little details are always so amazing in this show.
Stark with that Dark Souls poise
Them DS1 poise
He got that hyper-armor
hes running that vigor-strength build dual wielding a greataxe
@@2gamers100 put on havels ring dont tell no one you put a point in dex
Lighting strike was the weapon art on his axe. It gives hyperarmor. Must have swapped it out in this fight. He used lions claw against the dragon.
Frieren is an anime that I didn't expect to be a GOD TIER anime. She may take the anime of the year award.
Also, the physics on this anime is top notch. The way their hair moves along with their body movements is just awesome. And to top it off, the BGM is f*cking perfect.
Indeed, I initially planned to skip this anime, but I'm glad I decided to check it when they released episode 8
Frieren already is anime of the year.
I honestly doubt it when jjk is around but we'll see
@@thedarkwolf5637 jjk is good and all. But the story telling and level of music in this anime is on a different level.
@@thedarkwolf5637 JJK is only getting as much hype as it is , over Frieren is because people kinda assume anime = shonen . I love JJK to bits but Frieren has everything and it doesn't need to write characters off to make us feel sad , every few episodes.
I jokingly told my wife that Stark's Lightning Strike comes out at frame 1. Rewatching the scene, it is confirmed, there are no start-up frames on that bad boy. He's standing up one moment, and chopped demon the next.
gotta love the poetic part of their death
lügner: had to gloat so he failed his sneak attack on purpose giving fern all she needed
linie: could only do cheap imitations, got killed by the real deal
Funny coming from Switzerland and being able to speak Swiss-German and Standard German, all the names are in German. "Lügner" means liar so I was sitting there (even though everything else gave it away but the name was the last bit that just gave me the last "hint" even though it's still googleable) was funny.
Fern means far
Frieren means to freeze or freezing (smth or feeling the cold to the point where you freeze)
Draht means wire
Linie means line and her "Erfassen" means to capture but more in the sense of "record" something
Stark means strong, in English it means something severe/distinct/obvious/strong as well
Just to name a few.
All the linie x stark fanart that emerged out of nowhere was wild
0:06 This is such a beautiful scene
Loved the choregraphy. Fern flying backwards on top of the castle, lugner blocking precise Zoltraks, the wide swings and stances. And the animation is top knotch
I always imagine in Lugner’s POV the fight against Fren is just like how we fight Sans in Undertale. Your opponent is supposedly physically way weaker than you but you can’t do anything since she is ridiculously fast and seemingly has unlimited juice and every of her projectile spam is super deadly.
I can't believe Sukuna is defeated by Suletta😂😂
Ayo you didn't!
No frrr😭😭😭😭
Aerial has so much bullshit it probably has some cursed energy counter stored somewhere lol
who's suletta?
Suletta with Aerial and Calibarn would destroy Sukuna🤣
What were we sincerely hoping for? From the beginning Freiren said that she did not believe that Stark and Fern would lose and she knows her disciple well enough to say that, after all she trained her because she saw that she had talent. In Stark's case, he was trained by Eisen the definition of toughness itself. Stark received a scar from a serious blow from Eisen when a blow like that should have killed him and anyone in general, the dwarf runs on damn water, his strength is something else. Stark's toughness is already on another level, Linie's ax didn't even pierce him just superficially. In short, both are just built different
Who needs speed when you can tank everything and oneshot everything?
Stark probably
The slow burn of the show + awesome fight scenes when they pull the trigger on one, fantastic.
I always love when Fern lets loose, shes truly a force of nature. Pure focus on that face, and all of it dedicated to Deleting You
The Lightning Strike animation is one of the best I have ever seen in an anime.
this is so easily the 2nd best anime of this season and we still getting 19 more episodes of this masterpiece we're eating SO GOOD🔥🔥🔥
Mushoku Tensei remains #1
this episode was so amazing in every part
I'm running this anime now and at the moment this fight is one of my favorites. Initially, Fern and Stark believed they couldn't win against Linie and Lugner. But once they realize they can (Fern forcing Lugner on the defensive due to her insane casting speed and Stark realizing he can tank Linie's blows) it's over. The track that plays leading up to their victory matches it perfectly. Without fear there cannot be courage.
Not sure if I'm reading too much into this but even the voice-acting is top-tier. The way that Lugner says "Linnie" as she gets hit almost sounds like a chastisement, as if Lugner doesn't actually care for how she is but rather is merely annoyed that demon magic was disgraced. Which fits the whole theme of demons being soulless creatures who only care about advancing demon magic.
One of the best anime episodes I've seen in a long time. The unique visuals like Fern throwing off her cloak is just hnggghhh. I had to replay the part where she side-steps Lugner's attack like a pro.
I saw a guy write a review on mal saying that the action is nonexistent and that the anime would be good if the story was about himmel’s party with extra flashy action scenes.
I’m glad we didn’t get that with this anime.
The action is less but is amazingly animated because the animators are allowed to cook
The visuals, the music... so glad they're doing this manga justice.
Idk why but the lag in timing of Stark cutting threw Linie and saying the name of the attack is super satisfying 0:16
So true but Linie deserved it and so did Lügner.
@@Mandalorian_Goblinslayertheir facial expressions before dying just screams “damn, oh well” which fits their entire personalities
Mad house is really cooked well with this series
Stark was so fast, there was legit no animation for his swing
Madhouse is really fighting for that Anime of the Year Title!🏆 🔥
These fights were not as fancy in the manga, and of course since the "°action" was never the main attractiveness of Frieren.
But now I'm excited to see how they will animate Frieren vs Aura and Frieren's flashback.
Yes! Me too. I teared up when Frieren's mana exploded in black and white print. I can't wait to see it in colored action with music
It's not just the animation,but the music too. Its powerful
I can't have enough praise for the fight. It's simple scene, but Stark lightning strike scene is animated with some sense of realism.
The demon girl made a blunder and the reaction are animated too well. We can see how she made heavy step from draw back her axe to try to step back. But because she didn't anticipate such quick movement, it become a dead end for her. Even when the inertia of her body going to back, the quick slash force her to move foward suddenly. Not to mention her face expression after that. 😘
It was beautiful. All the detail makes the fight has some sense of realism there instead of making her just simply wait to be attack or some bs plot armor like she is surprised she can't draw back her axe.
That lightning strike sure was so fast.
Stark really hit her with the "call an ambulance. But not for me."
I love how this anime show how fast Stark finishing blow is by just skip a frame
I feel bad for Linie. She had to fight bs Darksouls boss with a stupid amount of health with uninterruptible windups
Uninterruptible and instant windup attacks. If you're too close and he procs that move its a one shot.
How ironic that Zoltraak, which was created by demons to kill humans, is now being used by humans to kill demons.
Since that Dragon fight, i kept getting hyped each time our lad starts a confrontation!!
The first time in anime history that a fight did not follow with JAPANESE SCREAM uuuoooaaaaaarrggghhhh...
To those wondering why he was not cut in half. The demon girl uses weight control on the axe so the swing is not heavy.
He wasn't cut in half because she literally COULDN'T cut through him. His body's so strong that all she could manage with a full power swing was a shallow cut.
@@haydenblazier6751 Yes, she is not that strong. When she's lifting the axe she controls the weight to lightweight and when attacking downwards she sets it to heavy again. so Stark raised his axe so Linie has no choice but to attack his stomach area so she could not take advantage of the heavy weight of the axe.
@bulldogrocks It wasn't because she wasn't strong. She literally destroyed a section of the castle with her attack. It's that she wasn't strong when compared to Stark, who is basically a freak of nature.
@@haydenblazier6751 we sometimes forget that stark literally 1v1'd a dragon
Nah she’s strong but stark body is trained to tank hits, using an axe leave you open, tanks are always heavy hitter and take heavy hits also
I've read someone say that Frieren is boring because all the main characters are Gary Stu and Mary Sue characters, but IMO it's hard to justify that when none of the characters are pulling powers out of their ass. Fern's magic teacher is a millenia-old elf from the Hero's Party, and Stark's teacher is its indestructible dwarven vanguard. This story is just very well-written, and if the writing stays consistent, any future holes in the plot can and will be explained properly due to its core premise of Frieren being several millenia old. She can just take an experience from her memory and the plot will be resolved.
People who say that don't understand power scaling in anime. It's a common issue with people watching things as they just watch they don't connect the dots as to why a character is the way they are in strength. Frieren isn't even the greatest mage in the story or history she is just insanely powerful.
Would be entertaining if they get to the El Dorado arc
Cant wait for Denken to dunk on Macht
@@madokaP2833 That arc’s going to be great (Also man imagine how pretty it’s going to be once we get to what’s basically a city touched by Midas cuz man that place atta be brimming and the satisfaction when the gold reverts back)
It will have to be for season 2
At the pace we're going we'll get the end of the mage examination arc at the end of this season by episode 28. My real question is what's happening with the OP, it features serie who first appears in the manga toward the end of the exam arc and yet the OP doesn't even show denken whose first appearance is like 15 chapters earlier. I think they're going to move up serie's introduction which is interesting to say the least.
I'm definitely waiting for this to happen
Their deaths are so fast I cannot get over them. IT'S SO SATISFYING, SO REAL, SO GOOD.
"Your attacks don't have any weight behind them at all, so in that sense, it's Starkin time"
The animation of these fights!! Abosultely unreal!!
When you put all your points on agility, but no strength
Edit: guys i just made a dumb joke. No need to ruin it with facts from the anime
Linnie strikes very hard. Harder than any normal warrior. But Eisen is a fucking powerhouse, one of the best warrior in history. Stark perception of strenght is completely skewed because of him and that's why Stark doesn't think he is that strong or resilient.
Stark made Eisen so scared when they argued that he threw a punch with full force onto Stark’s face. And Eisen was literally the most powerful warrior. If he could withstand his mentor’s punches (as a kid even) then Linnie’s strikes are nothing
Demons are actually stronger than most warriors.
The reason why Linie didnt manage to cut him because Stark is also built like a fucking tank like Eisen. Stark believed himself to be weak but actually he is very powerful.
Aw, Fern’s just an adorable little machine gun of absolute death.
Stark raw power is crazy. He oneshotted her.
Stark blocked that axe attack with his abs.
I love how stark beat his opponent here. If you condition your body enough you can take a hit in order to deliver the killing blow.
I am speechless how this anime have a top animation in non action+action scenes and it seems to be more promising than jjk s2 in animation just mappa didn't do right with jjk otherwise it would be the best out of any anime in animation but frieren is peak.Thanks madhouse for this incredible production.
Stark: Says his move after the effect has took place.
Anime Characters: Hold up, wait a minute, something ain't right
The funny thing is that he said it as he was about to strike. But because of how fast his strike was. It sounds like he said it afterward. It's just that fast. Even the animation shows it. There is only 1 attack frame. He started to speak at the wind up. Finished the attack and then finished the rest of the line.
Madhouse never disappoints!!!
I honestly thought i would not like this series but lo and behold i keep coming back every week and when im done with the episode, i eagerly await the next. Has everything you would want in a high fantasy series. Excellent quality all around. I was so tired of the bullshit isekai laking in any depth and character development. A serious story like this fall along the lines of goblin slayer full of meaning and heart. Tis a good season for anime indeed.
Lightning Strike so fast, I didn't see it the first viewing.
Had to rewind.
アニメで起こったこの瞬間が大好きでした!
Finally, non screaming killing blow
Thanks for introducing me to the track you use in your outro.
I LOVED this fight (or fights i guess). They weren't too heavily choreographed, but they were very cinematic. I'm also loving all of our main characters so far! Usually there's one that's a bit annoying but not this time 😍
Damn, stark tank that shit
Tis but a scratch
Stark can really tank the damage, it's just he's scared at first and it is affecting his mindset.
Stark is FAR stronger than what he normally shows, he could easily reach hero levels of broken if he applied himself but his cowardly mentality really gets in his way
Escanor's moment
She's just too much of a light weight for Stark.
Stark: Compared to my master, those attacks have no weight to them.
In other words, Eisen hitting him a with a Stick hurts more than an axe to his side. Jesus Eisen didn’t train a strong unbeatable warrior. He made a Military Tank, it just looks like red haired warrior.
Stark is a young Godfrey with the delayed axe strike that one shots you.
damn that lighting strike looks satisfying
Best show of this season.
cant wait for the 1st Class Mage arc.
its not an arc maybe 4 to 5 episodes if it will be animated.
Action is packed and Fern is stacked.
I love how the distraction was fatal.
IMHO this clip should always start when the music starts building up.
Bro was LITERALLY able to swing at supersonic speed
absolutely insane animation
No wonder why Lügner hates geniuses
日本人の特有な文字、漢字、ふりなが、カタカナ、ローマ字、文字遊びと日常の思考。でもGHQ下、日本人をローマ字だけの施策に変えようとした。焚書は実行された。まだ歪んだ教育になっている。
外国人にない独特な感性、このアニメは私も楽しい。画像、声優、音楽と丁寧な作画。
my beloved Linie deserved better :'3
lugner got the Toji treatment
Dope animation fight !😁👍
Can see them get these fights out of the way first before the main event that’s coming next episode.
that's what you call a lightning strike! an attack so fast, neither the enemy nor the viewers can even react!
the attack was so fast, you see it already over when you hear the attack name!
Frieren - the best fighting anime of the season ^^
0:15 animation so smooth
The way Stark said that move sounds like Ichigo's Tensa Zangetsu lol.
I hope Madhouse continue the S2 of this show.
I love how there's literally no animation of Starks strike. At all. Just, 1 frame, axe raised, poised to attack; next frame, Linie is already cleaved straight through. Man swings that axe through well over 200 degrees of rotation in less than a frame. I'm sure somebody out there can do the maths on that, taking into account its weight and the impact force it must've had, and get us a good idea of how fast and strong Stark really is.
And he did that after a protracted battle whilst bleeding from multiple wounds that would've probably been fatal to lesser beings. Eisen was right to be scared.
I really can't wait for that "face"
Frieren is the perfect party leader, instead of letting the 2 noobs leech, she lets them kill the mobs instead. She just handles the ones who are outlevelling the 2
That fight is so satisfayin
I didn't expect a conclusion on the two fights... well kinda did due to only 24 episodes... but the male demon, I didn't think he die thos episode.
The anime will have 28 eps
Season 2 is gonna cover the best arc in Frieren
@@aabluequeen56macht 😬😬
@@aditxd1man if Frieren s2 has budget like s1 then s2 will become anime of the year again lmao
@@aabluequeen56 yeah. El dorado arc gonna blow everyone socks 😭 literally one of the best manga arc I've ever seen
Shame people are hooked on just only JJK in this season,frieren is much better in terms of pacing and animations in my opinion
I agree but it's not the animators faults it's mappa's fault
Wdym frieren are dominating the charts for best non sequel anime... if you want to talk about underrated series then kusuriya no hitorigoto are more deserving since literally nobody is talking about it even tho the series are amazing so far.
@@lordtouchme77idk apothecary diaries is doing pretty well in the charts too, perhaps not as good as frieren (which is anime of the season) but still it's doing mighty fine.
On the other hand i have no idea what happened to mahoutsukai no yome, its season 1 clips reach millions of views on youtube and now it's basically forgotten with barely anybody mentionning its season 2 that's airing right as we speak, it barely breaches top 15 in most popularity ranking such as redeit or animecorner, shit is wild.
The demon caring for his companion at the end did show that demons somewhat have emotions.
He didn't care. Linie was his scapegoat to make an opening against Fern, she was gonna be the decoy (and probably get killed by Fern anyway) so Lugner could target Fern and kill her.
He expected Linie to "finish the job" and aid him, but since she was killed his plan was rendered useless, he got distracted by checking if she was coming or not and couldn't keep up with Fern.
When Draht got killed by Frieren none of them cared a bit outside of the fact that Draht's death messed up their original plan, and you expect them to care for each other now? Lol
Also, it was never that demons are incapable of showing emotions, it's that they are incapable of true empathy or friendliness for Humans or other races, or even among themselves.
@@JoshuaDMartiexplained it perfectly
maybe, the demons are prideful, sadistic and arrogant, those are emotions
HOWEVER, even if they can experience happiness, anger, and many other emotions, they do not have the moral compass necessary to work properly in society.
They do not know what guilt, sorrow, or remorse are, they don't understand it.
He was more like surprised Linie lost and his plan involved combination of attack with Linie
It's like losing his soldier or weapon, stop saying BS.
crap i might fall for fern, that was badass