10:02 A battle of attrition is defined as: “a prolonged war or period of conflict during which each side seeks to gradually wear out the other by a series of small-scale actions.”
Yeah, I thought Lola already knew what it meant from their AOT reaction. That word stuck with me with Armin's brilliant but tragic strategy against the Collosal.
@@viethung4773 For me I've known the word ever since middle school since the two world wars are part of the basic history curriculum and the first one was qualified as a war of attrition.
when we saw Frieren caught in a mimic at the end you can notice other mimics opened already, suggesting she was consecutively trying all those mimics and getting caught like that everytime 😂
Milena and Lola will be pleasantly surprised to find out that the author of Frieren does not waste any of the characters introduced in the mage exam. Every single one will shine eventually. Trust. The journey is just beginning.
Ubels power is like if you walk through a glass window simply because you can see through it. Everyone else would bump their head on the window but she'd walk right through it
@@juanisimocr3813 I dont't think that this analogy is right. You are not supposed to be able to go through something just because you can see through it. Cloth and hair are supposed to be able to be cut, so she can, no matter what magic is imbued in it. It's more like she can do stuff that should be possible as if there was no magic to begin with. So she rather negates other peoples magic/spells.
@@IsMirDochLattens No, it's a great analogy because just like you aren't supposed to go through the glass for any mage it's OBVIOUS that you aren't supposed to penetrate layers and layers of magic.
@ In my understanding her power is not doing the impossible (like walking through glas) but doing something that should be possible but is "protected" by magic. But we can agree to disagree on that topic :D
@@IsMirDochLattensI think it's something like: Others: I can see through glass, I might bump into it accidently at first because it's so clear, but no matter how clear it is I can never actually pass through it. That's facts. Ubel to glass: I can see through it, therefore, it's not there. So I can absolutely walk right through it, because it's not there. The glass is an analogy for the physics and principle of magic in this world, I think. Their perception of the glass is how they understand and interact with magic, I think.
The empty, cold and somehow calm gaze of Frieren is like staring at the eye of a hurricane. She is a force of nature and you are just a leaf in the storm.
It´s pronounced like "Meh - toh - deh", not like the english "method". German again, you know 😉 For me she´s one of the MVPs of this arc, but gets overlooked a lot. Slayed the Gargoyles, healed injured Dünste, detected the missing replicas and stood her ground alone against Ferns replica. One of my favorites.
I love The Apothecary Diaries but I disagree. TAD source material is a LN of 14 volumes that is still running. The first season only covered 2 volumes and the second season that airs in January is going to adapt 2 more volumes so you would need like 180 episodes and 10 years to get to the point of the actual story, that is still publishing.
@@yoshi1701 what the hell are you talking about? Are you seriously suggesting to never start a show ever again if it's far from finished? Are you saying that season 1 is not worth watching, even though you are a fan? Nothing you say makes any sense and if everybody would live by your rule Harry Potter, or Game of Thrones would've flopped.
@@XMVario Of course is worth watching however they prefer to react to things that are finished. TAD would be the worst of all the animes they have reacted to in that aspect. With Frieren we are at half the point of the manga, Vinland needs only 2 more seasons to conclude, Hunter x Hunter has 80% of the manga adapted. The next poll is for short anime and you want them to react to the adaptation of the 15+ volume LN that is publishing a new one every 9 months where every volume needs 12-13 episodes? Current anime production is adapting 2 volumes every 15 months so they are barely matching the pace of the LN and they are 7 seasons (9 years) worth of content behind. Why not react to One Piece then?
This is my favorite ep of the series. It’s the definition of Frieren saying “Fern, I’ve taught you everything you know, not everything I know” in a sick and clear way just with that force push. Also love how they showcase how strong Yubel, Methode and Wirbel are as they are hard carrying their parties
In a much earlier episode you asked why does Frieren just go around looking for mundane and boring spells. This episode showcases that those are the only spells left for Frieren to learn, as she has an unlimited arsenal of attack spells that she spent 50 years straight learning from Flamme. That's why she answered after those 50 years that she only somewhat likes magic, because it left such a bad taste for her. Not until Flamme showed her a spell to make a field of flowers did she start to turn towards learning other kinds of "boring" magic.
Yeah. I think that's when Frieren began to start to love magic again, or at least want to start again. When Flamme said that the flower creation spell was what made her love magic, she wanted to learn it in the hopes that it would rekindle her love too. It's also why she casts it everywhere she goes, to spread that love of magic. I also love how she call those "lesser' spells Legendary magic. She might not be being humorous. That kind of folk magic was probably some of the first human spells to develop, which would have been during the Legendary age, before Flamme got magic legitimized.
9:30 That is the current understanding of how a Black Hole would look like. The accretion disk is accelerated to such speeds that it emits the light that we see. The "crown" is due to the curvature of space-time in what is called gravitational lensing: the light from behind the Black Hole that would never reach us because it would fly away in another direction is curved so that we actually can see the entire surrounding of the Black Hole at once, every side even its back.
@@TheWorldsOkayestUSMarine They are describing the black hole because Lola and Mileena are unsure of what it is, describing it as "The eye of Sauron". They could've also Googled the definition of "attrition" as well, yet there are multiple people defining the term in this comment section anyway, as well as the meanings and pronunciations of German names. I see this as the same thing, filling in missing information that the girls might not get, but is still interesting. I see no reason to single this comment out with a "Don't explain, they can just use Google".
The ability that the clone used to attack Fern was the thing that Frieren was talking about that she hadn't had to use in 80 years. Not the spell that Frieren used to destroy the clone.
"Wouldn't she be able to cut through any person" without a defensive spell, yes, Übel cut through that first class mage after all. But if she visualise the defensive magic, she can't cut through it so a simple shield will block her spell. The problem with the proctor she killed and Sense's defensive magic is that they use layers of invisible defensive protection, if they'd used a shield or something visible or even something Übel can't imagine cutting instead, they could block her. It's even possible that you could block Übel's attacks with illusion magic just because what she sees can't be cut even if what she sees isn't real.
So real 😭I kept holding off on the last few episodes so I wouldn't have to say goodbye to this beautiful little world. Frieren will always have my heart.
The writer loves drawing paralels all the time. "This isn't like you" was used by Frieren to Flamme when she explained about the flower spell. Now Fern to Frieren using the same wording albeit for different reason. Student to teacher.
a minor detail often overlooked is, that Fern in the first test said Frieren told her basic spells are enough to beat mages of the current Era... Frieren is using a lot of none basic spells against herself 😅which is a pretty cool detail i think
During the first test, Denken says that his team can just wait for Frieren to do some magic and give away her location, assuming that no mage could hide that. Frieren was detected during the stille capture, but clone Frieren's final attack was something else. Fern detected no mana at all.
There's also a mini anime of friren that's ultra cute with chibi versions of all the characters yall would enjoy. It's 12 episodes of them explaining spells each episode is like a minute so it could be one video
I feel really sad knowing watching this show together with you will soon end, so if I could sub a thousand times to your channel I wish I could for the amount of times you two beautiful people have made me smile and lifted my day just by watching and listening to your thoughts for this show. I really "empathize" with both of you! P.S. please prepare tissues for the next last two episodes, feel like you two are about to cry for these last two episodes.😊
I’d recommend 『A Place Further than the Universe』 『SPY×FAMILY』 『Demon Slayer : Kimetsu no Yaiba』 『Oshi no Ko』 『Nadia, The Secret of Blue Water』 『Rose of Versailles』
Interesting to see you tear up when you saw Frieren in a mimic. There is something weirdly magical about this show. I'm watching this series for the third time (+ reactions) and I have become so attached to these characters (Frieren, Fern, Stark, Himmel, and Heiter to an extent) that I pretty much feel emotional when I just see them. No other show has ever done that, and I don't really understand that. It's genius.
I would recommend Kaguya sama: Love is war as the next tittle. Very light and fun romantic comedy. Released three seasons, a highly rated anime just for the fun time. if you want something in the same fantasy theme as Frieren, then Dungeon meshi
Once you wrap up Frieren I hope you can check out the trailer for Witch Hat Atelier! Airs this winter and looks like the perfect followup to Frieren vibes.
I think you two would love your lie in April, the animation is beautiful, it has a great story and soundtrack, it’s just amazing and has an emotional weight to it like Frieren does
Not to spoil anything as a manga reader, but you are right in saying this story does not fail you. It may leave you on a clif hanger at time but never leaves you unsatisfied. I love these characters so much
Well, some figured it out too. But they're one of the few channels who really pay attention. The channel "AutoSave" it good too (but they have some health issues, so there're some inconsistencies regarding their upload).
when Laufen said "I guess I understand that feeling." then smile. here I confused, she understand Sense's feeling(looking at the most powerful mage in the room been chew up by a mimic). or she understand Frieren's feeling(trapped inside a dark and scary place).
I'm not sure on the interpretation that Fern was so powerful the clone decided to use such a powerful attack; seemed more like the clone had no other option to defend itself. That powerful attack was like a last ditch effort. It would have done the same versus any other mage who opportunistically struck the clone in that scenario. (Also, I love Fern. Not hating on her.)
the animation and world building in this episode is outstanding! it's definitely one of my favourites thanks for your great reactions, I'm gonna miss frieren too!
Various anime have been recommended, but I like ``Bocchi the Rock! ”I strongly hope you will watch it. This is a work by the director of ``Frieren'', and you will start off with a very light and fun feeling. However, by the end of the 12th episode, you will be filled with deep emotion.
My theory on the Frieren clones “invisible” final attack on Fern is that this was part of Flammes magic that she had taught Frieren during the fifty years they were together. Flamme even had the same expression as Frierens clone when she smoked the three demons that ambushed them as well as the entire hill they were standing on. Mages in Frierens world use spells to channel their innate mana, the attack was akin to a curse because it’s not a recognized spell within the human magic system. So the attacks were either spells that only Flamme and perhaps Serie knew and then were passed on to Frieren. OR they weren’t a spell at all and were just brute for willing their mana to produce a simple but devastating effect.
In my head canon, that attack was simply a godly attack, you visualize it, and it happens, no mana needed. Perhaps that is why they emphasized on the "visualizing magic" thing with the hair cutting and shit with ubel. She was powerful as hell visualizing her magic, cutting the senseis hair. Perhaps flamme and frieren did the same thing, but on a godly level, zero mana.
I think the magic of Frieren is, similar to real life, you can get flashes of a persons story. You pass them briefly, they affect your life, and then they are gone.
Attrition means wearing down slowly. A battle of attrition means you can't win with a single victory, each side will slowly lose people and whichever side runs out of people or supplies needed to fight loses. In the case of the fight between Frieren and her clone it's a battle of attrition because they are evenly matched and it will be won only after slowly damaging each other or after slowly running out of mana.
4:00 The scene with serie and flamme was 100% meant to be interpreted that way and I saw many comments saying the same so I dunno what you're talking about
The Continental Magic Association is like a trade union for mages so the probability of any 1st class mage being sent on a demon killing mission with another mage is pretty good.
[NO SPOILERS] Explaining Ubel vs Burg/Sense; I think that Ubel does actually understand Burg's and Sense's enchantments (not in a logical way, but in a more intuitive way) because she wouldn't be able to cut through them otherwise. It's not that she's special and can just straight up ignore other magics. It's exactly because she understands them, that she can construct images of cutting them and combine it with Reelseiden (which allows her to cut anything she understands) to cut through those other magics. Unlike what many including Land seem to think, she's actually a decently smart and capable mage that is more "street-smart" rather than "book-smart". ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- However, she cannot cut defensive magic, because there are two main hurdles; (1) The defensive magic itself is probably a superior spell to Reelseiden. As Qual says; Ep3 (Crunchyroll Subs): "It attunes itself to the offensive magic and disperses its power." (Best TL imo) Ch5 (VIZ Official TL): "It works by aligning itself with the offensive magic and dispersing the power." Ch5 (Kirei Cake Fan TL): "It's designed to align with the offense magic and disperse its might." (2) Ubel would have to visualize weaknesses in defensive magic (if they actually exist since she cannot just make them exist) to be able to cut it. However even assuming that such weaknesses exist, visualizing/understanding them would in turn weaken her own defensive magic, since she now knows about its weaknesses, and so can no longer trust it as a proper defense.
Re Ubel's psychology; (1) Kraft's thing is basically that she overdid it. He decides against lecturing her probably because there isn't much point to it. However, self-defense and excessive-force are NOT the same. Had Ubel been less messed up, she wouldn't have cut them up into pieces or something. (2) Wirbel doesn't kill her because he's not a killer and doesn't go out of his way to kill people. However, he is very experienced and a good judge of a character as far as we can tell. He characterizes Ubel as a pervert who enjoys killing and Ubel pretty much silently agrees with him. (3) Ubel is downright manipulative with Land in the dungeon when facing against her own clone. This is toxic behavior at the very least. (4) Burg's test wasn't deadly at all. The goal was to just push him back. The examinees were also told that killing was a no-go. But, Ubel killed him in cold blood and felt no remorse as far as we can tell. Plenty evil here.
Just as an FYI "attrition" means to beat down or wear down something piece by piece. So a battle of attrition is where you will not win with clever maneuvers or tricks, but just by smashing each other down, force against force. WWI and the current war in Ukraine are classic examples of wars of attrition.
Moderm magic takes the form of a physical object like a cloak, even though it's made of magic it still need to take the properties of a cloak in order to make it look like a cloak and scissors are made to cut through those kind of objects, it's a matter of understanding how magic works, ubel understand how cloak works and how scissors work, if the tester use a shield instead of a cloak the outcome would be different, notice also the fight between frieren and clone frieren, it came to a game of rock paper scissors, understand the physical structure in orde to counter it, which is also why frieren instructed fern to only use basic magic, it's formless it's weakness is the users imagination, also lugner ask what magic fern use and she said zoltrak but lugner said it isn't, fern evolve the spell without knowing, putting her own take to her own magic.
Do not cry that it is about to end, rejoice for it even happened. It is sad that the first season is ending but fret not for season 2 is near. There are also many new and old shows that are on the same quality as Frieren. My personal recommendations would be Apothecary Diaries, Dungeon Meshi, and Violet Evergarden.
I don't understand why they insist on only nominating finished shows to replace Frieren when that condition would have stopped them from discovering Frieren in the first place.
I said it a few episodes ago but if you need more balm for your soul, Bocchi the Rock is the way to go, same director as Frieren and just as human (even if it focuses on a socially anxious high-schooler). Those 12 episodes of Bocchi are the only thing that have managed to satisfy my Frieren-itch (except for reactions like yours). Dungeon Meshi is also good is you want more fantasy but it's not as healing.
Attrition is loss of efficacy or resources through repeated actions when reinforcements are not available. A battle of attrition is when one side has more resources than another, and can win simply by depleting the opponents resources through repeated engagement. Here, the replicas can apparently regenerate over and over, while mages who lose leave the dungeon (via golem if they're smart enough and quick enough, or via death otherwise). So repeated fighting will inevitably lead to the replicas winning.
@@Diablos-pi2qy Regenerated literally means recreated. You're confusing a short-form version of something like "tissue regeneration" with the concept of regeneration in general.
Now, that you've released the Episode 26 reaction/discussion video, I want to give a spoiler-free explanation of the magic system in the Frieren world. """ Short version; Visualization is important, but it's not the be-all-end-all. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Long version; There are 4 components to a mage's magic-casting in the Frieren world: (1) Mana: How much mana/magical-energy they have. (2) Control: How much mana and how precisely they can control it. (3) Spell: The magical formulas that they know and are able to use. Examples: Basic Offensive/Defensive Magic, Reelseiden. Note that the spell formula dictates what is possible or impossible. Examples: (a) Basic Offensive Magic cannot pierce dragon scales or Basic Defensive Magic, regardless of the attacker's visualization. Otherwise, Frieren would've taught Fern how to do it when she asked Fern to attack the Solar Dragon in S01E05 in the former case, and Basic Defensive Magic would actually be useless in the latter case. (b) Frieren's spell to clean a bronze statue not being usable for a stone statue. If it was purely a visualization based system, then there is absolutely no reason for why Frieren wouldn't be able to use the folk spell in S01E16 to clean Kraft's & Unknown-Priest's statues. (4) Visualization: Needed to activate/use a spell since a mage cannot make something happen if they can't clearly/exactly picture the desired outcome. Note that to clearly/exactly picture an outcome, one needs to have a complete understanding of said outcome. Therefore, they should have a complete understanding of the process that created that specific outcome/result as well (since only understanding an outcome without understanding the generating process, will be incomplete at best and flawed at worst). This is pretty much how it is in real life as well. Furthermore, a weak visualization can weaken a spell, but a strong visualization cannot strengthen a spell. Examples: (a) Regardless of Aura's visualization, her scales were already tilting towards Frieren, even though Aura was unaware that Frieren had more mana at that point. If it was a purely visualization based system, then Aura would've been able to dominate/control anyone including Frieren. (b) Ubel's visualization is ONLY taking advantage of Reelseiden's formula to cut anything in a 5? meter radius. Even she is unable to fully maximize the spell, since she cannot visualize cutting Basic Defensive Magic. However, she can visualize cutting more things than most people, so she's still a very proficient user of this spell. -------------------------------------------------- In summary, the visualization component of magic is just like in real life; you will surely fail if you have a 'bad' mindset, but a 'good' mindset does NOT guarantee success (ie, a 'good' mindset is a necessary, but insufficient condition for success since external factors are still a thing). Visualization is important, but it's not the be-all-end-all. Spells determine what's possible or not, and a mage's visualization can make them achieve between 0% to 100% of a spell's potential. They cannot just bs visualize/imagine themself into winning and/or doing the impossible. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Also, there is technically one more component, which may fall under Control, but since I'm not convinced that it definitely does (and also because it's not completely crucial for just casting magic alone as a singular mage), I've written it below as a separate point: (5) Detection: How accurately a mage can detect mana in a certain radius with themself at the center. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The above info is from: S01E02: First half of the episode with Frieren teaching Fern. S01E03: Second half of the episode on Killing Magic. S01E05: Second half of the episode with the Solar Dragon. S01E08: Pretty much all of it. :) S01E09: Pretty much all of it. :) S01E10: Pretty much all of it. :) S01E15: First half of the episode on Goddess' Magic. S01E16: Second half of the episode with the statue cleaning quest. S01E20: Pretty much all of it. :) S01E21: Pretty much all of it. :) S01E26: Pretty much all of it. :) """ This was an excerpt from my main post on "rFrieren" titled "Important Lore that a lot of people get wrong".
Regarding Frieren's trump card, I think that it's actually still magic and not pure/raw visualization or some other unknown thing. Notice how there is a magic circle under clone-Frieren's feet. A magic circle different from Zoltraak or any others we've seen (this is the case both in the anime and the manga). It's just magic that Fern can't understand, similar to how some demonic/monster magic can't be understood/detected by humanity and is categorized as curses.
@@StickManVS What part of "it isn't necessary to watch episodes together" implies to you that I am unaware that some episodes might be called part 1 and 2? Are you aware that these episodes are almost never released together when first airing? Yet somehow people are perfectly capable of understanding and enjoying these shows on a weekly basis. So it's not necessary.
This is especially true for episodes 1 to 4. They were broadcast together due to the two-hour TV slot usually reserved for movies, and also as advertising for the new anime series. So, compared to the original manga, there is no need to watch them all at once.
Low key anticipating a channel announcement for a temporary hiatus as Milena and Lola have entered a cryogenic freezing facility, and will be back when either the next season of Vinland Saga or Frieren is released. Whichever comes first. This way, Fridays can become Freezing Fridays until Frieren Fridays returns. I say this because I sympathise, and thought about doing the same. Well obviously not seriously, plus there are a lot of other good shows in general. Frieren is definitely special.
ÑI vouch for The Lord of The Rings trilogy 😂. Come on Milena, the sooner you watch it, the sooner the pain will go away! PS - Attrition means wear someone/something down with sustained attacks.
If you're in the mood for something heavier in tone, Eighty-Six is a very good sci-fi war drama. Excellent characters and direction, but it's a _rough_ watch.
10:02 A battle of attrition is defined as: “a prolonged war or period of conflict during which each side seeks to gradually wear out the other by a series of small-scale actions.”
Yeah, I thought Lola already knew what it meant from their AOT reaction. That word stuck with me with Armin's brilliant but tragic strategy against the Collosal.
@@copper_canola1215 Same for for me bro. That word has stuck with me since I watched AOT
@@viethung4773 For me I've known the word ever since middle school since the two world wars are part of the basic history curriculum and the first one was qualified as a war of attrition.
@enomiellanidrac9137 I know it since I was a fetus in the womb 🙄lmao
when we saw Frieren caught in a mimic at the end you can notice other mimics opened already, suggesting she was consecutively trying all those mimics and getting caught like that everytime 😂
Yeah, now that they have that one neat trick from Sense, why bother detecting mimics?
@@molluskscommawethewhat trick?
There's a 1% chance each one of them could be real chest with real magic treasure!
But put a mimic after final boss is just cruel.
Petition for a special rewatch of EPs 1-4 in one sitting after seasons done
Please
Yes, please!
Would absolutely love this
They would die... But we deserve that
Second
Milena and Lola will be pleasantly surprised to find out that the author of Frieren does not waste any of the characters introduced in the mage exam. Every single one will shine eventually. Trust. The journey is just beginning.
Nice
That's wonderful to know! I've been keeping myself back from finding out more😂
Sense as well. Or so I’ve heard.
@@smreasonall the 1st grade mages that were shown also pop up again in some fashion
This, and new incredibile characters will also appear later. Truly the author is very good at building awesome charachters.
Ubels power is like if you walk through a glass window simply because you can see through it. Everyone else would bump their head on the window but she'd walk right through it
Hands down the best analogy I've seen to describe Ubel's superpower. Bro cooks
@@juanisimocr3813 I dont't think that this analogy is right. You are not supposed to be able to go through something just because you can see through it. Cloth and hair are supposed to be able to be cut, so she can, no matter what magic is imbued in it. It's more like she can do stuff that should be possible as if there was no magic to begin with. So she rather negates other peoples magic/spells.
@@IsMirDochLattens No, it's a great analogy because just like you aren't supposed to go through the glass for any mage it's OBVIOUS that you aren't supposed to penetrate layers and layers of magic.
@ In my understanding her power is not doing the impossible (like walking through glas) but doing something that should be possible but is "protected" by magic. But we can agree to disagree on that topic :D
@@IsMirDochLattensI think it's something like:
Others: I can see through glass, I might bump into it accidently at first because it's so clear, but no matter how clear it is I can never actually pass through it. That's facts.
Ubel to glass: I can see through it, therefore, it's not there. So I can absolutely walk right through it, because it's not there.
The glass is an analogy for the physics and principle of magic in this world, I think. Their perception of the glass is how they understand and interact with magic, I think.
Happy to be here during the golden era of LM Reactions.
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golden era was during AoT reactions....now they became extremely slow, never double uploads, just milking
@Raven-lg7td Is it really milking though? They like to take their time with each episode
@@jailsonsilva2024 Oh yeah, they've talked about having Frieren, Arcane, and Haikyuu being the current shows in rotation as something they've enjoyed.
The "who are you" from Richter was to Edel who just randomly appeared in front of him to gush about the golems, even though they had never met before.
Yes, because she boasted of golems' excellence as if she were the creator of them.
@@もらもら Nah, she's just thinks they're really cool and is excited to tell anyone about them.
@@artboymoy >"as if"
The empty, cold and somehow calm gaze of Frieren is like staring at the eye of a hurricane. She is a force of nature and you are just a leaf in the storm.
It´s pronounced like "Meh - toh - deh", not like the english "method". German again, you know 😉
For me she´s one of the MVPs of this arc, but gets overlooked a lot. Slayed the Gargoyles, healed injured Dünste, detected the missing replicas and stood her ground alone against Ferns replica. One of my favorites.
Methode will also prove how incredibly powerful and competent she is in a new story arc that should be animated pretty early in the second season.
You guys should watch The Apothecary Diaries after this
This. The Frieren and Apothecary Diaries combo on the weekends was nothing but peak entertainment.
I love The Apothecary Diaries but I disagree. TAD source material is a LN of 14 volumes that is still running. The first season only covered 2 volumes and the second season that airs in January is going to adapt 2 more volumes so you would need like 180 episodes and 10 years to get to the point of the actual story, that is still publishing.
@@yoshi1701 what the hell are you talking about? Are you seriously suggesting to never start a show ever again if it's far from finished? Are you saying that season 1 is not worth watching, even though you are a fan? Nothing you say makes any sense and if everybody would live by your rule Harry Potter, or Game of Thrones would've flopped.
@@XMVario Of course is worth watching however they prefer to react to things that are finished. TAD would be the worst of all the animes they have reacted to in that aspect. With Frieren we are at half the point of the manga, Vinland needs only 2 more seasons to conclude, Hunter x Hunter has 80% of the manga adapted.
The next poll is for short anime and you want them to react to the adaptation of the 15+ volume LN that is publishing a new one every 9 months where every volume needs 12-13 episodes? Current anime production is adapting 2 volumes every 15 months so they are barely matching the pace of the LN and they are 7 seasons (9 years) worth of content behind. Why not react to One Piece then?
This is my favorite ep of the series. It’s the definition of Frieren saying “Fern, I’ve taught you everything you know, not everything I know” in a sick and clear way just with that force push. Also love how they showcase how strong Yubel, Methode and Wirbel are as they are hard carrying their parties
Also is a very dynamic display of how the power system works and what makes a powerful mage is very much relative to the situation.
In a much earlier episode you asked why does Frieren just go around looking for mundane and boring spells. This episode showcases that those are the only spells left for Frieren to learn, as she has an unlimited arsenal of attack spells that she spent 50 years straight learning from Flamme. That's why she answered after those 50 years that she only somewhat likes magic, because it left such a bad taste for her. Not until Flamme showed her a spell to make a field of flowers did she start to turn towards learning other kinds of "boring" magic.
Yeah. I think that's when Frieren began to start to love magic again, or at least want to start again. When Flamme said that the flower creation spell was what made her love magic, she wanted to learn it in the hopes that it would rekindle her love too. It's also why she casts it everywhere she goes, to spread that love of magic.
I also love how she call those "lesser' spells Legendary magic. She might not be being humorous. That kind of folk magic was probably some of the first human spells to develop, which would have been during the Legendary age, before Flamme got magic legitimized.
This is a great observation!
9:30 That is the current understanding of how a Black Hole would look like. The accretion disk is accelerated to such speeds that it emits the light that we see. The "crown" is due to the curvature of space-time in what is called gravitational lensing: the light from behind the Black Hole that would never reach us because it would fly away in another direction is curved so that we actually can see the entire surrounding of the Black Hole at once, every side even its back.
@@TheWorldsOkayestUSMarine They are describing the black hole because Lola and Mileena are unsure of what it is, describing it as "The eye of Sauron". They could've also Googled the definition of "attrition" as well, yet there are multiple people defining the term in this comment section anyway, as well as the meanings and pronunciations of German names. I see this as the same thing, filling in missing information that the girls might not get, but is still interesting. I see no reason to single this comment out with a "Don't explain, they can just use Google".
These reactors truly love Frieren the show.
I adore this episode, frieren is truly one of the greatest shows ever made and it’s a shame that soon we’re gonna have to say goodbye
第2シーズンが早く見たい！2025年5月頃と予想します！
@ same⏳🔥, shows like these are exactly what You need every once in a while
The ability that the clone used to attack Fern was the thing that Frieren was talking about that she hadn't had to use in 80 years. Not the spell that Frieren used to destroy the clone.
"Wouldn't she be able to cut through any person" without a defensive spell, yes, Übel cut through that first class mage after all. But if she visualise the defensive magic, she can't cut through it so a simple shield will block her spell. The problem with the proctor she killed and Sense's defensive magic is that they use layers of invisible defensive protection, if they'd used a shield or something visible or even something Übel can't imagine cutting instead, they could block her. It's even possible that you could block Übel's attacks with illusion magic just because what she sees can't be cut even if what she sees isn't real.
So real 😭I kept holding off on the last few episodes so I wouldn't have to say goodbye to this beautiful little world. Frieren will always have my heart.
The writer loves drawing paralels all the time. "This isn't like you" was used by Frieren to Flamme when she explained about the flower spell. Now Fern to Frieren using the same wording albeit for different reason. Student to teacher.
The Apothecary Diaries might fill the hole in your hearts.
Is the perfect type of show for them that like to have discussions in depth after each episode.
a minor detail often overlooked is, that Fern in the first test said Frieren told her basic spells are enough to beat mages of the current Era... Frieren is using a lot of none basic spells against herself 😅which is a pretty cool detail i think
After making Denken’s party retreat with only basic offensive spells a few hours earlier. lol
During the first test, Denken says that his team can just wait for Frieren to do some magic and give away her location, assuming that no mage could hide that. Frieren was detected during the stille capture, but clone Frieren's final attack was something else. Fern detected no mana at all.
39:45 the way you two know them so much😭💛
Frieren's "Kurai yo! Kowai yo!" always catch me 😂
Kuroi means black, Kurai means dark. ''Kurai yo'' is correct.
@@もらもら thanks
暗いよ！怖いよ！😂
There's also a mini anime of friren that's ultra cute with chibi versions of all the characters yall would enjoy. It's 12 episodes of them explaining spells each episode is like a minute so it could be one video
Next ep is one of my favs😭 I know they are gonna bawll
Dungeon Meshi
Or
Bocchi the rock
12:49 Milena getting startled there is so sweet and beautiful. :)
I feel really sad knowing watching this show together with you will soon end, so if I could sub a thousand times to your channel I wish I could for the amount of times you two beautiful people have made me smile and lifted my day just by watching and listening to your thoughts for this show. I really "empathize" with both of you! P.S. please prepare tissues for the next last two episodes, feel like you two are about to cry for these last two episodes.😊
What an episode this was! The height of Frieren’s insane power
I’d recommend
『A Place Further than the Universe』
『SPY×FAMILY』
『Demon Slayer : Kimetsu no Yaiba』
『Oshi no Ko』
『Nadia, The Secret of Blue Water』
『Rose of Versailles』
Oh, I second "A Place Further than the Universe"!
Such a great show
Versailles no Bara is incredible but too old to win any poll. Same as Nadia
Dont worry! A second season is already announced and in the works.
21:45 Dying of cuteness and love for Frieren❤😂
Interesting to see you tear up when you saw Frieren in a mimic. There is something weirdly magical about this show. I'm watching this series for the third time (+ reactions) and I have become so attached to these characters (Frieren, Fern, Stark, Himmel, and Heiter to an extent) that I pretty much feel emotional when I just see them. No other show has ever done that, and I don't really understand that. It's genius.
I would recommend Kaguya sama: Love is war as the next tittle. Very light and fun romantic comedy. Released three seasons, a highly rated anime just for the fun time.
if you want something in the same fantasy theme as Frieren, then Dungeon meshi
Kaguya-sama is the best anime romcom by far and a masterpiece that excels at everything it tries imo. I know one day they would react
Once you wrap up Frieren I hope you can check out the trailer for Witch Hat Atelier! Airs this winter and looks like the perfect followup to Frieren vibes.
:D
I think you two would love your lie in April, the animation is beautiful, it has a great story and soundtrack, it’s just amazing and has an emotional weight to it like Frieren does
Frieren as MC is a well written character and unique.
her characterisations isn't shallow/superficial but also not too hard to understand.
Aphotecary Diaries guys. You will not regret finishing Frieren and switching for Maomao power
Not to spoil anything as a manga reader, but you are right in saying this story does not fail you. It may leave you on a clif hanger at time but never leaves you unsatisfied. I love these characters so much
march comes in like a lion is good
"Eye of Sauron do you even know what that is? "No" 😭
Attrition: when you can't win a fight quickly, it becomes a contest of who can wear the other down first.
when the writering is so good you want to know more about each character, even the side ones
20:45 wow of all the reactions i saw , you are the only ones to actually figure out what the 80 years meant.
Really? In most of the reactions I've seen, the reactors immediately get the reference.
Well, some figured it out too. But they're one of the few channels who really pay attention.
The channel "AutoSave" it good too (but they have some health issues, so there're some inconsistencies regarding their upload).
@@martinloss4171 autosave didnt upload for ages, teenagers are so weak these days, some gay boy hallucinates stuff
when Laufen said "I guess I understand that feeling." then smile.
here I confused, she understand Sense's feeling(looking at the most powerful mage in the room been chew up by a mimic). or she understand Frieren's feeling(trapped inside a dark and scary place).
I'm not sure on the interpretation that Fern was so powerful the clone decided to use such a powerful attack; seemed more like the clone had no other option to defend itself. That powerful attack was like a last ditch effort. It would have done the same versus any other mage who opportunistically struck the clone in that scenario.
(Also, I love Fern. Not hating on her.)
Listening to them talk about making costumes makes me feel like they should watch 'My Dress-up Darling'
the animation and world building in this episode is outstanding! it's definitely one of my favourites
thanks for your great reactions, I'm gonna miss frieren too!
Episode 14 with Heiter and Himmel flashbacks, and episode 27 are the best episodes for me personally.
Can't wait for the episode 27.
Milenas hair looks fantastic for the video, so does Lola’s dont want to leave her out as well
Various anime have been recommended, but I like ``Bocchi the Rock! ”I strongly hope you will watch it.
This is a work by the director of ``Frieren'', and you will start off with a very light and fun feeling. However, by the end of the 12th episode, you will be filled with deep emotion.
My theory on the Frieren clones “invisible” final attack on Fern is that this was part of Flammes magic that she had taught Frieren during the fifty years they were together.
Flamme even had the same expression as Frierens clone when she smoked the three demons that ambushed them as well as the entire hill they were standing on.
Mages in Frierens world use spells to channel their innate mana, the attack was akin to a curse because it’s not a recognized spell within the human magic system. So the attacks were either spells that only Flamme and perhaps Serie knew and then were passed on to Frieren. OR they weren’t a spell at all and were just brute for willing their mana to produce a simple but devastating effect.
In my head canon, that attack was simply a godly attack, you visualize it, and it happens, no mana needed. Perhaps that is why they emphasized on the "visualizing magic" thing with the hair cutting and shit with ubel. She was powerful as hell visualizing her magic, cutting the senseis hair. Perhaps flamme and frieren did the same thing, but on a godly level, zero mana.
5 Mimics died in there natural habitat. Props to the architects that Frieren can bang herself with ferns support. (no pun intended xD)
Imagine finishing the show 6 month after release when it was not clear at that time that there would be a season 2
Attrition is wearing away, or wearing down, of an opponent and their resources. The one who does not run out of strength, or soldiers, wins.
I think the magic of Frieren is, similar to real life, you can get flashes of a persons story. You pass them briefly, they affect your life, and then they are gone.
Attrition means wearing down slowly. A battle of attrition means you can't win with a single victory, each side will slowly lose people and whichever side runs out of people or supplies needed to fight loses. In the case of the fight between Frieren and her clone it's a battle of attrition because they are evenly matched and it will be won only after slowly damaging each other or after slowly running out of mana.
41:20 jjk and demon slayer do NOT heal AT ALL
Delicious in Dungeon would be great after frieren! :p
Agree
Madoka Magica would be amazing 🙏
YES!! They need to watch this show. Hopefully they will one day.
4:00 The scene with serie and flamme was 100% meant to be interpreted that way and I saw many comments saying the same so I dunno what you're talking about
In the anime prize of Japan, Frieren won best anime serie of 2024. And look back best movie.
The Continental Magic Association is like a trade union for mages so the probability of any 1st class mage being sent on a demon killing mission with another mage is pretty good.
can’t wait for you guys to see the finale! this really is the golden era. severance s2 coming soon as well. hope to see (more) movie reactions soon
what happened in the monster poll 😭it sounds traumatic
I think you guys would like Skip and Loafer, and The Apothecary Diaries! ☺️
Couldn't recommend Dungeon Meshi (Delicious Dungeon) enough.
I know it’s not your usual content but have you considered reacting to the Frieren manga? I think you will really love it
[NO SPOILERS] Explaining Ubel vs Burg/Sense; I think that Ubel does actually understand Burg's and Sense's enchantments (not in a logical way, but in a more intuitive way) because she wouldn't be able to cut through them otherwise.
It's not that she's special and can just straight up ignore other magics. It's exactly because she understands them, that she can construct images of cutting them and combine it with Reelseiden (which allows her to cut anything she understands) to cut through those other magics.
Unlike what many including Land seem to think, she's actually a decently smart and capable mage that is more "street-smart" rather than "book-smart".
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However, she cannot cut defensive magic, because there are two main hurdles;
(1) The defensive magic itself is probably a superior spell to Reelseiden. As Qual says;
Ep3 (Crunchyroll Subs): "It attunes itself to the offensive magic and disperses its power." (Best TL imo)
Ch5 (VIZ Official TL): "It works by aligning itself with the offensive magic and dispersing the power."
Ch5 (Kirei Cake Fan TL): "It's designed to align with the offense magic and disperse its might."
(2) Ubel would have to visualize weaknesses in defensive magic (if they actually exist since she cannot just make them exist) to be able to cut it. However even assuming that such weaknesses exist, visualizing/understanding them would in turn weaken her own defensive magic, since she now knows about its weaknesses, and so can no longer trust it as a proper defense.
Re Ubel's psychology;
(1) Kraft's thing is basically that she overdid it. He decides against lecturing her probably because there isn't much point to it. However, self-defense and excessive-force are NOT the same. Had Ubel been less messed up, she wouldn't have cut them up into pieces or something.
(2) Wirbel doesn't kill her because he's not a killer and doesn't go out of his way to kill people. However, he is very experienced and a good judge of a character as far as we can tell. He characterizes Ubel as a pervert who enjoys killing and Ubel pretty much silently agrees with him.
(3) Ubel is downright manipulative with Land in the dungeon when facing against her own clone. This is toxic behavior at the very least.
(4) Burg's test wasn't deadly at all. The goal was to just push him back. The examinees were also told that killing was a no-go. But, Ubel killed him in cold blood and felt no remorse as far as we can tell. Plenty evil here.
was episode 25 blocked by youtube or you didn’t post it on youtube?
When they say it's a battle of attrition, it pretty much means who's gonna run out of mana first.
I see zero mention of March comes in like a Lion sadly.
don't remind me
Just as an FYI "attrition" means to beat down or wear down something piece by piece. So a battle of attrition is where you will not win with clever maneuvers or tricks, but just by smashing each other down, force against force. WWI and the current war in Ukraine are classic examples of wars of attrition.
The height of magic and also the height of anime.
Moderm magic takes the form of a physical object like a cloak, even though it's made of magic it still need to take the properties of a cloak in order to make it look like a cloak and scissors are made to cut through those kind of objects, it's a matter of understanding how magic works, ubel understand how cloak works and how scissors work, if the tester use a shield instead of a cloak the outcome would be different, notice also the fight between frieren and clone frieren, it came to a game of rock paper scissors, understand the physical structure in orde to counter it, which is also why frieren instructed fern to only use basic magic, it's formless it's weakness is the users imagination, also lugner ask what magic fern use and she said zoltrak but lugner said it isn't, fern evolve the spell without knowing, putting her own take to her own magic.
Do not cry that it is about to end, rejoice for it even happened. It is sad that the first season is ending but fret not for season 2 is near. There are also many new and old shows that are on the same quality as Frieren. My personal recommendations would be Apothecary Diaries, Dungeon Meshi, and Violet Evergarden.
I don't understand why they insist on only nominating finished shows to replace Frieren when that condition would have stopped them from discovering Frieren in the first place.
Yes!! Do Methode and Ubel, girls!
Ubel's so cool and facinating!!
I said it a few episodes ago but if you need more balm for your soul, Bocchi the Rock is the way to go, same director as Frieren and just as human (even if it focuses on a socially anxious high-schooler). Those 12 episodes of Bocchi are the only thing that have managed to satisfy my Frieren-itch (except for reactions like yours). Dungeon Meshi is also good is you want more fantasy but it's not as healing.
Attrition is loss of efficacy or resources through repeated actions when reinforcements are not available. A battle of attrition is when one side has more resources than another, and can win simply by depleting the opponents resources through repeated engagement.
Here, the replicas can apparently regenerate over and over, while mages who lose leave the dungeon (via golem if they're smart enough and quick enough, or via death otherwise). So repeated fighting will inevitably lead to the replicas winning.
Small correction: The replicas don't regenerate, but they do get revived after some time.
@@Diablos-pi2qy Regenerated literally means recreated.
You're confusing a short-form version of something like "tissue regeneration" with the concept of regeneration in general.
Now, that you've released the Episode 26 reaction/discussion video, I want to give a spoiler-free explanation of the magic system in the Frieren world.
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Short version; Visualization is important, but it's not the be-all-end-all.
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Long version; There are 4 components to a mage's magic-casting in the Frieren world:
(1) Mana: How much mana/magical-energy they have.
(2) Control: How much mana and how precisely they can control it.
(3) Spell: The magical formulas that they know and are able to use. Examples: Basic Offensive/Defensive Magic, Reelseiden.
Note that the spell formula dictates what is possible or impossible. Examples:
(a) Basic Offensive Magic cannot pierce dragon scales or Basic Defensive Magic, regardless of the attacker's visualization. Otherwise, Frieren would've taught Fern how to do it when she asked Fern to attack the Solar Dragon in S01E05 in the former case, and Basic Defensive Magic would actually be useless in the latter case.
(b) Frieren's spell to clean a bronze statue not being usable for a stone statue. If it was purely a visualization based system, then there is absolutely no reason for why Frieren wouldn't be able to use the folk spell in S01E16 to clean Kraft's & Unknown-Priest's statues.
(4) Visualization: Needed to activate/use a spell since a mage cannot make something happen if they can't clearly/exactly picture the desired outcome.
Note that to clearly/exactly picture an outcome, one needs to have a complete understanding of said outcome. Therefore, they should have a complete understanding of the process that created that specific outcome/result as well (since only understanding an outcome without understanding the generating process, will be incomplete at best and flawed at worst). This is pretty much how it is in real life as well.
Furthermore, a weak visualization can weaken a spell, but a strong visualization cannot strengthen a spell. Examples:
(a) Regardless of Aura's visualization, her scales were already tilting towards Frieren, even though Aura was unaware that Frieren had more mana at that point. If it was a purely visualization based system, then Aura would've been able to dominate/control anyone including Frieren.
(b) Ubel's visualization is ONLY taking advantage of Reelseiden's formula to cut anything in a 5? meter radius. Even she is unable to fully maximize the spell, since she cannot visualize cutting Basic Defensive Magic. However, she can visualize cutting more things than most people, so she's still a very proficient user of this spell.
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In summary, the visualization component of magic is just like in real life; you will surely fail if you have a 'bad' mindset, but a 'good' mindset does NOT guarantee success (ie, a 'good' mindset is a necessary, but insufficient condition for success since external factors are still a thing).
Visualization is important, but it's not the be-all-end-all. Spells determine what's possible or not, and a mage's visualization can make them achieve between 0% to 100% of a spell's potential.
They cannot just bs visualize/imagine themself into winning and/or doing the impossible.
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Also, there is technically one more component, which may fall under Control, but since I'm not convinced that it definitely does (and also because it's not completely crucial for just casting magic alone as a singular mage), I've written it below as a separate point:
(5) Detection: How accurately a mage can detect mana in a certain radius with themself at the center.
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The above info is from:
S01E02: First half of the episode with Frieren teaching Fern.
S01E03: Second half of the episode on Killing Magic.
S01E05: Second half of the episode with the Solar Dragon.
S01E08: Pretty much all of it. :)
S01E09: Pretty much all of it. :)
S01E10: Pretty much all of it. :)
S01E15: First half of the episode on Goddess' Magic.
S01E16: Second half of the episode with the statue cleaning quest.
S01E20: Pretty much all of it. :)
S01E21: Pretty much all of it. :)
S01E26: Pretty much all of it. :)
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This was an excerpt from my main post on "rFrieren" titled "Important Lore that a lot of people get wrong".
Regarding Frieren's trump card, I think that it's actually still magic and not pure/raw visualization or some other unknown thing.
Notice how there is a magic circle under clone-Frieren's feet. A magic circle different from Zoltraak or any others we've seen (this is the case both in the anime and the manga).
It's just magic that Fern can't understand, similar to how some demonic/monster magic can't be understood/detected by humanity and is categorized as curses.
I've never understood some people's insistence that certain episodes should be watched together. It's never necessary.
it's not necessary but some episodes form an arc and it makes narrative sense to watch them together, bc it'll all be fresh in your mind
Pretty common to see episodes being called part 1, 2 etc. How could you not understand that?
@@StickManVS What part of "it isn't necessary to watch episodes together" implies to you that I am unaware that some episodes might be called part 1 and 2? Are you aware that these episodes are almost never released together when first airing? Yet somehow people are perfectly capable of understanding and enjoying these shows on a weekly basis. So it's not necessary.
This is especially true for episodes 1 to 4. They were broadcast together due to the two-hour TV slot usually reserved for movies, and also as advertising for the new anime series. So, compared to the original manga, there is no need to watch them all at once.
@@darinharvey3171 If people.could watch more than 1 episode a week they would, that just how the release scheduling works on television.
When you guys are gonna watch JJK?
Low key anticipating a channel announcement for a temporary hiatus as Milena and Lola have entered a cryogenic freezing facility, and will be back when either the next season of Vinland Saga or Frieren is released. Whichever comes first. This way, Fridays can become Freezing Fridays until Frieren Fridays returns.
I say this because I sympathise, and thought about doing the same. Well obviously not seriously, plus there are a lot of other good shows in general. Frieren is definitely special.
Shows gonna heal you like Frieren
Dungeon Meshi or delious in dungeon 24 ep netflix
Bocchi the rock 12ep crunchyroll
Kaguya sama love Is war
You'll fall in love with sense character in season 3, if it will ever made..
I'm curious about the ability Frieren used on Fren after she lost her arms... Very intriguing lore piece for me, how is that not "magic"?
but were ep 25?
But what if it wasn’t a mimic this time?
Creativity and crafting are two different disciplines. You can craft without being creative. Just follow a guide and there you go.
Ok. I'm pausing the episode. You need to react to LOTR! Extended version ofc.
ÑI vouch for The Lord of The Rings trilogy 😂. Come on Milena, the sooner you watch it, the sooner the pain will go away! PS - Attrition means wear someone/something down with sustained attacks.
''What does creative means'' LMAOO
If you're in the mood for something heavier in tone, Eighty-Six is a very good sci-fi war drama. Excellent characters and direction, but it's a _rough_ watch.
I feel like you two would love "Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun". The 2nd season is airing now
0:48 the Katy Perry meme 😂
start with the apothecary diaries after Frieren... its not as good as Frieren (how could it be?) but its also realy good
20:00 Elven Magic