I really thought the 1st 5 episodes were boring and almost gave up on it but decided to give it another try then episode 7 is where things started to spice up. Now i regret saying the earlier episodes were boring because after watching almost the whole season, i cant count how many times ive replayed the earlier episodes the ones i called boring. And the reason is himmel. He is such a good character. The flashbacks are so meaningful and everything ties up to him
first few episodes were the best having amazing emotions later on it just went slice of life....for me later episodes were the one which were hard to navigate.
I also had the same thought, the first 4 or 5 eps felt so slow, but they are actually the foundation of the anime, after I watched the next episodes, then all first 5 eps made sense. I can't think of better ways to start Frieren than this way. I remember the same feeling when I watched Steins Gate, I almost gave up on some of the first episodes, so boring, but my friends kept telling me to watch it, only then I could appreciate it.
6:40 That's true. In the manga, the fight is only a few pages. Heck there's this chapter in which the manga (ch.65) that show 12 pages of Frieren's party exploring a forest, 5 pages talking to a family, and 2 panels of fighting a giant three-headed dragon XD
@@WeebJail and I was thinking, "Boring, heh?!?!?!"... So, I see, you have chosen death!... hehehe... Then proceeded to watch your exposition on the Boring subject, which I find a refreshing take, eye opening even!!! You, my friend, had been given a pass to Heaven... In your time, that is. Thanks and PeaceV Great and Illuminating, Refreshing video essay.
Boring isn't a way I'd describe the series. Slow and deliberately measured breath of air is about how I say it to people when I recommend it. There is action, but it's not the main focus. It's about the space in between the action. I love that in a fast paced reels and shorts world, there is the peaceful slow pace of Frieren.
nah its boring af, they picked the two most boring characters ive ever seen and paired it with side quests and long ass pacing, one or 2 aspects being slow is fine but literally every single thing is boring as shit
@@pierluigidipietro8097Poor strawman. You think because I dislike sayings that are objectively wrong, I don’t care about the journey? What a weak argument.
Well I don't know how it can be "boring". It feels like some people consider boring everything that is not screaming in your face 24\7. It is calm beautiful story, it has action in it, it has strong emotions, it has humour, but it mostly concentrates on describing the beauty of the moment and philosophical questions. But not in a nerdy heavy way - it keeps it light but deep in the same time. I watched all of it in one breath and it keeped me involved and entertained from the start to the end. As for me, it's a perfect composition, not overloaded like some other titles. It leaves your mind a space to rest, to enjoy this fantasy world, but then strikes with another gem of the exciting action or the deep emotion
Yeah Frieren is only boring to someone who feels they need almost constant action and/or drama to make a show interesting. There's already copious amounts of shows like that and I'm glad Frieren is different. If someone isn't into Frieren they can find millions different shows that cater to their tastes. The ways Frieren is different is what makes it so beautiful to me. And also someone who would want Frieren to be more fast-paced kinda misses the whole point of this story being after the big epic adventure. Also bit offtopic but still touching this subject. This is the argument one of the executive producers for the Witcher show used to justify the show being so fast-paced. Because apparently they cater it to kids or adult children who would get bored if there wasn't an action scene in every episode. I knew it was such a stupid thing to say back then and now looking back after Frieren's success it sounds even way more stupid.
A really interesting perspective, and one I can even relate to. I'm in my 50s now, but somehow the 4 years of high school still seemed to last longer in my memories than the 15+ years I've been with my current company. And yet still a day seems to last the same amount of time; when you're older the importance and immediacy of that day changes, particularly when looked at in hindsight.
I remember seeing a Vsauce video like 12 years ago about perception of time. Every year added segments your existence. If you’re only 5 then your whole existence is in 5 sections. If you’re 50 you now have 50 segments. Your existence is now spread across 50 instead of 5.
Funny, I saw the first episode of this show a few days ago and immediately wondered what you'd say about it in a video. It immediately resonated with me about its potential to explore humanity.
I think my favorite part about Qual, despite how little we saw of him, is how he immediately analyzed and discovered the weakness of Defensive magic. Qual is incredibly competent, and if Frieren hadn't returned he would have quickly become a terror again. Sure, Zoltraak backfired on him for being too powerful, but that was only because he was put on pause 80 years. If he was left to his own devices, I have no doubt that he'd modify his Zoltraak into something even more scary than it ever was originally. The proof of that is just how powerful he still was with just Zoltraak against Fern and Frieren. He damn near overwhelmed Fern that if Frieren wasn't there to put him down with his own spell (and hadn't grown a significant degree in power herself too) , he would have defeated them.
You've connected some loose wires in my brain. I'm normally a Slice of Life fan bc I appreciate their reverence for (glorification of?) the mundane, ordinary parts of life. I love the parts of this show that are like this. You describe this aspect of the show as "human". It isn't the Shounen part of popular shows that I dislike, it's that they're Battle Shounen. The reason this Shounen is so up my alley is bc it's a Slice of Life Shounen. How interesting. Thank you for the insight.
We should Gate Keep Frieren harder. I don't want all these Shonen and Isekai fans come to the painful realization with the few brain cells they have left, that they wasted their whole lives on content focused productions and forgot what story telling actually is.
@@saparapatepete Thank you for that excellent question. I don't know, back in 2010 I really hated gate keeping. But in recent years I came to the conclusion that gate keeping doesn't really stop people from entering a new fandom, BUT it keeps up the spirit of those who first discovered and evangelized something genre breaking and new. As long as those OG fans can protect the IP by assimilating new fans to the core values of that IP, the IP will not so quickly transform into something that tries to appeal to everyone and will keep its distinct features that made it worthwhile in the first place. To quote Arrowhead Game Studios here: "A game for everyone is a game for no one" and I believe this is true for Manga as well. New fans will of course enrich a community by their ever increasing diversity, but only if the growth factor is healthy for that community. I mean a lot depends on the creators and how they are able to handle something like exponential growth. It's a complex topic, but I am now on the side of people who really believe that Gate Keeping is something we should consider to be better for the health of a community as it sounds. Apart from that my OG Post was purely meant to be satirical in nature but true in spirit.
@@saparapatepeteso that bad people don’t ruin it? You can’t have a castle with an open gate. Otherwise the barbarians stroll in and sack the place. Do you understand the value of gatekeeping now?
The lesson of this show is very similar to that of Hunter Hunter. When Gon finally meets Ging he turns out to just be a cool dude Gon just finds him in the theater where the election takes place. And Ging tells Gon to enjoy the detours of life. That is so powerful. I love this message. The point of life is to enjoy it.
Great vid , not some generic "le sad immortal elf girl big sad" generic anime youtube video but a really good one. just found u and hit the bell button. now heart my comment already you weeb
I don't understand why some of my friend say this anime is boring when I recommend it to them, even though the anime is the best anime I've ever watched, someone explain to me please 😅
The beauty of doing ordinary things,the beauty of spending time wih the people you love, living life doing what we like. There's a reason why anime like Steins;Gate and Frieren are so special and beautiful and why i love them so much
Like honestly, it almost sounds like you started watching when action began but then although i don't agree with some of this guys points.. Do you realize that you butchered the substance that you would've get from watching the whole thing
Well that escalated quickly at the end of video. And this was indicated in anime as well about heaven. Most interesting analysis of frieren i have seen on TH-cam.
I'm watching this based on your recommendation, on episode 20 now and definitely love it! Not even going to watch this video until I've completed Frieren
U did see the parts where she lays around for years In the past but why does she have an interest in magic was someone complimented her and who was that Himmel That was a sign that she cares about hi. This entire show was to show the effect himmel had on her Also the 10 years being too short if she truly understand mortal life then she could of spent 60 years with him And she wouldn't of cried and said I knew mortal life was short but
Frieren’s understated tone is so interesting. The action, jokes, and heart-tugging don’t really demand your attention-instead it presents a masterpiece you have to choose to engage with to get the most out of it. Like a wise old person quietly dispensing their wisdom. I also love the anachronistic art style. With the amazing film emulation it looks both like it came out today and decades ago, which is so fitting for the character.
There’s nothing to choose to engage with. The show being boring in every single aspect is not a positive. This just means you have too much free time on your hands so you spend it consuming meaningless content.
you know frieren is actually the first show that has captured my attention entirely with every other show I can't sit through a 20-minute episode at all be it ALTA or Pokemon or Sakiki MLP:fim or literally this video I pretty much have to treat them as audiobooks where I look up once every 5-7 minutes while playing a game or I just click off frieren, on the other hand, has been able to make me sit and watch without doing anything else not only that but I won't watch it if is not in the right state of mind with demon slayer or spy family if I remembered a new episode dropped that day id watch it half asleep on the train or while I eat but I just can't do that to frieren like I need to be able to sit down with nothing occupying me to just watch it It honestly feels so weird to say but it doesn't feel weird doing it at all as one of the victims of Tiktok deleting all our attention spans It is incredible how frieren just gives it right back
it's a so-so anime that people hyped up into 10/10 for reasons I can only speculate about. I will say that I would strongly encourage for y'all to expand your horizons if you truly think this is some kind of masterpiece. Read more books. Watch more films. Watch something other than anime.
First 5 episodes were good, Sein episodes were great. First Class Mage Exam was beyond boring. You can tell the animators were trying to stretch the source material as much as they could.
speaking about "ordinary". the most funny thing about this show, at least to me is that some events there are PREDICTABLE, but it still make you loose your shit when it happens, because its not about WHAT happen, its about HOW it happen. this show respect its wiever. it knows we're smart enough to predict some things, and instead of giving us a plot twist that's impossible to predict(aka deus ex machina), it gives us what we predicted but making it look so cool, nobody gives a single fuck about it being predictable. the best example is ep.10. half of the episode we see flashbacks and learn about mana supressing thing, we understand it was 1000 years ago and now Frieren mastered it to unimaginable level. then you remember how Aura's magic work and say "oh, i know what gonna happen next". and it happens. and in the moment of culmination, when Frieren release her mana you sit there and like "i knew its gonna happen, i knew its gooooooooooooooooooo FUCK! HOLY SHIT!"
Really? I almost mistaken the scene for a comedic sketch because it was so over the top edgy. Frieren hitting Aura with the "KYS" line while flexing her power level was so ridiculous that i couldn't help myself but burst out in laughter. Moving forward, how am i supposed to take this shit serious? Straight up turned Frieren into One Punch Man, but without the entertaining villains.
Tbh im getting a bit tired of the word boring, its like the only way an anime can be considered "good" is when the action picks up, if anything i was a little wary when they got to the test cause i was concerned it was just going to be another exam arc(which tbf it was to some extent) but what made it good was that it all stayed focused on people, humanity(and elfmanity?), it didnt get caught up in overblown drama or comparing power. I like that frieren feels a little less like an anime and more like just a story, its not just an arrangement of the same tropes and stock scenarios anime repeat over and over again its actually taking a set of characters and a situation and seeing how one thing follows from another and doesnt rely on flash to cover every important moment. Life is not as mundane and meaningless as people make it out to be(im not talking in an ideological or philosophical sense... well i guess everything could be reguardless) art emerges from life, life is where these ideas come from, they may be more focused and dressed up than reality but that doesnt mean reality is something boring and unrelated its the originator of these ideas its why things are relatable, because we have lived some analogy to these things. Its a little annoying how even in videos about how good an anime like this is we still seem to only be able to talk about it in the frame of being boring, in contrast to things that spend all their time trying to excite you through action or drama or comedy, we dont talk about film this way, or books, people dont talk about how the hobbit is good cause its boring it just feels the way it feels and that feeling is right for the story, things can be mellow without meaning its boring or unengaging. I personally find drama and action a little tiring at this point and hope to see more human stories like this, cause tbh it does really limit the number of anime im interested in watching.
Weren't Serie actually saying in that context, that since Flamme spread magic to human kind, that the humans will surpass the Frieren since they aren't stagnant or complacent the way elfs are, because humans can't afford time to be, so Frieren should keep up?
Frieren "wastes" time from our perspective doing these mundane things cus unlike us she HAS the time to slow down and truly appreciate every bit of life living has to offer.
Serious question WeebJail, Why didn't your channel pop off yet, I wrote couple of months back on your steins;gate videos that you've got it all figured out i enjoyed and still am enjoying your content but, TH-cam doesn't seem to think so. Im starting to question if all you do really need to succeed on youtube is good videos. Your content is in similiar quality to people like gigguk and other people on anitube. What do you think, is the niche of anime just too satiated or are you just unlucky, you obviosly had success with your attack on titan video but, then in contrast this video about frieren was not that good from the analytic side, idk maybe steins;gate analasis videos which your channel mainly consists of don't have a huge, audience they can reach cause not so many people are maybe interested in that kind of style of videos. You probably have also put way more thought into this than I did though, so do you know why you aren't big yet?
haha idk if im gigguk quality but assuming i am it would probably be a combination of saturation, video packaging (ability to make good titles/thumbnails), and maybe a little bit luck. time is also another factor, growth on platforms like youtube is very exponential.
I'm kinda disliking the show's move from the "boring and mundane" into the "exciting." While I look forward to a season 2, I worry there will be an increase in the number and length of fight scenes along with world building expositions needed to make everyone feel the fight scenes didn't create plot holes. I dread a focus on the politics, fights and technicalities instead of the everyday moments that actually make all the political nonsense and fighting worth the effort. The unfortunate reality is that this show will probably fall victim to the very thing that it originally set out to expose: Losing sight of what really matters.
i agree the more action stuff wasnt as good, but i like everything it was doing with it, and the voice behind it. so i'm optimistic for s2 but can totally see a world where it goes a little downhill
@@SoicBRi may or may not have gotten him to change something last minute haha whoops anyway you can watch it now :'D th-cam.com/video/57Oez1bmri8/w-d-xo.html
Your perspective is nice, but I disagree and don’t think it’s accurate to who Frieren is as character. The story? Yes. However the character just displays too many instances of undermining time and its passage to embody that. This video ignores the smaller moments like how she never gave Fern presents until it dawned on her that maybe she should. The passage of time was shown to us slowly not for the character but for the viewer as it was the first introduction to it. After all, we never get another time passage scene quite like the first one again. Frieren does a bunch of things because she’s used to have so much time, so she learned to keep herself busy. After all, it’s not like she can just scroll the internet endlessly. After all, she’s shown to be lazy and take her time. Frieren didn’t like dungeons until Hummel convened her that they were worth it. Again, your perspective is not bad for the show as a whole, it’s just not accurate to the character. I get that the story is about living life and enjoying from the simple to the crazy. I just think don’t this reading of the character is fully genuine. Maybe I just don’t agree with your view on the ordinary, but I simply can’t see it. Also your video was pretty "boring."
here's something i maybe didn't touch on enough in the video that might convince you. i don't think frieren is necessarily conscious of how her own mind works. she's ditzy and often a fool, and the reason she acts this way is, as you said, because of other people. the reason she likes boring magic, the reason she takes life slowly, is mostly because of flamme. the reason she likes dungeons is because of himmel. so when i say she knows how to live a fulfilling life, she might not know WHY she knows that. and she might not even know THAT she does. but she does and it's because of her friends.
Interesting; you use the word "Boring" as a means to "get A Rise" out of your listeners. That's one reason why i enjoy teaching English so much; because it reveals so much about a person's values and character. You enjoy infuriating people on purpose, NOT for malicious reasons, but because you like to make them think. I prefer to tell people the truth. in the case of Sou Sou no Freiran, I would NOT use the word "Boring". I would use the word "Ordinary" or "Mundane", because for me, the word "Boring" has the wrong, negative connotations, though using the word to infuriate people makes sense. You use it to gain the attention of other people because that ATTENTION is what is important to you. I prefer the truth and honesty as much as possible. The truth may confuse, infuriate, or even hurt another person, but i prefer that to gaining the attention of others if they do not want to pay attention to what I have to say. That's the way Jesus always 'preached". he just sat down somewhere and began talking. Eventually people would just ordinarily gather around him to listen. Definitely it's very different from the DEI dictators that push their policies and opinions on others, and THEN they get royally pissed when you don't agree with them . In the end, i like Frieren because i like it's story, and it's characters, and the artist's graphic style. Any 'life's lessons" that I get out of it is the icing on the cake, but just the icing. I'm very glad that we both like it though.
it's youtube bro you have to get people's attention, but this is why i put the second half of the title in so it's clear that i actually really like it, if people don't read the full title then that's on them lol
Thanks again for bailing me out
the real journey is the friends we make in the holding cell when we get arrested along the way
I really thought the 1st 5 episodes were boring and almost gave up on it but decided to give it another try then episode 7 is where things started to spice up. Now i regret saying the earlier episodes were boring because after watching almost the whole season, i cant count how many times ive replayed the earlier episodes the ones i called boring. And the reason is himmel. He is such a good character. The flashbacks are so meaningful and everything ties up to him
first few episodes were the best having amazing emotions later on it just went slice of life....for me later episodes were the one which were hard to navigate.
Peak character development
ive seen the first few episodes 3 times now and they're just 🤌🤌🤌
I also had the same thought, the first 4 or 5 eps felt so slow, but they are actually the foundation of the anime, after I watched the next episodes, then all first 5 eps made sense. I can't think of better ways to start Frieren than this way.
I remember the same feeling when I watched Steins Gate, I almost gave up on some of the first episodes, so boring, but my friends kept telling me to watch it, only then I could appreciate it.
I almost dropped it multiple times and repent on not doing so. It was boring, dull and and empty, from beggining to end.
"The utterly, unremarkable, uninteresting, boring day is the most magical thing".... no where have I heard that before lol
👀 you definitely haven't heard me say this 5000 times about another anime
So Hobbits.
@@ChrisH43 what can i say great art inspires great art
Can't believe that I had to hear the most comprehensive breakdown of Frieren from such a small channel.
Great job, man! Subbed.
welcome : D
6:40 That's true. In the manga, the fight is only a few pages.
Heck there's this chapter in which the manga (ch.65) that show 12 pages of Frieren's party exploring a forest, 5 pages talking to a family, and 2 panels of fighting a giant three-headed dragon XD
I have to admit I laughed when I heard the opening line, "frieren is boring!"
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@@WeebJail and I was thinking, "Boring, heh?!?!?!"... So, I see, you have chosen death!... hehehe... Then proceeded to watch your exposition on the Boring subject, which I find a refreshing take, eye opening even!!! You, my friend, had been given a pass to Heaven... In your time, that is. Thanks and PeaceV Great and Illuminating, Refreshing video essay.
Boring isn't a way I'd describe the series. Slow and deliberately measured breath of air is about how I say it to people when I recommend it. There is action, but it's not the main focus. It's about the space in between the action. I love that in a fast paced reels and shorts world, there is the peaceful slow pace of Frieren.
It's typical slice of life pace. Slower than other genres.
nah its boring af, they picked the two most boring characters ive ever seen and paired it with side quests and long ass pacing, one or 2 aspects being slow is fine but literally every single thing is boring as shit
As the proverb says, "Is the Journey, not the destination, that matters."
One of the worst sayings to ever exist
@@ExpertContrarian In a RpG, I suppose you are very fond of the teleport spell
@@pierluigidipietro8097Poor strawman. You think because I dislike sayings that are objectively wrong, I don’t care about the journey? What a weak argument.
@@ExpertContrarian oh, we have a Troll here. Beware of sunlight, bro.
@@pierluigidipietro8097 dismantling your strawman makes me a troll? Could you cope any harder? Don’t go outside if your feelings are this easily hurt.
Well I don't know how it can be "boring". It feels like some people consider boring everything that is not screaming in your face 24\7. It is calm beautiful story, it has action in it, it has strong emotions, it has humour, but it mostly concentrates on describing the beauty of the moment and philosophical questions. But not in a nerdy heavy way - it keeps it light but deep in the same time. I watched all of it in one breath and it keeped me involved and entertained from the start to the end. As for me, it's a perfect composition, not overloaded like some other titles. It leaves your mind a space to rest, to enjoy this fantasy world, but then strikes with another gem of the exciting action or the deep emotion
You have encapsulated what I had been feeling when I started watching this series. Bullseye!!! Thank You and PeaceV
Yeah Frieren is only boring to someone who feels they need almost constant action and/or drama to make a show interesting. There's already copious amounts of shows like that and I'm glad Frieren is different. If someone isn't into Frieren they can find millions different shows that cater to their tastes. The ways Frieren is different is what makes it so beautiful to me. And also someone who would want Frieren to be more fast-paced kinda misses the whole point of this story being after the big epic adventure.
Also bit offtopic but still touching this subject. This is the argument one of the executive producers for the Witcher show used to justify the show being so fast-paced. Because apparently they cater it to kids or adult children who would get bored if there wasn't an action scene in every episode. I knew it was such a stupid thing to say back then and now looking back after Frieren's success it sounds even way more stupid.
The real treasure is all the friends Stark keeps making along the way.
Great Vid Dude! Best takes on this I've seen! Just watched the final ep German dubs earlier... really hits different. And the VAs are great too!
A really interesting perspective, and one I can even relate to. I'm in my 50s now, but somehow the 4 years of high school still seemed to last longer in my memories than the 15+ years I've been with my current company. And yet still a day seems to last the same amount of time; when you're older the importance and immediacy of that day changes, particularly when looked at in hindsight.
I remember seeing a Vsauce video like 12 years ago about perception of time. Every year added segments your existence. If you’re only 5 then your whole existence is in 5 sections. If you’re 50 you now have 50 segments. Your existence is now spread across 50 instead of 5.
Funny, I saw the first episode of this show a few days ago and immediately wondered what you'd say about it in a video. It immediately resonated with me about its potential to explore humanity.
it's basically steinsgate but with elf waifu
@@WeebJailthis
I think my favorite part about Qual, despite how little we saw of him, is how he immediately analyzed and discovered the weakness of Defensive magic. Qual is incredibly competent, and if Frieren hadn't returned he would have quickly become a terror again.
Sure, Zoltraak backfired on him for being too powerful, but that was only because he was put on pause 80 years. If he was left to his own devices, I have no doubt that he'd modify his Zoltraak into something even more scary than it ever was originally.
The proof of that is just how powerful he still was with just Zoltraak against Fern and Frieren. He damn near overwhelmed Fern that if Frieren wasn't there to put him down with his own spell (and hadn't grown a significant degree in power herself too) , he would have defeated them.
You've connected some loose wires in my brain. I'm normally a Slice of Life fan bc I appreciate their reverence for (glorification of?) the mundane, ordinary parts of life. I love the parts of this show that are like this. You describe this aspect of the show as "human".
It isn't the Shounen part of popular shows that I dislike, it's that they're Battle Shounen. The reason this Shounen is so up my alley is bc it's a Slice of Life Shounen. How interesting. Thank you for the insight.
We should Gate Keep Frieren harder. I don't want all these Shonen and Isekai fans come to the painful realization with the few brain cells they have left, that they wasted their whole lives on content focused productions and forgot what story telling actually is.
why gatekeep good stuff?
@@saparapatepete why gatekeep bad stuff?
@@st0ox why gatekeep stuff?
@@saparapatepete Thank you for that excellent question. I don't know, back in 2010 I really hated gate keeping. But in recent years I came to the conclusion that gate keeping doesn't really stop people from entering a new fandom, BUT it keeps up the spirit of those who first discovered and evangelized something genre breaking and new. As long as those OG fans can protect the IP by assimilating new fans to the core values of that IP, the IP will not so quickly transform into something that tries to appeal to everyone and will keep its distinct features that made it worthwhile in the first place. To quote Arrowhead Game Studios here: "A game for everyone is a game for no one" and I believe this is true for Manga as well.
New fans will of course enrich a community by their ever increasing diversity, but only if the growth factor is healthy for that community.
I mean a lot depends on the creators and how they are able to handle something like exponential growth. It's a complex topic, but I am now on the side of people who really believe that Gate Keeping is something we should consider to be better for the health of a community as it sounds.
Apart from that my OG Post was purely meant to be satirical in nature but true in spirit.
@@saparapatepeteso that bad people don’t ruin it? You can’t have a castle with an open gate. Otherwise the barbarians stroll in and sack the place. Do you understand the value of gatekeeping now?
ooh guys its another quirky af review of frieren with a clickbait title, havent seen this one before
have you? 🤔 are there other people writing the same things as me
The lesson of this show is very similar to that of Hunter Hunter. When Gon finally meets Ging he turns out to just be a cool dude Gon just finds him in the theater where the election takes place. And Ging tells Gon to enjoy the detours of life. That is so powerful. I love this message. The point of life is to enjoy it.
Great vid , not some generic
"le sad immortal elf girl big sad" generic anime youtube video but a really good one.
just found u and hit the bell button. now heart my comment already you weeb
i refuse
She sad, she happy, but most importantly she kill demon
Oh God, there you go again blowing our minds.
Thanks bro 🙏🏻 Thank you so much
i am the one and only king of weeaboos
I don't understand why some of my friend say this anime is boring when I recommend it to them, even though the anime is the best anime I've ever watched, someone explain to me please 😅
because It's boring there you go
I dont find these kinds of stories “boring” but I dont what to describe it.
Thank you for this new perspective, you are gonna go far.
sure hope so!! : D
She wasn't waiting for the moment to come, she remembered the moment because she needed a shadow dragon claw and himmel had it.
From what I picked up, she decided to go to heaven to see her dead friends again. Say goodbye one last time.
The beauty of doing ordinary things,the beauty of spending time wih the people you love, living life doing what we like.
There's a reason why anime like Steins;Gate and Frieren are so special and beautiful and why i love them so much
When Death comes knocking on Frieren's door he's likely to get clapped.
I love the type of anime works that help me learn a little bit more about myself and Frieren is one of them. Great video analysis!
Frieren is the best anime of all for me. 86 is a close second. ❤
We need more sulking fern 🙏🙏🙏
🙏🙏🙏🙏
Frieren is not boring.
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This is like after completing Skyrim main quest you do the side quest or playing DLC content later on.
this is like morrowind level shit
I skipped the first episodes cuz they were boring. I do not regret it I do not plain of coming back to watch these episodes.
You should not have watched it honestly, the show is not for you my guy
Like honestly, it almost sounds like you started watching when action began but then although i don't agree with some of this guys points..
Do you realize that you butchered the substance that you would've get from watching the whole thing
Well that escalated quickly at the end of video. And this was indicated in anime as well about heaven. Most interesting analysis of frieren i have seen on TH-cam.
Great video bro, keep up the good work
ty friend will do : D
The story indeed is the friends we made along the way
Just watch To Your Eternity.
i have a video on this too. it is, however, dead to me since season 2 aired
I'm watching this based on your recommendation, on episode 20 now and definitely love it! Not even going to watch this video until I've completed Frieren
wait did you literally watch 20 episodes in a row right after seeing this, damn
@@WeebJail Hahaha no no no, a few weeks ago you recommended Frieren in a comment
@@EddoWagt oh fuck lmao i was thrown for a loop for a sec lol i do remember that
@@WeebJail It's okay if you want to talk about your dementia
@@EddoWagt he's onto me
I don't see Frieren as boring, I enjoy this show a lot😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
U did see the parts where she lays around for years In the past but why does she have an interest in magic was someone complimented her and who was that Himmel
That was a sign that she cares about hi. This entire show was to show the effect himmel had on her
Also the 10 years being too short if she truly understand mortal life then she could of spent 60 years with him
And she wouldn't of cried and said I knew mortal life was short but
The login page music at the end took me by the throat
gottem
Frieren’s understated tone is so interesting. The action, jokes, and heart-tugging don’t really demand your attention-instead it presents a masterpiece you have to choose to engage with to get the most out of it. Like a wise old person quietly dispensing their wisdom.
I also love the anachronistic art style. With the amazing film emulation it looks both like it came out today and decades ago, which is so fitting for the character.
There’s nothing to choose to engage with. The show being boring in every single aspect is not a positive. This just means you have too much free time on your hands so you spend it consuming meaningless content.
Yesssss, you're covering the trendy anime and I'm here for it!
The anime community needs your hero arc to save the community from bad takes.
If she knows the value of time why does it take her so long to get out of bed? :) Going to Heaven is just something to do.
because sleep is also a good use of time :')
Nice review bruh
ty bruh
you know frieren is actually the first show that has captured my attention entirely with every other show I can't sit through a 20-minute episode at all be it ALTA or Pokemon or Sakiki MLP:fim or literally this video I pretty much have to treat them as audiobooks where I look up once every 5-7 minutes while playing a game or I just click off frieren, on the other hand, has been able to make me sit and watch without doing anything else not only that but I won't watch it if is not in the right state of mind with demon slayer or spy family if I remembered a new episode dropped that day id watch it half asleep on the train or while I eat but I just can't do that to frieren like I need to be able to sit down with nothing occupying me to just watch it
It honestly feels so weird to say but it doesn't feel weird doing it at all as one of the victims of Tiktok deleting all our attention spans It is incredible how frieren just gives it right back
they say people cant watch anything long, but that's not true, people will watch anything for hours and hours, just as long as it's interesting
it's a so-so anime that people hyped up into 10/10 for reasons I can only speculate about. I will say that I would strongly encourage for y'all to expand your horizons if you truly think this is some kind of masterpiece. Read more books. Watch more films. Watch something other than anime.
First 5 episodes were good, Sein episodes were great. First Class Mage Exam was beyond boring. You can tell the animators were trying to stretch the source material as much as they could.
speaking about "ordinary". the most funny thing about this show, at least to me is that some events there are PREDICTABLE, but it still make you loose your shit when it happens, because its not about WHAT happen, its about HOW it happen. this show respect its wiever. it knows we're smart enough to predict some things, and instead of giving us a plot twist that's impossible to predict(aka deus ex machina), it gives us what we predicted but making it look so cool, nobody gives a single fuck about it being predictable.
the best example is ep.10. half of the episode we see flashbacks and learn about mana supressing thing, we understand it was 1000 years ago and now Frieren mastered it to unimaginable level. then you remember how Aura's magic work and say "oh, i know what gonna happen next". and it happens. and in the moment of culmination, when Frieren release her mana you sit there and like "i knew its gonna happen, i knew its gooooooooooooooooooo FUCK! HOLY SHIT!"
oooooooof amen brother
Really? I almost mistaken the scene for a comedic sketch because it was so over the top edgy. Frieren hitting Aura with the "KYS" line while flexing her power level was so ridiculous that i couldn't help myself but burst out in laughter. Moving forward, how am i supposed to take this shit serious? Straight up turned Frieren into One Punch Man, but without the entertaining villains.
Uh if it's BORING, why would I watch it?! Your CLICKBAIT has FAILED (nice sweater, I have the same one, U N I Q L O)
nice try BUDDY but i bought this one in america, where im from
Frieren has a perfect memory. It's like photographic
Tbh im getting a bit tired of the word boring, its like the only way an anime can be considered "good" is when the action picks up, if anything i was a little wary when they got to the test cause i was concerned it was just going to be another exam arc(which tbf it was to some extent) but what made it good was that it all stayed focused on people, humanity(and elfmanity?), it didnt get caught up in overblown drama or comparing power. I like that frieren feels a little less like an anime and more like just a story, its not just an arrangement of the same tropes and stock scenarios anime repeat over and over again its actually taking a set of characters and a situation and seeing how one thing follows from another and doesnt rely on flash to cover every important moment. Life is not as mundane and meaningless as people make it out to be(im not talking in an ideological or philosophical sense... well i guess everything could be reguardless) art emerges from life, life is where these ideas come from, they may be more focused and dressed up than reality but that doesnt mean reality is something boring and unrelated its the originator of these ideas its why things are relatable, because we have lived some analogy to these things. Its a little annoying how even in videos about how good an anime like this is we still seem to only be able to talk about it in the frame of being boring, in contrast to things that spend all their time trying to excite you through action or drama or comedy, we dont talk about film this way, or books, people dont talk about how the hobbit is good cause its boring it just feels the way it feels and that feeling is right for the story, things can be mellow without meaning its boring or unengaging. I personally find drama and action a little tiring at this point and hope to see more human stories like this, cause tbh it does really limit the number of anime im interested in watching.
Beautiful video, dude.
thank you friend : D
9:15 OBSESSED? AND YOU? being always boring and caring a crap over others time and life...also..learning dumb magic?
Weren't Serie actually saying in that context, that since Flamme spread magic to human kind, that the humans will surpass the Frieren since they aren't stagnant or complacent the way elfs are, because humans can't afford time to be, so Frieren should keep up?
right, and frieren's response is that's exciting because she'll get to see all kinds of different magic
@@WeebJail , I assume that's because humans are many, in contrast to Serie's wishes to keep magic to the most talented, to keep magic special
@@EvGamerBETA this would be a difference of opinion--to serie it's special if only a few use it, to flamme it's only special if everyone can
Frieren "wastes" time from our perspective doing these mundane things cus unlike us she HAS the time to slow down and truly appreciate every bit of life living has to offer.
Don't worry I like boring things, I work in construction with heavy machinery
I'll be back with a better comment after spending some time pondering your concept btw
Serious question WeebJail, Why didn't your channel pop off yet, I wrote couple of months back on your steins;gate videos that you've got it all figured out i enjoyed and still am enjoying your content but, TH-cam doesn't seem to think so. Im starting to question if all you do really need to succeed on youtube is good videos. Your content is in similiar quality to people like gigguk and other people on anitube. What do you think, is the niche of anime just too satiated or are you just unlucky, you obviosly had success with your attack on titan video but, then in contrast this video about frieren was not that good from the analytic side, idk maybe steins;gate analasis videos which your channel mainly consists of don't have a huge, audience they can reach cause not so many people are maybe interested in that kind of style of videos. You probably have also put way more thought into this than I did though, so do you know why you aren't big yet?
haha idk if im gigguk quality but assuming i am it would probably be a combination of saturation, video packaging (ability to make good titles/thumbnails), and maybe a little bit luck. time is also another factor, growth on platforms like youtube is very exponential.
amazing video! Its impossible not be emotional on frieren.
Thoughtful. Subscribed
I'm kinda disliking the show's move from the "boring and mundane" into the "exciting." While I look forward to a season 2, I worry there will be an increase in the number and length of fight scenes along with world building expositions needed to make everyone feel the fight scenes didn't create plot holes. I dread a focus on the politics, fights and technicalities instead of the everyday moments that actually make all the political nonsense and fighting worth the effort.
The unfortunate reality is that this show will probably fall victim to the very thing that it originally set out to expose: Losing sight of what really matters.
i agree the more action stuff wasnt as good, but i like everything it was doing with it, and the voice behind it. so i'm optimistic for s2 but can totally see a world where it goes a little downhill
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Skill issue. I couldn’t even make it two episodes
Loved the vid mate
ty friend :'D
This video is really hard to agree with since a lot of what you said quite contradicts what is being said and implied in the show.
do you have examples
Isekai Ojisan
got me in the first half ngl
i read the first three words and insta clicked on the vid XD
gotta read the second half of the title!!
"His video you can check right here"
[forgets to add the endcard]
Naw it was my fault, I didn’t publish it yet 😅 now it’s up though
@@wiresdonttalkoops lol
@@SoicBRi may or may not have gotten him to change something last minute haha whoops anyway you can watch it now :'D th-cam.com/video/57Oez1bmri8/w-d-xo.html
Huh, I have a deja vu. It's like the King of Weebs already said something similar about another series :)
almost like i have 10 hours of me saying this about some other series
I don't
I see elf, I click
That is an interesting take.
Your perspective is nice, but I disagree and don’t think it’s accurate to who Frieren is as character. The story? Yes.
However the character just displays too many instances of undermining time and its passage to embody that.
This video ignores the smaller moments like how she never gave Fern presents until it dawned on her that maybe she should.
The passage of time was shown to us slowly not for the character but for the viewer as it was the first introduction to it. After all, we never get another time passage scene quite like the first one again.
Frieren does a bunch of things because she’s used to have so much time, so she learned to keep herself busy. After all, it’s not like she can just scroll the internet endlessly.
After all, she’s shown to be lazy and take her time.
Frieren didn’t like dungeons until Hummel convened her that they were worth it.
Again, your perspective is not bad for the show as a whole, it’s just not accurate to the character.
I get that the story is about living life and enjoying from the simple to the crazy.
I just think don’t this reading of the character is fully genuine.
Maybe I just don’t agree with your view on the ordinary, but I simply can’t see it.
Also your video was pretty "boring."
here's something i maybe didn't touch on enough in the video that might convince you.
i don't think frieren is necessarily conscious of how her own mind works. she's ditzy and often a fool, and the reason she acts this way is, as you said, because of other people.
the reason she likes boring magic, the reason she takes life slowly, is mostly because of flamme. the reason she likes dungeons is because of himmel.
so when i say she knows how to live a fulfilling life, she might not know WHY she knows that. and she might not even know THAT she does. but she does and it's because of her friends.
King of weebs does it again 🎉🎉
Interesting; you use the word "Boring" as a means to "get A Rise" out of your listeners. That's one reason why i enjoy teaching English so much; because it reveals so much about a person's values and character.
You enjoy infuriating people on purpose, NOT for malicious reasons, but because you like to make them think.
I prefer to tell people the truth. in the case of Sou Sou no Freiran, I would NOT use the word "Boring". I would use the word "Ordinary" or "Mundane", because for me, the word "Boring" has the wrong, negative connotations, though using the word to infuriate people makes sense. You use it to gain the attention of other people because that ATTENTION is what is important to you.
I prefer the truth and honesty as much as possible. The truth may confuse, infuriate, or even hurt another person, but i prefer that to gaining the attention of others if they do not want to pay attention to what I have to say.
That's the way Jesus always 'preached". he just sat down somewhere and began talking. Eventually people would just ordinarily gather around him to listen.
Definitely it's very different from the DEI dictators that push their policies and opinions on others, and THEN they get royally pissed when you don't agree with them .
In the end, i like Frieren because i like it's story, and it's characters, and the artist's graphic style. Any 'life's lessons" that I get out of it is the icing on the cake, but just the icing.
I'm very glad that we both like it though.
it's youtube bro you have to get people's attention, but this is why i put the second half of the title in so it's clear that i actually really like it, if people don't read the full title then that's on them lol
@@WeebJail you don’t have to get peoples attention. You want to get peoples attention. You just don’t know how to do it without making clickbait.
Freiren is boring and you are absolutley not target audience
how am i not the target audience D':
I guess you didnt make it to the first class mage exam yet.. anything but boring lol
i guess you didn't make it through the first 10 seconds of the video D':
This is not really how the she is intended as character lol but nice try.
ok sorry daddy i will do better next time
I liked the first few episodes, but half the episodes are a school battle anime. This show will get milked to death.
“School battle anime”? Half the episodes!? Did we even watch the same show?
@@Credemisthat's savage🤣🤣
how i wish 50% are battle eps LMAOOOO u sure u watched the show buddy?