I agree with that sentiment, the calm calculated approach is very refreshing. I can understand a Pyromancer drawing upon a wellspring of rage to channel a conflagration but not for traditional mages. Traditional mages have too much to calculate to waste energy on excessive emotions. Mages have to calculate the mana cost, output, range, the potential collateral damage, and their spellcasting glyphs while trying to be aware of their surroundings to defend themselves. A lot of mages shown in anime are often downright in the uncanny valley when it comes to believability.
One thing I think Frieren does better than almost any modern anime is show how knowledgeable and powerful a being thousands of years old would actually be, she dissects and plans rather boasts about her prowess, she’s even aware when she would lose in certain situations. This anime is such a breath of fresh air in the modern landscape, I think Gigguk described it as “Tolkien-esque” and I think that’s pretty much the nail on the head
Tolkien's view of fantasy has been pretty much the go to for a lot of current-day stories about medieval fantasy. In fact, the way we spell the word "elves" was because of him. Before Tolkien, the plural word of elf was spelled "elfs." Pretty crazy to think about.
With this and Serie's comment, it's extra funny to know she did all this just to let another mage shine. She even didn't do it to show off, or to say hello to Serie. She just wanted Kanne to be able to use her abilities.
@@dc1397not exactly, Frieren was indulging in a whim. She thought it was rude to magic for the barrier to be interfering with a mage's test. So she broke it to let that mage enjoy water magic in the rain. She didn't do it to be nice, or to let the youngins grow or anything. Her principles just said "this barrier is offensive, I'll remove it."
@LibertyMonk she did it for the exact reason we stated, for her teammate to win her battle. Frieren even recalled a conversation about how every party has a different makeup. Frieren fulfilled her end by defeating Denken and Laufen to destroy the barrier for Kanne and Lawine. She cannot move on to the second stage without the girls. They all learned from each other.
we see from the conclusion of the exam, Frieren never wanted or intended to pass, she was mostly there to support Fern, and it seems like she thought while she's there she might as well do something for the other aspiring mages she got paired up with.
She probably had multiple ideas behind it. She did it because she felt the barrier was a limitation on the test, she did it to let her team win, and she did it to say hello to serie
I liked how the barrier breaks and Sense simply pulls out an umbrella, while Genau sits there getting rained on. Sense planned for the unexpected while Genau was so sure that nothing could possibly happen.
REALLY like how they foreshadowed Frieren was going to break the barrier by revealing her party members could control water/ice early on and then several times over the arc showed the Rain hitting the barrier (even having characters comment on it). That combined with the commentary made this my favorite scene since the Zoltraak fight. Magic is often described as "making the impossible, possible" so they were right on point with the dialogue 👏🔥
It's fun watching the episodes leading up to this moment. They make sure to let you know over and over and over again that it was raining outside of the supposedly unbreakable barrier. You knew going into this episode that Frieren was breaking that barrier for the two girls to make usage of the rain. It wasn't a matter of if, it was a matter of when and how. Made the anticipation all the better. Instead of it being a surprise, you knew it was coming and knew it was going to be a big moment.
Yeah I'm rewatching with my mom and this entire time she's been thinking that they did that to show that kanne isn't weak, this is just a counter to her. And then this happened, she was really excifed
As the strongest mage in history (serie) casted an unbreakable barrier, Frieren the strongest mage of today used her imagination, and said "Throughout the world of magic, Heaven and earth can be turned upside down, as I am alone the honoured one", Frieren broke the barrier with ease, Serie smiled, and replied "stand proud Frieren, you are strong"
And right after it, the next frame is a green impact frame with young Frieren's silhouette, it's trickier to see than Serie's (a black and white impact frame). I love it when they hide little details like that, unless you frame by frame it or lucky pause it, you're bound to miss it.
The entire build up to this scene was insane. Everything was pointing to the barrier braking,the music,Frieren’s confidence,the feeling that the doubters are about to be proven wrong. So the moment Sense confirmed that it was going to break just made the stillshot of the broken barrier hit even harder. Such an amazing scene!
She's not even THAT strong. Frieren appearing USUALLY solves a problem, but not always. Especially later on, I won't spoil anything but as they get deeper into the northern lands more and more threats appear that give Frieren a hard time.
@@TheCraftySamFrieres strength lies not on her attack power like Serie, but rather in her ability to adapt to anything that is trown at her *SPOILERS FOR ANIME WATCHERS* Take Match for example, Serie would easily beat Match we all know that, specially with the counter curse spell, but Frieren managed to decipher and dispell the curse of a demon, which are said to be impossble to dispell, even for someone like Serie, shes not strong in the normal sense, but rather her natural understanding of emotions allow her to push past that limitations in visualisation, shes like the batman of this world, give her prep time and your done.
She's not here to let her mentees "fend for themselves", she just doesn't want to spoil their fun. The entire reason she likes magic is in the puzzle solving of it, chasing down new spells and such. Like the above says, her superpower is in having centuries of experience solving problems creatively, imagining a way forward.
@haddarteyerroman6276 yea... (speaking about spoilers for anime gang, volume 11 knowledge below, about 3 and a half to 4 volumes after the anime) ... ... ... Taking 100 years to turn her arm back to normal, and based on that alone, she didn't even need to analyze the memories. It probably did help a little, but since she already had a basis for a cure, it essentially removed any argument for plot armor (and demons are a total mystery, so who knows why he let her live, especially with that one order from the demon king about 300 or 400 years prior saying eliminate the elves). And this thought came later, but that situation, her arm turning to gold, might be the reason she stopped fighting demons (when Himmel the Hero ask her to join them, she said it had been 500 years and had forgotten how to fight them, so on the note, the time line matches up).
I saw two anime that present both sides of the. In one, title something like Strongest Demon Lord Reincarnates, person reincarnated did everything and kept them save, so they didn't really have a chance to grow. The other was strong, yes, but didn't have the reflexes to apply their strength, thus being defeated by someone weaker. The other one, Strongest Sage Weakest Crest, "you can do it, defeat the dungeon boss." [Screaming] "yea, you did it." Something like that. Both were very lower-mid tier anime, same world reincarnation, super strong mc types. Cool scenes with magic... definitely not for everyone.
I love how Frieren is such an underdog even while being the mage of the Hero’s party, and its written so that this isn’t really a main focus and just a byproduct due to the long passage of time. Like many characters are still aware of who she is and her title but not exactly how powerful she is.
Since Flamme asked for it... It makes sense. But, if you consider the real life equivalent, there are mountains of examples of this happening over and over again. For instance: Who's the guy that killed Bin Laden?
*SPOILER* Even underdog after the arc, Frieren flunks the exam by spite of Serie, and moreover is banned from entering any of the school's locations for 1,000 years.
@@RWZiggysaw that one coming. Kinda makes the reason it started pointless, but only if we ignore everything that happened along the way. That's some effective spite.
I love how Frieren is super arrogant when it comes to the most trivial things, like blowing a kiss, or how the spell to detect a mimic is only 99% accurate, or how she has the perfect present for Stark (a potion for making clothes vanish), but her absolute control over magic is not one of those things. She pulled off an impossible feat just so then two girls she just met could shine in a magic test.
0:32 I love how the reflection of the beam of light is coming down the barrier, even though the beam itself hasn' t reached the top yet. That is amazing detail.
@xebatansis Oh, I thought it was literally interaction at a distance between the beam and the barrier - given she can analyse the barrier remotely it would be logical that the beam may have some remote effects on it as well
I love how when Denken knows what Frieren is doing, he just watches. He knows that Frieren is about to do something that is considered impossible and as a fellow lover of magic, HE JUST WATCHES.
@@gomboc5146my bet? Even if he would still in the fight at that moment, observe that level of magic would be a clear pause to the conflict. You do not let pass chances like that, and live with proud as a mage.
I love the unstable triangular spell effect as she's casting, depicting how it's effectively a prototype spell, she's tuning and improving it as she goes along with it.
I always thought of magic as using mana to manipulate reality, therefore mana is "doing" science similar to the black hole.. Thus the triangles are fractals, and the barrier is built using fractals, it like she is literally injecting different shaped fractal to break the structure of the barrier, like throwing a rock to disrupt the gears of a machine.
It just came to me. This is how soap bubble looks like when it is about to break, It gets thinner and thinner so the light diffracts in different colours. Freiren decreased depth of the shield untill it brok under its own weight.
The scene after with Serie talking about how she knows it's Frieren and that magic makes the impossible, possible was such a good counterpart to this conversation. Humans in this world must *really* not have ever thought about the consequences of elves' longevity - maybe because they're so rare that they've never *had* to think about it - but it's not unwise to assume that any elf you pass by must've lived much longer than humanly possible and so should have magic capabilities far stronger than yours if they're a mage.
You can have a lot of fun with the human inability to comprehend that kind of longevity in DnD. Either as a DM with elf NPCs, or as a player with an Elf PC. A middle age 400 year old elf can really trip a DM up when they talk about ancient ruins that are 200 years old, only to realise one of their PCs was alive and kicking back then. :P Or that moment when one of the players thinks to just ASK the Elf who was there when it happened for details on what actually went down instead of trying to read ancient legends.
@@fishnutter5219the fun of DnD is just really something like that pure improving on the fact your character has been around longer than what conflict is happening so you can just come up with answers to tough situations your party is in I love it.
I think he meant last as I the one that became known during the war. Serie kinda predates that. Also she kinda doesn't count since the whole organisation is based around her already.
I like to think that Frieren broke the barrier with a combination of otherwise innocuous spells like “create shaved ice”, “de-rust copper”, and “see through clothes”.
It’s probably why she actually could do it , while in this era most mages just go along with the teachings , most don’t even understand how the basics truly work , which is why the most OP understand that with the basics you can do anything
Probably a tome from Graf Granat helped, too. Let's not forget that one. The tome is fake, the barrier it describes is nothing like the barrier used by the city. But it probably was similar enough to this barrier? Every little helps! What I LOVE about Frieren that NOT ONCE did she pull something simply out of her "posterior" - everything she does is foreshadowed and accounted for. And all the other characters, as well.
@@Cordisen Also she was an apprentice to Flamme who made the city barriers. It makes sense that she has a better understanding of the secret techniques behind barriers than most, and never shares them for fear of them falling into demon hands.
In the explosion frame, if you pause it in the black and white at 0:28, Frieren suddenly looks a lot like Serie... The hair changes and she is smiling.
I love that it took the entire time she was there to analyse the barrier. It wasn’t some instant analysis, it took time and effort to understand and create a counter.
When I first watched this scene I thought, for sure this is the anime's peak. Nobody was expecting something like that even less this causality, her blasé attitude as that was just one more Wednesday, was very surprising. But this was until the "heigh of magic". The director for this anime deserves all congrats because this anime is pure gold.
Thank you for waiting a week before uploading this. It really does suck getting spoiled by Crunchyroll uploads, so I’m glad people who are watching Frieren at least have a week to watch it (rather than the usual couple hours)
My dream would be for Bethesta to get rid of the old engine and some of their misleading staff and deliver a product where I do not need modder. @@mainstreet33
0:25 I like how analyzing the barrier was like decrypting code, and the vector crossing effect made me think of lattice encryption, which uses coordinates, fixed position movers, and 100+ “dimensions” to encrypt data. And the effect of the barrier being cracked in the digital then physical sense here as well at 0:33.
Wanna see Serie? 1. Set playback speed to 0.25 2. Start from 0:28 3. Watch very carefully So, she destroyed barrier not by blunt force only, more like used "Serie" deciphered code).
@@ElusivEnigma Hmmm? I just saw strange frame, slowed it down, and wrote about I saw. And I don't really understand, what you talking about "Taking credit for someone else work"...yeah, i didn't worked on this anime, but I doubt any of commentators did.
@SteelSnakes hmm cause someone already called this right below you 9months ago with 3k likes and you mention it 2months later......idk seemed like a reach for likes but if you genuinely had the eyes to notice that on your own then I apologize.
@@ElusivEnigma Well, I didn't noticed any similar comments at the time(probably, early comment had not so many likes at first), so I decided to make my own. Ofc, if I saw early comment, I would't post mine, but it's good to have repeating comments of the same thing - people have more chances to see information. And yes, I saw Serie by my own, it's not supernatural, I bet there is more comments about that moment, and I don't think that people use "spomeone else work" to get some likes. And what's the point of likes anyways? I don't care about them at all. And I don't need any kind of apologise, but it seems like you're pretty quick to judge others.
This show is a masterpiece. Most shows use their most dramatic music every time there’s tension, this one only uses it when she does something truly powerful and I love that
At 0:56 Sense opens up a parasol as the rain starts to fall. I like to think it's a subtle dig at Genau. "My shield is unbreakable" "Thanks but Imma bring an umbrella just in case"
Keep in mind the barrier was cast by a great mage, Serie. The most elite mages of that time considered it unbreakable. Also, there was a similar barrier created by Flamme, protecting Graf Granat's domain, which demons, including the Demon King, could not break for hundreds of years. This is all just to highlight how insanely skilled Frieren is.
The multi-episode lead up to this moment was great. They reminded you over and over that it was raining outside the barrier and that the barrier was indestructible. The screenwriters were hyping you up for this moment. And it delivered.
"The 1st test is to capture a bird" *Frieren (New Game+): casually shatters impenetrable barrier with EPIC visuals and OST to give party member rain buff
This was one of the most epic scenes in the show, eclipsing even Frieren as a dark souls boss Not just the show of the scene itself, but the whole build-up to it just this clip doesn't capture a shard of the whole .. epicness
@@friedhotwings Some of the names in this show are really funny because they are so on the nose :) Frieren - to feel cold/freeze (verb) Fern - far away (adjective) Stark - strong (adjective) Himmel - sky/heaven (noun) Eisen - iron (noun) Heiter - cheerful (adjective)
Japanese VAs usually butcher foreign words but they took the extra effort to pronounce most German words correctly which just shows how much everyone is doing their best with frieren.
@@friedhotwings also Denken means to think and Richter is a judge. It describes them so well, how one always tries to plan and rhino ahead while the other judges other mages too quickly
2023: Anime of the Year. 2024: Anime of the Year....again?! No fillers. No Reruns, No Non-Sense. If anything, it's getting better and better like a fine aged wine. UNREAL.
"Even if the World turned upside down..." *Barrier shatters* Gol D. Roger watching from a distance, turns to Rayleigh. "Send an invitation. I need her on the crew!"
This was the clip that got me to watch the whole first season. I never really enjoyed anime, this was an experience that I had when watching The Last Airbender as a kid. It's just incredible in so many aspects. And the amount of detail within Frieren is just amazing.
What is terrifying about this is that to cast a spell frieren must visualize it. So frieren can see the fundamental laws of our reality. And can even imagine those laws turned inside out to break this barrier.
This anime is like what would happen to arwen after a thousands years from defeating sauron. Shes all alone, lost everyone she love and inexchange she has gain limitless power
Freiren going and supporting others. She doesn't care if shes a first class mage. She know who she is. She doesn't need it. She's here for Fern. She's a team player
I think the holy symbol might have been something from Flammes time. High ranking continental magic association members still recognize it because as Series students they are fairly aware of Flamme and by extent things like that. She's the last great mage bec she's one of flammes students and Series students from long past eras. That's my theory anyways.
Absolute peak. They were gassing Frieren up the entire episode saying this is was impossible and she absolutely killed it. It would have been sick if they didn't cut the next 20s when they show Serie and her line about sometimes magic turning the world upside down
The moment Denken realizes what Frieren is about to do, his eyes sparkle like a child witnessing the wonders of magic again. That's just beautiful.
spoiler
he also realizes that frieren can help him break a barrier later in the story
This is my favorite comment for the video
~Noone can break the barrier. It's impossible.
~Hold my cloth-melting potion son.
Fern felt disturbance in the magic.
Meanwhile Sense had an umbrella ready. Just in case.
ah yes. My anti-barrier magic I haven't used since the demon king era
more than 2
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It's amazing how no one is screaming in this anime, makes it so much better in every aspect
Brooo i never noticed but now that you say it it’s so obvious , they’re all so chill not like some other antimagic mf i know
@@abdeltraore4761 respect asta 🙄
My music helps with that a lot.
Didn’t notice that till you pointed it out, got a sharp ear lol
I agree with that sentiment, the calm calculated approach is very refreshing.
I can understand a Pyromancer drawing upon a wellspring of rage to channel a conflagration but not for traditional mages.
Traditional mages have too much to calculate to waste energy on excessive emotions. Mages have to calculate the mana cost, output, range, the potential collateral damage, and their spellcasting glyphs while trying to be aware of their surroundings to defend themselves.
A lot of mages shown in anime are often downright in the uncanny valley when it comes to believability.
One thing I think Frieren does better than almost any modern anime is show how knowledgeable and powerful a being thousands of years old would actually be, she dissects and plans rather boasts about her prowess, she’s even aware when she would lose in certain situations.
This anime is such a breath of fresh air in the modern landscape, I think Gigguk described it as “Tolkien-esque” and I think that’s pretty much the nail on the head
Tolkien's view of fantasy has been pretty much the go to for a lot of current-day stories about medieval fantasy. In fact, the way we spell the word "elves" was because of him. Before Tolkien, the plural word of elf was spelled "elfs." Pretty crazy to think about.
Knowledge is power look of what we go compare to what people i the 1950s or 1889 had back then good luck trying towatch anime back then
Thats the difference between being extremly powerful and just plain right OP.
yup gotta start with the roots @@0doublezero0
I don't get Tolkien vibes from this. The planning is more like 3 kingdoms strategists. Who plans in lotr?
Genau: "It's impossible. Even if the world were turned upside down."
Frieren: "Imma do a flip."
"Denken, hold my Cosmo"
do a barrel roll
Serie: Well goddamn, guess I live in Australia now.
With this and Serie's comment, it's extra funny to know she did all this just to let another mage shine. She even didn't do it to show off, or to say hello to Serie. She just wanted Kanne to be able to use her abilities.
Exactly, she didn't do that specifically for herself. She did it for her teammate to win her battle.
@@dc1397not exactly, Frieren was indulging in a whim. She thought it was rude to magic for the barrier to be interfering with a mage's test. So she broke it to let that mage enjoy water magic in the rain.
She didn't do it to be nice, or to let the youngins grow or anything. Her principles just said "this barrier is offensive, I'll remove it."
@LibertyMonk she did it for the exact reason we stated, for her teammate to win her battle. Frieren even recalled a conversation about how every party has a different makeup. Frieren fulfilled her end by defeating Denken and Laufen to destroy the barrier for Kanne and Lawine. She cannot move on to the second stage without the girls.
They all learned from each other.
we see from the conclusion of the exam, Frieren never wanted or intended to pass, she was mostly there to support Fern, and it seems like she thought while she's there she might as well do something for the other aspiring mages she got paired up with.
She probably had multiple ideas behind it. She did it because she felt the barrier was a limitation on the test, she did it to let her team win, and she did it to say hello to serie
I liked how the barrier breaks and Sense simply pulls out an umbrella, while Genau sits there getting rained on. Sense planned for the unexpected while Genau was so sure that nothing could possibly happen.
damn i never noticed that, that's an awesome detail
Plus he just doesn't seem like the type to let it show that he's bothered by something, meanwhile keeping her hair dry is quite important to her
Serie knew frieren would probably do something like that she is femmals student after all
@@kishinslayer2228 He showed it nevertheless
I never noticed that before. For some reason I always assumed the examiners were watching from outside of the barrier
REALLY like how they foreshadowed Frieren was going to break the barrier by revealing her party members could control water/ice early on and then several times over the arc showed the Rain hitting the barrier (even having characters comment on it). That combined with the commentary made this my favorite scene since the Zoltraak fight. Magic is often described as "making the impossible, possible" so they were right on point with the dialogue 👏🔥
It's fun watching the episodes leading up to this moment. They make sure to let you know over and over and over again that it was raining outside of the supposedly unbreakable barrier. You knew going into this episode that Frieren was breaking that barrier for the two girls to make usage of the rain. It wasn't a matter of if, it was a matter of when and how. Made the anticipation all the better. Instead of it being a surprise, you knew it was coming and knew it was going to be a big moment.
Yeah I'm rewatching with my mom and this entire time she's been thinking that they did that to show that kanne isn't weak, this is just a counter to her. And then this happened, she was really excifed
In the opening you can see how it is raining inside the barrier too
As the strongest mage in history (serie) casted an unbreakable barrier, Frieren the strongest mage of today used her imagination, and said "Throughout the world of magic, Heaven and earth can be turned upside down, as I am alone the honoured one", Frieren broke the barrier with ease, Serie smiled, and replied "stand proud Frieren, you are strong"
Lobotomy kaisen strikes once again, nah I'd win
Bro it's everywhere I go 😭
We cannot espcape this meme.
I just read it as a narrator
we will never be free
That shot of the barrier shattering like glass goes SO HARD
I hope artists make fanart of that shot, because I need more of it
The first class mage exam arc visual is a really pretty representation of that
dmc5 refrence
It'd be a sick wallpaper
@@link1793 Not everything is a dmc5 reference.
You can see a frame of Serie at 0:28 when Frieren's spell is breaking the barrier. Amazing Detail!
Never noticed that one, good spot!
Didn't even catch that. Props to you for even seeing it when it's like 1 frame.
And right after it, the next frame is a green impact frame with young Frieren's silhouette, it's trickier to see than Serie's (a black and white impact frame).
I love it when they hide little details like that, unless you frame by frame it or lucky pause it, you're bound to miss it.
Oh that is brilliant! How do you even spot that? Cheers for pointing it out
That was soo unecessary and i love it, i wonder what this means, maybe represents the moment Serie felt her?
The entire build up to this scene was insane. Everything was pointing to the barrier braking,the music,Frieren’s confidence,the feeling that the doubters are about to be proven wrong. So the moment Sense confirmed that it was going to break just made the stillshot of the broken barrier hit even harder. Such an amazing scene!
Frieren is OP done right. She'll step in when she needs to, but she wants those she mentors to take a step forward and learn to fend for themselves.
She's not even THAT strong. Frieren appearing USUALLY solves a problem, but not always. Especially later on, I won't spoil anything but as they get deeper into the northern lands more and more threats appear that give Frieren a hard time.
@@TheCraftySamFrieres strength lies not on her attack power like Serie, but rather in her ability to adapt to anything that is trown at her
*SPOILERS FOR ANIME WATCHERS*
Take Match for example, Serie would easily beat Match we all know that, specially with the counter curse spell, but Frieren managed to decipher and dispell the curse of a demon, which are said to be impossble to dispell, even for someone like Serie, shes not strong in the normal sense, but rather her natural understanding of emotions allow her to push past that limitations in visualisation, shes like the batman of this world, give her prep time and your done.
She's not here to let her mentees "fend for themselves", she just doesn't want to spoil their fun. The entire reason she likes magic is in the puzzle solving of it, chasing down new spells and such. Like the above says, her superpower is in having centuries of experience solving problems creatively, imagining a way forward.
@haddarteyerroman6276 yea... (speaking about spoilers for anime gang, volume 11 knowledge below, about 3 and a half to 4 volumes after the anime)
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Taking 100 years to turn her arm back to normal, and based on that alone, she didn't even need to analyze the memories. It probably did help a little, but since she already had a basis for a cure, it essentially removed any argument for plot armor (and demons are a total mystery, so who knows why he let her live, especially with that one order from the demon king about 300 or 400 years prior saying eliminate the elves).
And this thought came later, but that situation, her arm turning to gold, might be the reason she stopped fighting demons (when Himmel the Hero ask her to join them, she said it had been 500 years and had forgotten how to fight them, so on the note, the time line matches up).
I saw two anime that present both sides of the.
In one, title something like Strongest Demon Lord Reincarnates, person reincarnated did everything and kept them save, so they didn't really have a chance to grow. The other was strong, yes, but didn't have the reflexes to apply their strength, thus being defeated by someone weaker.
The other one, Strongest Sage Weakest Crest, "you can do it, defeat the dungeon boss." [Screaming] "yea, you did it." Something like that.
Both were very lower-mid tier anime, same world reincarnation, super strong mc types. Cool scenes with magic... definitely not for everyone.
I love how Frieren is such an underdog even while being the mage of the Hero’s party, and its written so that this isn’t really a main focus and just a byproduct due to the long passage of time. Like many characters are still aware of who she is and her title but not exactly how powerful she is.
Since Flamme asked for it... It makes sense. But, if you consider the real life equivalent, there are mountains of examples of this happening over and over again. For instance: Who's the guy that killed Bin Laden?
@@TheKueiJin well it doesnt help the people who killed bin laden died in more than suspicious circumstances when their helicopter was shot down
*SPOILER*
Even underdog after the arc, Frieren flunks the exam by spite of Serie, and moreover is banned from entering any of the school's locations for 1,000 years.
@@TheKueiJin obama
@@RWZiggysaw that one coming. Kinda makes the reason it started pointless, but only if we ignore everything that happened along the way. That's some effective spite.
I love how Frieren is super arrogant when it comes to the most trivial things, like blowing a kiss, or how the spell to detect a mimic is only 99% accurate, or how she has the perfect present for Stark (a potion for making clothes vanish), but her absolute control over magic is not one of those things.
She pulled off an impossible feat just so then two girls she just met could shine in a magic test.
0:32 I love how the reflection of the beam of light is coming down the barrier, even though the beam itself hasn' t reached the top yet. That is amazing detail.
@xebatansis Oh, I thought it was literally interaction at a distance between the beam and the barrier - given she can analyse the barrier remotely it would be logical that the beam may have some remote effects on it as well
"Even if the world was turned upside down"
Frieren: "ʇɐɥʇ ʇnoqɐ"
how did you invert the text?
hahahahahahah xDD
@@TheWizardOfTechtext generations can usually do it if you look up, upside down text generation you can find it like that!
Whats more amazing about this, Frieren was analyising the barrier while simultaneously generating a shield and counterattacking Denken.
And also beating him up like playing with a child
Pretty sure she started it as soon as she encountered the barrier, just because of her sheer curiosity to magic.
Sense mentioned that frieren already started the day before
Oh if you like seeing her analyzing spells before doing something crazy you’re in for a treat my friend.
@@hulmhochberg8129but she didn’t finish
I love how when Denken knows what Frieren is doing, he just watches. He knows that Frieren is about to do something that is considered impossible and as a fellow lover of magic, HE JUST WATCHES.
I don't understand what else he's supposed to do in that situation he's literally out of mana and tied to a tree.
@@gomboc5146my bet? Even if he would still in the fight at that moment, observe that level of magic would be a clear pause to the conflict. You do not let pass chances like that, and live with proud as a mage.
@@Naluhthat english was horrible but I agree that was probably worth witnessing for a mage like Denken
@@alekvillarreal3470 well, I'm not native, I do what I can
i remember that without mana denken iz still someone to watch out for i think i heard he can do Martial arts
I love the unstable triangular spell effect as she's casting, depicting how it's effectively a prototype spell, she's tuning and improving it as she goes along with it.
I always thought of magic as using mana to manipulate reality, therefore mana is "doing" science similar to the black hole.. Thus the triangles are fractals, and the barrier is built using fractals, it like she is literally injecting different shaped fractal to break the structure of the barrier, like throwing a rock to disrupt the gears of a machine.
It just came to me. This is how soap bubble looks like when it is about to break, It gets thinner and thinner so the light diffracts in different colours. Freiren decreased depth of the shield untill it brok under its own weight.
Brilliant comment!
The scene after with Serie talking about how she knows it's Frieren and that magic makes the impossible, possible was such a good counterpart to this conversation. Humans in this world must *really* not have ever thought about the consequences of elves' longevity - maybe because they're so rare that they've never *had* to think about it - but it's not unwise to assume that any elf you pass by must've lived much longer than humanly possible and so should have magic capabilities far stronger than yours if they're a mage.
You can have a lot of fun with the human inability to comprehend that kind of longevity in DnD. Either as a DM with elf NPCs, or as a player with an Elf PC. A middle age 400 year old elf can really trip a DM up when they talk about ancient ruins that are 200 years old, only to realise one of their PCs was alive and kicking back then. :P Or that moment when one of the players thinks to just ASK the Elf who was there when it happened for details on what actually went down instead of trying to read ancient legends.
@@fishnutter5219the fun of DnD is just really something like that pure improving on the fact your character has been around longer than what conflict is happening so you can just come up with answers to tough situations your party is in I love it.
The music in this scene had no reason to go so hard!
But i love our little Elf mage showing off just a little for her new friends 😂
So this is her true power...
@@MasakanSolarisfar from it
The music makes it feel so grand. The music after shes comes out unscathed from Denkens fire spell also goes hard
Evan Call doesn't mess around when it comes to his music! 🙏
@@jordanwolfman8908 The man is a master in his craft.
"Let me confirm, your shelter shield is secure?"
"Of course it is, see for yourself just how powerless you are!"
"Roger that,"
“I understood that reference” 🤝
@@Saber721glorious gundam wing - endless waltz reference 👌
Heero... Shoot
The line "the last great mage" hits too hard
isn't Serie alive tho?
Yes, but they're probably referring to a different group of strong mages from the old times @@Aschentei
@itsmebrown3642 Or maybe he meant she's the last one to become great mage, idk
@@Aschentei Serie existed before great mages and that title though so uh yea
I think he meant last as I the one that became known during the war.
Serie kinda predates that.
Also she kinda doesn't count since the whole organisation is based around her already.
I like to think that Frieren broke the barrier with a combination of otherwise innocuous spells like “create shaved ice”, “de-rust copper”, and “see through clothes”.
It’s probably why she actually could do it , while in this era most mages just go along with the teachings , most don’t even understand how the basics truly work , which is why the most OP understand that with the basics you can do anything
Probably a tome from Graf Granat helped, too. Let's not forget that one. The tome is fake, the barrier it describes is nothing like the barrier used by the city. But it probably was similar enough to this barrier? Every little helps!
What I LOVE about Frieren that NOT ONCE did she pull something simply out of her "posterior" - everything she does is foreshadowed and accounted for. And all the other characters, as well.
@@Cordisen Also she was an apprentice to Flamme who made the city barriers. It makes sense that she has a better understanding of the secret techniques behind barriers than most, and never shares them for fear of them falling into demon hands.
In the explosion frame, if you pause it in the black and white at 0:28, Frieren suddenly looks a lot like Serie... The hair changes and she is smiling.
I think its meant to be Serie recognising Frieren is messing with her barrier, shown just for a moment in the flash of magic
0:35 The satisfaction of the music and the sound effect, cheff kiss.
I love that it took the entire time she was there to analyse the barrier. It wasn’t some instant analysis, it took time and effort to understand and create a counter.
I really love how all of Frieren's most epic moments....she hardly moves!
The epic pigtails beg to differ.
When the pigtails flip as hard as the music it's Frieren-time
we're truly living in the best timeline this anime is a 11/10 like everything is on point animations, ost etc.😭🔥
There are other timelines
Anime has been peak recently (ignoring all the copycat isekais), but IRL this is more like the most cursed timeline smh
@@TheBrokeK.I.Dcan't really imagine something better than this
When I first watched this scene I thought, for sure this is the anime's peak. Nobody was expecting something like that even less this causality, her blasé attitude as that was just one more Wednesday, was very surprising. But this was until the "heigh of magic". The director for this anime deserves all congrats because this anime is pure gold.
Yup
Thank you for waiting a week before uploading this. It really does suck getting spoiled by Crunchyroll uploads, so I’m glad people who are watching Frieren at least have a week to watch it (rather than the usual couple hours)
Evan Call is 3/3 scoring OSTs for winner animes with outstanding heroines: Violet Evergarden, My Happy Marriage, and milady Frieren
My dream would be for him to compose the music for The Elder Scrolls VI
My dream would be for Bethesta to get rid of the old engine and some of their misleading staff and deliver a product where I do not need modder. @@mainstreet33
@@mainstreet33 My dream is for different studio to do The Elder Scrolls VI.
More than just that. All his body of work is epic. Check his stuff outside those three and you'll find some bangers.
The season went absolutely bonkers with great OSTs with Kevin Penkin on Apothecary Diaries as well.
I love that Sense brought an umbrella full well prepared for the barrier to break
cannot get over how perfect the music is for this
Those 2 frames of Serie at 0:28 is so cool
HOW THE HELL DID YOU CATCH THAT???
Nice one!
OH DAMN, dude how did you even catch that?!
very smart
I think it's one frame of Serie and one frame of young Frieren
0:25 I like how analyzing the barrier was like decrypting code, and the vector crossing effect made me think of lattice encryption, which uses coordinates, fixed position movers, and 100+ “dimensions” to encrypt data. And the effect of the barrier being cracked in the digital then physical sense here as well at 0:33.
What... is your degree in? Mine is Space Studies, and I really only know what about half of that is, but I couldn't even start to put it into practice
Wanna see Serie?
1. Set playback speed to 0.25
2. Start from 0:28
3. Watch very carefully
So, she destroyed barrier not by blunt force only, more like used "Serie" deciphered code).
Taking credit for someone else work is pathetic... be original
@@ElusivEnigma Hmmm? I just saw strange frame, slowed it down, and wrote about I saw. And I don't really understand, what you talking about "Taking credit for someone else work"...yeah, i didn't worked on this anime, but I doubt any of commentators did.
@SteelSnakes hmm cause someone already called this right below you 9months ago with 3k likes and you mention it 2months later......idk seemed like a reach for likes but if you genuinely had the eyes to notice that on your own then I apologize.
@@ElusivEnigma Well, I didn't noticed any similar comments at the time(probably, early comment had not so many likes at first), so I decided to make my own. Ofc, if I saw early comment, I would't post mine, but it's good to have repeating comments of the same thing - people have more chances to see information. And yes, I saw Serie by my own, it's not supernatural, I bet there is more comments about that moment, and I don't think that people use "spomeone else work" to get some likes. And what's the point of likes anyways? I don't care about them at all. And I don't need any kind of apologise, but it seems like you're pretty quick to judge others.
@@ElusivEnigma It's a youtube comment, what credit is there to take from it? xd
"No one can break the barrier"
Frieren: "NUH UH"
Now I need to hear frieren say NUH UH
As someone who discovered and watched the 1st season recently, this scene STILL gave me goosebumps!! One of the best animes I've seen!
Music was hitting so hard I had to turn my tv up
This show is a masterpiece. Most shows use their most dramatic music every time there’s tension, this one only uses it when she does something truly powerful and I love that
The ost in general is really one of the best. It's perfect fantasy music.
This is just how elven mages say “hello”.
She targets the weakest point of it as well. Furthest from all support points on the ground and under the most tension. Smart
At 0:56 Sense opens up a parasol as the rain starts to fall. I like to think it's a subtle dig at Genau.
"My shield is unbreakable"
"Thanks but Imma bring an umbrella just in case"
Keep in mind the barrier was cast by a great mage, Serie. The most elite mages of that time considered it unbreakable. Also, there was a similar barrier created by Flamme, protecting Graf Granat's domain, which demons, including the Demon King, could not break for hundreds of years. This is all just to highlight how insanely skilled Frieren is.
We could’ve really needed Frieren in Undertale
Why? It's been many years since i played it so i forgot if there's a barrier or something
@@scio577yes… the magical barrier that sealed all the monsters underground…
@@mathieul4303 oh my bad lol. When's the next deltarune chapter btw?
@@scio577that barrier is pretty much what the plot of Undertale is about
A while a long while. But probably mid this year@@scio577
The multi-episode lead up to this moment was great. They reminded you over and over that it was raining outside the barrier and that the barrier was indestructible. The screenwriters were hyping you up for this moment. And it delivered.
"Genau. It' gonna break"
"It WON'T. It won't break"
"Genau it's gonna BREAK"
"No it won't"
"IT'S BREAKING!"
"OH-"
"The 1st test is to capture a bird"
*Frieren (New Game+): casually shatters impenetrable barrier with EPIC visuals and OST to give party member rain buff
"The 2th test is to Raid a Dungeon"
*Frieren becomes the Final Boss and Sense it's relegate to vigilante labours.
I’ve been repeating this part agian and again, do even remember it’s around 14:40something. Thank you crunchyroll
I love that she just humbly made that epic flex for the sake of her teammate to help her out. Our girl is learning.
This was one of the most epic scenes in the show, eclipsing even Frieren as a dark souls boss
Not just the show of the scene itself, but the whole build-up to it
just this clip doesn't capture a shard of the whole .. epicness
As a German, it is entertaining to see that all Persons/Places are named after german verbs/nouns
What do the main character names mean
@@friedhotwings Some of the names in this show are really funny because they are so on the nose :)
Frieren - to feel cold/freeze (verb)
Fern - far away (adjective)
Stark - strong (adjective)
Himmel - sky/heaven (noun)
Eisen - iron (noun)
Heiter - cheerful (adjective)
@@nionafleming4301 thank you
Japanese VAs usually butcher foreign words but they took the extra effort to pronounce most German words correctly which just shows how much everyone is doing their best with frieren.
@@friedhotwings also Denken means to think and Richter is a judge. It describes them so well, how one always tries to plan and rhino ahead while the other judges other mages too quickly
2023: Anime of the Year.
2024: Anime of the Year....again?! No fillers. No Reruns, No Non-Sense. If anything, it's getting better and better like a fine aged wine. UNREAL.
I just noticed that Sense had an umbrella ready. Just in case.
The score and sound design for this show is impeccable. It brings so much life and grandiosity to the character and the world.
THE TITLE IM CRYING??
HELP THE TITLE 😭😭 I SWEAR SOMEONE HACKED INTO CRUNCHYROLL'S ACC
"Even if the World turned upside down..."
*Barrier shatters*
Gol D. Roger watching from a distance, turns to Rayleigh. "Send an invitation. I need her on the crew!"
He would, too.
This was the clip that got me to watch the whole first season. I never really enjoyed anime, this was an experience that I had when watching The Last Airbender as a kid. It's just incredible in so many aspects. And the amount of detail within Frieren is just amazing.
Gods!! The music makes this show alone!!! Eargasms for all
This video should be 20 seconds longer to approciate the music until the end
The way the barrier started to break with all those layers of color, it reminded me of a Jawbreaker gobstopper 😂
I can't wait for the full soundtrack to be released
I think i now get why Flammes barriers re so strong. By imbuing the spell into something that will grow in time the spell will only grow stronger.
Title should have been: "Frieren flips the world upside down."
Man i don’t know, but the hype moments in this show are done so extremely well. The music elevated it 🔥
Now i have to go back and check if any other titles were changed lol
What is terrifying about this is that to cast a spell frieren must visualize it. So frieren can see the fundamental laws of our reality. And can even imagine those laws turned inside out to break this barrier.
Thats frierens speciality. To analyze spells.
Genau: "Even if the word turned upside down"
Frieren: "You better find something to hold on to, kids"
One of the most epic scenes.... this and episode 26.
I didn't acknowledge how much the soundtrack adds to this scene the first time I watched it!
Genau: “you can’t just turn the world upside down, man”
Frieren: “I can, but that’s because I’m not a penniless hippie”
0:56 I've seen this clip multiple times and I just realized that Sense is opening/invoking an umbrella.
Nice detail.
*Denken thinking he was being flashy.
*Frieren: Shield go brrrrr
This anime is like what would happen to arwen after a thousands years from defeating sauron. Shes all alone, lost everyone she love and inexchange she has gain limitless power
I always end up in awe at how magnificent the OST of this anime is... the music department did an immaculate job
Kanne: Ya know, I’d be truly terrifying to fight in a rainstorm. Too bad that barrier is unbreakable.
Frieren: Roger that, breaking the barrier.
"Can you imagine defeating a mage who controls water in the rain? At the very least, I cant." - Frieren to Denken, just before this clip.
Denken's reaction is perfect
Freiren going and supporting others. She doesn't care if shes a first class mage. She know who she is. She doesn't need it. She's here for Fern. She's a team player
The Serie flash when she casts is only for the splitest of seconds yet it was seen. Amazing
Damn Denken's beard has better animation then most shows out there
dont forget the silver pigtails! Those have their own personalities
Como eu amo esse anime. Já assiste umas 3 vezes. ❤ Comprei todos os mangás. Inglês e japones. Que primor de historia.
Genau: But that’s impossible!
Frieran: Darling, you have no idea about what’s not possible.
This scene sends chills. Wouldn't we all wish to break all our problems like Frieren did in this scene?
I think the holy symbol might have been something from Flammes time. High ranking continental magic association members still recognize it because as Series students they are fairly aware of Flamme and by extent things like that. She's the last great mage bec she's one of flammes students and Series students from long past eras. That's my theory anyways.
The best part is the experienced old mage watching in awe as a more experienced old mage breaks the "unbreakable" barrier
This scene would perfectly fit to the soundtrack of skyrims "dragonborn". Right when the refrain hits and the barrier breaks.
Can we all appreciate the music of this show? It never fails
Props to whoever named the video
What i loved about this anime is despite super simple art style, when it came down to it, it had some of the most amazing animations
When your parents tell you to be careful kicking that ball around the windows 😂
For those wondering the name of the soundtrack is "Frieren the slayer" it was released a few weeks ago.
The goddamn title! I swear it's changed from when I first watched this clip
Music, animation, story, characters. 10/10 anime
God, this show is so good. I'm already tempted to watch it a third time this year.
Absolute peak. They were gassing Frieren up the entire episode saying this is was impossible and she absolutely killed it. It would have been sick if they didn't cut the next 20s when they show Serie and her line about sometimes magic turning the world upside down