The Height of Magic | Frieren Ep 26 Reaction 

Ubel is a beast!

Btw most of the fights in this exam were greatly extended or outright anime only, so million praises to Madhouse and hope they come back for season 2, but I really wish we got to see Wirbel's group vs Denken and Methode vs Fern

Frieren: ah yes, my pinnacle of magic technique. I haven’t used this since the demon king era…

The last guy that ran out with the golem is the dude who said he doesn't trust anyone and wants to go solo before they entered the dungeon

Peak magic is standing there menacingly

"I haven't been forced to use that move in 80 years" implying the last time Frieren used that move was against the Demon King is 🔥🔥🔥 Frieren is a literal living legend, but Fern is a PROBLEM

You can see Frieren opened two other mimics as well, she opened three in a row hopping for that 1% chance

The dark zoltraak the clone was using was Qual's original spell to be used against mankind

So that clone showed us how a serious Frieren looks like. And she hasn't been this serious since the demon king😆

Clone Frieren: "Look Mom! No hands!" Also, the guy in green was the guy who didn't want to work together before they went into the dungeon, he gave Denken shit.

I already love Frieren for its slow paced and chill moments but the fight sequences make me love the series even more easily in my top 10 anime.

There is an important world building lore that is revealed by Ubel and Sense about spell casting. Basically, it takes a spellcaster visualizing appropriately how they would use their spell to cause an effect. And then the spellcaster manipulates their mana to get their spell to that effect. Assuming the mage has proficient mana control, a mage who can think outside the box and process information unlike your average person, they basically have a superpower. Because at the end of the day, spell casting is playing mind games. If a mage can’t visualize cutting through rocks, their spell would fail against rock manipulation spell casters. But if they can visualize a rock being split in half, then it’s game over. Also, Ubel needing to empathize with someone to learn a spell shows that she is an intuitive caster, making her a de-facto sorcerer, instead of a wizard.

Fern: I'd win Frieren's clone:👀

Fern faced the pinnacle of magic and she was flabbergasted. She never imagined Frieren like this

Roshi: There’s no arm, it can’t cast no spell Frieren clone: aight bet

Frieren: "I underestimate you, and once it realizes that, it's going to overcorrect."

the "there are no arms, she can't use magic anymore" energy Quote from Man stabbed: "What are you gonna do, stab me?"

Absolutely speechless how Frieren’s clone just conjured a literal blackhole. The way it distorts the screen so much that it gives you the feel that it’s actually bending space is so cool. Frieren is so fire this episode was peak!

Ngl if Frieren was doing that kinda stuff against the demon king, I gotta see the rest of the party. Edit: Also the person who used their golem I'm assuming is the guy that went in by himself.

9:47 Sheera & Lupa: Her staff is broken! Roshi: HER WAAAND!!!

Frieren really said ''Aight enough of this''

Frieren: "Ah, yes, my anti-mana detection technique. Haven't used this one since the Heian Era. Stand proud Fern, you're strong."

"Ahh yes, my alter-ego from the famous show Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Ubel. I haven't used this one since the Himmel Era"

The guy in green who broke his bottle is the guy that went into the Labyrinth alone at the beginning of the trial since he didn't trust anyone. We've hardly seen him since so it's not strange you didn't recognize him, there was just a brief cut of him hiding terrified an episode or two ago. We don't know what the heck Frieren clone did at the end there but it was something past the comprehension of an ordinary mage. Lots of speculation that instead of creating an effect by directing mana, she basically willed the rules of reality itself to change - gravity works like THIS for you now! - without casting. Basically a minor miracle, a godlike power.

Since the theme of the episode was that the secret to magic was the power of imagination and to visualize it into reality, we can assume that the move that Frieren(?) did was literally willing magic into action and to manifest phenomena, without any sort of chanting, gesture, magic catalyst, etc. Since Frieren said that she has not done that in 80 years then the fight against the Demon King must have been some dope reality warping shit

Witnessing this side of Frieren even though it’s her clone is still terrifying.. the aura here is just unmatched 🥶

The guy carried by the golem at the end is the one that first entered the dungeon alone, and in the previous episode, he was lost😅

Craziest fight of Frieren. I hope to God that Madhouse will be the chef for season 2, because they are COOKING.

Frieren casually gave the most powerful bombastic side eye that made fern out of comission

Übel is crazy because not only did she have to imagine cutting the cloak, but through the guy’s body as well. Her ability is powerful because she thinks about slicing people up ALL THE TIME.

It was that Bum that went in by himself that got carried out in the middle of the episode.

Fern looking down in contempt at Frieren getting stuck in that Mimic when there’s two already opened and disintegrating ones right next to them is insane

I think the last attack from Frieren's clone is Frieren somehow changing gravity by manipulating the fabric of reality. Fern doesn't see it as a spell because it's literally a change in the fundamentals of physics, namely the direction and strength of gravity. Since it's a change of reality, you can't defend against it because you can't imagine fighting against the concept of up and down.

The dude getting out w the golem was the man who was saying teamwork is meaningless to Denken at the start of the test 💀 Showed him hiding from a replica 1 or 2 episodes ago too lmao

Fern really said,"Nah, I'd win."😂

HUGE shoutout to the Vercreek and Saucelot combo on this episode... those guys are the future generation superstar animators. They continue to produce some of the best looking cuts on any show they work on. First it was Saucelot on JJK S2 Ep 17 and now Vercreek on this episode.

Fern: Why do only collect wierd spells? Frieren: It's a Hobby Real Answer: I already know all the cool and powerful ones

The way that clone Frieren looked before doing almighty push was insane. I think I see what Himmel saw in her now.

Unless I'm confused with the timeline, that move she used at the end against fern was also used against the demon king

Frieren casually using reality-shattering spells to be a distraction

Frieren really built like that

Frieren's attack so strong the 3 of them flew back along with fern💀

It was just some random background character, that's why someone at the very end is just like, "Uh.. Who are you?" when that last escape golem arrives lmao Even the characters we do care about were confused.

The guy that was running away with the golem was that arrogant guy at the start of the second exam. He was like “working together?, fck no”

9:41 They got hit by Frieren IRL lmao

hair down Frieren staring at me like she's going to kill me made me feel things

Roshi " yo what spell is that " Frieren " it's simple folk magic for lighting a room "

The Magic combat against the Clones in this episode with its animation is fantastic & that Mimics scene at the end 😂, & a fun fact when Frieren destroy the Spiegel in the manga she used a giant explosion spell to destroy it rather than a simple shattering spell

12:20 the magic circle spell thing was Real frieren's spell. The one she used to do that vertical blast to finish her clone off

In that flashback conversation, Frieren wasn't talking about Fern taking the hit. It really was about *her* taking a hit. However, during the fight itself, Frieren realized that Fern can't pull it off. "I'll have to do it myself." She underestimates Fern, which would be true for the replica too. But I think Frieren just didn't expect her replica to pull out that spell she hasn't used in 80 years.

The guy with the golem you couldn't identify was the Mage that refused to work with anyone in the beginning of the test, and went in alone. Also, i do not believe Frieren planned on Fern getting hit with that spell. She just trusted Fern to use the opening Frieren made in general. That's what i think.

Last time Frieren used that move was on the demon King. Great reaction as always.❤

Frieren gave that Flamme stare this episode

10:56- There's 2 already dead mimics, and she in a third. I see at least 1 more chest, and I'd be willing to wager it's a fourth mimic.

I have a feeling the attack Fake-Frieren did to Fern might have the same concept as Ubel's. _I don't know, I'm just an anime watcher of this show xD_

a theory i'm really liking is that the move Clone Frieren used to push Fern away is the same spell Flamme used in the flashback when she just met Frieren. Flamme didn't use any staff, didn't seem to do any particular movement, we just see a quiet shockwave from afar and then it shows that she cleaved an entire hill Not to mention, Fern is really good at detecting mana, yet she couldn't feel any mana from that move to even block or avoid it, so the move either used miniscule amount while creating extreme forces, or somehow the clone could mask the amount of mana used on spells

Magic is the World of Visualization, Land and the Others are booksmart, Übel, she's the streetsmart.

If anyone else stepped in that room they would have died INSTANTANEOUSLY 😂

Regarding Ubel killing the proctor - of course they're not going to arrest her. The whole test was firing offensive magic at the guy, so it would make no sense to punish someone for for being really good at that. And her own behavior makes it clear that killing him was unintentional. She's described as inexperienced, so maybe she didn't know her own strength, but I doubt she went into that exam planning to fail. On a possibly related note, she was practicing her magic on bandits shortly before the 1st-class exams started.

If u were wondering why they couldnt sense sense its cuz like frieren and fern she can also hide her mana pretty well if u rember in the first test the birds also landed on her head a few times

I LOVE that y'all thought "she's got no arms! She can't cast anything!" RIGHT before the reveal Oh my god that could not have been better

Clone Frieren really went Shinra Tensei on Fern Also Sense sucks at basic magic I guess? Cos she can easily defeat Ubel with those, unless she just doesn't know Ubel can't cut through basic defensive magic and her Reelseiden has a 5m range.

Ubel after cutting burg: "I THOUGHT YOU WERE STRONGER😭😭💀💀"

Frieren cast something that isn't detectable as attack magic, something that didn't seem to use mana. It's like she attacked using telekinesis, moving things physically with mere thoughts.

I don't think Fern got hit by a spell, I think the clone just turned the mana all the way up.

Frieren vs Frieren clone spell battle is an instant classic

11:41 remember the dude who was like, "I ain't need no help, I can do it by myself!" And then was shown curled up in a ball like last episode? He was also shown in the tub in the episode before the second phase. Yeah, the guy getting ran out was that guy

9:42 KAKYOIN

**Sees massive spike in replay** Me: I wonder what this is? **Sees the scene** Me: Oh right

Ep. title straight into Planetary Devastation?🔥 From the cameraman getting paid double plus a bonus to details like the battle damage on Methode & the wall after Fern's replica got snapped to Fern's eyelash from her POV to Super Black Ultra Zoltrack breaking through Frieren's shield & she's all panicky like "oh no not my shield, oww my arm"😂 to them breaking reality cuz they wanna play catch with planets. That's not even everything I have to say about it this fight. That look Frieren's doppel gave Fern before Almighty Push literally translates to, "Bitch, I am Magic." That death stare was the most terrifyingly beautiful thing I've seen in Anime. She looked pissed, even though the replicas have no mind or emotion. AOTY

You know frieren is broken when she used Conqueror's Haki

The spell Frieren's clone used on Fern to blast her away was last used 80 years ago, that means she have to use that againts The Demon King, and it was 4 goats going at him, that should give us a good estimation about his power

So Ubel and Zaraki Kenpachi have something in common

Haven’t used that in 80years have a feeling that was last used in the demon king fight.

80 years ago was when they fought the Demon King

I hope that look the clone gave us wont awaken something in me

Shoutout to Methode tho, only mage I know that survived against Fern

Ubel's visualization was prequel to Frieren's no hands spell, Magic is all about visualization and clone f shows what its about being both being genius + tip of the top expert can do.

THE PEAK OF MAGIC THE PEAK OF ANIME FRIEREN

When frieren first met flamme, she killed a demon general in the wreckage of her village. Frieren could have used the same attack as the clone on fern

@9:40 "there's no arms it can't cast no spells" @9:42 **Frieren clone uses ancient Jedi folk spell**

Best meme I saw is that Ubels cut spell is the embodiment of Gojo saying “nah I’d win”

Sheera always makes me laugh some next level shit

If Ubel want it, she can be another Sukuna

9:50 "graviole" lmao mashle really out here teaching Frieren new spells

That golem did absolutely nothing, but was cool.

Frieren is literally a gamer. She predicted her clone was gonna bust out a move she hadn't used in 80 years and use that to her advantage by making Fern her decoy. That was big brain play by her.

I love the way magic is portrayed in this series. We dont get gibberish screamed at us before every spell is cast. Just gorgeous animation and quick fight resolution.

i remember thinking this was going to be a low action show when it first came out XD

Peak of magic, meaning clone Frieren casted a spell without even needing to use staff or arms, just pure visualization, similar to how Ubel did it, both of them are Geniuses, they are able to use magic by instinct.

So the mysterious golem guy. I also investigated this and i think it's the first guy to go in. He goes in. We later see him cowering during a montage when the clones came out. Now we have a random golem that's called out with a who are you at the end of the episode.

I'm not over how amazing this season of Frieren was. The anime actually portrayed the overwhelming nonsense that is two legendary tier mages going at it.

Frierens little bit there telling Fern that it's been 80 years since she used that moved. Shes saying that Fern was able to push her clone enough to make it use her (clone Frieren) trump card, something that only happened when she fought the Demon Lord 80 years ago. So basically Fern now at around age 18 is about powerful enough to push Frieren in the same way the Demon Lord did. That's insane.

If Frieren fighting like that is still holding back, i can't even imagine what she could do when pushed to her last entrenchments.

Yeah, that mimic that was chewing her at the end... that was was THIRD ONE. You can see the other two in pieces. That's why nobody was helping.

I would argue Ubel *shouldn't* be a higher rank, because she couldn't figure out how to pass the test without killing him, or rather did something really way too far on accident. In other words a lack of skill as a mage. Being good at killing people who you rock-paper-scissors counter doesn't make you a talented mage.

Everyone using magic while Ubel using Special Grade cursed techniques.

Spolier I think that what frieren did was pure mana attack We will see this actually being explained few arcs later

Fyi methode and denken are both stronger then fern at the moment

Ubel vs the first class mage was literally*spoiler for jjk Gojo vs Sukuna