THIS TRIO IS INSANE!! | *Frieren: Beyond Journey's End* Ep 9 & 10 (FIRST REACTION) 

"Sousou no Frieren" is written as 「葬送のフリーレン」, and the meaning of those letters are: 葬 = funeral 送 = send At first, everyone thought it should mean "Fireren's funeral attendance", because it's the story of an Elf outliving all her friends. Then, at some point, is actually revealed to mean "Frieren the undertaker/slayer" (because she sends her enemies to their own funerals). Having a deceiving double meaning in the title, and then revealing the true meaning of the title in the middle of a season is becoming a trend in anime.

The irony of killing demons with words alone. 💯

Frieren, the slayer! Delivering the coldest kill without even lifting a finger 😎🥶 Applause for Fern and Stark holding their own too 👏👏👏

I don't want to spoil anything for you but if you pay attention you will eventually get the question answered about how long Fern has been suppressing her Mana. Well, at least a hint...

Your point about slice of life vs. action is definitely hitting on something. The way I think about it is that this is a slice of life story, but that slice just happens to involve some fighting. And the cool thing about the fights is that they're not separate from the rest of the story. It's not like many action shows, where the plot gets put on hold so we can do some cool action scenes, and then go back to the plot. Regardless of whether they're slaying demons, shopping for birthday presents, or searching for flowers, the story is always told in the same way.

Something I really love about the fights in this show is that even though every fight has a winner and a loser, the loser never looks weak. Qual, Draht, Luegner, Linie, and Aura: you get the distinct sense that any one of them could have easily defeated Stark, Fern, or even Frieren if the latter weren't on their game. (I mean, Qual actually DID defeat the hero's party 80 years ago.) It's an incredible feat of writing to make the protagonists feel overwhelmingly powerful AND still make the dangers and antagonists of this world feel genuinely lethal at the same time.

Demons will hide their magic from lesser prey, but they define themselves by whose mana is greatest and magic most skilled. When they face a mage, they HAVE to flex that mana and establish dominance. Flamme, Frieren, and now Fern refuse to play by those rules, and they treat demons like lesser enemies. That's why these demons are so shook to find out what's happening. It turns their whole view of the world on its head.

It’s funny how despite how amazing Fern and Stark’s fight was (especially with the animation) in episode 9, you talked so excitedly about Frieren’s cold execution of Aura. That’s how amazing the storytelling is in Frieren… whether it’s the slice of life episodes, the sad and heartwarming episodes, action-packed fight scenes, or dramatic buildup like in Episode 10, every episode is so well done. 25:44 “I wanna know how Stark is.” I’m sorry, but Stark died from his injuries … Fern doesn’t have healing magic, so all she did was use her spell to look under his clothes… 😜 30:48 “Sou Sou no Frieren” 「曹操のフリーレン」 (pronounced like “so-so no Frieren”) is the original Japanese tittle, and normally it means “Frieren of the Funerals” as it shows her having to see the deaths of her companions in her long life. But for the demons, it means she’s seeing them off to their deaths, which is why they translated it as “Frieren the Slayer.” It’s also like saying “Frieren the Undertaker.” If you’re a demon, she’ll kill you in the ring, a jail cell, a wide field, a demon king’s castle, wherever. ^_^

Excited to see you guys reacting to the rest of the season. Frieren is such a brilliant anime/manga, there are so many details, so many hidden gems that are so clever, so poetic, so thoughtful. This first season was outstanding.

You guys reaction was perfect. 😊 9 and 10 need to be watched back to back so... good call there. Subbed.

The sad undertone in the anime you mentioned, is that in fact the time skips for frieren is like you seem them she goes to sleep wakes up and boom 10 years passed. Like she says its merely 10 years

One detail I love is that during the flashbacks with Flamme, their clothes and the architecture are all Greco-Roman style instead of medieval like the rest of the series, because it takes place 1000 years earlier.

Oh damn, some PEAK about to happen

Awesome reaction guys, love your discussions, these episodes were perfect imo, I don't think I've seen a better use of flashbacks in a story

Frieren is on my top 10 of all time.

These two ep were special

21:28 This has to be one of the coldest lines and moments I've seen in anime in a LONG time. I had the same reaction at this part and was SCREAMING without the S 😂

Your theories are almost there but I will not spoiled it to you..😁.. It will keeps get better and even more better once it will progress and hope season 2 will come.. Great reaction from you guys!!❤❤

Quickly becoming my favorite reactors!

heiter was still early twenty when they meet frieren...but He already has a mana pool comparable to Aura.... Half of frieren....

Aura was one of the seven sages of destruction so was Qual, the demon King also had a right hand man. There are also unamed great demons around that are as much of a threat or greater than Aura.

In regards to water magic, without spoiling anything meaningful, there will be a character later on that specialized in that.

They don't have strong romantic feelings or reproductive drives. Like most elves in classic fiction. Enough to create a few children over the course of millenia, but could you imagine a world in which individual elves have children every few years for millenia? About the title, Sousou no Frieren (葬送のフリーレン) is ambiguous. Sousou means sending someone off, funeral rites, etc. but apparently it can also mean to kill violently. To slay.

Do u know about name meaning every character in Germany like himmel means sky/heaven in germany, frieren start fern and many characters have a meaning to in germany

In no particular order: Bebop Trigun SaO Grimgar Jobless Reincarnation Frieren Brotherhood Demon Slayer OverLord MY hero

Are is we... huuuh?😂

Balls

Is that a hickey on his neck?? LOL

19:42 wow, I wonder what would make you say that? The fact that the first 2 episodes of the series were all about 2 of frieren's friends dying, or the fact that the entire series is about going to see if the afterlife is real to talk to them?

Everytime you skip the opening it makes me lose faith in humanity even more 😭😭😭

A bit exaggerated, then a bit focused, in a short cycle.