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Have you seen the story about a guy in Taiwan who helped stop an attacker with a knife on a train? When they asked him why he risked his life like that his answer was, “It’s what Himmel the Hero would’ve done.” He deeds are changing the world.
This is WAY MORE than just a dude in Taiwan, lol. Apparently it's becoming like a huge trend in japan. There's kids doing homework because of himmel too, lol.
I think Serie is ultimately a sympathetic character. All those "insults", like when she said Lernen was a disappointment, if you think about them, she's not "disappoined" because Lernen failed to reach Serie's level, it's because he didn't have TIME to reach her level. In the end, she's really just grieving over the tragic fact that humans' limited lifespan prevents them from reaching their full potential. That's why she says she shouldn't take on human students. But she still holds out hope, which is why she then immediately turns around and offers to take on Fern the human as her student. Also, there's another hidden story to the field of flowers spell. From the information in these episodes, we can conclude that this is actually the spell that defeated the demon king! First, Serie mentions off-hand that the demon king instantly saw right through Frieren's mana suppression. Then we learn that the flower spell is the reason Himmel specifically recruited Frieren as the party's mage. And Frieren says that if any of the 4 of them wasn't there, they couldn't have defeated the demon king. So broadly speaking, Flamme taught Frieren two things: magic for revenge, i.e. mana hiding; and magic for fun, i.e. the flower spell. And the grand irony is that Flamme's "magic for revenge" failed, while her "magic for fun" actually got Frieren her revenge. So when Frieren says the flower spell is her favorite, in addition to all the other reasons she likes it, it's also because it is, in a very literal sense, how she got her revenge on demons.
The only magic that it's been implied was used against the Demon King is the unnamed spell that the Frieren Clone cast against Fern in Ep-26. The flower spell brought them together - it is why the party was together and able to beat the demon king. Reading any more into it is well into WMG territory.
@@TheBaldrickk I'm not saying that Frieren cast the flower spell as some sort of attack during the flight with the demon king. But Serie called the flower spell useless, and Frieren's reply was basically saying that if it weren't for the flower spell, she never would have ended up joining Himmel's party and she wouldn't have had her revenge. And possibly Himmel's party with a different mage might not have been able to defeat the demon king. So in Frieren's eyes, it's the most useful spell she has ever learned.
I was about to post that very same thought. Her deepest passion is to see a truly talented mage reach the pinnacle of their craft. She's not disappointed in him, she's disappointed to see him come so close to greatness only to be held back by his limited life expectancy. She actually complimented him for reaching such a level of proficiency and lamenting the fact that he won't be able to take that last step. She simply has the emotional maturity of a bratty elf so she doesn't express herself very well. I think that's also why she says she won't teach anyone without talent. She can't stand to see them fail to reach their potential and anyone without a great talent for magic simply won't ever make it. She'd just set herself up for disappointment.
I know that it has been memed alot but Serie is what I would call an honest tsundere, honest in a sense that the series sees past the modernised usage of the trope and shows how a "real" tsundere "can" act under normal circumstances. Also there is the fact that she simply lacks emotionaly maturity, as Frieren often says that she acts like a child. How? I dunno there is still alot of stuff that we do not know about Elfs. Also huge advancements in psychology are still a few centuries ahead lol
Serie was complimenting Lernen, basically saying he can compete with Frieren despite living not even 1/10th as long. She is not disappointed in him as a person - to the contrary - but with the limitations imposed upon him by his lifespan. It's a frustration with the clash of her ideal world vs. reality, where a similarly talented person like Frieren wastes eternity on hippie BS while Lernen tries so hard but ... there's ultimately only so much you can achieve in 80-120ish years. Her true disappointment is Frieren, not the humans.
I did not get that either, ty "Wastes" could be lil harsh though, as the show makes an example/explains why her way of being was how the Demon King could be defeated.
Realize Serie's level of power. As Fern pointed out, there's fluctuation which means that MASSIVE amount of mana is Serie SUPPRESSING it. So suppressed Serie is like unsuppressed Frieren. Which means if she suppresses at the same 1/10 rate as Frieren, means Serie is at least 10x as powerful.
The moment she showed Himmel that spell, he fell completely head over heels for her and literally loved her until his dying breath. That's some pure, true and tragic love right there. I thought it was interesting how he was referring to her as if she was a completely different person until that moment.
I love the subtle details and call backs in this anime. If you recall back in episode 2, when she does the field of flowers spell, Eisen and Heiter look amazed. But Himmel just has a small, nostalgic smile on his face, because as we learn now, it’s a spell he has seen her do before. It’s the details like that, that make this anime such a joy to rewatch.
The relativity of age is such a recurring theme. Denken calls Richter a youngster, while Lawine called him an old man in a previous episode. Frieren has referred to Sein as both an adult and a child. Heiter talked about how he never grew up mentally, no matter how old he looks. And of course you have Kraft calling Frieren young, and Serie clearly also being way older than Frieren.
Serie's coldness, and Frieren's, is due to their long lifespan. Elves live thousands of years, so ten, twenty, or even a hundred years mean nothing to them. Human relationships don't have much meaning either, because of how brief they tend to be. But what Frieren learned after Himmel's passing is that a relationship, even a brief one, does carry value and meaning. Serie hasn't learned that yet. Subconsciously, she still feels for her students and remembers them, but she hasn't learned to acknowledge the value in those "brief" relationships yet.
Meh, i feel like Serie actually understand the value and meaning, she's just dont show it. Continental Magic Association is Flamme wish, while at first she's literally digusted by the idea, she done it anyway. She called the flower spell foolish and useless, she still uses them. I think she act like that to distance herself, so she dont get hurt all that much and thats why she's pretty rude, have you notice she talk shit abt everyone yet do their wishes, remember all of them, the way she talk to Lernen is rude yes, but she's also point out he cant see Serie fluctuation but sorta in endearing way ? you know not "ew,he still cant see that im supressing my mana, useless ass human" so..a tsundere (extreme level)
@@gethina-come7885 Serie is one of the most well written mature tsundere in anime history. Serie is like Frierens disapproving grandmother. "Its been a thousand years and this is how you say hello"
Despite the fact that Serie is the youngest looking elf we've seen , and her seemingly immature way of dealing with people, she's the oldest elf in the series. The reason she knows spells from the Age of Mythology is because she was alive during that age. My personal opinion is that she's cold to others because, if she got attached, she'd break after so many have passed on during the tens of thousands of years she's been alive.
There hasn’t been confirmation of a season 2, however, on July 5th at AnimeExpo there is a Frieren/Appthecary Diaries event. The director, producer, Himmel’s va and a 4th person I can remember are going to be attending. I’m hoping we get a season 2 announcement then
I remember seeing a RU-vid short announcing this show and I figured immediately it sounded like an interesting concept. The life of an immortal Elf following the party's disbanding and having to see her friends grow old around her because she was one of the few of her kind remaining. Little did I know that Frieren would become THE best Anime I have ever seen. How it would become the most memorable show with the most memorable characters as well as side characters. Every episode felt like a mix of being long and being short at the same time.. because of how much content they packed in. However they packed it in in such a way that it felt pleasant to watch and not at all rushed. Himmel managing to become a fan favorite despite dying in the very first episode... and already by then you get a sense of what kind of person he is from the just five minutes of screen time he really gets. Just his compassion and understanding of Frieren's situation and what she will be going through. All of his vainness and desire to be "immortalized" being so that Frieren would have something to remember him by.. and of course to be remembered in history as well. The same goes for Heiter and Eisen as well.. both of them being such treats. With Heiter "manipulating" Frieren in such a gentle way to make her basically adopt Fern and not have to regret this decision. I will miss this show. It will remain the top tier for me for all time.
Tbh, I am rewatching Frieren with her like for good sake as she is that genuine in the very little things in lyfe. Thanks for the journey! Looking forward for Season2!
A small detail at the end. Remember when Frieren was recalling some moments with Himmel at his burial? One of them was Himmel saying "Tearful goodbyes aren't our style".
"In the end, that boy never saw the fluctuations in my mana, either." Which means she's compressing her mana down to Frieren's max level. Serie's actual mana must be the size of the city lmao
So far the anime has stayed very true to the manga. For all of season 1, 1 episode of the anime is 2 chapters of the manga. If they keep following that pattern then there is enough of the manga for them to make season 2 entirely and the very beginning of season 3. I've loved watching your reaction to this show and also can not wait for season 2!
BEAUTIFUL SHOW and Himmel's quote to then Frieren quoting him was the perfect conclusion. Ed2 is actually the 2nd verse of the same song as Ed1 by milet [Anytime Anywhere].
I’m sure someone else has mentioned it. But the twist with the relationship between Serie and Frieren isn’t that Serie dislikes Frieren, but that Frieren and her adherence to Flammes plan was a disappointment for Serie, and that as such Frieren hasn’t yet reached her potential that Serie envisioned for her when they first met. Remember Frierens words, “Series intuition is always right.” Well Series initial intuition upon meeting Frieren was that she liked Frieren a lot and saw her vast potential. That potential was diverted by Flamme in order to bring and end to the Demon King and begin a new age of magic. Neither of which Serie, because of her nature could visualize and achieve. So she’s still a bit salty about that when Frieren shows back up and upends her selection process. I might add, that in terms of potential, my intuition is Fern is quite likely a mage on par with Flamme, and will likely leave a similar legacy. Actualizing in reality Flammes dream for the future. It’s almost like there are three stories happening simultaneously through Frieren. Flammes plan and dream, Himmels legacy and their current journey to Heaven in the north.
I read somewhere that the last time the author took hiatus from the manga was also the time she consulted the anime production team by giving inputs to Frieren S1. So recently Frieren's manga went on indefinite hiatus again....so rumours are probably s2 is being in discussions.
Frieren Season 2 is still not OFFICIALLY confirmed yet. The director of the anime is still working on a different anime so it's speculated that it won't be Confirmed confirmed until that ones complete. The anime being the next season of Bocchi,( or was it the movie). Which is also highly popular for the way it was adapted. The director is just too good at his job. That being said. There is plenty. PLENTY of material for another 24 episode season when they make it. There's no way they won't with how popular it was
Was it really confirmed that Bocchis 2nd season is made, do you have a source where I can read it? That´d be a wish come true for me and surely for many others. As far as I know there are 2 Bocchis movies coming out this year, but their gonna be a recap of season 1.
@@UltraHD.7 you are right, it's the movie that's coming out this year. Though it does have enough material for a season 2 so I imagine they'd announce a season 2 after the movie comes out, since they did tease it at the end of the anime already, and the anime too has been a huge success
Serie is possibly the strongest person in this world. Basically a living goddess and head of magic. I think she is allowed to be rude, it doesnt affect me that much. She is not evil so let her have this.
Finally we all know the reason why Frieren looked normal and didn't cry when Himmel died. But her cry came out when Himmel was covered by the ground. not because she doesn't know or she doesn't understand human emotions. She simply followed Himmel's words, parting in a light manner because Frieren was sure she would meet him again.
Regarding the ending song, may I suggest looking up the full song? 'milet「Anytime Anywhere] MUSIC VIDEO' its such a great song and a great music video as well, and the fact that ending 1 and ending 2 is from the same song, just different halves of the same song is just so great
So proud of you coming into your own as a creator Ali and glad that you started doing reactions like I recommended. This was beautiful! Only up from here.
From the first episode, it's so funny to see you thinking and looking for more depth to a couple of details that simply don't have any further, like Frieren's look at Himmel as a child Blabla and his clone in the test hahahahaha, but it's so cute see you when you get sentimental with the other details that happen,,,u are one of the most intuitive and observant reactor I've seen in recent years, te has vuelto de mis favoritas, ojala la 2da temporada salga rapído
I'm TEARING UP, not just because of the episode but because it's the end OF AN ERA. I've been watching your reactions from quite early on. It's been nice to see someone with just the right balance of commentary, reaction and watching. We reacted very similarly to this adaption and it made me wish I knew how you'd react to like, EVERYTHING (As I said last week, Apothecary Diaries has a similarly distant-quirky heroine!) Thanks for sharing your reactions with us. Unfortunately, no word on Season 2 yet but fully expect me to blast your comments section as soon as there is!
Thank you so much! Apothecary Diaries is definitely something I’ll be watching and reacting to, as it’s something that catches my interest so it’s time will come. 💗
I literally stopped watching Frieren for a month because I couldn’t imagine finishing it, it shot straight into my top 5 shows of all time and that’s just based of the first season. It’s been a while Ive been so invested in a main character as I have with Frieren. Loved your reactions, it was fun watching along side you!
Ugh, my heart was not ready. I didn't cry when I watched it myself, but ya better believe I started bawling here. Your reactions to this series have been a pleasant surprise and an absolute delight! One doesn't often see such intuition and emotional intelligence applied when reacting to a series, it's been a treat to behold. This and the ending of season one for Dungeon Meshi were the one-two punch that floored me, now I dunno what the heck I'm gonna do. I started watching Girls Band Cry, and the emotional depth and character drama in that one is also outstanding, I'd love to see you react to it someday, but otherwise, this has been great~!
Frieren acknowledged that she herself is awkward so she understood how awkward Serie was to not tell her apprentices how she truly felt...this was way back at the end of the Stark Birthday/Hamburg backstory episode. And now she's dispensing that same lesson to Letnen. Probably hoping that even at the twilight of his years, Lernen would understand Serie even for just a bit and not get carried away by her lack of acknowledgement.
Gracias por reaccionar a esta maravillosa obra maestra es increíble como nos contaron la historia cada vez que apareció himell no paraba de llorar,es increíble ver tus reacciones y no te preocupes no es un adios es un asta pronto😢
The flower carpet scene. And then reconnect the reason why Himmel knew about the flower language and the ring. The first magic he saw made his curiosity about magic blossom in him, then, years later, his love for Frieren. The scene of the ring and the proposal is even stronger knowing this.
If you noticed when himmel said something about the field of flowers being beautiful, but little himmel never looked at the flowers but only focused on frieren
I really apreciate that u bring ur reaction until the end of episode. REALLY APRECIATE IT, hope this anime will have a second season or we will waiting for 50 years like himmel... Perhaps it doesnt take that much time. Thankx for the content ❤❤❤❤
Serie says 'most died without ever reaching my level'. This implies that she has had students who have reached her level... What have they done, one wonders. Are they still around?
That moment after she insults lernen and leaves the room, Serie basically confirms that her suppressed mana is equal to Frieren’s unsuppressed mana. That’s how much of a beast Serie is. She makes an overpowered character like frieren look like an apprentice in comparison. Lernen said that frieren’s mana was equal to Serie mana because he didn’t notice for all these decades that serie has also been suppressing her mana the whole time. And this all loops back to fern. She immediately noticed Serie’s mana fluctuating within seconds of meeting her when a mage as legendary as lernen didnt for so long. That why Serie immediately tried to recruit her and steal her away from frieren. This all just speaks for fern’s insane potential. She might very much be the next Flamme, or perhaps even greater. A legendary mage that will be noted down in history forever.
Somebody made the suggestion somewhere that the gravestone in the second ending actually belongs to Fern and I refuse to look up anything about it because I don't want to be spoiled. But goddamn, now I tear up every time I think about the possibility. I still think it was Himmel's but there's enough in the scenery of the closing that could support it being Fern and it hurts.
Anyone who does labor would appreciate spells like laundry spells, spells than clean kitchenware, spells that can help in farms, etc. They're also living in a peaceful era, battle/war spells would be pretty useless most of the time considering that mages are already pretty powerful and they can take care of threats such as bandits. They can probably also beat all class of demons considering that in current frieren timeline, magic is already way more advanced.
I read the manga since the 4th chapter released. When the anime first started production, the manga went on haitus. Which happened again, for the second time recently, meaning it is probably in production. My estimate is late 2025
Something that may just be subtle is Serie's comment of "she wasted so much time on a useless skill" in reference to Frieren learning to suppress her mana. But thats exactly the thing. Serie is suppressing her mana as well. She may have developed it because its something Flamme learned to do, we can't say for sure. But I firmly believe Serie is so cold, especially so to Frieren, is due to Serie seeing a young version of herself that she despises in Frierens actions and mentality. Its obviously guesswork but I get the feeling Serie has a tragic history that undoubtedly made her this way. For someone who talks a big game on being strong and focusing on strong spells, she didn't do anything to defeat the Demon King. If she's so all-powerful and pushes others to be that way, why doesn't she actively display that beyond words?
Am i the only one that wants to see serie fight?? Her mana output, even surpressed, is pretty much equal to unsurpressed frieren. Serie is probably one of the most powerful characters out there
i took a glance at the comments everything is "series this series that" the meaning of the ending and all those super obvious things, that i wanted to say too, but instead imma do a shoutout to THE boy Stark, he didnt hesitate to stand between Serie´s student (who is also the grandpa of Ehre) and Frieren, no weapon no nothing, as you said, credit with credit is due, and well we can see everyone loves him xD
But Zelda, dont care if crying, cause this anime is just awesome. Best anime ever. it would probably take time to top this. And the ride goes on :D Fern the youngest first class ever with 18~19. even Lernen was 20~21 as he become it. i guess Land become first class through zoom. I believe Wirbel has something to do with Himmels Homeland cause of the haircolor but "death isnt the only way of goodbye" hits rly hard
Fern turned 17 shortly before Sein left. Incidentally, she got her Third-class certification when they left the holy city - that was when Heiter died. She was 12, MAYBE 13 then.
one little tidbit that most seem to overlook or at least not point out is how much serie talks down about the idea of suppressing one's mana and unless you have the talent for it, you are better off spending that time improving other skills. But at the same time she herself is also constantly suppressing her mana (whenever she talks about seeing the fluctuations, the fluctuations are signs of someone suppressing their mana and no one expect fern could tell that she is suppresing) and she likely spend decades on learning that skill flamme came up with after flamme died. though we don't know for certain if flamme was the first to come up with it or if it was series idea, we do know that back in flammes time, serie was still too weak to defeat the demon king and shortly after flamme's death she basically vanished from the public until she created this new magic association about 30 years after himmels death. i think she spent all those years perfecting suppression while from time to time taking apprentices, trying to find another talent like flamme. also when serie talks about mages reaching her height, she obviously doens't mean her mana or strength, but the ambitions, control over mana and just the pure perfection of a skill for combat. also, also, while we don't really know much more about series motivations and why she created the magic association, the fact that she still wants to build an army of strong mages, might give a hint on what's to come, or she is just looking for perfection because she would be bored otherwise
Just so you know, you have this video before your previous video in you're playlist. It should be the last one, but you have it as second to last. I don't know when there will be a season 2, but there will definitely be a season 2. There is more than enough in the manga for a second season, and Frieren knocked FMAB off it's thrown as the most popular anime on My Top Anime List.
Obviously Serie knows she has time on her side she isn't stupid but humans develop quicker, elves and humans develop at a different rate so in that regard she still gets excited by the potential of humans. She's not really saying her students spells are useless she's sad that they never lived up to her, heck she's frustrated that human lives are short, she just doesn't know how to express herself, you can dislike her but don't let that stop you from actually taking in some of her dialogue. Keep in mind Frieren thinks Serie intuition is always right, when she was critiquing Frierens abilities she made valid points but a lot of reactors don't notice because she isn't kissing up to Frieren regardless your reactions overall were enjoyable, looking forward to watching season 2 with you
It's been a while but people tend to forget how Frieren talked about Flamme at the beginning saying she was "An Unpleasant Woman" and things of the sort. When you watch Serie talking about Flamme the first time, you see her smiling at the imaginary Flamme running around even though she was saying she was dumb for wanting her to teach humans magic. ALSO she said she wouldnt teach humans magic even though Flamme wanted her to...... think about this whole test. I think Kraft is in a way the awkward one because he doesn't act like an "elf" but maybe its because he's traveled with Humans for so long.
Flamme was not just Serie's apprentice , IMO Flamme was as close to a daughter as Serie ever got. Flamme was also Frierens foster mother. Whats even more sad is that Voice Actress who played flamme has died.
@@voss0749 Sure but I was mostly just using that as a point to quickly explain why Serie acting mean doesn't really mean much when her actions say otherwise. Also that's really unfortunate to hear. Rest in peace.
The tragic thing about Serie is that she is very ambitious and rude, but as seen in the last ep, she does feel affection to each and everyone of her students, even those that didn't live to her expectation but just doesn't seem to realize those feelings yet. Similar to Frieren at the start of the series. I think she truly sees the potential in her students to be great (and even surpass her) but due to the limited lifespan of humans she is always left alone at the peak of magic with no one to share her joys, this is why she is so jaded and flippant even though she appreciates them all. She is eternally lonely. This is also why she's so disappointed with Frieren since she is one of the extreme few (i.e. an elf prodigy of magic) that has the raw talent AND lifespan to reach the peak of magic with her but Frieren just isn't ambitious like her.
If you havent seen it yet, you could watch Arcane. Its an animated series based on some characters of league of legends. Its amazing and you dont have to know anything about the game to enjoy the show. Also season 2 is coming this november. Great reaction btw.
I'm not sure if you fully understood what it meant. I think you did, but I'll throw this out here anyway. How Frieren holds back most of her mana. Ya Serie does that too, and it's equal to frieren's true power when it's held back. =3 The reason Serie acts the way she does is because she's an ancient elf. No one would ever be able to defeat her. She doesn't care about what people think because she's straight forward, but she always speaks what she believes to be true. The reason she didn't want to bring the new age of magic is because she didn't want someone to kill Frieren and other Elves. To her Frieren is weak. It is the closest thing to an Elf feeling love that is possible among their kind without going through what Frieren did. Serie is Frieren if she never met the Hero's party. =3
Cowboy Bebop, Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, Violet Evergarden, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End ;D Nausicaa, Castle in the Sky... some things just change you forever and live forever within you, too.
Serie never had Himmel, Heiter or Eizen......Frieren was cold at the start too. Kraft had his old human partner (with him in the statue that noone knows) that mellowed him out too.
Both Serie and Frieren are simply emotionally immature. Partly by choice (distancing themselves to avoid heartache) and partly because, being elves, they lack that urgency and drive to express themselves. They have all the time in the world until, suddenly, they don't. Cherishing the moment simply doesn't come easily to them.
I don't think series is bad or mean She just have a very narrowed mind of "GOOD = power at destroying thing" She has a mental perspective of war, she lives through era or war that's why she's a mage of war Era She can't imagine or change that, she's trying, that's why she's the head But it would take her more 1000 years to reach where she has more vocabulary to describe Flemme than a failure
Ali!!! You are the most observant and intuitive reactor I've seen. You pick up on things like Serie and flowers, or the "see you later" so well, but it never lessens the emotional impact of what you are watching. This series has been so much fun to follow along with you, I love the joy and emotions you've experienced in this season. I can't wait for Season 2. Keep being awesome! (I know you will)
So true. And that call with Denken and his resemblance to Stark. I had seen this anime so many times already and only this time did I notice that when she pointed it out
One thing that I really like about Serie’s test is that it proves that both she is right and Frieren is too, in their own way. On one hand, Serie is right that spending so long sequestered alone, just to learn how to suppress her mana was a waste of time for Frieren. Frieren did not and has not truly lived until these past 80 years, until that mere 10 year journey, and in the end, all of her practice in suppressing her mana came to nothing before the Demon King, who was able to see that yes, she was suppressing her mana. She failed at tricking the one thing that she had trained for 900 years to trick. She could have used those 900 years to help people, to travel, to learn of the world. On the other hand, Frieren is correct. Serie’s entire worldview surrounding magic as a tool for power that can only be expressed through strength is fundamentally flawed. Magic is a thing that transcends such crude and petty notions as power and strength, and these spells of battle are truly the weakest and least impressive expression of magic that there can be, like taking a gemstone and using it as a hammer. The spell that saved the world was a spell to create a field of flowers, not some mighty spell of war magic, not magic for revenge, but magic for peace, magic for friendship, magic for helping, and yes, magic for love.
