Frieren: Beyond journey's end.

[The nameless Gamer]

People who watched it or read it, what are your thoughts? Masterpiece, overrated or somewhere in between?

I myself find it alright. It's not the best thing since sliced bread nor the best fantasy anime ever, but it's worthwhile. Interestingly enough, the side characters are a LOT more interesting than the main cast, as the main cast shows very little growth despite the long time skips. I don't mind slow-burning stories as well, so it's not a turn-off for me.

[ṼṏẌṏḭḊ]

The first few volumes of the manga were incredibly powerful. I slowed down reading at about vol.6 and have up to whatever volumes have been released on Amazon to catch up with.

[The nameless Gamer]

I'm actually curious about how the author named the Demon King. The German names are not as random as they seem, they are usually either a key defining personality trait or the main ability of the character. But the Demon King's name wasn't revealed or I missed it.

[Hexi]

I absolutely loved the first episode, thought the first episode was a masterpiece in itself. The next few episodes showing off exploration were decent but the show became incredibly boring as it just became generic fantasy anime #1467543 after that. I'm guessing people who haven't seen much anime will love it but as someone who has seen more than 10 anime I had to stop watching after 8 episodes.

[the vampire of time and memory]

The nameless Commander eredeti hozzászólása:

I'm actually curious about how the author named the Demon King. The German names are not as random as they seem, they are usually either a key defining personality trait or the main ability of the character. But the Demon King's name wasn't revealed or I missed it.

the german names are german nouns and adjectives that loosely describe the characters, it's an incredibly amateur way of naming characters that makes it a lot harder to take the show seriously for most german speakers

[Caldari Ghost]

In what episode does ubel show up?

[Netaris]

Overrated, other peoples here already explained why better than I could.

[the vampire of time and memory]

Caldari Ghost eredeti hozzászólása:

In what episode does ubel show up? I've had situations before where I learn about a character who seems really cool and I watch the anime for that one character and they either show up at the very end or show up for like two episodes for five minutes of screen time and disappear forever

she has a decent amount of screen time in the mage exam arc, that's the latter half of the anime (around 40% of it), still if you're watching just for her I don't think you'll get that far

[Caldari Ghost]

the vampire of time and memory eredeti hozzászólása:

Caldari Ghost eredeti hozzászólása:

In what episode does ubel show up? I've had situations before where I learn about a character who seems really cool and I watch the anime for that one character and they either show up at the very end or show up for like two episodes for five minutes of screen time and disappear forever

she has a decent amount of screen time in the mage exam arc, that's the latter half of the anime (around 40% of it), still if you're watching just for her I don't think you'll get that far

thanks

[Basho]

i think it is Very Good, and i consider it a favorite.
i like the art style, the pacing, the characters and the attention to their personalities and developments, i like the mix of humor and serious parts, as well as the overarching sentimentality and sense of thoughtfulness.
to summarize, that is.

i have not seen the anime yet, though, so i cant speak for its adaptation.

[Uncle Sam]

After finishing watching Frieren: Beyond journey's end. I say it was a decent show. From what i've read across the internet, some people guess given enough time it might be remembered like Ghost in the Shell, as in a very decent show in this case the fantasy & seinen genre

[The nameless Gamer]

Uncle Sam eredeti hozzászólása:

After finishing watching Frieren: Beyond journey's end. I say it was a decent show. From what i've read across the internet, some people guess given enough time it might be remembered like Ghost in the Shell, as in a very decent show in this case the fantasy & seinen genre :lunar2020thinkingtiger:

Might not be too far-fetched, given that good fantasy shows without the isekai tripe are few and far between.

I can think of a few competitors for that title, but not too many. Mostly "The Slayers" and "Record of Lodoss War". Then again, I may have missed a whole lot of good old-school fantasy anime.

[Joe]

It's something good to pass the time. I won't call it your typical generic fantasy anime but my main problem with it is that it's (in my opinion) literally the end of her journey and she's just "passing" the time now.

Would have actually wanted to see her main adventures with Himmel in their quest in destroying the Demon King. I'm tired of anime/manga titles wherein the hero conveniently makes the Demon King (who's usually female) fall in love with them at the start, or skip the entire arc and makes the Demon King retire/reincarnate, so on so forth. I want to see the slow buildup of a group of adventurers make their way to the demon king and beat him/her in an actual fight, not the end of their journey where they're cleaning up leftovers.

I've been left wanting by too many anime titles, movies, series that always start at the hero's retirement or when they aren't in their prime anymore. I want to see them kicking butt and taking names during the prime of their life and slowly build up who they are.

[The nameless Gamer]

Joe eredeti hozzászólása:

Would have actually wanted to see her main adventures with Himmel in their quest in destroying the Demon King. I'm tired of anime/manga titles wherein the hero conveniently makes the Demon King (who's usually female) fall in love with them at the start, or skip the entire arc and makes the Demon King retire/reincarnate, so on so forth. I want to see the slow buildup of a group of adventurers make their way to the demon king and beat him/her in an actual fight, not the end of their journey where they're cleaning up leftovers.

Well, they left a whole bunch of actually powerful stragglers. Macht was literally outclassing them, as was Qual. Volume 12 ends with everyone, including Frieren, falling under influence of a pretty potent illusion spell. Seems like if the demon king's forces were actually consolidated, they would've decisively won.

[Joe]

The nameless Commander eredeti hozzászólása:

Joe eredeti hozzászólása:

Would have actually wanted to see her main adventures with Himmel in their quest in destroying the Demon King. I'm tired of anime/manga titles wherein the hero conveniently makes the Demon King (who's usually female) fall in love with them at the start, or skip the entire arc and makes the Demon King retire/reincarnate, so on so forth. I want to see the slow buildup of a group of adventurers make their way to the demon king and beat him/her in an actual fight, not the end of their journey where they're cleaning up leftovers.

Well, they left a whole bunch of actually powerful stragglers. Macht was literally outclassing them, as was Qual. Volume 12 ends with everyone, including Frieren, falling under influence of a pretty potent illusion spell. Seems like if the demon king's forces were actually consolidated, they would've decisively won.

That's true I suppose. But that would have been a great second part of the story. If they made the current Frieren a sequel, it would be a really good way to tie loose ends to the story rather than leaving it all to exposition or have bad guys explaining why this or that happened.

Don't get me wrong. I like the show and currently reading the manga. But just really wanted to see fantasy shows start from the beginning and have a proper end that doesn't end in everyone getting along and the Hero and Demon Lord becomes best of friends.

Not sure if you've watched a semi-old anime called Ragnarok the animation (2004), and this is probably just nostalgia making me think it was good, but I remember it having proper pacing on how a fantasy story goes with a good old group of adventurers doing adventurer stuffs then in the end you fight GOD!!!!! Seriously speaking though, never was able to finish the anime so never got closure on that one, but got enough to a point that there was proper character development and plot progression. But hey, this is probably just nostalgia.

[The nameless Gamer]

Joe eredeti hozzászólása:

The nameless Commander eredeti hozzászólása:

Well, they left a whole bunch of actually powerful stragglers. Macht was literally outclassing them, as was Qual. Volume 12 ends with everyone, including Frieren, falling under influence of a pretty potent illusion spell. Seems like if the demon king's forces were actually consolidated, they would've decisively won.

That's true I suppose. But that would have been a great second part of the story. If they made the current Frieren a sequel, it would be a really good way to tie loose ends to the story rather than leaving it all to exposition or have bad guys explaining why this or that happened.

Don't get me wrong. I like the show and currently reading the manga. But just really wanted to see fantasy shows start from the beginning and have a proper end that doesn't end in everyone getting along and the Hero and Demon Lord becomes best of friends.

Not sure if you've watched a semi-old anime called Ragnarok the animation (2004), and this is probably just nostalgia making me think it was good, but I remember it having proper pacing on how a fantasy story goes with a good old group of adventurers doing adventurer stuffs then in the end you fight GOD!!!!! Seriously speaking though, never was able to finish the anime so never got closure on that one, but got enough to a point that there was proper character development and plot progression. But hey, this is probably just nostalgia.

I watched something with Ragnarök in its name, but it had too much of a video game-like flavor. Did it have a sorceress with a blindfold as one of the characters?