9.023 minSeason 1 • Episode 38
LatestHidden within the massive bridge spanning the Great Canyon Tor is a secret story of Himmel and Gehen.
After the party of heroes defeated the Demon King, they restored peace to the land and returned to lives of solitude. Generations pass, and the elven mage Frieren comes face to face with humanity’s mortality. She takes on a new apprentice and promises to fulfill old friends’ dying wishes. Can an elven mind make peace with the nature of life and death? Frieren embarks on her quest to find out.
Direction
Deliberate pacing lets silence hurt more than dialogue
Score
Evan Call's music weaponizes nostalgia against you
Writing
Turns 'character reads dictionary' into devastating television
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Subverts decades of shounen tropes by treating the 'after' as the real adventure. The Demon King is defeated in episode one.
The flower field scene uses the exact same color palette as Himmel's hair to visually link memory and present.
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For a second my heart almost stopped thinking it would be the trailer for a second season when I read Frieren in the title.
@Zea4835 4827
the trailer should have pulled clips from the first half of the series because the slow worldbuilding is why people love this show in the first place
@shadowraygun4000 1060
Someone said to the editors, "put a lot of battles or they will think this is boring". People who love slow shows will miss it and people who want only action series will feel tricked. On the positive, nice to see Netflix got Frieren, is a great story and hope more people can watch it.
@UNJELL 135
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