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Jan 26, 5:58 PM
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Another excellent episode, something I became used to on this series. Frieren did an amazing job raising Fern to be the outstanding mage she is.
Mene, mene, tekel, parsin
Jan 26, 5:59 PM
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fvck, cant for frieren fightt !!!
Jan 26, 6:11 PM

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Wait, Wirbel is in his thirties? Color me surprised.
Fern spamming Zoltraak was lowkey funny, btw.

Overall, another good episode but I was kinda disappointed by the fact it was mostly talk and staring contests than actual fighting. Guess I got misled by the episode's title...
Still really liked what they did with Wirbel's character tho. And here I thought he would be your typical bloodthirsty shounen prick.
Jan 26, 6:18 PM
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The episode was ok, at least the Slice of Life crap is over for the time being since I kinda dislike that genre, it's one of the reasons I was never into this anime in the first place, at least something is happening in the latest episodes so I'm kinda enjoying this anime for the time being.

This anime reached its peak in the demons arc with Aura and her gang in episode 7, that arc was pretty damn awesome, but since then, this anime got kinda crappy again with the boring Slice of Life, at least something is finally happening in the newest arc but it's nowhere as good as the demons arc.
Jan 26, 6:36 PM

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Übel is basically a Sukuna with that cleave and slice magic lol..
The anime missed the opportunity for her to say:
"Stand proud Wirbel, you are strong"
“You should enjoy the little detours to the fullest. Because that's where you'll find the things more important than what you want.”
Jan 26, 6:49 PM

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the normal slow pacing of this series just doesn't suit an exam arc like this because they want to give every meaningless side character a backstory, the pacing is fine for the adventure episodes but now we have been in the same place for 3 episodes and it's starting to drag and with only 8 episodes remaining this isn't the pace the story should be going at unless a season 2 is planned.
Jan 26, 7:06 PM

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The lack of emotion behind these characters is really starting to weird me out. I’m still decently enjoying this show but the lack of emotion is really weird.

Probably why stark is my favourite character, he shows the most emotion and is pretty badass sometimes
@Phantom_373

Oh, in the manga it is even worse lol




At least in the anime, the body movements remind us that they are not statues.


But it is a mage thing. The author could spent 2 seconds and 1 line explaining it like "ah, the exhausting work of the mind to control mana and spells makes some mages lose emotions, especially when they are using magic"

But no, the author never cared about this.
Jan 26, 7:11 PM
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So we finally know who that character in the openings is now. I can see Frieren wanting to meet this person now.
Jan 26, 7:20 PM
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As lutas são bem mais ou menos, acho que piora para o anime, triste
Jan 26, 7:36 PM

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How did I know this episode would simply blue-ball us smh
Jan 26, 7:37 PM

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@Phantom_373

Oh, in the manga it is even worse lol




At least in the anime, the body movements remind us that they are not statues.


But it is a mage thing. The author could spent 2 seconds and 1 line explaining it like "ah, the exhausting work of the mind to control mana and spells makes some mages lose emotions, especially when they are using magic"

But no, the author never cared about this.
@Rob7 really dude? You cut out half the manga panel and added your own terrible translations just to shit on this? How sad are you?
Jan 26, 7:37 PM
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@Phantom_373

Oh, in the manga it is even worse lol




At least in the anime, the body movements remind us that they are not statues.


But it is a mage thing. The author could spent 2 seconds and 1 line explaining it like "ah, the exhausting work of the mind to control mana and spells makes some mages lose emotions, especially when they are using magic"

But no, the author never cared about this.
@Rob7 Goddamn, those mages are in the wrong sport, they should stop being mages and start playing poker instead, they will never lose a game with those facial expressions.
Jan 26, 8:28 PM

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All these mages think they are hot stuff....even the first class ones.

Frieren about to beat all of them.
Jan 26, 9:07 PM

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That wasn't even a fight for One Spell Fern. It was a regular training day. XD
Jan 26, 9:15 PM

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not the most exciting episode, i have seriously disliked that old dude from the beginning though and yeah this "competition" is utterly stupid.
Jan 26, 9:29 PM
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Amazing series, love it so much.
Jan 26, 9:48 PM
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I think this was Sousou no Frieren's weakest episode. We were hyped at the end of last episode that there'd be plenty of fight scenes, but most of the episode's spent on talking. Of course it's not uncharacteristic of this anime, but with promises of some substantial battles, this episode kinda left a bad taste in my mouth. I look forward and expectantly to next week's episode.
Jan 26, 9:58 PM

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The rivalries are building, and things are heating up...

It was nice seeing a lot of the characters' perspectives this episode, from Fern, Ubel, Wirbel, Denken, and of course Frieren. There were some solid action scenes, but this episode was quite a dialogue-heavy episode, which made the episode feel a bit longer than it usually feels like. A lot of these characters have very calm demeanours, and were cunning and strategic, while not resorting to all-out violence either, which was nice and refreshing to see. I will admit that things are moving a bit slower than I expected, and I'm not sure if I'm enjoying this second half as much as the first, but we should be in for some amazing action up ahead.
Jan 26, 10:26 PM

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While carrying his 2 injured party members who are now "out" of the fight, Wirbel sees a Stille in the tree in front of him, and BOINGO, Luck is a skill.

That ... is poetic justice.

Jan 26, 10:33 PM

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this episode sucked. Too much talking and not enough action. Just a literal cliff - hanger.

waiting for next episode..

Dropped from 10 to 9. Felt like filler. I agree with smilo up there, this episode dragged on so hard. So much time wasted we could've gotten into half the next episode without it..


Jan 26, 10:48 PM

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Reply to Phantom_Siren652
The lack of emotion behind these characters is really starting to weird me out. I’m still decently enjoying this show but the lack of emotion is really weird.

Probably why stark is my favourite character, he shows the most emotion and is pretty badass sometimes
@Phantom_373

This is one of my favorite things about Frieren honestly. Why would battle hardened mages or warriors be at all surprised some of their kind do not make too much reservations about killing.

And honestly, there are too many battle-oriented anime where characters go "Eeeeeehhhh" "AAAAAAahhhh" "Sonna hazu ga nai.." "Bakayarooooo!" "Bukkorosu!!!" "Hidosugiru 😭" "Masa ka!!!" "Nani mono da!" "Saseru ka?!" "Fuzakeru na!" "Nametenja nee zoooOO!"

and other brain melting statements ad nauseum, I'd rather a show with a solemn approach where fighters act poised and dignified, instead of soying out over every little thing happening on the battlefield, as if that's anything remotely normal.
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Jan 26, 10:48 PM

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this episode sucked. Too much talking and not enough action. Just a literal cliff - hanger.

waiting for next episode..

Dropped from 10 to 9. Felt like filler. I agree with smilo up there, this episode dragged on so hard. So much time wasted we could've gotten into half the next episode without it..
@Scootboi so you don’t want to know why exam’s are held and what are the privileges of the first class title? And who organises these kinds of exam?

And you want them to show 2-2.5 chapters in just 12-15 mins?
Jan 26, 11:02 PM
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May 2018
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Feels like typical Naruto episodes (fights, locations, tense etc)
Jan 26, 11:08 PM

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@Scootboi so you don’t want to know why exam’s are held and what are the privileges of the first class title? And who organises these kinds of exam?

And you want them to show 2-2.5 chapters in just 12-15 mins?
@-Sleek- They explained plenty already. I want to see some fights. it's been so much story and no action for a while.


Jan 26, 11:11 PM

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@-Sleek- They explained plenty already. I want to see some fights. it's been so much story and no action for a while.
@Scootboi they didn’t explained about privileges before this episode and who was that Elf in the OPs all this time. But if you want fight then next episode and 2nd exam which will happen after the 1st exam will have some action.
Jan 26, 11:46 PM

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Jan 27, 1:34 AM

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Can't wait to see Frieren show them who's the mage that took down the Demon King.
Jan 27, 1:58 AM

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And the ship goes wild! 😖😖😖
It's not that I dislike this genre but... to add unnecessary fan services to/in/for heroines
and ultimately destroys her character and personality; their purity tarnished because of it,
is the only thing I hope to not happen to them. For that sole purity is my fan service.
Jan 27, 2:41 AM
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Is it just me or this episode doesn't feel as intricately made as the rest of the series? Character just spouted out dialogue for no reasons or any natural transitions like Wirbel suddenly, in the middle of the fight, just talked about his backstory to his enemy out loud. Or characters do illogical stuff like Wirbel just blindly trusted Fern for absolutely no reasons whatsoever, when he is a supposed battle-harden mage. The dialogue writing is horribly mediorce as it is filled with characters stating the obvious, talking about their backstories, or just spewing exposition when it could be shown instead.

I absolutely love this series but this episode to me felt like a massive fluke and most of the recent episodes felt like I am watching an average fantasy anime. Hopefully, the show can recover and deliver us a satisfying finale.
@2Weeb4U2be i agree with the first point, i don't think that the backstory was necessary (i just skip it).
But, when you talk about him believing fern for "no reason", i don't really agree with that, i mean even if he didn't believe in fern, what the best he could do at his situation than leaving?
He can't just stand still for eternity,
And he can't just start fight with fern, and i don't think he's stupid enough to just start fight with a mage that win against the best mage he know, and he can't fight both fern and the other girl(if forget he name) because if he died then both of his friend will lose, so what really is the point of him staying there, either he believed in fern on not he would have to leave asap.
And i don't it's really bad dialogue it's just not as good as the other dialogue in the series.
Jan 27, 2:41 AM
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Reply to 2Weeb4U2be
Is it just me or this episode doesn't feel as intricately made as the rest of the series? Character just spouted out dialogue for no reasons or any natural transitions like Wirbel suddenly, in the middle of the fight, just talked about his backstory to his enemy out loud. Or characters do illogical stuff like Wirbel just blindly trusted Fern for absolutely no reasons whatsoever, when he is a supposed battle-harden mage. The dialogue writing is horribly mediorce as it is filled with characters stating the obvious, talking about their backstories, or just spewing exposition when it could be shown instead.

I absolutely love this series but this episode to me felt like a massive fluke and most of the recent episodes felt like I am watching an average fantasy anime. Hopefully, the show can recover and deliver us a satisfying finale.
@2Weeb4U2be i agree with the first point, i don't think that the backstory was necessary (i just skip it).
But, when you talk about him believing fern for "no reason", i don't really agree with that, i mean even if he didn't believe in fern, what the best he could do at his situation than leaving?
He can't just stand still for eternity,
And he can't just start fight with fern, and i don't think he's stupid enough to just start fight with a mage that win against the best mage he know, and he can't fight both fern and the other girl(i forget her name) because if he died then both of his friend will lose, so what really is the point of him staying there, either he believed in fern on not he would have to leave asap.
And i don't think it's really bad dialogue it's just not as good as the other dialogue in the series.
Jan 27, 2:50 AM
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@2Weeb4U2be i agree with the first point, i don't think that the backstory was necessary (i just skip it).
But, when you talk about him believing fern for "no reason", i don't really agree with that, i mean even if he didn't believe in fern, what the best he could do at his situation than leaving?
He can't just stand still for eternity,
And he can't just start fight with fern, and i don't think he's stupid enough to just start fight with a mage that win against the best mage he know, and he can't fight both fern and the other girl(if forget he name) because if he died then both of his friend will lose, so what really is the point of him staying there, either he believed in fern on not he would have to leave asap.
And i don't it's really bad dialogue it's just not as good as the other dialogue in the series.
Molamu said:
when you talk about him believing fern for "no reason",

Point was - Fern told this lie with such poker face like it was nothing for her, that he decide to believe her
Jan 27, 2:51 AM

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This might be a dumb question but while Frieren and Fern were taking this exam, where did Stark go and what did he do? I miss him...

The 'fight' between Wirbel and Ubel was interesting, I like both of them and I'm glad no one died between them, hahaha. But Fern! I thought she really killed Ehre... heh, what a liar~

That glasses guy trick was kind of simple but it saved him from many threats. I like how he's always aware of his surroundings and doesn't trust anyone so he won't die easily.

Now, Frieren vs Denken... who knows who will win? What a long wait for another week!

Jan 27, 3:20 AM
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Oh, so that's how Fern's team was able to get the Stille. It was mostly her mana control and her spell to bind. Her teammates surely do have their qualities unlike the other guy's team who really didn't stand much of a chance. And just when they were going to be eliminated and reminiscing about the past, lady luck decided to give them another chance.

Meanwhile, Frieren's Stille was stolen and the old guy seems like he would pose a threat. Nonetheless, she barely reacted to the stealing so she's probably scheming something. Hopefully none of the girls get killed by that other guy (so many names I can't remember).
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Jan 27, 3:36 AM

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That privilege of any spell of your choice is definitely going to make Frieren take this exam more seriously. Watch her select the lamest spell just coz she didn't have it.




Jan 27, 3:39 AM

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That was an amazing episode
camt wait for denken vs frieren
and I hope we get to know more about serie soon
and any spell of your choice is gonna make frieren serious
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Jan 27, 3:40 AM

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This show gives you an epic mage battle and knows how to hype you up for the next one right after. Wirbel really did not want to give Ubel that death wish she was looking for. Contrasted pretty well with how much Ehre was talking his sleaziness up!
Jan 27, 3:53 AM
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@Phantom_373 - finally someone else is bothered by this. I get the main character being a little emotionless, sinse she's literally called "freezing", but why is everyone Thomas Shelby now? Even if the author thiks it's cool, they shoud tone it down a bit. It's starting to get annoying.
@gabrielloki What emotions do you wanna see?
Jan 27, 4:47 AM

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oh god! this is an excellent set-up for an amazing next episode! damn! what a cliffhanger!
Wirbel dude is such a composed mage! so chill!
the OST at the last part was friggin' astounding once again!
give us more epic ness madhouse!
this show ranked1 currently really deserved its spot!
5/5.


Jan 27, 5:07 AM
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also the new elf that can grant any spell is named serie eh i wonder why she did not fight the demon king then
@deg Just wait. The next episode will tell, which is one of the greatest moments in manga.
Jan 27, 5:09 AM

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@deg Just wait. The next episode will tell, which is one of the greatest moments in manga.
@sdyeung im just wondering so im not in a hurry
Jan 27, 6:01 AM
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Fern is a badass mage.
Jan 27, 6:03 AM
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Great episode, wirbel is actually a good person
Jan 27, 6:30 AM
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What, Fern's battle was just a short one.
Another cliffhanging ep with Frieren fight.
Jan 27, 6:30 AM
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amazing, hype-inducing
Jan 27, 6:41 AM

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cant wait for next episode !!
NEXT ONE IS GONNA BE BANGER EPISODE
Jan 27, 6:51 AM

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Holy shit you can feel the fucking pressure at the end there, I can't wait for the next episode. Twas funny asf tho to see the stille bird animals just casually land on the instructors tho.. So much for luck.

Behold of my awesomeness~
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Jan 27, 7:06 AM
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So incredibly gooooood. I love that this anime has so much character development and world building that when action actually does take place, it's just that much better. Like when you're on a healthy diet and you get to eat a greasy hamburguer with milk-shake :P
Jan 27, 7:25 AM

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Fern overwhelming her opponent with Consecutive Ordinary Attack Magic was pretty funny.
Jan 27, 7:48 AM
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Wirbel's spell is kinda overpowered. It's like the better version of Frieren's spell.

I wonder if Laufen would have been able to kill Frieren or any of the girls if she didn't just want to steal the bird. She only needed one shot and it didn't seem like any of them had any idea what to expect before she acted.

I really like how the characters are not so typical and predictable as other anime.
Jan 27, 8:15 AM
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Wirbel is very nice guy👏🏻
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