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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. |
| 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.” |
| 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. |
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
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. |
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| How did I know this episode would simply blue-ball us smh |
Reply to Rob7
@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.
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? |
Reply to Rob7
@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.
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. |
| All these mages think they are hot stuff....even the first class ones. Frieren about to beat all of them. |
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| That wasn't even a fight for One Spell Fern. It was a regular training day. XD |
| not the most exciting episode, i have seriously disliked that old dude from the beginning though and yeah this "competition" is utterly stupid. |
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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. |
| 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. |
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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.. |
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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
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. |
Auron_Jan 26, 10:51 PM
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Reply to Scootboi
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..
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? |
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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?
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. |
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Reply to Scootboi
@-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. |
| AHAHAHA UBEL IS ARCUEID FROM TSUKIHIME REMAKE |
| Can't wait to see Frieren show them who's the mage that took down the Demon King. |
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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. |
| 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! |
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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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| 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. |
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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 |
Homura24Jan 27, 3:43 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! |
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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. |
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| cant wait for next episode !! NEXT ONE IS GONNA BE BANGER EPISODE |
| 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. |
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| Fern overwhelming her opponent with Consecutive Ordinary Attack Magic was pretty funny. |
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