rikka[Episode] Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Season 2 • Sousou no Frieren 2nd Season - Episode 8 discussion
raiconAbsolute banger episode. Madhouse really knows how to make fight scenes feel so alive!
Methode is actually way more badass than I thought.
And no way they actually said Sein would enjoy Methode’s company! I wonder if she would find him cute enough…
Stark also deserves some credit for being able to keep up with (4) extremely skilled swordmans! I could say he was a star of this episode… I’m sorry I’ll stop now.
You’ve got to respect their ability to make characters interesting to watch despite some of them showing nearly no emotions.
And similarly, action packed fight scenes where everybody is calm and focused.
But I think they did Fern a little dirty here. She should have beaten that guy without having to wait for the fog to clear.
NineSwordsMaking side characters interesting is an art form. In Frieren most of them feel like they are fleshed out so much that there have to be their own show somewhere and we just don’t know about it.
The magical fog was also the demon’s personal mana radar. If Fern had used magic to fly up to the moon, the demon’s tracking mana missiles would have shot her down.
Once the fog was dispersed by Methode, Fern was able to conceal her mana by flying outside of the demon’s detection range, visually hiding herself in the moon’s light and blast him from orbit.
Good thing it was a full moon that night.
Why didn’t the demon detect Fern’s mana use while she was flying into the moon and shoot her down then?
Hey, don’t question the drama.
Fern is an example of Methode’s “mages who only study killing magic who wouldn’t make it out of here alive” because she hasn’t studied much else besides Zoltraak.
Methode recognizing the bad matchups and helping Fern was great though.
And why was Frieren hovering above, smirking and watching like an asshole while her allies and pupil were in mortal danger?
Her OP-ness would have made easy work of those two demons, and then where would the drama come from?
And why was Frieren hovering above, smirking and watching like an asshole while her allies and pupil were in mortal danger?
Her OP-ness would have made easy work of those two demons, and then where would the drama come from?
Her experience told her that Fern and Methode were more than capable of handling that, kind of in the same way they left Stark behind with much of a second thought. Frieren rarely shows her power, pretty much the only time she had to was when fighting against her mirror image.
Also she probably had the ability to watch through the fog an intervene at any point if thing went wrong, she’s just that OP.
NoriAs usual there is a lot to praise about this episode. From the insane production quality to peak character dynamics between the groups. The way Stark helped Methode out of his negative thinking patterns by literally being a stand up guy and a good friend was my personal highlight!
The demons on the other hand were underwhelming. Revolte waited for the group to split up and did literally nothing with this advantage. He later proved to be deceptive so why not attack full force on the mages? I’m starting to think demons are not cut out to be good antagonists as they are simply too stupid to win. Also, and I know I could get some flak for this but that attack should’ve killed Methode and Stark right there and then. The fact that this risky move had no consequences is truly baffling. A fatal wound should at the very least leave a character unable to fight properly for another arc. This sets a bad precedent for future dangers our heroes will encounter because you can expect the plot armor to be miles thick and an overpowered cleric to jump into action just in time.
I hope this doesn’t sound too negative because I really like the show and the second season so far! I’m just wondering how I’m supposed to get invested in conflicts at this point.
CrankI think you’ve meant Genau – Methode is the lady mage. And yeah, I agree with what you said. I think Frieren is great at SoL adventure stuff and this episode was absolutely beautiful visually, but characters do feel like they have a certain plot armor. If you think about it, up until now not a single important character has died or been hurt badly. Even if they were, they’re usually back up minutes later, seemingly unscathed. This really does affect the levels of tension that we should feel during fights. Let’s hope this won’t become a recurring theme, because other than that it’s been a fantastic show so far.
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