"Sousou no Frieren" is one of my favorite manga series, and for me, it is a great anime for people like me who are just starting to watch anime. It's a new story with a fantasy storytelling style that's different from all the anime I've ever seen. It uses flashbacks and different perspectives to explore the past and present. Including the quality of the picture and animation, which is very smooth in the battle scenes, even though the anime is not focusing on fighting that much, but the fighting scene is still good.
More than that, the character designs are very interesting and have their own complex motivations and growth arcs. In the story, there are not only humans but also dwarves, elves, and demons, which are very interesting and unique. For example, demons in Sousou no Frieren actually don't have emotions and don't know how to talk, but they try to act like humans to fool humans on emotions. Like demons acting to cry, but actually they don't know what crying is.
The world-building, particularly the exploration of past eras with magic, is what makes me interested in magic in this series. It starts by following a group of heroes who went on an adventure to defeat the Demon King for 10 years with their friends. After defeating the Demon King, everyone goes their separate ways, promising each other that in the next 50 years they would watch the shooting stars together, with the main character, the female elf Frieren, continuing her adventures in search of new magic.
After 50 years passed, everyone gathered again, and by now everyone was old because the lifespan of humans was much shorter than that of elves. After finishing watching the shooting stars, a member of Himmel's party passes away, leaving Frieren with feelings of regret. This made her sad and regretful, as she wished she had known sooner. In the last 50 years, she would have talked with Himmel more and gotten to know everyone in the party more.
So she decides to embark on a new adventure, seeking a way to reconnect with her lost friend and find meaning in her long life. Venture to the Demon King's tower to find the resting place of the souls in order to be reunited with her former friend Himmel. After that, start another adventure with Frieren by going to the same old place. That will be told along with the past of walking past old parties. The good and bad memories that everyone has gone through together will allow the viewer to understand Frieren, Himmel, and their friends more.
I highly recommend this anime to everyone. Because there are many emotions in it, whether it makes me feel funny, sad, nostalgic, excited, and lost in adventure again. But for me, the pace was a little slow at the start. I felt a bit bored, but after I understood it more, it made me enjoy it and want to continue watching it, so much so that I had to buy the manga. Read the next episode that hasn't been made into an anime yet.
In the scene where Himmel creates statues of himself placed everywhere he goes, his intention is for everyone to remember him and acknowledge his existence. However, the true significance lies in ensuring that Frieren will not be lonely in the future. Himmel knew he couldn't stay with the Frieren for long. But at least there will be that statue beside Frieren forever. This scene makes me feel very appreciative of Himmel's actions because it is not a very big action, but it is full of the meaning of love and care that Himmel has for Frieren. And some part of that Friren adventure with her old party It also makes me feel nostalgic about stories in anime to the point that it reminds me of my own story in the past, where I was happier than now.
However, I'm grateful to this anime for giving me such good moments. So I want everyone to go watch it at least once. Overall, Sousou no frieren is considered one of my favorite great anime. It's got something for everyone, and I think you should give it a shot!
More than that, the character designs are very interesting and have their own complex motivations and growth arcs. In the story, there are not only humans but also dwarves, elves, and demons, which are very interesting and unique. For example, demons in Sousou no Frieren actually don't have emotions and don't know how to talk, but they try to act like humans to fool humans on emotions. Like demons acting to cry, but actually they don't know what crying is.
The world-building, particularly the exploration of past eras with magic, is what makes me interested in magic in this series. It starts by following a group of heroes who went on an adventure to defeat the Demon King for 10 years with their friends. After defeating the Demon King, everyone goes their separate ways, promising each other that in the next 50 years they would watch the shooting stars together, with the main character, the female elf Frieren, continuing her adventures in search of new magic.
After 50 years passed, everyone gathered again, and by now everyone was old because the lifespan of humans was much shorter than that of elves. After finishing watching the shooting stars, a member of Himmel's party passes away, leaving Frieren with feelings of regret. This made her sad and regretful, as she wished she had known sooner. In the last 50 years, she would have talked with Himmel more and gotten to know everyone in the party more.
So she decides to embark on a new adventure, seeking a way to reconnect with her lost friend and find meaning in her long life. Venture to the Demon King's tower to find the resting place of the souls in order to be reunited with her former friend Himmel. After that, start another adventure with Frieren by going to the same old place. That will be told along with the past of walking past old parties. The good and bad memories that everyone has gone through together will allow the viewer to understand Frieren, Himmel, and their friends more.
I highly recommend this anime to everyone. Because there are many emotions in it, whether it makes me feel funny, sad, nostalgic, excited, and lost in adventure again. But for me, the pace was a little slow at the start. I felt a bit bored, but after I understood it more, it made me enjoy it and want to continue watching it, so much so that I had to buy the manga. Read the next episode that hasn't been made into an anime yet.
In the scene where Himmel creates statues of himself placed everywhere he goes, his intention is for everyone to remember him and acknowledge his existence. However, the true significance lies in ensuring that Frieren will not be lonely in the future. Himmel knew he couldn't stay with the Frieren for long. But at least there will be that statue beside Frieren forever. This scene makes me feel very appreciative of Himmel's actions because it is not a very big action, but it is full of the meaning of love and care that Himmel has for Frieren. And some part of that Friren adventure with her old party It also makes me feel nostalgic about stories in anime to the point that it reminds me of my own story in the past, where I was happier than now.
However, I'm grateful to this anime for giving me such good moments. So I want everyone to go watch it at least once. Overall, Sousou no frieren is considered one of my favorite great anime. It's got something for everyone, and I think you should give it a shot!