>In the end, Frieren may not be an official First Class mage, but it doesn't matter. Because that's just a title.
Frieren made a note about the oddity of the credentialism of this age when first presented with the requirement to continue her journey (as this entire arc was a detour). She's sighed and went along with it, but as she is probably a perennial first class by just being who she is... but it's a funny thing. Commenting about how the credentials of today might not last 50 or a hundred years, changing with the times, or crumbling as civilizations turn.
I loved reading this series of posts and I appreciate your perspective on the show.
There are some thing that I disagree with and some that are factually wrong:
1. "Given context clues, I'd estimate she lived for a span of 10,000 years." No idea how you reached this conclusion but it's completely off. She lived a normal human lifespan, and we see her much older in episode 10, 50 years after meeting Frieren.
2. "it's got a bit too much "girl power" for its own good, making the male characters the butt of the joke more often than not." That is also not true. Stark is the only one you could say is often the butt of the joke, but he is the comic relief of the group. All the other male characters such as Himmel, Heiter, Eisen, Sein, Kraft, Denken, Wirbel, etc are treated with respect and not demeaned to make the female characters look better by comparison. And if you think that Himmel is the butt of the joke for being vain, or Heiter for being a corrupt priest, they're no more the butt of jokes in that case than Frieren is falling for mimics.
3. "I didn't appreciate how Frieren repeatedly calls Heiter a corrupt priest..." that's often banter though. We can see how much she cared for him in the flashback where she says that she will pray for him here and then pats his head. When the talks to Sein and they mention Heiter, she once again calls him a corrupt priest, but she does so with a smile.
4. "Serie chastises her, recognizing it as the spell her failed student Flamme wasted time developing." Flamme did not develop that spell. Her parents taught her as we find out in episode 10.
5. "She insulted Frieren for suppressing her mana, yet it's revealed through Fern that Serie, too, suppresses her mana.". It's not revealed through Fern. Serie outright says it herself earlier, after talking to Lernen.
1. Flamme is an elf. She had time to not only be mentored by Serie and learn to become a legendary mage in the Age of Heroes, but also to mentor Frieren as well. Some of the legends of Flamme are so ancient, some scholars doubt she ever existed at all beyond being a tall tale. She seems to have loved and lost, which means she had outlived at least some humans. We know she died, likely of old age, and I believe Frieren says something about the 10 year journey being only 1/1000th of her lifespan. To claim that Flamme only lived a normal human lifespan seems off to me. Unless I missed something, we don't know how much longer Flamme lived than Frieren or even Serie, but she died sometime in the past 1000 years. The truth is, no one knows. Which is why I submitted my estimate as a guess and acknowledged so.
2. This is an opinion I've seen online from others. It's a matter of opinion, so calling it "not true" is a bit harsh. It is simply a criticism I have seen lobbed against the show from others, and not even saying I necessarily agree. I was just running some defense on some of the more common complaints I see. It takes awhile to get to characters like Sein and Denken, so this criticism may primarily come from those who have only watched the early episodes.
3. I acknowledged this in a previous post.
4. Granted. I will correct. Although I'd be surprised if she really didn't develop it any further (increasing range, etc). Magic does evolve over the centuries in this series.
>In the end, Frieren may not be an official First Class mage, but it doesn't matter. Because that's just a title.
Frieren made a note about the oddity of the credentialism of this age when first presented with the requirement to continue her journey (as this entire arc was a detour). She's sighed and went along with it, but as she is probably a perennial first class by just being who she is... but it's a funny thing. Commenting about how the credentials of today might not last 50 or a hundred years, changing with the times, or crumbling as civilizations turn.
I loved reading this series of posts and I appreciate your perspective on the show.
There are some thing that I disagree with and some that are factually wrong:
1. "Given context clues, I'd estimate she lived for a span of 10,000 years." No idea how you reached this conclusion but it's completely off. She lived a normal human lifespan, and we see her much older in episode 10, 50 years after meeting Frieren.
2. "it's got a bit too much "girl power" for its own good, making the male characters the butt of the joke more often than not." That is also not true. Stark is the only one you could say is often the butt of the joke, but he is the comic relief of the group. All the other male characters such as Himmel, Heiter, Eisen, Sein, Kraft, Denken, Wirbel, etc are treated with respect and not demeaned to make the female characters look better by comparison. And if you think that Himmel is the butt of the joke for being vain, or Heiter for being a corrupt priest, they're no more the butt of jokes in that case than Frieren is falling for mimics.
3. "I didn't appreciate how Frieren repeatedly calls Heiter a corrupt priest..." that's often banter though. We can see how much she cared for him in the flashback where she says that she will pray for him here and then pats his head. When the talks to Sein and they mention Heiter, she once again calls him a corrupt priest, but she does so with a smile.
4. "Serie chastises her, recognizing it as the spell her failed student Flamme wasted time developing." Flamme did not develop that spell. Her parents taught her as we find out in episode 10.
5. "She insulted Frieren for suppressing her mana, yet it's revealed through Fern that Serie, too, suppresses her mana.". It's not revealed through Fern. Serie outright says it herself earlier, after talking to Lernen.
Thank you!
1. Flamme is an elf. She had time to not only be mentored by Serie and learn to become a legendary mage in the Age of Heroes, but also to mentor Frieren as well. Some of the legends of Flamme are so ancient, some scholars doubt she ever existed at all beyond being a tall tale. She seems to have loved and lost, which means she had outlived at least some humans. We know she died, likely of old age, and I believe Frieren says something about the 10 year journey being only 1/1000th of her lifespan. To claim that Flamme only lived a normal human lifespan seems off to me. Unless I missed something, we don't know how much longer Flamme lived than Frieren or even Serie, but she died sometime in the past 1000 years. The truth is, no one knows. Which is why I submitted my estimate as a guess and acknowledged so.
2. This is an opinion I've seen online from others. It's a matter of opinion, so calling it "not true" is a bit harsh. It is simply a criticism I have seen lobbed against the show from others, and not even saying I necessarily agree. I was just running some defense on some of the more common complaints I see. It takes awhile to get to characters like Sein and Denken, so this criticism may primarily come from those who have only watched the early episodes.
3. I acknowledged this in a previous post.
4. Granted. I will correct. Although I'd be surprised if she really didn't develop it any further (increasing range, etc). Magic does evolve over the centuries in this series.
5. I forgot about that earlier reveal, thanks.