Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End 1x07 Reaction
it’s frieren friday and we finally watched a 5 min photoshop tutorial to be the last people on this planet to start making thumbnails for videos
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“my favourite character himmel.. himmel… the second he fucking opens his mouth my eyes start to water” lola the way i’ve quoted this on EVERY rewatch of frieren, if himmel was real he’d be so satisfied with himself knowing his power over us.. and our tear glands. also yes fern is ridiculous, she’s soooo eldest daughter (trademark)
Violet and Frieren are also classified within the slice of life genre. A little understood genre, but one that has given us some real gems in recent years.
Honestly, an entire race of Villanelles sounds like a real nightmare to deal with...
Girls!!! The thumbnails are beautiful! ❤️
Frieren's demons are like the ultimate threat to empathetic people. They win by pleading for their life and telling stories you'll connect to and hoping you're a kind enough person to hesitate. I wouldn't survive in the Frieren world
I don't know how the others see it, but I would watch episodes 9 and 10 together.
i don’t think that frieren’s portrayal of demons is as innovative as people think 🥲 but then again i’m in the minority who’s not a big fan of this show
I think it's a breath of fresh air in a way that there's lots of stories right now out there that make demons or other monsters misunderstood creatures that you can or are even supposed to sympathize with. Or just in general make the antagonist something very nuanced and gray. And there's nothing wrong with that when it is done well. Yet here they are just purely acting according to their nature of being predators to humans. Like you said it's not anything super innovative (and it doesn't have to be). I think the reason people like it (or at least why I do) is because it is just refreshing, nothing more. But each to their own of course.
Rather than being evil, demons are more amoral. Think of demons like cats - they meow at people for food because it gets them a reaction but they don't mean anything by it. We also don't call them evil just because they hunt, its just their nature and what they need to survive. If season 2 ever gets made, there's a really amazing arc it'll cover where the demon discussion takes center stage. It's absolutely my favorite arc of the series so lots to look forward to.
I disagree about demon slayer, I think you’ll love the sibling bond so much also it has so much heart in it not just action ❤️
Exactly, jjk is the one with mostly action.
yeah demons are animals that just look human. a tiger is not evil its just there nature, trouble they look human so we push our values on them but in the end of the day they are animals, lots of discusion about there values but they have none, i think thats what they are trying to say
Yeah the intelligent beings who are innately evil is a bummer, since it kind of mirrors real life justifications for bigotry/violence. But I get that the setting is old-fashioned fantasy where monsters are monsters, so it is what it is
The real life equivalent of other races would be dwarves and elves who still share innate “humanity” despite being different from humans in appearance, culture and longevity. The demons here pray on the desire to project human emotions onto anything that resembles a human. So it would be like being bigoted to a non-mammal species of wild animal (one that doesn’t instinctually protect its own young) that is combined with an artificial intelligence. If there’s any connection being made to real people, the Frieren demons feel more like an exaggerated reflection of real life “demons” who commit mass murder and only act in self-interest. Through this lens, the *spoilers* are the victims of the demons’ bigotry and *spoiler* is a survivor of that.
The only thing you are missing now is an editor (please get one)
frieren fridays are healing for my soul and mind ngl
So Qual, the monster that frieren unfreezes and fights with fern, is in fact a demon. He worked for the demon king. Not that it’s that important anymore lol.
the lack of thumbnails was always kind of charming tbh. i can get down with the new era though, the camera angle switch up last year felt like a big change but now everyone is used to it
Love the thumbnail! And love this little arc in Frieren!
90% of shows would humanize demons which is cool to see, but I really like that this show took the opposite and portrayed them as creatures who can’t comprehend sympathy and would do anything to survive. It’s very refreshing and unique.
I completely agree with you. There are so many stories where evil is painted gray with their backstories, their feelings, their trauma. A show that simply lets evil be evil seems almost innovative again.
New heights have been reached, everyone. Honestly I always took the "no-thumbnail thumbnail" to be LM's trademark and I was quite attached to it but still, I welcome this change, it looks really good!
Lola they are literal demons, not everyone can be redeemed
The concept of a "human race" that must eat human flesh in order to survive and not out of a desire to kill, while being exactly like humans (empathy, feelings, self awareness, personality), is discussed in detail in Tokyo Ghoul. It's still a shame that the manga has never been properly adapted. The manga is really good.
oh how would I love for it to have a remake and properly adapt the manga; the whole work is very dear to me, since I was introduced to anime and manga through it 🥹 I still think tokyo ghoul anime is worth watching, but definitely falls off with the direction and execution by the staff and studio decisions.
Oh my god not thumbnails. In two years you'll get an editor and we'll all cheer lol. /s
Omg the thumbnail is so cute! It’s a new era.
The girls are quoting Ging. How the turn tables
I need more Frieren.
Have 3 things to say, first, the common auto-bot comment for this episode 1) finally! No sob backstory for actual demons, very anti-thesis for a lot of demon/creature revolved anime, but just predators who are doing their thing to survive. Love this in the post discussion 2) With the statement above, Frieren was tagged "racist" in social media because of her knowledge of demon from this episode. It was honestly just for fun, the usual memes, until some 4chan posts and some tweets took it seriously that garnered a bit of attention. But overall, if you're around Twitter let it be known that most of the time "autistic racist elf" is a banter for our beloved girlie right there 3) just like 5-6, I think it's also best that you guys watch episode 8-10 together😁 EDIT: I love the Ging line so much too ladies :D
I don't like change :( But the thumbnail looks good :3
The new thumbnail looks great!!
I will forever miss the couch-thumbnail, but this new improved one is actually really good
Improvement looks good on you both! The Invincible intros were so fun
Lmao that t-shirt
Fucking hilarious honestly but it’s a nice thumbnail!
Frieren did not just change and improve for the best, Lola and Milena too 😂😂😂 Happy Frieren Friday indeed! (nice thumbnail btw)
Love the thumbnail!
Wow a thumbnail! What a time to be alive. At this rate, by 2026 they’ll have updated their playlists on YouTube 😉
thats asking for a lot
Holy shit. Didn't know you girls had a bachelor's degree in digital arts.
graphic design is my passion
Production levels have reached a new high!
Nah this is not right… I’m gonna miss the old thumbnails :( I was getting used to that couch as a background.
Just like Frieren learning to embrace change, we must also welcome the new thumbnails
The next era has begun
"The era of thumbnails has arrived"
Frieren Friday is the best day of the week!
Well done! Good thumbnail. I never actually noticed that you didn’t use them.
It’s a new age
Omg thumbnail!!
Lmao
Holy shit a thumbnail!