#which makes it clever and ultimately quite good but also exasperatingly irritatingly good

[sword-dad-fukuzawa]

i just got caught up on frieren: beyond journey's end and wow. wow. what an incredible 9 episodes so far. the concept is intriguing and the execution so far has absolutely no complaints from me, and frieren is honestly a great main character--there hasn't been a single side character i've disliked, either. and ough. the attention to craft is insane.

like. when the pink demon loli imitates eisen/stark's fighting style it's genuinely recognizable because stark has such a visible, memorable fighting stance (that half-crouch). i love it when anime take fight choreography seriously.

and especially when frieren claims that fern is a faster shot than her, you can kind of see it comparing the blonde demon twink/fern battle with the aura/frieren battle. frieren's shots are slow even if she dodges really fast while fern fights like she's packing a semiauto in her staff. plus the continued thread of zotraak being demon magic that frieren helped break down and build into demon-KILLING magic is insane btw. and the fact that frieren couldn't sense fern's presence by her mana when they first met is echoed in ep8 too?? I LOVE chekhov's gun used well.

#frieren: beyond journey's end #aurie liveblogs #i can really see this anime getting a 10/10 if it caps the story well at the end of the season at least from me #like not only is it gorgeous but the storytelling is really good #i love the tone and the pacing #i haven't had a wholehearted anime recommendation since chainsaw man aired but whew. frieren. incredible shit #i mean unless u count eminence in shadow but i'm annoyed that eminence in shadow is. decent. it's like. it's like subverted trash #which makes it clever and ultimately quite good but also exasperatingly irritatingly good #all this to say is that i've needed escapism and or a sweet calming break and frieren came at exactly the right time #she's also the most autistic main character i've ever fucking seen. god bless