| voted i do not know for now but even if its a battle shonen its not a traditional one like its lacking training arcs and tournament arcs |
| Frieren is an overpowered shounen protagonist who battles demons. I'm not sure about the semantics, but I don't think it's a battle shounen... yet. |
| Frieren wants to be a lot of things, but ends up being nothing. |
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myrmidon_mamori said: It feels a little battle shounen-like in the First Class Mage Exam Arc, but the show overall doesn't have enough focus on fights for me to call it a battle shounen. It has more fights than jjk |
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| I found out that it is a shounen only during the exam thread, so well... apart from the first stage of the exam, I don't feel like it resembles a shounen at all, and certainly not a battle shounen |
| Yes. The only things lacking are the scenes where Frieren says that she was like her enemy in the past, and then a flashback rolls through two episodes in a row. |
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| Yes, Sousou no Frieren is the best battle shounen. |
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| Episodes 8,9,10,19,20,21,23,24,25,26 were battle heavy, so at least 10 of 28 overall ~36% (more probably ~40% if the small battles are added) But I don't know the required percentage to be considered a battle Anime. Personally it felt like there were enough battles, so I say yes. |
ZarutakuApr 25, 12:26 PM
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| I don't think I'd call it a battle shonen, but >lacking training arcs That's because Frieren is already OP from the start, just take Hokuto no Ken as another example of a battle shonen without training arcs. >tournament arcs The anime literally ends in one identical to the Chuunin Exams and Hunter Exams. |
Reply to Sackyman5
Why would it be shonen when shonen is for young male MCs.
| @Sackyman5 because shonen is a label use for demographics and the label use by manga publishers so shonen is not a genre but battle shonen is a genre made by western fans to say action manga |
Reply to Zarutaku
Episodes 8,9,10,19,20,21,23,24,25,26 were battle heavy, so at least 10 of 28 overall ~36% (more probably ~40% if the small battles are added)
But I don't know the required percentage to be considered a battle Anime.
Personally it felt like there were enough battles, so I say yes.
But I don't know the required percentage to be considered a battle Anime.
Personally it felt like there were enough battles, so I say yes.
| @Zarutaku nice doing the math but i also agree 40% of content is action and more when season 2 comes so it counts as action anime like battle shonen as usual the poll is subject to big bias |
Reply to deg
@Zarutaku nice doing the math but i also agree 40% of content is action and more when season 2 comes so it counts as action anime like battle shonen as usual the poll is subject to big bias
| @deg I guess most people vote "no" because they don't want Frieren to be associated with the bad reputation of other battle shounen. |
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Reply to Danakane
Shonen isn't a genre but a demographic. Technically it can be considered as targeting shonen demographic simply because it is published in a magazine that usually target this audience.
Now if you ask if Frieren is a nekketsu (what we call 'battle shonen' in the West). Then no it's not a nekketsu. Frieren lacks the essence of a nekketsu. Frieren isn't the story about a human becoming a legend, but the story of a legendary geek trying to figure out a better way of life.
Now if you ask if Frieren is a nekketsu (what we call 'battle shonen' in the West). Then no it's not a nekketsu. Frieren lacks the essence of a nekketsu. Frieren isn't the story about a human becoming a legend, but the story of a legendary geek trying to figure out a better way of life.
| @Danakane the thing is rarely anyone on the west know what nekketsu is so to the western fans battle shonen is simply action manga or action anime |
Reply to Danakane
@deg I would argue that "action manga/anime" is not what people have in mind when they talk about "battle shonen".
For example Pumpkin Scissors is an action anime targeting the shonen demographic. Yet none would consider it as a "battle shonen".
People would name works like Dragon Ball, Naruto, One Piece, Demon Slayer, JJK... all of them being typical example of Nekketsu.
For example Pumpkin Scissors is an action anime targeting the shonen demographic. Yet none would consider it as a "battle shonen".
People would name works like Dragon Ball, Naruto, One Piece, Demon Slayer, JJK... all of them being typical example of Nekketsu.
| @Danakane do a lot of anime fans know nekketsu by knowledge or just by feel? because i doubt they can explain properly what makes those examples like dragon ball and naruto so similar except they are all done by shonen jump manga |
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