are elves immortal?

Nov 19, 2023 3:41 AM

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from frieren's backstory that was shown the other day, we could see that elves can be killed, however if they were not killed on purpose, are they immortal? i have been really curious on their lifespans. is it mentioned in the manga, or did i miss them mentioning it in the anime?

Nov 19, 2023 3:47 AM

CrunchyCrobat

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In every media, elves have near immortal lifespan, but still not completely immortal, they will live longer than anyone else but will die someday, that's probably how it is in frieren whether it's mentioned or not

Nov 19, 2023 3:48 AM

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no, they just have longer lifespan

Nov 19, 2023 3:50 AM

NekoToChiru

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In general, Elves are considered immortal
Since they are immune to every disease, can heal super fast from any wounds...
But as you said, they can be killed by stronger beings

Nov 19, 2023 3:58 AM

Angglio_1

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No, they just have a really long life span. Death still comes.

Nov 19, 2023 4:02 AM

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Like everyone says elves aren’t immortal and they just have way longer life spans. In terms of elf ages Frieren is pretty young as well. The elf introduced in the new episode confirmed that

Nov 19, 2023 4:07 AM

Otaku-Max

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Elves have more lifespan that's all , they can be killed.

Nov 19, 2023 4:37 AM

Hikinekomori

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How do they age physically? Do they stay babies for thousands years or do they fast forward till sexual maturity and then stop?
If I have to take care of a newborn baby for centuries I wouldn't be interested in getting a family too.
When they become elderly will they suffer from back pain for thousand years? They just die "young looking"?

Nov 19, 2023 4:38 AM

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In all media I know of Elves are described to have potentially infinite lifespan.

Nov 19, 2023 5:16 AM

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The lifespan of elf is around 3000 years, for half elf is around 1500 years

Nov 19, 2023 5:19 AM

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sandwich-boy said:
The lifespan of elf is around 3000 years, for half elf is around 1500 years

where the f did you get those numbers from?

Nov 19, 2023 5:23 AM

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I don't see any answer to his question so I'm just going to say it. Frieren is over a thousand years old and she hasn't hit puberty yet, his question is how long do the elves here live or are they just immortal

Nov 19, 2023 5:26 AM

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1 millenia probably10-20 years for elves, thats what i got at least from the series.
So i think their lifespan at minimum somewhere around 5000 years.
Frieren is over 1000 years old but she didnt know who Kraft is. The way Kraft describe himself, he must be someone as important as Frieren at his peak.
If Flamme, the legendary mage, still remembered 1000 years after her dead (most likely cause Frieren still around to speak her name); How millenia did it take for someone like Frieren/Kraft to be forgotten.

Nov 19, 2023 5:26 AM

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up until the latest episode the information we have is: frieren is 1000+ years old, the monk elf is even older than that. They could potentially be immortal, but considering the way the elf monk talked about life and death, ithink it's more likely that elves just have a vastly longer lifespan.

Nov 19, 2023 5:34 AM

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kraft looks like he is a man in his 40s so elves do age in this show imo plus kraft said that frieren is young

Nov 19, 2023 6:03 AM

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no they just have insanely long lifespan...

Nov 19, 2023 6:04 AM

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_PsyCold said:
I don't see any answer to his question so I'm just going to say it. Frieren is over a thousand years old and she hasn't hit puberty yet, his question is how long do the elves here live or are they just immortal

What u mean she hasn’t hit puberty yet. She’s at least a young adult or old teen surely. Not prepubescent

Nov 19, 2023 6:10 AM

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deg said:
kraft looks like he is a man in his 40s so elves do age in this show imo plus kraft said that frieren is young

Kraft is probably around 3000 to 4000 yo if he considers Frieren young even if she's 1000yo
So in their world elves can probably age between 10k and 15k yo
Just supposition

Nov 19, 2023 7:18 AM

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The anime didn't make that clear yet, so my guess is we're not supposed to know.

But it seems inspired in Tolkien's version of elves, which are immortal (as in, they never get old).

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Nov 19, 2023 7:23 AM

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sandwich-boy said:
The lifespan of elf is around 3000 years, for half elf is around 1500 years

your making numbers up now. freiren is still classed as very young Elf and is over 2000 years old.

Nov 19, 2023 8:20 AM

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The lifespan of elf is around 3000 years, for half elf is around 1500 years

@sandwich-boy what are you on about?

and Kraft are both over 3000 and there's literally no mention of Half-elves period.

Nov 19, 2023 8:24 AM

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since somebody compared this to LOTR the other day, you can compare the elves to the elves of LOTR or the wizards??? long lived but can die if violence is used against them and we did see it happen. Frieren herself is over a 1000 and by her looks she doesn't pass for a person that's over 30 so she could live twice as much she has already lived (speculation on my part but I think the logic still stands)

Nov 19, 2023 9:21 AM

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Does the brain, mentality or maturity of an elf develop at the slow pace like the physical body does? I mean can a 200 y.o. elf still being mentally a child?
Is it morally considered wrong for a 100 years old elf being in a relationship with a 30 years old human?

Nov 19, 2023 9:30 AM

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elves aren't immortal, they just have way longer lifespan than humans

Nov 19, 2023 9:41 AM

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Nah, the guy that showed up last episode looked physically older than Frieren imo, so it probably just takes a REALLY long time.

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Nov 19, 2023 9:47 AM

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sandwich-boy said:
The lifespan of elf is around 3000 years, for half elf is around 1500 years

homie pulled numbers out of their ass.

Nov 19, 2023 10:17 AM

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Does somebody know an example of an Elf from any famous work in media who actually is looking old-aged?

A guy like this may have the age of the planet:

Nov 19, 2023 11:17 AM

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iirayuki said:
from frieren's backstory that was shown the other day, we could see that elves can be killed, however if they were not killed on purpose, are they immortal? i have been really curious on their lifespans. is it mentioned in the manga, or did i miss them mentioning it in the anime?

It hasn’t been confirmed in this series, but usually Elves cannot die from old age in most Fantasy universes.

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Nov 20, 2023 11:19 AM

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Everyone's just making shit up. Tolkien said elves are immortal.

Nov 20, 2023 12:56 PM

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sandwich-boy said:
The lifespan of elf is around 3000 years, for half elf is around 1500 years

where the f did you get those numbers from?

@PoisonedSandwich

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where the f did you get those numbers from?

source: trust me bro.

how long they lives depends which frenchise it is..

in Lord of the Rings elves are 8000 years old and still look like humans in their 40s.

in other medias they can live 3000-4000 years... in others only 300-400 years.

Nov 20, 2023 2:57 PM

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NiQue_ said:
@PoisonedSandwich

PoisonedSandwich said:
where the f did you get those numbers from?

it was revealed to them in a dream

Nov 20, 2023 11:34 PM

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CrunchyCrobat said:
In every media, elves have near immortal lifespan, but still not completely immortal, they will live longer than anyone else but will die someday, that's probably how it is in frieren whether it's mentioned or not

in jobless reincarnation?

Nov 21, 2023 7:37 AM

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Looks like Tolkien did introduce the immortality of elves but.. in Norse mythology for example the Huldufólk kinda live in a parallel universe where space and time is different and if a human interact with such creatures his "time" is gonna mess up too. I believe it's some sort of explanation about some illness(dementia) that mess up with your memory, or altered state of consciousness. Something like believing in possession trying to explain mental conditions.

Nov 21, 2023 8:19 AM

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Reply to PoisonedSandwich

sandwich-boy said:
The lifespan of elf is around 3000 years, for half elf is around 1500 years

where the f did you get those numbers from?

@PoisonedSandwich 🤣

Nov 21, 2023 10:27 PM

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Speed dating elves apps where users are committed for only 50 years relationship goal.

Nov 21, 2023 11:02 PM

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What u mean she hasn’t hit puberty yet. She’s at least a young adult or old teen surely. Not prepubescent

and she can't wake up early or dress herself up? her student is already older than her in looks, hence why I said she hasn't hit puberty

Nov 22, 2023 1:36 PM

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Definitely more than 9k-10k or even more though not immortal as we've seen.

Nov 23, 2023 3:31 AM

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Why the hell base their lifespan on the elves from other works? There is no point of reference. The only commonality is that they tend to live longer than humans.
Tolkien's elves, which are loosely based on the Norse light elves, are literally immortal, their spirit still remaining and their body being able to be restored by the Valar. Warhammer's or Warcraft's elves live thousands of years. The Witcher's elves live hundreds of years. Dragon Age's elves were immortal and now live hundreds of years at best, tainted by humans.
The lifespan of Sousou no Frieren's elves has never been revealed, but it's at least a few thousands of years from what we know. Case closed.

Nov 23, 2023 6:27 AM

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everybody is saying that elves have a limited time span. I disagree. I'm speculating while respecting the infos we got in the manga.

Elves are probably immortal. Ppl who read the manga know roughly how big/small the timescale of the frieren universe is. And we know of one single elf who lived through all of that (not 100% sure but it is super likely).

For the anime onlys: You know that kraft is old. Just bc of the way how he talked and what he said to frieren. Now, does he look old? No. So he didn't age. He looks physically more mature that frieren but who knows how long elves need to grow up? He is one example.

So no, I don't think they can die by natural causes.

Nov 24, 2023 1:30 AM

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They can live forever but they can die if they are killed.
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Nov 25, 2023 5:15 AM

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I was thinking about how often Frieren gets her code red.. once a month? once a year? are the demons aware of this, can they exploit this moment of weakness? she can't continue traveling does she? does she spend these days in inns or inside towns?

Nov 27, 2023 6:28 PM

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They are almost extinct so definitely not immortal, otherwise there'd be an overpopulation of elves even if they would barely reproduce every 1 billion years or so

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