| well it literally says "journey" in the title so of course it would show more of the journey and the trips they make throughout it !!! i think the reason it is laid back with so much of slice of life is one of the reasons why it has such a high rating !!! the objective is kind of basic tbh but its the overall journey that sells |
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| I like that Frieren doesn't have such a heavy overarching plot like most other fantasy Anime, the side stories made it more diverse and lighthearted. |
This dance is the pinnacle of human achievement. |
| The plot of the entire anime was Frieren remembering her former comrades in their journey, opening up, becoming more “human” in character, and caring about people close to her. How was that not followed? |
Note: I don’t lazily watch 3-5 episodes, biasedly compare to other anime, or unfairly judge by surface level similarities. With every anime I start, I watch the entire series, both Japanese Sub & English Dub, then judge each anime based on what they present, to give an honest and fair rating.  |
_Mentalist said: Are you implying that the writing of an isekai is better than Frieren's writing? Frieren's writing isn't great but isekai are still much worse May I have some examples of anime that would help me understand you mean by “isekai (writing) is still much worse”? |
| Note: I don’t lazily watch 3-5 episodes, biasedly compare to other anime, or unfairly judge by surface level similarities. With every anime I start, I watch the entire series, both Japanese Sub & English Dub, then judge each anime based on what they present, to give an honest and fair rating. |
| I feel like something being "plot-driven" isn't necessarily a good thing. What people decide to do is eventually decided by their interactions with other people, therefore plot itself is driven by characters. Something being "plot-driven" makes it sound like some higher power is artificially controlling the characters to do something that is not a result of them interacting with each other organically. |
| I feel like Frieren is #1 on MAL due to the different approach the mangaka took in writing the story. Even if the endpoint of the plot isn’t the primary drive to the storyline, I feel like it was done like that on purpose to create more individuality. If I wanted a plot that has some clear goal to reach for after the end of a long journey, I’d watch any other anime that does that. I actually prefer if Frieren becomes freeform and steers from the norm, especially if everything else in the show makes up for the lack of plot. It’s also just more realistic. I mean, it’s a 10 year journey they’re venturing on—I expect a LOT of side quests. |
| It'll all be okay in the end. If you're not okay, it's not the end. |
Mostmine said: I give Frieren an 8.5/10 as it stands. The main plot was so sidelined that I actually forgot what the party's actual objective was by the end of the season lol. Give it some more plot and it would've been an easy 10/10, since every other aspect is spectacular. I think you are missing one if Frieren's key storyline. Frieren does NOT want to do the "plot". What is the point of asking for more plot in a story where the protagonist does everything in her power in NOT having to do the plot! LOLZ |
| The journey itself is the plot. |
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| Its certainly a long journey. Keep in mind that theres no teleporting and the North is under lockdown (which is what they were doing the mage exam for). I can definitely agree that they could do more to remind us like "we can finally pass the border" on the last episode. |
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Mostmine said: I give Frieren an 8.5/10 as it stands. The main plot was so sidelined that I actually forgot what the party's actual objective was by the end of the season lol. Give it some more plot and it would've been an easy 10/10, since every other aspect is spectacular. Shallow and Mid, never gonna understand what is so interesting in this. |
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TheFirstHunter said: >talks about Shallow and Mid >has the most Shallow and Mid animangas oat in favs and also likes Genshin Impact 💀 what 💀💀 whos talking |
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Mostmine said: Dude you missed the point of this show entirely then. It's "Frieren: Beyond Journey's End". There is an end-goal but the story is obviously focused on the journey, not the destination. The show will take its sweet time to reach the destination so it'll be better if you change your mindset and also focus on the journey, rather than expecting to see somewhat quick conclusion. It just won't happen.The main plot was so sidelined |
| what did u think the main plot of the story is? The main plot itself is frieren and her wanting to understand more abt humans and how she feels abt them |
| Frieren is the epitome of "maybe the real "x" were the friends we made along the way". |
| If you reply back to me and I never respond, I lost interest and don't care. Sorry about that. |
| It sounds like you missed the point, but everyone has different preferences. |
| Well she's still on her journey to understand human, and in that process, she recalls of the time she spent with her party but didn't think much of it back then. That's basically the plot. It might be different from other shows like finding the one piece, gathering all the fingers, killing all the titans, etc. But let's agree, Frieren is not about some great end goal, it's about living life and appreciating little things. It's a story about doing side questions since main quest has already been cleared. |
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Mostmine said: I give Frieren an 8.5/10 as it stands. The main plot was so sidelined that I actually forgot what the party's actual objective was by the end of the season lol. Give it some more plot and it would've been an easy 10/10, since every other aspect is spectacular. Give it some more plot and it's no longer what it is. I'd actually cut don some of event arcs further down the line. |
| The plot is to get to Ende, but there's a lot of adventure and side quests along the way. It's quite story rich, even if the narrative isn't super complex. |
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| Oh shit...really??? Wow, now just 1 guy left. |
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| It has a decent plot concept therefore I give it a 8.77752/10 |
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| even video games has a lot of side quest this days so no its fine to have many side quests |
| Two main reasons why i dropped this anime : Boring/uninteresting/generic plot Fern being verbally abusive towards Stark most of the time ruined the romance part for me |
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