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You ask a fair question- but just as you point out Frieren can’t possibly be bad at EVERYTHING; (I agree it isn’t)- but you also have to admit it isn’t GREAT at everything either.

And that is the problem.
But look how it’s rated.
It has poorly defined characters, an overpowered MC who is such a walking pile of tropes and cliches; walking around talking with no dramatic tension; it starts out with a poorly defined purpose then decides it’s a battle anime- which would be fine if there was more fighting.

WAY TOO MANY CHARACTERS- like that older guy who fucks off after like two episodes; it introduces then abandons Stark at its critical most important dungeon/magic test arc; its magic system is poorly defined which would be okay if it didn’t insist on there being so many rules, and then it just contradicts itself by introducing things like PHOTOGRAPHY for plot convenience for like one episode then never shows it again. Which is lazy writing.

On top of all this the characters aren’t even interesting to look at. They look just like the story feels- DULL. Frieren is basically a fat elf with frumpy clothes and walks around with a blank expression most of the time. Sorry that’s not interesting or inspiring, and anime is a visual medium- nothing about its appearance either background art or characters is interesting or captivating. Fern is similar- frumpy and boring both visually and as a character. The English VA for Stark breaths some life into an otherwise archetype of a character; I had to watch the English dub after halfway because reading all the inane, dull dialogue on the Sub was excruciating.

See my review where I explain everything wrong with it in depth. Some things it did well: the action scenes in episode 9-10 (about) where they fought the demons was alright. The Magic Test arc in the dungeon was okay in parts- (although ruined by so much endless talking!) and the final test with the loli elf chick at least made me chuckle. But WAY too many characters. Why so many? Just a total mess.

I'm not claiming it's the worst anime ever made and I didn’t give it a 1. I should have given it a 1, but unlike all the people who lied about it being so perfect; at least I was honest about my score.

Here is an honest suggestion, calm down, relax, breathe, stop thinking so hard, have some fun, watch the show as a kid, then maybe you’d like it.

@ejleon that sounds very stupid, "hey, just ignore everything poorly justified, not explained, contradictory or nonsensical and the show becomes good"

Most Frieren haters are just envious because they think it doesn't deserve to be the highest rated anime.

@rodmanii Your first mistake is believing anime will make sense, your second mistake is pointing it out. There are more important things in life, touch grass.

@ejleon again, very stupid, some people like an history making sense and some authors like making an history that makes sense, but yeah, you probably should stick to children anime so you can continue to turn your brain off.

@rodmanii I’m not the one looking for a “realistic / historical” story, in the millions of fictional stories in anime.

You want realistic and historical, read a history book.

Unlike you, I know the difference because I use my brain to research Social Science & Science, as well as when I watch anime.