Sousou no Frieren Episode 28 Discussion

A beautifully done mixed-genre series with a fairly even distribution of both poignant and hilarious content. The occasional (fantastically done) combat scene only serves to raise it up higher.

Really, my only compliant is that our protagonist is a bit too passive and the last arc with the magic exam was entirely pointless. There's no way she wouldn't be able to get to the northern plateau even without a license considering how everyone in power still seems to be well aware of who she is.

@Runasius Gonna cry people like this more than your favorites?

They take the exam because they need someone with a first class mage "ID" to travel north. Or would it more preferable to have guards hunting them down every step of the way to Ende?

Was there any rule against Ubel?

You mean the guy that used his magic to created dozens of clones some hundreds kilometers away, and the only one that could tell was the pseudo goddess elf super mage? Why would he not pass?


What a sick joke indeed.

@ssjokg Your illiteracy in media, along with that of other Frieren fans, never ceases to amuse me.

Seriously, I'm joking when I say this, but pick up a real book. Read Lord of the Rings, Dune, Lions of Al Rassan, any real fantasy novel and you'd realize that Frieren is objectively mediocre at best.

@Runasius So you cant defend your "arguments", got ya

@Offkorn what do u mean pointless. This arc is for serie introduction, explanation of magic hierarchy, fern development, frieren power, set up for future arc (which the current chapter in manga is one of them)

@reinfich23

Exactly what I said. There's no need for her to get a class 1 license to go north because she's the mage that defeated the Demon King. No one would stop her once they knew who she was.

So there is no good reason for that arc to exist besides to pad out the series length, something most manga authors are guilty of (and I can't blame them for, much, considering their livelihood relies on continuous publication). The real issue is that it comes perilously close to battle shounen territory, something this series was emphatically not at its start.

That's an issue since manga authors also have a tendency (often at their editor's/publisher's urging) to turn difficult to classify series with flagging readership into battle shounens in order to attract new readers. Something I sincerely hope doesn't (or didn't already) happen here.