The biggest reason for me is the moments. This is one of the first anime I have seen where I could point to almost every episode and highlight a hype scene. I could easily rewatch nearly any episode and it would ellicit strong feelings in me.
The only episodes I think were weak are 13 and 19. 13 no hype moments but 19 does have some moments but is just badly produced.
Regardless of that there are 27 episodes with hype moments. Most anime only have a handful of hype moments. These are moments when you heart is thumping and you could rewatch a scene over and over and not get bored. I am not even sure how it did it but it did. Here is my list of moments for each episode.
1: Himmel death/funeral
2: Fern flashback in the rain and Finding the flower on top of tower
3: Qual scenes
4: Flamme reveal and Himmel demon king castle scene
5: Heiter ghost scene and Stark strong reveal
6: Dragon fight and Eisen scared scenes
7: Himmel we are not fairy tales, Demon flashback, and the Just so you know I am strong scenes
8: Drat killed, Fern blasting lugner, Flamme is genius, and Frieren is demon slayer scenes
9: Fern and Stark battle especially like the lightning strike stark scene
10: Flamme finding Frieren, Flamme final request for flowers around grave, Himmel meeting Frieren, and Kill yourself
11: Graf finding his dead son, Funeral montage with song, Kraft & Heiter I will praise you scene
12: Himmel didn't pull the sword scene & Stark realizing his brother thought he was a good warrior
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14: Heiter head pats, Himmel proposal!!
15: Sein battle 5 seconds, Fern and Stark dance
16: Voll forgetting Frieren already set out to kill demon king and Frieren's reaction, Kraft is ancient hero
17: Sein goodbye & Himmel "not only children need emotional support"
18: Ubel/Kraft scene & Bird attacks Kanne at night
19: Frieren catches bird but is found by Denkin and Laufen plus the "This magic is enough for mages of this era" scene
20: Wirbel backstory & Ubel's analysis of him, Fern and Ehre battle, Serie reveal
21: Frieren breaks the barrier, Kanne defeats Richter with water, & Denkin throws hands to win bird
22: Himmel flashback of wanting to be remembered
23: Frieren Clone, Mimic scene
24: Ubel fight, Edel getting stabbed
25: Frieren and Fern fight, Serie and Flamme double flashback
26: Sense stabs Lawine and Richter, Ubel cuts a man in half & how she cuts people, Frieren clone black hole, Fern vs clone with Frieren death stare
27: Fern finds fixed staff and remembers Heiter flashback, Himmel and Frieren childhood flashback, Fern sees fluctuations and becomes first class
28: Wirbel story about Himmel small things, his amazing "Death isn't the only goodbye in this life" quote as well as Frieren's Don't worry Himmel the world has changed. The Frieren and Stark outside scene, Serie remembers every student, Fern laundry spell, Himmel quick goodbyes flashback
The fact that I can from memory remember all these hype scenes and that there are so many multiple per an episode even is crazy to me. It is amazing to me that people actually think this anime was slow. So many things happened. |