Sousou no Frieren Episode 1 Discussion

The most hyped and anticipated heartbreaking show of the Fall season, under director Keiichiro Saito going for his 2nd AOTY, it's finally here!

Too bad for YOASOBI, the song is good, but it does NOT fit the series. milet's ED, however, is perfectly, soulfully, brilliant!

The Hero Party of mage Frieren, Hero Himmel, Warrior Eisen and Priest Heiter, coming back after their stint as the typical Hero party, right at the end of their adventure of 10 years. The corrupt priest of Heiter always getting drunk at times, Frieren getting eaten by the mimic (which is THE legendary Frieren meme) and all that shadows over the Era Meteor Shower as they cull their adventure to an end, and part ways for what seems like an "eternity" for Frieren that the humans can't understand of elves living 50 or even 100 years being a blimp of their lives. And coming back to the same town 50 years later, Frieren meets Himmel to get the shadow horn that exudes the evil aura, then goes with him to meet Eisen and Heiter to see the Era Meteor Shower once again, at the very place they met 50 years ago.

The day of Himmel's passing was a bittersweet one, but while Heiter allayed Frieren of the humans being unsympathetic about the Great Hero, 10 years feels like an eternity loss of the human soul. Once again, Heiter makes his leave, leaving both Eisen and Frieren to their own devices, though the latter wants to know more about humans.

Onto the lands of Strahl, and Frieren is out looking fo Heiter's home, though he gained himself an assistant in the process. Fern as she's called, a war orphan, Heiter wants Frieren to take her as an apprentice mage, though that will be dead weight to the mage. Instead, a book that teaches of immortality and resurrection, Heiter wants her to decipher since he could meet natural death anytime. Sure, Fern's magic is strong, but not strong enough to blast a hole through the big rock adjacent to her.

It's as every bit as engrossing as the manga. FANTASTIC START!