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| Frieren and Fern thought that Zoltraak might be able to break through the replica, though this is to be expected if it blocks. And as for the others, acting like their replica counterparts with the little force that they have to defeat it, that would prove critical. Finding each and everyone's replicas now become a grave concern, especially when Sense's replica cannot be detected. Even as both Ubel and Land meet Denken to face Sense's replica along the way, Sense already predicting that she won't be able to win, as intended by the witness of one of the test years of her facing one of the strongest candidates with Reelseiden, and cutting him fairly easy against his insane defense magic. Her ace-in-the-hole: visualization and intuition to act like a human, and it's evident from her ideal battle stance from before. Meanwhile, Wirbel and the rest has to deal with the replicas of others, and this is becoming a battle of attrition, the perseverance of some of the strongest battles ever faced. Even with Zoltraak, Fern still cannot outwit the replica's magic, which the real thing can substitute for her to ensure their survival and stop Spiegel, thus ending the replicas and completing the second test. Still though...Frieren in a mimic, that's the reward for completing the test. You'll never change, Frieren the Gambler. |
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| Sousou no Frieren Episode 26 - The height of magic is a befitting title for this episode. - The animation was again amazing. - Ubel is an insane genius. - It was unfortunate that Lawine and Richter did not pass the second exam. - We saw another side of Frieren through her clone when she was in grave danger. Releasing a mysterious power towards her opponent. - Poor Fern; she lost her staff in the fight. - Frieren will always be Frieren falling into mimics' trap. |
| I don't know how much I'd pay for a short version of this fight, but instead of an actual fight, Fern would just throw a mimic chest and wait for fake Frieren to get caught. |
| If you're a fanboy, please don't waste my time. Watch more movies, please. Perhaps, this is hell. |
| I was hoping for a banger episode since the second half started and this is it, everything is moving and there are a loooot of cool displays. The animation and the use of different prespectives as well as the music, this episode was amaizng. I love that the magic system is very well portraid, complex yet understandable, ever since Frieren broke the barrier because she wanted Kanne to go full out and use her imagination. Today we saw Ubel using her imagination (and Frieren apparently) it was a very good episode and overall a powerfull adaptation with an elevation of the original work. Shoutout everyone involved, Reiko Nagasawa, hiroekeisuke, vercreek, saucelot and other amazing animators |
Reply to Kamquat420
I guess I'm reincarnating as a mimic then.
| @Kamquat420 You're going to hell no matter what |
| MASTERPIECE. Madhouse surpassed their peak once again, that was absolutely incredible! |
| Fantastic episode. Just breathtaking animation again in this episode, especially with the Frieren/Fern vs clone Frieren stuff again looking out of this world (while the other bits of action still looking top drawer and high quality too throughout the episode). Shame that some folks like Lawine and Richter didn't manage to pass but I do like that some characters we got to see for multiple episodes to stand out couldn't pass this test, so it's not just magically easy for every single key person to pass it. But seeing characters like Ubel shine a lot in her confrontation with the clone of Sense and history of her power and level of brutality she can dish out in the past as a newly third-class mage, seeing Frieren unleash powers that she hadn't used in a very long time and much more, it was all great. Visually, this was outstanding and the top-drawer action in particular made this episode feel like a breeze to watch. This is not the most complex test or battle I've seen but the execution for it for the most part was really good. A bit slow in one of the episodes, but the rest of it was great like this one. I do think Madhouse and the anime staff involved made these episodes much more enjoyable than it was in the manga by comparison as while I did think it was a decent arc in the manga, the anime staff just made it more engaging to watch for several reasons. Everyone involved with animating and storyboarding the last couple episodes gave it their all and the product was nothing short of sublime as a result. |
| I love Übel so much... :3 |
| I LOVE this anime! It's so beautiful, like a movie; The visuals, music, and plot truly deserve to be among the top if not THE top in anime. The show hasn't ended yet but for me, it already transcends anime, in the way it handles the story, the power system of magic is so GOOD! I was so happy seeing the clone Frieren still alive after the last episode, this show treats its audience as adults, like legit they didn't make it easy for them to win, which feels better when they did win... like Dark Souls. 10/10, 5 stars, perfect, you name it, I legit clapped when the episode ended. |
| Where to start? Animation? Perfect. Fight? Perfect. Music? Legendary. Literally might be peak of S1 here. And the fact that we just got indirect confirmation that Fern is as strong as the demon king.  |
| I didn't expect to like Ubel so much when she was first introduced. |
Imagine being locked in a room with having this stare directed straight at you. So, sure, Ubel killed the invincible cloak guy in cold blood like it was nothing, but pretty much everyone else reacted like it was nothing too. Did everyone secretly want him gone or something? And you still sure you can "fix" her? Also, seeing Ubel and Land's clones reappear made me think they were revealing Ubel finally learned Land's cloning spell and everyone was screwed since only those two's clones showed up at first, so in a very weird way, the other clones sneaking up on Denken was a minor relief lmao. |
| There is nothing I can say, that hasn't already been said. Frieren has always been and still is PEAK. I hope they take their time with season 2. In the meantime, why don't we feast on some Frieren greatness. Enjoy: |
| This episode went even harder than the last episode both in terms of music and animation. I didn't even think it was possible. Madhouse is on fire. Seriously, this episode was so fucking good it's almost unbelievable. Finally, the passed the second test. But I'm guessing there will be one more test. Wonder how that'll go. Only 2 episodes left. Still not ready to say goodbye to Frieren. T_T |
| Truly a peak eps, the animation of frieren and fern vs clone is really majestic its look like seeing ufotable fighting effect but with pure hand drawing sakuga, madhouse is cooking right now |
| Moe is Love ! Moe is Life ! |
| Animation for the fight was some of the best ever. Continuing the making progress for humanity first requiring to visualize the problem's solution. Despite all the treasure, Frieren still went for the long shot at some knowledge |
| And there are still fools who do not understand why this is the new #1 on MAL! Holy PEAK! |
| The visuals were gorgeous. The second test is over. Lawine and Richter didn't make it aw. I wonder how tough the third test will be now. |
| One of the best episodes I've ever watched, really. The animation is so mesmerizing. This arc is so much fun and I liked it a lot. |
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| The test where Ubel killed the proctor, is just top level asinine. How do you even know what would be too much power to kill? And maybe is a crime use a dummy, or they are straight up idiots. Clone Frieren be like "Okay, let's get serious. I'm gonna use The Force." |
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| Another classic episode with a comical silly ending. Really, Frieren's true weakness is mimics lol. Regarding Übel and her use of that weapon, it seems like it's more of a physical attack than a magical attack since it seems to negate defensive magic but I'm not completely sure. Also, I'm curious what spell Frieren used to end the fight with her shadow clone, she said she hadn't used it in 80 years (I'm guessing it was last used during the demon king fight). |
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Imagine being locked in a room with having this stare directed straight at you.
So, sure, Ubel killed the invincible cloak guy in cold blood like it was nothing, but pretty much everyone else reacted like it was nothing too. Did everyone secretly want him gone or something? And you still sure you can "fix" her?
Also, seeing Ubel and Land's clones reappear made me think they were revealing Ubel finally learned Land's cloning spell and everyone was screwed since only those two's clones showed up at first, so in a very weird way, the other clones sneaking up on Denken was a minor relief lmao.
So, sure, Ubel killed the invincible cloak guy in cold blood like it was nothing, but pretty much everyone else reacted like it was nothing too. Did everyone secretly want him gone or something? And you still sure you can "fix" her?
Also, seeing Ubel and Land's clones reappear made me think they were revealing Ubel finally learned Land's cloning spell and everyone was screwed since only those two's clones showed up at first, so in a very weird way, the other clones sneaking up on Denken was a minor relief lmao.
FarCritical said: So, sure, Ubel killed the invincible cloak guy in cold blood like it was nothing, but pretty much everyone else reacted like it was nothing too. Did everyone secretly want him gone or something? If you look closely, I'm pretty sure the other participant is surprised. but the other proctor, well, they're nonchalant |
| Holy fucking shit, the animation in this episode was absolutely insane. |
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| amazing ep. and of course frieren still fell for the mimic's trick. π |
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Embient said: Oh damn, I actually thought that the fight ended last episode. Nice! This looks so beautiful wtf. There's literally a black hole. Lawine and Richter noooo 8:23 Reelseiden isn't a real word. Maybe a combination or something. 9:48 Burg is castle Ohhhhh, interesting. So magic is actually OP as hell, as in if you believe that you can defeat someone, you will. But common sense limits this. By this logic, crazy people would be the most dangerous of all. Does this make Übel crazy? idk. Really cool flashback. No waaay, they can return. 20:22 "I don't recognize this attack as magic" I guess this supports what Sense said. "Recognizing", or being sure of/believing something is really important in magic. A mimic, of course XD Now (almost) everyone's a First-Class Mage! Thankfully no one died. To think that all this was just to be able to travel somewhere. WAIT HOLUP THERE IS A THIRD EXAM. There are only 2 episodes left, so I guess it will be short. Absolutely beautiful episode. They never miss. It would be funny smthing like "now we are doing 1x1s. but we have odd constestants so u will vote someone you dont want to face off so they will automatically pass" *frieren gets chosen* *fern drops out cause their goal was only have a 1st class to move on* *back to the journey* and everyone stays there shocked they simply left and we never get to see who completed or not the exam just that we are back on track to see himmel XD |
| I like how anime add so much fight scenes compare to manga counterpart, like how Demon Slayer / Jujutsu add combat scene to make the show more exciting to watch than the source. However, changing the combat choreography to this degree, coming up so many stuffs that didn't exist in the source create some inconsistency from the early part of the story. Like , when fighting the dragon, if Frieren can summon huge Golem, she could have use this as sheer physical impact to easily beat the Dragon, but instead she treated as if Dragon is a threat to her because it has very high magic resistance. Against Aura, if she can fight like that, she didn't need to wait for Aura to use the Scale of Obedience and just instantly kill her with magic. I think the manga source is pretty contained when it comes to Frieren's capability, but in anime they kinda went overboard a bit for how ridiculous Frieren can be, making the early part of the story feel like Frieren was acting all this time in every fight scenes. |
| Oh my goodness Madhouse you’ve done wonders on me. Masterclass in the truest sense. Storyboarding, background art, pacing, Sakuga, you name it. Episodes like this remind you why Frieren is so highly regarded. Had a feeling after last week’s episode that we hadn’t seen the last of the Frieren clone and the others, and turns out I was right. this became a war of attrition that sadly Lawine and Kanne failed. I was definitely sad to see them have to be escorted out, after getting thru the first stage of the exam they surely had to feel like this was their year. But they’re young and can always try again in 3 years. Better that than them dying. Übel really shined in this episode. I feel like they kinda downplayed her strength tbh. She was the perfect matchup for Sense’s clone. Effortlessly cutting her hair and defeating her. The flashback to the last exam with her killing the dude with all those protective spells on him was crazy too. She might not be the strongest, but her only limit is her imagination. If she thinks she can cut ya, it’s over. Fern and Frieren vs Frieren clone part two was immense. A true visual spectacle. Fern had the upper hand initially, but wtf was that spell from Frieren’s clone at the end? No arms or staff left and it just took a stare to push Fern all the way back like that. It’s scary how we’ve never really seen Frieren go all out. Who knows what other tricks she has up her sleeve with all these thousands of years of knowledge. And with the Spiegel’s defeat that concludes the second phase of the exam. Can’t wait to see what comes next. Frieren gotta just stay away from treasure chests at this point lmao |
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| Holy smokes, episode of the year contender. |
This dance is the pinnacle of human achievement. |
| I'm at a loss for words. The animation staff really went all out with this episode. Holy effin moly!! |
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