| I have a simply question about Himmel. (maybe it was explained in the source material?) I get it, Himmel is human so he was one of the 1st heroes to die in Frieren's party. But one thing that doesn't make any sense to me is when Himmel got older why did he suddenly turn into a tiny bald halfling? I mean the dude suddenly became shorter and smaller than even the dwarf Eisen. Heiter was human too but the dudes physical stature pretty much remained the same even when he died too. Was there something just missed about how Himmel transformed into a human smaller than a dwarf? |
ColourWheelMay 23, 1:18 AM
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| I think it was just exaggerated, and I don't remember it being explained in the manga, so I could be totally wrong. But then again, I'm only 90 chapters in. |
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this is a very common trope in anime, and I'm surprised that you've never encountered it with 900+ anime entries.
DoobieSam said: this is a very common trope in anime, and I'm surprised that you've never encountered it with 900+ anime entries. Yeah, I am not buying it as a trope. "Old man tropes" in Anime are usually done for humor and I doubt the authors intentions for Himmel were simply done to make him the butt of a joke. Even having around 900 entries in my personal list on MAL, I have never encountered such an exaggeration of an "old man trope" in Anime as badly done as in Frieren and it's inconsistent viewing her other party members as they aged. If it's so common go ahead and try to list a dozen examples where there is an exaggeration of someone's aging like they did in Frieren that was not to be used as some punchline. Either way I simply was just wondering if there was something I missed about Himmel or maybe it was maybe explained in the source material. If not it's not that extremely important. |
ColourWheelMay 22, 4:00 PM
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Its more funny that way. Lol. Like Gintoki in Ryugujo arc.🤣 |
| Old people shrink but the anime generally enhances this fact and we have something like this xD well, there is also a theory that the horn infused with black magic that Frieren gave him will affect him, not only in terms of lifespan but also in appearance |
ColourWheel said: I have a simply question about Himmel. (maybe it was explained in the source material?) I get it, Himmel is human so he was one of the 1st heroes to die in Frieren's party. But one thing that doesn't make any sense to me is when Himmel got older why did he suddenly turn into a tiny bald halfling? I mean the dude suddenly became shorter and smaller than even the dwarf Eisen. Heiter was human too but the dudes physical stature pretty much remained the same even when he died too. Was there something just missed about how Himmel transformed into a human smaller than a dwarf? himmel was vain when he was young so I assumed they did it because it was funny |
ColourWheel said: Was there something just missed about how Himmel transformed into a human smaller than a dwarf? Himmel got incredibly sadge that Frieren, the love of his life, didn't visit him for 50 years, so he degenerated because of unhappiness. |
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