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Mar 22, 2024
I want to start by saying that I think Sousou no Frieren is very underrated.

I think it's an extremely well-made anime, exuberant quality and I'm particularly happy with it because it denotes the return of quality from one of the most legendary studios, the great MadHouse.

But I think there was hysteria in the fandom of this anime and I don't know how to explain why. Of course, it's an incredible anime and will definitely make an epoch, but I don't think it's an anime worthy of being on the same shelf as icons like FullMetal Alchemist, Hunter X Hunter and others that participate in MAL's Top10.

Disclaimer done, I will now say my opinion about the anime:

What a fantastic anime, what an impeccable production. You can already tell that there is something different about him from your first contact. A different way of telling an odyssey, having already had a previous odyssey in this same story and which, in theory, was the Great Odyssey of that universe, but in truth it was nothing more than a preparation for what was to come.
The story follows a calm and pleasant pace, being very visually pleasing and comical at the right times. Indeed an impeccable production.

Of course, the anime is not perfect, there were even obvious considerations in it, such as the lack of dynamism in the final stretch of its first cour and the beginning of the second. Also during this same period of the anime I started to feel quite lazy with the main cast of characters and the editing of the episodes (it's quite repetitive, by the way) and this ended up kind of taking away points from my final experience with the anime, but later on the problem of dynamism and characters was solved with a very well done examination arc, with more action, interesting dialogues, worldbuilding and especially interesting characters, which reinvigorated the anime and made a second season essential.

In short, Frieren is one of the animes of this decade for sure and a must for anyone who likes a good anime.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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