Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End

Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End 2 episode 8

Rating: A- Last episode I mentioned that Methode was the one character present whose background hadn’t been established to some degree. While this episode only touches on it briefly, it’s enough to make it an integral part of how her segment of the three-part battle plays out and explain at least a bit about whyContinue reading “Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End 2 episode 8”

Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End 2 episode 7

Rating: B+ Last episode, Frieren’s team, Genau, and Methode figured out that they were dealing with a demon who used four swords. This episode, that demon and his three subordinates get their formal introductions and we get our first sustained tastes of action in a while. We also, of course, get lots of head-patting. IfContinue reading “Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End 2 episode 7”

Frieren: Byond Journey’s End 2 episode 6

Rating: B+ After taking a week off, Frieren is back, but it’s not back to what has been the status quo for the season – i.e., shorter vignettes about various experiences Frieren and her companions have while continuing to travel north. No, even if I hadn’t seen the upcoming episodes advertised as a story arc,Continue reading “Frieren: Byond Journey’s End 2 episode 6”

Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End 2 episodes 4-5

Episode Rating (both): B Episode 3 ended with Stark and Fern set to go out on a date, and the first half of episode 4 deals with how that date plays out. The whole affair is as awkward as might be expected. Stark definitely tries, but he’s still operating more off a pre-set plan thanContinue reading “Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End 2 episodes 4-5”

Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End 2 episode 2

Rating: B+ This episode firmly falls into the “events while traveling” part of the series, which many fans of the franchise would argue is where the series is at its strongest. Indeed, even though this isn’t one of the series’ more exciting and impactful episodes, there’s still a lot to like and a lot ofContinue reading “Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End 2 episode 2”

Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End s2 episode 1

Rating: A Frieren is back, and all’s right with the world! And this time I’ll be writing about it week-to-week. Jests aside, this is a strong return. While its first episode in nearly two years doesn’t do anything dramatic, it does deliver on everything I expect from this series, and that makes it plenty goodContinue reading “Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End s2 episode 1”

8 Lessons From Frieren

With its 28th episode, Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End ends its initial run. By any reasonable metric, it has been a huge hit on both sides of the Pacific, to the degree that it not eventually getting further animation is inconceivable. (My guess is that we’ll see more late next year.) I could write a fullContinue reading “8 Lessons From Frieren”