And this is one of the reasons we love it so much.
Summary:
Frieren has a lot of quiet moments that make it look like a slice-of-life series.
That’s why some viewers consider the anime boring.
These relaxed moments make the series even better.
A rather slow start of Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (Sousou no Frieren) can easily give you the impression that you’re watching a slice-of-life series. Not much is happening to the characters, there are no major conflicts, and you find yourself not even understanding where the story is going while watching the first couple of episodes.
It has both action and slice-of-life moments
But don’t be fooled, Frieren is a fantasy adventure drama. You just have to give it more time and you’ll see all the things we all love shounens so dearly for: action, magic, fights, drama, dragons, demons… the list goes on.
However, there are indeed a lot of moments that feel like a slice-of-life anime, and we cannot deny it. We have wholesome bonding moments between Frieren and her party members. They engage in tasks that feel like gaming side quests, like the moment when Frieren and Fern were just looking for a particular flower.
The series takes time to explore the relationships between its characters in a chill way and it doesn’t matter if that’s just a meal they share together or Fern trying to find the right present for Stark’s birthday.
This is exactly the beauty of Frieren. It doesn’t have to feature a breathtaking fight in each episode; the series allows viewers to pause and breathe for a minute or two.
It doesn’t make it boring
That’s why the anime doesn’t work for a big number of fans, though, and that’s why the word “boring” comes up pretty often when you encounter a Frieren debate online. We can see where this point stems from, but we consider these slow moments to be one of the best things about the anime.
The slice-of-life aspects of Frieren help the viewers understand the connections between its characters more. Besides, they make fans create a bond with the series’ characters, too, and result in the audience being more involved in the story.
On top of that, we can’t ignore the fact that Frieren is an absolute visual beauty. So watching all these slice-of-life moments is not only enjoyable from the character connection point of view, but is also visually pleasing.
That’s why all the calm and relaxed moments make Frieren even better for the viewers, and prove once again that action is not the most important thing in a shounen anime.
And this is one of the reasons we love it so much.
Summary:
Frieren has a lot of quiet moments that make it look like a slice-of-life series.
That’s why some viewers consider the anime boring.
These relaxed moments make the series even better.
A rather slow start of Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (Sousou no Frieren) can easily give you the impression that you’re watching a slice-of-life series. Not much is happening to the characters, there are no major conflicts, and you find yourself not even understanding where the story is going while watching the first couple of episodes.
It has both action and slice-of-life moments
But don’t be fooled, Frieren is a fantasy adventure drama. You just have to give it more time and you’ll see all the things we all love shounens so dearly for: action, magic, fights, drama, dragons, demons… the list goes on.
However, there are indeed a lot of moments that feel like a slice-of-life anime, and we cannot deny it. We have wholesome bonding moments between Frieren and her party members. They engage in tasks that feel like gaming side quests, like the moment when Frieren and Fern were just looking for a particular flower.
The series takes time to explore the relationships between its characters in a chill way and it doesn’t matter if that’s just a meal they share together or Fern trying to find the right present for Stark’s birthday.
This is exactly the beauty of Frieren. It doesn’t have to feature a breathtaking fight in each episode; the series allows viewers to pause and breathe for a minute or two.
It doesn’t make it boring
That’s why the anime doesn’t work for a big number of fans, though, and that’s why the word “boring” comes up pretty often when you encounter a Frieren debate online. We can see where this point stems from, but we consider these slow moments to be one of the best things about the anime.
The slice-of-life aspects of Frieren help the viewers understand the connections between its characters more. Besides, they make fans create a bond with the series’ characters, too, and result in the audience being more involved in the story.
On top of that, we can’t ignore the fact that Frieren is an absolute visual beauty. So watching all these slice-of-life moments is not only enjoyable from the character connection point of view, but is also visually pleasing.
That’s why all the calm and relaxed moments make Frieren even better for the viewers, and prove once again that action is not the most important thing in a shounen anime.
