When A Comfort Anime Finds YOU | Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End - Ep. 18

Most fantasy stories end with the Demon King/God/Emperor defeated, the party celebrates, Princess Leia gives them big chains, everyone claps, and it’s over. Well…Frieren starts after that. We’re diving into Season 1 of Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End: a long journey that uses quiet moments, deadpan humor, and devastating memory-flashes to explore grief, friendship, and what it means to realize too late how much the small moments truly mattered, and why we should appreciate them in the now.  We talk about why Frieren’s emotional arc works so well, how Fern is the only adult in the room, and how this show turns “side quests” into the whole show. If you want smart character writing, a fantasy world that feels lived-in, super funny humor, and a story that can make you tear up over a simple habit someone used to do… you’re in the right place. Timestamps🕰 00:00 - Intro 02:10 - What is this show, tho? 04:08 - Part 1: The Pacing 08:30 - Time gaps for Frieren vs. time gaps for humans are vastly different. 11:50 - FRIMMEL. Or, uh- Himren? …Frimmel’s better. 13:40 - It feels like a peaceful, fantasy storybook, especially the end credits (stop-motion Frieren makes our hearts violently contract) 15:50 - Part 2: Mindset of an immortal 17:40 - Be a man and run through that flower field! 18:29 - A gang of stuff can happen in montages (Gandalf is Exhibit A…) 23:02 - There’s war all the time everywhere in Attack On Titan 23:50 - Appreciating humans is important, actually 28:27 - Why Frieren falls for the mimic chests over and over and over again 31:45 - Frieren’s relationships 34:04 - Koby, Koby, Koby, Koby, Koby 34:20 - Eisen 35:20 - The New Party versus The Old Party 37:55 - This world is super old. Also- Might there be a bigger Big Bad?? 39:19 - Kraft 43:10 - Part 3: Moving Along A Journey 43:23 - This story works like a slice-of-life :-)  45:17 - Sein 47:36 - Preview Go check out the channel pey talks anime, he's got some great videos about Frieren as well as other anime, along with some stellar writing tips! #4g1g #frieren:beyondjourney’send #anime #manga #podcast