Anxiety is starting to take hold of me.
If brain-in-a-jar theory is correct, I'm currently being absolutely DRENCHED in some sort of anxiety inducing chemical; my hands are clammy, sweaty, my knees are weak, and I can smell my mom cooking some spaghetti so I'm pretty sure we all know what's about to happen...
I was waiting for Sousou no Frieren to finish airing to gauge people's reactions to the ending before I decide whether or not to watch it, but I caved.
Everyone and their momma is talking about this show, FOMO got me
But now what I feared most is coming true, and I can't help but tremble at the prospect of Frieren ending on a cliffhanger. There's 4 episodes left in this season. If Madhouse hits me over the head with a cliffhanger and I have to wait a year for season 2 they might as well cast Zoltraak directly into my heart.
Has anyone read the manga? Am I going to suffer terribly for my rash decision?
Also, this show is really good right?! Love it very much so far, no wonder it's topping MAL, I wonder if we really do have an all-timer on our hands.
I gave this show 3 episodes and I genuinely do not get why people like it so much. Maybe it gets good later, but god damn was it boring. Every character has the personality of a wet sponge and Im not seeing how it can get better beyond every character suddenly having a complete change in personality. It's like every character is on Xanax or something.
I liked the first few episodes because it put a spin on the generic fantasy genre. A mage elf exploring what death means after their big adventure is already over and all her team members are dying is a plot point with a lot of possibilities.
They also did fairly well in the first episodes with Frieren being introduced as the introverted detached type, slowly regretting how detached from her party she was back then, not realizing that they will be gone long before her.
Unfortunately it spins into generic fantasy fairly quickly. Still decent but I feel like the main plot point was lost somewhere after the first few episodes and we got too much of "overpowered main character does stuff" already.
That's fair. It's not a show where a whole lot happens all the time and it's slow-paced. I personally think it works really well.
IIRC, the first 4 episodes were released in a batch. But even ignoring that, its a slow show where not much happens. Most of it is the gang going somewhere and Frieren trying to not repeat the same mistakes of not appreciating her friends enough before its too late.
This take has been expressed to me a few times now... I genuinely don't understand it, I think they're all cool and interesting ://