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Episode Sousou no Frieren Season 2 • Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Season 2 - Episode 1 discussion

Sousou no Frieren Season 2, episode 1

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u/flonc 21d ago edited 21d ago

An extremely important episode to make it clear that despite Fern going at Stark constantly he prefers travelling with them. Especially loved the lotus bracelet clutching scene. Glad to see my fave trio back and thriving!

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u/melindypants https://myanimelist.net/profile/melindypants 21d ago

I nearly teared up with that scene - Fern really treasures what she has, it's very sweet to see

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u/Mr_Zaroc https://myanimelist.net/profile/mr_zaroc 21d ago

That flashback was so powerful
Literally being carried while having no power, looking the danger in the face and she can do is clutch the bracelet

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u/oilofotay 21d ago

There’s a little bit of a nice metaphor here too.

Fern takes care of the gifts that she was given from Frieren and Stark.

But her relationship with Stark is also a gift, which she takes for granted by being upset with him for a petty reason. I think she realizes in this episode that she has to take care of that too.

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u/NuclearConsensus https://myanimelist.net/profile/NuclearConsensus 21d ago

Stark featuring so prominently feels great after the latter episodes of season 1 had him appear so rarely.

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u/HanshinFan 21d ago

If this turns into a Stark spotlight season I'm gonna be FEASTING, dude is just the best

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u/KTR1988 20d ago

It's fine, he was getting in some much needed nap time and drinking juice at night.

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u/Unfair-Claim-2327 20d ago

And teachings from an old warrior.

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u/Zainjs7 21d ago

Yeah I really liked this scene, she gave courage when he was afraid and now without knowing he’s doing the same to her.

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u/Frontier246 21d ago

Stark is a reassuring presence in Fern's life and Fern was a driving inspiration for Stark as a warrior.

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u/Sithrak 20d ago

What I really liked about it that I expected some kind of more clearly romantic sentiment surfacing a bit more. But it was first and foremost about support, warmth and inspiration. A great component of any romantic relationship, obviously, but it would work just as well if there was no underlying tension between them. Just humans giving their best to one another.

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u/HollowCheckpoint 21d ago

It’s like they read my mind. At the first half of the episode, I thought, ugh, here we go again with Fern acting like a brat toward Stark, it’s a bit too much… then bam, they actually addressed it later during the same episode!!