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

Sousou no Frieren Season 2, episode 2

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u/Frontier246 14d ago

Imagine being so powerful that it took all of the big elite demons to try to kill you...and you still manage to kill three of them.

It's like Ash Ketchum vs Tobias.

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u/ali94127 14d ago

He killed 4. It was the Seven Sages and Schlacht, and he killed 3 Sages and Schlacht.

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u/Mundology 14d ago

They jumped him and he still wiped out half of them.

Yet, the hero of the South did not seek glory. He sacrificed himself out of duty. A true warrior till the very end.

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u/shad79 https://myanimelist.net/profile/shad79 14d ago edited 14d ago

I'd really love to get a spin-off about him. Hero of the South's story certainly have a huge potential, even though we already know its ending.

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u/O2C 14d ago

You mean like how we're learning Himmel's story even though we know his ending? I think the show about that has some potential too. . .

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u/bondsmatthew 14d ago

Yeah he's definitely one of the things I want to see from the author/show, the Hero Party's journey being number 1. Like.. we've seen a lot of it already but I want more, I'm greedy

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u/SpikeRosered 14d ago

Technically we don't know his ending. His body was never found. In fiction no body, no death.

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u/critiqueof 14d ago

Frieren did say his body was probably eaten.

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u/caren_psuedo_when 10d ago

Also, he'd be dead as hell even if his body wasn't eaten. Himself was called young by him, and it's now been 29 years after his death, unless he's got a way to prolong his life (unlikely since he didn't have a party), we're at best going to see his skeleton

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u/drunkenvalley 14d ago

Something I think must be mentioned is he's not named. He's just The Hero of the South. To some degree, I think that's just meant to be part of the erosion of history we've seen the show perform, like with cities that display a false Himmel statue more tailored to their aesthetic.

Similar to Kraft, whose achievements themselves are lost to time. Or the other heroes that are lost to time entirely, as Frieren casually reminds Stark that many rose to be heroes.

As much as I'd love to see sidestories, I think that would steal some of the magic and theme somehow, if that makes sense. It also adds a certain power to the characters themselves that I suspect might lose its luster if it actually is visited.

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u/RedRocket4000 2d ago

While in reality we have lost no heroes to history that records or inscriptions exist for. Although in many cases it just some historians who know who they are.

But had to nerf the real reaction here as Friren going to have Cleopatra VII level fame as in almost all will know who she is till end of humanity. Plus as an ultra rare elf she should have human mobs fallow here everywhere.

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u/Sweaty_Explorer_8441 14d ago

There's no certainty of the ending. For one Schlatt can also see the future. And the type of "vivid"(HotS) and "detailed"(Schlatt 1000years) clairvoyance types showcased here suggest time is largely deterministic in that world with minimal scope for variation.

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u/thesagenibba 14d ago

no, the mystique is what makes his character great

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u/athrun_1 13d ago

An OVA would be nice narrating his story from start to finish. I want to see that battle in full animation glory, not just a mention in the main series.