584 reviews for:

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Vol. 2

Kanehito Yamada, Tsukasa Abe

4.35 AVERAGE

wisconsinite_bibliophile's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

bookish_seelie's review against another edition

4.0

funny slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

dtosmond's review

4.0

adventurous funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

achristiannerd's review against another edition

4.25

Loveable characters: Yes

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4.25/5
Format: paperback
The story is ramping up! More lore. I’m not sure about our new adventurer, but I’m sure he’ll grow on me. I’m excited to see how things continue to remind Frieren about her friends, I hope she’ll learn to enjoy her current time with her party too. I hope we learn more about Flamme! I’m not too sure I like the demons theyre fighting. I love Fern and Frieren’s friendship already 

tfaydoyle's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful reflective relaxing sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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The writing is overall better in the anime, but the images are better in the manga.

devilsreject__'s review against another edition

3.5

adventurous funny medium-paced

arcturus_b's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced

izzys_internet_bookshelf's review

4.25

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I wanted to get back to this series after watching the first episode of the series and wow! A lot happens in a volume. I adore these characters and the story, and I really want to read the next volume but not this week 😅

lauryz's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

grumpusgoblin's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

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Delightfully continuing this series as I watch through it slowly every month with my friends. In this volume, we meet our third main character and party member, Stark, who was Eisen's apprentice. He's as funny as he is in the anime and has fun banter with Frieren and Fern especially. I like that the new group includes apprentices of the original heroes, with their own quirks and motivations to prove themselves.

Oh and you learn that Frieren's nickname is Frieren the Slayer, which has some fun double meanings if you do a lil digging into the Japanese translation. Essentially, Frieren can mean someone who either attends a funeral (which makes sense since the whole show is about grieving) or one who sends people to their grave. Great linguistics stuff here!