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A review by frasersimons
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Vol. 6 by Kanehito Yamada, Tsukasa Abe
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
The complete second and third test, almost. One more chapter for the real end to the third one, but it’s basically done and just wanted a bit of a cliffhanger for the chapter. This happens to be where the current anime has left off too, so each volume will be all-new to me.
The tie in to the field of flowers spell mentioned quite a few times now, is so well done. The shift from a test giver who was much more savage to sense’s pacifist one was also really well done. And even the ramifications of their allowing Frieren to take the test makes sense, too, in a way. Even if the results are pretty suspect and arbitrary. Choosing by intuition must be different when you’re that old, but it does feel like there isn’t any real clear parameters for what a first class mage even is, or what their function is, if any. They get the “privilege”, but otherwise it’s a badge of honour and this governing body, what, just… likes to measure the skills of people in the region? I think there is some mystery here that will get more fleshed out.
Either way, the reveal about the flowers and the staff mending, plus the cool cooperation and tactics made this much more interesting than the first test, for me.
The tie in to the field of flowers spell mentioned quite a few times now, is so well done. The shift from a test giver who was much more savage to sense’s pacifist one was also really well done. And even the ramifications of their allowing Frieren to take the test makes sense, too, in a way. Even if the results are pretty suspect and arbitrary. Choosing by intuition must be different when you’re that old, but it does feel like there isn’t any real clear parameters for what a first class mage even is, or what their function is, if any. They get the “privilege”, but otherwise it’s a badge of honour and this governing body, what, just… likes to measure the skills of people in the region? I think there is some mystery here that will get more fleshed out.
Either way, the reveal about the flowers and the staff mending, plus the cool cooperation and tactics made this much more interesting than the first test, for me.