A review by dhiyanah
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Vol. 10 by Kanehito Yamada

adventurous challenging tense fast-paced

4.5

Way more violence and gore in this volume. Very intriguing progression of the story, but not an easy one to digest. I think it can be hard for humans to acknowledge that something that looks like them can't feel or make decisions the way they do - it feels like that's what's being explored here with the demons. Even when humans are shown to be cruel to each other, as with the political corruption shown in Weise, it is ultimately the demon's lack of understanding of human emotions that's deemed as monstrous - which begs the question, what about the evil and corruption that humans do unto others? For some reason, the corruption of human biases seems to take a backseat to the naturally-inclined violence of demons. Demons in this world, unlike the humans, don't owe each other anything - not even kindness. Yet in the years of struggle against violent onslaughts of demonic evil, human evil still prevailed within politics, hierarchical communities, and desperation (
we see this when Macht asks human survivors to kill each other
).

I do wonder if they'll do anything more with Frieren's role in the battle between human and demonic intelligences. She is "the slayer," as the demons call her. And her growing interest in humans is making her more protective and decisive about how she interacts with people. Is this leading to a big boss battle where the outcome is already predicted, or will there be more? Hmm!
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