A review by asterope
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Vol. 7 by Kanehito Yamada, Tsukasa Abe

4.25

Post-anime content, yay. More cute Fern faces and deepening character relationships. I love how so many people in this series just say exactly what they mean. It's one of the reasons I find it so refreshing. 

I loved how the mage exam arc ended - seeing all the different bonds that were forged, and glimpses of who the examinees are outside of the exam. I hope we see them again soon. 

Although, this volume has probably my least favourite chapter of the series: The Hero of the South. I can handle all the links between the original journey and Frieren's current quest (the narrative makes it clear why), but the idea of this rando telling Frieren her future irritated me.

I felt it cheapens her eventual decision to join Himmel and journey with him. Why can't she just decide that, rather than doing it because this hero guy told her what happens.

I'm going to pretend this chapter doesn't exist and hopefully it doesn't get referenced again. 

Anyway, apart from that I loved all the bonding between the gang. The panel of them having an onsen foot bath together was too cute.