Hehe, exciting, but I wonder if they’ll touch any more on the genocide problem.
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Season 2 - PV
Submitted 3 months ago by NineSwords@ani.social to anime@ani.social
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xW3fjM26vY
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HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 months ago
Traister101@lemmy.today 3 months ago
It’s not really a problem. Frierens demons are explicitly monsters, not in the typical “different species” sense. They gained human language in order to better kill humans, Himmel tries to give a “child” demon a chance and she kills a family.
I love me my “redeemable monster” types, that’s why we have stuff like Tensura and other shows where monsters are not inherently bad. In Frieren they are monsters, they exist to kill people end of story. I rather like the simplicity to be honest, it’s boring seeing Demon/Monster redemption arcs all the time.
wjs018@ani.social 3 months ago
If you are asking about the demons attempted genocide of the elves in the past:
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No, I don’t remember any additional info about that from the manga.
If you are referring to Frieren’s ongoing attempted genocide of demons:
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We meet more demons as the story continues and Frieren and co. will confront them. Philosophical discussions about the true nature of demons will be had (are they simply monsters? do they feel emotions?). Those questions might not run through Frieren’s head, but the story does a good job of making the reader ask those questions through other characters.
HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 months ago
I was thinking about Frieren. Thank you :3
I don’t really care if Frieren herself thinks about it, I just find it more interesting if the writer has put some thought about it.
NineSwords@ani.social 3 months ago
What’s the genocide problem?
HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 months ago
Frieren wants to explicitly kill all demons, ergo a genocide. This is a tricky subject because this is inherently a very evil thing to do. You can make your race evil, but then you need to be really careful.
I would recommend reading about Tolkien’s dilemma when it comes to the orcs. It’s very similar.
embed_me@programming.dev 3 months ago
I appreciate this anime as it resonated with my sorrows about growing older while also underpinning the value of making the most of the time I do have left in this world
ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
I absolutely loved the Qual scene early on in season 1 as a metaphor for humans eliminating diseases through scientific research.
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Frieren tasks her new apprentice Fern with killing the ancient demon Qual. A demon so powerful that even she and the hero party could not defeat him 80 years prior and could only seal him away temporarily. Fern is confused as to how she could take on such a strong opponent but quickly realizes he only knows one basic attack spell. Frieren explains 80 years ago this spell was the deadliest around and no mage could defend against it. Human mages ended up studying the spell endlessly and eventually figured out how it worked. Their research was so widely adopted that it became the basis of modern day offensive magic only a few decades later. Elves and demons might be powerful mages, but individually they could never match the speed at which humans collectively learn, teach, and innovate magic.
remon@ani.social 3 months ago
Finally someone brings the proper vibes to this coversation. I recently learned there is even a term for this kind of show. “Iyashikei”.