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Qtotonibudinibudet
Nov 7, 2011



Omich poluyobok, skazhi ty narkoman? ya prosto tozhe gde to tam zhivu, mogli by vmeste uyobyvat' narkotiki
the heck would a serpent being 10 or 100 or 200 or 1000 meters long matter anyway

past a certain point it's just a giant tail that can't see people walking up to smack it with an axe for 90% of its length

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Qtotonibudinibudet
Nov 7, 2011



Omich poluyobok, skazhi ty narkoman? ya prosto tozhe gde to tam zhivu, mogli by vmeste uyobyvat' narkotiki

VideoWitch posted:

I think the dwarf count might be slightly higher? but if it is it's by like one.

It is interesting we haven't seen that many dwarves, considering we now know there are just dwarven villages about. Maybe Frieren and Co just haven't stopped in any yet

iirc old village protector dwarf, booze enthusiast dwarf, and bridge dwarf aside from Eizen, versus just Serie and squats monk aside from Frieren

Qtotonibudinibudet
Nov 7, 2011



Omich poluyobok, skazhi ty narkoman? ya prosto tozhe gde to tam zhivu, mogli by vmeste uyobyvat' narkotiki
between this guy and kraft ive concluded that the true measure of strength in the frieren world is being able to go shirtless in cold regions

it doesn't really do anything useful, but it lets you show off your rock hard abs

Qtotonibudinibudet
Nov 7, 2011



Omich poluyobok, skazhi ty narkoman? ya prosto tozhe gde to tam zhivu, mogli by vmeste uyobyvat' narkotiki
im amazed she passed up a chance for a lifetime of snacks money though

Qtotonibudinibudet
Nov 7, 2011



Omich poluyobok, skazhi ty narkoman? ya prosto tozhe gde to tam zhivu, mogli by vmeste uyobyvat' narkotiki

sharkmafia posted:

'this gold could buy MANY grimoires'

'explain how'

'gold can be exchanged for goods and services'

nah, grimoires are only given in exchange for favors

and they're an excuse for frieren to do favors while not leaving someone indebted

Qtotonibudinibudet
Nov 7, 2011



Omich poluyobok, skazhi ty narkoman? ya prosto tozhe gde to tam zhivu, mogli by vmeste uyobyvat' narkotiki
Frieren is very "the rules are whatever's convenient to the plot. magic, bitches"

Qtotonibudinibudet
Nov 7, 2011



Omich poluyobok, skazhi ty narkoman? ya prosto tozhe gde to tam zhivu, mogli by vmeste uyobyvat' narkotiki
i love Metal Gear Fern

"no, i can't give him a gift where others can see! this is a sneaking mission!"

Qtotonibudinibudet
Nov 7, 2011



Omich poluyobok, skazhi ty narkoman? ya prosto tozhe gde to tam zhivu, mogli by vmeste uyobyvat' narkotiki

Hypocrisy posted:

Isn't part of being a first class mage having to respond to requests to kill rampaging demons? That's probably something that should be gatekept.

from what we've seen, military ends seem to be the main use for mages. new first classes are strongly encouraged to join serie's special demon elimination squad. at least from wirbel's example we know that lower levels are involved with the same, though admittedly iirc we don't know what most of the others actually do--even though know denkem's job is head gov mage, most of what we see of his responsibilities is political maneuvering to secure that permission. maintaining barriers, i guess?

the exam suggests a lot of the development of magic has been figuring out how to use non-zoltraak things for combat purposes, and i don't really recall encountering any village mages or whatever who just chill and help with the harvest. frieren's focus on utility spells outside the basics very feels like the odd one out

no idea wtf up's with Sense's pacifism in that framework, but whatever

Qtotonibudinibudet
Nov 7, 2011



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Donkringel posted:

I wonder if The Empire is actually controlled by demons from those shadows and that is why they 1) continued existing being surrounded and 2) have a kill order out for Frieren.

Radars' quest/assassination order was like... 50-60 years ago, so that would put it maybe 20ish years after the death of the demon king.

The demon arcs in the past have all shown a different aspect of demons and how they're all alien in different ways.

Qual Arc: Demons are stuck in their specialization and unable to improve beyond it, even once humans have surpassed them.
Aura Arc: Demons are consumate liars and can be tricked through hiding mana.
Northern Plateau Village Arc: Demons will not understand human resiliency and beliefs, only how to take advantage of it.
Macht Arc: Demons are capable of pursuing strange/eccentric goals even if they do not understand them in the end.
Past Arc: Demons do have some sort of agreed upon pact to protect the demon race, although they are solitary.
Imperial Arc(?): My guess is that Demons are capable of working within human institutions in order to further demonic goals, all while misunderstanding that humans may rebel against those institutions if they come into conflict with a higher belief held by those humans (that the demons cannot hope to understand).

Solitar mini-arc: Demons will not. loving. shut. up.

Qtotonibudinibudet
Nov 7, 2011



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TwoPair posted:

In retrospect it's funny that Sense, who designed the test to be as non-lethal as possible, unintentionally (or intentionally?) ended up causing 4 out of 6 failures just by being there (and thus allowing the dungeon to create a clone)

she knew what would happen, right? Lawine knew about the dungeon from the imperial expedition her family had connections to, so it seems reasonable Sense would have known about the clones before devising the test

Qtotonibudinibudet
Nov 7, 2011



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RuBisCO posted:

I wonder why the (presumably) Shadow Warriors are the ones that want to hit Serie. Last chapter we only just found out that Frieren is supposed to be the last one on their list.

on that list, which was assigned to that one group so long ago that they (almost) all died by the time frieren came back around

Qtotonibudinibudet
Nov 7, 2011



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Scallop Eyes posted:

That first half seemed really tacked on because of the anime

compared to Denken, Ubel aint really received undue attention. hell, she's received less attention in the anime compared to denken. recurring characters from the 1st class exam are already a well-established thing at this point

hell, whatshisname first test proctor versus sword demon already got well more coverage than his introductory role would suggest on its own

it's a weekly shounen manga, characters are going to show up multiple times, especially the ones that got more introduction than just "here because gotta have someone" like mustache dude. ubel showing up again was telegraphed way back when Kraft punched out those rando bandits

Qtotonibudinibudet
Nov 7, 2011



Omich poluyobok, skazhi ty narkoman? ya prosto tozhe gde to tam zhivu, mogli by vmeste uyobyvat' narkotiki
powerful, unhinged, or Methode enough

Qtotonibudinibudet
Nov 7, 2011



Omich poluyobok, skazhi ty narkoman? ya prosto tozhe gde to tam zhivu, mogli by vmeste uyobyvat' narkotiki
shoulda figured Stark was into catgirls

between that and Ubel's dress and "romantic" interlude with Land we're gettin all the fanservice this chapter to soften the blow of the month break

Qtotonibudinibudet
Nov 7, 2011



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The junk collector posted:

Both Macht and Solitar were considered weird and deviant by demon standards and both had an interest in learning about other branches of magic as well as humanity. I think they were supposed to be fairly unique and were clearly set up as a thematic pair to explore 2 different takes on what an alien intelligence like Demons trying to understand humanity would look like. I would be surprised if we revisit the concept much outside of the demon king's plans.

do demons have a notion of social weirdness or awkwardness though

i cant recall anyone giving a poo poo that macht has weird interests and gives zero fucks about actually doing his (sort of--idk it's not like the demon king pays wages or poo poo as far as we know) job

Qtotonibudinibudet
Nov 7, 2011



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RatHat posted:

Is #6 the demon who could copy martial arts that Stark fought?

yeah. idk how the hell she beat out solitar and macht

himmel beating ubel is also some bullshit. who the heck is voting for shonen hero dot jpeg over psychopath murderer but in a kinda hot way girl

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Qtotonibudinibudet
Nov 7, 2011



Omich poluyobok, skazhi ty narkoman? ya prosto tozhe gde to tam zhivu, mogli by vmeste uyobyvat' narkotiki

Jerkface posted:

Casually introducing a troupe of 20 assassins?????? NOW???? what is this Frieren x Frieren?

damnit, i got beaten to the "so we phantom troupe arcin now?"

also MORE EARS

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