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Denken says Macht was "strangely capable of casting non-demon spells" at one point. And I could have sworn Solitar says she and Macht are unusual for demons but I can't find it so maybe I'm misremembering.
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Early on in the arc Macht has an encounter with another high-ranking demon who remarks that Macht isn't pulling his weight for the Demon King or whatever, so they can see when demons aren't operating within demon-y parameters but they don't particularly seem to care enough to do anything about it. Or rather, it's just not in their nature to engage in confrontations with each other (just humans).
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the scene where schlacht squares up to macht and tells him "yeah you have to participate in this fight" and they have the whole "do you think you could take me" into "do you really think i couldn't?" is one of the best in the whole manga. its so tense, hints at something incredibly major unrevealed and interesting with schlact and sets the stage for what i consider so far to be one of the neatest mysteries in the series
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Demons are human-eating monsters. It's fundamentally weird for them to try to understand and empathize with humans beyond what's necessary to kill them. Or that's what everyone in the series says, anyway. Despite how often demons are described as human-eating monsters, I can't think of any times that we saw any signs that demons were actually eating people. They certainly don't shy away from massacring humans, and even demons like Macht who talk about "understanding" don't actually seem to place any value on human life, but I can't think of any cases where we actually see or hear about them actually eating. They kill humans for lots of reasons, but "because I was hungry" never seems to be one of them.
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Eating could be soul drinking, for all we know. Killing = eating
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Vizuyos posted:Demons are human-eating monsters. It's fundamentally weird for them to try to understand and empathize with humans beyond what's necessary to kill them. The shogun and the sword demon definitely ate people. The series as a whole tries to gloss over gore, so I don't expect to ever see it. "Because I was hungry" is never the reason, we've been told multiple times that demons don't need to eat humans to live. However, the Shogun arc showed that demons can absorb mana from the people they eat, with the baby demon referring to the first class mages as a "mana feast." Eating people is just a shortcut to more mana, which for a species that feels nothing for killing humans is hard to pass up.
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This artist does some dang cute Frieren animations. https://youtu.be/yL39z_VnyPE?si=_8qgSESlFqoYCzto https://youtu.be/7amZsHzyPRo?si=PBwRnrMDhueJua83
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Squidster posted:This artist does some dang cute Frieren animations. loooooooool https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riqzKUmoOR8
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Squidster posted:This artist does some dang cute Frieren animations. 
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can we use images as thread titles yet
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And there's a new one for the exam! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYsrECg5gzw
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Already looking forward to the next run of the anime. Really wanna see Serie's poo poo-eating grin when Macht tries to grab her, and also Frieren's mic drop when she dispels the curse.
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 I really loved the Macht arc, so I can't wait to see how the anime will adapt it in the second season.
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Yeah I am looking forward to the Macht arc so much, though I am wondering a little bit what people reactions are gonna be to the four straight episodes of Macht flashbacks
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VideoWitch posted:Yeah I am looking forward to the Macht arc so much, though I am wondering a little bit what people reactions are gonna be to the four straight episodes of Macht flashbacks Raucous enthusiasm?
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Jerkface posted:Raucous enthusiasm? Considering how uncharacteristically banal the story's first go-round with demons was, it might actually be this. The Macht arc does such a better job of handling the topic.
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VideoWitch posted:Yeah I am looking forward to the Macht arc so much, though I am wondering a little bit what people reactions are gonna be to the four straight episodes of Macht flashbacks An unholy amount of Macht x Gluck fanart?
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VideoWitch posted:Yeah I am looking forward to the Macht arc so much, though I am wondering a little bit what people reactions are gonna be to the four straight episodes of Macht flashbacks Yeah, I'm wondering about that myself too. The entire arc is, what, 24 chapters?
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Jerkface posted:Raucous enthusiasm? Oh yeah I'm sure the arc is gonna be well received, cause it owns, it's just "four straight episodes of the backstory of the arc villain" is a bold choice and it will be interesting to see the reaction Lt. Lizard posted:An unholy amount of Macht x Gluck fanart? also yeah this is a given
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Almost dropped this in the anime thread, as relevant to today's episode, but it's sort of a manga spoiler too, so erring on the side of caution... (source: @fukaikiri, twitter)
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Quinton posted:Almost dropped this in the anime thread, as relevant to today's episode, but it's sort of a manga spoiler too, so erring on the side of caution... I think the how did you find my house to be a classic enough gag that most people won't see it as a spoiler.
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yeah until someone posts "Isn't this a manga spoiler?"
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DaveWoo posted:Yeah, I'm wondering about that myself too. The entire arc is, what, 24 chapters? 25, Chapters 80 through 104. We may get some details on future plans today. Anime Japan is taking place right now, and there's TOHO panel on Frieren at 8 PM PDT being broadcast live on YouTube. Be a great place to make an announcement.
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Quinton posted:Almost dropped this in the anime thread, as relevant to today's episode, but it's sort of a manga spoiler too, so erring on the side of caution... lol at the SpongeBob clone especially.
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fuckin lmao https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDT3UIQ0xFw&hd=1
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what have you done to my feed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8Kot7Iih68
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Captain Invictus posted:fuckin lmao Nice. Hmm, might be time for a new av soon 
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Vizuyos posted:Demons are human-eating monsters. It's fundamentally weird for them to try to understand and empathize with humans beyond what's necessary to kill them. To be fair, humans are cat and dog eating monsters, but in some cultures, both animals live in peaceful coexistence as our beloved pets. And noone is going "it's weird that those foreigners don't eat dogs"
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Chapter 128
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That's a surprising origin out of nowhere. So Frieren was part of the CIA...
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I’m guessing the gimmick with the gravity magic, and why Land didn’t think they were winning, was because they were fighting 2 Empire mages not 1: the other one(that shows up at the end) was the one controlling the gravity magic and the one Ubel was fighting had the blindness magic he cast on her. EDIT: Btw, if anyone is confused by the “I count 3 of you” line, apparently it’s a mistranslation and a more accurate line would be “I’ll count to 3” The Official English version is much better translated this week RatHat fucked around with this message at 01:51 on Apr 17, 2024 |
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LostRook posted:That's a surprising origin out of nowhere. So Frieren was part of the CIA... Huh could you expand on this?
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MonsterEnvy posted:Huh could you expand on this? In the panel with the secret groups the secret wands club or whatever has the same emblem trinket that Frieren proudly shows off as being a "proper" mage. Shes mage cia
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Jerkface posted:In the panel with the secret groups the secret wands club or whatever has the same emblem trinket that Frieren proudly shows off as being a "proper" mage. Shes mage cia Given that the image doesn’t look like Frieren, it’s probably another Elf, more than one could have been part of that magic guild.
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MonsterEnvy posted:Given that the image doesn’t look like Frieren, it’s probably another Elf, more than one could have been part of that magic guild. Thats not really the point. Its not that theres an elf in the secret groups photo its that the same emblem Frieren has is an emblem of the secret group. She was part of the group ergo secret mage CIA
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Jerkface posted:Thats not really the point. Its not that theres an elf in the secret groups photo its that the same emblem Frieren has is an emblem of the secret group. She was part of the group ergo secret mage CIA Or the emblem’s meaning has changed over centuries
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Jerkface posted:Thats not really the point. Its not that theres an elf in the secret groups photo its that the same emblem Frieren has is an emblem of the secret group. She was part of the group ergo secret mage CIA I don’t think the group is that old, so I don’t think it’s the case. The symbol for what was the original Imperial Mages probably fell out of used and instead became the symbol for the Wand Society as stuff changed.
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MonsterEnvy posted:I don’t think the group is that old, so I don’t think it’s the case. The symbol for what was the original Imperial Mages probably fell out of used and instead became the symbol for the Wand Society as stuff changed.  they call it out as from the same thing in the earlier chapter. while it's very likely that the nature and purpose of the holy wand society has changed over the years since frieren was active in it, it's definitely setting up for her membership to be relevant
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