Audience reviews
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What was I expecting? A good continuation to this mid ass show?? LOOOOOOOL!!!! That shit did NOT happen. To start off my reviews, I like to mention what my expectations were before starting the show, and I wasn’t expecting too much or for it to be mind blowing or anything. People have said it’s just more of the same shit as the first season, so that’s exactly what I was expecting it to be. Unfortunately, I will say that it’s a pretty fat step down from season 1 in almost every aspect. This season pretty much takes every slop quality that I don’t like about the first season and just amplifies it to a whole new level. The entire season is just a bunch of random side quests slammed together that have absolutely no relation with each other whatsoever. I guess that is part of the entire point o…
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Meandering, aimless and uninteresting. A massive drop from season 1, which still had a slow pace but felt like it was actually going somewhere and developing characters. The end goal is the same as the first season but the journey of getting there is a lot more trite. These adventures feel pointless, unnecessary, as if they exist solely to make this journey artificially longer. If future seasons are anything like this one then I don't think there will be a signifacant reason for me to continue watching the show. The action sequences weren't as impressive as the first season either, so if you just wanted visual stimulation and didn't care about the writing, it doesn't even have that going for it.
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Only watched it cause I have a long commute to work and thought I’d give this “masterpiece” another chance.
An elf (level 100), a mage (level 40) and a warrior (level 35) taking level 5-35 side quests.
0 character development - didn’t really expect any from season 1, 0 story - same script for every episode, 0 emotions.
Good animation: adding a point and moving it from bad to average. But honestly…
I’m sad this anime is considered one of the best these days… maybe I’m just getting old.
Standing ovations to killing an enemy with 3 shots saying wow that was crazy, the most difficult battle ever.
It should have been a game.
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Virtue signaling: The anime. Really, if you say you dont like this, they treat you like a Solo Leveling fan. Its real harsh out there! Anyway, Frieren is still 90% missing potential. Nice view on the magic system from artisanal (demons and elves) to modern (human institutions) and some oportunity for reflection about elves long lives, sadly everything is wasted on a flashback + tearjerker pattern or just menial chores of the most plain protagonists ive seen on fiction.
This season is even worse than the first one mainly because its more of the same exhausted formula, and Genau, the season saviour, only appears like 2 eps.
About the "depth" allegations, I think theyre partly true. You could argue the show has emotional depth, as long as you are predisposed to "feel" it (I wasnt. And what…
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Another season of Feeten with more of the same, consequently now even more unoriginal than the bare floor of derivative copy-paste worldbuilding/story it already was.
To try to maintain a similarly high-budget "10/10, I like it when the pretty colors go by" animation quality as S1, all the budget had to be saved by cutting down the number of episodes to a mere 10 extremely avoidant of showing anything that requires actual effort to animate in preference for standing around talking. Extremely downgraded OP/ED. And Oops, all filler.
It doesn't take a genius to see where its marketing budget went when all one has to do is look at the astroturfing campaigns that accompany it. How worthwhile watching hundreds of bots flood a page as mods refuse to acknowledge it while actively working to sile…
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“The saddest thing about betrayal is that it never comes from your enemies.”
The above quote dear reader perfectly sums up my feelings about Frieren season 2. After the trust I put into this anime, the tedious war I went on to defend and preserve its name, to say I was disappointed is an understatement. But in which ways and to what extent was I betrayed?, let's find out.
1 - Characters - This is the most important aspect of any character driven show - which Frieren without a doubt falls under. The first season offered a masterclass to the anime community on how to write characters that audiences truly relate with, characters that feel more like friends and less like fictitious individuals. But this season throws all that Into the gutter and gives us a set of plain, stale and unrelatable…
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Season 2 of Frieren is unfortunately a bit of a disappointment. The story struggles to find its footing, lacking the sense of purpose and emotional weight that made the original so captivating. It's not unwatchable, but it does leave you wondering what direction the season was trying to go in.
The shorter runtime is perhaps the biggest issue. It feels like the season needed more time to breathe and develop into something meaningful. Rather than rushing a follow-up to meet demand, a longer wait with more content might have served both the story and the fanbase much better.
Frieren built such a devoted audience because it took its time and did things right the first time around. Season 2 feels like it didn't quite get that same level of care and attention. Fans of the series will likely stil…
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When the first season of Frieren appeared at the end of 2023, it was somewhat revelatory to see a big, well-produced fantasy anime that wasn't an isekai. One decade out from Sword Art Online, the subgenre's death grip over the anime fantasy scene seemed inescapable, even as the concept quickly cycled into self-parodic dregs almost impossible to believe. (Reborn as a Vending Machine is on its third season, airing now!) Alongside Dungeon Meshi, which aired concurrently, there seemed—briefly—to be a definitive door slamming on the isekai concept, and all the low-effort solipsistic power fantasy blight it betokened.
Well. The body may be altered, but the soul remains eternal.
Frieren's initial "fresh" feeling does not solely come from its context. The story frames itself explicitly as what c…
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Frieren Season 2 in a Nutshell:
1. Episode starts on the road with empty dialogue
2. They find a town or other point of interest Frieren has history with (she has history with everything, of course)
3. They receive a random quest
4. They solve said quest in the quickest, most uneventful way possible.
5. The remaining 15 minutes of the episodes are spend on melancholic reminiscence of Frierens adventure with Himmel the Hero™, how Himmel the Hero™ is the greatest dude ever and how everything these 3 idiots do is just a second hand adventure of the Hero Party.
Lets start with the characters:
Nothing much to say here. The characters are flat and cookie cutter. The cast has 0 chemistry with each other.
Everyone is the same deadpan (bar some Stark moments), speaks in the same monotonous tone,…
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This is definitely not on the same level as the first season and I'd only recommend watching this if you really (really) liked the first season or are willing to go through a very slow season which (apparently, according to manga readers) leads to one of the best arcs in the series. This season doesn't have the appeal of setting up the premise, and it doesn't show a lot of new, interesting characters compared to season 1, where they showed a lot of new characters in the exam.
This criticism appears everywhere but I'll say it anyway: most chapters follow the same pattern, which gets tiring pretty fast, and partially because it's being carried along from season 1. The main trio goes to a new place, they find a quest to do (or they are forced to stay there for whatever reason), they spend a r…
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Season 2 of Frieren leaves me with a clear sense of disappointment. After an incredibly emotional and thoughtfully crafted first season, one that could both move you to tears and make you reflect on the passage of time, we get a continuation that, while decent, feels stripped of what once made this story so special.
Let’s start with the plot, which is the biggest issue here. Of course, I understand that this is still the same journey, a calm, reflective path toward Heaven. The problem, however, is that in this season, that journey feels completely directionless. Don’t get me wrong, the characters are getting closer to their destination, but in terms of storytelling and character development, nothing particularly interesting happens. As a result, the whole thing feels bland and simply bori…
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Frieren isn't overhyped as others claim. It's a masterpiece that earned its praise through the depth of storytelling.
It has a unique premise wherein it begins after an ending (the end of an era-- defeating the final boss).
This anime's narrative is breathtakingly beautiful, proving viewers crave substance over simple action.
Every episode is enjoyable to watch, supported by soul touching sceneries and musical scores, and it is kinda rare for an anime wherein the scenery, music and writing align to create something truly breathe taking.
Additionally, the show shines by giving supporting characters as much heart and development as Frieren herself.
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A huge step down from Season 1. It spends 10 short episodes rehashing the same character development points as Season 1, except with less impact this time around.
There's some excellent action scenes, and some heart touching scenes. Animation is excellent as usual. But it's too slow and too short to make any kind of impact. Very little story progression. Very little character growth. It's kind of boring, honestly.
This feels like an afterthought or an epilogue for Season 1. It's filler to bridge Season 1 and Season 3. Very disappointing.
If you're not a huge fan I recommend just waiting until Season 3 to watch Season 2.
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If you think nothing happens in Frieren, you weren’t paying attention.
When you watch anime, some stories demand your attention all the way through.
Frieren earns your patience and Season 2 proves exactly why that distinction matters.
In a landscape where second seasons often feel pressured to escalate: louder stakes, faster pacing, bigger spectacle. Frieren does something far more difficult: it remains true to itself. It doesn’t chase intensity. It refines intention.
And because of that intended direction, it succeeds.
Season 2 continues to build on the quiet strength of its world. The beauty of its world-building isn’t in scale, but in detail; in the way each location feels lived in, each interaction meaningful, and each moment intentional. This isn’t a world designed to impress at…
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Here I am again to summarize thoughts on possibly the most anticipated 2nd season of anime for 2026: Soso No Frieren.
If you’ve seen my review of the first, or regularly follow my episode comments (which you totally should) you already know my feelings about this show. But I went into Season 2 with an open mind- just like the first, ready to be surprised, happy to be entertained, and watched every minute carefully. I even waited until this very last episode to finally put down my thoughts because who knows what Frieren has up her sleeve? Could be something exciting!
12 Episodes Later…
(Long frustrated sighhhhh) Okay credit where it is due-
I was not nearly as exhausted or angry by the end as with the first season- but I suspect that partly has to do with the shorter length, and the mo…
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As somebody who absolutely loved the first season, it pains me to say that season two falls short of that incredibly high standard.
The best way I can put it is this- I feel that season two exemplifies and exaggerates the absolute worst qualities of Frieren as a story to such an extent that the truly excellent moments are completely buried.
Yes, I'm largely going to complain about the 'slow' episodes that make up more than half of this (unusually short) 10 episode season- but before the Frieren diehards jump down my throat for not 'understanding' or 'appreciating' the 'point', I'd like to say that the slower, more episodic portions of s1 were some of my absolute favorite parts and integral to the identity of the show. I would have no problem whatsoever with these slow 'sidequest' esque e…
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It's challenging to write a review for Frieren: Beyond Spectrum's End S2 because the series is so lacking in content, as S2 is often equivalent to filler or optional fanservice OVAs with no real arcs, other than doubling down on shonenslop like the Divine Revolte mini-arc. It was the same back during the preliminary days of S1 when my review was deleted for "too much humor" because I framed it as if the author were using ChatGPT prompts to write Frieren as a generic, bland, and sentimental fantasy show. But I actually think it's much worse than that now. The author must be using ChatGPT to deliberately make his series as dull as possible. If anything, ChatGPT should easily be able to write something more interesting than Frieren, so if the series isn't AI slop, then it would easily benefit…
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If you are a fan of the first season and are a bit skeptical about whether or not this second season manages to live up to the same standards and quality that the first season set up despite being only made up of 10 episodes, which is less than half the length of the first season, then I am very much glad to assure you that you will (most likely) not be disappointed with this new season of Frieren: Beyond Journey's End. The staff behind this season are pretty much the same as last season with only minor changes, the pacing is identical to the first season with pretty much every episode managing to juggle two different plotlines in a single episode without making it feel jarring or forced, and if you couldn't tell by what I said above then yes, the music, animation, direction, writing, and…
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Given how the first season of Sousou no Frieren ended on a shitty note, it’s not surprising that the second season starts badly too. At least we already got past the battle shonen arc that covered 1/3 of the first season, so we get back to the adventure of our favorite bland character band. I would like to say that I’m pleased to be past that arc, but I’m not, as this season is just worse than the previous one, basically everything about it is a downgrade, whether the slice of life adventures or the fights, the characters are as stagnant as ever, and this season decided to recontextualize some scenes making them worse.
You see, the very first couple of episodes of this season render the entire Chunin Hunter Exam arc pointless, the Northern Plateau has checkpoints where you have to present…
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The second season of Frieren: Beyond Journey's End is among my most anticipated anime this year, and for good reasons. It established itself as colorful story with captivating characters and their developments. Its fantasy setting contains world building along with a wealth of ideas. To put it simply, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End does exactly what it needed to be again this season.
Following the adventures of Frieren, Fern, and Stark, this season felt familiar yet also refreshing. The first episode involved these characters trying to find work, by Frieren's suggestion. It doens't take them long to run into trouble in their world. Stark's character growth is shown in these early episodes when he realizes his companions brings out the best in him. In one particular episode, Stark even must…
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