Review of Frieren: Beyond Journey's End

Absurd, the feeling of watching this anime is indescribable. I'm watched the peak of fantasy anime, I've never seen anything like it. Starting with the ingenious proposal, although I play a lot of RPGs, I've never thought about the fact that for the party elves, everything we've done is in fact one thousandth of their life. This leads to the main factor of Frieren, taking advantage of time, creating bonds, valuing presence in the moment and understanding that there is no such thing as wasted time, timeless and beautiful lessons. In a world where most young people always think they are wasting time because of thiscrazy current of immediacy, Frieren brings the idea that we can enjoy the small moments and live our lives calmly and lovingly, because although we are finite, the present is the present for everyone.

It's impossible not to love the dynamic of the characters. Extremely organic, charismatic and respectful. There are no awkward ecchi moments, pointless jokes or annoying comic relief, all the characters seem human, with their own quirks, personalities and ways of dealing with time. Frieren has easily become one of my favorite characters of all time, which is surprising, both because she is an absurdly well-written female character not only for the Japanese industry, but also for the whole world (well-written minorities are rare in anime, unfortunately), and because she is philosophically one of the most interesting characters I've ever seen.

Sousou no Frieren reminds me of a time (I'm 19 LMAO) when everything didn't necessarily have to be an adrenaline rush. Seeing characters deal with mundane issues for 24 minutes, not seeing action scenes all the time, not seeing arguments with villains or anti-heroes every second, not having an adrenaline rush every second is precisely the magic of Frieren, appreciating and enjoying every second as if you were a member of the party. You're with Frieren and you're walking around the world, there's no point in running or ignoring everything to get to the goal, in the end what you remember from the journey is the simple magic of creating fields of flowers.

Beautiful.