Review of Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
Waited until it was over and people stopped hyping it up so I can judge it as objectively as I can for myself, but even so, my expectations were huge because of what people said about it. For me, this anime is the embodiment of true mid, which is not necessarily a bad thing. Most anime do great things and bad things, which results in an average between 2 extremes when it comes to the score. But not Frieren. This show minimizes both extremes. Did it do bad things? No. Very minor nitpicky things only which can be ignored. Did it do great things likeppl hyped it up? Absolutely not.
Was the story lacking in relevant detail or have asspulls? No, just very minor things which could well be cut content from the manga
Did the story have mind-bending plot-twists or something that no other anime has done before? No.
Overall it's a solid slice of life story set in a fantasy world, based on the passage of time with some comedy and fights sprinkled here and there.
If this was a no-name show in which I would've gone in blind, then I would probably rate it higher, but people put it up there with the most legendary anime I ever saw like FMA, Steins;Gate, Monster, Madoka, Oshi no Ko and other 20 titles. The fact that it didn't live up to the hype is a huge disappointment, so I can only say that she show is good, but nothing extraordinary like ppl claim.
So, do you want a chill slice of life fantasy based story about the passage of time? Go for it.
Is it as good as other titles ppl compare it to? Absolutely not.