The other incredibly important moment in this story is the second bottle that is poured out. That is the last bottle that Heiter ever had to drink. He was holding the bottle when he saved Fern, and it was partially drunk. The previous episode tell us that he is aware that drinking is cutting his life short, but that he is fine with it, all up until the moment he chooses to save Fern. It is the second bottle poured over his grave signifying that in the moment he chose to save Fern was also the moment that he gave up drinking. Choosing then to preserve his life as long as possible for this child.
It's also important to note that Heiter as a member of the heroes party, saved many children or helped them alongside Himmel, Fern was the first child he helped out of his own volition and with his own hands. Himmel left such a lasting impression on his drunkard friend that even after Himmel was gone, Heiter wanted to emulate that kindness. I honestly love how later Himmel does not draw the Hero's sword from its resting place, but goes on anyway and becomes the Hero regardless. I also love how simple Heiter and Himmel are as 'hero' trope characters, both have glaring flaws, eg; "Heavy drinker" for Heiter and "Vanity" for Himmel. Heiter however drank to numb his emotions and Himmel used his vanity to hide how gentle he really was.
I also love the detail of hoe she stares at the alcohol bottle found in the dragons nest for an extended period. We didnt need anyone monologue saying "heiter would have loved this" or anythint like that. If you actually pay attention you dont need to be told.
@@xxkankala1671the creator singlehandedly made the anime? Thought he made the Manga. Everyone should strive to get the best out a givin media. And I think the Anime does a great job at not only to copy the source one to one, but to adapt it to the anime media.
2:27 - a blink and you'll miss it moment that has to also be remembered to hit home, or picked up on a second viewing. If you're not distracted by Heiter standing in the sun almost naked, you see Frieren drawing a circle around Fern. If you remember this, you might figure out what it means later, in episode 10. Apart from the various magical spells, one of the main things Frieren passes on to Fern is the lesson to keep her mana suppressed. This circle represents how much she wants it to be restricted to. Also, look out for child Fern creating the magical butterflies, which is why that's the motif Frieren chooses for her hairpiece later, as it's the one other spell we see her performing as a child. It has meaning to her.
Fern was already suppressing her mana, as seen in episode 11 Heiter wanted Frieren to tell him about this technique in case a child of his becomes a mage. In episode 1, when Frieren first meets Fern, and when she searches for her, Fern is very hard to detect - because Heiter already taught her how to suppress her mana. Frieren is probably helping refine this technique in the circle-drawing scene.
Totally suppressing mana which is useful for stealth and restricting your mana to put up a front of weakness without fluctuations are very different. Frieren and Fern can do both.
Frieren is a masterclass in skilled exposition. There's just so much told via just visuals, small little cuts, or meaningfully chosen words, it's truly incredible. This is an instant classic, one that will be studied for years to come because of how efficiently it tells the stories it wants, at the pace it wants, being seemingly slow paced, yet also rewarding the viewer's attention.
...I think what's most fascinating about Frieren is not just its efficiency in telling a story, but that it's efficiency does not come at the cost of its themes and emotional impact. Sometimes, adaptations sacrifice the emotional weight of scenes and story threads just for the sake of hitting the story beats more accurately to the original. "Erased" comes to mind, particularly the live action adaptation vs the anime one, and someone on UA-cam already discussed this. There, the live adaptation is technically more efficient in telling its story, but in turn sacrifices its emotional core and makes for a much less meaningful story. I think what makes Frieren so strong as a show is that it doesn't sacrifice either; in fact, it uses its efficiency and succinctness to further stick to its theme, that time is precious and no time is wasted. Despite its arguably slow pacing at times, every scene is filled with intent and purpose, even if it's something as simple as taking the time to see how Fern and Frieren interact with this new town they're temporarily staying in. That's an incredible feat that not a lot of stories can achieve.
What surprised me most is the fact that this was just 9 minutes it totally felt like it was way longer when I watched it a common theme in Frieren's episodes is that they feel so long that each episode leaves you with the same emotion you get from watching a movie (or two)
This is my favorite part of the whole show. When he says "because that's what Himmel the Hero would have done" and you get that flashback of Hieter looking on while Himmel comforts the children... Absolutely makes me cry every time
The thing that gets me about that is Heiter’s thought process. He doesn’t think of him as a world saver, or an ego maniac or a hopeless romantic. He remembers his friend most strongly as a man who takes the time to comfort small children.
It constantly blows my mind how adept the author of Frieren is at quickly and efficiently fleshing out the characters and telling the episodic stories of the series. You are absolutely invested in these characters by the middle of the first chapter, and then you realize that only one of them is going to be the focus of the story-the titular cute elf (or eldritch horror, if you're a demon) Frieren-as the others start to die off of old age. We get new characters, of course (who thankfully stick around a bit longer from the perspective of the narrative), but we also see a lot of the old ones, through probably the best (and among the most prodigious) use of situational flashback in recent memory. The old party, already mostly fleshed out within the first episode, helps to give insight and perspective on the new, and often vice versa. And each individual tale tends to be done within a manga chapter (or half an episode). It's quite reminiscent of 4-koma, except rather than being (entirely) comedically focused and offering you a little hors d'oeuvre of story (or stringing a few of them together) like 4-koma does, Frieren gives you a full meal each chapter, or at least a decently sized sandwich. And when the story does decide to shed its episodic, slice-of-life appearance for the occasional story arc, the author is just as deft at that slower burn of a writing style, though there is still that uncanny ability to get us instantly interested in characters we've just met.
I loved Frieren from minute 1. Each episode is so dense with story they feel like mini movies, but don't drag because the pacing is so on point. Each beat stays for exactly the right amount of time to be taken in and absorbed but not so long as to outlive its welcome. The entire show is like this. The fights are snappy they feel like they last for hours and only a few seconds at the same time. The slice of life moments flow naturally, and the comedy beats are pitched just right that they lend levity to a sequence but don't feel like they intrude on the serious parts.
this part of the story in the source material is called "The Priest's lie" and its a huge favorite of manga readers. thanks for encapsulating what we all felt when experiencing this story for the first time
Makes so much sense. I remember showing My sister the anime and when at the end of that story she saw we had half an episode left she was surprised because it felt already complete and satisfying for her.
What I love is the ill wind blows from the North. The North is the cold interior highlands of the continent, the Demon King dwelled in the North. For the people of this land North is Death. The lands of the afterlife are beyond the North. It's an interesting dynamic that subtly plays through out all the episodes.
The pacing on Frieren is amazing. I watched a few episodes by myself and realized that my gf should watch it as well, so I started rewatching it from the start with her. In my mind with all the story and character development that had been shown I thought I was 5 or 6 episodes in. After we watching it together I realized I had only finished episode 2. Each half of am episode for that beginning arc feels like a complete story.
When you realise that the first four episodes all released together on the opening day in Japan, yet you both had such compelling experiences without watching even that much just speaks to how well paced it is. People call it slow, but really, it's "un-rushed" It's the result of both the author of the manga and the direction of the anime both being completely aware of what story they are telling, and pulling it off perfectly. - in Japan, the first four episodes were aired together as one, as a special feature, with the song Bliss (also by Milet) used instead of Anytime Anywhere as the ED track. This is the track used in Episode 11 when working through the aftermath of the Aura fight. It's a great song. I recommend listening to it properly if you haven't already.
I had the same realisation. It feels like each 26-ish minute episodenis actually tice as long. So, instead of 28 episodes, we actually have 56. The pacing is on point. Nothing ever really feels like it outstays its welcome.
great video as always, I haven't actually thought about why the second episode felt so god damn satisfying, but I sure as hell knew that it was a good lead in into the story at hand, but you basically cleared up the entire reason behind why that is. Also, the editings been great on this one!
"pey talks anime" does in 8 minutes and 45 seconds exactly what Episode 2 is doing in it's 9 minutes. The complex of emotional swirls around the heads of Fern, Heiter, and Frieren have no better witness than in this analysis of story telling, actually doing what it is talking about. Bravo!
Dude your analysis’ are actually really good n has such good formatting plus the text on the screen going w the beats of the song n like being behind Frieren n stuff ITS ALL SO GOOD- I can tell you put so much effort into it n just know that your work worth taking the time to appreciate it
When i first heard people talking about Frieren, they were just hating on it for being fantasy, and I decided against watching it because I thought it might be bad. Watching you talk about the series has made me decide to give the show a try. I sincerely thank you for talking about this show in such detail, as it convinced me to watch one of my now favorite shows that I would have skipped otherwise. Keep up the good work, man.
I’d been wanting to watch Frieren for some time now, clips of the show have found themselves on my Facebook feed, but- I think finding your channel has convinced me once and for all. *Nine minutes* to tell a story that could’ve been an entire episode by itself?? Woooow…
your channel is incredible. i adore listening to you breakdown this frankly DENSE masterpiece. its so.... HxH at times that it makes sense its already my second favorite anime of all time (second to HxH of course)
The connection you’ve made in this video with Up scratched an itch in my head for sure. I was like that felt familiar in the way it makes me bawl but couldn’t stick a pin to connect them. Thank you so much Also Kaguya, Bocchi and Frieren have been my personal top 3 since returning to anime in the past year-ish and those videos immediately popped up upon investigating your channel. Yet to go through the Kaguya one but the others have been amazing. Subscribed and hope your channel and endeavors pop off bc you deserve it
I'm rewatchjng frieren with a friend rn and the first time they really cried while watching was when they introduced old man voll. A character they have in the show for less than 13 minutes, and it had us both sobbing at the end. There's something so impressive about that.
this is amazing! I was going to say the irony or double meaning behind the title of this video is that through analyzing frieren's 9 minute story, you too, created a 9 minute story with incredible insights! keep up the great work!
Naruto "manga" is very well-paced, and actually quite fast-paced. Old animes often needed fillers to prevent it from catching up with the manga. The newest ones (2020s) usually don't have this problem.
Great video! Can't wait for the next season of Frieren, and personally I'm hoping they use the escape golems more because those were cool as hell. I saw this in my feed and I was like... "There's no way he managed to make another video since the Kaguya video" and then I went to your channel and saw that you managed to have yet another video done in that time. I don't know how you managed to do that, just try not to burn yourself out too much please. 😭I recently set myself a similar goal of releasing at least one song per week, but it only lasted about 2 months before I couldn't keep up, and I imagine it'd be even harder with video essays (especially when each one involves so much extra time just watching the series' they're about) Nonetheless: as a consumer, I must admit getting a video essay a week is pretty awesome
Ayy, fire video. This helped me remember that episode 2 really made me fall in love with the show. I liked your writing and what you talked about with the brackets and sub-brackets. I'll definitely check out your other vi- oh shit, I just looked at the sidebar and see you did an hour+ long video on Kaguya?! Lets fucking gooooo lol
Heiter reminded me of Bilbo in this episode. In the books, Bilbo is far wiser than he seems in the movies, and in the scene where the fellowship of the ring is being established, it's in fact Bilbo who volunteers to take the ring to Mordor himself. It's a layered offer. He already knows that Frodo is meant to take the ring, but that Frodo still loves the shire, and can't make the decision himself. He knows that with the strife between the three great races, and the desperation of all factions present, that none of them can take the ring, not even Strider, whom he respects so much. He also knows that a decision must be made, and that if he doesn't speak up, no one will. Him volunteering, tidies up all of these factors at once, and clears the path for Frodo and his friends to truly begin their fated journey. In the same way Heiter knew that Freiren would miss her old companions, if she didn't already. He didn't just want a mentor for Fern, he wanted connection for Freiren. He was looking out for both of them. He asked a favor he knew Freiren would grant, but would lead to the outcome he knew was best, and feigned fear of a fate he was already resigned to. Regardless, it emphasizes his mortality, all humans mortality, on Freiren, and gave him leverage to convince Freiren to take Fern under her tutelage. Love Heiter.
I was watching Avatar The Legend Of Aaag, and I could say that, each chapter is an story of their own. Very hermetic, but also they are a part of a whole purpose.
remember as well, that Heiter KNEW there was nothing in the grimoire that could lengthen his life. he lied, he was a corrupt priest to the end, when he lied and tricked frieren into staying and giving fern a chance to become a true mage in time to go with frieren. It was all to make frieren stay, and he used the fact that time is so brief for her. He knew she'd be fine with "a mere couple years" cus that's maybe like staying a day or two at a friend's house. And he knew she wouldn't be angry either.
Frieren did what in 9 minutes what took naruto until the pain arc to do. I started watching being a fan of shows like dragonball as a kid and now stuff like jjk and chainsaw man, it was really nice to take a break and watch a show that masters islts storytelling without having to shove action down your throats. But the action is amazing when it happens. I cannot wait to see more
This is probably why Cowboy Bebop was so good, every episode was a complete story building up to the open Fate. Making it stand out from the rest during that time.
This reminds me of the shortest character arc I've ever seen in mushoku tensei with the unfriendly mother at the dinner /dance in season 1, the story made that lady go through the shortest arc I've ever seen
A manga reader commented in another video saying that in the manga Heiter taught Fern to suppress her mana. In the anime we weren't shown this particular scene and yet it is implied across two other scenes. In their first encounter Frieren paused briefly and looked at Fern intently as if she's puzzled by the very low mana level emanating from her. In the orphanage flashback scene Heiter admitted he knew Frieren have been suppressing her mana all this time. Not only Heiter showed that he tried to emulate Himmel's values by saving Fern but he also imparted to her what he had learned from observing Frieren during their 10-year long journey.
This is an awesome video. I just had to stop watching towards the end bec remembering Heiter's death is making me tear up...while I'm at work. Lol. Looking forward to watching your other videos!
Maybay a little unique question considering topic of this video. But how do you even train/learn writting? Where to start and how to practise it? Or how to analyse books / movies a little bit deeper?
To oversimplify a little bit, it's two things: practice and theory. The early stages of iteration often result in pretty significant growth. Just sitting down and trying to write a short story can go along way. I'd suggest starting small and aim to finish. Likely, it will be obvious where the initial shortcomings of your writing are. When you run out of obvious things to fix or don't know how to fix them, try to learn from people who know better. A great place to start there is Brandon Sanderson's lecture series he uploaded from his creative writing class at BYU. I've learned a lot from video essays on youtube. Paying attention to good writing and asking yourself, "why does this stand out as good when other things don't" can be cool too. I'd say start with practice, then when you see yourself plateauing try to brush up on theory. Most people start with theory and I think that gets in the way of growing quickly. Also take what I'm saying with a grain of salt. Outside of video essays I limited amounts professional writing experience (just a couple paid projects)
@@johannesgutenburg9837 Did you not get the memo that the journey itself is meaningful. Frieren being reminded of her own journey with Himmel and co. throughout her current journey with Fern and Stark is the entire basis for the entire story, one that will have a meaningful payoff in the end.
I kinda get this sentiment. Everyone loves Up for its prologue. ……and only its prologue. No one ever remembers what the main story was. I guess it means it really isn’t good
The other incredibly important moment in this story is the second bottle that is poured out. That is the last bottle that Heiter ever had to drink. He was holding the bottle when he saved Fern, and it was partially drunk. The previous episode tell us that he is aware that drinking is cutting his life short, but that he is fine with it, all up until the moment he chooses to save Fern. It is the second bottle poured over his grave signifying that in the moment he chose to save Fern was also the moment that he gave up drinking. Choosing then to preserve his life as long as possible for this child.
Oh my god. I teared up reading that. What an amazing missable detail.
It's also important to note that Heiter as a member of the heroes party, saved many children or helped them alongside Himmel, Fern was the first child he helped out of his own volition and with his own hands. Himmel left such a lasting impression on his drunkard friend that even after Himmel was gone, Heiter wanted to emulate that kindness.
I honestly love how later Himmel does not draw the Hero's sword from its resting place, but goes on anyway and becomes the Hero regardless.
I also love how simple Heiter and Himmel are as 'hero' trope characters, both have glaring flaws, eg; "Heavy drinker" for Heiter and "Vanity" for Himmel.
Heiter however drank to numb his emotions and Himmel used his vanity to hide how gentle he really was.
@@Rexhunterjreally I appreciate comments like this. Now I have to watch the show again...so well written with so many little details... thanks
I also love the detail of hoe she stares at the alcohol bottle found in the dragons nest for an extended period. We didnt need anyone monologue saying "heiter would have loved this" or anythint like that. If you actually pay attention you dont need to be told.
This comment made me cry, I'm at work dude WTF!! Still Thank you❤
What really blows my mind is not the fact they tell a whole story in half an episode, but the fact they did it twice. In the first two episodes.
Not gonna lie literally one person did that and thats the creator
@@xxkankala1671the creator singlehandedly made the anime? Thought he made the Manga.
Everyone should strive to get the best out a givin media. And I think the Anime does a great job at not only to copy the source one to one, but to adapt it to the anime media.
2:27 - a blink and you'll miss it moment that has to also be remembered to hit home, or picked up on a second viewing.
If you're not distracted by Heiter standing in the sun almost naked, you see Frieren drawing a circle around Fern.
If you remember this, you might figure out what it means later, in episode 10.
Apart from the various magical spells, one of the main things Frieren passes on to Fern is the lesson to keep her mana suppressed. This circle represents how much she wants it to be restricted to.
Also, look out for child Fern creating the magical butterflies, which is why that's the motif Frieren chooses for her hairpiece later, as it's the one other spell we see her performing as a child. It has meaning to her.
Fern was already suppressing her mana, as seen in episode 11 Heiter wanted Frieren to tell him about this technique in case a child of his becomes a mage. In episode 1, when Frieren first meets Fern, and when she searches for her, Fern is very hard to detect - because Heiter already taught her how to suppress her mana. Frieren is probably helping refine this technique in the circle-drawing scene.
@@punpundit5590 agreed, Frieren taught Heiter and Heiter taught Fern about it.
Totally suppressing mana which is useful for stealth and restricting your mana to put up a front of weakness without fluctuations are very different. Frieren and Fern can do both.
can you point out when Fern was looking out for the butterfly? i think i completely missed that...
@@TheMindofagenius1 Ep2, 23:36. The flashback from when they find the Blue Moonweed and Frieren points out that she chose magic.
Frieren is a masterclass in skilled exposition. There's just so much told via just visuals, small little cuts, or meaningfully chosen words, it's truly incredible. This is an instant classic, one that will be studied for years to come because of how efficiently it tells the stories it wants, at the pace it wants, being seemingly slow paced, yet also rewarding the viewer's attention.
Two or three lines are used more efficiently than many modern series use 8 episodes of a show's season in Frieren.
...I think what's most fascinating about Frieren is not just its efficiency in telling a story, but that it's efficiency does not come at the cost of its themes and emotional impact. Sometimes, adaptations sacrifice the emotional weight of scenes and story threads just for the sake of hitting the story beats more accurately to the original. "Erased" comes to mind, particularly the live action adaptation vs the anime one, and someone on UA-cam already discussed this. There, the live adaptation is technically more efficient in telling its story, but in turn sacrifices its emotional core and makes for a much less meaningful story. I think what makes Frieren so strong as a show is that it doesn't sacrifice either; in fact, it uses its efficiency and succinctness to further stick to its theme, that time is precious and no time is wasted. Despite its arguably slow pacing at times, every scene is filled with intent and purpose, even if it's something as simple as taking the time to see how Fern and Frieren interact with this new town they're temporarily staying in. That's an incredible feat that not a lot of stories can achieve.
What surprised me most is the fact that this was just 9 minutes
it totally felt like it was way longer when I watched it
a common theme in Frieren's episodes is that they feel so long that each episode leaves you with the same emotion you get from watching a movie (or two)
This is my favorite part of the whole show. When he says "because that's what Himmel the Hero would have done" and you get that flashback of Hieter looking on while Himmel comforts the children... Absolutely makes me cry every time
The thing that gets me about that is Heiter’s thought process. He doesn’t think of him as a world saver, or an ego maniac or a hopeless romantic. He remembers his friend most strongly as a man who takes the time to comfort small children.
It constantly blows my mind how adept the author of Frieren is at quickly and efficiently fleshing out the characters and telling the episodic stories of the series. You are absolutely invested in these characters by the middle of the first chapter, and then you realize that only one of them is going to be the focus of the story-the titular cute elf (or eldritch horror, if you're a demon) Frieren-as the others start to die off of old age. We get new characters, of course (who thankfully stick around a bit longer from the perspective of the narrative), but we also see a lot of the old ones, through probably the best (and among the most prodigious) use of situational flashback in recent memory. The old party, already mostly fleshed out within the first episode, helps to give insight and perspective on the new, and often vice versa.
And each individual tale tends to be done within a manga chapter (or half an episode). It's quite reminiscent of 4-koma, except rather than being (entirely) comedically focused and offering you a little hors d'oeuvre of story (or stringing a few of them together) like 4-koma does, Frieren gives you a full meal each chapter, or at least a decently sized sandwich. And when the story does decide to shed its episodic, slice-of-life appearance for the occasional story arc, the author is just as deft at that slower burn of a writing style, though there is still that uncanny ability to get us instantly interested in characters we've just met.
Funnily enough, the manga was initially pitched as a comedy
Kudos also to the anime studio. As they did a great job adapting and getting 100% out of the story.
The author’s previous work was a 4koma
I loved Frieren from minute 1.
Each episode is so dense with story they feel like mini movies, but don't drag because the pacing is so on point.
Each beat stays for exactly the right amount of time to be taken in and absorbed but not so long as to outlive its welcome.
The entire show is like this. The fights are snappy they feel like they last for hours and only a few seconds at the same time. The slice of life moments flow naturally, and the comedy beats are pitched just right that they lend levity to a sequence but don't feel like they intrude on the serious parts.
this part of the story in the source material is called "The Priest's lie" and its a huge favorite of manga readers. thanks for encapsulating what we all felt when experiencing this story for the first time
Makes so much sense. I remember showing My sister the anime and when at the end of that story she saw we had half an episode left she was surprised because it felt already complete and satisfying for her.
What I love is the ill wind blows from the North. The North is the cold interior highlands of the continent, the Demon King dwelled in the North. For the people of this land North is Death. The lands of the afterlife are beyond the North. It's an interesting dynamic that subtly plays through out all the episodes.
The pacing on Frieren is amazing. I watched a few episodes by myself and realized that my gf should watch it as well, so I started rewatching it from the start with her. In my mind with all the story and character development that had been shown I thought I was 5 or 6 episodes in. After we watching it together I realized I had only finished episode 2. Each half of am episode for that beginning arc feels like a complete story.
wait this happened to me too, I watched 8 episodes, took a break until it finished, then came back and realized I only watched 3 episodes
When you realise that the first four episodes all released together on the opening day in Japan, yet you both had such compelling experiences without watching even that much just speaks to how well paced it is.
People call it slow, but really, it's "un-rushed"
It's the result of both the author of the manga and the direction of the anime both being completely aware of what story they are telling, and pulling it off perfectly.
- in Japan, the first four episodes were aired together as one, as a special feature, with the song Bliss (also by Milet) used instead of Anytime Anywhere as the ED track. This is the track used in Episode 11 when working through the aftermath of the Aura fight.
It's a great song. I recommend listening to it properly if you haven't already.
I was ready to quit until it picked up around ep 6-8 , 1,2,3,4 are cute but put me to sleep
I had the same realisation.
It feels like each 26-ish minute episodenis actually tice as long.
So, instead of 28 episodes, we actually have 56. The pacing is on point. Nothing ever really feels like it outstays its welcome.
I, a man, 8:36 couldn't hold my tear.
great video as always, I haven't actually thought about why the second episode felt so god damn satisfying, but I sure as hell knew that it was a good lead in into the story at hand, but you basically cleared up the entire reason behind why that is. Also, the editings been great on this one!
EP2 is still my fav ep of the season. it is the most underrated so glad to see it getting some love n praise that it deserved
The fact that it took you almost nine minutes to summarize the 9 minute story says a lot about how well constructed it is as well.
I hope this channel thrives. These videos are phenomenal.
"pey talks anime" does in 8 minutes and 45 seconds exactly what Episode 2 is doing in it's 9 minutes. The complex of emotional swirls around the heads of Fern, Heiter, and Frieren have no better witness than in this analysis of story telling, actually doing what it is talking about. Bravo!
That was a wonderful analysis. Realizing how all these stories wrapped up so beautifully started to make me tear up. Well done.
Man wtf u made me teared up more than the actual episode's had to deliver, such a beautiful analysis
Dude your analysis’ are actually really good n has such good formatting plus the text on the screen going w the beats of the song n like being behind Frieren n stuff ITS ALL SO GOOD- I can tell you put so much effort into it n just know that your work worth taking the time to appreciate it
This is your second Freiren video I’ve watched, and I just wanted to say that these are great, good work.
This bit always hits so hard. Even your narration of Fern finally blasting the hole made me tear up a little.
When i first heard people talking about Frieren, they were just hating on it for being fantasy, and I decided against watching it because I thought it might be bad. Watching you talk about the series has made me decide to give the show a try. I sincerely thank you for talking about this show in such detail, as it convinced me to watch one of my now favorite shows that I would have skipped otherwise. Keep up the good work, man.
glad to hear that lol. it's a pretty great show. also thanks for the nice comment. Makes making these videos more fun
I’d been wanting to watch Frieren for some time now, clips of the show have found themselves on my Facebook feed, but- I think finding your channel has convinced me once and for all.
*Nine minutes* to tell a story that could’ve been an entire episode by itself?? Woooow…
I wasn't expecting such quality from a small channel but I am blown away! Incredible video
wow a masterfully created graph sir you've outdone yourself!
Don't know if I am a strange one, but this show and how you spoke of it had me tearing up once again.
your channel is incredible. i adore listening to you breakdown this frankly DENSE masterpiece. its so.... HxH at times that it makes sense its already my second favorite anime of all time (second to HxH of course)
What a wonderful analysis. This made me appreciate Frieren's 2nd episode so much more.
The connection you’ve made in this video with Up scratched an itch in my head for sure. I was like that felt familiar in the way it makes me bawl but couldn’t stick a pin to connect them. Thank you so much
Also Kaguya, Bocchi and Frieren have been my personal top 3 since returning to anime in the past year-ish and those videos immediately popped up upon investigating your channel. Yet to go through the Kaguya one but the others have been amazing. Subscribed and hope your channel and endeavors pop off bc you deserve it
I'm rewatchjng frieren with a friend rn and the first time they really cried while watching was when they introduced old man voll. A character they have in the show for less than 13 minutes, and it had us both sobbing at the end. There's something so impressive about that.
this is amazing! I was going to say the irony or double meaning behind the title of this video is that through analyzing frieren's 9 minute story, you too, created a 9 minute story with incredible insights! keep up the great work!
the heck this is an amazing analysis video
Very well analysed; I was a little teary by the time it ended.
I love how you limited the video to about 9 minutes as well!
Naruto "manga" is very well-paced, and actually quite fast-paced. Old animes often needed fillers to prevent it from catching up with the manga. The newest ones (2020s) usually don't have this problem.
good video pey, will be here for next week's one
0:08 those 4 plin plons are one of the few things that make my eyes wet immediately
Bro this was actualy a realy good vid keep doing these vids
Great video! Can't wait for the next season of Frieren, and personally I'm hoping they use the escape golems more because those were cool as hell. I saw this in my feed and I was like... "There's no way he managed to make another video since the Kaguya video" and then I went to your channel and saw that you managed to have yet another video done in that time. I don't know how you managed to do that, just try not to burn yourself out too much please. 😭I recently set myself a similar goal of releasing at least one song per week, but it only lasted about 2 months before I couldn't keep up, and I imagine it'd be even harder with video essays (especially when each one involves so much extra time just watching the series' they're about)
Nonetheless: as a consumer, I must admit getting a video essay a week is pretty awesome
i tried so hard to not to cry with your videos about frieren, but did you need to use up as an example??? i felt strong -.-
This is the first time I have heard about these brackets. It would be great to analyze shows like monster with this in mind.
Ayy, fire video. This helped me remember that episode 2 really made me fall in love with the show. I liked your writing and what you talked about with the brackets and sub-brackets. I'll definitely check out your other vi- oh shit, I just looked at the sidebar and see you did an hour+ long video on Kaguya?! Lets fucking gooooo lol
wait youre kinda goated
You're sneaky playing this music in the background! Great analysis and video!
You little…you made this video about 9 minutes and made me want to cry in the same amount of time!
Well said! Will look forward to other videos
Heiter reminded me of Bilbo in this episode.
In the books, Bilbo is far wiser than he seems in the movies, and in the scene where the fellowship of the ring is being established, it's in fact Bilbo who volunteers to take the ring to Mordor himself. It's a layered offer.
He already knows that Frodo is meant to take the ring, but that Frodo still loves the shire, and can't make the decision himself.
He knows that with the strife between the three great races, and the desperation of all factions present, that none of them can take the ring, not even Strider, whom he respects so much.
He also knows that a decision must be made, and that if he doesn't speak up, no one will.
Him volunteering, tidies up all of these factors at once, and clears the path for Frodo and his friends to truly begin their fated journey.
In the same way Heiter knew that Freiren would miss her old companions, if she didn't already. He didn't just want a mentor for Fern, he wanted connection for Freiren. He was looking out for both of them.
He asked a favor he knew Freiren would grant, but would lead to the outcome he knew was best, and feigned fear of a fate he was already resigned to.
Regardless, it emphasizes his mortality, all humans mortality, on Freiren, and gave him leverage to convince Freiren to take Fern under her tutelage.
Love Heiter.
I was watching Avatar The Legend Of Aaag, and I could say that, each chapter is an story of their own. Very hermetic, but also they are a part of a whole purpose.
You can tell a lot of things, teach a lot of things, and at the same time be a part of the big purpose.
Such a great breakdown of this episode, impressive.
All this tall about brackets makes me thing of computer languages.
Really good video, you got a new subscriber👍
Would love to hear your take on current story telling in movies/tv shows over the last decade
You've earned a sub
remember as well, that Heiter KNEW there was nothing in the grimoire that could lengthen his life. he lied, he was a corrupt priest to the end, when he lied and tricked frieren into staying and giving fern a chance to become a true mage in time to go with frieren. It was all to make frieren stay, and he used the fact that time is so brief for her. He knew she'd be fine with "a mere couple years" cus that's maybe like staying a day or two at a friend's house. And he knew she wouldn't be angry either.
Frieren did what in 9 minutes what took naruto until the pain arc to do. I started watching being a fan of shows like dragonball as a kid and now stuff like jjk and chainsaw man, it was really nice to take a break and watch a show that masters islts storytelling without having to shove action down your throats. But the action is amazing when it happens. I cannot wait to see more
Great video, very well said! Your voice is very soothing :)
This is probably why Cowboy Bebop was so good, every episode was a complete story building up to the open Fate. Making it stand out from the rest during that time.
talk about the pacing of this video! well done.
jeeewow i didnt expect to cry over an analysis
I love Frieren so much! So, I beggan liking anime again because of it!
This reminds me of the shortest character arc I've ever seen in mushoku tensei with the unfriendly mother at the dinner /dance in season 1, the story made that lady go through the shortest arc I've ever seen
many poeple say i look like a young version of the old guy from Up
Well explained.
bro instant sub!
What a well made Video
I wish everyone could see this video!
Im happy im not the only one who compared the pacing to avatar, hell i did so yesterday to a friend
lmao i did too i always think to myself that they have similar pacing
The best anime I have ever seen
another 15 seconds and you could have explained a 9 minute story in 9 minutes as well!
A manga reader commented in another video saying that in the manga Heiter taught Fern to suppress her mana. In the anime we weren't shown this particular scene and yet it is implied across two other scenes. In their first encounter Frieren paused briefly and looked at Fern intently as if she's puzzled by the very low mana level emanating from her. In the orphanage flashback scene Heiter admitted he knew Frieren have been suppressing her mana all this time.
Not only Heiter showed that he tried to emulate Himmel's values by saving Fern but he also imparted to her what he had learned from observing Frieren during their 10-year long journey.
at 3:52 beginning is spelt wrong :(
Yee idk why it bothered me so much XD
Beautiful story 👍
beautiful video
Yes.
Yoooo March comes in like a lion referenced. Terrific taste.
This is an awesome video. I just had to stop watching towards the end bec remembering Heiter's death is making me tear up...while I'm at work. Lol.
Looking forward to watching your other videos!
How do you want us to be focus on your awesome video after remembering Up intro ? I cannot recover emotionnaly now
And now I cannot recover from Heiter death
Mesmerising how this vedio is less then 9 minutes long as well
Great video, it should have been 9 minutes though xD
Sanderson books are special to me
Maybay a little unique question considering topic of this video. But how do you even train/learn writting? Where to start and how to practise it? Or how to analyse books / movies a little bit deeper?
To oversimplify a little bit, it's two things: practice and theory. The early stages of iteration often result in pretty significant growth. Just sitting down and trying to write a short story can go along way. I'd suggest starting small and aim to finish. Likely, it will be obvious where the initial shortcomings of your writing are. When you run out of obvious things to fix or don't know how to fix them, try to learn from people who know better. A great place to start there is Brandon Sanderson's lecture series he uploaded from his creative writing class at BYU. I've learned a lot from video essays on youtube. Paying attention to good writing and asking yourself, "why does this stand out as good when other things don't" can be cool too. I'd say start with practice, then when you see yourself plateauing try to brush up on theory. Most people start with theory and I think that gets in the way of growing quickly. Also take what I'm saying with a grain of salt. Outside of video essays I limited amounts professional writing experience (just a couple paid projects)
beggining
Nice ❤
It's not much but here's a like and a comment keep spreading art 😊
all i could ask for !
I'm quite confused, like, what "beggining"?
when talking about bad backstories you only used sangatsu no lion footage, you have to be trolling lmao
This anime shows what you can do if you cut the VA budget and give it to the animators.
A good video, thank you, I learnt something, and I am sorry you cannot spell.
when you tell a whole story in 9 minutes and then spend the next several years meandering aimlessly
*meandering meaningfully.
help people around whenever they go is meandering aimlessly ? Nah if anything they did it because they like doing it
@@tomsin1417 talking about the mangaka not the characters lmao
@@johannesgutenburg9837 Did you not get the memo that the journey itself is meaningful. Frieren being reminded of her own journey with Himmel and co. throughout her current journey with Fern and Stark is the entire basis for the entire story, one that will have a meaningful payoff in the end.
@@Maityist bold of you to assume the ending will be any good when it isn't finished yet.
This show feels like it is cheating with being too good.
Also known as the thing Adventure Time (and many other cartoons) did literally hundreds of times.
F
Man, up sucks
Ah, a demon. It speaks human words, but has no understanding of what they mean.
I kinda get this sentiment. Everyone loves Up for its prologue.
……and only its prologue. No one ever remembers what the main story was. I guess it means it really isn’t good
@@yihsiangkao red car, blue car