Sousou no Frieren - Ch. 110.2 - The Adventures of the Hero Himmel

[Geohie]

While I like seeing more backstory for Himmel and Heiter, I can't help but feel like the vibe is completely off in this side-chapter. I'm so used to the melancholy tone of the main story that this just feels very, very strange to read. Even thought it's Heiter telling Fern about Himmel, and it should be sad, I just couldn't pick up on it at all. It's, like... Upbeat? I guess. Defs weird, and I don't think I like it

I feel like that's kinda the point- the melancholy comes from our journey with Frieren coming after the adventure is over.

In this flashback, we're still in the starting phase of the adventure, with the unknown and endless possibilities still ahead. It makes sense it's a lot more upbeat.

 

[Pouco-chan]

Beautiful. This all hurts when I think that they are already dead. Thks for the tl~ ✨

 

[ciera]

Thank you

 

[nomadicengi]

By the way, can somebody please kill the ninjas that are cutting onions near me?

Sure menacingly loads shotgun with murderous intent

 

[Asadlolo]

What's with these extra chapters? Are they tank bonuses or is the author still cooking up for the next arc so he's sidelining the main chapters?

 

[danifa]

Hold up, wait a minute, something ain't right.

Bros that grew up in an orphanage and one didn't grow to be extremely jealous of the other nor did one grow up to be an insufferable asshole? Say it ain't so!

Aquila well, Heiter become a heavy drunker and Himmel is narcissistic, that probably one of the reason.

 

[BadmanBlues]

While I like seeing more backstory for Himmel and Heiter, I can't help but feel like the vibe is completely off in this side-chapter. I'm so used to the melancholy tone of the main story that this just feels very, very strange to read. Even thought it's Heiter telling Fern about Himmel, and it should be sad, I just couldn't pick up on it at all. It's, like... Upbeat? I guess. Defs weird, and I don't think I like it

Love is loss that we've yet to mourn. Beauty is tragedy in waiting. Beauty, love, and all those other wonderful feelings are inextricably intertwined with pain and loss, because all things in life are transient.

In other words, the sadness isn't in Heiter's story about his past. The sadness is in the fact that it is past. Heiter is telling this story of his youth while he's an old man near to death. The rosy and hopeful time he speaks of is something that will never return, living only in memory - and soon that memory will die with him. Even Fern didn't stay awake to finish it all. But he smiles, because preserving what's gone isn't the point. He appreciates the beauty around him in the present.

The story within the story is happy. But the main story, the story with Fern and Heiter, is bittersweet.

 

[SunSun]

I shouldn’t be surprised about this, but the story is not as interesting without Frieren.
Himmel is quite.... a generic shounen hero on his own.

But that's fine too, cause even after many years, these kinds of heroes are still popular for a reason.

 

[huavanly]

Man why are so many people getting upset that this is a flashback chapter. I think this chapter is really good and wholesome, i actually enjoy it a lot, sometime you just need a break from the main story

 

[Tds-PdV]

But that's fine too, cause even after many years, these kinds of heroes are still popular for a reason.

A very cool, simple, consistent generic shounen hero.

I didn’t say there’s something wrong with him. It’s more that this chapter for me reminds us that we’re reading this series because of Frieren and her story. Himmel’s story on his own (assuming no Frieren in party or after) probably wouldn’t garner as much interest as it would be too generic. Generic doesn’t mean it’s bad or it can’t be interesting, as you both said.

 

[Doomroar]

Another good ol gurren langan, don't believe in yourself, believe in the Himmel that believes in Heiter!

 

[Renan_Walheim]

Prequel fucking when??

 

[R2D2TS]

Thanks for the chapter.

 

[XicoYe]

Good backstory

 

[HolyOrdos]

I’ve read it like “I would like to hear Hitler-sama’s story”

 

[Spooder9]

great stuff, thanks for the chapter

 

[Lightbrand]

The author is a genius and these chapters are below their level.

 

[Oeconomist]

No. Whoever wrote this story does not understand Himmel. He was indeed vain, but he was in no way a narcissist; he didn't need anyone else to believe in him, which is the defining trait of a narcissist.

 

[Oeconomist]

The author is a genius and these chapters are below their level.

God bless you!

 

[FightingBread]

I think you guys need to make a new title/page "Sousou no Frieren Anthology" and upload these on there instead.