Sousou no Frieren - Vol. 12 Ch. 116 - Return Magic

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Anyone know what's going on with this series? New chapters used to be like weekly but it's slowed down a bit. This arc feels like it's been going on all year. Is it the scan group or are the raws actually slow now?
There was a hiatus of like ~5 months (hopefully just related to the anime due to the extremely high level of effort put into it) and the manga is effectively bi-monthly currently, like Chainsaw Man.
 
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It seems like we have a pretty big battle ahead of us. If we go with the theory that this is all in the same timeline, I wonder how everyone in the part was able to keep this a secret from Frieren, or maybe she just forgot they told her? I'm so confused and curious, I want answers!
 
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Thks for the translation~
Oh shit. At least we know they'll make it out alive, since Frieren read the name of the spell in the future, but it looks like the road will be harder than expected~ :shamihuh: 💦
 
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Oh my goddess, Solitar is back!? I'm actually glad she's back since she was a demon that was really interesting to me. It felt a little sad when she died in the Golden City of Weise arc, almost like a waste of potential.

What's more, in ch. 95, we get Frieren drilling Fern the names of various great demons which include the Bloodstained God of War, Rivale, and the Saint of the End, Todd. I'm really looking forward to see what happens to these two because, as far as we know, there is no mention of their deaths, nor is there any mention of them being alive. Possibly, Frieren and co. could defeat the both of them, including the Sage of Destruction, Miraculous Grausam (whose status we are also not aware of).

I have a little theory as to what my happen with this arc. In ch. 107, Frieren mentions that after analyzing the Goddess' Monument, it "...feels like a week's worth of memories fade away." It's entirely possible that they may have killed the great demons Todd, Rivale, and Grausam here. They just may have forgotten it happened. We know that Solitar is alive, so she has to live. Once the battle is settled, or even during the fight, everyone's memory becomes wiped due to the interference of the Goddess which may explain why no one is aware of this. Solitar during the Golden City of Weise arc did not show any knowledge of previously knowing who Frieren is through a direct encounter, so I think that's fair enough evidence of this happening.

Also, in ch. 89, we get the Omniscient Schlacht hinting at a "contingency plan for defeat" in preparation for his fight with the Hero of the South that involves the, "sake of the demons a thousand years later." Interestingly enough, Solitar also mentions in ch. 103 that the Great Demon King's desire for coexistence with humans is dangerous and that, "Just a little longer and the demons would have been exterminated by mankind and gone extinct." I think with the reintroduction of these four great demons, we may gather some more information regarding this contingency plan that Schlacht hinted at. The Miraculous Grausam may be the one to spill some of the details as he seemed privy to Schlacht's plan. Although, perhaps not due to Schalcht's clairvoyance, but maybe the Goddess' magic could have interfered with his precognition. Regardless, the demons are probably on the backfoot in the current age, but they may have some kind of trump card waiting for our heroes at Ende. Personally, I do wonder if the demons plan on reviving their fallen king.

I also happen to believe that this entire arc could be interference from the Goddess herself as a way to combat the demons. The Goddess may want Frieren to become privy to their contingency plan and sabotage it in the present day. After all, it would be really unfortunate if everyone, including Frieren, were to forget about these events. I'm so looking forward to the conclusion of this arc though! You heard it here first! (Also, Todd is pretty cute ngl. She's defintely up there alongside Solitar and Aura for my favorite female demon designs)

EDIT - As some have pointed out, it looks like the Bloodstained God of War, Revale, may still be alive and active! Revale bears a striking resemblance to the demon that ruined Stark's village in ch. 26. I'm looking forward to the anime as it may provide further evidence of this belief!
 
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it's kinda crazy that Solitar is back considering how scary she's been on the previous and how good she is at cornering Frieren

but knowing Solitar gonna be dead in the future, doesn't that mean Frieren can't kill her in the current time, since it would disrupt the future itself?
 
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Anyone know what's going on with this series? New chapters used to be like weekly but it's slowed down a bit. This arc feels like it's been going on all year. Is it the scan group or are the raws actually slow now?
really? i feel like these chapters have been uploaded quite quickly especially compared to the macht arc which felt like it took ages for me. maybe that's because i'm enjoying this arc a lot more than macht's memories which were devoid of the characters i love... it might depend on when you caught up to the raws tho because the pace this manga is uploaded is quite slow compared to some others as the author and artist go on breaks frequently.
 
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Everyone is going on about the Demons and Solitair being back or whatever but I am Hyped about Frierens OG Crew throwing down, like we know full well what Frieren is capable of but now we can hopefully see what these other 3 Legendary Heros can do... what the Party that Killed the Demon King can do!!
 
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And here I was hoping that the time travel would just be a short arc to build character. I really hope Yamada-sensei knows what they're doing here, as time travel in fiction is one of the easiest things to mess up.
 
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The mythical era is surprisingly not that long time ago.

only 1500 years? High chance Serie or Kraft live through that and had met the Goddess of Creation in person
It doesn't take long for the distant path to get mythologized by premodern peoples. Take the myths about the Xia dynasty (2070-1600 BC) propagated by the Zhou dynasty (1046-771 BC) to justify their conquest of the Shang dynasty (1600-1046 BC), for example. Xia dynasty allegedly ended only 554 years before the Zhou began, but there are no written records of the Xia dynasty and the earliest sources for the existence are provided by the Zhou, with the Shang seemingly not mentioning the Xia at all.
 

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