Sousou no Frieren - Vol. 12 Ch. 117 - Miraculous Illusion

[AbuHajaar]

Aura is made for plapping

 

[VariousThrenodies]

I think people are underrating Fern and Stark a bit because it's been so long since we've seen them. I've been enjoying this arc tremendously, but I'll also be happy to get back to Fern and Stark. Frieren's dynamic with them is different, but also delightful in its own way.

 

[Nighterfield]

Can't believe they dropped the hype and announced that they will take a break at the same time!!!

Guess I'll see you again next year!

 

[mizore0980]

Omg

 

[tigerstar186]

Ugh, I'm really ready for this arc to be over. I don't like time travel stuff -- especially so when it isn't the central conceit of the series so only part of the plot is built around it. The only way this ends is either the future is completely unchanged which makes any threats presented impotent, or the future gets changed which makes all the time we've spent before the time travel weaker because it gets overwritten. We already had a method to explore the past in the form of Frieren's and other people's memories of them. Was going to the past for an extended period of time really necessary?

It also makes it feel like this series is all about Frieren. The framing from the start of the series was that Frieren's old journey was over but she would meet new people and make new connections. Now we're just forgoing all those new people to dive deeper on her and the past.

 

[morichiro]

Oh man.

 

[xenocross]

You know what is unrealistic, and could possibly be hint,
About that scene of Frieren in wedding dress.

She got up early, wear dress herself, and do make up, not late, not making everyone wait for her.

Can that even happen?

 

[Dalek-Bob]

Oh no! They got Black Mercy-ed!

 

[reveluvza]

I bet he sees through the illusion because how rediculous it is to him.

i really hope we get straight to this and no angst....

 

[reveluvza]

What would Frieren's illusion be? Diving headfirst into a chest and not getting eaten by a mimic, but finding endless magical tomes within!?

maybe himmel, heiter, and her master alive with her forever...maybe even her old village

 

[Coconuts]

"A dream that one has already abandoned accepting that it would never come true"

That just hurts that this was what appeared in Himmel's dream man.

 

[ritoshishino]

well this is... sad. His dream from way back was to marry her, and it never came true.
and that demon with the curse, sounds like setting up for a future arc. Time skip maybe? Imagine seeing 30 year-old Fern and Stark, maybe with a beard.

 

[Donutlie]

Oh i didnt know he was that down bad

 

[zokoi19]

is the illusion different for each person, or are they all in the same illusion??? OMG I can't believe there's a cliffhanger right when it's interesting like this!!!

anw, thanks for the chapter!

 

[AnotherDuck]

"I just wanna fight."

Good motivation.

I wonder if Frieren would want to kill Solitär now or not. Would mess with the time, but that's what the demons are doing anyway.

Kind of standard illusion. Should be interesting to see what they make out of it. And how.

I really want to get emotional over himmel dreaming of getting married to frieren, but her in a wedding dress made me laugh. SHE WOULD NOT WEAR THAT

She was offered a tome containing magic for flipping pancakes when they're perfectly cooked.

I really don't want this arc to come to an end. This is the best the manga has ever been. Eisen, Himmel, Heiter and Frieren are just so fucking good together, I've been hanging on ever sentence and look between them.

On one hand, it's "just backstory" in a way, but seeing the old hero party interact is fun. And I'm not in a hurry to get anywhere, even if it means not seeing the other two for quite a while.

Always excited to see the demons interacting, because the story established they got different way of thinking compared to human.

Seeing beings written as thinking in alien ways has always been rather interesting to me. That's one reason I like Touhou and Unnamed Memory.

A maudlin fantasy series does a better shonen battle than actual shonen manga.

Honestly, I don't think shonen action mangas do shonen battles that well.

Stuck in an illusion that gives you everything you want? The same premise as the Mugen Train arc in demon slayer, an episode of justice league, and at least three episodes of Star Trek I can think of.

Yeah, it's a classic. TV Tropes has an article on it, naturally.

damn do people just not like fern and stark lmao.

I like them. I'm about 50/50 on which part I like more.

 

[rluka]

Seeing beings written as thinking in alien ways has always been rather interesting to me. That's one reason I like Touhou and Unnamed Memory.

Like here, they have range of feeling of their own. Interests, desire, fear, worries. But then like Macht's case, there are emotions that while they can immitate to trick people, they can't comprehend it.

It also makes it feel like this series is all about Frieren. The framing from the start of the series was that Frieren's old journey was over but she would meet new people and make new connections. Now we're just forgoing all those new people to dive deeper on her and the past.

The early chapters actually made me expect something more like those traveller human drama stories (like Kino's Journey or Elaina), where the war is finally over, and through Frieren we see how the world marches on.

But then it became another hero's journey to defeat enemy.

 

[kitsushouten]

NOOOOOOOOOOO HIMMELLLLLLL WAKE UPPPP!!!!!

 

[Tivoli]

Aw hell no, not the wedding

 

[ShaiKhulud]

That last panel. Shiiiiiiiiiet.

Way to hit is with few weeks of break, mangakas. You magnificent bastards. Nice setup for future ark too.

Honestly, despite the frequent breaks, I'm not against them. Frieren is still peak quality.

 

[Sparrowhawk]

Himmel omg, so wholesome.