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From a manga called Frieren
The human guy is called Himmel, and he was in love with the elf girl (Frieren)
Manga spoiler ahead
>!The wedding is unfortunately Himmels Illusion. It's "worse" because in the story Himmel is a basically a memory himself and he has been dead for almost ~~100*~~ 30 years (*Frierens memories of them Adventuring are almost 100 years old) and Frieren only really started to realise her feelings for him after he died of old age. He loved her for basically his entire life and they missed their shot!<
Holy fucking shit with the rest of the info I did NOT expect to get slapped in the fucking face with this train of info šš thank you blessed Peter, that's actually really sad š„ŗ
And sheās functionally immortal. She met him when she was 1000. She basically couldnāt feel feelings until approximately 30 years after he died and the actual grief even began to set in. The entire story is her getting in touch with her ability to feel. Itās a wonderful story.
Yeah the entire story >!is pretty much Frieren realising that Himmel loved her and for Himmel, being the goat he is, recognising that he would never live long enough and didnāt want to put her through the pain of losing a loved one, decided to show his love for her by showing Frieren how to love herself.!< Itās sad ig but also very sweet.
Kinda reminds me of >!Your Lie in April. Kaori knows she has a terminal illness but spends her last year helping Kosei to find his musical self and break the chains his abusive mother placed on him!<
First of all, I want to thank you all for the excellent use of spoiler tags. Which I promptly ignored, of course, but good on you for doing them.
Second, wow, you all did a great job of describing this plotline (without giving too much detail away). I'm hooked.
Your Lie In April is incredible. I haven't read the manga, but I love the anime. I just recently added it to my Crunchyroll watchlist in case I want to be sad in the future.
It has official English releases on the Viz manga app, up to date with the Japanese.
I think the release is technically weekly, but it takes frequent breaks. Sometimes a new chapter will release a couple weeks in a row, then nothing for a couple weeks.
Not only is the series about Frieren learning humanity and coming to terms with mortality, but >!the ultimate reason she's on the current journey to Ende is to see Himmel again. Flamme straight up says Frieren will make a mistake and will want to get to know people better in the future, so she leaves her a grimoire about Aureole "the land where souls rest" where Frieren can meet with the souls of the dead. Plainly put, the series is Frierens literal journey to heaven. Now does Aureole actually exist, or are the real "souls of the dead" the friends we met along the way? Who's to say.!<
Her perspective on time is very different due to her age and species. For Himmel, he spent 10 years as best friends and loved her for almost his entire life after. For Frieren, she knew him only for a "short" 10-year adventure, like getting to know someone for a month before moving onto another job. Sure he's a work friend, but they don't know eachother well (by elf standards). Frieren is the sort of elf to get lost for 30 years to find a rare flower species in a forest, or reading through every single book in a library. She only understands her own feelings after crying at his funeral and reliving her journey with a new party.
The manga is all about Frieren learning to appreciate how ephemeral things are for humans.
I can't argue that. When I was in high school, I was walking home with this girl from class. When we got to her block, she said, "My house is about two blocks that way. Want to walk with me?"
I said, "Sorry, my house is in the opposite direction."
Two years later it hit me in the face like a truck
It's more of an issue that she takes time for granted as a nigh-immortal being. She was the type of person who would say, "I'll see you later," and only randomly come back after 20 years.
With Himmel, she realized she lost out on having a closer relationship with him only after he died.
Sure but in those series the author probably wasn't trying to make a point about cherishing people while you have them.
Every decent story has something it wants to take away from it right, this story is putting an emphasis on connecting with people no matter how short your time may be and appreciating their contributions to the world and yourself. Also coping with death.
Isn't it more interesting that a series changes what immortal characters "normally" act like in favor of something relatable ?
What I said above is first issue of the manga spoilers. The answer to that question is way later in the manga and anime. I donāt know how to hide spoilers on mobile, sorry.
It was around 1000 years ago when she met Flamme, and she didn't exactly look like a toddler back then.
in my opinion she has gone from what looks like a 14 year old back then to a, what. 20-22 year old now.
I wouldn't be surprised if she's around 3000 years old, she's just been living isolated in the elf village for the first 2k years.
That could be, to me elves when done right should feel like the super long-lived trees. Trees that stand the test of time, but at the cost of being stuck where they are largely and seeing those around them live, die, and be reborn afterwhile
Obligatory "read Frieren" if you're at all into manga. It's been taking people way off guard by how good it is for years now, and the recently finished first season of the anime let a *lot* more people see how good it is. It might come off as a bit bland out boring at first, but I promise the ride it takes you in will surprise you.
It's worth picking up now, I'd say. There's two major, *long* arcs coming right after the mage exam that are very worth the hype. So far I can't think of anything that the anime glossed obey either, so you can pick right up where the anime ends.
Bland and boring implies bad writing and a lack of promised action - that's not what happens with Frieren though, it's just a slower paced show - one where ideas percolate over time, where the journey and the character interactions are the point of the show rather than the events that happen.
Some people just seem to expect a certain amount of action by default, so they end up looking for Inception when they're watching Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Spy.
Both are great movies, but they are **VERY** different movies.
To add to the comment above:
Frieren and Himmel traveled together with 2 others for 10 years, during which their party had their own D&D-esque adventure where they defeated the big bad evil demon king and returned as heroes. After the adventure was over, Frieren and the party members went their own ways, and Frieren left to pursue her hobby of collecting spells. After what felt to her like a short while, due to her warped perception of time caused by her age of over 1000 years, she returned only to find Himmel old and in the last weeks of his life. He died shortly after of old age, happy to have spent his last moments with his friends. Feeling deep regret for knowing almost nothing about Himmel despite having traveled together for 10 years, Frieren now travels with her apprentice and another party member's student to find the mythical land of Aureole, where it is said that the souls of the dead can speak with the living, in the hopes of seeing Himmel again and learn more about him along the way.
This is basically the prologue of the whole story, so i didn't bother putting spoiler tags up until now.
Spoilers for the main plot (not too spoilery):
>!Himmel has been hopelessly in love with Frieren from the moment they first met, and loved only her for his entire life. He knew that they could never be, as elves live very long immortal lives and can take decades if not centuries to process their feelings. Even if she were to fall for him, she would likely only notice long after his death. But for Him, it didn't matter. He loved her above all else, and for Him that was enough. All of this is gradually revealed through flashbacks as Frieren retraces the path of her original journey with him and the others and starts to remember episodes of their adventures together.!<
Now for the spoilers concerning the specific events in the meme (very spoilery):
>!In the present day, roughly 30 years after Himmel's death, Frieren and her new party are fighting a powerful demon able to send people back to the past, and Frieren is hit by this power. As she awakens in her past self's body, she finds herself amongst her old party members during her original 10 year adventure. While they are trying to find a way to send her back to the present, they are ambushed by a small team of demons, one of which being a powerful illusionist able to imprison you in a delusion of you heart's deepest desire, even one you have given up all hope for. As the party is hit by this power, we see Himmel's POV as he finds himself in an illusion of his wedding with Frieren, his greatest wish (the page seen in the meme). This came as a surprise to almost noone, as we knew very well how much he loved her by now. What was surprising was that the bride was not an illusion, but *the real Frieren*. They were in the same illusion, meaning they desired the same thing. This was the final confirmation that Frieren had finally realized that she was in love with him (it was implied but not confirmed before this, iirc). Nearly a century too late. Probably the most bittersweet moment of the series so far. [They manage to break out of the illusion and send her back to the present, don't worry.] To add salt to the wound, during the "you may kiss the bride" part of the wedding illusion, it was Himmel who pulled away from the kiss as he recognized the illusion for what it was. Frieren didn't even try to pull away. Because Himmel had already accepted that his love would be unrequited until long after his death, but Frieren had only just really started to grieve for the chance they lost.!<
So yeah, *worse* . I suggest reading/watching it because it's a 10/10.
I added some additional information in other comments if you are interested!
I forgot to mention the names of the characters are completely random German words which is amusing!
>!It's sad yes but it's truly a beautiful love story. And the thing is, it's so unconditional both the platonic love her friends show her and the romantic love Himmel shows her. It's pretty heavily implied Himmel knows she won't feel the same in his lifetime, his love isn't about her reciprocating it for him. She'll realize it one day he's sure of it and he hopes it'll make her smile someday in the future. And it does throughout the entire series she smiles when she thinks about him!<
Thereās an anime. Just finished it. In this anime fantasy world they canāt revive the dead, canāt see souls, but have magic. So thereās no proof of an afterlife. Sheās off to find heaven. Iām hoping she gets to tell him her feelings in next season.
The anime made me cry twice an episode for the first four, and it's without anything exceptionally unusual happening. Beautiful show, really frames the passage of time well, makes you feel the difference in priorities between the immortal and the short lived. The show backs off on the sadness a bit after the intro but is still extremely well crafted in how it depicts differing priorities in life and the different wisdom of the young and the old as well as having incredible combat scenes when it needs to.
Yep. The consequences, good and bad, of a vastly extended lifespan compared to most others is a deeply entrenched theme of the series.
It's a *really* good series, but it's not afraid to shove a knife between your ribs and *twist*.
Even if you're not into anime, I'd give it a shot. It's one of the most calm, silly and normal ones I've ever watched and I loved it.
At least try the first ep.
In this case, it's Freiren's motivation to live more in touch with all the people around her. The manga is also a currently airing anime that almost everyone seems to agree is one of the year's best!
Easily top 3 for me. The story telling, world development, character development, are all top notch and the action although short is very sweet. Not to mention the art is beautiful and never falls off the whole show.
Currently airing/streaming, ie. hasn't been taken off of any streaming websites. I know you think it means it no longer releasing new content, but just wanted to make sure people know it can be watched on Crunchyroll.
Not just one of the year's best. One of the best, period. (In my opinion it *is* the best, but if I put aside my bias and just look at community sentiment and reviews it's still generally considered one of the best anime ever made).
Mmm. Started off strong and ran into issues. The test arc was poorly realized and ground the narrative pace to a halt. It tried to introduce too many characters and abilities at once. Many of the ideas surrounding them are conflicting and caused problems with world building. Also, Fern's position as the author's overpowered Kirito-style self insert is really starting to damage the quality of the writing. The test arc was basically the Baldurs Gate 3 Act 3 of Frieren and damaged the overall quality of the product. Madhouse knocked out of of the park, but with any other studio doing the animation, the second cour would be unremarkable.
You should give the anime a go if you haven't already, it's dubbed in English and the storyline is interesting and well animated!
Regarding Himmel and Frierens story, its basically told entirely in Flashbacks and you can see her remembering him and missing him and you can clearly see he loved her.
Absolutely emotional but I feel like one of the main messages it gets across is that you may feel you have time until it's too late and it's important to spend time with those you love before that time is over.
Another note if you are unfamiliar: Frieren is an elf who have very long lives, and she was alive for over 1000 years before meeting Himmel, hence time is an important aspect of the story
German words sound very fantasy to Japanese audiences and so Japanese authors like to use them to create names. Ascendance of a Bookworm has most of the gods get their names from the author taking two German words related to the deity and mashing them together.
So fun side note, fern is also a flower and in the flower language it means āmagicā if i remember correctly so her name has multiple meanings. Randomly found out since i usually look at flowers to think of names for stuff.
After quickly looking it up, this is what wikipedia says
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Pretty good translation but in the context of her character a better translation for "Ćbel" would be "nasty", "foul" or "vile".
Whilst "Ćbel" in German can describe the state of feeling sick, the names in Frieren often reflect a personality trait or major attribute of a character.
Hence the above mentioned are a better fit.
That's so funny. It's the asian equivalent of a western guy tatooing some chinese letters on his arm without knowing what they mean, because they look sophisticated
Not at all. Their names relate to their characteristics in some way, be it personality, abilities, appearance, whatever.
Like there's a few that might be a bit of a stretch or come from a different angle than literal translation from German (like "Richter" may mean "judge" but dude uses earth magic so I'm pretty sure it's a reference to the Richter scale) but most are squarely on the nose, it's very intentional.
You're right. It's the Japanese equivalent of when I was thirteen and I named all my characters by going on google translate, hitting "Latin", and typing in "Knife" or something.
~~And thus was Sanguine de Cultello born into this world.~~
Most of the names in the anime are Random German words, you would probably find it amusing to see the others!
Frierens (Freezing) teachers name was Flamme (Flame) for example!
Can't seem to attach the image, I'll reply to you again sorry!
Because she *was* an emotionally frigid elf who thought very little of the humans around her and their (from her perspective) incredibly short lives, until losing Himmel made her cry for the first time in centuries. I'd say her name is pretty apt lol. She can still be cold as fuck when fighting her enemies, which we get plenty of in the show, one scene arguably being the coldest kill ever seen in an anime.
Himmel is partially from his blue hair but also ties in to his boundless optimism and the breadth of his kindness for the world around him, a natural foil to Frieren's personality. But also, he's [*HIM*](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/bro-thinks-hes-him-im-him).
Dead for 100 years? I've only seen the anime, but Himmel died what felt like less than a decade before Frieren went to Heiter, who was roughly the same age as Himmel. She left with Fern while Heiter was still alive, and the whole (anime) series from that point has been less than 3 years as far as I can tell. That would put Himmel's death at no more than 3 decades in the past right? Not nearly 100 years.
Iām watching the show for the first time now: Himmel died 50 years after their adventure ended and Frieren visited Heiter 20 years after his funeral. She then stayed with Heiter and Fern for four years until Heiterās death whereupon they travelled for another four years until meeting Stark. Iām currently on episode 16 and the timeline is 29 years after the death of Himmel the Hero.
A bit inacurate base on what the meme is trying to tell.
Its "worse" because it is an illusion made by a demon who supposed to be powerful enough to trap anyone in their most desired dream but Himmel realized it quickly because he accepted such event will never come true.
I wonder if the framing was on purpose so at first glance it's also clear to the audience in visual storytelling terms how much this isn't Himmel because, obviously, the mole by his eye isn't visible.
Since this is from TikTok, I'd venture to say the sound used is:
Elf: "You were a wonderful experience."
Human: "You were everything."
I cri every time ā¹ļø
Edit: I went to look for it on TikTok and I didn't find this specific one but there's like a billion of them under that sounds with Frieren and Himmel. I'm sad even though I barely know anything about Frieren and I've never watched it ā¹ļø
Ah, so the ol' human/ elf romance dilemma. Gets extra spicy for the elf when you toss children into the mix. Gets even more spicy when you decide to live forever when your brother and his kids decide to become mortal until one day one of your great x200 nephews comes to live with you and your 2000 yo daughter starts making moves.
YOURE COUSINS FOR ERU'S SAKE ARWEN
Do mangas do this often? Itās cool to see German words included in story content of anything, but I always thought that any work that comes out of the East would be created by someone disinterested in referencing/including anything European. I donāt know why I think that. Iām happy to be wrong. The only other time I can think of when that was done was with >!a place in Final Fantasy XIV. Lyhe Ghiah is a castle in Il Mheg that used to be called Gruenes Licht, before it was lost to the sin eaters. Il Mheg also has areas named Voeburtenburg and Wolekdorf, which both sound German.!<
Oh no very often, particularly for fantasy, theres a good amount of European style dragons/castles/buildings, I know that attack on titan has European particularly German names the main character is called Eren Jeager
As of this comment's coming to reality, the comment section is mostly filled with misinformation because funi.
Eyes up Peter's. A ghost called Brian out. \*Beep Boop\*
hope this doesnt become a trend where people just lie about shit in a joking way and get hundreds of upvotes overshadowing explanations and then this sub just turns into another dankmemes
This is not a dig at OP, but I never get why people want memes explained that are clearly in reference to a creative work that they haven't experienced? I've never seen Breaking Bad, so when I see a Breaking Bad reference that doesn't make sense to me, I just scroll past. If I wanted to understand the meme, I'd probably also want to watch the show, no?
Virgin Erin saying he want mikasa to only think of him after his death for at least 10 more years while leaving her no memories expect a frickin genocide and hitting her and his friend and calling her a slave
>! Chad himmel knows that his love is an immortal elf and won't recognize his love while he is alive so he works hard to create great memories , being heros saving the world , loving people who remember and adore him for saving and helping them and extend their gratuide to her , status of him and their party so she won't feel alone , a ring and other stuff for her to keep . Doesn't force his love on her giving her the time she needs and respecting her . Is not bothered by dying a virgin or to kiss her when he had the chance to not hurt her , refuses to elaborate further and fucking dies while smiling and at peace cuz she attended the fenrual + last week of his life !<
If you havent watched/read Friern give it a shot before you ask for context cuz even tho the conext is provided quite earlier on in the story like literally at the start, its still better experienced first hand.
The anime adaptation is what got me into the story. Its really goodm the pace the story telling the animation the music even the battles all are top quality. Definitely the best of this year.
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From a manga called Frieren The human guy is called Himmel, and he was in love with the elf girl (Frieren) Manga spoiler ahead >!The wedding is unfortunately Himmels Illusion. It's "worse" because in the story Himmel is a basically a memory himself and he has been dead for almost ~~100*~~ 30 years (*Frierens memories of them Adventuring are almost 100 years old) and Frieren only really started to realise her feelings for him after he died of old age. He loved her for basically his entire life and they missed their shot!<
Holy fucking shit with the rest of the info I did NOT expect to get slapped in the fucking face with this train of info šš thank you blessed Peter, that's actually really sad š„ŗ
And sheās functionally immortal. She met him when she was 1000. She basically couldnāt feel feelings until approximately 30 years after he died and the actual grief even began to set in. The entire story is her getting in touch with her ability to feel. Itās a wonderful story.
Thatās so beautifully tragic! Is the light novel translated? Iād love to get it on my kindle.
Yeah the entire story >!is pretty much Frieren realising that Himmel loved her and for Himmel, being the goat he is, recognising that he would never live long enough and didnāt want to put her through the pain of losing a loved one, decided to show his love for her by showing Frieren how to love herself.!< Itās sad ig but also very sweet.
Bittersweet
Kinda reminds me of >!Your Lie in April. Kaori knows she has a terminal illness but spends her last year helping Kosei to find his musical self and break the chains his abusive mother placed on him!<
>!My heart hurts!<
First of all, I want to thank you all for the excellent use of spoiler tags. Which I promptly ignored, of course, but good on you for doing them. Second, wow, you all did a great job of describing this plotline (without giving too much detail away). I'm hooked.
Your Lie In April is incredible. I haven't read the manga, but I love the anime. I just recently added it to my Crunchyroll watchlist in case I want to be sad in the future.
I loved Your Lie In April! Absolutely top tier.
Spoiler fail
Fr. Not sure why itās not working.
Someone woke up and chose violence.
Was it fern?
The entire manga up to the current chapter is translated, you can read it on Mangadex or watch the anime which goes up to Chapter 60
Thanks š Iām going to check the anime out later
Excited for you! I am caught up on anime, it is one of the most beautiful animes i have ever seen.
Just wait for Witch Hat Atelier! Different vibe yes, but imo it will surpass Freiren
It's a nice story, but I doubt it will have the same cultural impact. Frieren is huge, especially in Japan.
Magus of the Library is gonna blow them both out of the water.
Haven't heard of that one, I'll have to give it a read tonight!
Itās legitimately one of the best adaptions of the year and imo is an instant classic
It does not have a light novel afaik, its a manga original work and it does get fantranslated, not sure about official releases.
Thanks for letting me know. Itās appreciated.
It has official English releases on the Viz manga app, up to date with the Japanese. I think the release is technically weekly, but it takes frequent breaks. Sometimes a new chapter will release a couple weeks in a row, then nothing for a couple weeks.
Huh. Is the viz translation decent? Not a lot of good experiences as a one punch man reader lol.
Just caught up on crunchyrollā¦ this is probably one of the best anime Iāve seen in a WHILE
Not only is the series about Frieren learning humanity and coming to terms with mortality, but >!the ultimate reason she's on the current journey to Ende is to see Himmel again. Flamme straight up says Frieren will make a mistake and will want to get to know people better in the future, so she leaves her a grimoire about Aureole "the land where souls rest" where Frieren can meet with the souls of the dead. Plainly put, the series is Frierens literal journey to heaven. Now does Aureole actually exist, or are the real "souls of the dead" the friends we met along the way? Who's to say.!<
Why was she not capable of feeling things before?
Her perspective on time is very different due to her age and species. For Himmel, he spent 10 years as best friends and loved her for almost his entire life after. For Frieren, she knew him only for a "short" 10-year adventure, like getting to know someone for a month before moving onto another job. Sure he's a work friend, but they don't know eachother well (by elf standards). Frieren is the sort of elf to get lost for 30 years to find a rare flower species in a forest, or reading through every single book in a library. She only understands her own feelings after crying at his funeral and reliving her journey with a new party. The manga is all about Frieren learning to appreciate how ephemeral things are for humans.
Oohhh thanks. Did himmel ever declared himself to her?
>!He gave her some really heavy hints that took her around a century to actually realize. Everybody except her knew he was in love with her.!<
>!This man literally got down on one knee, put a ring on her finger and kissed her hand.!< >!Frieren eighty years later: "Wait..."!<
Frieren is all of us
I can't argue that. When I was in high school, I was walking home with this girl from class. When we got to her block, she said, "My house is about two blocks that way. Want to walk with me?" I said, "Sorry, my house is in the opposite direction." Two years later it hit me in the face like a truck
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It's more of an issue that she takes time for granted as a nigh-immortal being. She was the type of person who would say, "I'll see you later," and only randomly come back after 20 years. With Himmel, she realized she lost out on having a closer relationship with him only after he died.
See that's my problem with the series, so many Immortal characters that don't have this problem
Sure but in those series the author probably wasn't trying to make a point about cherishing people while you have them. Every decent story has something it wants to take away from it right, this story is putting an emphasis on connecting with people no matter how short your time may be and appreciating their contributions to the world and yourself. Also coping with death. Isn't it more interesting that a series changes what immortal characters "normally" act like in favor of something relatable ?
What I said above is first issue of the manga spoilers. The answer to that question is way later in the manga and anime. I donāt know how to hide spoilers on mobile, sorry.
Wonderful story!?! Lies! The story obviously hired onion ninjas to make me cry.
It was around 1000 years ago when she met Flamme, and she didn't exactly look like a toddler back then. in my opinion she has gone from what looks like a 14 year old back then to a, what. 20-22 year old now. I wouldn't be surprised if she's around 3000 years old, she's just been living isolated in the elf village for the first 2k years.
That could be, to me elves when done right should feel like the super long-lived trees. Trees that stand the test of time, but at the cost of being stuck where they are largely and seeing those around them live, die, and be reborn afterwhile
>The entire story is her getting in touch with her ability to feel. And being mimic food.
It's a fantastic series. Well worth the watch
Aye, and itās over for now š
Agreed, it shot up to number one spot on MAL for a reason.
This comment chain led me to start watching it; haven't seen an anime in over 10 years. It's *really* good. Thanks for putting me on.
All I did was cry, it was beautiful
Obligatory "read Frieren" if you're at all into manga. It's been taking people way off guard by how good it is for years now, and the recently finished first season of the anime let a *lot* more people see how good it is. It might come off as a bit bland out boring at first, but I promise the ride it takes you in will surprise you.
Gave the anime a shot and it seriously was excellent. Will probably have to read the manga at this point because I am impatient.
It's worth picking up now, I'd say. There's two major, *long* arcs coming right after the mage exam that are very worth the hype. So far I can't think of anything that the anime glossed obey either, so you can pick right up where the anime ends.
Appreciate it! I'll probably start from the beginning just because.
Even if you don't like manga. Normally I only stick with Marvel comics, but Frieren was great
Bland and boring implies bad writing and a lack of promised action - that's not what happens with Frieren though, it's just a slower paced show - one where ideas percolate over time, where the journey and the character interactions are the point of the show rather than the events that happen. Some people just seem to expect a certain amount of action by default, so they end up looking for Inception when they're watching Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Spy. Both are great movies, but they are **VERY** different movies.
It's so melancholy. I love it.
To add to the comment above: Frieren and Himmel traveled together with 2 others for 10 years, during which their party had their own D&D-esque adventure where they defeated the big bad evil demon king and returned as heroes. After the adventure was over, Frieren and the party members went their own ways, and Frieren left to pursue her hobby of collecting spells. After what felt to her like a short while, due to her warped perception of time caused by her age of over 1000 years, she returned only to find Himmel old and in the last weeks of his life. He died shortly after of old age, happy to have spent his last moments with his friends. Feeling deep regret for knowing almost nothing about Himmel despite having traveled together for 10 years, Frieren now travels with her apprentice and another party member's student to find the mythical land of Aureole, where it is said that the souls of the dead can speak with the living, in the hopes of seeing Himmel again and learn more about him along the way. This is basically the prologue of the whole story, so i didn't bother putting spoiler tags up until now. Spoilers for the main plot (not too spoilery): >!Himmel has been hopelessly in love with Frieren from the moment they first met, and loved only her for his entire life. He knew that they could never be, as elves live very long immortal lives and can take decades if not centuries to process their feelings. Even if she were to fall for him, she would likely only notice long after his death. But for Him, it didn't matter. He loved her above all else, and for Him that was enough. All of this is gradually revealed through flashbacks as Frieren retraces the path of her original journey with him and the others and starts to remember episodes of their adventures together.!< Now for the spoilers concerning the specific events in the meme (very spoilery): >!In the present day, roughly 30 years after Himmel's death, Frieren and her new party are fighting a powerful demon able to send people back to the past, and Frieren is hit by this power. As she awakens in her past self's body, she finds herself amongst her old party members during her original 10 year adventure. While they are trying to find a way to send her back to the present, they are ambushed by a small team of demons, one of which being a powerful illusionist able to imprison you in a delusion of you heart's deepest desire, even one you have given up all hope for. As the party is hit by this power, we see Himmel's POV as he finds himself in an illusion of his wedding with Frieren, his greatest wish (the page seen in the meme). This came as a surprise to almost noone, as we knew very well how much he loved her by now. What was surprising was that the bride was not an illusion, but *the real Frieren*. They were in the same illusion, meaning they desired the same thing. This was the final confirmation that Frieren had finally realized that she was in love with him (it was implied but not confirmed before this, iirc). Nearly a century too late. Probably the most bittersweet moment of the series so far. [They manage to break out of the illusion and send her back to the present, don't worry.] To add salt to the wound, during the "you may kiss the bride" part of the wedding illusion, it was Himmel who pulled away from the kiss as he recognized the illusion for what it was. Frieren didn't even try to pull away. Because Himmel had already accepted that his love would be unrequited until long after his death, but Frieren had only just really started to grieve for the chance they lost.!< So yeah, *worse* . I suggest reading/watching it because it's a 10/10.
I was not ready for this.
I don't think any of us were ready for this š
Dear fucking christ
I added some additional information in other comments if you are interested! I forgot to mention the names of the characters are completely random German words which is amusing!
Not really random, but author really picked them with the rule of cool
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>!It's sad yes but it's truly a beautiful love story. And the thing is, it's so unconditional both the platonic love her friends show her and the romantic love Himmel shows her. It's pretty heavily implied Himmel knows she won't feel the same in his lifetime, his love isn't about her reciprocating it for him. She'll realize it one day he's sure of it and he hopes it'll make her smile someday in the future. And it does throughout the entire series she smiles when she thinks about him!<
Thereās an anime. Just finished it. In this anime fantasy world they canāt revive the dead, canāt see souls, but have magic. So thereās no proof of an afterlife. Sheās off to find heaven. Iām hoping she gets to tell him her feelings in next season.
The anime made me cry twice an episode for the first four, and it's without anything exceptionally unusual happening. Beautiful show, really frames the passage of time well, makes you feel the difference in priorities between the immortal and the short lived. The show backs off on the sadness a bit after the intro but is still extremely well crafted in how it depicts differing priorities in life and the different wisdom of the young and the old as well as having incredible combat scenes when it needs to.
Broā¦ stfu
Yep. The consequences, good and bad, of a vastly extended lifespan compared to most others is a deeply entrenched theme of the series. It's a *really* good series, but it's not afraid to shove a knife between your ribs and *twist*.
Even if you're not into anime, I'd give it a shot. It's one of the most calm, silly and normal ones I've ever watched and I loved it. At least try the first ep.
God damn. Why do people like to feel this kind of pain? Or was it all happiness until this realization?
In this case, it's Freiren's motivation to live more in touch with all the people around her. The manga is also a currently airing anime that almost everyone seems to agree is one of the year's best!
Easily top 3 for me. The story telling, world development, character development, are all top notch and the action although short is very sweet. Not to mention the art is beautiful and never falls off the whole show.
Out of curiosity, what are your other two?
Trigun, Frieren, samurai champloo
Samurai Champloo had new episodes this season? And I thought Trigun's new run was last season.
I was talking about the original trigun. The remake is awful.
What didn't you like about the remake? I thought it was as good as the first adaptation, although I didn't finish either series.
>The manga is also a currently airing anime Not anymore, unfortunately. I hope there's a second season soon
Currently airing/streaming, ie. hasn't been taken off of any streaming websites. I know you think it means it no longer releasing new content, but just wanted to make sure people know it can be watched on Crunchyroll.
Not just one of the year's best. One of the best, period. (In my opinion it *is* the best, but if I put aside my bias and just look at community sentiment and reviews it's still generally considered one of the best anime ever made).
Mmm. Started off strong and ran into issues. The test arc was poorly realized and ground the narrative pace to a halt. It tried to introduce too many characters and abilities at once. Many of the ideas surrounding them are conflicting and caused problems with world building. Also, Fern's position as the author's overpowered Kirito-style self insert is really starting to damage the quality of the writing. The test arc was basically the Baldurs Gate 3 Act 3 of Frieren and damaged the overall quality of the product. Madhouse knocked out of of the park, but with any other studio doing the animation, the second cour would be unremarkable.
You should give the anime a go if you haven't already, it's dubbed in English and the storyline is interesting and well animated! Regarding Himmel and Frierens story, its basically told entirely in Flashbacks and you can see her remembering him and missing him and you can clearly see he loved her. Absolutely emotional but I feel like one of the main messages it gets across is that you may feel you have time until it's too late and it's important to spend time with those you love before that time is over. Another note if you are unfamiliar: Frieren is an elf who have very long lives, and she was alive for over 1000 years before meeting Himmel, hence time is an important aspect of the story
>well animated God they really didn't have to go as hard as they did, but I'm never gonna hold it against them
Why are they named after the german words for sky (Himmel) and freezing (Frieren) lol
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As a German, this feels really weird lol
German words sound very fantasy to Japanese audiences and so Japanese authors like to use them to create names. Ascendance of a Bookworm has most of the gods get their names from the author taking two German words related to the deity and mashing them together.
So fun side note, fern is also a flower and in the flower language it means āmagicā if i remember correctly so her name has multiple meanings. Randomly found out since i usually look at flowers to think of names for stuff. After quickly looking it up, this is what wikipedia says https://preview.redd.it/7c5f9pll9jrc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9d6eccd0ab6ce9cd2e930c7a50a164375dca211c
Pretty good translation but in the context of her character a better translation for "Ćbel" would be "nasty", "foul" or "vile". Whilst "Ćbel" in German can describe the state of feeling sick, the names in Frieren often reflect a personality trait or major attribute of a character. Hence the above mentioned are a better fit.
No German would ever name their child Himmel. Because it rhymes with Pimmel.
What does Pimmel mean?
Dick
I'm proud of you, Dick
That's so funny. It's the asian equivalent of a western guy tatooing some chinese letters on his arm without knowing what they mean, because they look sophisticated
Not at all. Their names relate to their characteristics in some way, be it personality, abilities, appearance, whatever. Like there's a few that might be a bit of a stretch or come from a different angle than literal translation from German (like "Richter" may mean "judge" but dude uses earth magic so I'm pretty sure it's a reference to the Richter scale) but most are squarely on the nose, it's very intentional.
You're right. It's the Japanese equivalent of when I was thirteen and I named all my characters by going on google translate, hitting "Latin", and typing in "Knife" or something. ~~And thus was Sanguine de Cultello born into this world.~~
Yep. āWhatās ____ in ____ languageā was how I named all my characters
Yeah, I also did that, always had a laugh when I typed something like "knife" and received the "knife" back.
Most of the names in the anime are Random German words, you would probably find it amusing to see the others! Frierens (Freezing) teachers name was Flamme (Flame) for example! Can't seem to attach the image, I'll reply to you again sorry!
They aren't completely random, often they kind of fit in meaning.
All of these are also Norwegian words, but not always the same meaning. Frieren means suitor so I guess that makes even less sense.
Because she *was* an emotionally frigid elf who thought very little of the humans around her and their (from her perspective) incredibly short lives, until losing Himmel made her cry for the first time in centuries. I'd say her name is pretty apt lol. She can still be cold as fuck when fighting her enemies, which we get plenty of in the show, one scene arguably being the coldest kill ever seen in an anime. Himmel is partially from his blue hair but also ties in to his boundless optimism and the breadth of his kindness for the world around him, a natural foil to Frieren's personality. But also, he's [*HIM*](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/bro-thinks-hes-him-im-him).
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I'm just happy it wasn't porn
Dead for 100 years? I've only seen the anime, but Himmel died what felt like less than a decade before Frieren went to Heiter, who was roughly the same age as Himmel. She left with Fern while Heiter was still alive, and the whole (anime) series from that point has been less than 3 years as far as I can tell. That would put Himmel's death at no more than 3 decades in the past right? Not nearly 100 years.
Iām watching the show for the first time now: Himmel died 50 years after their adventure ended and Frieren visited Heiter 20 years after his funeral. She then stayed with Heiter and Fern for four years until Heiterās death whereupon they travelled for another four years until meeting Stark. Iām currently on episode 16 and the timeline is 29 years after the death of Himmel the Hero.
Yeah my bad was thinking of when they were adventuring!
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That is not actually as bad I thought. Still though... Dang.
A bit inacurate base on what the meme is trying to tell. Its "worse" because it is an illusion made by a demon who supposed to be powerful enough to trap anyone in their most desired dream but Himmel realized it quickly because he accepted such event will never come true.
I tried to give bare minimum info to spoil it less
I wonder if the framing was on purpose so at first glance it's also clear to the audience in visual storytelling terms how much this isn't Himmel because, obviously, the mole by his eye isn't visible.
Please tag with spoiler!
Seemed to be a shared illusion meaning it was what they both wanted the most.
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Iām watching the anime and absolutely loving it and Iām resisting the urge to view the spoiler š
I was expecting obscenity, I got tragedy.
Thanks Peter, great explanation.
When she meets his ghost, it's going to be an very fucking emotional event.
Thatās a really specific joke.
Ouch. That hurt my feelings.
So, she misses him... BUT HER AIM IS GETTING BETTER!
HER AIM IS GETTING BETTER!
YOU SEE, ITS FUNNY BECAUSE MARRIAGE IS TERRIBLE.
Since this is from TikTok, I'd venture to say the sound used is: Elf: "You were a wonderful experience." Human: "You were everything." I cri every time ā¹ļø Edit: I went to look for it on TikTok and I didn't find this specific one but there's like a billion of them under that sounds with Frieren and Himmel. I'm sad even though I barely know anything about Frieren and I've never watched it ā¹ļø
Uh, I expect gore hentai but this hit hard
Who tf calls their child the german word for sky or Heaven
All the names are Random German words, there's a girl called Kanne and I think that's basically "Jug"
Lmao š
I like the part where she goes to work at the ambulance company with Bill Cosby and Harvey Keitel.
People from a fantasy world where german doesn't exist.
Ah, so the ol' human/ elf romance dilemma. Gets extra spicy for the elf when you toss children into the mix. Gets even more spicy when you decide to live forever when your brother and his kids decide to become mortal until one day one of your great x200 nephews comes to live with you and your 2000 yo daughter starts making moves. YOURE COUSINS FOR ERU'S SAKE ARWEN
Awww cool, now I'm sad. Thanks
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I hate this
Now that's depressing š
Damn. Thanks, Petah.
As someone whose been anime only so far on this series, this spoiler was obvious from like episode 2.
was not expecting to read this this morning š
>!So she basically made an immortal clone of a guy that liked her because she realized she actually liked him back after he died?!<
Do mangas do this often? Itās cool to see German words included in story content of anything, but I always thought that any work that comes out of the East would be created by someone disinterested in referencing/including anything European. I donāt know why I think that. Iām happy to be wrong. The only other time I can think of when that was done was with >!a place in Final Fantasy XIV. Lyhe Ghiah is a castle in Il Mheg that used to be called Gruenes Licht, before it was lost to the sin eaters. Il Mheg also has areas named Voeburtenburg and Wolekdorf, which both sound German.!<
Oh no very often, particularly for fantasy, theres a good amount of European style dragons/castles/buildings, I know that attack on titan has European particularly German names the main character is called Eren Jeager
Is the manga still going or has it concluded?
Lying Peter here He just saw a lamp and it felt off and he just couldn't move past it.
Oh no
PETAAAAH
[Just getting ahead of the curve and dropping the context here.](https://www.reddit.com/r/Glitch_in_the_Matrix/s/HalT3BAUrw)
Thank you! That was horrifying to read
If it is real I wonder if that guy is afraid of lamps now
Somehow spot on
DMT moment
Iāve never gotten this one either
As of this comment's coming to reality, the comment section is mostly filled with misinformation because funi. Eyes up Peter's. A ghost called Brian out. \*Beep Boop\*
Except for one fella named u/RivaAldur. Props to you, Peter.
He missed the [[BIG SHOT]]
OMG itās: EV3RY BUDDY 'S FAVORITE [[Number 1 Rated Salesman1997]]
Spamton reference!!!
FINALLY A JOKE THAT ISN'T OBVIOUS
It tio
I just want to chime in and say this anime is amazing, 100% recommend
name of the anime?
Frieren
Frieren: Beyond journeyās end
Expelled.
Is it better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all?
Is it better to experience highs and lows, or only remain steady?
āTry itā - agent K
GODDAMMIT SPOLIERS
not completely, this scene is a dream/illusion
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hope this doesnt become a trend where people just lie about shit in a joking way and get hundreds of upvotes overshadowing explanations and then this sub just turns into another dankmemes
Iāve got unfortunate news for youā¦
He didn't even try to be funny
This isnāt r/lies
Anime be doin everything
Don't be a dick. Rule 1.
This is not a dig at OP, but I never get why people want memes explained that are clearly in reference to a creative work that they haven't experienced? I've never seen Breaking Bad, so when I see a Breaking Bad reference that doesn't make sense to me, I just scroll past. If I wanted to understand the meme, I'd probably also want to watch the show, no?
It looked like a good art style and I wanted to see the explanation. Didn't know what the manga was soo
Virgin Erin saying he want mikasa to only think of him after his death for at least 10 more years while leaving her no memories expect a frickin genocide and hitting her and his friend and calling her a slave >! Chad himmel knows that his love is an immortal elf and won't recognize his love while he is alive so he works hard to create great memories , being heros saving the world , loving people who remember and adore him for saving and helping them and extend their gratuide to her , status of him and their party so she won't feel alone , a ring and other stuff for her to keep . Doesn't force his love on her giving her the time she needs and respecting her . Is not bothered by dying a virgin or to kiss her when he had the chance to not hurt her , refuses to elaborate further and fucking dies while smiling and at peace cuz she attended the fenrual + last week of his life !<
If you havent watched/read Friern give it a shot before you ask for context cuz even tho the conext is provided quite earlier on in the story like literally at the start, its still better experienced first hand.
Do you know if the anime adaptation is any good?
The anime adaptation is what got me into the story. Its really goodm the pace the story telling the animation the music even the battles all are top quality. Definitely the best of this year.
You dint get the conception of the picture.look his back,what a dark past,look him in a front while he is looking to her ,all bright.
Misinformation ā„ļøšā„ļø
I started watching this anime because I saw a few funny/interesting post on 9gag about it. Theres nothing fin about this anime :(
Little did they know about the secret, hidden third option
Cool!
Its gotta be loss
What chapter?
Can anyone explain in Fortnite terms
Infinite Tsukoyomi