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Anonymous05/15/26, 13:25No.288113197
I still do not understand how this mediocre series where barely anything happens is now considered one of the greatest anime of all time.
No one ever articulates what makes it amazing, they just act like it's some innate quality you don't have to explain.
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Anon05/15/26, 13:31No.288113273
>I still do not understand how this mediocre series where barely anything happens is now considered one of the greatest anime of all time.
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Anon05/15/26, 13:38No.288113372
>If there's no punching and kicking in every scene, it's mid.
Typical shounentard argument.
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Anon05/15/26, 13:46No.288113469
Frieren is just zoomer Elfen Lied. An objectively dogshit series that somehow stumbled into appealing to the sensibilities of a single generation of 14-year-old newfags watching their first anime ever and basing their opinion on whatever lets them fit in with their social group while being completely unaware of the entire world outside of their personal bubble (where everyone considers it trash).
In 10 years, the sensibilities will shift, and the next generations of newfags will be asking the same question as the OP, utterly baffled that supposed human beings could possibly consider this watchable, never mind good.
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Anon05/15/26, 13:47No.288113484
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Anon05/15/26, 13:48No.288113497
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Anon05/15/26, 13:49No.288113515
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Anon05/15/26, 13:49No.288113524
>when the show with great direction, great production and great characters is acclaimed as a show with great direction, great production and great charactera
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Anon05/15/26, 13:50No.288113532
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Anon05/15/26, 13:58No.288113659
Isn't the whole point of this anime supposed to be slice of life with a small bit of action?
Obviously you're going to think it's mediocre if all you watch is battle shonen garbage.
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Anon05/15/26, 13:58No.288113666
Its a way better normoid anime than Shitgeki or Wan Piss so I am okay with the takes
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Anon05/15/26, 14:04No.288113752
>howtourists
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Anon05/15/26, 14:08No.288113803
In a post-isekai world the bar for quality fantasy is painted on the ground.
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Anon05/15/26, 14:13No.288113889
>it's some innate quality you don't have to explain
Correct. If you're unable to spot it then you are at fault.
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Anon05/15/26, 14:18No.288113965
Recency bias.
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Anon05/15/26, 14:24No.288114059
It brought me good gooning figures. That makes it great
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Anon05/15/26, 14:31No.288114139
It isn't considered one of the greatest anime of all time.
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Anon05/15/26, 14:36No.288114192
Its this generations Madoka.
Aka babies first anime that wasnt Naruto, JJK, etc.
Its only mind-blowing if you have never seen any of the dozens of similar anime produced before it.
To those of us more cultured, its just pretty generic.
Prime case of "when does this get good? Is there a pivotal moment that makes everything I have endured so far better in retrospect?"
And that moment never comes. But normies sure will swear it was great the whole time.
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Anon05/15/26, 14:43No.288114285
That's nice, but do you really have to make a thread every single day?
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Anon05/15/26, 15:10No.288114670
Otaku interests are actually universal, they are just suppressed by bigotry and social norms for most normies. But sometimes come shows that evade such veils, which allows normies to fully appreciate the appeal of a genre, which they then mistake with novelty or greatness as its the first time they've experienced such things, while simultaneously still ignoring the larger genre. Hence you get people who "like" Evangelion or Code Geass while hating Mecha, and now people praising Frieren despite never reading a proper fantasy book. It's gnostic actually, its like the demiurge which mistakes the shadows for the real thing.
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Anon05/15/26, 15:10No.288114676
I like insisting that the demons represent a demographic I don't like.
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Anon05/15/26, 15:10No.288114683
It's a new anime with good production values and nothing that scares normalfags away.
That's a top 50 on mal right there.
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Anon05/15/26, 15:41No.288115128
This has already been explained in the other thread.The support of Frieren relies on four demographics:>1. loser millenials who are nostalgic because they fucked up their whole lives already but still have decades ahead of them
>2. people who have a strange sexual fixation with the main character because she looks like a child
>3. racists westoids, who for some reason think demons are a stand-in for whatever group they dislike, even though the japanese crucified and killed christians because they saw them as disruptors supporting an infiltrating ideology to weaken Japan
>4. people who like the current thing, brought in due to the high production valueIt is inevitable that (1) will just go away because the nostalgia tearjerking ends in the first 15 chapters of the manga.(2) will be the loyal audience, they've been pushing entire franchises like Pokémon so hard that Sysyphus envies them.(3) are just confused, and still think "white people" are superior to asians in the year of our lord 2026, despite ABUNDANT evidence otherwise.(4) will just latch on to something else.Frieren will only last as a coomer manga, and they know it. Hence the goonbait frequently introduced. Gooners are loyal and will protect this franchise, since it is already aging poorly.
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Anon05/15/26, 15:46No.288115225
During Covid there was a drought of good anime, it lasted for years, for so long that Frieren ended up being the first above-average show these people ever watched, and so they treat is as the best anime ever.
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Anon05/15/26, 16:21No.288115752
The fact that it makes people seethe is why its so great
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Anon05/15/26, 17:16No.288116627
People don't need to articulate why they like something. If they like it, that's enough.
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Anon05/15/26, 17:23No.288116748
The average contemporary /a/pecel operates on the level of a 13 year old third worlder forever so it's not strange that their framework of something being good or bad hinges on flavor of the month buzzwords that are intrinsically tied to being a juvenile pretentious retard and thinking that gruff voices and loud sounds makes something cool.
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Anon05/15/26, 17:34No.288116954
The whole point of the show is how you should appreciate the little things in life because soon everything becomes memories and those memories can fade away. We all know the manga will end with Fern and Stark dying of old age.
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Anon05/15/26, 18:29No.288117951
You missed the 8888 previous threads where anon articulated why it's amazing. This is now threadslop and anon isn't here. That's why you don't see it. It's the sloppening of threads.
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Anon05/15/26, 18:35No.288118039
Season 1 was easily an 8.5/10 solid fantasy show and hating on it is a sign of being a schizo
Season 2 was a pointless sequel that didn't advance at the plot at all so I'd put it at about a 6/10
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Anon05/15/26, 18:51No.288118293
She has a god tier design thats why. It's simple and cute.
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Anon05/15/26, 19:03No.288118499
Is something safe you can watch with everyone, your children, your grandparents, etc, that makes it better than 99% of anime out there
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Anon05/15/26, 19:16No.288118719
>game of thrones shilling
Frieren haters reaching new lows
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Anon05/15/26, 19:41No.288119126
It has a basic, boring ass message with nothing even remotely interesting done with that message. People who love it defend it by saying they love its vibes and the point is that it's slow as if that makes it good.
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Anon05/15/26, 19:46No.288119209
Second screen slop, great to have running in the background while you do your taxes or take a dump. The music is sweet and the it is well-directed, but the story feels like a sexless porno.No idea why would anyone read the manga.
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Anon05/15/26, 20:14No.288119711
neither do I. I read the first 3 volumes and didnt find anything about it interesting.
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Anon05/15/26, 20:34No.288120097
Fantasy, cute elf, vaguely meta, nothing particularly controversial
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Anon05/15/26, 21:07No.288120672
Same reason OoT is kino. Vibes. (Though Frieren is much lesser in this aspect, it lacks the genkidama effect for cool moments.)
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Anon05/15/26, 21:24No.288120970
It's just a great show, OP.
Better than your favorite by miles.
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Anon05/15/26, 21:26No.288121010
Unironically its just shitposters and horny losers. You know how some people will defend something bad just because it makes their dick hard?
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Anon05/15/26, 21:37No.288121190
I mean, you can't stop talking about it
https://desuarchive.org/a/search/filename/MV5BZTI4ZGMxN2UtODlkYS00MTBjLWE1YzctYzc3NDViMGI0ZmJmXkEyXkFqcGc%40._V1_.jpg/
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Anon05/15/26, 21:46No.288121360
>Japanese game or anime dogwhistles about jews.
>Gets an incredibly unnatural hate campaign to try and squash it.
Every fucking time.
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Anon05/15/26, 22:04No.288121700
oh no, /a/ is full of these retards too
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Anon05/15/26, 22:15No.288121938
>I still do not understand how this mediocre series where barely anything happens is now considered one of the greatest anime of all time.I think only someone that started to watch anime after covid could think this honestly. It's a very good show, but that's it.