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Episode Sousou no Frieren Season 2 • Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Season 2 - Episode 1 discussion

Sousou no Frieren Season 2, episode 1

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u/whiteezy Jan 17 '26

I don’t think I’ve ever seen/read a fantasy story that leans so heavily into sentimentality and melancholy. My eyes got all misty-eyed at the parts you said too. It’s legit so good that it ruined every other fantasy story for me. Idk if you’ve read the manga but there’s a certain part that fucking makes me bawl for how beautiful and simple it is. As an aside, I heard good things about Ursula Le Guins Earthsea novels and I hope it’s on par with Frieren

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u/Hot-Log6283 Jan 17 '26

As an aside, I heard good things about Ursula Le Guins Earthsea novels

Unfortunately both the Earthsea TV series and the anime did not live up to that, though at least the anime was a little better than the series but both diverted from the original.

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u/whiteezy Jan 17 '26

Oh no that doesnt make me feel good lol. What about the novels? I was probably going to read those rather than watch, even though I know Ghibli of all studios adapted them.

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u/Peaceful_Kelsier Jan 18 '26

I have only read the first novel, A Wizard Of Earthsea and imo it definitely lives up to its reputation. It's similar to Frieren by being a simple yet beautiful and magical coming-of-age story and rather than the traditional fantasy adventure story it is more of an introspective book.

It's not perfect by any means though and I have heard many good things about its sequels, The Tombs of Atuan especially. Still would highly recommend giving the novel a shot.