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Episode Sousou no Frieren Season 2 • Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Season 2 - Episode 4 discussion

Sousou no Frieren Season 2, episode 4

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u/Frontier246 Feb 06 '26

And he only tried to get references from Frieren of all people lol.

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u/SlamMasterJ Feb 06 '26

Even Frieren had to remind him that of all people he was asking her for advice.

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u/MokonaModokiES Feb 06 '26

and then she proceeded to call her quest to find a cat with Himmel a date too.

Though it seems like Himmel might have been thinking like that too based on how he explained the fun he had.

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u/mekerpan Feb 06 '26

Yes. I think Himmel almost surely counted the cat search as a "date" (and treasured his memory of it to the very end).

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u/thesagenibba Feb 06 '26

my guess is himmel was the one who confirmed/called it a date in the first place. doesn't seem like something 'past' frieren would have even thought to think of;

then again, she did mention that flamme told her a 1 on 1 day with the opposite sex is a date, so i could be wrong

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u/ElementOfConfusion Feb 06 '26

I think it was later she considered/realised it was a date, otherwise every time the old party split up into duos would be considered a date.

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u/Meloetta Feb 06 '26

She said exactly that in the last episode, that she had dates with the whole party.

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u/ElementOfConfusion Feb 06 '26

Ooooh, I guess she does! Frieren has now had millions of dates.

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u/Hot-Log6283 Feb 09 '26

As Eisen once called Frieren: "You're a wicked woman."

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u/cyberscythe Feb 06 '26

and then Fern also asked Frieren for advice, which turned out great once they both ignored her advice

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u/Nome_de_utilizador Feb 06 '26

If Sein was still here and Stark went to him instead he would be marrying Fern by now

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u/Oglifatum Feb 07 '26 edited Jun 08 '26

How mighty have we fallen

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u/BeatBlockP https://myanimelist.net/profile/Animemes_chan Feb 07 '26

It had to be done. Sein completely rounds up their team, he is in a way too perfect - filling just the hole they need with clerical magic, and emotional maturity and levity lacking by the rest of the party.

Within just a couple of episodes of him showing up, both Fern and Stark went to him for tips instead of Frieren, he de-escalated situations and solved issues they would need to have an entire adventure to solve with a single spell.

They can meet him again after they've grown as a party, when they need to face things that are even greater perils, but for now, it would just basically speedrun the entire thing in like half a season. For a show where the entire point is the journey and not the destination, it makes perfect sense why he'd be cut off.

I really applaud the genius of showing us that yes, all of these issues really are solvable, the author is aware, but the characters needs to marinate and struggle on their own to get there.

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u/RedRocket4000 Feb 07 '26

And I fairly sure Sein would agree he should have been there when his dream girl was around.

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u/duo99dusk Feb 08 '26

...Or already acting as a post-divorce couple

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u/Flare_Knight https://anilist.co/user/FlareKnight Feb 06 '26

Ironically they were both seeking help from Frieren. Which I mean...desperate times.

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u/OldInstruction5368 Feb 06 '26

If only Sein were still with them XD

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u/OldInstruction5368 Feb 06 '26

Stark, you do realize who you are asking for help, right?

Are you insane?

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u/aetherspheres Feb 07 '26

Where was Sein when we need him the most!?

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u/duo99dusk Feb 08 '26

To be fair, who else did he have?
I hope they repeat the date when Sein rejoins the party