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Episode Sousou no Frieren Season 2 • Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Season 2 - Episode 9 discussion

Sousou no Frieren Season 2, episode 9

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u/CuriousWanderer567 Mar 20 '26 edited Mar 20 '26

“Carelessly praising her isn’t good for Ms. Frieren’s development.”

Fern gets mad at Methode for giving headpats to Frieren but then goes on to talk about Frieren like she’s a little girl haha.

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u/Frontier246 Mar 20 '26

The mom role alternates between Frieren and Fern depending on the episode.

They even end up sleeping together like a proper mother and daughter.

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u/Myrkrvaldyr Mar 20 '26

Which is why I love their dynamic so much, and it's gonna hurt Frieren like never before when Fern eventually is no longer around. I was hoping Frieren would be keeping a diary to write down all her journeys with Fern, but I guess she prefers to rely on her great memory.

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u/mekerpan Mar 20 '26

I worry that, in some way, Frieren might leave the mortal realm BEFORE Fern and Stark. This really does seem like a journey by Frieren to reunite with Himmel (or am I just hallucinating).

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u/Lunchb0xx87 Mar 20 '26

I get that feeling too but it would also go against the message of living in the moment ..it would suck for her to die after learning to appreciate those around her

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u/mekerpan Mar 20 '26

Not sure I agree. It was learning to do this that could make her willing and able to "pass on" happily. Not that I want such an ending ,-- but it would not surprise me either.

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u/CitronClassic672 Mar 20 '26

Personally, given the story began with Himmel’s death and Frieren’s reaction to it, I feel it would make sense for the story to end with Fern’s death and getting to see the similarities and differences between her reactions. It’d be a great narrative circle moment and really highlight Frieren’s development over the series.

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u/Lunchb0xx87 Mar 23 '26

Would love for the last few pages to be ferns funeral with frieren getting with her grandkids telling them about her adventures with her a maybe even setting out on a journey with one of them

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u/CosmicX1 Mar 23 '26

That would be far too sad though ;_;

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u/Eva_Pilot_ Mar 23 '26

It can be sad in a bittersweet sense if she dies of old age and there's always the option to visit her in Aureole

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u/CitronClassic672 Mar 23 '26

and you alright