葬送のフリーレン ・Frieren 🧝‍♂️ Volume 8 [Now Reading!]

[shuly]

yeah.....

@Micki

That is a very nice observation!!

Yeah just one of those … reality checks that you might do while watching some TV show or something… I know someone that gets annoyed at TV shows or things where something say real a good example might be a police show where the computer searches just immediately spits out an answer or magically generates some info from a photo that has zero resolution 2 pixels and somehow they turn that into some ultra HD 16 million resolution and it takes all of 5 seconds and they are 200% improved or someone develops some magical medicine in an hour and someone is all better in 15 min or some other random silly thing that isn’t realistic… they get grumpy about it…but the flying dragons and isekai anime… this is fine - i always just say “just go with it” shees LOL

@Micki

二刀流

Yeah this was fun so many meanings for that one… happened to save this one…

unrelated but fun 三刀流
Can’t find the one I wanted to but… found a color version

@Micki

三度の飯より好き is a set phrase

sometimes I feel like without lookups, some of these idioms eat my lunch … and I’m reading frieren physical and end up spending too much time lost trying to parse something I’m not supposed to LOL

[mitrac]

ch 72

@Micki

三度の飯より好き is a set phrase - “very fond of, more fond of than eating, so fond of that someone would rather not eat than go without, more important than three meals a day”

That’s a good one, I did not get that!

I need to read this chapter again. I got most of the flashback, but not the point about why Methode is Genau’s new partner.

I agree this is shaping up to be an interesting arc

[mitrac]

Week 6 - Frieren Volume 8 - Chapter 73

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• I’ve read this previously but I’m here for the discussion
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[Micki]

Chapter 73

メトーデ is interesting. It took me a while this arc to realise she was also in the first class mage exams. She is a lot more attractive in her new outfit, she looked a bit odd in that frilly thing she was wearing in the past.

Her attraction to petting kawaii elves is rather surprising. Frieren was unexpectedly accommodating after receiving the grimoire. If she was a few hundred years younger I think we might call that grooming.

Anyway, some cool looking new bad guys, and a dangerous looking situation. Frieren seems super confident but Fern seemed to get away with that one by the skin of her teeth!

[mitrac]

I reread ch 72 and decided we don’t know why Serie made Methode and Genau work together. They both basically said or implied they didn’t know why

ch 73

Genau is killing me here

There’s a lot to unpack with his emotions around (as far as I understand) his pragmatism to let some people die for the greater good so he could keep killing demons but ultimately it means he lived while so many others died. And this is the nth time he makes the observation that someone else is a good person (who won’t live long) and he’s not a good person

I thought the word 報いwas surprising that it can mean reward or punishment. I’m taking it here he means retribution (for above reasons he thinks he’s a bad person)

And now that he’s surrounded by the ruins of his hometown he seems conflicted if he lost his way and is a bad person, or what.

Very fitting that Stark stayed with him somehow. Maybe because for so long he struggled with the image he was protecting that town when he actually hadn’t felt he’d done anything.

@Micki

Her attraction to petting kawaii elves is rather surprising. Frieren was unexpectedly accommodating after receiving the grimoire. If she was a few hundred years younger I think we might call that grooming.

Can I laugh, that is so funny
Yes I found Methode’s fetish odd. I’m wondering if that will have some connection to something later or if it was as random as it looks now

I love it at the end that Frieren says it’s a first class mage assignment so Fern should manage it so funny. I was confused at the end (last page) when Fern says Frieren pointed, but really she did on the third page from the end lower right, just before Fern made the block Frieren pointed in that direction. Going back to see that helped the rest of the dialogue make sense.

[mitrac]

Week 7 - Frieren Volume 8 - Chapter 74

Dang, full colour spread not uploading, so I’m afraid it’s the emoji version this week!

Edit: works now!

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• I’ve read this previously but I’m here for the discussion
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[shuly]

read this last night so i’d have time for other readathon things…

AHHHHHHH can’t wait to see this chapter animated…

[Micki]

The colour section was so good. Coloured like a gentle watercolour.

This week - great battle scene. Genau’s not having supper because Metode told him it’s unhealthy? In his line of work there seem to be much bigger risks to your health than a late night snack! That slicing wing attack is a cool move. Genau presumably is done for but he seems to be holding up surprisingly well given the wound he sustained!

[brianmik]

I was wondering about the 夜食 too. I’ve heard most people in Japan really embrace the “eat until 80% full” idea … so maybe after-dinner snack really is that taboo?

[mitrac]

Week 8 - Frieren Volume 8 - Chapter 75

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[mitrac]

I managed to get the full colour spread uploaded for ch 74 above, so if you have the paper copy scroll up and have a look

[Micki]

Chapter 75

Wow, that was a very satisfying battle! Wasn’t entirely sure about Frieren’s “I’ll just sit here and watch and let you guys take care of business”, but I guess given how powerful Frieren is we need to create a way for her to step out of some of the battles to let the lesser mortals have some fun.

Fern was awesome at the end. Loved that distant attack!

Now to get back to the boys, we left them on a real cliffhanger last week!

[mitrac]

Ch 74

@Micki

Genau’s not having supper because Metode told him it’s unhealthy? In his line of work there seem to be much bigger risks to your health than a late night snack!

I did not think of it like that

@Micki

Genau presumably is done for but he seems to be holding up surprisingly well given the wound he sustained!

How is Genau still alive after the sword straight through him??

Ch 75

That was interesting to get to see Fern and Methode play to their strengths in a complimentary way.

@Micki

Fern was awesome at the end. Loved that distant attack!

It’s been so long since establishing that skill I was forgetting about it!

[mitrac]

Week 9 - Frieren Volume 8 - Chapter 76

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[mitrac]

Week 10 - Frieren Volume 8 - Chapter 77

Emoji version

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[shuly]

still taking a 1 week break before starting vol9?

also this is killing me waiting for the new anime season to start!

and go stark go…

[mitrac]

Yep, that’s right! I’ll make a post on the main thread to remind everyone.