葬送のフリーレン ・Frieren 🧝‍♀️ Volume 12 [Now Reading!]

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We read volume one as part of the Beginner Book Club. This is a spin off club to continue reading the series together.

All the discussion will take place on this thread and I’ll post a participation poll each week as we start the next section.

:hourglass_flowing_sand: Schedule

Week Start Date Chapter Starting Page
Week 1 20 Sept 108 3
Week 2 26 Sept 109 21
Week 3 2 Oct 110 41
Week 4 9 Oct 111 57
Week 5 16 Oct 112 77
Week 6 23 Oct 113 95
Week 7 30 Oct 114 115
Week 8 6 Nov 115 133
Week 9 13 Nov 116 153
Week 10 20 Nov 117 171

We will have 1 week break before starting the next volume (Volume 13 Starts 4 December 2026).

:magnifying_glass_tilted_right: Resources and vocabulary

  • [vol 12 vocab not yet live at start of club! but if you’re in the future check the link anyway!] Frieren vocab on Manga Kotoba by volume: link here. Also see this comment for how to adjust the url to view the pages for a week’s worth of reading
  • Frieren vocab roots: there are many names that derive from German words. Here is a page that looks into those roots

:speech_balloon: Discussion Guidelines

If you have any questions, please ask!
Please mention the chapter and page number.
Please use spoiler tags for major events.
If you read ahead, please hold questions until during or after the appropriate week.

:fire: Membership

Will you be reading with us?
  • Yes
  • Yes, but I might start late
  • Yes, I’ve read this previously but I’m here for the discussion
  • Yes, I’m joining after this club completed
  • I’m watching
  • Maybe
  • No
0 voters

:eyes: Set this thread to watching :eyes:

Well, up through volume 11.

If someone bought a digital copy of volume 12 and ran it through Mokuro, I could add its frequency list ot the site.

thanks so much for letting me know! If anyone can do that let us know :slight_smile:

Week 1 - Frieren Volume 12 - Chapter 108

yay, full color 2 page spread to kick off the volume!

Participation Poll
  • I’m reading along
  • I’m still reading but I haven’t reached this section yet
  • I’ve read this previously but I’m here for the discussion
  • I’m reading this after the book club has finished
  • I’m watching
0 voters

read this yesterday for readathon
such a refreshing and fun way to start the vol

Here you go. Just the raw Mokuro output. Haven’t proof-read it at all.

Thanks! The vocbuarly/frequency list has now been generated:

No expectation of proof reading. If the site had enough viewership and interest, I’d add something so logged in uses could submit corrections, but the userbase is way too small for it to be worth adding.

Week 2 - Frieren Volume 12 - Chapter 109

Participation Poll
  • I’m reading along
  • I’m still reading but I haven’t reached this section yet
  • I’ve read this previously but I’m here for the discussion
  • I’m reading this after the book club has finished
  • I’m watching
0 voters
Chapter 109

Got to love a battle that wraps up in a couple of chapters after the epic battles we’ve had in recent weeks. This might be the first time we’ve seen the hero party in full battle mode, they are very cool, especially Himmel’s speed!

Week 3 - Frieren Volume 12 - Chapter 110

Participation Poll
  • I’m reading along
  • I’m still reading but I haven’t reached this section yet
  • I’ve read this previously but I’m here for the discussion
  • I’m reading this after the book club has finished
  • I’m watching
0 voters

Honestly, I have, like, 15 volumes, but I don’t remember where I read up to when I trailed off a year ago…
I tried watching the series and my vocab isn’t good enough to enjoy just watching… I’m still missing too much

I agree the anime is hard, actually I find the manga hard too :sweat_smile: so many words I don’t come across regularly enough elsewhere

My gut feeling was you got something around volume 7-8? I attempted to search your log but discourse can’t cope with the thousands of messages :face_savoring_food: the latest on your log I found was ch 59 (vol 7) in March last year.

Anyway, what I do in these situations is page through until things look totally surprising, back up a bit and jump back in. That would be fun to read Frieren updates on your log again!

Chapter 110

Interesting, we went from not revealing any hints she’s from the future to avoid changing the future, to being very open with the others about what is going on. I like that Heiter tried hard to find out about the future but Frieren wasn’t letting on.

I wonder how they are questioning the great and the wise about how to get Frieren back to the future, are they telling them Frieren’s situation too. And I like that when asking the great and the wise didn’t work, they tried asking around in the pub instead!

Chapter 110

Mostly because she couldn’t stop giving herself away by accident. :face_with_tongue: