I'm sure this has been talked about plenty but I'm still awestruck at how well Frieren handles Himmel and Frieren's relationship. I have never seen the 'character haunts the narrative' story beat done to such effectiveness.
Frieren's regret is that she didn't know Himmel before he was gone- but he exists in everything Frieren does without her fully realizing it. Frieren is a fundamentally different person and we *know* it is mostly thanks to Himmel's influence. The constant flashbacks, the way in which Frieren's logic and everyday routines have been altered by his memory. She collect spells because he and the others complimented the mundane, random spells she had found. The way that instead of her master, Himmel is the person who the monsters choose to immitate.
The flashbacks too, are so so potent in characterizing who Himmel was- not only in regards to Frieren, but in regards to Himmel as the hero. The person who lead his group to kill the demon king. The person who did everything in his power to help those around him. The person who was so clearly in love with Frieren but understood intimately that Frieren would not love him in the same regard and even worse, would be walking a very long and lonely path.
Hell, it's at the start of every chapter, in which time is only kept by the years before and after Himmel's death.
It all comes back to him, in the end
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๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ข๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ค๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐ซ ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ค ๐ก๐จ๐ฅe.
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Direct reference to that one famous photo of Anne Hathaway, Audra McDonald & Raul Esparza in โTwelfth Nightโ.
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uh oh guys new favourite character time
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that bitch with the blue eyes really got me [affectionate]
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babygirl the way you forsake your happiness on your relentless quest to vengeance, your complicated relationship with gender and the way you're covered in blood have bewitched me body and soul
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ain't nobody fucking with my clique
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my beloved
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mizu blueeyesamurai save me,,,., save me mizu bueeywsamurai
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Enchosen had no reason to go as hard as it did. All of Gintama is about relationships but Enchosen reaally hammers it in there. Kintama arc takes away everything Gintoki has and IS but he keeps going because he still has two friends and then gets everything back because bonds can't be forgotten that easily. In COAN they try to overthrow a nation for two people they barely know because love and promises are the most important thing, even someone else's. Beam Sword Style is all about the relationships of siblings and risking yourself for someone that someone you love loves and ultimately choosing the world over the person you love because there are so many other relationships you have no right to destroy. And it's all back-to-back crammed into 12 episodes. What the hell.
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Choso vs internet
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I See No Point In Living If I Canโt Be Beautiful
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