For the first time ever the hype didn't disappoint. Honestly a breath of fresh air for anime, my only complaint is I wish it was longer.
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Yeah the demons are the least fun part of the story, aren't they? Typical dark anime psychopath creatures.
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I liked the first demon fight, because it gave a big chunk of backstory and world building. This thing being a reminant of a prior era that was horrible back then but trivially defeated now was a clever way of iterating on the idea of "progress" within a fantasy setting.I was less thrilled with the second demon, simply because "my pot of mana is bigger than yours" is a lame way to resolve conflict.
But the fight with the diplomats gave us another big chunk of plot, in so far as it established why the idea of a demon was so horrible. A monster in a man's form that preys on compassion is a good set piece for future drama.
At some point, the focus of the story is around the mystery of what occurred in the prior age. And demons are necessarily a big part of that. So introducing them as minor antagonists in order to unspool the story works well.
The pace of the conflicts does drag though. The only thing worse than a Naruto-esque low stakes fight scene is one that feels like filler.
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I actually found the second demon fight to be extremely amusing purely because of the lore tidbit that retaining your magic makes you more powerfulFrieren is the ace representation I needed
It was just a very long build up to reveal "ancient Elven mage trained by legendary wizard kinda powerful actually"
It was fairly important to establish just how much mana she's got now as a result of consistent training her entire lifetime to raise it. Also I think it was very important to establish that her primary tactic (which she learned from her teacher) is to prey on opponents completely underestimating her strength.
She even mentions that Aura could have beaten her if it had been a head on fight with all of her knights. But ultimately the thing that wins this fight was a very simple deception that she's carried with her from her teacher her whole life.
And she's passing that same deception to Fern too.
This whole arc establishes one of the more important skills passed between teacher and pupil.