>>65436714I don't get why people liked the demons arc so much the demons fucking sucked as antagonists they had no motivation other than the author going "they're just like that because they're demons bro" which can be fine I love the narrative the newer Doom games brought on but it works in Doom because Doom is not trying to be anything even close to grounded and empathetic whereas so much of what makes Frieren good is how it takes such a grounded and empathetic perspective. I'm not necessarily saying the demons should have been redeemed, that itself is enough of a cliche, but they were just glorified JRPG random encounter mobs and those do not make for compelling antagonists. The most interesting thing about the demons was that they knew who Frieren was and did the sick ass 'Sousou no Frieren" namedrop.
Frieren herself didn't learn shit or grow as a character in that arc and fantasy anime where the infallible protagonist gets proven right at every opportunity are dime a dozen with isekai being as prominent as it is. Fern and Stark got to develop a bit of independence and their scenes were the best part of that arc but that's really all it had going for itself narratively.
The animation was really pretty and I didn't dislike watching the arc, it just felt so discordant and out of place with every other plotline in the series.
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