There is a fairly significant bit of wordplay in Frieren that will escape the notice of most English-speaking viewers, but I quite like it so Iāll explain it here. The title of the series in Japanese is č¬éć®ććŖć¼ć¬ć³ (Sousou no Furiiren). āFuriirenā is of course Frieren; āsousouā means āfuneral ritesā or āattending a funeralā, but can literally be translated as āsending to the graveā. Since the story opens with Frieren watching her old adventuring pals growing old and passing away, weāre naturally led to the simple interpretation of the title: sheās attending her friendsā funerals.
(The full official English title is Frieren: Beyond Journeyās End, because literal translations rarely make catchy titles.)
Later, as Frieren is fighting Aura, LĆ¼gner explains that Frieren is the most prolific demon-killer in history. In the English translations Iāve seen, this earns her the nickname āFrieren the Slayerā. But in the original Japanese, this nickname is č¬éć®ććŖć¼ć¬ć³: āSousou no Furiirenā, the title of the series.
In this context, this line (and the title, too) could be more literally interpreted as āFrieren, who sends you to your graveā. It also means the line is a little more impactful in Japanese ā youāre supposed to point at the screen and yell āhey thatās the name of the show!!ā
Thereās really just no way to preserve wordplay like this through translation so I canāt fault the translators at all for not trying, but itās a fun thing thatās worth pointing out nonetheless. I just love that this was clearly something the author was setting up from the very beginning.
Frieren’s writer has such a big brain for using Himmel’s death as the tell for the passage of time.
Not only that it keeps him in the audience’s mind, shows how much influence has on the world, but I think it could also be interpreted as Frieren, an almost immortal being, finally became aware of the passage of time or numbering her days by how long it has been since she lost him.
Feeling dirty and grimy for extended periods of time is extremely draining on the mental well-being of humans. Psychological studies prove it is detrimental to our self-esteem and contentment. And no wonder; we are animalsāhomo sapiens, a kind of apeāthat instinctively places high importance on personal grooming. Like monkeys and cats and birds in a zoo, one of the best ways to make us feel sad ā¦ is to make us feel gross to ourselves.
So hereās an easy saying from my therapist/zookeeper:
āIf you feel like you hate the world, eat something.
If you feel like the world hates you, get some sleep.
If you feel like you hate yourself, take a shower.
You will probably feel much better.ā
Do all three at once to become the perfect life form
love castiel as a character because he feels no emotions for the first kajilion years of his existence and all of a sudden he can feel things now and his first two emotions are queer longing and catholic guilt. literally who else is doing it like him
A mysterious old man granted Elonās wish to have unlimited money but this also caused him to become the most miserable man in the world. He can break the curse at any time by giving up the unlimited money but that happens to be the only thing he canāt fathom doing. This man lives in double hell
