After roughly a decade with Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood as the highest-rated anime on both sites, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End has now taken the top spot.
I found it boring to be honest. The gimmick is that Frieren is old, and that’s supposed to make us have deep thoughts about life and the nature of time, right? Well, other fantasy media has been playing with the “Elves live long” trope ever since Tolkien, so it’s nothing new to be honest.
It might not be generic anime, but it is generic fantasy for sure.
I found it boring to be honest. The gimmick is that Frieren is old, and that’s supposed to make us have deep thoughts about life and the nature of time, right? Well, other fantasy media has been playing with the “Elves live long” trope ever since Tolkien, so it’s nothing new to be honest.
It might not be generic anime, but it is generic fantasy for sure.