@Umetsu Fern already knew "basic offensive magic" BEFORE she met Frieren. It was the first spell she showed Frieren. The whole focus of her training was to make it reach a rock. Someone already taught her the basic spells and gave her the staff. In any case, if the human version of Soul Track...
@Alleycat Fern wasn't originally trained by Frieren but by Heiter and whoever was running magic school near the orphanage. She also has a formal mage certificate, which means Frieren isn't her only master nor the only other mage she knows. Her knowledge of how to use and defend against standard...
@littleoni Flamme and Frierens' discussion about demon society and the way that Lugner and his team talked about Aura and their own society hints that the usual way demon kings were felled was by demons themselves. That means the Hero might be a new thing in this world, a human capable of taking...
@Ahan1899 It was explained by the boss in chapter 2 that they used to be a Murder, Inc kind of outfit and later in chapter 3 that they started getting fewer clients from the usual channels, so instead they opened up to everyone willing to pay. Now we know why they were getting fewer clients.
@Esper Well, nowadays they usually have a separator to the locker area where people undress. In really big ones meant for tourists, they would even have a special undressing section with individual booths.
@Iwizesol There are many parallels between Berserk and Warhammer Fantasy. Gaiseric is very similar to Sigmar Heldenhammer, for example, and the God Hand as they originally appeared in the manga were four beings representing similar aspects to the four Chaos Gods. Also, when Miura started Berserk...
@DankN00ners You might get your wish. Reach likes revisiting old works, which is why Ookumo-chan is basically writing Mysterious Girlfriend X and Discommunication keeps getting prequels and sequels.
@TYPEMOON This manga wasn't axed. Reach is in a sort of semi-retirement right now. Basically, you're looking at one of those mangaka with a cult following and enough royalty backlog that they won't really get an axe notice because they usually have a "just do what you want" publishing deal with...
It's kinda funny that the Otomo are depicted as the powerful big bad here, given that historically the Shimazu was the clan that had the second-greatest influence on Japanese history and the generally acknowledged big bully of southern Japan.