Sousou no Frieren - Vol. 2 Ch. 14 - Articulate Monsters

[chieftanin]

@Laughing_Snake 28 years is the time that passed since Himmel died from old age.

 

[Admmi]

I can understand why the past grudges are being forgotten, the humans don't want war anymore and since the demons can talk, they think that it all can finnaly end, war is not something that everyone wants to participate all their life.

 

[riflow]

What a sad portrayal of demons. :c

 

[BalrogDeMorgoth]

@Boomthorkell I mean, from an amoral ecological and ecosystem point of view, yeah, demons should exist, otherwise humans would just proliferate like deers and rabbits when they have no predators but yeah, it's not a reason for humans to just roll over and let themself be eaten.

When a pack of wolf catch a deer, it's good for the ecosystem but the deer isn't and doesn't have to be happy about it or not try to escape.

 

[ventzx]

In a very fucked up way she was trying to atone her sins, I feel like this is more an issue of the fundamentalism of the value of life rather than Demons being evil for the sake of.

 

[acaa]

Its been almost 80 years since they killed the demon king.

take WW2 as an example its only been about 70 years, hypercritical if you take Germany for example as the demon race. Everyone adult to child like the manga has said is using language and reasoning to deceive. Majority of the world view german people as friendly, and most pardon them of hitlers wrong doing as its not their fault. Now apply that to them pretending to be innocent and the trust in the last 70 years is built upon a lie to deceive and gain the trust of others. Its not strange if these demons run around trying to talk peace and help the humans, while the human naively believe them.

 

[hyderz]

Demon here cannot become a good. Nice, the uniqueness of this manga.

 

[Rift]

God the story telling in this manga is soo awesome! I love every page. Especially the cover page where frieren is the only one who is coloured.

 

[Serafita]

I keep panicking every time the XX years have passed since the hero's passing shows up, but it has stayed 28 years for a good number of chapters haha

 

[Rift]

I like how demon potrayed in this manga they're true to their cold, calculative and deceiving nature.

 

[zokoi19]

Wow, a refreshing way of portraying demon as actual man-eating cold-blooded monsters as they are! This is getting better and better with each chapter!

 

[ieatass69]

damn I didn't expect that

 

[MCX01]

Oldest trick in the book of warfare.
A trojan horse so to speak.

 

[KeiosKod]

What a novel idea, for demons to be inhuman monsters. For real, though. When everyone tries to do a subversion, the subversion stops being interesting in and of itself. This manga “goes back to the roots” of these fantasy tropes, but does so in a unique way. Love this author.

 

[Boomthorkell]

@BalrogDeMorgoth

Ha ha, exactly! A lot of people though are those dangerous kind of well-meaning types, smart enough to deliberately override their survival instincts and embrace danger. I'm almost impressed they could exist in such a near-medieval population, but narrative-wise I think it makes sense that they are desperate for peace, and so, willing to embrace this..."humanitarian universalist" viewpoint.

 

[killugon]

Allow me to carry you like the first page of this chapter Frieren sama.
What is it officer? she is older then your great grandfather you know?

 

[Scrwd]

There's an interesting aspect of it though. Why did the demon in the story tried to "make up" for killing the other guy's daughter in the first place? If she was 100% on deceit, there wouldve been no reason to do that.

 

[b-no]

Oooh. Cold and calculating.

 

[Boomthorkell]

@Scrwd

Truly, though, sometimes a wolf suckles babies...ha ha ha, but really, weirder things do happen with wild animals. Maybe a serial killer still has a fondness for a pet or a person, or latches onto some idea.

 

[Madcat6204]

@Scrwd: Part of her attempt to infiltrate, I assume. By doing a "good deed" in getting a replacement daughter for the family, people would trust her more.