Sousou no Frieren - Vol. 3 Ch. 19 - Ambush

[Porg]

Time to cast a spell: 0s. Fern knows where to spend skill points.

@VINT64 the hastiness of a human

 

[zanonyn]

Fun! Author maintaining a very different feel from a lot of other series, subtly subverting typical decisions. Stark "I know what we have to do... is go find our party leader", no prideful monologuing just sneak attacks, probing for intel, etc. Good stuff. Not lingering too long either with any drawn out chase stuff or the like, 2-4 more chapters to wrap it up probably.

@Deathhappens
Yeah but the greater half of his life is twice the sum of yours and- oh, who am I kidding, of course she'll survive.

Eh, this was covered a bit back in ch5 vs Qual. Demons and Elves live a ton longer (forever outside of being killed?), but humanity may grow/adapt faster in some cases. And going by the hero party, humanity also can produce outliers many standard deviations above the norm. I don't think it's necessarily weird that >half of Fern's life, with Frieren as the tutor, might add up to more given she was apparently unusual from the start.

@Red225
Why is she even talking to the demon? Everything that comes out of their mouths are falsehoods anyway, and they only sometimes slip up and give away information without meaning to.

Fern doesn't have that internalized to quite the same degree, but also seems clear she's just buying time, looking for openings and preparing herself. If she's right in her assessment that the demon doesn't see her as a real threat that's not a bad strategy to exploit.

 

[jennydude-]

Fuck yeah! One point low-life-span humans!

 

[8bitholic]

Something that i hate from this manga is the cliff hanger

 

[sherlock0790]

Yeeeeaaahh..

Fern Vs Demon Lieutenant
Stark Vs Demon-chan
Frieren Vs Demon Leader

 

[rinnba]

@8bitholic
while I agree cliffhanger always gets on me, some great manga usually has ways to make cliffhanger

 

[nomadicengi]

Jesus Christ, that Mexican stand off.

 

[SweatyBrie]

every character face: ._.
every demon's face: ._.
Stark: D: or ):
the lack of facial diversity of this manga are starting to get to me

@chieftanin i feel like it doesn't have to be melancholic all the time. If the story capitalizes on it constantly, then the impact drops during crucial story moments. But, I still appreciate the realism of the story. Most anime overexaggerate emotions to the extreme (i.e. hair shake like how a dog shakes off mud https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIANCyXGN5I)

 

[Rdrop]

anyway fern best girl

 

[cpapaul]

I love that their best plan is to call for Frieren instead of fighting.

 

[sinisempi]

i cant remember if this girl was always dead-pan or if she got infected

 

[ciera]

Zenmetsu

 

[NineTails]

I feel so happy every time this updates, despite the lack of happy things in this manga.

 

[Spica]

It feels like One-Piece pace on this one..

 

[nyanpass]

@sinisempi autism shouldn't be an infectious disease

 

[chieftanin]

every character face: ._.
every demon's face: ._.
Stark: D: or ):
the lack of facial diversity of this manga are starting to get to me

@SweatyBrie it's supposed to be melancholic, so it makes sense that emotions aren't shown explicitly or shown excessively

@SweatyBrie fair point

 

[Midoriha]

It seems like demons run not on mana but on butthurt.

 

[NGOtaku]

she's dead
100%
author doesnt play games

 

[aceasulter]

@nyanpass Frieren facial disorder might be.

 

[Nunally]

These two fight like a gunslinger duel, the faster is the one who life