Sousou no Frieren 2nd Season Episode 5 Discussion

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Feb 15, 9:34 AM

#151

SuperAdventure

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My expectations have fallen so low with this show that, I was pleasantly surprised by the episode. (one of the advantages of low expectations)

As a connoisseur of Fine Liquor I liked the narrative about the dwarf finding the underground chamber and asking for help from Frieren to get his hands on the rumored-world's-best drink. That was intriguing enough, and the revelation that it's a terrible swill is a clever parable. Although I will say you should never, under any circumstances yank the cork from a dusty bottle housed underground and take a swig like that should go without saying, it'd probably unalive you- but the way it played out was appreciated. Good Job Frieren you have a good episode on me.

So, what is your favorite Expensive But Terrible Tasting drink?

Feb 15, 10:03 AM

#152

Ghost_hero

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Jan 2019

Simply amazing. Excellent design, soundtrack, and sound effects.

Feb 15, 10:15 AM

#153

SunNotSon

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Dec 2025

I love how something so insignificant to one person could be a remarkable treasure to another.

Feb 15, 11:18 AM

#154

GT1Studios

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Dec 2023

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Pretty over the top way just to say "Yeah, mine over there" Straight up used the best track on the soundtrack just to flex on the haters. Also liked that lesson with the liquor.

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Feb 15, 1:49 PM

#155

Danpmss

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Reply to GT1Studios

Pretty over the top way just to say "Yeah, mine over there" Straight up used the best track on the soundtrack just to flex on the haters. Also liked that lesson with the liquor.

@GT1Studios The whole part was definitely Mad House flexing their artistry, they made it so absurdly more polished than what one would have expected reading the pages that whole segment covered lmao

Feb 15, 3:39 PM

#156

AnimeNerd99

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Nov 2019

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Frieren just accepting her fate was so funny, so was Fern being ready to storm the mines at night.

Feb 15, 3:46 PM

#157

SchIachsahne

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Jan 2023

I loved the episode

Feb 15, 4:18 PM

#158

redroseswilt

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Oct 2025

The structure of this episode was done very well.

Feb 15, 4:45 PM

#159

Skurd

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Episode was fine, but I feel like it was almost rushed with so much that happened in the anime. I feel like this could be 2 episodes focusing 1 on the alcohol in the town and an other episode about the mine. Kind of disappointed this season will only have 10 episodes as I feel this alone could make it 11 even.

Feb 15, 8:00 PM

#160

Algalordbr

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incrivel como sempre, não sei como a nota tá ciando, acho que tá ficando melhor a cada ep

Feb 16, 12:39 AM

#161

Mutivos

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The first part raised an interesting point about spending your life chasing something that, in the end, doesn't live up to the hype. It’s a hell of a metaphor: so many people project goals—especially intangible ones—only to feel empty once they reach them. Maybe because it wasn't all that, the journey topped the destination, the cost was too high, or they just ran out of things to pursue. At least the episode ended on a high note, with everyone hungover from some cheap booze.

I wonder how old Stark and Fern will be by the end of the trip and if their designs will gradually change over time.

As for the second part, it was hilarious with that whole interest rate mess lol. Magic really is a fix-all; I wonder if we’ll ever live in an Arcanepunk world?

Feb 16, 8:21 AM

#162

yukiame2002

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Feb 2021

nice episode and good animation quality

Feb 16, 9:28 AM

#163

shayed__

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May 2017

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lovely episode once again. the dry humor in this show is actually funny.

Feb 16, 9:41 AM

#164

AiluFulgenesis

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Jan 2026

Thoroughly enjoying season 2 so far. Love Frieren with her hair down. <3 Mine scene was very pretty.

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Feb 16, 11:13 AM

#165

MoonlitGrass7

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Soft bread!!!!! YATTAAAAAAAAA!!!!

I live in a zone where rum is important, so I expected that liquor to work its magic and turn out great. You’d think that being stored for hundreds of years would have helped, but sometimes, some liquors are just pure jet fuel.

Lol I laughed out loud when that bread clunked onto Stark's plate 😂😂😂 I had to pause the episode when he started talking about the sound

Great episode

Feb 16, 11:52 AM

#166

FUNj

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this is agood anime

Feb 16, 11:56 AM

#167

HiljainenSipuli

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frieren goes to jail

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Feb 16, 12:25 PM

#168

Viz108

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Frieren being old enough to know everyone's great grandpa is always a hilarious gag

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Feb 16, 3:45 PM

#169

Shiiinn

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Frieren literally just uncovered debts and out of nowhere just had to become a miner lol this was very funny, even Fern and Stark were alredy doing a plan for her escape but magic saved the day again

Feb 16, 3:57 PM

#170

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i liked the little old guy Fass and it made me happy to see him laugh when the liquor turned out to be horrible
it's best enjoyed with friends anyway!
i wonder how frieren knew that other elf milliarde
they were just chilling in the forest together
also the mining scene was so majestic

Feb 16, 6:52 PM

#171

Danmicmya

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Dec 2025

I like that something finally happened.

Feb 16, 7:16 PM

#172

JustPayton

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Sep 2025

I've missed Frieren so much

Feb 16, 8:26 PM

#173

Ahmad_almafalany

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Jan 2026

It was so peak and the new spell was so good and the animations are so cool

Feb 17, 3:37 PM

#174

LukaPochi

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underwhelming season so far... no idea how it's in top2 on MAL.. I guess lots of fake accounts just like the other post said

Feb 17, 7:27 PM

#175

red1130

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Nice debt Frieren. LOLOOL

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Feb 17, 8:22 PM

#176

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Feb 17, 9:42 PM

#177

ReaperCreeper

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Jan 2011

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TFW victim to epic elf prank.

Feb 17, 10:26 PM

#178

WolfWood37

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I was about ready to kill the merchant cause something shady was going on.....was still very shady but it worked out in the end.

Feb 17, 11:58 PM

#179

xZabuzax

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I haven't complained once in this season, but I will complain now. I'm starting to get bored; every episode feels the same with the same old generic formula that this anime has been doing since episode 1. Slice of Life isn't my thing, and when I get too much Slice of Life without anything interesting to spice things up, then I get bored, so I reached my limit.

These episodes are nothing but filler in my eyes. First, we have the party finding a freaking drink that some silly dwarf spent all his life searching for. 200 years searching for a drink is stupid, period. If we are talking about some Elixir of Life or some shit that grants immortality or cures any illness, then sure, I would understand, but not a freaking alcoholic beverage. This is just fucking retarded, and I couldn't take that part of the episode seriously. This shit is something that I would expect from a Boruto filler episode, not from the 2nd-highest-rated anime in MAL.

And then we have Frieren getting disrespected as usual and being forced to mine due to some debt or whatever, again, something that I would expect from a filler episode, not from the 2nd-highest-rated anime in MAL.

The only thing that I enjoyed about this episode was the flashback with the blonde elf because it was something different and with a new character, not the same usual boring flashback from her old companions that they've been milking over and over again, because I got bored with that shit already.

The other thing I enjoyed was Madhouse flexing its muscle with Frieren finding the right location in the mines; that part was pretty nice.

As for the rest of the episode, it was boring as hell, and I'm bored. Let's move on from this pointless filler shit and start getting interesting.

Feb 18, 8:25 PM

#180

Gurtyo

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Nov 2025

Loved seeing frieren get dragged of into the mine, it was really funny.

Feb 19, 3:02 AM

#181

LelouchZeroL2

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Feb 2026

It has hilarious !!!

Feb 19, 3:45 PM

#182

zdeisterreviews

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In life, there are two certainties: death (which won't come for Frieren for yet a long, long while) and taxes; and oh did it come for her in the second half of the episode. Not only that, but for the first time in a while, the years since the death of Himmel the Hero finally increased from 29 to 30 years. Some time movement at last!

Feb 22, 10:32 AM

#183

Zadion

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That first story struck some chord within me I didnt know exists.

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Feb 22, 8:15 PM

#184

Marrok506

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Baby Fern suffering through learning Ancient Elvish.
Milliarde playing a centuries old prank on the world.
Frieren using using her magic to search for silver in beautiful animation.
What a great episode.

Feb 23, 10:57 AM

#185

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One of the best anime I've ever watched, the story is exciting, funny when it needs to be, and the flashbacks are always enlightening and don't disrupt the anime's flow.

Feb 24, 5:08 AM

#186

HimuraMai

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Friren has been pretty good about strong manning stupid things. This was a real break from that. She was put into a mine as an endentured slave. Told if she could find silver her debt would be forgiven. Given what should have been an awesome magic moment, but fell flatter than a piece of toast with jam. We learn that the entirety of this charade is because of logistics.
(We live for those few moments where Friren gets to be unapologetically cool)

Well, the story could have skipped the entire section with her being an endentured slave. And just done what they were always going to do in the first place. Sit down and talk. To quote a certain, certain someone.

Oh, no! She's a miner for 300 years! How will the story progress?

Well, it won't. Because Stark and Fern will be dead. So obviously she's getting out there.

Would this be forgivable in another story? Yes. Can we forgive this in Friren? Yes, as long they keep up last seasons excellence.

So why does this matter? Because Friren has established that its above cheap tension tricks like that. Because Friren has proved you don't need cheap tricks like that to keep us engaged.

Feb 24, 6:45 PM

#187

terraI7

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Apr 2023

The studio really worked hard on this anime, who would have thought the magic to find iron ore would be made so beautiful 🔥🔥
frieren's expression when she was carried away was so cute 🤣

Feb 24, 6:47 PM

#188

terraI7

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One of the best anime I've ever watched, the story is exciting, funny when it needs to be, and the flashbacks are always enlightening and don't disrupt the anime's flow.

@alexcararetti The author really knows how to insert flashbacks into his story.

Feb 25, 8:50 AM

#189

Deathko

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Two episodes without feet in a row. That ain't fun.

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#190

Magicmist

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Milliarde's inscription while false, did at least give Fass something to look forward to for 200 years. He's a respectable guy for laughing off the time he spent looking for that awful tasting drink.

Frieren's spell that she used to locate the silver was gorgeously animated. I'm glad Norm can once again supply softer bread throughout the region.

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