Frieren: EP 16 [UNCUT] (Patreon)

LISTEN. I love this show, adore it even, but oh my god it gets me so emotional to the point my nose like hurts because i feel the pressure of crying on my face. FUCK. Like how do they depict the ideas behind grief and the pain behind it so eloquently? I find myself struggling to stay composed with the music alone please.

But the story behind Old Man Voll really broke my heart, I could tell that behind frieren taking his words as jokes in regards to forgetting his wife was almost a sense of denial, like she refused to believe that that was even a possibility with someone you hold so dear, because if it is, shes bound to forget Himmel one day. And I don't think she can cope with that just yet.

Also, when it came to Himmel, it breaks my heart that he was so aware that Frieren just didn't understand what love was yet, but he loved her so deeply. Enough to only want to be remembered by her and only her. He clearly longed for the same dedication that Voll had for his wife and upholding the promise he made her, from Frieren...

It's also a weird contrast from the fact that they literally met Kraft but he was a forgotten priest, a forgotten soldier of the past. Eventhough imo he has a very memorable and cheesy delicious name. Sein's friend naming himself after a gorilla in order to avoid being forgotten shows the innate fear humans just have of death and what comes after I think. I think the fear of being forgotten is similar to the fear of death, because to die is to be forgotten in a way. Anywho, enough deep stuff haha

Love you guys!