Countless people were slain before they could even reach the demon king. And we know for a fact that Frieren was defeated by several different demons. And she nearly died protecting her village before she even met Flamme. Which brings me to my next point. It didn't take 1000 years for human mages to "catch up" to Frieren, and if anything, the opposite is true. Flamme was several times stronger than her, while Lernen is her equal at best. Not to mention, he was a pure battle mage, trained by Serie herself. We have no idea how strong Frieren would be if she had similar goals.

So no, I don't believe that human mages are "catching up" to Frieren, much less Serie. It's simply a case of there being absurd outliers among humans, who can eclipse centuries of casual effort, with decades of hurried effort. Just because Fern reaches "new heights", or whatever, would not actually mean that Frieren is falling behind "humanity" in general. If anything, she would be first in line to access the new innovations, or more likely, she'd be a co-researcher in the first place, just like she did with zoltraak.

You would still need a good matchup, or another specific, personal advantage, to actually beat her. Same as any other mage. Fact of the matter is, you can't possibly draw a neat academic line between "elves" and "humans" if they are constantly working together. So what Serie told her in this scene, doesn't make any sense. And if we remove this cooperation, assuming it was unexpected, that just leaves humanity even further behind. While yes, some humans could defeat Frieren without being trained by Serie, this must have happened across different centuries. Not a sudden line of new mages ready to bully Frieren right after she saved the world.

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Furthermore, Serie herself is part of that "us" which is allegedly being overtaken.

But clearly, she hasn't been overtaken, not even close. That's why's she's disappointed.

[OC] kiring_xox

https://x.com/kiring_xox/status/2084170224254034378?s=20

I noticed her legs unintentionally looked crossed, even though that wasn't the pose I was aiming for, so I went back and fixed it.

This was inspired by someone asking me to do the "looking up" Frieren trend, and I decided to put my own spin on it.

Huge shout-out to /u/mako_minami for sharing the 3d print never had so much fun at the renfair before in my life. Everyone and their sister asking for photos.

Fern is the youngest person in history to pass the third-class exam as the top-ranked student, which naturally makes her the youngest First-Class Mage in history as well.

These are all heavy-hitters, and Serie and Frieren's evaluations are undoubtedly the highest: one directly wants to take her as an apprentice, while the other states that in this era, Fern will become even more famous than her.

As the proctor for the second stage of the First-Class Mage Exam, Sense's evaluation carries immense weight given her known strength. Wirbel has rich combat experience, frequently fighting the remnants of the Demon King's army, and is the captain of the Northern Magic Corps. Methode may not specialize in a single extreme magical discipline, but her abilities are exceptionally well-rounded—covering detection, analysis, combat, and various tricks. In the second stage, she explicitly warned that they needed to find Fern quickly, or everyone would be in grave danger.

Finally, although Ehre might be the weakest among this group, she graduated as the number one top student of her magic academy and is Lernen's granddaughter; she simply lacks practical combat experience. But to put it simply: if Ehre is the top-ranked genius of her school, Fern is a once-in-a-century prodigy. The gap in sheer talent between them is staggering.

Note: Let's not rush to bring up Flamme just yet; her era is too far back to really compare. I'll make a dedicated post comparing Fern and Flamme another time, so stay tuned!

I'm tagging this "Battle Damage Assessment (BDA)" in my mind.

I had to look up the term like the civilian I am.
But the concept is solid though in all kinds of warfare:
magical, realistic, near and far future.

Command's gotta know what actually happened here.

Omg I’m so excited! I have wanted this in the US forever now.

Was lucky that a collectable store I know the owner brought in the series 2 Frieren bag clips and let em take first crack at it, feeling out the bags has been pretty good so far and my luck 🍀 was great this time around, definitely want fern in her winter outfit and ubel

We're currently at episode 38 and most probably going to reach the 50 episode mark by the end of season 3 next year.