Frieren's message is about slowing down and enjoying what's around you for what it is, because there's really not much time, enjoy the small stuff more and the people you have.
Its secondary message is about the passing of information from one generation to the next, about the connection between people that forms memory and about how everything we do now is built on the work of everyone before us.
It has these messages going on and it is very consistent about delivering them. Dungeon Meshi on the other hand is not really delivering any consistent message other than "food good".
I don't think anyone should fault Frieren for not going and potentially dying sooner. Or the fact that she kinda felt bad about leaving it so long and wasn't sure if she should or not anymore because it had been left a while.
I mean. This is like saying anyone should go and fight in a war where they may or may not contribute to winning it and survive. It's even quite pointed out by her teacher that the way she was going about things she was going to get herself killed.
She spent a thousand years training for it. She really has no idea how much time she needed to train for it or how much power she actually required. She's also lost to others in that time, there are people that can beat her in a fight. She's not some special chosen one, just a person with a grudge who trained a very long time with the skills specifically necessary for this one task without really knowing how much was needed. I don't think Frieren is afraid of death, or even injury, she seems very much to enjoy battle in a way that seems a little bloodthirsty to be honest, but I don't think she really ever knew whether she was enough to win or not.
oh ok, i don't think i missed that really then. i just didn't conceptualize it as political directly (although obviously the political implications are there, especially the historical development of the world). thanks!
It's political in the sense that it's criticising how we live and saying that this is a better way to live. It doesn't need to show our way of life to be criticising, showing another better way of life with high fulfillment for its characters does the job just as well.
Frieren's message is about slowing down and enjoying what's around you for what it is, because there's really not much time, enjoy the small stuff more and the people you have.
Its secondary message is about the passing of information from one generation to the next, about the connection between people that forms memory and about how everything we do now is built on the work of everyone before us.
It has these messages going on and it is very consistent about delivering them. Dungeon Meshi on the other hand is not really delivering any consistent message other than "food good".
I kind of thought you were referring to Frieren having the power to do good but not doing anything about it for a long time
I don't think anyone should fault Frieren for not going and potentially dying sooner. Or the fact that she kinda felt bad about leaving it so long and wasn't sure if she should or not anymore because it had been left a while.
edit: to be fair I haven't even finished it, I'm at the point with the demons in the city
I mean. This is like saying anyone should go and fight in a war where they may or may not contribute to winning it and survive. It's even quite pointed out by her teacher that the way she was going about things she was going to get herself killed.
She spent a thousand years training for it. She really has no idea how much time she needed to train for it or how much power she actually required. She's also lost to others in that time, there are people that can beat her in a fight. She's not some special chosen one, just a person with a grudge who trained a very long time with the skills specifically necessary for this one task without really knowing how much was needed. I don't think Frieren is afraid of death, or even injury, she seems very much to enjoy battle in a way that seems a little bloodthirsty to be honest, but I don't think she really ever knew whether she was enough to win or not.
oh ok, i don't think i missed that really then. i just didn't conceptualize it as political directly (although obviously the political implications are there, especially the historical development of the world). thanks!
It's political in the sense that it's criticising how we live and saying that this is a better way to live. It doesn't need to show our way of life to be criticising, showing another better way of life with high fulfillment for its characters does the job just as well.