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New Manga Read - Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Volume 11

The first half finished the tale of the battle to beat Macht of the Golden Lands and it's so well done. Denken gets a great chance to shine, so does Frieren. Also, Frieren gets to show how she's grown as a person in trusting her allies. It was so well done.

The second half was a string of short self-contained chapters with little stories. Frieren once again gets silly spells from locals she helps.

All in all, great volume!

Photograph of a manga screenshot from Frieren, Volume 11. The image shows a bundled up elf with light colored, long hair (Frieren) reading a book and saying, "A spell that makes paper airplane fly father." There are two typos I just noticed including "aireplanes" and "father" instead of "farther." Whoops!
Photograph of a white person's hand holding Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, volume 11. Image shows the titular Frieren centralized ready to strike with her staff at the ready with various characters behind her battling including an older, bearded gentleman (Denken) and a few demons. The lower half of the scene is covered in golden layer. The upper half is the night sky, largely.

New Manga Read - Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Volume 10

Almost the entire volume is comprised of the memories of Macht of the Golden Land.

This flashback is SO well done. Incredible to fully understand Macht's backstory and how it overlapped with the region, with Denken, and with Frieren.

Flashing back to the present in the story and Macht with a friend from the past become a problem.

But that ending.

Such a well crafted volume, as always. Now I need to request the next volumes from my library!

Photograph of a white person's hand holding Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, volume 10. Image shows the titular Frieren centralized with mana swirling around her and assorted characters, including an older, bearded gentleman (Denken) standing behind her. The scenery is medieval fantasy; however instead everything is covered in a rainbow of color.

New Read - Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Volume 9

So good.

No, seriously, each volume is just so good.

Volume 9 brings back Denken into the plot. We meet near the Golden Land as Denken is trying to get Frieren's help to defeat the demon that has kept it gold. And the plot here, so well done. A lot of good flashbacks and the reveal of the demon's personal connection to Denken.

So good.

Can't wait to read the next volume.

Photograph of a white person's hand holding Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, volume 9. Image shows the titular Frieren standing next to an older, bearded gentleman (Denken) with a white-blue background near the bottom half, a golden background and a colorful demon seen from behind in the upper half of the cover.

New Read - Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Volume 8

Volume 8 is a collection of shorter stories of Fern, Frieren, and Stark. Various encounters, well done flashbacks, solid fight scenes. Everyone holding their own.

But the final chapter showed Denken coming back into the story and, for that, I am thrilled.

Denken is back, guys!!

Sorry.

Anyway, loved it. Looking forward to Volume 9.

Photograph of a white person's hand holding Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Volume 8 against a light colored wall. The title is at the top. The cover shows a group of three fantasy adventurers walking toward the viewer downhill with a long, rocky countryside behind them at night. On the right side is a monster with four arms and a snake lower half and two demons alongside them at dusk. The titular Frieren (white haired, long eared, short elf) is at the center standing toward the front of the group walking downward.

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Volumes 3 through 6

As my old Instance is going down, I'm bringing some of my reviews and posts over from there to Mastodon.

First, here are the covers for Volumes 3 through 6 of Frieren.

Second, they were all VERY good.

Third, my favorite new character introduced in this set of volumes is Denken.

More thoughts in follow up toots.

Photograph of a white person's hand holding Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Volume 6 against a light colored wall. The title is at the top. The cover shows a group of various fantasy adventurers walking toward a large, stone block structure with a tall, open entrance with pillars on either side. The titular Frieren (white haired, long eared, short elf) is at the center turning back toward the viewer.
Photograph of a white person's hand holding Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Volume 5 against a light colored wall. The title is at the top. The picture shows a group of various fantasy adventurers walking down a hallway in a large open room with stone flooring and walls. The titular Frieren (white haired, long eared, short elf) is at the center near the front.
Photograph of a white person's hand holding Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Volume 4 against a light colored wall. The title is at the top. The picture shows a group of fantasy adventurers walking down a staircase alongside a tall, stone block building. The titular Frieren (white haired, long eared, short elf) is at the bottom of the steps.
Photograph of a white person's hand holding Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Volume 3 against a light colored wall. The title is at the top. The left side shows Frieren and her allies with a bright background, the right side shows demons led by a female presenting demon sitting on a throne (Aura).