Aura the Guillotine | Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Episode 9| Group Reaction

[@Thenormies]

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[@RayramAureanBlue]

What's interesting is, Linie's attacks did have some power to them. When her axe clashes against Stark's, the ground cracks below them from the impact, there's weight there. It's just that she wasn't strong enough to deal fatal damage to him. Stark's lack of confidence partially comes from the fact that he's had nobody to compare himself to except Eisen, and Eisen is exceptionally powerful. So when he finally feels her attack after lowering his defences, he finally realises she ain't shit compared to him or his master.

[@sfLionheart]

Linie relies on momentum and downward strikes to let physics/gravity hide her weakness, which is why Stark goes high in the end and receives a completely flaccid horizontal strike.

[@sebrussell]

@@sfLionheart I don't know that it was intentional on Stark's part (he doesn't seem that tactical), but mocking her for having weaker attacks than Eisen before the final attack also baited her into using the axe against him rather than any of her other remembered techniques. Of all the weapons she uses, the axe is the one that most needs strength. Had she used a spear or sword, she likely would have done more damage to Stark (dunno if it would have been enough to win, though).

[@Merilirem]

@@sebrussell If she wasn't so prideful she would have shoved a sword through his eyes or finished him while he was down. She was fast enough to pull that off and his eyes aren't strong enough to take that kind of hit. He baited her and she took the bait. She would have almost certainly won if she just focused on her own strengths which revolve around her flawless technique. Switching weapons would have given her an edge too and she only needs a couple good hits to soft area's to win. Not to even mention her greater flaw of not even trying to improve upon her copies. She could have used her knowledge to create her own style but she relied on her ability to copy. Then she chose to use that copy against someone trained in it. Not realizing her brute strength just wasn't at the level to make the most of it.

[@greggreyes6869]

"Stark's lack of confidence partially comes from the fact that he's had nobody to compare himself to except Eisen, and Eisen is exceptionally powerful" reminds me of god of war (2018) atreus thinks he is weak but all that time he was comparing himself to his father, the freaking god of war kratos. lmao

[@Birthday888]

​@@greggreyes6869 "Wait... Normal people can't just lift tree trunks above their head like they're made of paper? Weird." XD

[@ryanlarkin9783]

Fern never uses her injured arm during the fight. Such a great attention to detail, Mad House is so good.

[@a2daj]

This episode was an anime flex in a number of ways. Did they need to animate Stark putting his jacket on? No, but did it look really good? Yeah. Same with Fern taking her cloak off and tossing it. So fluid. And then the fights! Yeah, you saw, you know. So good.

[@enoobis8651]

When i first saw this episode I rewatched Stark putting his jacket on more times than I'd like ti admit. They did not have to cook that!

[@darknessunknown4384]

An interesting way to look at Stark's fight with Linnie is that it was a fight between someone who copied Eiesen's technique through magic (the easy way) and someone who copied it through training (the hard way). Linnie copied Eisen's techniques through magic, but she couldn't copy his strength, his physicality, and most importantly his experience; making it a pale imitation. Stark, by contrast, had learned Eisen's techniques through extensive, grueling training under him; and truly made those techniques his own. And the moment Stark realized this, he used it against her and won.

[@shockzz1234]

Ever since he grew out his hair, Suraj is always touching it hahaha, once you notice it, you'll always see him doing it (i get it though, as a guy with long hair as well).

[@Haunt888]

Suraj have transitioned, it's a she

[@frost9681]

​@@Haunt888?

[@athernandez666]

​@@Haunt888that'd be hilarious lmao

[@Levnik_Moore]

Do you blame him? It looks great!

[@selfconfidenceee]

Before it was his beard, he kept caressing it which was annoying 😭

[@NateLeonhart]

A little fun fact. Aura went into hiding after the Demon King was killed by Himmel and his party. and she stayed in hiding until roughly around 30 years before this point of the story. She stayed in hiding until Himmel died to start her attack again.

[@Credemis]

2:58 I think what Graf Granat was implying when he said “Aura the guillotine dealt with them in the most logical way” was that she cut off their heads. It was probably harder for them to fight her will once their heads were separated from the body

[@Credemis]

Hence being followed by “It’s a tragic tale”

[@Merilirem]

Yeah its crazy they don't seem to see the headless soldiers. Do they just think that is normal?

[@sammed473]

EPISODE 10 HYPE!!!

[@MIOrko]

LTG moment incoming

[@ianrosenbalm6555]

I'm here for it!!! 😁

[@jasonmarbach]

Yeah eps 9 and 10 are absolutely peak, loving y’all’s reactions

[@fjoergyn]

Fern just stonefaced dancing. The only epsiode were both "Zoltraak" and "Fear brought me this far" is played

[@etiennesauve3386]

You can hear ''Knife to the Throat'' too

[@K1ng69Floyd]

Two of my favorite episodes from Frieren. So good! I hope you enjoy. Love you guys

[@pinoyj316]

4:37 I did not notice the first time when Fern gets hit we see it in her POV and the whip lash back. Such a cool detail 👌🏽

[@josueroberto7356]

Fern with the ZoltraAK-47

[@Danny01474]

Frieren is the show that completely invalidated so many criticism towards audiences. No, we don't mind badass female characters ; Frieren is absolutely a bad ass and so is Fern. That walk by Fern? Holy hell, I LOVE it.

[@Wendeta-hq2cp]

Well yeah, but that's because the badass female characters are done the right way. Fern, Frieren and Flamme don't lecture people. They just do badass things and are amazing without needing to talk about it either. Oh and they are actually all very conscious of their abilities and weaknesses, which is a breath of fresh air compared with usual characters (men and women alike) who lowkey gloat sometimes.

[@animeisgreat3893]

Aura had the scale during himmel era, himmel is just ridiculously fast swordman, he cut aura's hand force her to drop the scale before she can even blink man i hope frieren season 2 reach the goddess monument arc so everyone can finally see how the old hero party fight

[@tosselkon2929]

Your comment seems to contain information from a far part of the manga, and is also not yet stated in Season 1 of Frieren. I suggest that you edit your comment so that The Normies won't be spoiled.

[@killeryuan08]

Aura did have an army full of headless knight but Himmel crushed her anyway. That's why she got so scared of him and only reactivated after his death.

[@navidnouroz2853]

Aura had the scales when Frieren and the party fought 80 years ago. Aura was unable to stop Himmel with her scales even a little bit cause Himmel was HIM. Aura got so scared that she hid till she heard that Himmel was dead. 😂

[@ianrosenbalm6555]

Whenever I watch this episode, I always feel a burst of pride for Stark and Fern, like "My children, how you've grown!" It makes no sense because I have zero involvement in their training, but that's where I'm at. 😆

[@yeetstreetUSA]

I cannot WAIT for their reaction to the moment in next week’s episode. You know which one.

[@bobbenson6825]

Another showcase of blending superb music and animation. I love this anime so much.

[@TheBookandDagger]

I've waited a long time for this moment!!

[@skyicy7383]

This episode was honestly one of my favorites. Fern is so much like frieren when she fights. No emotions on her face and mostly focusing on the fight. She’s not overconfident. And the animation was absolutely 💯

[@ShadowWordBozo]

Who ever is in charg of setting up the thumbnail great job last episodes mirroring this episodes just like in the anime *chefs kiss*

[@drachepumpernickel7056]

A fun thing to note. Linie did the same attack stark did. The difference is HE dodged it so she turned it and got his eye. When stark did it, she didnt have the time or strength to dodge or block it. Stark was fighting defensively because seeing his masters techniques startled him, so he associated her attacks with his masters. He didnt realize that they werent hitting like Eisens til he thought about as he got hit with the sacrificial blow he used. He expected to be bisected, but it only dug in a little. When he realized that he lost his fear and association with Eisen in his mind.

[@mannyjones3694]

Suraj with the “Arise” at 15:01 iykyk!!!!! The streets NEEEEEED that Solo Leveling reaction pleaseeee!!! But I can wait for Chris and Ketty to come back from maternity leave. No rush since S2 starts in January and you guys can go straight from S1-2 seamlessly. Hopefully Chris is back in time for Bleach TYBW arc 🥹🙏🏾

[@duke4088]

Stark took a minute to realize you can use the base 120 damage Thunder but it won't do anything if you're a lvl 10 Pichu

[@Thundernoob98]

Ok I know that rana isn’t the brightest crayon in the lightbulb pack but damn this episode was so extra 😂

[@FirstandLast.]

Something a lot of people also fail to realize is that Fern was fighting with only one usable arm

[@firecat4529]

14:18 "Graf" is the German word for "Count", so it's a title and not really a name.

[@Haunt888]

it's a name

[@robinconraths2174]

@@Haunt888 im from germany, graf isnt a name. it is a title of nobility. Auf deutsch Adelstitel.

[@firecat4529]

@@Haunt888 It is in this show, yes.

[@Much_Ado]

​@@firecat4529in this anime they refer to him as "the Graf", it's a title

[@sergejg9627]

​@firecat4529 no it is still his title, not his name

[@BigFry9591]

7:37 she does not have more mana. If you pay attention, Lugner said that he's being overwhelmed by the sheer number of spells that Fern produces. He can't beat her because of this. It's why he chose to fight her in a battle of attrition, but was still losing because he can't hold a defense against her number of spells she can launch.

[@ШвецВладимир-с1я]

Next episode - Slayer Frieren full-mod activated. :)

[@mythman30]

fern's main power of her magic is actually completely unrelated to frieren training her, the reason shes so quick to cast spells is because she was rushing her training to become a mage before heiter passed away, she got faster and faster at casting so she could train more in less time. also aura did have the scales the first time they fought she just didnt use it on them for whatever reason, i dont remember if it was this episode or next episode but it mentions that the original squad fought the headless soldiers as well and those are made from the bodies of the people she took over with the scales

[@greggreyes6869]

ferns innate born talent is she can fire off spells so fast and her mana ability to hide her mana even prior to frieren's training

[@mythman30]

@@greggreyes6869 its not innate, heiter asked frieren once about her suppressing her mana during the conversation about him praising her in the goddesses place, and when she asked why he was interested he said “because i might one day have a kid whos a mage” Heiter trained fern from an extremely young age to suppress her mana like frieren does even before her and frieren had ever met, thats why shes so good at hiding her mana cause she was trained from day 1 as a mage to do it that way. And she got fast at casting spells cause of the rush she was in to become a mage before heiter died. Both of those advantages were a result of the way she was raised not just innate ability

[@jawacs]

I love the intro music so much

[@jjpasay]

80 years ago, she really never stood a chance. Himmel was just that guy.

[@metrophidon]

Btw, "Graf" is not his name, but his title, meaning "Count" in German.

[@SubzeroBlack68]

Stark is a better version of Zenitsu.

[@xRakanishu]

I think Linie was attacking too quick and relentless that Stark couldn't do anything on the offensive. So he decided he'd give up defending to try to kill her at the same time, but turns out she couldn't even kill him with that free shot

[@OutOfPocket-h9e]

Next episode will explain why Frieren doesn't use her status and fame to her advantage.

[@Ask4This]

Stark overestimated his opponent he treated her attacks as fatal blows as if he was fighting Eisen but when he finally took an attack from her he realized how much weaker she was compared to his master.

[@johannesbowers7467]

This is my [AK Fernty-Seven] 🔥(Zoltraak go brrrrrrr)🔥

[@donovanb8247]

No Dan da Dan for the normies huh?

[@SuperBangBus]

i cant wait for "the line" next ep

[@Dark__Thoughts]

They aren't suits of armor, they're the decapitated soldiers she took over. And Aura went into hiding, until Himmel died 28 years ago, because she was this afraid of him. You seriously need to pay more attention because you completely missed out on how incredibly well written this show is.

[@lutianlycan]

How come you guys haven’t reacted to the FX’s Shogun series? It’s a masterpiece and won so many awards

[@damien86YT]

Negative AURA next ep😂😂😂

[@AJ-kt5zo]

They have no idea 😞 😅

[@SimonLab]

aura gets dominion over you while you re alive, but if you re strong willed you cant resist for a moment. so se simply beheaded all the strong willed people that she dominated. that's the tragic fate of the soldiers with the crests and no heads. they were the stronger.

[@Plamton]

we need them to start the blue lock reactions already

[@iyari219]

Stark 🔥 Fern 🔥

[@Merilirem]

Both demons lost because they were prideful and arrogant. They refused to win when they had the chance and refused to fight in ways that would allow them to win more easily. He could have killed Fern immediately. He didn't because he felt insulted. She could have killed Stark multiple times and ways. Using a fighting style that favored her speed and skill over raw power would have made more sense against a foe who relies on brute strength like Stark clearly does. Instead she chose to meet him with his own technique because of arrogance. A swift sword through the eye would have ended the fight and we just saw she has such moves. She already saw her axe strike not work too. He took that hit. She just had to kill him with the axe though because he called it an imitation.

[@ksk-p]

"Why didn’t you blast them away like before?" "Himmel got mad at me after that." "Himmel is not here anymore." "I see.That's good to hear. You demons are beasts after all" It would be better not to cut important scenes that succinctly emphasize the difference between demons and humanity.

[@tosselkon2929]

That scene may have been included in the Uncut, Full Reaction version of this episode but is only available for the Patreon subscribers of The Normies

[@chobitssofar]

IMO about Stark he just lack confident so it create mental block in his mind that make him can't fight Lineh at first but after he realize she just copy his master technic not his master strength he overcome the fear.

[@Minifutzi_o.O]

I really like that the fighting scenes are short but great. I'm so tired of shows where the fighting lasts several episodes.

[@patricktorres1292]

I don't mind fights lasting long at all, so long as it looks good

[@hannigraham5831]

I'm waiting for The Dan Da Dan reaction . Don't be shy drop it

[@katherinebawerman311]

1789 Windler Falls

[@MatiasGarciaMelutash]

I'm going to use this episode to point out that most characters on this anime are orphans. Not important, but a nice detail.

[@Condoriano474]

4:59 Um maybe because he was trained by Eizen??? Is she being for real 😅

[@m.johnson0229]

She talking about demon girl

[@Condoriano474]

​@@m.johnson0229She literally said "How does HE know it?

[@logmeinhere]

@@Condoriano474 I took it as just an incorrect use of he vs. she. It was safe to assume Navi was referring to Linie.

[@Condoriano474]

@@logmeinhere Nah. Based off past comments she's made I'm not giving her the benefit of the doubt this time and assuming she was talking about Stark

[@vanzeelliot7134]

It's so sad that this show is wasted on these guys. They're so confident in making wrong assumptions. They basically miss 50% of the context of the show.

[@MichaelaEvans]

Can y'all please do 2 episodes a video? 🥺 I cant wait so long for 1 episode a week 🥲

[@akashkomanakuttan9175]

Guys react to KALKI 2898 AD its a big international hit just like bahubali and RRR so you guys are missing this it will new thing for you guys

[@Poke-ladd]

From my understanding either Friren wasn’t strong enough to beat her 80? Years ago or she didn’t have enough mana for that tactic to work

[@greggreyes6869]

she had the mana all along but aura wasnt able to cast the spell on frieren back then. and frieren to her long strat, wouldnt want to use that strat to defeat aura 80 years ago cause it will reveal her strength BEFORE killing the demon king. now since the king is dead she can use that strat

[@neerajnongmaithem392]

The second point you made make a lot of sense, I also believe that aura his herself when she was hero party destroying everyone​@@greggreyes6869

[@joestopford524]

Curious, will you guys be reacting to rings of power season 2

[@wadepsilon01]

Lin / ie

[@Crazyproduction1213]

Whenever y’all watch dandadan anime please watch it in English dub pleaseeeee

[@redajoker5]

React to the tv show FROM !!!!!!!!!

[@DaneofHalves]

I wanna date with Rana. I think she is good dancer.