STARK'S PAST! 😭 | Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Episode 12 Reaction

[@ohkaty]

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[@elbaraaabuaraki327]

I'm not sure but I think Katy is in love with Himmel, just a feeling

[@ohkaty]

what gave you that idea

[@elbaraaabuaraki327]

@@ohkaty I don't think you can handle his charm till the end of the series lol

[@Ichigoku15]

Hey, until the day that Frieren finally fully learns that she is, too - he's fair game in my book. 😆

[@elbaraaabuaraki327]

@@Ichigoku15 that's fair

[@aediusbarbatus]

This episode absolutely kills me every single time I watch it. Stark is so hard on himself and has always let his father's voice be the predominant one in his head, but as he pieces together the meaning of the hamburg steaks and unlocks suppressed memories, we see that until Stoltz told him to run, he was standing right there with everyone else, holding his little child-sized sword. We get to see Stark make a breakthrough in healing his childhood trauma in real-time and it is BEAUTIFUL. I love this show so much.

[@TheDonmayo]

Everyone who works hard is a WARRIOR! Eisen's lines are soooo good.

[@Airwave2k2]

A dawrf of spare words for the most parts. But everything he says is based.

[@druidicdwarf]

This episode really brought back to me the idealized memories of loved ones in our mind. Thanks for reacting!

[@Ichigoku15]

First Himmel, now Stoltz. These golden-hearted, handsome dead boys can't keep getting away with hitting us with all these feelings! This was easily one of my favorite episodes of the season. I love how it, like most of the other episodes, handles the sadness and sorrow in such a way that it mixes well with comedy still. Like how at the end, you go from an incredibly bittersweet moment of Stark reflecting on memories of his brother to a hilarious perv joke with that clothing potion making another appearance to help you end the episode with a smile on your face. And none of it is out of place or anything. It truly is just masterful storytelling, through and through. Also, yes, please do a "how cute" or "how beautiful" counter for the next episodes, if you truly wish to. 😂 I would love that so, so much. You absolutely do not have to, though! There are a few certain episodes that I'm certain the counter would go off the charts. 😅

[@justjdnl]

I love how much Himmel is the prime example of a self-made hero. He never needed the "real" Hero's Sword to _be_ a real hero and make a difference in the world. He didn't let prophecy define him or his actions-and his replica sword didn't make him fake in any way. It is funny though, the whole Hero party consisted of odd individuals: a supposed "fake" hero (Himmel), a "cowardly" warrior (Eisen has openly expressed his fears on multiple occasions), a "corrupt" priest (Heiter) and a "dishonorable" mage (due to Frieren hiding her mana). Yet together they saved the world. Goes to show that if we set our minds to something a team of ordinary people can accomplish extraordinary feats. No matter how our environment, and time itself, tends to label (and limit) us. On another note, it's amazing how Stark's kindness to others parallels Himmel's character perfectly. Whenever he can, big or small, he helps people because he can-unwittingly inspiring and attracting positive energy wherever he can. He praises Himmel, seeing him almost as this unreachable ideal, not realizing that in his modesty and helpful nature he has already followed in his footsteps; slowly becoming great in his own right. A hero of the people. One worth remembering.

[@LAGMASTER-cs4ci]

its literally 4 outcasts that saved the world

[@Glettification]

I'm going to ramble because that first flashback of Stark's is one of my favorite moments in the season. There's the hero's sword, which is obviously inspired by myths like Excalibur and is sure to have once been the kind of legend that every warrior and would-be hero would travel to, hoping that THEY would be the one to pull it free. Then Stark is told that not even Himmel, THE hero who defeated the Demon King, the one who fits the prophecy, was 'worthy' of it. And after all that, Stark's reaction isn't to try to pull it himself, or disregard the sword's importance, or ponder on Himmel. Instead, he sees Stoltz. He's looking at a legendary sword that the greatest hero of their time failed to pull and his internal response is, "My brother could have pulled it." I love that the moment isn't used to foreshadow that Stark will one day pull the sword himself, but instead highlights both the good and bad of Stark's character and his past. He has no self-confidence. In a way, he is punishing himself for surviving when his brother, someone he believes would have been worthy of the sword, died. He idolizes his brother both for his skill and his kindness, which gives him something to strive towards while keeping his own standards for himself always out of reach. I saw someone in a previous video comment that Eisen might die during the story and be waiting for Stark when they reach Aureole, but I personally prefer a different option: Stoltz. For Stark to grow over the next decade of story, becoming the person who not only measures up to his brother but can also see himself for the warrior that he is and grant himself that same kindness that his brother once gave him, to meet Stoltz in 'heaven' and tell him everything he's done. For Stoltz to see who his little brother became in the 15-20 years since his death. That's the end that I would like for (this part of) Stark's journey.

[@Abi_B1989]

And not only that but one of the most powerful thing this episode teaches for me is “Himmel wasn’t chosen to he the hero. Himmel chose to be a hero”. The only thing this world needs to be better is one single person wanting to change it. Loved the reaction and video ❤

[@tulk3747]

FYI, the little girl village chief is Chika's VA from Kaguya Sama

[@andyl2599]

If that backlight shot of Himmel makes you excited this much, oh sweet summer child isnt ready for whats coming next.

[@ohkaty]

i'm in danger

[@fjoergyn]

actually nice that you itself know we need a counter for cute :D but i can tell you this counter goes through the roof xD!

[@gilgameshlfx7006]

Remember the whole potion idea wasn't Frieren. It was something that she learned from her master, Flamme. Flamme really a legend in many ways.

[@kiteflying9317]

If Stark had shed a tear when he ate that hamburg steak, i woulda cried 😅

[@nicholasdaley7041]

Yep ...episode 12....thats when we all discovered that " heart shaped" box Stark fit into.

[@tretaneverends]

This anime makes me cry every time…

[@Red-Brick-Dream]

Frieren: *snuggle* "You smell nice..." Fern: *smol smile* Me: 😭😭😭

[@bobfrancis123]

For me THE moment our out of touch Elf started having....something... toward the comedically vain hero that she's only now beginning to understand was the moment Himmel failed to draw the sword. That reaction shot was so poignant especially with the cuts of "romantizing the past." And I have never ever cried over a kilo of hamburger before this episode. Holy crap I got run over by a freight train of feels when Stark reauthored his past.

[@shadowwordpain3138]

Not me crying at the In N' Out 😂

[@Masterfrogg]

I love how you are talking about how people put Himmel on a pedestal just seconds after gushing over how attractive he is... Not saying you're WRONG, it's just funny 😅 Also I really liked your whole look this day, so pretty!

[@ohkaty]

LISTENNNN i can't help it

[@marecaelomiscere]

Every time people doubt the priest who saved the world I struggle

[@shadowwordpain3138]

look what they did to myyy booyyyyy 😢

[@Taneth]

What's with this trope of an authority figure telling a child to run away from danger, and that child growing up being called a coward by everyone else?