The Story that Created Frieren

[@offthemenuyt]

Hey guys, RCAnime here. This is my new channel, about food!

[@vietle8157]

Dang I found your 2nd channel unintentionally

[@nerdcotics]

Dang What are you cookinn

[@joselastname448]

I thought you sounded familiar

[@saltyoak8533]

Aha! Delicious in the dungeon when? Also subscribed.

[@zius2140]

Learn to pronounce Frieren

[@RediOfDeath]

Anime so good it makes anitubers come out of retirement

[@thecolorgreen9022]

*popular popularity =/ quality making videos on Frieren is easy money.

[@aditxd1]

​@@thecolorgreen9022 ?? Your point ?

[@akifyyy]

​@@thecolorgreen9022Frieren is MASTERPIECE!!!!!!

[@definetlynoone]

​@@thecolorgreen9022same could be said to alot of popular anime's, he could probably make more views and like does money creating a video about JJK / Attack on titan as its generally more popular than Frieren , guess as your logic Popularity =/ Quality

[@MinhHuynh-ks5rk]

@@thecolorgreen9022 Frieren is a really new show compare to many other popular shonen out there, its fame is unmatched compared to JJK ,AOT,.. If they want to choose popularity ,frieren is not a good choice to be honest. Even the manga only started in the end of 2021. How can Frieren is popular? if many people make a video of a new show like frieren there must be a reason, it's because Frieren is actually good. I will not say it's a masterpiece or something like that, but it's a good show =)

[@wandiriswan6116]

"Tokeen" "Freyin" "Himo" Bro i cant

[@affarinoxa]

I was thinking the same thing. Like it's hard to focus on the story when my man is mispronouncing all their names so much.

[@kirschkäfer]

Same, especially as a german speaker its so funny xD

[@IdoN_Tlikethis]

can't forget sawron

[@Taiyama2]

It's the verbal equivalent of a record scratch. Completely takes me out of what he's trying to say, every time.

[@nduduzoblose4355]

​@@kirschkäfer Brotheeerrrr it's a nightmare at the very least

[@fapperpa1154]

HE REMBER THE PASSWORD

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

“Says friend in Ebonics, what does it mean?”

[@JAI_SHREE_RAM12337]

Take a shot every time he says freyen

[@zanthe_]

My brother in Christ I will die

[@equinox3625]

​@@zanthe_just change your class into a priest, you'll live

[@Marco_Onyxheart]

I died and I will sue you for wrongful death as soon as I reincarnate back into this world again. I may need to slay a dragon first or something.

[@Jikuri]

Don't forget that in the lotr books they do chill for a long time. While I watch this anime I kept saying that this might be the most pure lotr adaptation. Lotr best fit for anime series that is phased like this.

[@ianglenn2821]

Great Cleric also, I would put it in 2nd place behind Frieren for a LOTR anime category

[@datboishiz3474]

My crackpot theory is that watching Frieren made RCanime reevaluate his life and how he's spending it, after going back to the source (going to Japan for him, TLoK for Frieren) he is now entering a new Era where his species is diminished mostly by their own hand (anitubers, elves) and has decided to make the trek again but this time to have a better understanding of what he's doing with his life

[@omsingh4478]

hahahhaha

[@GaaMacgfx]

I will not tolerate this Dungeon Meshi slander

[@mechajay3358]

Frieren must be something very special to get one of the OG Anituber out of retirement.

[@skydemon3423]

5:38 I never noticed how surprised Eisen looks in this moment when Frieren says she will finish it quickly because of Fern

[@ianglenn2821]

for fellow noticers, the greenhouse / cathedral where we see Serie in the present is illustrated from afar as the same cliffside location where she walks with Frieren and Flamme in the past, where Flamme first gathers flowers and loves them

[@Spammit-ye4vw]

@@ianglenn2821 im gonna have to rewatch and see the spots youre talking about but cool, thanks

[@Spammit-ye4vw]

i noticed in the show he was surprised, but yeah i didn't realize he was THAT surprised, it makes sense though

[@GinsuSher]

I resent the fact that you put Dungeon Meshi as one the "generic" and uninspired fantasy show. That show is well thought out and is fantasy done right.

[@gustyko8668]

It feels more inspired in something like Dungeons and Dragons.

[@Rick-rl9qq]

fr tho, it's such a unique anime, not to mention the way he pronounces everything wrong. it's kinda hard to watch something that wasn't properly researched

[@LeFisheDeChocolat]

thats not a good taste with 45 seconds of me watching the video

[@Colegial24]

Frieren is so good that it can be discussed as a spiritual descendent of Tolkien's work.

[@alanway5]

it is

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

Based and I’ll defend it.

[@NeolwA]

That's honestly the highest praise a fantasy can get.

[@voss0749]

In some ways its a challenge to Tolkien's work. It doesnt just show the coming of the era of humans, it explains WHY the era of humans was coming. A dominating demon with OP killer magic spends 80 years in stasis and then gets basically one shotted by mages who spent the last 80 years studying his magic. Tolkien's work never really addressed the passage of time, It talked about time and the ages but never addressed the idea that a villain's relative power over time would shrink as the magic is better understood. On the other hand humans have lost access to the spells they had 1000 years ago.

[@Peanutdenver]

Every once in awhile a brilliant anime graces us....Frieren is one of those.

[@futoifutomomodesu3206]

"oh hey new frieren content" *checks the creator* "by the gods, he's alive."

[@TheAssassin409]

"fray-in"

[@AdhalMK1]

Good I'm not the only one lol

[@muto4330]

I can't move past it either lol

[@Panthromise]

I don't understand how people who watch these shows mispronounce words they hear multiple times constantly

[@karma_mama6870]

I like this video but man him saying "Frayin" bugs me to no end.

[@baltakatei]

“Urf”.

[@Captain_Tipper]

Canipa died for this 😭

[@KenuDRoger]

What do you mean?

[@FullmoonPhantom-dn2sr]

@@KenuDRogerProbably just his channel. I don’t think they mean it literally. Just that a lot of Anitube is no longer making videos for us. Anitube is mostly dead and surviving off Gigguk who is now his real name Garnt. Tristan at GRArkada still makes videos. So does Geoff Theo at Mother’s Basement. Also, occasionally the boys remember they were once an anime podcast called Trash Taste who was made up of anime fans. Afterwards they return to being former fans well into their successful anime fans anonymous (AA) lives. Digi is still around as Trixie The Golden Witch at Ygg Studio and We Watch Anime. Other channels, too, I don’t remember what they were. SloanTheFemaleOtaku is around very sparingly. I think Sloan does more cosplay at anime cons than videos anymore. Sloan was busy with health issues for a time and then fell away from YT due to idk life. Sloan is asexual and nonbinary last I checked up on their channel. JessuOtaku is now Jacob Chapman @weebservations. AHBrandonReviews is still keeping the seasonal anime space alive. Misty Chronexia is gone, but has said he wants to come back in the future. That was a year ago. No promises. He’s got a wonderful family now to care for. Still he’s a possibility. Alexandxr still makes videos. Then there’s some new people who have come in. Channels like The Weeb Crew, Westside Otaku, The Bellman, Ember Reviews, Bonsai Pop, Hiding In Public, Zeria, A Sleepy Insomniac, Blocky, Goat Sama among other new people. There’s another new channel I can’t remember for the life of me. They had South Africa 🇿🇦 flag in the video title or the thumbnail. Nothing else in their channel name or title that indicated they were South African. I’ve been trying to find them for a while. Should’ve subscribed. They filled the void of Nineouh. Now, I can’t find their channel. I just remember the channel name was something like a very common name.

[@bmkmymaggots]

@@KenuDRogercanipa effect ended after frieren

[@bmkmymaggots]

and RCAnime reawakened for this

[@Zhaxra]

I never realized how good the Fellowship theme syncs well with Frieren. Nice job!

[@pogchampryder3313]

I'm a person who really loves fantasy. And when I discovered Frieren manga 2 years ago, It made me feel the nostalgia when I was a kid watched and reads LOTR. It brought back the memories why I love fantasy.

[@The_Rum]

How did you manage to get rid of the 'r' in her name?

[@teguhlg]

How the germans pronounce it? Hard rolling R or casual R like the first one in her name?

[@cupramyun8204]

@@teguhlgboth are pronounced the same. And the ie in her name is pronounced like English ee. So the Japanese clip that said her name is far closer to how mate said it in the video.

[@Mei_Meiks_Art]

Frayen? 😭😭😭

[@IAMA1]

Welcome back. Banger video for a banger show. I do think that what makes Frieren special is the fact that it takes direct influence from Tolkien's work, but there sterility of modern fantasy anime isn't merely just from forgoing their Tolkien roots, because for the most part, the modern isekai takes iconography and tropes from JRPGs like Dragon Quest and light novels like Mushoku Tensei. They've always been direct derivatives of these works specifically that were inspired by traditional high fantasy. It feels like there's another immediate layer of separation even before they started copying each other. They take the explicit video game level up mechanics, party member archetypes, slimes, Demon Kings and the like from JRPGs, and they take the reincarnation and harems from the latter. This doesn't affect any of your arguments, but I think noting where specific strains of media got their tropes from before they just started copying each other is interesting, especially since this case eventully led to works like Re:Zero and Konosuba.

[@danielgwynne7266]

Sometimes I wonder why fantasy anime fans don’t just read books since there are dozens if not 100s of fantastic fantasy series written in English out there to explore and 1 Google search is enough to find most of them. No offense to frieren since it’s still a solid 8/10 for me but it doesn’t compare to the greats of the fantasy genre like asoiaf, malazan, realm of the elderlings, book of the new sun, second apocalypse, wandering inn etc. honestly you can probably find far more well done fantasy vn than anime and there ain’t that many vn.

[@violetxiv367]

Through the video, the constant LoTR back music is so fitting for frieren.

[@arthwix6085]

The Return of the King

[@povilzem]

Frieren is definitely a Tolkien character. Ancient grace fading away.

[@laisphinto6372]

Bit similar to Frodo when He came Back its peaceful but He has scares

[@tama5380]

glad to have you back man, we missed your videos. Frieren has done wonders

[@pythonxz]

I just love that we finally have an example of an anime which uses time as a core part of its world building and storytelling.

[@BOS_C.O.]

Return of the King I really love that this series knows its roots even the soundtrack feels like something that could be Lotr

[@korakys]

Stunned to see you release a video after, what, five years? It was a good one too. Frieren is a real shot in the arm to high fantasy anime by radically changing how the characters react to situations, although I'm not hopeful others will actually draw lessons from it.

[@ezraho8449]

More like a call back to the days before sword art online. Before anime followed RPG logic.

[@KillerCLbee]

Frayen and the story by Tolkin are my favorites 🙃

[@OtakuVs]

Nature is healing x

[@j0n62x]

Freyen for AOTY.❤

[@justyyohan9423]

brother RC, how can u butcher frierens name like that :(

[@iceandwhiskey7178]

Everytime he says Freyan, a part of my soul wilts away. If this was intentional, well played.

[@dipwad7459]

God man, there are a lot of KZbinrs out there, but you can tell when one has been doing it for a while. Idk they have a kind of finesse that newer ones are lacking. Good video man

[@Raidanzoup]

"Works that came out a few years before" I mean, Dragon Quest is Japan's once and future darling. It was the solution to giving the masses a way to experience a game experience like Ultima or Wizardry on the Famicom. Ultima and Wizardry are themselves just games that allow you to have something like a D&D experience on the computer. And D&D itself is again a codified reskin of tabletop wargames with added roleplay, letting you live out adventures like the one that took place in Middle Earth. Dungeon Meshi is another descendant of Wizardry. Heck, any webnovel isekai that has a settlement in the vicinity of a dungeon upon which its trade and economy is dependent, is just another one standing on the shoulders of Wizardry, the video game series that died out in the west, but lives on in Japan. Really great video editing, btw, I enjoyed the video.

[@nenopd]

A worthy return to form. Welcome back!

[@aqualucasYT]

The anime so good it brought RCAnime back from the dead

[@looots1320]

LOTR is so beautiful that it reminded me of Frieren after rewatching it yesterday

[@akmalrafiaa4772]

forgive my opinion but the way you say "Freyan" instead of "Frieren" is mildly infuriating especially after listening to everyone else say "Frieren", nonetheless this was an awesome watch ^^

[@madhukarg8052]

Dude just came back after six years

[@VinceGarrido]

Other similarities: 1) Morgoth (main antagonist of the silmarillion) and the demon king (main antagonist of frieren); 2) location of the antagonists' strongholds: Morgoth's fortress (Angband) being located in the northern most region of Belariand (setting of the Silmarillion) and the demon kings fortress being located in Ende; 3) the nature and implications of the potential love and relationship between an immortal and mortal being: Beren and Luthien from Tolkiens Silmarillion, Aragorn and Arrwen from the Lord of the Rings. P.s. - love your food videos, shit's lit.

[@lonemichi5289]

You should look up how to pronounce the characters names in the future. Welcome back to YT btw.

[@Colegial24]

Happy to have you back RC. You were missed. I'm happy that Frieren was good enough to inspire this video from you.

[@bonked9426]

Your use of LOTR tracks made me realize if one were to swap the entire OST of Frieren anime with LOTR's it could work as well.

[@zetscaf5511]

HOLY BRO IS BACK CAUSE FRIEREN IS JUST THAT GOOD!!!

[@teren60]

This will be nit picky of me but you been pronounced frierens name wrong.. its german for frost or ice and its pronounced frii-ren.. sorry to nit pick but its better that it be corrected i think..

[@MelloxMaster]

OMG, I've missed hearing that intro! Glad Frieren was an amazing enough show to have you come back and make a video about it.

[@Kottkumgen]

This video went hard af. The opening was crazy! Welcome back! I really like the parallells you drew between lotr and frieren! A certified banger of a comeback!

[@reviewspiteras]

Thanks dude for making this video. It feels great to know other people that have the same interpretation of Frieren as me. Frieren is a go back to the source kind of story that rescued a great aspect of Tolkien's work (I am not talking about world building). The relationship between Men and another races that bring different lessons about our human condition and make us see fantastic experiences

[@DairyofDewi]

Dungeon Meshi is also very different from regular isekai and has changed the fantasy scene just as much as frieren did imo

[@WallyTheLegend]

I actually did not see this coming, and now I feel like I have to finally watch this show.

[@Spammit-ye4vw]

you do, yeah, mandatory for everyone, get to it haha (it's worth :D)

[@sanuthweerasinghe7825]

It actually is sort of implied why the demons are acting up again. It's Himmel's death. It was him being alive which was keeping the demons at bay. It's understandable considering it is him who is credited for killing the Demon King.

[@Cuissedemouche]

OMG so happy to see you back! One of the channel I recommend the most to people, glad I had the notification enable.

[@reveriesend4668]

6:18 "This Day We Fight!" "By All that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you Stand! Men of the West!"

[@11B30Inf]

Time is such a fleeting moment. Here today, gone tomorrow.

[@alexakuto]

what a coincidence 😅 I just found your channel recently and a bit disappointed that your last video was 5 years ago, but I subsribe anyways, hoping for a comeback... welp, wasn't expecting to wait for as long as 2 days

[@pabloruansabino3933]

This anime its so peak😢 truly masterpiece

[@TheAnon26]

Im weirdly appreciative of the 1000 year jump also featuring different architecture and fashion. Sousou no Frieren doesnt do the whole "its always the high middle ages" thing lots of Fantasy settings tend to converge on... Its nice. ^^

[@das_9677]

When we needed him the most, the legend returned

[@cathryndichoson5841]

no wonder frieren reminded me of how I first watched lotr the fellowship of the ring. I just finished the anime and will go to the manga now but ill watch lord of the rings to reminisce a bit. and i see that u used lotr soundtracks I LOVE IT!!

[@BillyBobkat]

After all these years, I’m glad you’re back!

[@blackrockproposal]

After i finished this anime, i think i know why humans didn't live long. Humans are just full of emotion. And that will be so freaking exhausting for us humans to live so looooong with so many emotions we feel. Unlike Frieren, an elf that feels less emotions.

[@pablovillasenor8566]

Welcome back dude, we missed you!

[@gotfalsebanhammered3931]

Free-ren mirrors tolkien's legendarium in many ways

[@KillerTacos54]

I'm not looking forward to that empty feeling when Frieren ends this week. I'm praying it gets renewed for a season 2 @ MADHOUSE. Also I missed your videos man, welcome back (hopefully). Just goes to show how GOATed this anime is if the GOAT himself is back!

[@alexandresobreiramartins9461]

The biggest problem is that it ran out of original material do adapt. And we know how mangaka release new chapters fast... It may be 5-10 years before there's enough manga to adapt a new 26-episode season.

[@HeyYouFromThatGame]

Considering that Frieren's 1st season takes around 60 or so chapters in 28 episode, and there's already 120 chapters for the manga, I think they could do it in 3-5 years.​@@alexandresobreiramartins9461

[@marzbee115]

What a cosmic coincidence I just checked your channel yesterday after several years since your last video. Glad to see another video😊

[@lordlopikong6940]

The beauty about it is that she will learn but never truly understand. It's like us and a pet that only lives for a few years, we learn to cherish it but never understand how fast thier time works

[@ade1174]

I think what makes Frieren resonate so hard with so many people is the time it's releasing during in real life. We're all still recovering from the pandemic and rethinking our priorities in life, and I think a lot of people, myself included, are releazing that there is nothing more important in life than forming happy memories with the ones we love. Frieren is such a good mentor to the people around her, and we've seen her change in philosophy from being cold and distant when in the Hero's Party to bringing out the best in others during the First Class Mage Exam. That's an inspirational message that changes hearts.

[@alhesiad]

Eh, comparisons with Tolkien feel a bit forced here. There is some -vague- thematic "convergence", but in Frieren's it comes from taking JRPGs tropes to its logical conclusion, while in Tolkien's is intentional evocation of germanic and greco-roman notions of mythical golden ages.

[@friedhotwings]

I’d like to point out that just because Frieren lives for millennias, doesn’t mean 10 years feels like 23 minutes to Frieren. There’s still 24 hours in everyday, and 365 days in every year. Frieren experienced those 10 years just like everyone else in her party. It’s just a smaller portion of her lifespan.

[@saintjohnalabama]

Your video deserves more than a million views.

[@AnnohaSF]

Respectfully, who the hell is Frayan?

[@farahali5844]

WELCOME BACK !!!!!!!

[@LordDagron]

The between 2 ferns joke was great!

[@HeavyTopspin]

99% of fantasy stories descend from Lord of the Rings. The modern depictions of elves, dwarves, orcs/goblins, and even dragons, as well as the "party of adventurers defeating the evil lord," springs from Tolkien's work and redefinition of folklore. That said, Frieren is far more tied to the lore of Dungeons & Dragons than anything else: its elves are long-lived but not truly immortal like Tolkien's, and also shorter than humans. Plus Mimics... although now I suddenly have an urge to see Galadriel or Legolas squirming inside a chest with teeth.

[@NetoJ0N]

Oh… the soundtrack you used 😢 not fair with my heart… You sir, deserve a subscribe

[@roullemaskin]

Frey-en

[@mindtrick205]

This is a great video and I’m glad to have found your channel through it!

[@irfanhafizhbuntoro3772]

Good video, but seriously. How could you forget the second "r" in Frieren?? :V lol

[@ZweeNDD]

THE RETURN

[@Untolddead]

No matter how many times I'm told that a long life is a curse I will never agree. No sane person says "I live longer than my pet dog my long life is a curse!"

[@GeraltofRivia22]

As much as I love my dogs, they aren't people. Imagine watching your own children and grandchildren grow old and die while you continue living.

[@NeoDeity]

We're actually so fucking back

[@Vinzaf]

Frieren set to LOTR music is so fucking good.

[@NLwino]

We should also not forget that also Tolkien was greatly inspired by previous fantasy and not at all "the" creator of this setting. A huge inspiration of course, especially to Frieren. But elves, dwarves and the concept of how beings with a long lifespan would perceive the world differently are all things that existed before Tolkien was born. Especially the Norse mythology was a big inspiration to Tolkien. Taking inspiration of great works, is how new great works are created.

[@Aapjuhh]

Shh... you can't say that, you'll upset the lotr fans.

[@GeraltofRivia22]

No one has ever claimed otherwise. Tolkien's inspiration from various European mythologies is well known. But he absolutely is responsible for the modern ideas and depictions of them.

[@condapapa]

PRAISE BE HE'S ALIVE!

[@Omnifarious42]

The return of demons has pretty much been because of the death of Himmel. I think its outright stated in an episode!

[@friedhotwings]

One of the few cases where I’d prefer to listen to AI narrate a video.

[@Keemochi420]

I love this anime it reminds me of The Witcher cause of music and magic,dwarfs,elfs,demons and monsters

[@katarh]

If I remember right, a lot of the earlier fantasy anime were inspired directly by.... Dungeons and Dragons. Specifically, I recall hearing that Slayers and Record of Lodoss War in particular were allegedly inspired by particularly long D&D campaigns. But since D&D itself is in the Tolkien high fantasy universe (either borrowing a lot or a little depending on how generous you're feeling), that's why they didn't feel so derivative just yet. I agree though, it definitely feels like a lot of modern fantasy anime are simply retreading fantasy tropes instead of finding fresh inspiration from the OG sources - Toklien and the other high fantasy inspired by it.

[@cainiwakura]

Lodoss is not 'inspired' by D&D, it is actually a D&D campaign adapted into multimedia franchise. Lodoss alongside with Dragon Quest actually one of the tropes codifier of the early Standard Japanese Fantasy Setting for their own medium, Lodoss for Anime and Manga and DQ for Video Games.

[@DSoulA3]

The canipa effect: (leaves youtube) RCAnime: Hey guys. RCAnime here. ONE LEAVES ANOTHER RETURNS! XD

[@KevinNyaa]

EveryFrameAPainting should've came back instead...

[@RCAnime]

god i wish

[@alexanderanton468]

4:22 didn't knew she had a friend called Himmo. Must have missed that small detail when watching FrieRen.

[@falsefingolfin]

I love how you just put the LOTR soundtrack behind the whole video, I need to rewatch the trilogy again

[@n_kau]

My first time watching your channel. Now I am utterly shocked that your last recent video before this was 5 years ago. And now I’m just learning you were an OG retired anituber?! Now that’s amazing (Freiren my favourite anime frfr)

[@kotenbu7680]

As big fan of Tolkien's work i appreciate this.

[@neurobishop7900]

Glad I'm not the only one who picked up on the similarities. Obviously it has to be said that these are very different stories and worlds in superficial terms (in most ways Frieren's setting draws from D&D and its derivatives rather than LotR's distinctly low-magic pre-medieval world) but the themes (especially around the elves) are strikingly similar. In most fantasy, Elves are basically just humans with pointy ears, but I think both Tolkien and Frieren get across how alien they would be to the human experience. It's less obvious in the films, but Tolkien's elves aren't just ethereal and regal; he makes the point several times that they can appear ancient one moment and childlike the next (e.g. Legolas is more lighthearted in the book.) The creators of Frieren capture a similar uncanny mix of deep time gravitas and youthfulness while also dealing with similar themes around the fundamental differences between Elves and Men. I don't know how familiar the creators were with Tolkien's work directly but at the very least it's interesting convergent evolution.

[@camaela18]

In one video heard Fryren now I have heard Frayen on this one xD

[@Amuro1X]

I was like, "How am I subscribed to this channel I've never heard of?" Then I looked at your older videos and travelled back in time.

[@entropy8634]

I’m a human whose time has stuck. My yesterday and my tomorrow looks identical, all seem worthless

[@Lunk42]

Bro actually came back didn't see this coming.

[@LockandLoad79]

And This, Freirens experience with time and interactions with short lived races, is what Elrond feared will be the fate of Arwen when she chose, even a relatively long aged, Aragorn as her spouse. Which he's not exactly wrong, since Arwen basically committed suicide after Aragorns death.