r/Frieren • u/Ok_Veterinarian_9444 himmel • Mar 09 '24

MADhouse did it again Video Edit

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u/KintamaMan Mar 11 '24 edited Mar 14 '24

What did that even do ?? Tell me what was the purpose of that and what does it even do ? They literally just added that in to make the fight look prettier and cooler, because that didn't even do anything at all.

The black hole at least sucked some rocks in and exploded, FAR from what you'd expect from a "black hole" but it's still something, the "reality shattering spell" everyone is gassing up and using as evidence that Frieren can fuck up the whole world if she wants ended up doing NOTHING at all.

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u/PeacefulKnightmare May 30 '24

I think it's better to think about it as the natural mana of the area is shattering due to the force of whatever spell they're using. The mind receives sensory inputs witnessing the destruction but can't understand it, so it creates a visual facsimile. We see something similar happen when frieren gathers the magic to break the barrier during the first test.

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u/KintamaMan May 30 '24

I think it's better to think about it as the anime team having fun and making the fight look prettier

Frieren does NOT have the power to shatter reality.

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u/PeacefulKnightmare May 30 '24

Calling it breaking the reality is a stretch (that's what I was trying to get at.), but shattering/disrupting the natural mana in the area works in my brain. It looks like whatever spell was activating gets halted and the "glass shards" are the condensed mana from the spell breaking apart.

It's like if you were to create a sonic boom there's ripples you can visibly see in the air.

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u/KintamaMan May 30 '24

What is "disrupting the natural mana in the area" even supposed to mean? The air doesn't have mana

Mana is something that exists within living beings

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u/PeacefulKnightmare May 30 '24

It's probably me mixing different magic systems in my head while reading of the visuals of the scene. In most stories with magic there's a certain amount of energy (mana) in the air that can be tapped into/manipulated by the mages in question.

At that point it varies on whether a magic user acts a vessel to store mana pulling it from around them (The Witcher) or if they act as a generator that produces their own mana (Frieren), or a bit of both (DBZ with Spirit Bomb and Ki functioning basically like magic)

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u/KintamaMan May 30 '24

There's no such concept in Frieren

This was never explored at all

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u/PeacefulKnightmare May 31 '24

During the fight with Lawaine and Kanne vs Richter they mention injecting mana into the elements around them is more efficient than casting pure magic spells. Kanne also talks about it when limiting the water when they're trying to catch the Stille, as it's hyper sensitive to mana.

In fact thinking about it with this context you're correct that Mana is only generated by living things, and my thought about mana being present in the air *is* wrong.