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Frieren: Beyond Journey’s Endis a beautiful tale of time. It tells us a story about the fleeting yet wonderful lives of humans through the eyes of Frieren. Through Frieren, we are able to understand human emotions better.
But when danger strikes, we also see Frieren in action. She seems immensely powerful and would easily outclass any living human mage or demon. But before we can conclude that Frieren is the strongest character inFrieren: Beyond Journey’s End, Serie is introduced. Being a mage who has lived longer than Frieren, questions start to arise. Is Serie stronger than Frieren?
Who Exactly is Serie?
Serie is an elven mage who has lived twice as long as Frieren and is the head of the Continental Magic Association. She is often referred to as a living grimoire and has taughtnumerous human mages, including Flamme the Legendary Mage. While we are yet to see Serie in action, there is enough evidence that suggests how strong she is :
Frieren’s True Potential
As the way things are known, it is clear that Serie holds more magical power than Frieren. But, at the same time, Frieren is strong in her own right.She defeated Aura with easeand most notably defeated the Demon King as a part of Himmel the Hero’s Party. But even after all these achievements, Serie claims that Frieren is not as strong as she could’ve been. Instead of becoming more powerful, Frieren chose to live in solidarity for years. Spending time collecting various kinds of spells that would seem unnecessary to other mages. This clearly says that Frieren has no desire to become powerful. If she had cared about strength, she would’ve been a much stronger mage than the one we know.
Frieren is in fact relatively unskilled for her age, and yet she’s defeated demons. Her mana control is simply that refined.
- Serie, Episode 27
What Differentiates Serie and Frieren
On the surface, Serie and Frieren sound fairly similar. They are both powerful elven mages who are highly knowledgeable and have access to powerful spells. However, their opinions and personalities are what differentiate them. Serie has flawless intuition and encourages ambition and power. She considers magic to be special and a privilege that can only be learned by the worthy. Meanwhile, Frieren considersmagic to be like freedomthat everyone should have access to. Her time spent with humans is also more appreciative of emotions and relationships.
Since Frieren is a journey of emotions, we might never see Frieren surpass Serie in terms of power. The anime focuses on introducing Frieren to emotions that she is unaware of and truly understanding the lives of her past and existing allies.
