Continuing Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Where to Start After Anime Season 1
The anime adaptation of Frieren: Beyond Journey's End has officially concluded its Season 1 run with its 28th episode airing last Friday (March 22, 2024).
While Season 1 has wrapped up, information regarding Season 2 remains elusive even after the conclusion of the first season. So, will Sousou no Frieren continue into Season 2? That's perhaps the question on many minds.
Despite Season 1 ending, you can still delve into the continuation of Sousou no Frieren's story by reading the manga. Unsure which manga chapter to start after finishing Season 1 of the anime? Fear not, in this article, we've got you covered!
Finished Watching "Frieren: Beyond Journey's End": Where to Continue Manga? Here's the Answer
If you've watched Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Season 1, totaling 28 episodes, and are eager to know where the story continues in the manga, you can pick up from Chapter 61 of the Frieren: Beyond Journey's End manga. To refresh your memory from Episode 28, you might as well start from Chapter 60.
Chapter 61 of Frieren: Beyond Journey's End continues the story from the anime's Season 1 finale and serves as the beginning of Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Season 2 if the anime adaptation resumes.
About Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
Sousou no Frieren, also known as Frieren: Beyond Journey's End in English, is an anime series produced by Madhouse, based on the manga written by Kanehito Yamada and illustrated by Tsukasa Abe.
The anime premiered with a two-hour special episode on September 29, 2023, and Season 1 concluded with its 28th episode on March 22, 2024.
It's available for streaming on various official platforms such as Crunchyroll, Bstation, iQIYI, among others.
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Synopsis:
The story revolves around the journey of an elven sorceress named Frieren, a former member of an adventurer group who successfully defeated the Demon King and restored harmony to the world after a decade-long journey.
This group of heroes consists of Frieren herself, the human hero Himmel, the dwarf warrior Eisen, and the human priest Heiter.
Before parting ways, they witness the Meteors Era together, a meteor shower that occurs once every fifty years. Frieren agrees to reunite and offer a better view when this celestial event happens again. Frieren then sets out to explore the world in pursuit of magical knowledge.
Fifty years later, Frieren returns to the capital, but humanity has changed, and her former comrades have visibly aged.
After their final adventure to witness the meteor shower, Himmel passes away due to old age. During the funeral, Frieren feels guilty for not trying to understand him more. Frieren then visits her other former comrades. She accepts an offer to teach and care for Fern, an orphan adopted by Heiter.
She also accepts an invitation for a journey far north, to the soul's resting place, to meet Himmel again for a proper farewell and to convey her feelings. To fulfill this request, Frieren embarks on the journey with Fern while continuing to pursue her passion for learning magic.
Frieren's natural elven attributes give her an extremely long lifespan, making her view periods of years or decades as something fleeting (this perception of time leads her to consider the ten-year adventure with Himmel's group as a brief experience). The story unfolds over a long period, with periodic flashbacks accompanied by physical and mental development of characters besides Frieren herself.