>>280027246
>mature themes
It went above the author and you as well. Because there is nothing mature about it. Unless you think not having panty shots every 5 minutes makes it """mature""".
It's basically about Frieren unpacking her emotions while going on a second journey by repeating the steps her prior party took. i.e. a journey of discovery and growth for what is essentially a robot.
It then however meanders, loses the plot, gets sidetracked on pointless things for too long like the exam arc because the author is running out of ideas so needs to pull out the hack writer tournament arc padding.
While doing so the author also bogs themselves down into the magic system and structure because they wrote themselves into a corner and the way it is explained and fleshed out actively makes it worse because it's so illogical and poorly thought out (because it obviously wasn't).
It even highlights a confused direction, where everything prior to the exam arc was vastly different in terms of structure, themes and storytelling. Like for two entirely different audiences.
The group huddling up in a cabin over the winter had more value than the entire exam arc.
But this is where you're going to tell me that Frieren blowing up that magic barrier was super awesome while rambling about how everyone but you missing the """mature""" themes.
