There is no doubt that “Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End” (Sousou no Frieren) was the breakout anime and one of the best anime of 2023 and early 2024. Its popularity has been so overwhelming that it has positioned several of its characters as fan favorites and the anime itself has climbed positions in various rankings, to become the best rated as well as the best anime of all time on the “MyAnimeList” and “AniList” platforms.
This popularity, as everyone knows, has been reflected in many memes and funny images of the various characters on social networks. Especially when it comes to Fern and Frieren, the latter is the one who has stolen the attention of the community with various “cosplay” especially one that became very viral a few months ago due to the “whimsical” of the situation. This time, to the misfortune of many, the dark truth behind this image of “Sousou no Frieren” has been revealed.
Sousou no Frieren fans are in for an unexpected surprise!
As our readers may remember, this meme of “Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End” (Sousou no Frieren) became very viral within the community of anime fans on Facebook and Twitter/X because it represented in a very peculiar way the recurring joke in the series that involves Frieren with the mimic chests, where the Elf gets trapped inside them. The popularity of this image we must say that it was mainly due to the fact that it “craved” many fans, as within the comments of this image fans praised the attributes of “this cosplayer”. Today, a few weeks after this, the terrible truth has been revealed that will leave many of them cold.
It turns out that through a publication on Facebook finally revealed that who is behind this cosplay of “Sousou no Frieren” is nothing more and nothing less than the user called “Melonpan“, a user who is dedicated in networks to post random content from anime and other popular seasonal series. In the post we see “melonpan” wearing the cosplay he used for the original image, as well as another image in which we can see where he got the inspiration for this viral image.
Evidently, this raw truth left perplexed and speechless to many fans who were craved by the original image months ago, but those who did dare to comment, made mention that they could not believe that this was real, even some tried to deny the reality mentioning that it was not the same person. On the other hand, there were also some mentions in an ironic way where they pointed out that it didn’t matter who he was, because he was still very “whimsical“. Finally, there were others who regretted having fallen for this “so random” post by Sousou no Frieren.
The story of “Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End” (Sousou no Frieren) takes us to the aftermath of the journey of the heroes Himmel, Frieren, Haiter and Eisen who saved humanity from the tyranny of the demon king. Some years have passed and the heroes end their time on this existential plane, except for one, Frieren. She is an Elf who has lived thousands of years and has seen the changes in the world. Now her mission is to finish with the remaining legions of the demon king to completely finish the task she started with her fellow travelers long ago.
But this time Frieren will be accompanied by the disciples of her old friends. In this journey we will see the lessons that the Elf learned, as well as the memory of that great adventure that changed the course of her life and humanity. A story that is not without epic moments, moments of action, dangers and impeccable animation at all times, but above all it is a story that permeates and infects the viewer with its nostalgia at all times.
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