by “Funeral Free Ren” is an animated version of the comic of the same name serialized in “Weekly Shonen Sunday” (Shogakukan) (every Friday night from 11:00 to 11:30, distributed on Nippon TV / ABEMA, Disney Plus, Hulu, etc.) ) episode 10, “Strong Wizard,” was broadcast on November 10th. Freelen (CV. Atsumi Tanezaki ) and Aura (CV. Ayana Taketatsu) finally clash. A certain “lie” that Freelen has been telling the demons about for many years is revealed during the battle.
The battle between Freelen and Aura is surprisingly dull. When Freelen was young, she lived in the elf village, her hometown. Was destroyed. Bazaruto the Throne, the general of the Demon King’s army, attacked the village, and his army killed all the elves. Freelen, who boasts the best fighting power in her village, defeats Bazaruto while taking damage. She became the only survivor of the village.
The great wizard Flamme (CV: Atsuko Tanaka), who happened to be passing by, discovered her survivor, Freelen, and welcomed her as her disciple. Flamme challenges her disciple, Freelen: “Try to limit the magical power released outside of her body to less than one-tenth.” Freelen, who could do this without difficulty, asked Flamme how long this restriction on magic power should continue. Her answer:
“For life.” Freelen has continued to abide by this command until now. Aura, who could not know this, misunderstood that her magical power was stronger than Freelen’s. Aura’s “scale of obedience” is a tool that weighs her target’s soul against her own and uses the one with lower magical power as her puppet.
Only after their souls were weighed on the scale did she realize Freelen’s true magical power. Aura, who has become Freelen’s puppet, cries and cuts off her head when she receives her command to “kill yourself.” And then, she became a particle of magical power and disappeared from this world.
Demons and Himmel hold contradictory values. In this episode, the difference in values regarding “dignity” between demons and humans is noteworthy. Human dignity is determined by status and wealth. To show off this, humans try to express their dignity through their appearance and dress themselves up. On the other hand, the dignity of demons is determined by their strength.
The indicator of its strength is the amount of magical power. To maintain their dignity, they live actively, releasing their magical power outside their bodies. Freelen’s action of “limiting the magical power released outside the body” was contrary to the values of the demons. Suppressing the magical power released outside the body is equivalent to a loss of dignity for demons, and it is not assumed that there will be humans who practice this.
That’s why many demons misunderstood Freelen as being weak and arrogantly challenged him to a match. As a result, many demons have been buried by Freeren’s hands. The hero Himmel (CV. Nobuhiko Okamoto) had values that contradicted those of the demons. When he saw Freelen suppressing the release of magical power, he did not give up on her as weak.
When he saw Freelen, he said, “You’re stronger than any wizard I’ve ever met.” Freelen must have shown an interest in Himmel and became a party member. Many comments were posted on X, including people who said they were “shocked” by Freelen’s excellent words, and the two words “Freelen” and “Aura-sama” became trending in Japan.
The moment when many posts were seen was the moment when Freelen told Aura to “kill yourself.” His excellent words caused a huge uproar, with people posting things like “I got goosebumps,” “It was so cool that it brought me to tears,” and “I got chills.” Freelen and Aura have finally settled down. Next week will likely show the aftermath of that battle. I can’t wait for the broadcast. Written by Harunoto *Tanezaki Atsumi no Saki is correctly called “Tatsusaki”
