All done with the Frieren batch premiere. Great stuff, the adaptation elevating an already quite good manga in the way I hoped it would. The manga art is solid but struggles with paneling and dramatic framing - not a problem here at all.Little surprised we didn't catch a glimpse of Stark in these premiere episodes, but in hindsight I think that's for the best. Fern and Frieren have a great dynamic in their early meanderings and I appreciate the time spent sitting on that. We'll have some periodic and sometimes fairly lengthy diversions into more shounen-style action fare, and that's generally solid for what it is, but Frieren is at its very best as a mood piece, and that was on full display through the premiere.