2024-03-15, 12:44 | Link #1241 |
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I see a problem with Serie's reasoning that so many people only passed because of Frieren... since it took Frieren to defeat her own clone (with Fern's assistance). Otherwise Sense would have been the big obstacle in the dungeon and we saw what Übel did to her.
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2024-03-15, 13:23 | Link #1242 |
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It occurred to me since there is no mana detected from the spell Frieren used on the Demon King 80 years ago, making it like a curse, that Fern could possibly learn that spell and have an out against Sorganeil in the future since Sorganeil prevents the use of mana. It would thus be very useful for Fern to have that as part of her repertoire in the future if she has to fight Ubel or Wirbel.
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2024-03-15, 13:30 | Link #1243 |
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Mana detection. Suppression causes fluctuations because it's being forced and Serie was looking for someone who could notice that she was suppressing her mana, showing exemplary detection abilities. It's basically stating based on the entire conversation prior with her apprentice and the guy who didn't notice that Serie was also suppressing her mana even as she mentioned Frieren having done so.
Her own apprentice couldn't even tell that she was suppressing her mana when he noticed Frieren doing it (and keep in mind Frieren has spent her lifetime doing it, so he was talented) due to those same fluctuations, while Fern could tell at a glance that Serie was holding herself back. So from her perspective, Fern is even more promising as a magic student and she's younger than the guy, meaning she can basically train her to be an even greater mage.
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It could be a "do as I say and not as I do" scenario but personally I suspect that there's another reason for Serie's mana fluctuations. |
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2024-03-15, 13:51 | Link #1246 | |
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Serie is a tsundere. She talks a harsh game but she clearly valued Flamme and what she created.
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There are more competent mages than Serie expected, but some of them were also clearly carried. |
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2024-03-15, 13:56 | Link #1248 |
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Ultimately, normally there are very few candidates making it to the 3rd test and in the past, none made it past the tests Sense gave out.
We don't know if this particularly exam Sense came up with was harder or easier than the past ones (the test-takers certainly didn't think it was easier) but there clearly are far more candidates than usual this time and many of them clearly not even close what first class seems to mean. |
2024-03-15, 14:06 | Link #1249 |
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I feel so bad for Serie's apprentice. The old dude notices Friren's instability and ends up getting roasted that he doesn't have much longer to live and can't fight her, so she shouldn't take on human apprentices. She's being a Tsudere, but come on the man was on your side for 50 years.
Also loved how when she was walking past him we saw how he looked as a younger mage. She probably does care about him considering she saw Flamme as a child while remembering her.
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2024-03-15, 18:01 | Link #1259 |
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I think people here have forgotten that the reason that a lot of people were over the second exam was Denken, not Frieren.
Denken is the one who tried to make people work together and his team was the first one to come to that room before the end of the dungeon, even more without Frieren's clone more people were over the test because Denken's group was there first, at the same time that other people still fought against the clones. About Serie, Serie is the kind of teacher who takes only those with a natural talent. Don't takes the wrong idea about her she will work hard for her students and do a great job as their teacher and she (really) will take care of them and she will let them get into her heart (even if she denies that) but at the same time she still overlooks those that she doesn't "THINK" that can be good mages in other words those that "SHE can't IMAGINE that can be good mages by under HER guidance". |
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She said that it takes time, that Frieren isn't where she should be at her age... But Serie herself is a lot older. She's done all the things that were of a higher priority than Mana concealing. Throwing a few centuries into perfecting that skill is nothing. Quote:
Yeah, I have zero problems with it either. It's the same mana pool, and I bet a lot of skills carry over. The catalyst is cheap enough that even an orphan like Heiter could get one. It just makes sense that any mage with the least bit of talent would learn at least enough divine casting for first aid. |
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