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* {{Hypocrite}}: Subverted. Right at the start of the second exam, after Sense just said that she dislikes conflict and violence, and how she's always striving for a laid-back, friendly exam, she is called out by an examinee for throwing all of them into a lethal dungeon from where almost no one has returned alive. However, she is not hypocritical about it at all:
** Sense minimizes the risk of casualties drastically by giving each examinee an EscapeRope in the form of a golem that can withstand pretty much every trap and enemy inside the dungeon and will get the examinee to safety should they use it.
** The exam would have been significantly easier if people had listened to Denken and worked together from the start instead of splitting up. While she doesn't enforce any rules, there is basically no competition, so it should have been a relatively friendly and laid-back exam as long as they learn to cooperate (which is exactly what she wants to teach the examinees). Sense also is happy when she sees that Fern and Frieren genuinely have fun exploring the dungeon.
** This does not, however, excuse that she went against her promise not to interfere with the events of the test; her very presence is creating one of the deadliest hazards, and when this specifically is brought up, she essentially shrugs and tells them life's not fair and to solve the problem anyway.
** Sense minimizes the risk of casualties drastically by giving each examinee an EscapeRope in the form of a golem that can withstand pretty much every trap and enemy inside the dungeon and will get the examinee to safety should they use it.
** The exam would have been significantly easier if people had listened to Denken and worked together from the start instead of splitting up. While she doesn't enforce any rules, there is basically no competition, so it should have been a relatively friendly and laid-back exam as long as they learn to cooperate (which is exactly what she wants to teach the examinees). Sense also is happy when she sees that Fern and Frieren genuinely have fun exploring the dungeon.
** This does not, however, excuse that she went against her promise not to interfere with the events of the test; her very presence is creating one of the deadliest hazards, and when this specifically is brought up, she essentially shrugs and tells them life's not fair and to solve the problem anyway.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Subverted. {{Hypocrite}}:
** Right at the start of the second exam, after Sense just said that she dislikes conflict and violence, and how she's always striving for a laid-back, friendly exam, she is called out by an examinee for throwing all of them into a lethal dungeon from where almost no one has returned alive.However, She initially appears justified due to the counter measures she is not hypocritical about it at all:
** Sense minimizesput in place, as well as some of the risk of casualties drastically by giving each examinee an EscapeRope in the form of a golem that can withstand pretty much every trap and enemy inside the dungeon and will get the examinee to safety should they use it.
** The exam would have been significantly easier iffault lying with people had listened to Denken and worked not working together from the start instead of splitting up. While she doesn't enforce any rules, there is basically no competition, so it should have been a relatively friendly and laid-back exam as long as they learn to cooperate (which is exactly what she wants to teach the examinees). Sense also is happy when she sees that Fern and Frieren genuinely have fun exploring the dungeon.
**at first. This does not, however, excuse that she went against her promise not to interfere with the events of the test; her very presence is creating one of the deadliest hazards, and when this specifically is brought up, she essentially shrugs and tells them life's not fair and to solve the problem anyway.anyway.
** She claims to be a pacifist who hates violence, and to an extent is in a TechnicalPacifist way, but her replica in the second test is not at all, and is relentless. What makes it hypocritical is that it's made clear that the replicas, while "mindless", have the same memories and thoughts as the original self, showing that on some level, Sense isn't as much of a pacifist as she exposits.
** Right at the start of the second exam, after Sense just said that she dislikes conflict and violence, and how she's always striving for a laid-back, friendly exam, she is called out by an examinee for throwing all of them into a lethal dungeon from where almost no one has returned alive.
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** She claims to be a pacifist who hates violence, and to an extent is in a TechnicalPacifist way, but her replica in the second test is not at all, and is relentless. What makes it hypocritical is that it's made clear that the replicas, while "mindless", have the same memories and thoughts as the original self, showing that on some level, Sense isn't as much of a pacifist as she exposits.
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* TechnicalPacifist: Sense says she dislikes unnecessary conflict and death. She is true to her word, as her exam enforces teamwork and, unlike in the first exam, none of the remaining examinees die in her exam.
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* TechnicalPacifist: Sense says she dislikes unnecessary conflict and death. She is true to her word, as her exam enforces teamwork and, unlike in the first exam, none of the remaining examinees die in her exam. However, she doesn't mention that she will also have a replica made, who ''is not'' one, so she only fits on a technicality.
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Unclear how Genau's claims about the test amount to Blatant Lies. He doesn't claim them to be fair, and he also notes that luck is part of it.
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* BlatantLies: Sense accused him of being overly-sadistic in setting up an exam where conflict, betrayals, and deaths were practically guaranteed, but he dismissed her concerns by saying those who failed right here had no right to call themselves first-class mages. This was also [[LuckBasedMission a test which heavily relied on luck,]] to the point some teams were unfairly penalized against, but he didn't care.
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* CutenessProximity: [[spoiler:In the third round of the first-class mage's exam, rather than show fear at Serie's presence like all the applicants who failed before her, Methode's only thought is "Well, isn't she just the cutest thing?" Serie ends up passing her.]] Methode later explains that she just finds cute, childish people in general to be really adorable and finds it hard to resist cuddling them. [[spoiler:In fact, Serie (via Genau) ends up limiting her headpatting of her to 10 minutes a day, since she'll just do that all day to the elf instead of doing her job (and Serie is shown to be rather weirded out by Methode's obsession). Serie forbids hugs, however, so Methode makes a deal get Frieren to accept hugs from her. She also considers Fern to be adorable in her own right.]]
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* CutenessProximity: [[spoiler:In the third round of the first-class mage's exam, rather than show fear at Serie's presence like all the applicants who failed before her, Methode's only answer to Serie asking for her thoughts on her is "I thought is "Well, isn't she just the cutest thing?" you were small and cute." Serie ends up passing her.]] Methode later explains that she just finds cute, childish people in general to be really adorable and finds it hard to resist cuddling them. [[spoiler:In fact, Serie (via Genau) ends up limiting her headpatting of her to 10 minutes a day, since she'll just do that all day to the elf instead of doing her job (and Serie is shown to be rather weirded out by Methode's obsession). Serie forbids hugs, however, so Methode makes a deal to get Frieren to accept hugs from her. She also considers Fern Fern's pouting, possessive aspects to be adorable in her their own right.]]
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* MsFanservice: In a series with very light {{Fanservice}} aspects, Übel stands out as someone dressed in a very skimpy outfit that reveals lots of her legs and arms. The camera also doesn't shy away from showing her armpits and BetweenMyLegs shots in episode 24.
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* MsFanservice: In a series with very light {{Fanservice}} aspects, Übel stands out as someone dressed in a very skimpy outfit that reveals lots of her legs and arms. The camera also doesn't shy away from showing her armpits and BetweenMyLegs shots in episode 24. Downplayed in the anime as her cleavage is seldom depicted compared to the manga.
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* RazorWind: Übel is proficient in cleaving magic which is invisible and cuts through trees like butter. Called Reelseiden, one of its few weaknesses is tt only has a range of roughly five meters.
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* RazorWind: Übel is proficient in cleaving magic which is invisible and cuts through trees like butter. Called Reelseiden, one of its few weaknesses is tt it only has a range of roughly five meters.
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* MsFanservice: In a series with very light {{Fanservice}} aspects, Übel stands out as someone dressed in a very skimpy outfit that reveals lots of her legs and arms. The camera also doesn't shy away from showing her armpits and BetweenMyLegs shots in episode 24.
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* NotSoAboveItAll: In her debut in the first-class mage exam, Sense comes across as the most down-to-earth and reasonable of the first-class mages. Her test for the exam while extremally difficult and dangerous was manageable and truly test the examines skills provide that worked together. Unlike Genau's luck based test which encouraged test takers to kill each other and resulted in several deaths. She also lacked the blood knight tendencies of some the other apprentices. In the Empire arc [[spoiler: She wanted to bail out Ubel and Land after they got captured to show of her status as their senior, only to be reminded that doing so would cause a major scene. It also revealed that Sense gets into fights with one of her peers every time they meet. ]]
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Serie doesn't show any sign of feeling she doesn't fit in, her philosophy after all is still very much alive. Fern was also not the only exception, her passing Methode shows she was looking for talent and not being afraid of her more than anything else.
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* BornInTheWrongCentury: As much as TheOlderImmortal can be, anyway. Even after founding the Continental Mage Association which was ostensibly a way to teach the masses magic in an era of peace, Serie's ideologies from the era of war color her examinations: during the first-class mage test seen in the series, she fails the majority of the applicants out of hand simply for not being {{Blood Knight}}y or [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu disrespectful]] enough, even when they were shown to have an impressive array of skills and knowledge -- Fern was the only exception. Flamme and Frieren calling her out on her warlike mindset in the past is what led to their strained relationship, and the long, long years proving them right is something Serie has severe trouble coming to grips with.
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'''Mages''' | [[Characters/FrierenBeyondJourneysEndTheEmpire The Empire]]-]]]]]
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* [[spoiler:AchillesHeel: A mild, but fatal one. Her ImaginationBasedSuperpower and PowerCopying abilities rely heavily on her sight, and an imperial mage easily beats her when he struck her with a blinding spell.]]
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* [[spoiler:AchillesHeel: A mild, but fatal one. AchillesHeel: [[spoiler:Downplayed. Her ImaginationBasedSuperpower and PowerCopying abilities rely heavily copied restraint magic from Wirbel is dependent on her sight, and thus has all the same weaknesses as his. Further, while she could still use Reelseiden somewhat effectively after an imperial mage easily beats her when he struck blinded her with a blinding spell.spell, she is less accurate than before and easily beaten when he follows up by striking her staff from her hand. She appears to require her staff in order to cast Reelseiden, as she has never been seen to use it without holding said staff, and when it is knocked from her hands she can only grab the foe and tell Land to take the opportunity to attack.]]
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* RazorWind: Übel is proficient in cleaving magic which is invisible and cuts through trees like butter. It only has a range of roughly five meters though.
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* RazorWind: Übel is proficient in cleaving magic which is invisible and cuts through trees like butter. It Called Reelseiden, one of its few weaknesses is tt only has a range of roughly five meters though.meters.
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* WorldsStrongestWoman: Serie is '''the''' most powerful being in the series thus far. [[spoiler:Her ''suppressed'' mana aura reads as equal to Frieren's fully revealed mana level (and if her suppression is to the same degree as Frieren's then her actual mana amount is roughly ten times that). When she dueled Macht, the unquestioned strongest of the Seven Sages of Destruction, she could and would have eviscerated him if not for her disciples requesting that she let them seal him away instead. She is considered a walking magical encyclopedia, and is seen by Richter as the closest entity the world has seen since the time the omnipotent and omniscient Goddess visited.]]
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* WorldsStrongestWoman: Serie is '''the''' most powerful being in the series thus far. [[spoiler:Her ''suppressed'' mana aura reads as equal to Frieren's fully revealed mana level (and if her suppression is to the same degree as Frieren's Frieren's, then her actual mana amount is roughly ten times that). When she dueled Macht, the unquestioned strongest of the Seven Sages of Destruction, she could and would have eviscerated him if not for her disciples requesting that she let them seal him away instead. She is considered a walking magical encyclopedia, and is seen by Richter as the closest entity the world has seen since the time the omnipotent and omniscient Goddess visited.]]
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* OldMaster: The oldest first-class mage shown so far [[spoiler:(apart from Denken who's of the same age and has recently graduated into first-class status)]], and is a powerful combatant. [[spoiler:He easily shattered Frieren's defense magic three times and wounded her in the shoulder (the first time in the series Frieren is shown to be injured by a human), though she didn't want to fight him at the time.]]
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* OldMaster: The oldest first-class mage shown so far [[spoiler:(apart from Denken who's of the same age and has recently graduated into first-class status)]], and is a powerful combatant. [[spoiler:He easily shattered Frieren's defense magic three times and wounded her in the shoulder (the first time in the series Frieren is shown to be injured by a human), though she didn't want to fight him at the time. His combat ability was shown further when he effortlessly fought, then retreated from being entangled with Macht, which was much more than any other mage apart from ''his own master'' managed.]]
* [[spoiler:AchillesHeel: A mild, but fatal one. Her ImaginationBasedSuperpower and PowerCopying abilities rely heavily on her sight, and an imperial mage easily beats her when he struck her with a blinding spell.]]
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** She's fond of trying to provoke a reaction from Land in various ways order to try and understand him and copy his [[DoppelgangerAttack clone magic.]] This includes acting in ways that implicitly, but don't quite outright, threaten him, such as suddenly restraining him with Sorganeil in the middle of a conversation and then continuing on as if nothing's wrong while he's at her mercy, [[spoiler:or when she finds his home village she idly suggests that she might "make a scene" if he won't welcome her into his house as a guest,]] though she hasn't ever followed through. Land himself seriously considers the idea that Ubel might be out to kill him, though he seems to find himself drawn to her anyway [[spoiler:and even finds himself grateful that she gives him the impetus to finally leave his village]].
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** She's fond of trying to provoke a reaction from Land in various ways order to try and understand him and copy his [[DoppelgangerAttack clone magic.]] This includes acting in ways that implicitly, but don't quite outright, threaten him, such as suddenly restraining him with Sorganeil in the middle of a conversation and then continuing on as if nothing's wrong while he's at her mercy, [[spoiler:or when she finds his home village she idly suggests that she might "make a scene" if he won't welcome her into his house as a guest,]] though she hasn't ever followed through. Land himself seriously considers the idea that Ubel might be out to kill him, though he seems to find himself drawn to her anyway anyway, [[spoiler:and even finds himself grateful that she gives him the impetus to finally leave his village]].
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* ImaginationBasedPower: Her RazorWind magic, Reelseiden, can cut anything she can imagine being cut. [[spoiler:She once cut down a man with an enchanted cloak that was considered to be indestructible because she was raised with a seamstress mother and saw cloth being cut down many times. She is the one to defeat a doppelgänger of another powerful mage who used her hair as a weapon because she could picture hair being cut.]]
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* ImaginationBasedPower: Her RazorWind magic, Reelseiden, can cut anything she can imagine being cut. [[spoiler:She once cut down a man with an enchanted cloak that was considered to be indestructible because she was raised with a seamstress mother and saw cloth being cut down many times. She is the one to defeat a doppelgänger of another powerful mage who used her hair as a weapon because she could picture hair being cut.cut, then easily slices an imperial mage's cluster of ''building-sized boulders'' before falling into a trap and being subdued. Her opponent, recognizing this trope, wondered if stone can be imagined to be cut this easily.]]
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Removing the "never been hurt" and "hundreds of layers of defensive magic" references as they seem to be speculation rather than anything actually said in the manga. Indeed Frieren (who likely knows Serie best of anyone living) still thinks a strong enough warrior could kill her in the right circumstances.
* CrazyPrepared: As a consequence of knowing most of the human spells that have ever been made, Serie tends to have multiple options for any situation she faces. She didn't consider giving up Mistilziela to Denken to be any great loss (she can relearn it, but it will take at least a century), because she has other, unnamed, defenses against curses already learned.
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* HyperAwareness: Serie has great sensory skills, which is demonstrated in Chapter 58 when [[spoiler:she is the only one who has noticed that Land's real body is far away from the examination grounds and is just leisurely drinking tea]]. She could also detect Frieren breaking her barrier from several cities away.
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* HyperAwareness: Serie has great sensory skills, which is demonstrated in Chapter 58 when [[spoiler:she is the only one who has noticed that Land's real body is far away from the examination grounds and is just leisurely drinking tea]]. She could also detect Frieren breaking her barrier from several cities away. She often can tell at a glance what people are thinking or feeling.
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* InformedFlaw: She has a similar momentary fluctuations with her mana suppressing ability with Frieren, with only Fern managing to notice after all these years. However, there exists precisely ''zero'' characters who can take advantage of this weakness, making it moot.
** [[spoiler:Her cadres of first-class mages are worried about ''her safety'' during the Empire's celebration day, ridiculous as it may sound (both Fern and Frieren immediately dismiss this threat prior to some explanations), purely because all mages share a specific weakness towards specialized close-ranged assassins. However, from what we've seen so far, Serie likely has hundreds, if not ''thousands'' of layers of precautionary magic all over her body, so in all likelihood she's not in any real danger. She's lived for millennia without managing to get assassinated (or even getting hurt), after all.]]
** [[spoiler:Her cadres of first-class mages are worried about ''her safety'' during the Empire's celebration day, ridiculous as it may sound (both Fern and Frieren immediately dismiss this threat prior to some explanations), purely because all mages share a specific weakness towards specialized close-ranged assassins. However, from what we've seen so far, Serie likely has hundreds, if not ''thousands'' of layers of precautionary magic all over her body, so in all likelihood she's not in any real danger. She's lived for millennia without managing to get assassinated (or even getting hurt), after all.]]
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* InformedFlaw: She has a similar momentary fluctuations with her mana suppressing ability with Frieren, with only Fern managing to notice after all these years. However, there exists precisely ''zero'' characters who can take advantage of it is not like knowing this weakness, makes her any easier to fight, making it moot.
moot as a flaw.
** [[spoiler:Her cadres of first-class mages are worried about ''her safety'' during the Empire's celebration day, ridiculous as it may sound (both Fern and Frieren immediately dismiss this threat prior to some explanations), purely because all mages share a specific weakness towards specialized close-ranged assassins. However, from what we've seen so far, Serie likely hashundreds, if many contingencies of her own against such attacks (given that, for instance, she remarks that her auto-curse-deflection spell is not ''thousands'' of layers of precautionary magic all over the only defense against curses she has), even if it is still probably her body, so in all likelihood she's not in any only real danger. She's lived for millennia without managing to get assassinated (or even getting hurt), after all.weakness.]]
** [[spoiler:Her cadres of first-class mages are worried about ''her safety'' during the Empire's celebration day, ridiculous as it may sound (both Fern and Frieren immediately dismiss this threat prior to some explanations), purely because all mages share a specific weakness towards specialized close-ranged assassins. However, from what we've seen so far, Serie likely has
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Serie's harsh words never quite match her actions. In a flashback in Chapter 53, after Frieren came to Serie to inform her of Flamme's death and pass on her will, Serie tore the will apart, not wanting to fulfill Flamme's request to continue her work and teach humanity magic. She also generally insists that she just takes apprentices like Flamme on a whim and constantly voices her disappointment that none of her apprentices reached her height, yet she vividly remembers everything about them, from their dreams, to their favorite spells, to their personalities. Never has she regretted taking on a student, regardless of what they ended up accomplishing, and she did in fact eventually decide to teach humanity magic, only it took her a thousand years to decide to found the Continental Magic Association (which from her perspective was simply delaying a important decision for a bit). Even as she belittles Flamme's dreams in a flashback, her thoughts shift to the smiling Flamme as a child looking at her adoringly, and Serie smiles fondly even as she continues to claim training Flamme was nothing but a whim.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Serie's harsh words never quite match her actions. In a flashback in Chapter 53, after Frieren came to Serie to inform her of Flamme's death and pass on her will, Serie tore the will apart, not wanting to fulfill Flamme's request to continue her work and teach humanity magic. She also generally insists that she just takes apprentices like Flamme on a whim and constantly voices her disappointment that none of her apprentices reached her height, yet she vividly remembers everything about them, from their dreams, to their favorite spells, to their personalities. Never has she regretted taking on a student, regardless of what whether they ended up accomplishing, made a mark on history or not, and she did in fact eventually decide to teach humanity magic, only it took her a thousand years to decide to found the Continental Magic Association (which from her perspective was simply delaying a important decision for a bit). Even as she belittles Flamme's dreams in a flashback, her thoughts shift to the smiling Flamme as a child looking at her adoringly, and Serie smiles fondly even as she continues to claim training Flamme was nothing but a whim.
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* TimeAbyss: Serie states that she hails from the "Mythical Era", when the Goddess of Creation is said to have walked among humans and provided them the holy texts now used by priests, a time so long ago that even demons, who are themselves LongLived, have completely forgotten it. Indeed she implies she was around before humans had even created any form of civilization.
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* TimeAbyss: Serie states that she hails from the "Mythical Era", when the Goddess of Creation is said to have walked among humans and provided them the holy texts now used by priests, a time so long ago that even demons, who are themselves LongLived, have completely forgotten it. Indeed she implies she was around before humans had even created any form of civilization. May be downplayed if the ''Mythical Era'' was only 1,500 years ago (as implied in the time travel arc).
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* {{Tsundere}}: She's shown to have behaved dismissively when Frieren informed her of Flamme's death, repeating to Frieren that she just trained Flamme on a whim and making a mockery of Flamme's last will and testament asking her to mentor humanity on their pursuit of magic. Despite this, Serie prevents Frieren from leaving in order to reminisce about Flamme, and centuries later, Serie did relent and strove to fulfill Flamme's wish for her.
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* {{Tsundere}}: To the extreme, though of a stoic form. She's shown to have behaved dismissively when Frieren informed her of Flamme's death, repeating to Frieren that she just trained Flamme on a whim and making a mockery of Flamme's last will and testament asking her to mentor humanity on their pursuit of magic. Despite this, Serie prevents Frieren from leaving in order to reminisce about Flamme, and centuries later, Serie did relent and strove to fulfill Flamme's wish for her. In general her words seldom reflect her true feelings, which are implied to be much softer and affectionate toward those she cares for (namely her many students).
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* WorldsStrongestWoman: Serie is '''the''' most powerful being in the series thus far. [[spoiler:Her ''suppressed'' mana aura reads as equal to Frieren's fully revealed mana level (and if her suppression is to the same degree as Frieren's then her actual mana amount is roughly ten times that). When she dueled Macht, the unquestioned strongest of the Seven Sages of Destruction, she could have and would have eviscerated him if not for her disciples requesting that they seal him away instead. She is considered a walking magical encyclopedia, has hundreds or even ''thousands'' of spells layered all over her body for protection, is seen by Richter as the closest entity the world has seen since the time the omnipotent and omniscient Goddess visited, and has likely never been so much as ''scratched'' in thousands of years, if '''ever.''']]
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* WorldsStrongestWoman: Serie is '''the''' most powerful being in the series thus far. [[spoiler:Her ''suppressed'' mana aura reads as equal to Frieren's fully revealed mana level (and if her suppression is to the same degree as Frieren's then her actual mana amount is roughly ten times that). When she dueled Macht, the unquestioned strongest of the Seven Sages of Destruction, she could have and would have eviscerated him if not for her disciples requesting that they she let them seal him away instead. She is considered a walking magical encyclopedia, has hundreds or even ''thousands'' of spells layered all over her body for protection, and is seen by Richter as the closest entity the world has seen since the time the omnipotent and omniscient Goddess visited, and has likely never been so much as ''scratched'' in thousands of years, if '''ever.''']]visited.]]
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* ArrogantKungFuGuy: When Richter is assigned to fight Kanne and Lawine, he states that he would only need one minute to kill them and complains that he's just babysitting kids. During their whole fight he arrogantly looks down on them and even lectures them about their naive usage of magic. To be fair, he is far more experienced and knows that Kanne practically can't fight and Lawine's ice magic is weak because there are no water sources nearby. Once Frieren breaks the barrier and lets the rain in, he quickly loses his composure and the fight. He's also very prideful in his own ability to create and maintain magic tools. [[spoiler:Frieren later funnily takes advantage of his arrogance by baiting him with Fern's smashed magic staff, which means she not only gets an instant VIP treatment, but also likely doesn't pay a cent for his services.]]
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* ArrogantKungFuGuy: When Richter is assigned to fight Kanne and Lawine, he states that he would only need one minute to kill them and complains that he's just babysitting kids. During their whole fight he arrogantly looks down on them and even lectures them about their naive usage of magic. To be fair, he is far more experienced and knows that Kanne practically can't fight and Lawine's ice magic is weak because there are no water sources nearby. Once Frieren breaks the barrier and lets the rain in, he quickly loses his composure and the fight. He's also very prideful in his own ability to create repair and maintain magic tools. [[spoiler:Frieren later funnily takes advantage of his arrogance by baiting him with Fern's smashed magic staff, which means she not only gets an instant VIP treatment, but also likely doesn't pay a cent for his services.staff.]]
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* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: When he asks Lavine and Kanne why they didn't share information about the dungeon with anyone else, they respond that the people they ''would'' have cooperated with (Frieren and Fern) had already left and that they wouldn't offer information to Richter because he's just an old man who would abandon useless allies. Richter protests that he's not ''that'' old with a smile.
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* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: When he asks Lavine and Kanne why they didn't share information about the dungeon with anyone else, they respond that the people they ''would'' have cooperated with (Frieren and Fern) had already left and that they wouldn't offer information to Richter because he's just an old man who would abandon useless allies. is willing to be ruthless if there are no rules against it. Richter protests that he's not ''that'' old with a smile.smile that being called "old" part is what stings.
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* JerkassWithAHeartOfGold: Make no mistake, Richter is a prideful asshole, plain and simple, and so ruthless in the pursuit of his goals that he has no problem with [[WouldHarmAChild killing Lawine and Kanne]] during the first test, but he is shown to be a good person deep down. In the second test he's amused by the insults Lavine and Kanne throw at him, encourages Lawine to use her escape golem alongside him, stating they can always retake the test in another three years, and later at his shop he shows some humility and apologizes to Frieren for insulting Fern's destroyed staff after seeing how well maintained it is.
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* JerkassWithAHeartOfGold: Make no mistake, Richter is a prideful asshole, plain and simple, and so ruthless in the pursuit of his goals that he has no problem with [[WouldHarmAChild killing Lawine and Kanne]] during the first test, test if he feels he has to, but he is shown to be a good person deep down. In the second test he's amused by the insults Lavine and Kanne throw at him, encourages Lawine to use her escape golem alongside him, stating they can always retake the test in another three years, and later at his shop he shows some humility and apologizes to Frieren for insulting Fern's destroyed staff after seeing how well maintained it is.
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* MrFixit: Richter runs a magic shop in Äußerst, where he sells his wares and offers to repair items from mundane lamps to magic staffs. [[spoiler:After Fern's staff breaks in the fight against Frieren's Spiegel clone, she goes to Richter and goads him into repairing the staff.]]
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* MrFixit: Richter runs a magic shop in Äußerst, where he sells his wares and offers to repair items from mundane magic lighting lamps to magic staffs.staffs and is renowned for being able to fix pretty much any such item. [[spoiler:After Fern's staff breaks in the fight against Frieren's Spiegel clone, she goes to Richter and goads him into repairing the staff.]]
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* SuperStoicShopkeeper: He runs [[OnlyShopInTown the best magic tool shop in town]], complete with an instant magic staff repair service (which Frieren happily abuses). He's constantly trying to kick out his own teammates, since they usually just browse and not buy a damn thing--plus, Laufen likes to snack at his store.
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* SuperStoicShopkeeper: He runs [[OnlyShopInTown the best magic tool shop in town]], complete with an instant a magic staff repair service (which Frieren happily abuses).makes use of). He's constantly trying to kick out his own teammates, since they usually just browse and not buy a damn thing--plus, Laufen likes to snack at his store.
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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: [[spoiler:It's shown that she appreciates that Land worries about her life and safety, even when she herself completely disregards those as if they were nothing.]]
* CuteAndPsycho: Pretty girl wearing a side ponytail and a short dress gives everyone a coy smile full of mischief. Problem is, that mischief includes slicing people in twain with a surprising amount of eagerness behind it.
* DissonantSerenity: She sports a coy, serene smile while hiding a seemingly boundless lack of respect for life accompanied with a knife that can cut through anything she can think of.
* DissonantSerenity: She sports a coy, serene smile while hiding a seemingly boundless lack of respect for life accompanied with a knife that can cut through anything she can think of.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: A shameless killer of questionable morals she may be, but even Übel is creeped out by, or at least embarrassed by, Fern's XRayVision spell, instantly moving to the back of the cave and crouching down to cover herself when she mentions it.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: EveryoneHasStandards:
** A shameless killer of questionable morals she may be, but even Übel is creeped out by, or at least embarrassed by, Fern's XRayVision spell, instantly moving to the back of the cave and crouching down to cover herself when she mentionsit.it.
** [[spoiler:While on an infiltration mission with Land, she gets embarrassed by him wall-leaning onto her to fool their pursuers into thinking that they're partygoers trying to get some "alone" time. Once their pursuers are out of sight, she starts kicking Land on the back for being so daring as to do something like that to her.]]
** A shameless killer of questionable morals she may be, but even Übel is creeped out by, or at least embarrassed by, Fern's XRayVision spell, instantly moving to the back of the cave and crouching down to cover herself when she mentions
** [[spoiler:While on an infiltration mission with Land, she gets embarrassed by him wall-leaning onto her to fool their pursuers into thinking that they're partygoers trying to get some "alone" time. Once their pursuers are out of sight, she starts kicking Land on the back for being so daring as to do something like that to her.]]
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* InsistentTerminology: She always refers to Land as "Four-Eyes".
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* BuxomBeautyStandard: The bustiest character in the manga, even more so than Fern.
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* BuxomBeautyStandard: The bustiest character in the manga, even more so than Fern. Stark remarks that she is exactly the sort of sexy, mature woman that Sein dreams of traveling with.
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* CutenessProximity: [[spoiler:In the third round of the first-class mage's exam, rather than show fear at Serie's presence like all the applicants who failed before her, Methode's only thought is "Well, isn't she just the cutest thing?" Serie ends up passing her.]] A later statement about Frieren makes it seem that Methode just finds elves to be really adorable. [[spoiler:In fact, Serie (via Genau) ends up limiting her caressing to 10 minutes a day, since she'll just do that all day to the elf instead of doing her job.]]
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* CutenessProximity: [[spoiler:In the third round of the first-class mage's exam, rather than show fear at Serie's presence like all the applicants who failed before her, Methode's only thought is "Well, isn't she just the cutest thing?" Serie ends up passing her.]] A later statement about Frieren makes it seem that ]] Methode later explains that she just finds elves cute, childish people in general to be really adorable. adorable and finds it hard to resist cuddling them. [[spoiler:In fact, Serie (via Genau) ends up limiting her caressing headpatting of her to 10 minutes a day, since she'll just do that all day to the elf instead of doing her job.job (and Serie is shown to be rather weirded out by Methode's obsession). Serie forbids hugs, however, so Methode makes a deal get Frieren to accept hugs from her. She also considers Fern to be adorable in her own right.]]
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It's edging quite a bit closer to romance lately, with her even saying she would like to have him flirt with her.
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* StalkerWithoutACrush: She starts to follow Land around following after the first exam regardless of his say in the matter. [[spoiler: Due to Übel's special ability to copy the magic of those she empathizes, she hangs around him for that purpose. While she ''is'' fond of him, there's nothing to suggest this is a romantic attraction.]]
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* StalkerWithoutACrush: Amibigous. She starts to follow Land around following after the first exam regardless of his say in the matter. [[spoiler: Due to Übel's special ability to copy the magic of those she empathizes, she claims she hangs around him for that purpose. While she ''is'' fond of him, there's nothing to suggest and even teases him flirtatiously, it is not entirely clear yet if this is a genuine romantic attraction.]]
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* LivingLegend: She is said to be a living grimoire, as she apparently knows every magic in the history of mankind. Richter describes Serie as a mage closest to the omniscient and omnipotent Goddess.
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* LivingLegend: She is said to be a living grimoire, as she apparently knows almost every magic spell created in the history of mankind. Richter describes Serie as a mage closest to the omniscient and omnipotent Goddess.
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* NeverGetEasier: Even though Wirbel has participed in wars and killed countless people, he needs to fight hard to bring himself to kill opponents he has at his mercy.
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* NeverGetEasier: ItNeverGetsAnyEasier: Even though Wirbel has participed in wars and killed countless people, he needs to fight hard to bring himself to kill opponents he has at his mercy.
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* NeverGetEasier: Even though Wirbel has participed in wars and killed countless people, he needs to fight hard to bring himself to kill opponents he has at his mercy.
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* DramaticIrony: in two ways during her fight against Fern. She dissmisively considers Fern's mana pool to be lower than hers and her fighting style to be quaint and simple, comparing the feeling of fighting her to sparing with her grandfather. That is ironic because 1) her grandfather is the first and the strongest first-class mage Lernen and 2) Fern has spent her whole life intentionally limiting her mana output to trick demons, like Serie and Frieren do, so they make the exact miscalculation during the fight that Ehre made. Which means that Ehre had unconsciously realized that Fern is much stronger than her but wasn't able to do anything with that information before she lost the fight.
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* DramaticIrony: in In two ways during her fight against Fern. She dissmisively considers Fern's mana pool to be lower than hers and her fighting style to be quaint and simple, comparing the feeling of fighting her to sparing with her grandfather. That is ironic because 1) her grandfather is the first and the strongest first-class mage Lernen and 2) Fern has spent her whole life intentionally limiting her mana output to trick demons, like Serie and Frieren do, so they make the exact miscalculation during the fight that Ehre made. Which means that Ehre had unconsciously realized that Fern is much stronger than her but wasn't able to do anything with that information before she lost the fight.
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* Foil: Is one to Ubel. Land is an outwardly stoic and cautious mage that careful considers his options before taking action. This is reinforced by his signature clone magic that allows to use misdirection without putting his real body in harm's way. However, underneath his stoicism he isn't the type of person to abandon someone to their fate if he could do something about it. Ubel on the other hand is a very chatty and casual with people but has little apparent regard towards the lives of others and herself. This is reinforced by her fighting style of getting up close and personal with cleaving magic and willingness to throw herself into danger without second thought. As seen when she left her escape golem behind to fight her clone because she was betting on Land arriving just in time to save her.
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* Foil: {{Foil}}: Is one to Ubel. Land is an outwardly stoic and cautious mage that careful considers his options before taking action. This is reinforced by his signature clone magic that allows to use misdirection without putting his real body in harm's way. However, underneath his stoicism he isn't the type of person to abandon someone to their fate if he could do something about it. Ubel on the other hand is a very chatty and casual with people but has little apparent regard towards the lives of others and herself. This is reinforced by her fighting style of getting up close and personal with cleaving magic and willingness to throw herself into danger without second thought. As seen when she left her escape golem behind to fight her clone because she was betting on Land arriving just in time to save her.
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Feel free to tell me if there is information I am lacking, but this seems off. Serie likes it if a mage considers fighting her personally (just her, and not necessarily to the death), but mostly she cares about if they are afraid of her or not. We don't see her encouraging murder or mages conspiring against each other either (in fact she considers it a bad thing that most first class mages don't cooperate much), just not being against tests that may create conflict or cost lives (and even then she intervenes if things could go too far).
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** At the same time, however, she runs a mage's guild like a gladiator arena, gleefully encouraging mages to conspire against and murder one another, and refusing to treat someone as a capable mage unless their first thoughts when meeting someone are how to kill them.
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** At the same time, however, she runs a mage's guild like a gladiator arena, gleefully encouraging mages to conspire against and murder one another, and refusing to treat someone as a capable mage unless their first thoughts when meeting someone are how to kill them.
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* BreakoutCharacter: Übel and Land, and particularly their relationship, is one of the highlights of both the manga and anime, to the point that, after the anime aired, the author created an arc in the manga with them as focus characters.
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* {{Tsundere}}: While Land justifiably keeps Übel at arm's length, it's shown that he appreciates her insistence at keeping him company regardless of her motives and that she's actively trying to empathize with him in her wonky, messed-up way.
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* {{Tsundere}}: {{Tsundere}}:
** While Land justifiably keeps Übel at arm's length, it's shown that he appreciates her insistence at keeping him company regardless of her motives and that she's actively trying to empathize with him in her wonky, messed-upway.way.
** When on a mission with Übel, Land [[spoiler:refuses to let her put herself in harm's way in order to provide him the opportunity to strike down an enemy mage, as it would have meant harm and even death for her. When in captivity, Übel realizes that, on top of that, Land purposely let himself be captured in the flesh (and not one of his clones) to not leave her helplessly alone to their captors, and he raises concern about the fact that she doesn't care about life (even her own), thus implying that he cares about her and her safety.]]
** While Land justifiably keeps Übel at arm's length, it's shown that he appreciates her insistence at keeping him company regardless of her motives and that she's actively trying to empathize with him in her wonky, messed-up
** When on a mission with Übel, Land [[spoiler:refuses to let her put herself in harm's way in order to provide him the opportunity to strike down an enemy mage, as it would have meant harm and even death for her. When in captivity, Übel realizes that, on top of that, Land purposely let himself be captured in the flesh (and not one of his clones) to not leave her helplessly alone to their captors, and he raises concern about the fact that she doesn't care about life (even her own), thus implying that he cares about her and her safety.]]
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Grammar. Ubel was counting on Land to save her, not leave her.
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* Foil: Is one to Ubel. Land is an outwardly stoic and cautious mage that careful considers his options before taking action. This is reinforced by his signature clone magic that allows to use misdirection without put his real body in harm's way. However, underneath his stoicism he isn't the type of person to abandon some to their faith even if he could benefit from. Ubel on the other hand is a very chatty and casual with people but has little regard towards the life of others and herself. This is reinforced by her fighting style of getting up close and personal with cleaving magic and willingness to throw herself in danger without second thought. As seen when she left her escape golem behind to fight her clone because she was betting on Land to ditch her.
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* Foil: Is one to Ubel. Land is an outwardly stoic and cautious mage that careful considers his options before taking action. This is reinforced by his signature clone magic that allows to use misdirection without put putting his real body in harm's way. However, underneath his stoicism he isn't the type of person to abandon some someone to their faith even fate if he could benefit from. do something about it. Ubel on the other hand is a very chatty and casual with people but has little apparent regard towards the life lives of others and herself. This is reinforced by her fighting style of getting up close and personal with cleaving magic and willingness to throw herself in into danger without second thought. As seen when she left her escape golem behind to fight her clone because she was betting on Land arriving just in time to ditch save her.
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* OlderThanTheyLook: He's pushing 40, but looks like a young man.
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* OlderThanTheyLook: He's pushing 40, around 35, but looks like could pass for a young man.teenager.
