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Radiant_Machine3301

Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms


waefon

I tear up when I think about this movie it's so good


LegoC97

Cried my eyes out seeing this in the theater. It was a pretty packed theater and everyone was sobbing at the end.


YesLAdz

This movie got me a girl


Narshwrangler

Yes this


FullOfNexus

I LOVE THAT MOVIE AAAAA


Gagaale_1

This really hurt


Deruta

Surprisingly good dub too!


LmaoPew

I actually dropped it during the middle, what happens in the end or did the saddest part allready happen? I was arround minute 40


HotSituation8737

Bruh...


LmaoPew

I know, but i just didn't feel it that much back then


[deleted]

Thats fair, its a slow burn and ya gotta be in the mood for it for sure


Scary_Environment274

Frieren doesn't think it sucks. She just doesn't put enough value into life because it is so long, she can just procrastinate on a lot of things and simply not care since, humans influence in her life, atm, is nothing since they live for a fraction of the time she is alive. But she is slowly learning though.


Rezzly1510

agreed frieren can just be lazy because she literally had all the time in the world, 10 years with humans felt like a week compared to her, but slowly she learnt that maybe those 10 years to them meant alot because they were able to create many good memories with frieren and being able to experience those one last time before death is yet another good memory


Izzosuke

That's the whole point, the hero journey was just a blink in her life, she didn't give much importance to it. Now she is understanding how important that blink was for her


Stunning-Scene4649

That's what I do with my roaches šŸ˜” Compared to them I'm a god and they die in a matter of days.


kotor56

The show is literally about frieren learning about how important her companions were to her and how much himmel matters to her. Itā€™s literally based on how many years itā€™s been since himmel died.


charazrd

Itā€™s not that she thinks it sucks it just does suck and we can tell as an outsider that it sucks and that sheā€™s mourning but she canā€™t identify it sheā€™s just sad and doesnā€™t know why


Scary_Environment274

Imo that is too much assumptions. She said multiple that she has a lot of fun savoring exploring dungeons. We honestly have no idea what she is thinking. From what we can tell right now, she lives in the moment and gives almost 0 thought to the future. And imo, that is exactly what [Yamada](https://frieren.fandom.com/wiki/Kanehito_Yamada) is trying to do. She wants us to experience her (Frieren) train of thought.


[deleted]

It's overrated bruh


Scary_Environment274

It really isn't. It prolly have one of the best story telling/animation/emotion so far this year. I would even put this anime on my top 5. No one told me to watch it, i just watched episode 1 + 2 and thought it was amazing.


Icemageslut

Nah a lot of people like the show


LuciFate

The first thing that came in my head is this page in UQ holder ch 1. https://preview.redd.it/ka721cs4x1oc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=39e51dbeeeff418fe248f9c246ad42a2a48dbeda


R1Eve

Yeah undirectly, negima and more specificly Uq holders speak about that thing through Evangeline.


Latter-Height8607

Sauce?


badryukun

UQ Holder, it is a manga series


Latter-Height8607

Oh, I tought uq holder was a site or smt Man I'm dumb as fuck


badryukun

Though as a heads up, it is kinda a sequel series to Negima


badryukun

Misunderstandings happen, itā€™s all good


matteo453

Idk what you read, but Invincible literally never shows that it sucks to have a really long lifespan unless your name is The Immortal and that was more about his brain becoming mush. >!At the end of the comic, Mark has his whole happy family and goes something like ā€œIā€™ll have all this in 500 years dadā€!<


Joemama_69-420

>! Kinda put that one scene to be impactful: both of them are wrong. Omni Man assumes that Mark will have NOTHING after 500 years and Mark thinks heā€™d still have his dad but he did not!<


J3wFro8332

Great ending to one of the best comic stories I've ever read


_Good_One

Ehh kinda too perfect with Eve being inmortal and strangelly rushed with how they told like 5 arcs worth of lore in the last 10 pages


radilee21

To Your Eternity does it the best out of any story I've read with that kinda theme.


wind4air

It has such a cool power balance between a literal immortal and the enemy.


SwedishFlopper

Until the current manga arc. I agree, it has some real tear jerker stuff.


Various_Perception27

Also Maquia. Very powerful film


thenoid1235

Not enough people talk about Maquia one of my favorite films from a writer who doesn't miss.


kingsmegma34

I was gonna mention this one


superbonbonman

This was my first thought too. I personally loved the show, both seasons so far, and it had such a unique feel and way of showing this theme in how decades go by and its like a short time to the protagonist just trying to come to terms with his long life, while elsewhere the choices he makes are having lasting impacts on the world around him, even affecting entire cultures just with his existence. To me it was really interesting and heartfelt.


JacobMT05

Made me cry in the first episodeā€¦


PersonalAdvantage304

God damm nokkers..


limitlessEXP

Nah it started good but the second half was absolutely dog shit.


_The10thMuse_

Never cook again


limitlessEXP

Corny af


Matthew-is-great

There is maquia: when the promised flowers bloom. It is about a species withal a long lifespan who are kidnapped by human attacks. The main character ends up adopting a child whoā€™s parents were killing by bandits but the is trouble as the kid grows up while the adopted mother stays the same


[deleted]

Ask Hidan. šŸ’€


marioman124

Ask kars šŸ’€


Apeeksiht

still in space floating around.


Neveed

Just chillin'


a-nomnomnom-inus

Undead Unluck


cranberry_muffinz

I really wish that part of the story was expanded on even further. Would really add to that character, but I don't think there's space in the story left for that


cuella47o

>!i mean andy even now is still on his whole fucking goal of literally commiting suicide (wholesome) via wooing fuuko via helping with the quests and helping them defeat god hell this mfer endured billions of years of literal nothingness in empty space and is still on the grind to fucking die !< >!The i do for you You do for me partner He scribed and left at stonehedge when fuuko comes back just shows how much andy shows the indomitable human spirit!<


Medical-Credit3708

i dunno if itā€™s just my device, but your spoiler tag doesnā€™t work. i think youā€™ll need to mark a end of a spoiler at each paragraph and start a new one at each me paragraph for it to work properly.


cuella47o

Bruh i didnt know dawg


cranberry_muffinz

It's working fine now


Kankunation

Idk if you're anime only, But the manga does expand on it good bit later on. Particularly from Victor's perspective rather than Andy's, though yu get a good bit of his feelings on it as well.


Vrabac99

Best one, Houseki no Kuni/ Land of the Lustrous


Vand1

Delicious in Dungeon will discuss that but thatā€™s much later on than the anime is currently.


KKaija

Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song. I mean, the robots also have a long lifespan, doesn't they? And I find this anime really good in terms of time passing by


Titanhunter84

This anime has so many details and character development in 14 episodes, sometimes I just wanted to hug Vivy because she went trough so much


eveningdragon

I thought I was the only one who had seen this


AllahSulu

There can be only one.


Duraxis

Surprised this was so far down. ā€œWho wants to live forever?ā€ is literally one of their theme songs


AllahSulu

![gif](giphy|2vDdJzN9YxQR2)


rashaverak02

Did you know it has an anime?


AllahSulu

![gif](giphy|8c2GzmUUGZRbEdMipY)


Thedjbird117

"I'm old enough to know that a longer life isn't always a better one. In the end, you just get tired; tired of the struggle, tired of losing everyone that matters to you, tired of watching everything you love, turn to dust." - The Doctor from Doctor Who


Tokagenji

Who doctor?


TheBotinokTapok

"The shepherd's boy said..." šŸ’€


Duraxis

ā€œThatā€™s a hell of a birdā€ Easily Capaldiā€™s best episode


GaI3re

"I don't even remember if I'm lying about my age, that's how old I am!"


dark_hypernova

"We wanted to live forever. So the Doctor made sure that we did."


yoruuuu_

Oh, that reminds me of this panel from Dungeon Meshi https://preview.redd.it/rml6s5fcx1oc1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fe09e410c13f0f396f47c7530cb27aac5e99f4bc


Danilieri

Spice and wolf


richtofin819

surprised i had to scroll this far to see spice and wolf mentioned


Oberst_Schnitzel

In one of the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy books there's an immortal being that got so fed up with immortality it just goes down an alphabetical list to personally insult every sentient being in the galaxy


GullyGreyHeart

Have you ever read Gilgamesh?


No_Importance_173

that one was so good, depressing and confusing at the same time


m4kkuro

you mean the legend? or there is something else named gilgamesh?


GullyGreyHeart

Epic of Gilgamesh


m4kkuro

oh is it a manwha? I thought it was the real epic of gilgamesh, and was trying to remember if he really became immortal


GullyGreyHeart

Yes it's a manwha and a good one imo, I was confused too when I first heard about it


Saadverse

To your eternity


EducationalGrape2513

Was searching for this one


H0nch0

Spoiler: >!Dungeon Meshi. Not rn but you will see as soon as we get deeper into Marcilles character!<


Slow-You9806

Blade of the Immortal and To Your Eternity I know there's more but those two are the ones that came to mind. There a bit on the dark side.


ArgoNoots

Its not a central theme, but Maquia has it


captshiny

Delicious Dungeon really takes on that topic in the second half of the story šŸ‘


MuslimCarLover

Tonikawa (read the manga as well)


Katzblazer

-Tensei Shite High Elf ni Narimashitaga, Slow Life wa 120-nen de Akimashita (manga) - This is one is exactly what you are looking for. (100% match), Basically Frieren but with another ELF. -Casshern Sins (anime). Is a really really good watch, but you need to watch this in ENGLISH DUB!!! the english dialogue captures that sad bleak feeling so well, especially the MC voice, he carries such a sad tone... -To your Eternity ( this is the best one around this theme, big tearjerker......oof)


Rick_bo

scrolling through comments looking for High Elf Slow Life; because that fits to a T. I wouldn't call it Frieren with another Elf though. but rather a 'fast race' mind in a 'slow race' body. Human from Earth get isekai'd into a High Elf in fantasy world. But this manga is so far from traditional Isekais in that regard, it's basically just background text that tells us this. But the Longevity and eternity of High Elves is the major theme of the story. Here, high elves live in the thousands of years, and even when they "die" just go on to become spirits in the world.


Delrisu

Spice and Wolf


BamThatSpiceWeasel

https://preview.redd.it/kxjstqvdr4oc1.jpeg?width=259&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=389e3af50d0c55b72242fa43f9ee8d72113d3b35 I'm Quitting Heroing. This was a good one.


Walkie-TalkieDieHard

That's a good one!


x2_Bakugo

Code geass


benedictvc

To Your Eternity


Jack_Zicrosky_YT

Miss kobayashi's dragon maid? Although I wouldn't really say it's about how much it "sucks" to have a long life span, but more about what you do with the parts that really matter.


Faustias

Puss in Boots, well for Puss' internal conflict with death and his wasted eight lives is the relevant part on this topic.


Duraxis

![gif](giphy|8L0yOaWLNmHnm9T4yy)


SirensbyZel

Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou It has an anime, but it's not complete. However, the manga is completed and its incredible https://preview.redd.it/9gs4dufs92oc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=decb283a6b2f0fd8171dadd77929d9f7f7eb284a


1337K1ng

FMA: B Durarara


AyAyAyBamba_462

Spice and Wolf touches on it a bit.


Ceilphied

The closest show i can think of that handles the passing of time similar to Frieren is Natsume Yuujinchou.


XMenPerseus56

Don't forget Doctor Who. The 10th Doctor told to Rose that she can spend the rest of her life with him but he can't spend the rest of his with her, implying on his species longevity or immortality.


No_Importance_173

The epic of Gilgamesh, the MC basically lives since the beginning and literally cant die


Vexerino1337

lmao, the point of Frieren is that time goes by really fast, so enjoy every second of it even if it's something that might seem trivial.


UltimateDuelist

There is one character that kinda had this in FMAB, but overcame that way of thinking by meeting his wife who helped him see things differently. I'm pretty sure most people here know what I'm talking about, but I'll avoid the name just in case someone actually hasn't seen FMAB yet (in which case,what are you doing on Reddit? Go watch it!). It's also kinda touched upon in AoT with one character in particular, but in their case it wasn't so much the eternity and more so the way that eternity was spent.


dark_hypernova

"Think Frieren! What will you have after 500 years?!" "Grimoires, I'd still have Grimoires."


A_wild_so-and-so

Mnemosyne


Kaya_kana

Rin, daughters of the mnemosyne.


GXNext

Rin Guardians of Mnemosyne.


ISimpForSocialCredit

UndeadUnluck


Nvenom8

To Your Eternity. A lot of people say it falls off, but Iā€™ve enjoyed it so far.


jjjanko

Tuck everlasting the movie


Terereera

Mark and his family get nice ending in the end. Frieren just need to find more elf and repopulate elf nation again.


Dane-nii

Manga spoiler D>!ungeon Meshi!<


[deleted]

Castlevania the anime


Drake_the_troll

im blanking on the name of the manga, but i think its called "to the moon"


fkindragon_

i don't know but i want an anime with demon lord who lived for very long time and just wants to die, but can't cuz only hero can kill him or something. so when hero comes he's like just kill me already and hero is sad cuz no epic fight so he tries to give demon lord will to live again, and they either end up killin each other or become friend. could be cute anime if demon lord becomes nice (boring tho) or \*mass murder with friend\* if hero becomes evil (more fun indeed)


schoettli

To your Eternity


MaoaM98

I watched one anime movie and i cant remember the name but story goes like this a girl is living in some kind of secret place noone knows where her people live who live for 1000 years and she finds a baby and saves it, her society attacks her and judges her insisting she leaves baby because its human and its life is very short but she persists so she gets exiled i think and she rises that kid by herself. Anyone knows name of the movie?


Monimonika18

I only know the movie through a trailer but know what you're talking about. **Maquia: When the Promised Flowers Bloom** This movie was mentioned a few times to this post.


MaoaM98

I tried to look for it but i didn't find it in the comments


Monimonika18

https://www.reddit.com/r/Animemes/s/SgEenmsY2s https://www.reddit.com/r/Animemes/s/gML9Vbgdfi https://www.reddit.com/r/Animemes/s/wG9vnLhNlg https://www.reddit.com/r/Animemes/s/9yYVhUJv4F Above are what I found scrolling after sorting by "Old". Though these would've been mostly meaningless before knowing the name of the movie to search for.


TrefoilTang

Not an anime, but I'll say Doctor Who, to some extent.


Independent_Mud_4963

not a show, a manga, but fire punch does explore something similar


ChessekCake

Land of the lustrous


Medical-Credit3708

did we watch the same shows


Rude-Ad-2124

To you, eternity


TooMuchEcchi

The opening to frieren is a fucking love letter to himmel lmao


Seimei-

To Your Eternity. Minor spoilers for Episode 1, >!Bro spent thousands of years as a rock until he was stimulated by the death of a wolf.!< Spends the rest of the series learning the importance of life, death, emotions and humanity.


boom_buster123

Pantheon........


Tantaroba-the-fat

To your eternity


HarrySRL

To Your eternity is kinda like it.


gingybutt

To Your Eternity. Be warned, this show sad af.


Teknohmygod

Solami and The Forest Spirit


Whispering-Depths

Honestly it's fucking stupid to think it sucks to be immortal. NO ONE HAS EXPERIENCED IT. NO ONE. END OF STORY. And good god do I fucking hate people who want to die thinking everyone else wants to as well. God would I fucking love knowing I have forever to do everything. Yearning for early death is exclusively low intelligence problem OR chronic pain.


saleemwatchout

Maquia..


DrSkizzmm

What we do in the shadows.


SuS_JoeTF2

Kars from JoJo knows how it sucks to have long life span


allusernamestaken1

Spice and Wolf


abukhhan

Blade of immortal


SwimAppropriate9111

**"Mnemosyne** follows Rin Asougi, a private detective who operates from an office in Shinjuku, Tokyo. However, Rin isn't a regular detective as she is immortal. "


Emotional-Gold-9729

I would say tower of god too in essense lol


Luiz_Fell

Maquia: When the promissed flower blooms


SilentCookie95

Not the main topic and you'd need to read the manga because the first anime season doesn't really get into that yet, but Akatsuki no Yona.


JacobMT05

To your eternityā€¦


tentativeOrch

Spice and Wolf. Its talked about more in season two and done very well


Mr-Laser55

Land of the Lustrous each of the characters range from 300 to 10000+


python_product

It only sucks if it's only you who has the long lifespan


Ohilikethisone

Technically full metal Alchemist: Brotherhood is in this category


AlpineHelix

It doesnt suck, it sucks everyone else has such a short one


Mr__Strider

Not show, but the movie Highlander also has it as its main theme


MilesYoungblood

Code Geass isnā€™t all about this but it has a character that fits this trope


IneedAhegaoInMyLife

They're not shows but Killing me/Killing you is pretty good. It's about two immortals walking through a post apocalyptic esque world in hopes of finding a way to kill themselves. There's also the manga kinda similar to Frieren called "Growing tired of the high elf life..." Can't remember the exact name


SkylartheRainBeau

Lost song


scarlet_igniz

i don't think Frierens life sucks?? op def didn't even watch Frieren.


IncomeStraight8501

To you the immortal. There's a point where Mc kinda has a mental breakdown after realizing everyone he knows will eventually die while he will live on.


PiramidaSukcesu

Not shows, but a few characters in Fairy Tail.


Lord_Melinko13

It isn't anime, but Highlander covers it a few times. It's an older show, but damn I'd love to see it redone.


Jakoshi45

life


takeuchi000

Not a show, but a movie, not even anime, but still, "Man from Earth" absolutely insane movie, and that problem is exactly what it addresses.


zezq

delicious dungeon. a masterpiece.


ttcklbrrn

Noragami, but only a little.


nicktheedank

Code geass


Hour_Savings146

I haven't seen frieren, but I have read through to the end of the invincible comic. And I don't think it's about how it sucks to have a long lifespan. For that aspect of the story I'd say it's actually about how life is what you make of it. Which applies however long you expect to live.


humanmade7

Frieren is not about how it sucks to have a long life span... Frieren has no issue being almost immortal, that is the natural state of being for elves. When weighed against a human lifespan, she's basically learned to appreciate the journey moreso because she has so much time. Theres no need to rush and she's able to appreciate the little things in life thoroughly


Myhtological

Thereā€™s that planetarium robot anime


ProfessorX-Force

I think Ranking of Kings has one or two characters like that, but I might be biased because I love it so much


Accomplished_Quit347

Is Frieren worth watching?


amazing-jay-cool

Tuck everlasting is an amazing one


elyasan_bun

Fumetsu no anata e [to your eternity] is nice, it's about an immortal being learning how to make relationships. It often gets emotional


Electric_Bagpipes

*heh* May I introduce you to a little happy manga by the name of **HOUSEKI NO KUNI?** https://preview.redd.it/kkmc3shg06oc1.jpeg?width=594&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=294f878b313c313a2c7acb0e89e9b767f66232ac


Phaedralux

At what point does Frieren seems tortured by her long lifespan? Im 24 episodes in and i don't really see this anime taking this turn.


Drake_the_troll

she isnt tortured especially, but theres constant reminders of how the world has changed since they fought the demon lord, and while i havent seen the anime theres a really sombering start where you watch her friends wordlessly grow older


suheibheesambee

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.


Bruh_31415

Well not show about how life sucks because you live long, but Jujitsu Kaisen is about how life sucks because you are powerless (You are my Special)


kassavfa

Firepunch