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Frieren: Beyond Journey's End S1E2 — It Didn't Have to Be Magic...

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Frieren: Beyond Journey's End•Season 1•Episode 2

It Didn't Have to Be Magic...

8.2/10 · 5,960 votesSep 29, 202326 min

Ranked #23 of 38 in Season 1•−0.2 vs season avg

Frieren instructs Fern in the use of magic while deciphering a grimoire for Heiter.

Directed byTomoya Kitagawa

Written byTomohiro Suzuki

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Seasons1

Season 1 Episodes38

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It Didn't Have to Be Magic...

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Frieren the Slayer

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Cast6

Atsumi Tanezaki

Atsumi Tanezaki

Frieren (voice)

Kana Ichinose

Kana Ichinose

Fern (voice)

Chiaki Kobayashi

Chiaki Kobayashi

Stark (voice)

Nobuhiko Okamoto

Nobuhiko Okamoto

Himmel (voice)

Hiroki Touchi

Hiroki Touchi

Heiter (voice)

Yoji Ueda

Yoji Ueda

Eisen (voice)

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Lilas Ikuta

Lilas Ikuta

Theme Song Performance

milet

milet

Theme Song Performance

Ayase

Ayase

Theme Song Performance

A

Airi Takahashi

Key Animation

Y

Yukiko Watabe

Key Animation

Y

Yuka Matsumura

Key Animation

N

Nobuhide Kariya

Key Animation

Y

Yutaka Minowa

Key Animation

N

Naoki Kato

Key Animation

K

Kota Mori

Key Animation

F

Fuko Abe

Key Animation

A

Awoi Ohtani

Key Animation

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Episode Summary

"It Didn't Have to Be Magic..." is episode 2 of Frieren: Beyond Journey's End season 1. It scored 8.2/10 from 5,960 votes, ranking #23 of 38 episodes this season (season average 8.4). Directed by Tomoya Kitagawa and written by Tomohiro Suzuki, it aired on September 29, 2023.

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