Episode 22 of "Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Frieren: Beyond Journey's End 's End ~The Magic of ●●~," a mini-anime based on the manga serialized in "Weekly Shonen Sunday" (Shogakukan), has been released on YouTube, X, and TikTok. First-class wizard Methode makes her first appearance in "The Magic of ●●." The episode depicts her journey back to the village where Stark and Genau are waiting, immediately after the battle with the demons that took place in episode 36, "A Noble End."
"Frieren: Beyond Journey's End" is a manga written by Kanehito Yamada and illustrated by Tsukasa Abe, which began serialization in "Weekly Shonen Sunday" in April 2020. Frieren, the mage of the hero's party who defeated the Demon King, is an elf and therefore long-lived, but after experiencing the death of her companions, she embarks on a journey "to understand humanity." It was selected for the Manga Taisho Award 2021, the New Artist Award at the 25th Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize, the 69th (2023) Shogakukan Manga Award, and the Shonen category at the 48th Kodansha Manga Award. The cumulative circulation of the comic books exceeds 35 million copies.
The first season of the TV anime aired on Nippon Television's anime block "FRIDAY ANIME NIGHT" from September 2023 to March 2024. The second season is currently airing in the same block every Friday at 11 PM.
