That hairstyle is like a comedy sketch! Frieren's frizzy hair after a fierce battle with her arch-nemesis Mimic is just too cute.

You're a legendary mage who defeated the Demon King, so please don't look so down with hair like that... One of the cutest scenes of Frieren (CV: Atsumi Tanezaki) in "Frieren: Beyond Journey's End" is surely when she returns after a struggle with her "destined rival."

The anime "Frieren: Beyond Journey's End," currently available for streaming, is based on the manga of the same name by writer Kanehito Yamada and illustrator Tsukasa Abe, serialized in "Weekly Shonen Sunday." Set in a world "after" the Demon King has been defeated, it tells the story of an elven mage, Frieren, who has lived for over 1,000 years, as she embarks on a "journey to understand people."

The original manga, which has surpassed 35 million copies in circulation, has won numerous awards, including the "Manga Taisho 2021," the "25th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize" New Creator Prize, the "69th (2023) Shogakukan Manga Award," and the "48th Kodansha Manga Award" in the Shonen category. The first season of the TV anime aired starting in September 2023, followed by the second season in January 2026. It has also been announced that the third season, "Golden Land Arc," will begin broadcasting in October 2027.

Frieren is a highly skilled mage who once defeated the Demon King alongside the Hero. Despite her prowess, she is also a "magic geek" who wants to collect any kind of magic, and she has a weakness: she cannot resist the temptation of treasure chests that might contain grimoires. Even if her detection magic says there's a "99% chance it's a Mimic," she bets on the remaining 1%, gets eaten head-first, and it has become a running gag for her companions to pull her out.

This bad habit surfaces even during the dungeon crawl for the First-Class Mage Selection Exam in Episode 23. Ignoring Fern's advice, Frieren opens a suspicious chest and is nearly eaten by a Mimic, only to be pulled out as usual. At that moment, Fern (CV: Kana Ichinose) suddenly asks Frieren, "How do you escape on your own when no one is with you?"