My friend got 6 episodes into Frieren and quit because he "didn't get the hype," and I can't let it go
So my buddy Marcus started Frieren last month after I bugged him about it for like 2 years, and he bailed at episode 6. His exact words were "nothing happens, she just walks around." I tried explaining that the whole point is the quiet stuff, the way she slowly figures out what she missed with Himmel, but he just shrugged and put on some isekai with a guy getting hit by a truck. We were at his place in Portland watching on his crusty TV and I swear I almost left. Here's the thing though, it made me wonder if slow burn character shows only work if you've already felt that kind of loss. Have any of you gotten someone into a show and watched them bounce off the exact thing that makes it good?