The Frieren series excels so well at the un-humanness (no, I don’t mean inhumane) of demons. She don’t play no games with them. IT’S ON SIGHT! 

There is an instance where it is acknowledged that Macht, and one other demon who will utterly surprise you, have genuinely wished for demons and humans to exist. But Frieren is very pragmatic that don’t nobody got time to wait for them to learn empathy LOL. Demons never stop being interesting here. I wonder if we will ever see one that gets it in this series. 

More seriously, I enjoyed getting the last of Denken’s backstory these past few chapters and the last volume. At first, I was just happy to have an overpowered old man character who wasn’t a pervert, but I came to like his stoic calmness. And his connection to Macht too! The inevitable fight between them is surprisingly bittersweet. 

Overall, I enjoyed reading this volume. The author knows how to pace fights between two highly skilled and evenly-matched characters and keep them entertaining. 

That cliffhanger was EVIL! Present-day Frieren meeting Himmel in a way that doesn’t break the canon? AHHHHHHHHH