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Ben Lindbergh

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The Ringer-Verse
Ringer-Verse Recommends: February 2026 (Featuring ‘Frieren’ and a Massive Month for Anime)

And, like...

The Ringer-Verse
Ringer-Verse Recommends: February 2026 (Featuring ‘Frieren’ and a Massive Month for Anime)

And this dwarf has just been searching for centuries to try to find it.

The Ringer-Verse
Ringer-Verse Recommends: February 2026 (Featuring ‘Frieren’ and a Massive Month for Anime)

And they take a few months out from their journey to try to find this liquor that's been hidden away.

The Ringer-Verse
Ringer-Verse Recommends: February 2026 (Featuring ‘Frieren’ and a Massive Month for Anime)

Yes.

The Ringer-Verse
Ringer-Verse Recommends: February 2026 (Featuring ‘Frieren’ and a Massive Month for Anime)

And if you like A Night of the Seven Kingdoms and you're looking for something to fill that void...

The Ringer-Verse
Ringer-Verse Recommends: February 2026 (Featuring ‘Frieren’ and a Massive Month for Anime)

I feel like this is it, because this gives you the fantasy setting, but the lower stakes, the focus on character and comedy and humor, and also just warmth.

The Ringer-Verse
Ringer-Verse Recommends: February 2026 (Featuring ‘Frieren’ and a Massive Month for Anime)

Not that A Night of the Seven Kingdoms didn't get gory and bloody at everything, too, and Firin typically doesn't to that same extent, but it does give you that same sort of sense of just, like, we're a wandering...

The Ringer-Verse
Ringer-Verse Recommends: February 2026 (Featuring ‘Frieren’ and a Massive Month for Anime)

Yeah.

The Ringer-Verse
Ringer-Verse Recommends: February 2026 (Featuring ‘Frieren’ and a Massive Month for Anime)

When there's combat, there's actual strategy to it and tactics.

The Ringer-Verse
Ringer-Verse Recommends: February 2026 (Featuring ‘Frieren’ and a Massive Month for Anime)

And just the animation is pretty impressive, I would say.

The Ringer-Verse
Ringer-Verse Recommends: February 2026 (Featuring ‘Frieren’ and a Massive Month for Anime)

And I like a magic system in a fantasy story that has a little more heft to it.

The Ringer-Verse
Ringer-Verse Recommends: February 2026 (Featuring ‘Frieren’ and a Massive Month for Anime)

There's just a little more exploration of how it works.

The Ringer-Verse
Ringer-Verse Recommends: February 2026 (Featuring ‘Frieren’ and a Massive Month for Anime)

It's almost like a logical, mathematical...

The Ringer-Verse
Ringer-Verse Recommends: February 2026 (Featuring ‘Frieren’ and a Massive Month for Anime)

kind of thing, like Patrick Rothfuss's books, which may or may not ever be finished, The Kingkiller Chronicles, which I really liked.

The Ringer-Verse
Ringer-Verse Recommends: February 2026 (Featuring ‘Frieren’ and a Massive Month for Anime)

It's kind of that just delving into the mechanics of the magic.

The Ringer-Verse
Ringer-Verse Recommends: February 2026 (Featuring ‘Frieren’ and a Massive Month for Anime)

And I really, I enjoy that.

The Ringer-Verse
Ringer-Verse Recommends: February 2026 (Featuring ‘Frieren’ and a Massive Month for Anime)

And so in the world of Freiren,

The Ringer-Verse
Ringer-Verse Recommends: February 2026 (Featuring ‘Frieren’ and a Massive Month for Anime)

I guess it's kind of like Lord of the Rings where there are different ages of men and elves, and this is sort of humanity has come to the forefront because it has embraced magic and has devoted itself to researching magic, which used to be taboo.

The Ringer-Verse
Ringer-Verse Recommends: February 2026 (Featuring ‘Frieren’ and a Massive Month for Anime)

And so it's sort of a...

The Ringer-Verse
Ringer-Verse Recommends: February 2026 (Featuring ‘Frieren’ and a Massive Month for Anime)

It's an art, it's a science, it's magic, but there's sort of a logical basis to it.