In definitely Sousou no Frieren (Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End) is one of the most popular anime series not only of the season of Fall-2023 (October-December)but from the year 2023 in its entirety. The fact that it is being so popular among Internet users has made them curious about who is the most popular character in the work.
Popularity polls are very common in Japan, especially when a work becomes quite popular in the different magazines that exist on the market. In the case of Sousou no Frieren, the first popularity poll was carried out to commemorate the publication of the hundredth chapter of the work, and was carried out between September 21 and October 5, 2022. The poll was conducted online using a point system, where one point was given for voting for the character on the official site, 1000 points for a retweet on Twitter, and 10,000 points for a retweet if the account followed the official Twitter account. of the franchise.
Coinciding with the chapter, a total of one hundred characters were available for voting, and the results were revealed on December 7, 2022, along with the publication of Chapter 105 of the original manga. If you can’t figure out why we are talking about Chapter 100 in 2022 considering that the work is published in Semana magazine Weekly Shonen Sundayyou must remember that Sousou no Frieren had several suspensions in 2023.
In short, the results were the following:
- 1. Himmel, the Hero – 17,354,803 points.
- 2. Frieren, the Magician – 11,820,565 points.
- 3. The Mimic – 8,701,779 points.
- 4. Macht of El Dorado – 8,079,639 points.
- 5. Fern, the Magician’s Apprentice – 6,446,329 points.
- 6. Stark, the Warrior’s Apprentice – 3,877,410 points.
- 7. Denken, the Imperial Wizard – 2,151,167 points.
- 8. Hero of the South – 1,685,786 points.
- 9. Sein, the Priest – 1,559,179 points.
- 10. Aura, the Guillotine – 1,415,105 points.
- 11. Heiter, the Corrupt Priest.
- 12. Land, the Second Class Magician.
- 13. Ubel, the First Class Mage.
- 14. Solitar, the Demon.
- 15. Series, the Elf.
- 16. Flamme, the Primordial Mage.
- 17. Eisen, the Warrior.
- 18. Methode, the First Class Magician.
- 19. Wirbel, the First Class Magician.
- 20. Sense, the First Class Magician.
And, of course, the revelation of these results did not go unnoticed by fans:
- «After all, no one can ever top Himmel».
- «Oh, the Mimic who usually eats Frieren got third place».
- «I am very happy that the Hero of the South got eighth position».
- «Denken is a great character, I love him».
- «No matter what the results have been, Heiter will always be first place in my opinion».
- «Some people say that Aura’s ranking position is unusually low, but they forget that she died in the first few arcs. In fact, becoming a toy of Internet users after the anime made it popular again.».
- «It is incredible that Himmel, even being dead, is still more popular than the protagonist Frieren».
- «When Ubel appears in the anime adaptation, I assure you he will be much more popular. In fact, she’ll even have merchandise dedicated just for her».
- «I don’t understand why the Mimic is in third position».
- «Incredible that an occasional character like the Mimic surpassed many of the main characters».
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