higher ups forgetting to inform their agents that mission was canceled
It isn’t exactly the same, but that idea reminded me of an episode of Kino’s Journey that I really liked. It was a kind of parable almost that didn’t take up the whole episode, but it is similar. It is from the 2003 version of the anime (episode 5), but it wasn’t adapted in the 2017 version; Three Men on the Rails.
I agree with you that neither of the scenarios you laid out seem the most interesting, but I am struggling to come up with a plausible third path. I am also curious to know how/why Frieren ended up on the assassination target list. Didn’t she help save these Northern Lands from the demon king? Perhaps her/HImmel’s popularity was seen as a threat at one point in time?
I actually thought about something similar after my previous post - maybe the old/current regime started losing power and thought they could prop themselves up by eliminating popular/potentially influential people.
I wonder if this will expand into a bigger arc about empire being in a bad shape politically or if this will be just another side adventure.
Thinking about it, it makes sense that we are going to get some kind of larger arc when we finally arrive at the Imperial Capital. Who knows how much farther out that might be. Perhaps it will be quicker now that our group knows about the highway though.
I curious if this will play out straight or if it will be the case of higher ups forgetting to inform their agents that mission was canceled.
I kind of doubt the former but at the same time it feels like the latter would be too predictible? Too easy of a solution? I’m interested either way.
It isn’t exactly the same, but that idea reminded me of an episode of Kino’s Journey that I really liked. It was a kind of parable almost that didn’t take up the whole episode, but it is similar. It is from the 2003 version of the anime (episode 5), but it wasn’t adapted in the 2017 version; Three Men on the Rails.
I agree with you that neither of the scenarios you laid out seem the most interesting, but I am struggling to come up with a plausible third path. I am also curious to know how/why Frieren ended up on the assassination target list. Didn’t she help save these Northern Lands from the demon king? Perhaps her/HImmel’s popularity was seen as a threat at one point in time?
I actually thought about something similar after my previous post - maybe the old/current regime started losing power and thought they could prop themselves up by eliminating popular/potentially influential people.
I wonder if this will expand into a bigger arc about empire being in a bad shape politically or if this will be just another side adventure.
Thinking about it, it makes sense that we are going to get some kind of larger arc when we finally arrive at the Imperial Capital. Who knows how much farther out that might be. Perhaps it will be quicker now that our group knows about the highway though.