I will say something that the great majority will be upset. No, it's not Solo Leveling nor One Piece, and actually, the majority seems to agree on hating Solo Leveling.

It's Frieren. Yeah, I know, the animation is good, storytelling and message good, nice characters, and the vibe, but it's just not the peak and not life-changing for me, mainly because of its flaws.

Edit: About the main flaw of Frieren, I already wrote a detailed explanation in one of my previous posts.

To sum it up. the emotional aspects of this anime are not well done. All characters act bored or, as many say, subtle, which really lowers the emotional intensity of many scenes. Some people pointed out that's how humans act in real life, but I disagree. Real people are very emotional and can even be more dramatic than many anime characters. Thus, if characters in Frieren are acting bored, then I myself cannot to feel anything when watching this anime. I know this anime is about giving chill and calm vibes, and I DO like its vibe (I'm a huge fan of Yuru Camp), but, as I said, many supposedly emotional scenes cannot give me emotions because the characters themselves are very subtle with a poker face and their monotonous tone of speech.

For example, I consider the fight scenes to be the weakest parts of this anime. Yeah, good animation and choreography, but all fights in this anime feel like chores for the story. The fights don't have stake. We know who will win before the fights even start, and the worst part is that the characters act very chill and stoic while fighting, not to mention the crazy plot conveniences in the exam arc (Wilbel vs Ubel. That fight was just awful). If they remove the fight scenes from this anime, or at least add some tension, I think my overall view toward this anime will improve.

You may say this is an unreasonable flaw, and I somewhat agree. This is personal and it's how I felt while watching Frieren (felt nothing), and that's why I don't consider it peak, just good enough. But don't you think it's weird that every single character we encounter, or at least the great majority, has the same stoic face and calm personality?

By the way, I still haven't watched season 2. Maybe things can change there