Sousou no Frieren (Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End) is one of the most popular anime series not only in Fall 2023 (October – December), but also of 2023 in general. The fact that this movie is so loved by netizens has made them curious about who is the most popular character in the work.
Historically, popularity surveys of characters have been very popular in Japan, especially when a work becomes quite famous in various magazines on the market. In the case of Sousou no Frieren, the first popularity survey was conducted to commemorate the publication of the work’s hundredth chapter. It takes place from September 21 to October 5, 2022.
The survey was conducted online using a scoring system. In particular, voting for a character on the official website gets 1 point, a retweet on Twitter gets 1000 points and a retweet gets 10,000 points, if that account follows the official Twitter account of the anime series.
Coinciding with the chapter numbers, a total of one hundred characters were available for voting, and the results were revealed on December 7, 2023, along with the publication of chapter 105 of the original manga.
The following results:
1. Himmel, Hero – 17,354,803 points.
2. Frieren, Magician – 11,820,565 points.
3. Mimic – 8,701,779 points.
4. Macht of El Dorado – 8,079,639 points.
5. Fern, Mage’s Apprentice – 6,446,329 points.
6. Stark, Warrior’s Apprentice – 3,877,410 points.
7. Denken, Royal Mage – 2,151,167 points.
8. Southern Hero – 1,685,786 points.
9. Sein, Priest – 1,559,179 points.
10. Aura, Guillotine – 1,415,105 points.
Of course, the reveal of the above results received a lot of attention from fans. Below are some comments from netizens:
– After all, no one can surpass Himmel.
– Oh, Mimic usually eats Frieren in third place.
– I’m very happy that Southern Hero won eighth place.
– No matter what the result is, in my opinion, Heiter will always come out on top.
– It’s unbelievable that even though Himmel is dead, he’s still more famous than the main character Frieren.
– It’s unbelievable that an occasional character like Mimic surpasses many main characters.