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Frieren is so good when you don't have some racist prick in your ear screaming about how demons are libs and minorities
(hexbear.net)
Japanese Frieren fans ask themselves what Himmel would do.
American Frieren fans ask themselves what Himler would do
You understand that that's also a pretty good description of the way colonial powers depicted indigenous people, right? Like it's the real world way that people were convinced to commit atrocities against actual minority groups.
As I've said, it's possible to read this as war propaganda internal to the story. I don't think that's the authorial intent at least with where the story has gone so far.
Of course critiques can go beyond authorial intent.