I don’t get what the point of the comic is. Am I supposed to know something before reading it?
Pretty sure they joke is just that elves live much longer than humans so their perception of ‘soon’ could be much longer than a human’s
Yes. In the story the elf here, Frieren, is travelling on foot with humans across the continent they live on. Frieren often wants to stop at towns they come across to rest, or study something local, or wait for favorable conditions, for anywhere from a year to multiple decades. The humans with her constantly have to remind her that a decade is like a 7th or 8th of their lifetime, even if it’s only a few moments for her comparatively.
Girl on the left is an elf from an anime. “Soon” for her may be… A decade or so? No time at all, really
But also look at the third panel. The road has turned to dust, the sign has a tree growing through it. There’s clearly been no bus for at least half a century. You don’t need to know what that character is to pick up on something off
You can’t see the road in any prior panel, so I don’t know if the path has changed at all, same with the sign, etc.
An specific anime, apparently.
Personally I hate when people reference specific media without acknowledging it’s a reference in general-media communities like this, but I think I’m in the minority on that. But I also understand the world isn’t designed to cater to my sensibilities, so I can’t really do much but just shrug and move on
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