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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
Sorry, anime is "Frieren: Beyond Journey's End", if you're interested. Frieren is the elf.
Right, not left
Main character syndrome.
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.
I was actually confused in the exact same way. Your comment made me understand of course. But it's very easy to think this is just a bus stop in some forest somewhere and this is just how it looks. He's talking to an elf girl after all. I don't think it's unreasonable to be under the assumption that a mystical forest bus stop would just look like this.
Bro just stop you're being a dick to someone who doesn't understand a comic.
This community doesn't need this sort of toxicity
It does makes sense for me. There is also a possibility that the state in the third panel is the same as the first and second panel given they're closed-up. That's why there should be some clues shows in either 1st or 2nd panel to show that the state has changed. Given that no clues are given, readers can make wild assumption.
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
Everybody has seen all the animes.
Well known fact.
Oh shit I forgot, thank you