Revolte? Frieren finally reveals season 2's big villain

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Published Feb 13, 2026, 12:39 PM EST

Everyone's favorite cozy anime is about to get serious

Frieren season 2 header showing Frieren, Fern, and Stark bathing their feet in water

The cozy times are over in the Northern Plateau. A promotional image for the upcoming episode of Frieren: Beyond Journey's End season 2 teases that the titular elven mage, along with her apprentice Fern and the warrior Stark, will soon come face-to-face with a proper villain for the first time this season.

Frieren is a show built on slow pace and lyrism, where most episodes show the group taking on apparently small tasks on their journey to Aureole. After all, the series takes place many years after the Demon King was defeated, and the world is, for the most part, at peace. However, as season 1 showed, this unique approach doesn't mean that Frieren is fully devoid of action and dangers. The demons are still lurking, and while they may have lost their leader, some powerful individuals have survived, including a few of the former generals of the Demon King.

[Ed. note: Spoilers ahead for future episodes of Frieren: Beyond Journey's End season 2]

The menacing demon lurking in the background of the promotional image is Revolte, a powerful general who will be the antagonist of an upcoming mini-arc in the series. The image shows that Frieren's party will also meet Methode again, a fellow participant in the first-class mage exam, along with Genau, another first-class mage who was a proctor in the exam. The two have been tasked with exterminating demons in the Rufen Region of the Northern Plateau.

The Divine Revolte Arc will begin on Feb. 27, according to anime news website Natalie. This means that Frieren will go on a one-week break, but it will come back with a new, exciting arc with plenty of action and new and returning characters.

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