Frieren: Beyond Journey's End manga volume 5 features story by Kanehito Yamada and art by Tsukasa Abe.

Frieren and Fern have ended up on different teams in the highly competitive first-class mage exam. Capturing a rare bird is required to pass, but personality clashes among teammates are making things difficult. Everyone soon realizes there is more at stake than mere success or failure - for some of them, the exam could be a matter of life and death.