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    Quote Originally Posted by neflight86 View Post
    I'm glad Rimuru is now surrounded by beings that he has to be tactful around again.
    We hope. Let's see how long it takes before they become trivial. Rimuru is probably already stronger than several of the other Lords.

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    It feels indeed strange her detection powers were blocked by the magical mist but then she's able to modify a very high end spell/magic in real time when it's cast.
    Or for some reason it's because of Raphaël...
    Rimuru experienced that spell, Rimuru evolved, Raphaël processed the spell and Shuna got solutions to use the spell when she evolved too.

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    Episode 46

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    Okay, well done on the cliffhanger, I'll give them that.

    And they just casually drop the fact that Crimson is Primordial Red. Well, at least that's one Demon Lord who is actually a demon.

    If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~

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    It's kind of annoying that Rimuru owes his life (and the lives of many friends) to Great Sage/Raphael, but he's still constantly ignoring her, despite having previously already paid a price for doing so. It weird how he has such a cheat power at his disposal, but doesn't really respect her, at the end of the day. I guess that's what happens when you were born (or reborn) with vast powers and thus take them for granted. Sure, he has has displayed token gratitude occasionally, but it feels pretty superficial when he otherwise only deigns to listen to her when it suits his mood.

    Of course I know that's not the case in reality, it's just the ages old case of an author writing himself into an inescapable trap. Raphael is totally broken, so the author regularly makes Rimuru ignore her for the sake of what goes for a plot in this story.

    It would have been interesting if Rimuru had fought seriously against Milim, but I guess it's understandable he wouldn't want to do that. At least Veldora got a good tone rocked out of his dome.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Buffalobiian View Post
    And they just casually drop the fact that Crimson is Primordial Red. Well, at least that's one Demon Lord who is actually a demon.
    Well, they said it right at the beginning during the introductions. Guy is a Demon. And Leon is a Demonoid(whatever that means).

    Not sure what a "Deathman" and a "Fallen" are supposed to be. Like, some kinda zombie/lich? And then maybe an angel?

    Quote Originally Posted by Kraco View Post
    It's kind of annoying that Rimuru owes his life (and the lives of many friends) to Great Sage/Raphael, but he's still constantly ignoring her, despite having previously already paid a price for doing so. It weird how he has such a cheat power at his disposal, but doesn't really respect her, at the end of the day.
    I don't think it's that he doesn't respect her. It's just that he's super casual with her, as he is with everyone.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DarthEnderX View Post
    I don't think it's that he doesn't respect her. It's just that he's super casual with her, as he is with everyone.
    It would be one thing if he didn't listen to her if she tried to analyse the chemical composition of the beer he's drinking, but why would he ever ignore her when anything big is going on? Maybe it's distracting to have someone talk inside your mind when you are trying to concentrate on important stuff, but it's not like Raphael would be talking nonstop. Usually she's trying to say something essential. But then again, it's not like Raphael would be the only one Rimuru would like to ignore. He actually does have that kind of habit. Maybe that makes him a more normal demon lord since it quite often happens in fiction that a big evil boss tells his/her (competent) underlings to shut up.

    It's not by coincidence that Evil Overlord list item #17 says: "When I employ people as advisors, I will occasionally listen to their advice."

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    ...At least he quickly deduced Milim was under some sort of control- though the other demon lords either didn't... or didn't care, which I also find strange. If I was in an organization that calls meetings and can declare I should die, I would like to think my constituents there at least would take issue with me not being myself, maybe a little...

    Rimuru summed up my issue with the recent Slime offerings: "So, if I just beat Clayman, everything will work out". That's kind of a boring way to construct the climax of a multi season conflict...

    That there was a multiple minute cut away to a golem- a character with maybe three lines the entire series, making a case as to why they should be allowed to join this fight was eye rollingly dumb.

    "I want to help Rimumru, ref!"
    "No, you can't, this is a fight between those two" (Ignores Milim)
    "My golem was made by him, and it actually likes him more than me..."
    "Oh? Will you promise to be more loyal in the future, golem?"
    "...Sure"
    "Okay! I'll allow it!" *opens hole in inexplicable plot barrier*

    Really, I don't want my posts about Slime to become a weekly lampoon of some asinine conversation that wasted screen time, but that is the direction this is going...

    Also, I'm not a fan of the 'Maou' moniker- as was mentioned, most demon lords are anything but demons... Dragons, slimes, vampires, a bird, some non-specific demon-like thing, a fairy... Can we just start calling them something more descriptive, like maybe Supreme Beings, Tyrants, Powerful Idiots, or something else that might actually uniformly describe what they are and how they relate to the world around them?

    So far, not really feeling the Walpurgis, but here's to anticipation!

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    Quote Originally Posted by neflight86 View Post
    ...At least he quickly deduced Milim was under some sort of control- though the other demon lords either didn't... or didn't care, which I also find strange.
    I assume they don't care about each other. As it should be obvious INSTANTLY to anyone that knows Milim that she's brainwashed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by neflight86 View Post
    Also, I'm not a fan of the 'Maou' moniker- as was mentioned, most demon lords are anything but demons... Dragons, slimes, vampires, a bird, some non-specific demon-like thing, a fairy... Can we just start calling them something more descriptive, like maybe Supreme Beings, Tyrants, Powerful Idiots, or something else that might actually uniformly describe what they are and how they relate to the world around them?
    That won't happen because it's insistent terminology dating all the way back to Dragon Quest.

    Rulers of monsters are always gonna be Demon Kings/Lords.

    I would prefer it translated to something like Dark Lord. Although DQ originally translated it as Archfiend.(Archfiend Baramos in DQ3 was the series first "maou")
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    That's what's weird. If they don't care about the goings on of each other, why bother being in some exclusive little club at all?

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    Quote Originally Posted by neflight86 View Post
    That's what's weird. If they don't care about the goings on of each other, why bother being in some exclusive little club at all?
    They might not care that deeply, aside from some exceptions, such as Ramiris being protected by Guy, but they would still care about how it will affect them personally and individually, which is probably why they bother to attend the infrequent conventions. What comes to Milim, she's the third oldest demon lord. Clayman is like a neonate compared to her. I'd say they think Milim ought to take care of herself and sort out her own problems. At the end of the day nobody but Clayman himself takes Clayman that seriously. He apparently made a long speech (fortunately abridged in the episode), but it moved absolutely zero people in the meeting. Only when it turned into a fight folks began to show a little bit of interest. It makes perfect sense, I'd say.

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    I don't remember if Milim killed people under the influence of the necklace.

    Because if she didn't, I'd like to think she's just fooling Clayman because she gets to fight Rimuru at a higher intensity she would otherwise.

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    Guy specifically said that "Milim would have a plan of her own". So at the very least he doesn't think Milim is threatened to any real extent. But yes, fellow demon lords are allowed to join fights.

    I wonder how Veldora got here though. Neither Rimuru nor Veldora seemed to have willed it consciously.

    Right now I'd bet it was his sister and she'll make up an excuse like "I went to summon my idiot brother but chucked him in your field instead. Whoops (not whoops)."

    If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~

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    I mean, Veldora specifically said before he left that he'd be there immediately if Rimuru needed him, and that's exactly what happened.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DarthEnderX View Post
    I mean, Veldora specifically said before he left that he'd be there immediately if Rimuru needed him, and that's exactly what happened.
    I'm talking about mechanism.

    If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~

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    Through their soul bond I assume.

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    I thought the barrier almighty Guy put up was 'preventing outside interference?'

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    Quote Originally Posted by neflight86 View Post
    I thought the barrier almighty Guy put up was 'preventing outside interference?'
    In the first place, since you can see through the barrier to follow the fight, it's not impenetrable: light is going through it just fine. I reckon sound (pressure waves) as well. In fact gas probably flows through it so that the atmosphere inside stays fresh. So, it being permeable to that extent in the obvious ways, teleporting or getting summoned is not out of the question either, in my opinion.

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    Idea:
    -Veldora's body current body is part of Rimuru
    -Veldora's spirit has been transfered to that body

    It might be since the body was Rimuru's, it is allowed to enter the barrier.

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    Ep 47

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    Alright, so Veldora just wanted manga. That explains this adequately enough. And all his super moves managed to keep this entertaining.

    If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~

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