It was pretty funny how Rimuru could think of nothing but elf girls as soon as he heard there are elves in the dwarven city.
It was pretty funny how Rimuru could think of nothing but elf girls as soon as he heard there are elves in the dwarven city.
Well he was a 30+ virgin when he died after all. It's possible that his harddrive had lots of elf adult material....
At first glance, being reincarnated as a slime was a harsh... But seeing how he can be squeezed and to easily adapt to voluptuous shapes as he did... I think he's a lucky bastard .
He could even heal them the way he did for the goblins, with obvious sexy added benefits
All the things I really like to do are either illegal, immoral, or fattening. And then: Golf.
I think this is one of those anime that would be perfect to binge-watch, but feels 'slow' when watched as it airs. Cannot be helped.
Another good episode. And elf girls ❤
Rimuru's evil laugh is so cute. It's that gap between menacingly overpowered and adorable that makes this series work so well.
It's not that I dislike this show, but this could fall into the Overlord trap very easily. It's already pretty close considering that he seems to have everything at the ready, through sheer "luck" alone..
My perspective:
Overlord got boring because it becomes just repeatedly showing how evil they are, while sometimes doing other things (Ainz playing around and learning about the world). Viewers got it, they're evil, but they kept repeating it.
Rimuru stated their goal in this episode. Build their village. That reminds me more of Utawarwerumono. Rimuru just happens to be like the village's deity so far. Hakuoro with some more cheats.
Agreed. Don't really see any parallels to Overlord. I guess ... both anime have a strong mc?Originally Posted by Ryllharu
They might be the same in that the MC, due to being OP, is never at real risk, making things not exciting.
Peace.
Superman is never at real risk most of the time either, but things can still get exciting despite that.
I was worried the were going to subvert his expectations with the elves. But they were exactly like he imagined.
His manufacturing abilities are also impressive.
Ainz's OP and Rimuru's OP are on a completely different level honestly. Ainz is immediately established to be, by far, the most powerful thing on the planet. With an army of likewise powerful servants under his command.
Rimuru has the potential to BECOME the most powerful thing on his planet. But he has to collect his powers for that to happen. There's probably tons of thing in that world that could kill him instantly as he is now. And he's building his servants from the absolute bottom and working his way up.
And of course...he's not an evil dick. So that's a plus as well.
Last edited by DarthEnderX; Mon, 10-22-2018 at 10:09 PM.
I was expecting to see butch elves. Thank the God of Fate that they're of the slim type.
This show takes itself much less seriously than Overlord. The comedy feels right. The issue with the gravitas of Overlord is that if it doesn't deliver, then it comes off as being rather full of itself and boring.
If this show doesn't go anywhere, it's at least rather funny.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
That's exactly the direction slime might be going to though....Overlord got boring because it becomes just repeatedly showing how evil they are, while sometimes doing other things (Ainz playing around and learning about the world). Viewers got it, they're evil, but they kept repeating it.
Rimuru stated their goal in this episode. Build their village. That reminds me more of Utawarwerumono. Rimuru just happens to be like the village's deity so far. Hakuoro with some more cheats.
We are just not far enough in.
They are pretty much identical characters at this point, the only difference is their approach in comedy.
The Slime is overpowered and already established to be extremely powerful, Ains wasn't established to be the strongest being in the world by episode 4 either - just very strong.
In fact, in Season 1 it looked like his minions were actually stronger than him and it was suggested that he himself wasn't really one of the strongest players.
Episode 4 previewed what is very likely to be the norm in future episodes:
Slime just so happens to have every possible immunity, immense amounts of mana, always has the right stuff saved up inside him (ore/medicine) etc. etc out of sheer "luck" of course.
Another OP Isekai Player character..
And on top of it, he's obviously building his own encampment of monsters / followers too.
No... that didn't happen. He was considered to be extremely strong yes, but there has always been the possibility that other players were around, with their own minions and own bases.Ainz's OP and Rimuru's OP are on a completely different level honestly. Ainz is immediately established to be, by far, the most powerful thing on the planet. With an army of likewise powerful servants under his command.
And honestly, the Slime is basically on the same level already. He devoured one of the 4(?) dragons which are obviously some of the strongest beeings, if not the strongest beeings in that world in episode 1. Barrier aside, as if that is not telling enough already.
Anyway, the fear of something stopping Ains and his plans stopped being relevant in season 2. Which is exactly what I fear will happen to this anime too.
Last edited by KrayZ33; Tue, 10-23-2018 at 11:07 AM.
I don't know what gave you that impession. He defeated Shalltear without using his real battle equipment at all. He was also the leader of a PK guild, with plenty of experience under his own belt. There probably were some directly stronger players around, those who had built more pure battle characters. But if Ains was given time to prepare, he probably could have fought anyone.
Because this falls in the instantly OP category of isekai series. I'd dare say of the modern isekai stories, that's the bigger category, not the one where the MC takes a long time to grind up to power. I count the cheat power/skill stories to belong to the OP category, even if the MC was at first seemingly weak. But the OP skill, which is usually analyse/steal enemy skills, makes their progress F1 fast.
Veldora cooperated with Rimuru. I doubt Rimuru would have otherwise been able to store Veldora away. For that's what he did. He's merely keeping Veldora safe, not digesting him.
When you have an OP main character, you can't write a traditional story.
Sure, it's possible there are secretly stronger beings, but he's still stronger than any being has ever even heard of on this planet.
You can't "barrier aside", that's a HUGE mitigating factor! The dragon didn't/couldn't fight back. And he got none of the dragon's abilities for eating him.
If he ran into a demon king, or another dragon that DIDN'T have all it's powers sealed, I see no reason why it couldn't instantly destroy him. Except for the one dragon that was willing, he hasn't been able to eat anything that he didn't kill first, and I don't think any of his current powers would let him defeat a monster that strong.
I am just saying that the dragon inside is an obvious powerlevel bonus in the future.
Lets not pretend that this is not a thing in anime. And if we are *really* honest, I'm willing to bet something, not a million, but lets say a box of beer and the odds are more than just a little in my favor and you probably wouldn't want to bet against it.
Heck, It's already done, even though only partly, he named Rimuru which is basically step 1 for granting him power.
If you judge Overlord from the very first episode like that, it's just fair to do the same in this one.
That's all I'm saying.
Which is one of the reasons why I said it's dangerously close to Overlord and basically on it's way, however not just there yet.
Last edited by KrayZ33; Tue, 10-23-2018 at 02:23 PM.
What seems obvious to me is that the dragon won't stay inside him forever. They are friends, so it would be Rimuru's goal to erode the barrier and free Veldora.
I don't know why you are so adamant in comparing this to Overlord as if it was some big deal. Overlord has an OP main character, this has an OP main character, 100 other series have an OP main character. What about it?
The animation in the opening shows Rimuru's human for jumping from a dragon. It seems logical to think that dragon is Veldora.
All the things I really like to do are either illegal, immoral, or fattening. And then: Golf.
I'm just pointing it out because they are proportionally similar and Overlord is the most recent.
The convinient "I have everything to survive this situation" buildup can get annoying, episode 4 was actually pretty bad already. The humor isn't that great. Pretty tame, nothing that would actually get you to laugh like Konosuba or something.
The great slime humbles absolutely everyone and everything, and look how kind he is and not to mention that he is loved by everyone.
It's also one of the trademarks for really, really bad Isekai stories.
Smartphone, or Deadmarch would've been one of the biggest offenders in recent seasons.
So far not much of interest has been shown in my opinion.
And I also think that part of his character as a slime is in stark contrast to how he looked/felt like as a human in episode 1.
I mean, it doesn't look like he lost his memories...(?)
So, the character design is honestly questionable too and I fear it could end up being another low quality show.
Last edited by KrayZ33; Wed, 10-24-2018 at 10:53 AM.
The point of this show is:
- rimuru living as a slime
- rimuru bringing civilization to monsters
- rimuru eventually making contact with humans
Plenty of 'interest' happening. You know that you don't have to watch every anime, right?
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I don't judge series based on that. There have been really enjoyable series with OP protagonists. Like Mondaiji, to name one that got an anime. It's more challenging to write an entertaining and interesting story with an OP MC because it removes the uber traditional growing up and struggling to overcome progressively stronger opponents part, so the good stuff has to be elsewhere. But it's not impossible to write such. And it's most certainly not any trademark of a bad isekai story. However, if you find the whole setting detestable, then there's no saving it for you. Just like I don't listen to rap music, you just need to skip this large category of isekai.
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