That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Tensei shitara Slime datta Ken

[neflight86]

This DEFINITELY came back to bite him in the ass this week. Both Raphael AND Veldora tried to explain it and he didn't take the time to listen.

Unfortunately, there were no actual consequences for him ignoring wise (and Veldora's) council, so he has no incentive to correct this behavior, or it was a joke. It's getting harder to tell.

So, I'm supposed to believe that Millim, a millennium long living being who is guided almost completely by whim, who held off destroying a country (Tempest) over snacks, to have the discipline to act like she was being controlled by Clayman when presented a controlling stone with supposedly no preparation or coordination with her harpy demon lord friend? An act that involved fighting her friend (Rimuru) and destroying a country (which Rimuru has chastised her for destructive behavior before)? An act that fooled all but the few other demon lords, apparently. An act that was dispelled at exactly the most dramatic moment possible and with no fanfare? All for... the lols? Did she ever explain what her master plan was? Did the author forget to write a dispel in and decided a fake out was the next best thing?

The storytelling in Slime, I feel, used to be more thoughtful and insightful before all of the bombast and power fantasy elements completely took over. Characters were motivated and moved by desires and circumstance. What happened to 'lets build a fantasy city to reclaim the amenities I had in Japan'? Now it's just 'don't come after my friends or you'll regret it!' for the last 20 episodes or so. I really hope that after this arc, if we get more slime, that it goes back to the more civic and diplomatic elements; the whole Clayman saga was a huge mis-step in my opinion, and relied too much on narrative convenience.

The way the demon fox was just standing there and got converted to the good side was also more than a bit slapdash.

Does Clayman get his own Raphael, or is that the generic system voice telling us how he transformed into his desperation form?

[Kraco]

So, I'm supposed to believe that Millim, a millennium long living being who is guided almost completely by whim, who held off destroying a country (Tempest) over snacks, to have the discipline to act like she was being controlled by Clayman when presented a controlling stone with supposedly no preparation or coordination with her harpy demon lord friend? An act that involved fighting her friend (Rimuru) and destroying a country (which Rimuru has chastised her for destructive behavior before)? An act that fooled all but the few other demon lords, apparently. An act that was dispelled at exactly the most dramatic moment possible and with no fanfare? All for... the lols? Did she ever explain what her master plan was? Did the author forget to write a dispel in and decided a fake out was the next best thing?

It doesn't take Oscar worthy acting skills to act like you are nothing but a doll, especially when you are in Milim's position of knowing Clayman is basically an insect compared to her. So, she was never personally in any danger. She also hasn't historically cared much about order or civility, thus her nickname is Destroyer (or something like that). So, wrecking Carion's capital, especially without causing casualties (she gave them a week to evacuate) is no emotional problem for her. Rimuru has told her to use a door like a normal person time after time, but she's always kicking them in. That's just how she is. Perhaps that's how all dragons are in that world since Veldora isn't much different. If she's thousands of years old, it might explain how she got enough patience to pull off the acting stunt.

The story did hint enough times that Milim being controlled by Clayman for real is extremely unlikely. So, the author forgetting something can't be correct.

[DarthEnderX]

What happened to 'lets build a fantasy city to reclaim the amenities I had in Japan'? Now it's just 'don't come after my friends or you'll regret it!' for the last 20 episodes or so.

Well, prior to that, nobody had come at his friends.

Now they are, so now he's doing this now.