That Time I Got Reincarnated
Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken Plot
37-year old average salary man Minami Satoru met an untimely death by stabbing when he attempted to rescue his subordinate from a random attack from a ruffian. As he slowly whittle away, his last words are seemingly transformed into statistics for a new character sheet in a video game, mainly an RPG. When he awakens, he found himself not being able to see, hear, speak, and move like a human. He has been reincarnated into a slime. All is not lost as he has two pretty "useful" (more like overpowered) skills he can use, the ability [Predator] that can analyze, seize, and evolve an opponent’s abilities usually after observing (more on consuming) it, and the [Great Sage] ability where he talks to a disembodied voice that seemingly has every explanation about the world he has now been reincarnated into.
He then meets a catastrophe-level monster called “Storm Dragon Veldora ” sealed within the same cave where he is in and befriends him. He then forms a pact or a promise to help him break out of the seal, even if it means "temporarily" storing the legendary dragon deep within his body while the [Great Sage] makes its attempts. Before doing so, Veldora formed a pact by naming each other as a sign of friendship and mutual respect. Veldora received the name "Veldora Tempest", while the storm dragon gave our main protagonist the name name “Rimuru Tempest”.
A new world opens to Rimuru as he sets foot (more like bounced with his gelatinous with his slime body) outside the cave.
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That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime 2018 Anime Impressions
Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken 2018 Anime Impressions
As of the making of this post, (October 9, 2018) I have already seen the first two episodes of the That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime 2018 anime which made me follow it up with the manga and I ended it with Volume 44. IF I became more impatient, I might as well pick up the light novel. Yes, it is that good for me. It is comparable to Overlord in a sense that the main protagonist is an overpowered monster, but they have a few key differences and that is what makes both these titles special in their own different way.
Rimuru is also a very charismatic leader and to just avoid spoilers. Great things will come to charismatic leaders and I will leave it at that. While in Overlord, Ainz Ooal Gown is a scheming roleplayer and is surrounded by diabolical evils, Rimuru on the other hand is more on the benevolent side. In this manner, he is falls on the standard good guy trophe which might be common, but after a while, it is a breathe of fresh air from the awesome "Overlord" and the usual shallow overpower isekai series like those series which should not be named. There is also this new 2018 anime which depicts Goblins as savage beasts which is the complete contrast of the goblins in this series. We'll get to that anime later on along the line. What I can say as a fan of Overlord, this could very well fill in the gap left by Season 3 and while we wait for season 4 (if ever one will be announced). Ig you are not a fan or even familiar with Overlord (why?), then this is a highly recommended anime to check out.
How about you guys? What are your thoughts on the trailers and the premise of this new 2018 isekai anime series adopted from a light novel? If you have seen the anime, what are your thoughts on them? Share your thoughts and opinion about That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (2018) anime series in the comments section below: