Slime Taoshite 300-nen, Shiranai Uchi ni Level Max ni Nattemashita: Sono Ni Episode 11 Discussion

Uh, almost no Laika and the others... -_-

The epic battle of the Gods ends up with just cheap frog change jutsu?

Azusa, the Goddess Slayer... um, not quite. Next, last episode... Oh no!

Well shit, I sure hope Mega-mega isn’t stuck as a frog now lol, it was a funny ending to that bit but that would be kinda dark to leave the cute goddess stuck as a frog, I imagine she got changed off screen but maybe we’ll know for sure next week. That aside, this was a great one, it seemed like it might simply be a dispute between gods but it actually turned out to be a callback to the start of the series when Azusa went from being alone and living every day the exact same away, to having a family she couldn’t imagine life without, I really liked that and it helped make this feel fitting as one of the final episodes of this season.

And damn Azusa is even stronger now lol, not that she needed to be, but it was cool to see her take on Nintan and convince her that change isn’t necessarily a bad thing, this also made me like Nintan a bit more too, and I could understand where she was coming from after all, I don’t like change either lol, but I can recognize that it is needed.

And damn man we just have one more episode left, that’s how it always goes with these long awaited sequels, you wait all that time for it to come, but in the blink of an eye it’s over, it has been a really good season tho, contrary to what some others are saying. Yeah I would have liked more stories involving the family members too, but I get why they can’t be a big part of every episode, the cast is quite big now after all.

In the case of this episode, the problems is that it's two episodes in a row in which the role of Azusa's family is minor (with me believing that while you do have to keep this episode as it was set up since the season premiere, the previous one can easily be replaced with one that not only involves the family, but has some major involvement from Laika and Rosalie, the two members who were basically got screwed over this season).

@TnAdct1 I’ll give you that, they probably could have ordered the episodes better so some of our favorite characters wouldn’t be in the background for too long at a time, but hopefully this means we’re in for a finale that heavily features them.

@TheColonel76 I think that's been a big difference this whole season, lots of hyper focusing on a single character for an episode without much time put into others till the next. We've had some episodes with the entire crew in focus (like the beach episode) but I feel that overall it's been much more focused on new characters or a single character at a time. I don't really wanna blame the anime for it though if this is just accurately how it is in the source material cause then the problem is more just the authors direction with the series, it still definitely makes this season a bit worse than the last one overall tho.


Honestly i've felt that in recent times there's been a little too much against change or "inaccuracy" in adaption. I've seen lots of anime that were better off because changes were made to make them better fit into TV format. I feel like it's something we've been losing out on more since less anime seem to be making changes due to the backlash lots shows get when they do it poorly or even at all. Especially for non manga adaptions like novels, light novels, etc, those tend to benefit more from adaption changes because they don't fit easily into TV format as "accurately".

@MewsicMagic I actually agree on the changes for TV format thing, watching the Urusei Yatsura remake really clued me in on that, because the original 80s anime had so many great additions that weren’t in the manga, but the remake being closer to the manga meant some things weren’t there that I loved in the original. But with that being said, I don’t have much issue with this season of Slime 300, like I definitely understand the complaints but it hasn’t hurt my enjoyment of the show personally.

@TheColonel76 I have the same opinion, it's still enjoyable to watch I just find it to be a bit of a step down from Season 1 overall, hopefully the last episode can help close the gap a little more and maybe let us have a Season 3, I hope.

@MewsicMagic I can understand that, I think I have found myself preferring Season 1 slightly but I think it’s mainly because of nostalgia lol, and yeah I really hope Season 3 is a possibility but I’m just thankful this actually got a Season 2, these kind of shows usually don’t get one.

@TheColonel76 I think that's been a big difference this whole season, lots of hyper focusing on a single character for an episode without much time put into others till the next. We've had some episodes with the entire crew in focus (like the beach episode) but I feel that overall it's been much more focused on new characters or a single character at a time. I don't really wanna blame the anime for it though if this is just accurately how it is in the source material cause then the problem is more just the authors direction with the series, it still definitely makes this season a bit worse than the last one overall tho.


Honestly i've felt that in recent times there's been a little too much against change or "inaccuracy" in adaption. I've seen lots of anime that were better off because changes were made to make them better fit into TV format. I feel like it's something we've been losing out on more since less anime seem to be making changes due to the backlash lots shows get when they do it poorly or even at all. Especially for non manga adaptions like novels, light novels, etc, those tend to benefit more from adaption changes because they don't fit easily into TV format as "accurately".

There lies the situation at hand. It's one thing if the the focus is involving a new character, as, outside of Pondeli's story, there's usually one member of Azusa's family with her when they meet the new characters (the twins with Yufufu; Halkara and Flatorte with Sandra and Misjantie; Rosalie with the ghost civilization). However, when you get to some slice of life stuff where no one is introduced, limiting the characters that get involved can hinder things, especially if:

a. the family members that you are getting minimal screen time.
b. the story lasts the whole episode.

The thing is that the light novel does have similar stories that features more involvement from the rest of the family members, and I felt that those stories could have been covered instead for the sake of this type of inclusion.



The thing with "change" to the source material depends on a lot of things, especially when it comes to key things. For instance, when the film version of Watchmen came out, I can understand wanting to change the ending, as this was a time when would have been too big of a risk with movie audiences. However, when something with the Xebec version of Negima royally screws up an arc that is meant to be a big turning point of the story, fans of the original source are going to be pissed.

That said, when it came to the various versions of how the story told in this episode was handled, the best one was clearly the manga version. It ties in a separate short story from the LN (Laika catching a cold) as a means to introduce Nintan (and her hatred of of Mega Mega's stamp card system) early on. It has everyone in Azusa's family accompany her to Nintania before she heads to the God World (whereas only Laika is there to take Azusa to the place in the LN, and no one is there in the anime), and the story ends with Azusa reuniting with the rest of the family before she realizes that Mega Mega is still a frog.



My guess in terms of the season finale is that

As for Season 3, it depends on the popularity of this season. Yeah, the choice of stories this season did hamper things, but hopefully a third season does happen not only to get the "ensemble" stories that should have been told this season, but also to see who's going to voice

Really enjoyed the episode, I didn't expect this story would get adapted until we saw Nintan in the OP, but I am glad we got to see it as I really enjoyed the moment Azusa reminisced about her family and friends before she defended Mega-mega and got her level up.

I am very curious to what the final episode will be as no promo material seems to give a clue, though it might be another .