That Time I got Reincarnated as a Slime
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magicznylipton said: nina444 said: yeah , that's why I think you should've checked the reviews section instead . Im fairly certain those guys who give the score , right ? I think good or bad is a matter of perspective thus myb they don't really like dramas , tensions , thrills , n stuff you're saying earlier . so why are you asking for smthn that mybe this anime "doesn't" have ? Im so perplexed So why would such high amount of people watch isekai action anime if they are seeking such peaceful times? Even bad/mediocore isekai like "recent" Deathmarch and Demon Lord had more intresting action and anything at stake. Isekai are usually action anime. Comedy Konosuba had some action. Overlord had ALOT of action. Even two anime I mentioned slightly above had some backing to the action. Now Shield Hero is really intresting because there's something at stake. When there's action anime without anything any weight behind character actions it's just bland and boring. Best example would be this flying giant monster. I had some hopes for it but what happend? Not only they effortlessly beat it but they saved the guy that fused with it and EVEN more they made another super powerful ally on the fly. dude.. tensura is not action based anime , just fyi almost all the fights will always be relatively short . that's how it is , it's literally established by rimuru himself that this is a story about slife . tensura is a story about slife , world building . this is not like my hero academia where all the fights matter a lot . let me put this way , the story so far is always revolving around the aftermaths mumbo jombo . for example , what comes after rimuru eating the dragon - veldora ? what comes after rimuru beheading the direwolf boss (ranga father) ? what comes after rimuru devouring ifrit ? what comes after rimuru beating the shit out of the ogres ? what comes after rimuru consuming the orc disaster ? what comes after rimuru bribing demon lord milim ? can't you see everythn is about the aftereffects from these so called short/unsatisfying actions/fights ? you have to be blinded not to see it dude . also I see you're mentioning edgy anime like salty hero , sasuga ainz sama there . that's exactly the point , Im here to recover my heart from watchn dororo , mob , salty hero , promised neverland and other depressing anime cuz tensura is so frkn fun to watch . so I wanna ask u again , what the purpose of you being here ? ranting for no reason ? flaming for no reason? or what ? I wonder if we're watchn the same anime lol it's so clear as day you don't even know what the heck tensura is about |
Lab_Rat_0978Feb 28, 2019 8:23 AM
magicznylipton said: nina444 said: yeah , that's why I think you should've checked the reviews section instead . Im fairly certain those guys who give the score , right ? I think good or bad is a matter of perspective thus myb they don't really like dramas , tensions , thrills , n stuff you're saying earlier . so why are you asking for smthn that mybe this anime "doesn't" have ? Im so perplexed So why would such high amount of people watch isekai action anime if they are seeking such peaceful times? Even bad/mediocore isekai like "recent" Deathmarch and Demon Lord had more intresting action and anything at stake. Isekai are usually action anime. Comedy Konosuba had some action. Overlord had ALOT of action. Even two anime I mentioned slightly above had some backing to the action. Now Shield Hero is really intresting because there's something at stake. When there's action anime without anything any weight behind character actions it's just bland and boring. Best example would be this flying giant monster. I had some hopes for it but what happend? Not only they effortlessly beat it but they saved the guy that fused with it and EVEN more they made another super powerful ally on the fly. The answer is simple. People have become numb to "tension" because of shounen series which are oversaturated with "tension". After an initial introduction arc, any action-based series with martial-ats/superpowers tends to follow the following pattern: MC just so happens to have some sort of conflict of interest with an antagonist who is just enough stronger than the MC, that the MC can overcome it with his next power-up through training (or the "nakama power") and once the arc ends, the power-up becomes obsolete because the next antagonist again scales slightly above the powered-up MC, and so the cycle continues where the MC constantly runs into antagonists for no good reason, who require just another power-up to be beaten, making any improvements the MC earns pointless because the next antagonist will just scale alongside anyway. That's the price to pay for the oh-so-important "tension". If everything has to bend over backwards to accomodate it, everything else will detoriate as a result. And at some point, the audience just becomes numb to it eventually. Now what about Slime? Rimuru isn't irrationally obsessed with any antagonist, nor is any antagonist irrationally obsessed with Rimuru. Some Demon Lords actually IGNORE Rimuru because they just don't have any reason to attack him. Clayman is a clear villain and an asshole, yet he doesn't show any interest in attacking Tempest even if Milim wasn't there. If this was some shounen series, then Clayman would just randomly go "ARGH! THIS SLIME IS AN EYESORE! Now I'll send the weakest of my subordinates there to destroy them because I am oh so evil! MUAHAHAHA!" Likewise, the antagonists don't artificially scale with the MC. The only on an equal footing with Rimuru was Orc Disaster so far. Charybdis was just a tanky mindless push-over creature who couldn't even finish off a single of its attackers with its AoE attacks, not even any of the fodders and the conflict with the MC was only caused because the MC's character flaw of viewing his current world as if it was running on tropes and clichés, but in reality he and Tempest were never the target of Charybdis or its instigators to begin with, which shows how much Rimuru and his nation is still being disregarded by the Demon Lords. Do you get it? Keeping up "tension" requires a progressive power-scaling where the protagonist and the current arc's antagonist always somewhat match in terms of power, at most being a training mini-arc away from each other. But it's incredbily absurd if you actually think about it. Several isekai series actually make a parody about how the Demon Lord always sends his forces from weakest to strongest against the Hero, ironically giving the Hero the opportunity to grow strong enough to beat the Demon Lord in the end. That's just plot induced stupidity though, which is worthy of parody, but that's the only way to "keep up tension". If the Last Boss wasn't so dumb, they'd obviously notice the foolishness of this and send their strongest forces "half-way into the story", or got out and quickly finish off the Hero by him-/herself. But then we'd have no story, of course, however that still doesn't excuse this absurdity, or at least it means that there is no requirement to hold onto this sort of formula, since it's just a weighting of different factors according to the (intended target) audience's preferences. |
Grey-ZoneFeb 28, 2019 8:43 AM
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| This episode was cute, I doubt they can cover much with only four or five episode remaining but I am enjoying each and every episode. I'll just start reading the manga and LN afterwards to get more of the real story and details they left behind. |
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magicznylipton said: Grey-Zone said: Keeping up "tension" requires a progressive power-scaling where the protagonist and the current arc's antagonist always somewhat match in terms of power, at most being a training mini-arc away from each other. But powerscaling is fast here anyway and I heard later in the story he gets insanely OP anyway. No that's powercreep and something perfectly normal for hyper-fantasy settings like this. What I was refering to with "power-scaling" is how the antagonist-of-the-arc in most "tension-filled" stories ALWAYS end up being "coincidently" just about at the right strength that the protagonist at his/her current powerlevel can defeat them after the next power-up, which in turn completely diminishes the sense of accomplishment for the protagonist's improvement in strength because "the next antagonist will just be stronger again anyway" and it turns into a boring repetetive routine. |
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Grey-Zone said: True I came to dislike this too where there is always another Antagonist that is always stronger then the previous. Or the cliche about the REAL antagonist always hiding in the background and doesnt come out till the last second. You would think if you are super strong you would be the first one to charge and quickly beat the MC just to prevent his powerup but no lets send the weak ones lol.magicznylipton said: But powerscaling is fast here anyway and I heard later in the story he gets insanely OP anyway. No that's powercreep and something perfectly normal for hyper-fantasy settings like this. What I was refering to with "power-scaling" is how the antagonist-of-the-arc in most "tension-filled" stories ALWAYS end up being "coincidently" just about at the right strength that the protagonist at his/her current powerlevel can defeat them after the next power-up, which in turn completely diminishes the sense of accomplishment for the protagonist's improvement in strength because "the next antagonist will just be stronger again anyway" and it turns into a boring repetetive routine. |
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magicznylipton said: Grey-Zone said: Keeping up "tension" requires a progressive power-scaling where the protagonist and the current arc's antagonist always somewhat match in terms of power, at most being a training mini-arc away from each other. But powerscaling is fast here anyway and I heard later in the story he gets insanely OP anyway. nina444 said: Can't you see everythn is about the aftereffects from these so called short/unsatisfying actions/fights ? you have to be blinded not to see it dude . Aftereffects? He can just eat anything and gain new powers/abilities. I wouldnt call it super intresting. I don't know how Shield is salty/edgy hero. He has actual problems that's why he's "salty" or rather angry and he's trying to survive without being "edgy" unless being angry at being cheated is being edgy now. As for Sasuga Ainz-sama it had many flaws but at least they finally made some story with "bad" isekai hero that's not trying to save anyone and servers only himself. Slime is just another friendship is magic story. I am not saying it shouldnt exist. I was just suprised it's rated so highly while being so boring. If someone wants heart healing there are always comedy/romance anime coming out every season. They clearly fight here quite often but it's just so lazy. It's like you picked "story mode" in some game so you can skip fights. But story after the fight is not that good either. He just convices everyone with his OP powers that he's good guy making further contacts. At this speed he will become some great king or god. believe it or not , the power of nakama/friendship kinda doesn't exist in tensura . there's no such thing called "with the power of friendships/nakama" , rimuru awakens his hidden true true true true power😂 |
Lab_Rat_0978Mar 1, 2019 3:17 PM
| Main issue with slime which has become more apparent in the later half of the show is that there's no credible antagonist. Everything is resolved too quickly. This whole kids arc just seems like a side story and it seems random to finish the series on this arc if that's thier intention. The show still good but I've lowered my opinion in the last few weeks |
| Good episode! Those 5 kids got instantly super close to Rimuru! Hope Rimuru could save them from their inevitable fate. So next is they're gonna go to "the Dwelling of Spirits"? huh... 5/5. |
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| Nooo I reached until the latest episode oof. Just started watching this from ep 1 yesterday out of curiosity but wow I really liked it. Nonstop watching. I'll read the manga |
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| looks like they moved the sky dragon + merchant to AFTER meeting the kids. And apparently the merchant is more "stranger" in anime than in the manga due to this. Also, some other stuff is removed, changed and moved around again... ___ ___ ___ I have this strange feeling the end of the anime will be an "Anime Original" because of all this anime changes... (main plot will remain the same, but it won't happen the same route as the manga) ___ ___ ___ Also noticed Rimuru's "adult form" is pretty much mostly skipped and changed in quality compared to the manga (which was a lot better and had interactions with others before going into the city instead of just flying off...) |
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amlg said: looks like they moved the sky dragon + merchant to AFTER meeting the kids. And apparently the merchant is more "stranger" in anime than in the manga due to this. Also, some other stuff is removed, changed and moved around again... ___ ___ ___ I have this strange feeling the end of the anime will be an "Anime Original" because of all this anime changes... (main plot will remain the same, but it won't happen the same route as the manga) ___ ___ ___ Also noticed Rimuru's "adult form" is pretty much mostly skipped and changed in quality compared to the manga (which was a lot better and had interactions with others before going into the city instead of just flying off...) rimuru adult form looks like sasuke uchiha on his emo phase xD |
amlg said: looks like they moved the sky dragon + merchant to AFTER meeting the kids. And apparently the merchant is more "stranger" in anime than in the manga due to this. Also, some other stuff is removed, changed and moved around again... ___ ___ ___ I have this strange feeling the end of the anime will be an "Anime Original" because of all this anime changes... (main plot will remain the same, but it won't happen the same route as the manga) ___ ___ ___ Also noticed Rimuru's "adult form" is pretty much mostly skipped and changed in quality compared to the manga (which was a lot better and had interactions with others before going into the city instead of just flying off...) The manga version of this arc didn't even exist yet when the designs and script for this part of the anime were made. It follows the LN, though the anime shortens even that quite a bit. Not to mention the manga took its own liberty in regards to this arc, like the whole bit with the elf hostess didn't even exist in the LN. |
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nina444 said: amlg said: looks like they moved the sky dragon + merchant to AFTER meeting the kids. And apparently the merchant is more "stranger" in anime than in the manga due to this. Also, some other stuff is removed, changed and moved around again... ___ ___ ___ I have this strange feeling the end of the anime will be an "Anime Original" because of all this anime changes... (main plot will remain the same, but it won't happen the same route as the manga) ___ ___ ___ Also noticed Rimuru's "adult form" is pretty much mostly skipped and changed in quality compared to the manga (which was a lot better and had interactions with others before going into the city instead of just flying off...) rimuru adult form looks like sasuke uchiha on his emo phase xD I get what you mean, but to me it looks more like some sort of mythological reference, either to Japanese or Greek mythology. |
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Grey-Zone said: I get what you mean, but to me it looks more like some sort of mythological reference, either to Japanese or Greek mythology. what if I told you charybdis looked like a huge sheldon jr plankton - spongebob squarepants to me ? lol |
| It seems that the animation in the fight scene was bad. Oh yeah, another character that like Rimuru for no reason. |
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| That "fight" was...fast. |
| "The future is always blank. Only your willpower can leave footsteps there." "Ruling over death means ruling over life. Death is the climax of life. To have the best death, you must honor life." |
FrozenRaider said: That "fight" was...fast. Brace yourself . Almost all fights in this series will be ended in a Jippy |
| Overall, it was an enjoyable episode. Shizue's students sure are an interesting bunch of characters. From them, I guess Chloe might be my favorite one due to her appearance resembling Shizue's and well, not to mention that she's really adorable with that shy personality of hers. |
| I like the kids so far, especially the one who resembles Shizue and the Hero, which I'm certain isn't just a coincidence (not to mention Veldora reacting the previous episode). I hope Rimuru's plan works, because I don't want these kids to just die :/ Hopefully the spirits won't just outright kill them either. |
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| Fantastic episode, I love how they portrayed Rimuru in the shoes of a mentor going his ways and showing off the experience he gained since he became a slime, it really helps feed the sense of improvement and achievement, something that this Anime does so well. Not only trashing a bunch of magical full-scale war weapons but also taking on a dragon no problem, he's at a magnificent stage right now. Something that I hate to address here was the low-quality animation, especially at that dragon part, I never expected that from this show in particular. |
| A shrewd guy, but a nice ally to his town. And now they're going on an adventure! And nice way to get the kids to respond to his roll call lol A dirty trick, but it worked nevertheless :D |
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| Using Ranga as a threat for roll call compliance is indeed a dirty trick but hey, it works! XD One-shot a Sky Dragon eh? Well that was a show for his students' benefit, with some other unintended audience. |
| You see there's no need to wonder where your god is, Coz he's right here! ...and he's fresh out of mercy. |
| Was confused due to wrong sub saying that Shizue and the children were summoned at the same time. Thanks for the explanations. The dragon scene felt like it came out of nowhere and was only there to make the merchant agree to help Rimuru. I hope I am wrong. The same goes for a random lady saying exactly where to find spirit queen. |
| that girl with the stuffed animals was fucking CUUUUTE totally oblivious to how they were not doing anything really lol |
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| That sky dragon was absolutely nothing :'D really nice steady development, I do wonder what they'll find next! |
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| What the hell happened to Ranga? He got massive. Anyway, I think that dragon attacking out of nowhere is not a coincidence. |
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| which LN volume did this anime ended in? |
I love Ranga so much <3 His menace at the beginning was just-- *heart eyesssss* <3333333 ^ LMFAAAOOOOO OMG THIS PART CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD. I LAUGHED SO HARD XDDD didn't expect this big-ego kid to run off crying like he did HAHHAHAHAHAAAHH "Use any dirty tricks necessary to win. That's just what grown-ups do." -Rimuru Wtf is Guile doing here??? And why is he running? Lmfao. Use your Sonic Boom! Haha  |
| Wow almost a complete tangent from where we were previously with building the town, but this was to be expected what with the ED was telling us anyway. |
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| I loved these funny interactions between Rimuru and his students! :D Again we could see his might, this time against the Sky Dragon. Next time they will all try to find that Queen of Spirits who can grant spirits to the kids and by that save their lives. |
| Awesome! Episode |
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| eh ok episode, dragon part was unexpected. Ngl wanted to see what type of training Rimuru was putting them through, definitely some way to expel all that excesses magic in them but how? Get them to do physical training focusing on their magic ability's and combat? Or give them a textbook to read (granted they are like 9-10 years of age) either way, I'm sure just telling them "throw yourself at me" isn't gonna do anything, so improving each of their individual skills is gonna make more sense. But hay, i guess a 1 month time skip also works. I guess the merchant was a plus, more network connections for town Tempest while Rimuru is still on the job. Hopefully next episode is a bit less...lacklustre, with Rimuru attempting to find greater spirits definitely does sound more interesting rn. |
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| Yep, I still think this show is good. But I don't care much about these kids, the villag was more interesting. |
| These past 2 episodes where really enjoyable, this series can easily focus on SoL and still come out as extremely addictive I would say, since there is almost always some worldbuilding going on. I m invested on the matter with the kids now, hope Rimuru can find some sort of solution to it. Jfs_ said: Enjoyable episode, but The animation of the dragon sky's fight is so bad. Ah yes, it was kinda static and basic there when he was flying and firing, not that it ruined anything but yeah. |
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| Sasuga Rimuru-sama. Poor Sky Dragon. But thanks to it, Rimuru got the location for the Queen Spirit. I hope the trip was smooth. However, there was no way Rimuru failed to save them. Cause it must be a shame for a god-like monster like Rimuru! Anyway the kids looked more decent after knewing how strong Rimuru, and pretty much cute. Well, can't say anymore. So lets see next, then! |
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| new skydragon to awry time he devours something he gets stronger new he had its metal armor |
| man i was really enjoying this anime and now we've got a babysitting gig 😴 |
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| I was utterly baffled by the line "Shizu-san came to this world around the same time these kids, right?" (at 11:33). Perhaps the subs of my version are atrocious (they are clearly not of the best quality, despite being official; I can tell although my Japanese is elementary) but I don't see how that could be possible. Shizu-san arrived during the WW2 era (of our own world), she was possessed by the fire spirit Ifrit and she was kept seemingly young by it despite the passing of many decades; and when Ifrit left her and moved to Rimuru's belly she aged all at once (as she mentioned she probably would have died anyway). However these kids have not been possessed by any spirit, which was precisely why Rimuru-san looked for spirits for them (to heal them). Hence their age is "real world age". No more, no less. Which is why the above line makes no sense.. |
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