Is there even tension anymore?

skysurf said:
Rimuru seems to have basically god-level powers now with an army of his own and plenty of powerful allies.

It feels like he can just visit that Clayman demon lord and show up at the door with his new demon servant, the dragon friend and maybe 5-10 of his Generals and best warriors and simply obliterate him lol

Of course, Clayman still has those manipulation skills so hopefully that will provide some interesting challenges to Rimuru in the plot, but with the power fantasy being at this level already, I can't help but feel like I'm watching something like Overlord, where you don't feel like he's at risk of anything serious anymore, and simply look forward to each episode just to know HOW he will destroy his enemies.

Have your feelings towards the series or the way you enjoy it changed compared to when he was a slime leveling up?

Legendno83 said:
now that rimuru is a demon lizard and way more stronger

OVERLORD696969 said:
Lmfao , you changed his whole species .

OVERLORD696969 said:
This is just the Starting . Threre Is a lot more tension and higher levels of power in the world yet to be seen . The anime has adapted around 25% of the story and I have read nearly 75-80% of the story through the LN's and let me tell you the scale of the story will keep getting bigger and bigger with the introduction of new characters and new nations .

skysurf said:


So it's gonna be like Dragon Ball, just keep introducing better enemies and gradually raising the power level caps indefinitely... I wish they didn't drag stories for that long, but understandably they want to milk the cash cow as much as possible. Maybe another 10 years for this anime to reach a conclusion?

The world building/politics are still as good as in the beginning tho, so it should still be an enjoyable watch.

PD: Funny that your username is Overlord as I mentioned about it :)

TheOneSin7 said:
Don't forget, Clayman is also a demon lord, has his retainers and does this whole business for quite a while. Yes, Rimuru has Veldora at his side, that's the only major benefit. Clayman has leveled generals, too. And one does not simply walk into Clayman, there may be others who don't like self proclaimed slime demon lords..

Supernova_405 said:
Rimuru also got Diablo who’s as strong or stronger than Veldora

Chrisx8 said:
Diablo isn’t close to being as strong as Veldora. Veldora is a true dragon and only a couple demon lords are as powerful as him.

Supernova_405 said:
I’m not a ln reader, but aren’t primordial colour demons supposed to be a really big deal. Would appreciate it if you can answer with the least amount of spoilers possible if you’re a ln reader

OVERLORD696969 said:
Yes Primordials are supposed to be a big deal but only to humans not True Demon Lords or True Dragons . Veldora is a true dragon which is the strongest species in the world . The only people that can hurt veldora are other True Dragons (only 2 remaining) and some of the True Demon Lords (Guy and Rimuru can beat him , Milim and Draguel can fight him evenly for some time ). Primodials are skillful because of their long life but do not have enough power because there is a power cap on their species . *All of the character and power levels are based on Volume 6 of LN (Anime Season 2 part 2)

skysurf said:
Rimuru seems to have basically god-level powers now with an army of his own and plenty of powerful allies.

It feels like he can just visit that Clayman demon lord and show up at the door with his new demon servant, the dragon friend and maybe 5-10 of his Generals and best warriors and simply obliterate him lol

Of course, Clayman still has those manipulation skills so hopefully that will provide some interesting challenges to Rimuru in the plot, but with the power fantasy being at this level already, I can't help but feel like I'm watching something like Overlord, where you don't feel like he's at risk of anything serious anymore, and simply look forward to each episode just to know HOW he will destroy his enemies.

Have your feelings towards the series or the way you enjoy it changed compared to when he was a slime leveling up?

KaiserHamuel said:
There never was any to begin with. That’s why the show is shit.

Stephen36 said:
I also feel the same way. The show has pretty much boring battles which end in a few seconds. The show is all about how rimuru leads his life in that world.
There is no world development or character development.But at the end, the show is fun to watch.

UwUestBaka said:
pliz don't pay my score any mind what i mean is rimuru is building a nation from scratch into prosperous nation bit by bit haven't watched overlord so can't say anything for that

KaiserHamuel said:
There never was any to begin with. That’s why the show is AWESOME.

Stephen36 said:
that's not a problem.you said what you thought about the show. The show is entertaining but at the end of the day,there
is nothing outstanding compared to other isekai shows. As the show continues,u will understand how messed up the world is.I am thankful that u replied to my comment.

Kenchiin said:
Honestly this show NEVER made sense, it is like a slice of life that goes over the top and has some awesome nonsensical battles sometimes.

It is just fun to me, not saying is a masterpiece, it just serves its purpose of braindead fun.



Fix'd it for you!
Ha! :P

Stephen36 said:
that's not a problem.you said what you thought about the show. The show is entertaining but at the end of the day,there
is nothing outstanding compared to other isekai shows. As the show continues,u will understand how messed up the world is.I am thankful that u replied to my comment.

nina444 said:

You really think Tetsura gives an in depth explanation of it's magic skills or how the world works than overlord or rezero.
Overlord has given how magic depends on the level of the character. It divided spells into 11 tier(1-10 tier and God tier),how skills differ from spells(don't need mana)and a detailed explanation of Supreme beings.
Whereas tensura doesn't explain how it's magic works. How rimuru's level increases, how he gets more than one ultimate skill. He got two ultimate skill even if he is a slime
and now he has got four ultimate skill.even veldora has less than that. If u proudly say it has explain about magic spell,I think u are hallucinated or please explain.
Rezero has one of the best world building and character development which is far better than slime. It also explains how Subaru got his ultimate skill(I am just calling it to avoid spoilers).
Before arguing about something, I think u should watch other isekai shows.

Stephen36 said:
slime is definitely good show, if u not like this just avoid or ignore this,everyone has their own opinion, many like this show

nina444 said:

You really think Tetsura gives an in depth explanation of it's magic skills or how the world works than overlord or rezero.
Overlord has given how magic depends on the level of the character. It divided spells into 11 tier(1-10 tier and God tier),how skills differ from spells(don't need mana)and a detailed explanation of Supreme beings.
Whereas tensura doesn't explain how it's magic works. How rimuru's level increases, how he gets more than one ultimate skill. He got two ultimate skill even if he is a slime
and now he has got four ultimate skill.even veldora has less than that. If u proudly say it has explain about magic spell,I think u are hallucinated or please explain.
Rezero has one of the best world building and character development which is far better than slime. It also explains how Subaru got his ultimate skill(I am just calling it to avoid spoilers).
It also explains how Subaru got his ultimate skill.

Stephen36 said:


Well, I'm not gonna agree with you... ALso first mainly I want to know whether you watched slime or not......

The comment you made felt like: you just want to draw attention or just want to popular other isekai shows or just wanted to trash it.. but I felt you watched slime complication from youtube...

feeling irritated? ``` let me explain then```

1. You really think Tetsura gives an in-depth explanation of its magic skills or how the world works than overlord or rezero. -- Ans:- Just watch slime ep 1, the great sage explains what magicules are and how it works

2. How rimuru's level increases -- because of the naming from Ep 2 and he engulf orc lord too

3. how he gets more than one ultimate skill -- every demon lord is guaranteed one ultimate skill but if you watch tensura s2 ep 11 you can know that he sacrificed a skill to get the second skill.. also since the great sage (mostly Raphael) is analyzing veldora and unlimited imprisonment for a year.. so after analyzing it the remains of the skill formed into Ultimate skills...

4. veldora has less than that --- please wait. Veldora skills are not out yet.. he just told him that he got a new ultimate skill.. (in our country) also ultimate skills don't define your power it's the magicule level.. remember it. ( or just watch milim vs carrion)

5. Rezero has one of the best world building and character development which is far better than slime -- watch slime diaries to know about characters more or just wait for s4.. you can know about them in the next 3 arcs

6. It also explains how Subaru got his ultimate skill -- when there's a good explanation in anime, how come you can say there's no explanation?

7. Before arguing about something, I think u should watch other isekai shows. --- please watch slime in Crunchyroll, not on youtube...

I am sorry if I hurt you... well after the questions, you asked I thought that you are just to hurt someone here by trying to force your opinion.. most of my answers are acceptable, you are free to ask in any community about the events I wrote.. so just watch slime...

Grey-Zone said:
I pity those whose sole factor of excitement are the "thrill of life and death battles" or "worrying that the MC might lose" despite having seen these kinds of things millions of times already.

The irony in this is that isekai took off in the first place because people got tired of morally restricted, reactive, status-quo-maintaining battle shounen MCs who were eternal "slaves of tension" and were doomed to forever be underdogs by ever more powercreeping antagonists who basically make any improvements of the MCs meaningless by always scaling above the MCs' power anyway which essentially resets the series to 0 whenever a new arc begins.

The appeal of isekai are MCs who are not restricted by the chains of tension and get to much more freely exercise their power, aren't forced to be paragons of justice and most importantly can be PROACTIVE.

And this narrative ability for the main character to be proactive is one of Slime's greatest strengths and of so-called "OP MCs" in general. Unlike weak MCs who are just tossed around and can only barely maintain their "peaceful status quo" trying to prevent any losses and "protect what's dear to them" due to their limited power, someone like Rimuru can go beyond that and actually proactively make GAINS and shape the story himself instead of just being "dragged around" by it.

It was Rimuru's decision to absorb Veldora together with the Infinite Prison instead of just leaving him there temporarily and searching for another solution in the next 100 years, and taking Veldora along was basically half the reason several of the first few arcs even happened in the first place.
It was Rimuru's decision to lead the Goblin village. After getting the village more or less in order, instead of going to Dwargon, he could have just told them what to do and go on his merry adventuring ways, he could have still semi-quit after returning from Dwargon though he already had a certain responsibility towards the 4 Dwarves so he'd no longer be able to completely ditch them at that point, but he could have still only made the village his resting point at least, but instead he fully stayed in the village.
It was Rimuru's decision to take over responsibilities for the kids, he had no obligation to this outsider called Shizu, but he took it on anyway.
It was Rimuru's decision to promise the Orc Disaster to take over his burden of taking care of the Orcs and to propose the Jura Forest Alliance.
It was Rimuru's decision to leave his nation behind to become a teacher for the 5 children instead of trying to negotiate to take them to Tempest instead.
etc.

The main character himself being the proactive driving force of the story is a rather uncommon sight. Rimuru is shaping the world and other forces are also shaping the world and their clashes can have many interesting twists and turns. Unlike other series, Rimuru himself represents an entire faction of its own with their own interests which leads to the kind of exciting developments you would not get if the MC was just someone passively "trying to maintain his current daily life". Due to this forward thinking and development it even encourages the audience to try out new things and go beyond their horizons.

In a way the Shizu arc already addresses this with Shizu as the negative example. Shizu, the entire way over, wanted nothing more than to return home, rejecting any change, including anything that might have made her feel like she's different from a human, which is also one of the reasons she was not compatible with Ifrit, as she kept using her Unique Skill to prevent herself from ever fully fusing with Ifrit and hence hindered any communication with him which only got worse when Ifrit ended up killing her friend Pirino and her pet Pizu. But Shizu's rejection of everything in this other world also caused her to be unable to obtain the power of returning home and also prevented her from going beyond the normal lifespan of a human, causing her to run out of time earlier than she wanted. Even in her dying moments she rejected addressing Rimuru by his monster name. So despite her being portrayed sympathetically on the surface, she was narratively harshly criticized to have taken the wrong path in contrast to Rimuru, who fully embraced his new life.
This is something many watchers don't even notice because of MUH "it's just a generic isekai, I don't need to use my brain" which is truly a shame.

OVERLORD696969 said:
Yes Primordials are supposed to be a big deal but only to humans not True Demon Lords or True Dragons . Veldora is a true dragon which is the strongest species in the world . The only people that can hurt veldora are other True Dragons (only 2 remaining) and some of the True Demon Lords (Guy and Rimuru can beat him , Milim and Draguel can fight him evenly for some time ). Primodials are skillful because of their long life but do not have enough power because there is a power cap on their species . *All of the character and power levels are based on Volume 6 of LN (Anime Season 2 part 2)

ShadowUnown said:
Welcome to Overlord 2.0, where the MC is so powerful and absolute that even his servants are basically invencible and the episodes waste several minutes just to show you how unstopabble each one of them are. I almost cried with laughter when the narrator waste like 10 minutes just mentioning every new ability Rimuru gained, which he will probably never use since he just needs to swallow things like Kirby or spit out a Genki Dama or something to obliterate his enemies lol This season is the last chance I'll give to this.