That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (転生したらスライムだった件, Tensei Shitara Suraimu Datta Ken), also known as Regarding Reincarnated to Slime and short name TenSura (転スラ), is a Japanese fantasy light novel series written by Fuse [ja], and illustrated by Mitz Vah. The story follows Satoru Mikami, a salaryman who is murdered and then reincarnated in a sword and sorcery world as a titular slime, who goes on to gather allies to build his own nation of monsters.

It was serialized online from 2013 to 2016 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō. It was later acquired by Micro Magazine, which published the first light novel volume in 2014. Twenty volumes have been released as of September 2022. The light novel has been licensed in North America by Yen Press, who published the first volume in December 2017. It has received a manga adaptation published by Kodansha along with five manga spin-offs published, respectively, by Micro Magazine and Kodansha and an anime television series adaptation produced by Eight Bit, which aired from October 2018 to March 2019. A second season of the anime series aired from January to September 2021, and an anime adaptation of the second spin-off manga aired from April to June 2021. An anime film was released in November 2022. A three-episode original net animation spin-off titled Coleus no Yume is set to premiere in Q4 2023. A third season is set to premiere in Q2 2024.

Synopsis
It is just another ordinary day for Satoru Mikami. The sun is shining brightly on the streets of Tokyo, and he is in the midst of a discussion with his colleagues when suddenly he gets stabbed by a passing robber. The average 37-year-old corporate worker is now at death's door, and he has only one regret—dying a virgin. Fading out, he is startled by a mysterious AI-like voice reciting commands.

Satoru abruptly wakes up in the middle of a strange cave, but something odd has happened: he is now a goop of slime! Thanks to his new body, he has acquired the skill to absorb anything and obtain its appearance and abilities. While testing out his newfound powers and exploring the cave, he stumbles upon a massive dragon named Veldora, who has been sealed away for the past three hundred years. After quickly befriending the beast, Satoru decides to help him escape; in exchange, Satoru is bestowed a new name: "Rimuru Tempest."

Wishing to avoid a life like his boring and mundane past, Rimuru is about to set out on a grand quest that will change his own destiny and the fate of his new world.

Light Novels
Fuse originally serialized the series as a web novel on the user-generated content site Shōsetsuka ni Narō between February 20, 2013, and January 1, 2016. The series was acquired for print publication by Micro Magazine, who published the first light novel, with illustrations by Mitz Vah, under their GC Novels in May 2014. On April 15, 2017, English publisher Yen Press announced during their panel at Sakura-Con that they had licensed the series for release in North America.

A spin-off web novel series set between the ninth and tenth volumes of the light novel, titled Toaru Kyūka no Sigoshi-kata, began serialization on Shōsetsuka ni Narō on February 20, 2023

Manga
Taiki Kawakami launched a manga adaptation in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Sirius on March 26, 2015. Kodansha USA announced their license to the manga during their panel at New York Comic Con on October 6, 2016.

A seventh spin-off manga, titled That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Gourmet Legend: Peko and Rimuru's Cooking Notebook, with art by Chika Nakatani will begin serialization in Monthly Shōnen Sirius on April 26, 2023.

A manga adaptation of the Toaru Kyūka no Sigoshi-kata web novel illustrated by Yuzo Takada began serialization in Monthly Shōnen Sirius on July 26, 2023.

Character
"It's simple. I want to create a world where life is as convenient as I wish it to be. A comfortable world where everyone can laugh and enjoy their lives as much as possible. That's what I truly and honestly want. deals without power are nonsense, and power without ideals is empty, right? I'm a greedy guy, but I don't have an interest in seeking power just for the sake of power, without the ambition to do something with it."

- Rimuru to Erald Grimwald, Light Novel Volume 6, Chapter 1

Rimuru is the protagonist of the film and the series. The initial setting is that Satoru Mikami (voiced by Takuatsu Terashima), a Japanese businessman, was stabbed to death by a street demon and reincarnated as a demon slime, and that he is the protagonist of the story. Rimuru's "previous life" in the work refers to the period of Mikami Satoru's life. Incidentally, he was a college graduate and a company employee of a major general contractor.

He became a "named monster" by exchanging her name with Veldora, the storm dragon, a willful creature she first encountered in the cave where she was reincarnated, and she acquired the ability to mimic human form by absorbing Shizu, the first compatriot with whom she had a connection in the reincarnated world. Although her human body is more feminine in appearance, she is biologically asexual, and since her mentality is the same as in her previous life, her tone of voice is masculine, etc.

Basically, he is a jovial, mild-mannered pacifist who cannot say no when asked for help, including when he was a businessman. He considers the demons under his charge whom he has named as his family, and he has developed a ruthlessness that only shows no mercy to those who harm his own people. He is aware of his shortcomings, such as his talent as a genius and his subordinates' willingness to carry out even the most absurd orders with a smile, his tendency to get carried away and make mistakes, his loss of judgment when he gets passionate, his tendency to draw wrong conclusions without listening to those who are trying to correct him, and his repeated failure to give permission without thinking about the consequences of his action, which he then regrets. He is aware of his shortcomings, such as repeatedly making the mistake of not listening to the person who is trying to correct him and coming to the wrong conclusion.

The basic principle of his action is "to create a country where all races can live happily and comfortably," and as a result of his efforts, the food, clothing, and shelter of the Federation of Demon Nations (Jura Tempest Federation) that Rimuru founded eventually reached a level that is comparable to those of most other countries. On the other hand, he believes that freedom of thought, speech, and expression should be guaranteed in order to create diversity and develop culture (entertainment), so he does not have ambitions such as world domination.

As for friendships, he is friends with the storm dragon Veldora for the first time, and they are brothers-in-law and the greatest of allies, sending each other their names and connecting the corridors of souls/soul corridors; he is close friends with the demon king Milim, brother apprentices with the dwarf king Gazel Dwargo, and is friends with the celestial emperor Elmesia El Ru Sarion as a fellow trickster.

Abilities
At the time of his reincarnation, Rimuru believes that when blood is insufficient, people die, and so he becomes a slime, a "body that does not need blood". Slime is also described as a viscous creature or demon race in this work, and is usually set as the lowest-ranking monster that does not think, only absorbs, divides, and regenerates itself repeatedly, and rarely leaves its habitat.

The body is an aggregate of cells that combines the functions of brain cells, nerves, and muscles, and since the slime race has no need to reproduce in this work, Rimuru herself, whose body is slime, has no biological sex, and even when she later acquires the ability to transform into a human, her transformed body is neither male nor female but asexual.

After awakening, he evolved into a "Demon Slime" with greatly increased physical abilities and more than ten times the amount of magical elements.

Furthermore, in Book 15, after preying on Veldora, who was controlled by Rudra, Ciel analyzed the prey and evolved it into the "Ultimate Slime," the fifth "dragon species" (subspecies), which is the highest level Holy Demon Spirit in the world, and the "Dragon Demon Viscous Star God Body" (Ultimate Slime). It evolved into the "Ultimate Slime," the fifth "dragon species" (subspecies) in the world, and gained the same amount of magical elements as Veldora. {| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-collapsetext="Hide" data-expandtext="Show" style="width:100%; background-color:white; margin-top:1em; border:white; font-size:100%; text-align:left;" ! style="background-color:#0490cc; color:#FFFFFF; padding:0.2em 0.5em;" | 《DEMON SLIME》 {| class="article-table"
 *  INTRINSIC SKILLS 
 * Rimuru evolution.mp4ite Regeneration: As long as the user's core is intact and they have sufficient energy, they can completely regenerate from all damage.
 * Universal Sense: Allows the user to perceive almost all sensations including but not limited to, Light, Sound, Smell, and Heat in a wide radius.
 * Universal Shapeshift: Allows the user to freely change their body's properties and disguise their appearance.
 * Universal Thread: Enhanced version of Sticky-Steel Thread
 * Enhanced Body Double: A more durable version of Replication. Capable of being used as an incarnation medium for True Dragons.
 * Demon Lord's Haki: A skill that enhances a magic-based creature's Aura with magic and bends lesser beings to their will.
 *  RESISTANCE SKILL 
 * Physical Attack Nullification
 * Natural Effects Nullification
 * Abnormal Condition Nullification
 * Spiritual Attack Nullification
 * Holy-Demonic Attack Resistance
 *  COMMON SKILL 
 * Telepathy: Allows the user to communicate mentally.
 * Thought Communication: A stronger version of Telepathy that allows the user to directly share their thoughts and experiences with the target(s). Its effective range is about 1 km.
 * Poisonous Breath: Allows the user to unleash a corrosive poison breath attack.
 * Paralyzing Breath: Allows the user to unleash a paralyzing breath attack.
 * Body Armor: Allows the user to form a scaly armor around their entire body (or selectively) which is harder than steel.
 * Ultrasonic Waves: Allows the user to manipulate ultrasonic waves both as a weapon and for auditory communication.
 *  EXTRA SKILL 
 * Enhanced Body Double
 * Magic Aura: Allows the user to imbue magical properties into their Aura to combine Arts and Magic.
 * Steel Strength: Increases the physical strength of the user greatly.
 * Strengthen Body: Enhances all of the body's physical aspects.
 * Ranged Barrier: Allows the user to create a barrier in any shape they specify within range.
 *  ARTS 
 * Steel Strength: Increases the physical strength of the user greatly.
 * Strengthen Body: Enhances all of the body's physical aspects.
 * Ranged Barrier: Allows the user to create a barrier in any shape they specify within range.
 *  ARTS 
 *  ARTS 
 * -|Magic=

True Dragon Species Magic (Unnamed)

 * Imaginary Blade

Storm Magic

 * Death-Calling Wind
 * Storm of Destruction
 * Black Lightning
 * Black Fire
 * Storm Blast

Scorch Magic

 * TBA

Elemental Magic

 * Nuclear Strike Magic
 * Legion Magic [Completed Transportation Technique]
 * Barrier Magic [Anti-Magic Area, Space Expansion Barrier]
 * Mental Magic
 * Illusion Magic [Confusion, Channeling, Thoughtography]
 * Magic Communication
 * Engraving Magic
 * Spatial Magic [Dress Change, Warp Portal, Transportation]
 * Fire Magic [Fire, Fireball, Fire Wall, FireStorm]
 * Explosion Magic
 * Explosive Fire Magic [Explosive Flames, Super-High Explosive Flames]
 * Wind Magic [Wind Cutter, Tornado Blade]
 * Water Magic
 * Ice Magic [Icicle Lance, Icicle Shot]
 * Earth Magic

Spiritual Magic

 * Spirit Communication
 * Secret Art of Revival
 * Arcane Soul Recall
 * Secret of Faith and Grace
 * Space Spirit Magic
 * Fire Spirit Magic
 * Wind Spirit Magic
 * Water Spirit Magic
 * Earth Spirit Magic
 * Necromancy
 * -|Summoning Magic=

Daemon Summoning Magic

 * Daemon Summoning Gate
 * Summon Greater Daemon
 * Summon Lesser Daemon

Elemental Summoning Magic
Basic Miracle
 * Summon Greater Fire Elemental: Ifrit
 * Summon Medium Space Elemental
 * Summon Medium Fire Elemental: Salamander
 * Summon Medium Wind Elemental
 * Summon Medium Water Elemental
 * Summon Medium Earth Elemental: Beast Gnome
 * Summon Lesser Space Elemental
 * Summon Lesser Fire Elemental
 * Summon Lesser Wind Elemental
 * Summon Lesser Water Elemental
 * Summon Lesser Earth Elemental
 * -|Holy Magic & Physical=
 * Holy Cannon | A focused beam of holy energy that rapidly purifies the magicules of a target. While a holy being or a being without magicules would simply be pushed by the shockwave, it's a surefire technique for killing monsters.
 * Holy Bell | A wide range wave of holy energy surges from the user, purifying a large amount of magicules, and destroying any lesser monsters.
 * Holy Field | Usually maintained by several magicians working in tandem, within the radius of the barrier purification of all magicules commences. Lesser monsters are killed instantly, and any higher magical being is severely weakened. The barrier is even capable of preventing the use of regular magic and sealing the use of most skills.
 * Prison Field - A much weaker version of Holy Field that weakens all monsters over a vast area and prevents escape.
 * Heal Ailments/Recovery | By utilizing holy energy, wounds and diseases can be cured instantly, and at higher levels, even entire limbs and organs can be regenerated.
 * Disintegration | In a process similar to nuclear decay, spiritrons bombard the target and destroy them on a molecular level.
 * Holy Ray | A large beam or ray of spiritrons shoots out from the user, bypassing all barriers and destroying the target.
 * Resurrection | By utilizing spiritrons, the user is able to heal any wound and even bring back the recently deceased.

Megiddo Argos
 * Megiddo-Rimuru.mp4 Physically driven which uses Spirit to form multiple, very large magnifying-glass water constructs in the air, which are actually lesser water spirits transformed to suit the user's needs. This focuses the energy of the sun into a devastating heat beam capable of reaching thousands of degrees. The constructs disintegrate after use, but the energy needed to replace and maintain them is very little. Because they are clear, thin lenses of suspended water, the constructs are almost impossible to see. The size and number of lenses can be changed to varying effects: decimating 1000 armored soldiers in a single shot to killing a single target instantly and without sound. By gathering water droplets from the water vapor in the atmosphere, in the shape of convex lenses in the sky, Rimuru condenses sunlight to the point where it becomes a massive laser beam, similar to using a magnifying glass. The skill has low requirements; the water droplets can continually be replaced when they evaporate. The massive energy beam is a physical phenomenon, and therefore cannot be blocked by magic-disrupting barriers.
 * A variation of Meggido that allows the user to observe almost anywhere on the planet, in real-time, via a reflective satellite of water in space, and even enables the casting of Meggido during the night.
 * -|Stance=

Battlewill

 * Aura Slash (気斬?): One of the most basic but also most deadly attacks within battlewill’s arsenal. The user launches their aura outwards from their weapon as a projectile.
 * Aura Sword ( ōra sōdo, lit. "Fighting Aura Sword"?): The user coats their weapon in aura using modelwill, this boosts the weapon's durability and damage potential drastically.
 * Formhide ( ongyouhō, lit. "Hiding Method"?): Allows the user to hide their presence and form.
 * Haze (朧 Oboro?): Formhide pushed to it's absolute limit. The Art works in stages, First, you rid yourself of any sound, then wipe away any smell and disguise your temperature, before finally wiping away your aura and spirit. The end result makes the user undetectable even to things such as Magic Sense. The only way to counter is pure intuition.
 * Instantmove (瞬動法 lit. "Instant Movement Method"?): Allows the user to rapidly increase their speed for a single movement, allowing for an almost teleportation-like effect visually.
 * Magic Bullet (魔力弾 maryokudan, lit. "Magic Power Bullet"?): The user gathers their aura and surrounding magicules to form a dense ball of energy before firing at their target. One of the most basic arts but extremely versatile and scales to the user's power.
 * Modelwill (気操法 lit. "Aura Manipulation Method"?): A fundamental technique that allows the user to create constructs out of their aura. They can also create bubbles able to encase objects, magic, or the effects of skills within.

Hazy Style

 * Myriad Variety Petals

Mystic-Arts

 * Storm Break - Rimuru combines Veldora's Storm Magic with Arts to coat a sword in devastating magic. It is based on Hinata's Melt Slash and although the force behind it is much less, the powerful secondary effects make it just as deadly.
 * Melt Slash - The user combines magic and arts by applying Disintegration to their sword and launching themselves at the opponent at immense speeds.

Other

 * Absolute Guard
 * Absolute End - A devastating attack that cuts through space itself, achieved by inverting Absolute Guard.
 * Flare Circle
 * Hell Flare
 * Magic Flame Bullet

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TV Anime
An anime television series adaptation aired from October 2, 2018, to March 19, 2019, on Tokyo MX and other channels. The series is animated by Eight Bit and directed by Yasuhito Kikuchi, with Atsushi Nakayama as assistant director, Kazuyuki Fudeyasu handling series composition, Ryouma Ebata designing the characters, and Takahiro Kishida providing monster designs. Elements Garden is composing the series' music. The first opening theme is "Nameless story" performed by Takuma Terashima, while the first ending theme is "Another colony" performed by True. The second opening theme is "Megurumono" (メグルモノ) performed by Terashima, while the second ending theme is "Little Soldier" (リトルソルジャー, Ritoru Sorujā) performed by Azusa Tadokoro. The series is simulcast by Crunchyroll with Funimation streaming an English dub as it airs. The first season ran for 24 episodes. An original animation DVD was originally scheduled to be released on March 29, 2019, bundled with the 11th manga volume, but it was delayed to December 4, 2019, bundled with the 13th manga volume. A second original animation DVD was released on July 9, 2019, bundled with the 12th manga volume. Three more original animation DVDs have been announced, with the third OAD being released on March 27, 2020, bundled with the 14th manga volume. The fourth OAD is being bundled with the 15th manga volume, which released on July 9, 2020. The fifth OAD was to be bundled with 16th manga volume, which released on November 9, 2020.

A second season was announced to be a split-season anime, but the first half was delayed from October 2020 to January 2021, and the second half was delayed from April to July 2021 from due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan. The first half aired from January 12 to March 30, 2021, and the second half aired from July 6 to September 21, 2021. Eight Bit animated the series, with the staff and cast members reprising their roles. The opening theme is "Storyteller" performed by True, while the ending theme is "STORYSEEKER" performed by STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION.

The second opening theme is "Like Flames" performed by MindaRyn, while the second ending theme is "Reincarnate" performed by Takuma Terashima. The series is available on Netflix and Crunchyroll with both English sub and dub. The series is also available with multilingual subtitles on iQIYI in South East Asia and Taiwan. Muse Asia also streamed the episodes on its YouTube channel. The Blu-ray of Season 2 will be released on April 19, beginning with Part 1.

A spin-off anime series based on the Slime Diaries: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime manga was scheduled to premiere in January 2021 but had been delayed to April 2021 due to COVID-19. The series aired from April 6 to June 22, 2021. Eight Bit also animated the series, with Yuji Haibara directing the series, Kotatsumikan writing the script, Risa Takai and Atsushi Irie as character designers, and R.O.N composing the music. The opening theme is "Brand new diary" performed by Akane Kumada. A more light hearted series showing the day-to-day lives of those in Tempest; taking place in the gaps between major events After the airing of the second season's final episode, it was announced that the series is receiving an anime film, titled That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: The Movie – Scarlet Bond. The film premiered in Japan on November 25, 2022. Crunchyroll screened the film outside of Asia in early 2023.

A third season was announced on November 9, 2022. It is set to premiere in Q2 2024.

A three-episode original net animation (ONA) series, titled Coleus no Yume, was announced on February 19, 2023, and will premiere in Q4 2023. The staff from the second season will reprise their roles along with Toshizo Nemoto handling series composition. The ending theme song is performed by Miho Okasaki.

Theater Play
The stage play titled That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime is scheduled to be performed at Mielparque Osaka Hall from August 3rd to 5th, 2023, and at Nippon Seinenkan Hall from August 11th to 14th of the same year.


 * cast
 * Rimuru Tempest - Nami Ogi ( ≠ME )
 * Benimaru - Hiroki Nakada
 * Shion - Yu Yoshikawa
 * Shuna - Ayana Shinozaki (AKB48)
 * Gerudo - Yuya Miyashita
 * Gabil - Gaku Matsuda
 * Ranga - Koji Konami
 * Shizu - Kanade Nanaki
 * Gobuta - Mahiro Sugisaki
 * Souei - Ryo Kitamura
 * Hakurou - Takashi Hagino
 * Great Sage - Megumi Toyoguchi (voice appearance)
 * Ensemble - Konosuke Akae, Suzuna Ishikawa, Tomoki Ishizawa, Takamasa Ogawa, Takao Sakuma, Iori Suetaka, Yuya Sugiyama, Yuki Takano, Masahiro Shinbari, Shio Yamazaki, Hayato Yamada


 * Staff
 * Screenplay/Direction - Naohiro Ise

Various Collaboration Projects
To commemorate the start of sales of volume 16 of comics on November 27, 2020, a project was held to appear as a front-page advertisement in the morning edition of a newspaper on November 28, the following day. The advertisement is created with the concept that Rimuru imitates the specialties and local products of the area where the newspaper is published. The published paper and the content of the mimicry are as follows.


 * Asahi Shimbun
 * Kanto - Hinomaru bento (pickled plums)
 * Kinki - Takoyaki
 * Tokai - Uiro
 * Hokkaido Shimbun - Potato
 * Jomo Shimbun - Yaki Manju
 * Shimotsuke Shimbun - Gyoza
 * Nishinippon Shimbun - Karashi Mentaiko

On July 27, 2021, a concept project was announced in which Rimuru would spend more than a year mimicking streetcars across the country (becoming a wrapped vehicle), and it was announced that it would first be carried out on Toyama Local Railway. Since then, wrapping has been rolled out to streetcar cars all over the country.

A collaboration project was held at the J-League official game "FUJIFILM SUPER CUP 2022" to be held on February 12, 2022, and special seats with collaboration goods were sold at the venue on the day  and other special items. A movie was made and the cast members streamed live soccer footage on the day of the match

Video game
At the AnimeJapan 2021 special stage for the franchise, a free-to-play role-playing game app, titled Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken: Maō to Ryū no Kenkoku-tan (That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: The Saga of How the Demon Lord and Dragon Founded a Nation), was announced. It is developed by Bandai Namco Entertainment and will be released in 2021. The game was released in English under the title That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: ISEKAI Memories. The mobile game The Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross had a crossover event where some of the characters of the series could be obtained for a limited time.

Reception
The light novel series has over 4.5 million volumes in print. It was the fifth best-selling title of 2018 with 539,277 and its manga adaptation was the ninth best-selling title of 2018 with 3,460,066 copies. It also became the first manga series based on a light novel with at least 20 million total copies in print. By March 2021, it had over 24 million copies in circulation. In May 2021 it reached 25 million. In January 2022, it had over 30 million copies in circulation. In February 2023, it had 40 million copies in circulation, with 35 million copies in Japan and 5 million copies overseas.

In May 2021, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime was one of five isekai-oriented anime titles (along with KonoSuba, Zombie Land Saga, Princess Lover!, and Nekopara) that were given a limited ban by the Russian government for their depiction of reincarnation.

Awards

 * The light novel ranked eighth in 2017 in Takarajimasha's annual light novel guide book Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!, in the tankōbon category. It ranked sixth in 2018 and fifth in 2019.
 * In 2017, the manga adaptation was ranked fifth at the third Next Manga Awards in the print category. The manga adaptation also won the 2018 BookWalker Award.
 * The manga adaptation was nominated for the 45th Kodansha Manga Award in the shōnen category in 2021; it won the 46th edition in the same category in 2022.
 * In 2019, Rimuru Tempest won Best Protagonist on the Crunchyroll Anime Awards.
 * In 2022, the second season won the "Best Fantasy Award" at Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2022.

Trivia
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