Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken 3rd Season

Rimuru Tempest is victorious following his climactic showdown with Demon Lord Clayman. With Diablo's aid, the war with the Falmuth Kingdom ends decisively in Rimuru's favor. Fueled by increased migration and the integration of Jura Forest, the nation of Tempest undergoes rapid growth.

Rimuru's victory shifts the balance of power, giving rise to a renewed period of peace—but whether that peace will last is another matter. Yuuki Kagurazaka and Kazalim are conspiring with the Harlequin Alliance to bring about Rimuru's downfall. Furthermore, the Western Holy Church continues its intolerant crusade against Rimuru and his non-human subordinates. Both allies and enemies engage in a battle of wits, carefully advancing their agendas without shattering the delicate status quo. But once the first domino inevitably falls, the race to supremacy begins.

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Tempest, Rimuru Main

Okasaki, Miho Japanese

Nava, Milim Supporting

Hidaka, Rina Japanese

Diablo Supporting

Sakurai, Takahiro Japanese

Shuna Supporting

Senbongi, Sayaka Japanese

Shion Supporting

Ichimichi, Mao Japanese

Tempest, Veldora Supporting

Maeno, Tomoaki Japanese

Benimaru Supporting

Furukawa, Makoto Japanese

Izawa, Shizue Supporting

Hanamori, Yumiri Japanese

Ranga Supporting

Kobayashi, Chikahiro Japanese

Souei Supporting

Eguchi, Takuya Japanese

Shioya, Yoshiyuki Producer

Nakayama, Atsushi Director

Aketagawa, Jin Sound Director

Bodart, Michaîl Sound Director

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Sep 28, 2024

giffey6

Recommended

While I would say that this was the worst season of the series up to this point, I still don’t think this was a bad one by any means. It’s pretty contentious when discussing this season as for everyone that loves how faithfully this recreated the light novel and the dreaded meetings, it seems like it alienated just as many.

I fully understand that it’s good to build this world out. That’s what separates this show from many of the other Isekai out there, but I do think there is a limit to what should be adapted, especially with static board room meetings mostly discussing ... what is getting ready to happen in a few episodes knowing that the plan probably isn’t going to work out the way they expected.

To some that may be excellent. To me it was fine, but I did unfortunately find this ultimately dull by the time this one wrapped up. I like all of the ideas, I just didn’t like the execution of this one as much as I would have liked. Overall, it was still nice to see Tempest again, and I can’t wait for the season 4 and another movie even. This show has a lot of promise, and I am confident there will be better days ahead as this really blazed a really interesting trail if they can capitalize on it.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Oct 7, 2024

Ultron-Sigma

Mixed Feelings

Funny

Well-written

If you haven't already heard, the strengths and weaknesses of this franchise has finally started to become more apparent to the general public... and the copium/mental gymnastics of the fandom as well.

Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken/That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime season 3 has received scrutiny as for the first 11 episodes were nearly entirely done in a single room where the cast simply sat around and discussed current events and what to do next. Not only that, but weirdly enough, the art and animation were somehow noticeably poor during these 11 episodes as it honestly felt like a slideshow (which to be ... fair, they are just sitting around and talking).

However, after episode 12, the anime suddenly feels like it was picked up by another anime studio as more life and movement starts to fill the screen. As if it was an actual anime. The 2nd half of the season then shifts to its main draw: which is the slice-of-life. Where Rimuru continues advertising his nation with a bunch of entertainment venues with a big focus on a battle coliseum and a 'dungeon crawl' where teams of adventurers may attempt to go through, kill mobs, challenge bosses, and obtain loot.

To clarify, the weakness of this series ISN'T because of the long, drawn-out meetings. It's actually the things discussed in these meetings. For some reason this series has been constantly trying to convince the readers that this is a 'serious' world and push "national" and "political" consequences onto Rimuru and his nation due to his sudden arrival and strategically-valuable location. Rimuru & friends will then discuss on how to proceed should these other nations start to impose themselves on them.

However, this is still a POWER FANTASY isekai. Whenever trouble finally arrives for Rimuru & friends, they simply resolve any problems through brute-force anyway and then get the most out of the situation later while still being the "nice guys" in any political maneuvering. It's essentially a running-gag in the anime, manga, and light novel. A few troublemakers show up, Rimuru's subordinates show off, then the troublemakers quickly cower and behave themselves.

Just so you know, Season 3 is nearly caught up with the manga, at least up until Chapter 118. So with the end of this season, a 4th season and even another movie was announced. The show will quickly surpass the manga very soon.

I have very mixed feelings about this season and the series going forward. The first 11 episodes will be painfully slow and will only get worse on rewatches as I imagine it will often be skipped over and when you get to the slice-of-life content it starts to get stale as you already know how Rimuru & friends will just clown everyone who challenges them. Essentially, if you're already a big fan, you'll probably watch this no matter what. If you're not, I don't think this season will change your mind.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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Sep 27, 2024

sunfire230

Not Recommended

Tensura was already a pretty safe anime, but had some interesting ideas, and some very high moments.
I actually enjoyed season 1 and 2.
Sadly season 3 bring it down, a lot.

First my thoughts on the season:
There were many, many, MANY meetings, most of them could've been compressed into small scenes, or even a summary from one person.
This made most of the season very boring, to the point that I watched it on 2.0x speed by the end. (No anime ever made me do this before.)
The small amount of fight scenes did not really help either, as they were cut very short, and even those parts were ... rarely anything special.
And yes, there was potential for great fights or at least showing some power levels here and there.
I had no problem with the production value, but it's funny to think about praising art and animation when most of the season was spent in static rooms, with maybe mouth movements.

Now, something I feel like I have to write about adaptations using Tensura S3 as an example:
Not all written stories are worth adapting faithfully into animation.
As written above, a lot of the season could be a lot shorter with smarter writing and adaptation techniques, leaving it shorter, or at least more time for something else. I understand the everyone who read the novels are defending the season, and I get it. But if you take a step back and look into what made S1 and S2 good as an anime, you will see it's not 90% world building in meeting rooms.
And at that point you'll have to realize that people are not hating because its not a shounen anime with hyperpowered fights every scene, it's because the base material is not interesting as a 1:1 adaptation.

My conclusion:
I just dropped this series, it will probably get better, I read some spoilers here and there, but honestly I can't recommend this to myself, and neither to anyone else.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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