For the LN readers

OVERLORD_05 said:
Nope . And i wouldn't say he is a flat MC(he is a Slime lol) since a lot of people like him especially the people who are tired of quirky MC's and want a down-to-earth person as the main character.

Dinxama said:
So flat is a wrong word,should i replace it with squishy?
But tbh for me no develop flat and yes i do agree at least he is down to earth compare to other trashy isekai
So does him ever get beaten down except for "those times"

Deane said:
The most character development he gets is in the events of the Falmuth invasion in season 2 part 1.

Regarding the second question, after the incident in season 2 part 1, Rimuru becomes a lot more cautious and only starts fights he knows he can win. If there’s a chance of defeat, Rimuru avoids it at all costs. Mostly for this reason, even though there are stronger beings than him, he hasn’t lost a fight yet.

Dinxama said:
For the LN readers is there any point in the LN where Rimuru get a big character develop like questioning his ideal or something like that or he would still be a flat MC just like how he was in the anime

Dinxama said:
For the LN readers is there any point in the LN where Rimuru get a big character develop like questioning his ideal or something like that or he would still be a flat MC just like how he was in the anime

Also

Lab_Rat_0978 said:


rimuru feels like slime jesus cuz the anime wanted him to be slime jesus

if you read the light novel from vol 1,
you will see and feel his character developments as the story progresses

at the beginning of the story,
he's actually quite depressed...

as a slime he's born deaf and blind...
and he's trapped in the abyss of nothingness for at least 90+ days... he's in the verge of losing his sanity, it took 90 days for great sage to activate and talk with him. iirc it took a few more weeks until he met veldora, the tsundere dragon that literally turned on the light for him lol

so rimuru didnt gather a bunch of monsters for no reason,
at that time he's hungry for others touch, he wanted to touch everyone to ease his loneliness, to confirm his existence

that said, he only treated his monsters as pets...he once said "if they betray me, I will personally kill every single one of em". he originally didnt get emotionally invested on his monsters,
he only used em as subtitutes for humans. as a former human, he naturally would rather interacting with human than monster

as the story progress...he's started to trust his monsters more than humans. for instance, when shizu went on a rampage, he even thought its just a charade to make him letting his guard down so the trio adventures (cabal, ellen and gido) could stab him in the back...he then asked ranga to protecc his slimy back

the most surprising of all,
rimuru actually didnt really care about shizu that much. he didnt cry when she's dead either, on the contrary he's quite happy with his new form. what makes it worse...it took months for shizu to remind him that he had
a promise to save the kids, he was like "alright, alright...I promised kay..."

another interesting about rimuru and his monsters. according to light novel vol, due to his subconscious mind wishing for human companions, it caused most of his monsters evolving into more human-like

the funniest thing is,
rimuru thought he learned how to be a better person from his monsters (like benny) there's a moment when benny and the other kijins decided to forgive geld and the orc clan. meanwhile, the kijins thought they learned what is "kindness" from rimuru

what a fascinating misunderstanding lol everyone got a character development from that

So basicly the anime cut a shit ton of monolog and ruin the character,ok im fine with that. But does he get anymore in the future?

Lab_Rat_0978 said:
@Dinxama



in short

the way I see it, rimuru is turning into something more and more monster...on the contrary, his monsters are turning into something more and more human

I'm even starting to think rimuru might be the final villain of the story lol

Dinxama said:


Dont think that would be the case bc it wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy to risky writting a story like that bv if it goes that way then you kinda actually have to planned it and hinted it all the way from the start but if you just randomly add am arc that end and turn rimuru into the final boss,it would be cheesy and cheap

Dinxama said:


So basicly the anime cut a shit ton of monolog and ruin the character,ok im fine with that

But does he get anymore in the future?

Well_Well_Well said:
Yeah you should definitely give it a try. It is so good. Rimuru will go through some good character development and his bonds with others also become better. Just a heads up if you thought Rimuru getting angry after the Falmuth kingdom attack was badass just wait...you are in for a treat..😝yeah Manga and LN are way better. Anime cuts a lot looot of stuff out which ruins some crucial and cool scenes andake them meh.. Even if you have only watched anime I definitely recommend you should read the Manga from the start you would love it as I was also my first Manga that I ever read.

Lab_Rat_0978 said:
its actually not random

his traits (as a slime) are quite similar to a certain world devourer dragon a.k.a chaos dragon thats introduced iirc in light novel vol 16. even the god had no idea where that thing came from

1) mindless

2) popping up out of nowhere

3) eating things and ppl on its path

4) getting stronger and stronger by eating

5) causing chaos by merely existing

6) having an official title thats related to chaos (rimuru's official title is chaos creator)

7) both and rimuru are

its confirmed by fuse, the author himself. yukki is no longer the final villain of the story

there are too many differences between light novel and web novel, they arent comparable anymore

well shit.. i accidentally read a spoiler, i haven't read that far

Lab_Rat_0978 said:
that said, the yukki part is definitely spoiler (for the light novel) tho lol

maxnone said:

since its sounds like you're up to date with LN, im gonna ask.



i just want to know the good place to pause reading you see, i dont want to pause in the middle of an arc, if you so kind to inform me where the good 'pause point' is, i would kiss your toes

Lab_Rat_0978 said:

if youre referring to when tempest gets invaded by 1 million of the empire soldiers,

iirc the prep time is started in vol 12 and things hit the fan and concluded in vol 13

but the empire tried their luck again,
the prep time is re- started in vol 14, things hit the fan at the end of vol 14 (in cliffhanger), continued and ended in vol 15

as for vol 16, it showcases some other perspectives when things hit the fan in vol 15 and also info dumping regarding a certain world devourer dragon I mentioned above, invader race, phantom race and other stuff

Lab_Rat_0978 said:


rimuru feels like slime jesus cuz the anime wanted him to be slime jesus

if you read the light novel from vol 1,
you will see and feel his character developments as the story progresses

at the beginning of the story,
he's actually quite depressed...

as a slime he's born deaf and blind...
and he's trapped in the abyss of nothingness for at least 90+ days... he's in the verge of losing his sanity, it took 90 days for great sage to activate and talk with him. iirc it took a few more weeks until he met veldora, the tsundere dragon that literally turned on the light for him lol

so rimuru didnt gather a bunch of monsters for no reason,
at that time he's hungry for others touch, he wanted to touch everyone to ease his loneliness, to confirm his existence

that said, he originally treated his monsters as pets...he once said "if they betray me, I will personally kill every single one of em". he originally didnt get emotionally invested on his monsters,
he only used em as subtitutes for humans. as a former human, he naturally would rather interacting with human than monster

as the story progress...he's started to trust his monsters more than humans. for instance, when shizu went on a rampage, he even thought its just a charade to make him letting his guard down so the trio adventures (cabal, ellen and gido) could stab him in the back...he then asked ranga to protecc his slimy back

the most surprising of all,
rimuru actually didnt really care about shizu that much. he didnt cry when she's dead either, on the contrary he's quite happy with his new form. what makes it worse...it took months for shizu to remind him that he had
a promise to save the kids, he was like "alright, alright...I promised kay..."

another interesting about rimuru and his monsters. according to light novel vol 5, due to his subconscious mind wishing for human companions, it caused most of his monsters evolving into more human-like

the funniest thing is,
rimuru thought he learned how to be a better person from his monsters (like benny) there's a moment when benny and the other kijins decided to forgive geld and the orc clan. meanwhile, the kijins thought they learned what is "kindness" from rimuru

what a fascinating misunderstanding lol everyone got a character development from that,
there are still many other things...and its all skipped in the anime

Seijurou said:


Good write up. Thanks for the summary of some things the anime skipped. This puts a lot of things into perspective and changes the story to an extent.

The most egregious part they removed is how long he remained blind and dead as well as how sad he was about it. In the anime, he was boring then and didn’t have any feelings. I am glad to know that he was actually depressed and losing his sanity. I had no idea it lasted over 3 months. Seemed like minutes or a few days.

I also wondered how he knew he was a slime before even looking at himself. Or how he communicated with the dragon veldora while lacking a mouth & ears, or what happened to veldora after being eaten exactly, whether he is coming back at some point or rimiru will be able to use his power/form.

Lab_Rat_0978 said:


rimuru feels like slime jesus cuz the anime wanted him to be slime jesus

if you read the light novel from vol 1,
you will see and feel his character developments as the story progresses

at the beginning of the story,
he's actually quite depressed...

as a slime he's born deaf and blind...
and he's trapped in the abyss of nothingness for at least 90+ days... he's in the verge of losing his sanity, it took 90 days for great sage to activate and talk with him. iirc it took a few more weeks until he met veldora, the tsundere dragon that literally turned on the light for him lol

so rimuru didnt gather a bunch of monsters for no reason,
at that time he's hungry for others touch, he wanted to touch everyone to ease his loneliness, to confirm his existence

that said, he originally treated his monsters as pets...he once said "if they betray me, I will personally kill every single one of em". he originally didnt get emotionally invested on his monsters,
he only used em as subtitutes for humans. as a former human, he naturally would rather interacting with human than monster

as the story progress...he's started to trust his monsters more than humans. for instance, when shizu went on a rampage, he even thought its just a charade to make him letting his guard down so the trio adventures (cabal, ellen and gido) could stab him in the back...he then asked ranga to protecc his slimy back

the most surprising of all,
rimuru actually didnt really care about shizu that much. he didnt cry when she's dead either, on the contrary he's quite happy with his new form. what makes it worse...it took months for shizu to remind him that he had
a promise to save the kids, he was like "alright, alright...I promised kay..."

another interesting about rimuru and his monsters. according to light novel vol 5, due to his subconscious mind wishing for human companions, it caused most of his monsters evolving into more human-like

the funniest thing is,
rimuru thought he learned how to be a better person from his monsters (like benny) there's a moment when benny and the other kijins decided to forgive geld and the orc clan. meanwhile, the kijins thought they learned what is "kindness" from rimuru

what a fascinating misunderstanding lol everyone got a character development from that,
there are still many other things...and its all skipped in the anime