Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken Review
"Thirty-seven-year-old Satoru Mikami is a typical corporate worker, who is perfectly content with his monotonous lifestyle in Tokyo, other than failing to nail down a girlfriend even once throughout his life. In the midst of a casual encounter with his colleague, he falls victim to a random assailant on the streets and is stabbed. However, while succumbing to his injuries, a peculiar voice echoes in his mind, and recites a bunch of commands which the dying man cannot make sense of.
When Satoru regains consciousness, he discovers that he has reincarnated as a goop of slime in an unfamiliar realm. In doing so, he acquires newfound skills—notably, the power to devour anything and mimic its appearance and abilities. He then stumbles upon the sealed Catastrophe-level monster "Storm Dragon" Verudora who had been sealed away for the past 300 years for devastating a town to ashes. Sympathetic to his predicament, Satoru befriends him, promising to assist in destroying the seal. In return, Verudora bestows upon him the name Rimuru Tempest to grant him divine protection.
Now, liberated from the mundanities of his past life, Rimuru embarks on a fresh journey with a distinct goal in mind. As he grows accustomed to his new physique, his gooey antics ripple throughout the world, gradually altering his fate." - MyAnimeList.
Story: 7/10 - Its another Isekai, much similar to Konosuba minus the comedy. I figured by watching this show I would have similar vibes, I cannot say that was the case. The story is not bad, not at all. However I wish they kept to the main plot of trying to free Verudoa instead of veering off into sub stories and such that have little to no connection. At many time the main story felt forgotten or that the main character just hoodwinked the storm dragon and left. There were times where the show was very interesting and fast paced such as some of the fight scenes against Geld (I really wished we saw more of the great sages battle mode), however there were a lot of slow moments as well, especially at the beginning and end. I was also disappointed in the last few episodes as they had many interesting developments and options to have taken the story yet they decided to waste our time with filler episodes. The show ends episode 22, don't bother watching the rest for any new developments. At the end you are just left with a incomplete story. If there is no sequel to this season, I would rate the story a 5/10 instead.
Characters: 8/10 - There is decent character and world building. In fact, part of the story is about how Rimuru and other demon lords give names to certain followers bestowing powers on them. Many of these characters have their own backstories and why they have joined Rimuru. We see the development of Rimuru and his abilities and the development of the Goblins, Direwolves, Orcs, Lizardmen. Other countries are later introduced into the story. The world building aspect is one of the stronger categories of this show, unfortunatly due to the 24 episode limit you are unable to see all the character development which leaves the feeling of incompleteness.
Uniqueness: 5/10 - Isekai with the main character being the strongest character. Gee wiz, sound familiar?
Animation: 8/10 - video and audio was pleasing to the eyes and ears. Some of the fight scenes reminded me a little of UFOTable. Not quite there, but it was good. I have nothing picky to say.
Enjoyment: 7/10 - I enjoyed it, at least the episodes where stuff happened. I was left wanting more knowing that they have more to show the audience. But I have to say chief, the last two episodes were a waste.
7/10: Decent, but not Konosuba - It was one of the better shows during the winter anime season. Going into it, I didnt have high hopes coming off Konosuba. It was interesting enough to keep my attention, again my only major regret is the waste of the two episodes at the end. They leave episode 22 on a cliff hanger, and then proceed to give us 2 episodes of filler when they could have continued to story. If you are given 24 episodes only, please just give us the story and stop trying to be like one piece.
