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Lonely thirty-seven-year-old Satoru Mikami is stuck in a dead-end job, unhappy with his mundane life, but after dying at the hands of a robber, he awakens to a fresh start in a fantasy realm...as a slime monster! As he acclimates to his goopy new existence, his exploits with the other monsters set off a chain of events that will change his new world forever!
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(3.84/5)Having read the review from MintTea, I thought I ought to add to it a little, to potentially help save some people from reading this when it isn't for them.
The thing MintTea points out - that the main character starts out overpowered and nothing truly poses a challenge to him directly - doesn't change a whole lot throughout the entire series. It is particularly prevalent at the start, because he gets stupidly strong within a few chapters, but even when stronger characters appear later it doesn
Note: I read the free web novel version
Honestly, this web novel just wasn't working for me. The basic premise is that the main character dies and gets resurrected as a slime in a fantasy world. Sounds interesting? I thought so too, but unfortunately he ends up with some pretty overpowered skills right away, so there is no tension. I was just wondering "does he solve this by using overpowered skill A? Or is it going to be overpowered skill B?". I also didn't like how nearly all of the
Rewarding if you are already a fan of the series
This is a review the series as far as I've read it, which is up to volume 12. I've spent a LOT of my time studying Japanese working with these books. I don't regret it, but its also hard to recommend to others. The main thing that made me stick with it is the audio books. They are done by Rumuru's voice actor from the anime, and I really like the Rimuru voice.
Entertainment: I loved the anime, and I really liked the books overall. If you've seen the anime, you know what makes it good. An