![]() It works as far as escapism goes and, unlike most anime, doesn’t break any rules or betrays its initial premise. The author just doesn’t give a damn.Despite all that, the show managed to win a lot of watchers by being a wholesome civilization-building isekai. And said demon lord is a bikini-clad loli. Even when a demon lord that is stronger than him appears, he just befriends her by giving her food. He’s just a carefree nice guy who has nothing to struggle towards, since he can easily overcome any problem with sheer power. Even the slime is not interesting as a character. Whatever background stories they have are quickly forgotten in favor of the next loosely stitched together quest that appears. Whatever powers they have are quickly eclipsed before the slime. The story is as lazy as the logic behind acquiring new abilities.There are no interesting characters either, since they are all fairly one-note. He wants a peaceful society, but doesn’t actually do something about it, besides reacting to whatever comes his way and that conveniently results in making the society better. The protagonist is not actively trying to achieve a specific goal. There is also no actual plot to speak of, since every arc plays out like a loosely stitched together quest in a videogame. ![]() He accepts the slime as his master despite having killed his father and a lot of his friends. The direwolf in the early episodes is a prime example of that. Also the allies he makes are to the most part joining him after being overwhelmed by his powers and not because they gained his trust or see him as a fellow warrior. It’s all about using abilities you gained and you use them as easily as pressing a button. It’s all done in a cheap way, since there is no sense of training or learning. The protagonist can instantly copy any ability from creatures he consumes, and with them powers through any problem that gets in his way. ![]() Both of which are done in a breezy, wholesome way. It’s literally just another power fantasy for collar workers of Japan who wish they were the masters of their own world.The main hook of the show is the constant evolution of the slime’s abilities, and the growth of the society he builds every time he completes a quest. A loser virgin from our world gets reincarnated in a different one that functions like a videogame, where he is ridiculously overpowered, easily defeats all opponents, makes everyone his allies, and every female rushes to squeeze him between her huge melons. Aha, see, that has never been done before! Did I mention how despite being the weakest monsters in all JRPGs, he’s actually more powerful than the gods? Or how he also turns into a cute girl early in the show? How original!Other than that, it’s a typical isekai series that checks all the usual clichés in the book. Don’t you just love it when fans of a show constantly make up reasons for why what they like is unlike anything else? In the case of this show, it’s because the protagonist is a slime. ![]()
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