Về Chuyện Tôi Chuyển Sinh Thành Slime - Tập 1

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Light Novel #1

by Fuse, Mitz Vah (Illustrator), Cancel (Translator)

Mikami Satoru – một nhân viên văn phòng bình thường - đã ba mươi bảy cái xuân xanh nhưng vẫn còn là một thanh niên trai tân chính hiệu. Một ngày nọ, vì bảo vệ đồng nghiệp của mình, anh bị một tên điên cầm dao đâm trên phố. Trong những giây phút cuối đời, khi phải lên đường sang thế giới bên kia trong tình trạng “hàng còn nguyên tem” và trong đầu anh không ngừng vang lên một giọng nói thông báo về một loạt những năng lực khó hiểu, anh đã thề rằng: Nếu được tái sinh, anh nhất định sẽ thay đổi, sẽ chủ động tán tỉnh tất cả những người mà mình gặp, nhiệt tình theo đuổi con mồi rồi lao vào “ăn sạch”…

Nhưng trớ trêu thay khi tỉnh lại, Satoru lại không được “tái sinh” thành một anh chàng đẹp trai bảnh bao cuốn hút như ý nguyện, mà lại thành một thứ sinh vật èo uột trơn tuột, không thể nhìn được, nghe được, hay nói được.

“Tôi cũng chẳng biết bản thân trông như thế nào. Tôi cảm thấy cơ thể mình cứ… trơn tuột, giống như thạch vậy, hệt như hình dáng của loại “quái vật” đó. Thực ra tôi cũng đã nghĩ đến khả năng này từ nãy rồi.

Tôi thực sự đã… được tái sinh thành một con slime…”

Dần dà chấp nhận số phận rằng bản thân đã bị biến thành một con Slime kỳ lạ, Mikami Satoru bắt đầu cuộc sống nhàn tản của mình tại dị giới. Tuy nhiên, từ khi tình cờ gặp được Bạo Phong Long Veldora – một con quái vật cấp “thiên tai” và nhận được cái tên “Rimuru Tempest” thì vận mệnh của anh đã hoàn toàn thay đổi.

Liệu một người được chuyển sinh vào cơ thể của một con slime mất đi thính giác, thị giác sẽ làm thế nào để sống sót tại dị giới đây? Và dù trước khi chết đã nhận được hai kỹ năng vô song là Đại Hiền Giả và Kẻ Săn Mồi giúp bản thân đặc biệt hơn hẳn các con slime thông thường nhưng Rimuru lại chưa nhận ra điều đó, anh sẽ làm gì để bảo vệ bản thân và thực hiện được mục tiêu “ăn sạch” của mình trong thế giới đầy rẫy những hiểm nguy này?

Genres: Light Novel, Fantasy, Manga, Adventure, Fiction, Magic, Comedy

456 pages, Paperback

First published May 30, 2014

About the author

Name (in native language): 伏瀬

Reviews

[A.A.A · Rating 2 out of 5]

I couldn’t finish this book. The light novel wasn’t as good as I thought it would be. In my opinion the web novel is so much better than the published version. What I expected and what I read did not match at all. For a better understanding of what I mean, read the web novel version online and then read the first 2 chapters of the publication light novel.

[Teresa · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was quite the sluggish read. I managed to inch my way through slowly...very, very slowly. The manga was actually pretty fun, but this translation is dense and full of explanatory exposition: info dump after info dump. Very little dialogue and a story I could care even less about. I wanted something "light," hence light novel, and this was not what I expected. Like I said, the manga was much more fun, probably because info dumps are transcribed into images, making it a much more mellow read.

[Lazybee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wow. It's a very nice litrpg novel with humour. Life of a slime in a video game, even though a overpowered one at that.

[belle ☆ﾐ (thisbellereadstoo) · Rating 4 out of 5]

reread on may 2023

did a reread because i want to start the whole light novel series anew. still have the same wholesome vibe that i experienced in my first read.

read: may 2021
WEB NOVEL THOUGHTS
- absolutely enjoying the story.
- the anime is better in a sense of storytelling and because the visuals are incredible. also there were certain parts that i liked better on the anime such as the development between the three human travellers with shizu (their relationship felt colder and more distance in the light novel).
- i'm so glad that there's a translation of this light novel. while i wait for the manga and tv show to complete, i'm going to finish this collection first.

will be reading the light novel soon.

october 2021
light novel: these are just notes. my thoughts are about the same as before.
- is rimuru born from the magicules leaked out from veldora?
- rimuru meets veldora, the storm dragon (1 of only 4 dragons in the world)
- sealed by the hero's unlimited imprisonment → "predator" into rimuru's stomach
- reincarnated vs summoned humans
- summoned: unique skill, one exclusive to them and them alone; bound by a curse, unable to resist their master's orders
- shizue izawa (shizu): summoned when she was 8 by leon cromwell (demon lord; "platinum devil"); possessed by ifirit
- kingdom of blumund:
- baron of veryard: minister
- fuze: guild master
- group of friends: gido (thief; reconnaissance), cabal (fighter), elen (sorceress)
- forest of jura
- rimuru meets a village of goblins who asked him to defend them against the dire-wolves.
- leader of the dire-wolves was killed by rimuru and after "predator", they followed rimuru
- rimuru named all the goblins and direwolves by using his magic ⇒ "divine blessing that boost ability as monster ⇒ evolved into something more powerful
- goblin king (e.g., rigurd); males ⇒ hobogoblins; females ⇒ goblinas
- direwolves evolved toward the "storm" element (rare) due to side effect of the naming by rimuru
- armed nation of dwargon
- gazel dwargo the heroic king
- rimuru saved a group of dwarves by providing 99% effective potion.
- meets kaijin, garm (armor crafter), dold (intricate handiwork), mildo (architecture)
- vester scapegoated kaijin in the past causing the latter to not be able to work for the king.

rimuru meets shizu and the guild friends. shizu lost control of the fire ifirit and was "predator" by rimuru who vowed to "take revenge" on leon cromwell for her.

- free guild
- yuuki kagurazaka: otherworlder who assume the topmost rank of "grandmaster"; was shizu's student alongside hinata.

[Greg · Rating 5 out of 5]

While this is definitely not a 5 Star novel for everyone it hits all the right chords with me. Humorous sword and sorcery fantasy setting; CHECK. Interesting characters with fun dialog, CHECK. Old School RPG nostalgia and tropes; CHECK. I couldn't go wrong.

The only complaint I have is common for this medium and that is that the main character is overpowered. But since the confrontations were still all engaging and entertaining I will give that a pass. We will see if that get's more aggravating in future volumes.

I own many light novels but this was the first that I've actually completed. I'm looking forward to reading further adventures involving Rimuru, Ranga, Gobta, and all the others.

[atmatos · Rating 4 out of 5]

The writing is not much, but the story is fun.

[Gain Lã · Rating 5 out of 5]

Chưa thật sự hay nhưng vẫn rất hợp gu mình. Vừa hài vừa gây cấn vừa cảm động. Mang tính giải trí cao

[Tarl · Rating 4 out of 5]

In a weird twist, I actually read this book before I watched the anime, which was a pleasant experience and one I would suggest for this series.

First off, this presents a unique take on the isekai genre, placing the protagonist in the body of one of the weakest monsters in many JRPG games. Combining that with the godlike skill 'Predator' and 'Great Sage', makes a character that could easily be a Mary Sue, and in many ways he really is. That said, you don't really notice it a whole lot, except with his confrontations later on, because the protagonist doesn't go out killing things or proving he is the best. Instead, he just sort of does things.

And this is probably one of the few faults of this book. The character seems to lack agency in how they interact thing, as the protagonist gets pulled from one event to another as he reacts to the needs of the town he adopts. It didn't bother me too much as the characters are interesting and the plot was a fun one to go along with. The humor was another great touch as it was often helped to lighten the mood when things got a bit dark. (though the humor actually comes across far better in the anime than the book)

In the end, I really enjoyed this book. There is a LOT of exposition in it, but at the same point, it's incorporated in such a way that you don't feel like the writer is smacking you in the face. The writing is also a lot better than some of the other light novels out there, which is nice to see. If you are looking for a good light novel to start on, this would be it.

[Hidekisohma · Rating 4 out of 5]

So this was an incredibly fast read. But that was a good thing in this case. Not because it was bad, but because it wasn't bogged down with description.
I have never seen the anime and wanted to give the light novel a try first. And truthfully, i liked it. First of all, i like the idea that the main character in this portal fantasy is in his 30's. that's very rare as everyone is either like... 17 or at the oldest, 21. That was cool to see.
I was a little wary about the idea of the main character being a slime, but it quickly grew on me and i began to like the premise. the idea of him trying to help random monsters instead of humans was pretty cool and i'm interested to see more.
The biggest problem i had with it was they seemed to like having side character stories. there were two. one interspersed throughout the book about a girl named Shizue, of which i didn't care and kinda zoned out while reading, and at the end, the story of a goblin. which i also kind of zoned out during. I really didn't care about these stories, and every time the perspective moved from the main character to someone else, my eyes tended to gloss over and i had trouble focusing.
The main character is a TAD op, but i forgive it because he's an ex-human who has to be a slime and i'm interested to see where it goes.
The overall story is fun and i'm definitely reading the second one, but i really hope they stop with the side character stories randomly shoved in between chapters. It's honestly what stopped this book from being a 5/5 for me. So overall, i give it a 4/5 and am very excited to read the second book.

[Anushka Malik · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was so different and I liked that. This is soooo not anyone's idea of the usual Hero/MC, haha. Rimuru is one cool creature!

The chapter list goes like this-

Prologue: "Death and Reincarnation" --this was lame but everything else was so intriguing.

Chapter 1: "My First Friend" (And the friend in question is a DRAGON! I lovvveeeed thaaaat)

Chapter 2: "Battle of the Goblin Village" (If you've had enough of fae stories and need some goblins in the mix, this is the story you need.)

Chapter 3: "Through the Dwarven Kingdom" (Gave me LotR dwarven vibes at times tbh).

Chapter 4: "The Conqueror of Flames" (The first volume itself had so much going for it.)

Final Chapter: "The Inherited Form" (From human to dead to reborn as a slime to so much more).

Side Story: "Gobta's Big Adventure" (Gobta is a total pookie stupid cutie)

This was a fun read and after the usual mangas I've read recently which seem to be somehow blending together, this LN (Light Novel) was a good palate cleanser so to speak.

[Mary H · Rating 5 out of 5]

Found this as the anime first and loved it. Found out it was also a light novel and had to get it. Really enjoyed the book. Have plans to read the other volumes.

[Sammy · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's very much a light novel, written with enough interesting things happening to keep me reading, but I felt underwhelmed. It would've done well with a quicker part one where the slime has no senses and no real descriptions of the world they're in. Editing would've done it good. I can see that it did well as a manga because the ideas are fun, it's just not very well-written.

[Stephen Pilcher · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really good, I’m definitely bias since this is my fav series. Sorry not sorry.

[Benjamín Contreras · Rating 5 out of 5]

The story is pretty classic for a transmigration tale. I came over from the anime and I am enjoying it so much!

[Katrina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Entertaining read! Interesting to learn more detailed information about the story that I’d already known from the anime too. 5/5 stars

[Aelvana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Satoru Mikami had just gone out to meet a coworker for lunch, but a thug wielding a knife put an end to his ordinary life. As he's dying, he hears a strange voice responding to his thoughts . . . and when he wakes up, he realizes life is going to be very different from now on. He's no longer human, and the various abilities the voice had mentioned are now his to command. This begins his adventures as a slime . . .

I saw the first few episodes of the anime and got intrigued about this, and too impatient to wait for the rest of the episodes to come out to learn what happens next.

This is a game-flavored story for sure, but it doesn't lean too heavily on those mechanics. The skill system seems to be run by some gigantic computer-like entity, but other than that more of the story proceeds like a fantasy than like a game.

I really enjoy watching Rimuru (Satoru's new name, eventually) learn about himself and his environment. He's still got all his human memories, but now he's got a body where none of that applies anymore. He doesn't breathe, doesn't really eat, doesn't excrete, and obviously has no limbs to speak of. So he enters this new life blind and confused, and his explorations often have comical results. As a migrant soul, he's definitely got some overpowered skills, but he's still figuring out the best ways to use them. (And unlike similar types of series like Overlord, most people who arrive or reincarnate from another world get overpowered skills, so he's not the only one with an ace up his metaphorical sleeve.)

And Rimuru can use a mimic skill on things he's eaten, so he gets a number of fun transformations as he confronts various monsters. His reaction to some of their skills as a giant NOPE was funny too.

Rimuru is also a pretty cheerful main character, eager to explore, and easily talked into helping out the various monsters he encounters who are in trouble. One thing I also appreciate about this book is that the majority of the focus stays on the monster characters, whether it's the dragon Veldora, the goblins, etc. Ranga was my favorite, because giant storm wolves for the win. Humans exist, but they've got a more minor role so far.

But this isn't a novel about everyone fighting. It's actually got quite a bit of construction as Rimuru and his new monster allies work on building themselves a place to live. I liked reading the details of how they intend to set up a town, and the various people they recruit to try to make it work. He certainly isn't planning on something small, but given his propensity to recruit powerful allies, everything's more or less working out.

Overall this is a fun story that opens what looks to be a promising series. If you want a bit of a different twist on a story about traveling to another world, this would be a good book to check out. I rate this book Recommended.

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[Kakuzō Akutagawa · Rating 4 out of 5]

My thoughts on the first volume of the light novel of That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken) by Fuze and Mitz Vah.

I'm planning on bingeing all the novels to prepare for the second season of the anime.

Where did I read it: I bought the YenOn ebook from amazon. I would have liked to buy the Paperback but for convenience's sake, I opted for digital.

The story: Dude gets killed by a bulgar (as his death wish he asks his friend to erase his computers hard drive). The dude gets reincarnated as an overpowered slime, somehow he manages to become the leader of a village and fight Irfit (op-fire spirit)

Enjoyment:
10/10 this book was one of the most fun I've had reading a book in a lot of time, especially because the translation is one of those translations that are so good that make it seem like the book was originally written in English.

Final verdict:
This is a funny and relaxed book, the story at first seems kind of dumb but it rapidly starts pacing up. The illustrations were beautiful. And just the sheer fun that was reading it gives it a score of 8/10, I really recommend it if you wanna have fun reading

[AB · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 to 3.5

This is not a great start but I can see a lot of potential in the writing. I have seen the anime. All two seasons of it. I think those seasons covered up to six volumes. I can't wait to catch up!

[Rebecca · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another surprisingly fun entry into the isekai genre, this one was especially surprising for the bittersweet Shizu storyline.


Full review eventually appearing on ANN.

[Patrícia⁷ · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked it, but after watching the anime, I feel that it was a bit more boring and descriptive. I WOULD definitely have appreciated it more, if I hadn't watched the anime.

[Brandon · Rating 5 out of 5]

This review is actually for the first "volume" of the Web Novel, covering the Empowerment Arc, which looks to be more or less the same content as the later Light Novel version. I plan on continuing to read the WN, but I'm unsure how I will handle future reviews, as I know the LN eventually takes several different directions from the WN, and that some WN volumes are split among several LN volumes.

I was a rather big fan of the first season of the TenSura anime, having come to it a little time after its conclusion in 2019, but early enough that I still had to suffer the pain of waiting for the drip-feed of new OVA episodes. As a cursory hobby, one which has perhaps eclipsed and usurped my interest in anime/manga/LNs, I collect anime figures; if I'm not mistaken, I'd missed the pre-order windows for several Milim figures, having come to the anime somewhat late, but I was there in time to amass a handful of prize figures, in particular a couple of Shizu, whom I found to be very cute in her short screentime in the anime, but who did not yet have a scale figure available (and, to date, I'm still iffy on the Phat Company 1/7-scale). Ques Q were producing mismatching figures of Milim and Shion, the former in a bunny-suit and the latter in a state of partial undress, showing off her ass in panties as she either dons or removes pants. I hesitated ordering either figure for some time, as the second season was airing but I'd made no movement to watch it, for no reason in particular. Considering the possibility of having weakened in my degree of fandom, as well as desiring to save money but not ordering so many figures, I opted to pass on both, until the Shion figure became unavailable on every site I use, prompting me to rush to order bunny Milim in desperation. The other day, pre-orders seem to have reopened for the Shion, and my reading of the WN is in partial celebration of securing an order (in the meantime, I'd celebrated a bit by checking out ero-cosplay galleries of Milim and Shion, disappointed in a lack of Shuna...).

Having been nearly three years since I saw the anime adaptation of this story, and not having a great memory in general, I feel like the contents in this volume, being Fuse's original story, before editing for LN and manga, and adapted into anime format, are more or less the same as what I recall from the first few episodes of said anime. My only complaint, the only noticeable difference, is that it seems like Shizu activates Ifrit with less set-up. I can't actually remember how it played out in the anime, but I imagine more time was spent with the adventurers, Shizu, Rimuru, and the goblins before the story shifted into a big boss battle. Maybe I'm wrong.

As this is the original version of Fuse's story, I feel it's probably best to write more about TenSura in general, rather than a half-assed comparison with the anime that came several years later. Why I enjoyed the show was mostly because the production values were quite nice, and made the pictures pretty enough to warrant watching the whole thing while waiting to get a better feel for what it would be about. I'd seen Rimuru's human form quite a lot, so was surprised to see that a significant chunk of the story has him in regular slime form, not getting a human form until the very end of the first arc (being the end of this volume). Expecting more humanoid stuff, I likewise expected more action. I was taken aback by the city-building element, which I think justifies the continued use of the slime form, as I think the "best" idea (to justify the novel's title) would be to maximize the amount of time Rimuru spends in slime form, shifting to human form for interactions with other humans, as well as for combat. I don't read/watch too many isekai stories, and I'd read about the ubiquity of over-powered heroes within the genre, so I was ready to dislike how broken the "Predator" skill would be, but I was actually not bothered by it at all. I love how the powers are granted to our hero based on his dying thoughts, but for some reason I never paid much attention to Shizue gaining fire-immunity from a desire to escape the bombings of WWII, and I feel like the first season of the anime didn't even have Hinata, whom we see build herself up upon reincarnation into this world during an interlude in the middle of the volume. The concept of "naming" and "evolving" monsters is pretty cool as well. I know Rimuru ate the magic ore in the anime, but I don't recall if the show explained how magic weapons can evolve as well, based on their user, so it was nice for the explanation here. Actually, I think there is a lot more world-building in this text, which is much appreciated.

This shit's just comfy as fuck. I look forward to the introduction of the ogres soon!

[LiteratureIsLife · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read this review (and others) at: https://literatureislife.com/2019/05/...

That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime is a fairly unique take on a “trapped in a game” story. After a 30-something year old man is killed, he wakes up in a fantasy world. As a slime monster, traditionally one of the weakest enemies in fantasy video games. From the start, the storytelling features a sense of humor as his last, dying thoughts determine what abilities he starts out with as a slime. Which are crazy overpowered, by the way. Throughout the story, many enemies underestimate him due to his race. But stories with OP main characters can work so long as other narrative elements are done well.

While protagonist Rimuru is powerful, this is an alien world to him. He does not understand things that even weak monsters consider common knowledge or basic instinct. Because of his power, a lot of other characters just assume he knows these things as he stumbles into them. As powerful as he is, Rimuru is very much a fish out of water here. But that ends up being as much of a boon as a curse. Since he was originally human, Rimuru thinks differently than most monsters. His creative solutions form the basis for future plot elements.

Compared to other “trapped in a game” stories like Sword Art Online, this series is fairly light-hearted. There are dark moments, but the author uses humor to balance them out. In one way, this series is like Log Horizon in that there is no going back. You are just in a game world now; deal with it. But it is also a bit like Overlord in that the protagonist came to this new world alone. “Trapped in a game” stories are a hot topic for light novels, and it is good to see different authors take slightly different approaches to the subject.

A friend introduced me to the TV adaption of this series before I read the books. The first eight episodes of the show cover the events of Volume 1. Some scenes were reordered or skimmed over, but it did not affect the overall story too much. This is less true for the later volumes. The show currently covers the first four books, but things got rushed at the end. Some parts of the story were skimmed over or left out entirely to save time. If you really want to get into this series, read the books first and use the anime as supplementary material.

[Natali TabaiBooks · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ultimamente hay cada vez más historias de este estilo y cada vez que leo una me atrapa de todas formas, esto del isekai es algo que siempre funciona para mi.
En esta ocasión tenemos a un hombre que luego de morir es reencarnado en otro mundo bajo la forma de un monstruo conocido como Slime. Esos típicos monstruos hechos como de gelatina o baba que uno suele enfrentar en los primeros niveles de los videojuegos estilo rpg. Eso no es todo sino que reencarna con habilidades increíbles y además de eso en una cueva donde Veldora, un grandioso dragón nivel calamidad, está encerrado, como no puede ser de otra forma el personaje principal se hace amigo del dragón, obtiene un nombre, nuevo poder y… se devora al dragón(?) Suena mal, pero la verdad es que como Veldora no podía escapar y él tiene unas habilidades únicas que quizás con el tiempo lo puedan sacar de esa jaula entonces la mejor opción era que el dragón este en su interior (funciona como almacenamiento infinito) y que con el tiempo su otra habilidad rompa la jaula. En fin, todo esto es el inicio. Nuestro pequeño Rimuru Tempest ya está listo para salir al mundo!
Es interesante como van introduciendo un montón de especies de monstruos y criaturas importantes de ese mundo. Se hace amigo de goblins, enanos, lobos, incluso humanos. Pero no todo siempre es feliz, hay peleas, hay enemigos, pero también hay crecimiento personal.
Me gusta como la trama de Rimuru va intercalada con la de otro personaje muy importante para la historia, donde nos cuenta sus inicios en ese mundo y por todo lo que pasó para llegar a donde está hoy. Eso le da un toque muy importante a lo que sucede después cuando se conocen finalmente.
En síntesis, la historia es entretenida, uno siempre quiere un capítulo más para saber que ideas locas se le ocurren al slime. Amo a Ranga y aunque no pense que iba a decir esto, adoro a Gobta, es el personaje más gracioso de la historia sin necesidad de hacer nada gracioso, ya su torpeza natural te hace gracia.

[Denny_Books · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mentiría si digo que solo me la he leído tres veces pero la verdad es que a pase la novena repetición tanto de la novela wed, novela ligera, el manga(aún sin terminar) y las dos temporadas de anime. Esto es a lo que en lo personal considero una novela completa, tienen todo lo que podría pedir: tiene trama, desarrollo sin relleno, drama, romance, acción y lo más importante es que tiene un constante desarrollo de personajes y buena base, si un personaje evoluciona a un rango de clase +A no nos quedamos cojos tratando de comprender como en el último minuto x personaje obtiene x Skin por que tenemos todo un expediente de condiciones cumplidas, es decir que aunque parezca una historia relativamente larga no se hace larga a la hora de la lectura además de que aunque creas que tiene el típico caso naruto, te equivoca ya que nada es relleno, todo está relacionado, todo tiene una función talvez no en ese capítulo pero si más adelante incluso los movimientos de "chiste" terminan aportando mucho a la trama.

Desde un principio nos muestra como cada nuevo personaje encaja perfectamente en un puesto, es interesante la distribución de poder en la administración ya que todos tienen bien definido sus propósitos y deberes y el hecho de que cada jefe de departamento tenga libertad para comandar a sus subordinados como un ejército propio bajo un único Dios. es fascinante el nivel que pueden alcanzar.

[Tabby · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was the first light novel I have ever finished and I really really enjoyed it despite my distaste for the isekai genre, but I guess that will change now.

We follow Satoru Mikami who suffers a tragic death and wakes up in another world as a slime. There is also another main pov from the character Shizu. These two povs are very different, Mikami's pov is very goofy, lighthearted, and quite fun with lots of jokes. While Shizu's is very very dark and depressing. In this volume we mostly follow Mikami who now goes my Rimuru Tempest after being granted a new name in this other world. He find the help from some goblins and soon makes friends with him. The goblin village is where this volume mostly takes place and we get to see them grow and get smarter. I won't talk much about Shizu's pov since it is kind of a spoiler.

I loved the mix of humor with seriousness in this volume. It was a nice balance and made reading it quite fun. I also loved all the illustrations they were really beautiful and helped me visualize the characters and story more. I also loved the videogame/rpg vibes that parts of the story were given. Such as characters having certain skills and how monsters and humans could level up on a ranking scale.

[David "Dax" Costantini · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ho prima visto la serie animata quindi gli avvenimenti già li conoscevo. Ero titubante poiché non sono solito leggere un sacco e leggere una storia che già conoscevo non mi attirava troppo.
Ma devo dire, seppur il grosso degli eventi è lo stesso, l'esperienza è nettamente superiore. Già il cartone mi è piaciuto un sacco ma questo libro, almeno per la parte che tratta, si è dimostrato ben più adatto ai miei gusti. Personaggi esplorati meglio, accadimenti ben strutturati e soprattutto, la profondità e la cura con cui hanno trattato la figura del protagonista è magistrale rispetto a quella che considero comunque un'ottima opera audiovisiva.

Essendo il primo di una collana che comprende decine di romanzi, non è da considerarsi autoconclusivo né tanto meno prova ad esserlo.

Pur conoscendo la storia, ho provato forti emozioni e addirittura pianto in due punti del libro. E dire che siamo ancora nella parte di storia iniziale che è quella più sotto tono (almeno per me) rispetto a ciò che avviene dopo.
Questo volume mi è stato dato come regalo di natale. I volumi successivi acquistati in blocco poco dopo averlo finito di leggere.

Consigliato per chiunque voglia leggere una storia fantasy intrattenente e complessa ma vestita da storia leggera.

[Els - cygny · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the first light novel I've ever read and I loved it. I have to say that I'm a huge fan of the anime already but I have to wait for the rest of the anime to be made, so I wanted to have a go at the light novel in the meantime (since the story is already a lot longer). I wanted to start at the beginning and I have to say I'm not disappointed. If you already saw the anime, it gives some extra backstory and Rimuru's thoughts are just so much fun! It explains some of the things I didn't really realize sort of bothered me before in the anime. But it's pretty much all explained here.

The short story at the end, of Gobta's earlier travel to the Dwarven Kingdom, was just brilliant. I always thought that something was not quite right about him, but it becomes clear that instinctively, he's actually quite smart. Or has just great instincts and definitely a lot of luck. I'm normally not a big fan of the small side stories in a book, but this one was a lot of fun.

I'm definitely going to continue reading the rest soon.

[TKHearts · Rating 4 out of 5]

The novel makes it clear right from the get-go that the main character and primary narrator is a very average guy, who's personality comes through with every passage. Fuse excelled at establishing characters' personalities and handles the stark shift in tone when switching between the two main narrators masterfully, especially as the they converge in the overarching plot. However, certain passages felt superfluous, such as perspective changes to side characters who have little to do or say. While interesting nevertheless, the novel could have benefitted from giving these other side characters a stronger personality or focusing more on world-building by having the characters discuss specific elements of the magic system so readers are better introduced to the rules governing this world and can better follow changes that occur. Lastly, the novel somewhat suffers from a case of telling rather than showing, where Rimuru relays information to the reader rather than Fuse describing the scene itself. While not every scene needs exquisite detail, some interactions could have played out more with more explanations on body language to aid in immersion. All in all however, the novel is an easy recommendation for any fan of the fantasy genre.

[Excellia Isle · Rating 2 out of 5]

J'ai lu beaucoup de bonnes critiques sur Moi, quand je me réincarne en slime, et apparemment l'animé est assez populaire. Comme je suis plutôt curieux, je me suis lancé dans la lecture, en sachant très bien que c'est un Isekai (et je ne déteste pas le genre en soi). Mais celui-ci m'a paru plutôt fade ?

Le problème principal, c'est qu'on se retrouve avec un personnage principal beaucoup trop fort dès le début. On ne craint rien, ni pour lui, ni pour ses compagnons de route qui sont très peu caractérisés. Difficile de se sentir ému par ses quelques élans de bonté, vu que tout ça ne lui coûte rien. Et il l'avoue lui même, tout ça est si facile qu'il a l'impression de tricher. Mais ce n'est pas très intéressant de suivre quelqu'un qui est si puissant que l'histoire n'a presque aucun impact sur lui. Même émotionnellement.
De plus, sans spoiler, l'attrait principal de l'histoire est annulée vers la fin du récit, et comme ce n'est que le premier tome, je trouve ça bien dommage. Assez déçu, au final.

[Clifton A. Butts · Rating 5 out of 5]

The protagonist was over 40 when he died as a human. As a fellow old guy that was reading Japanese manga and light novels, and playing tabletop RPGs in the late '80s, I might be seeing a very different product than most kids today.

I had just finished reading the web novel when it was announced that it was being made into an anime. This was one of the best series I had read in years, but I know from experience that the greater something is the more a corporate executive will want to "improve" it. Corprate media is no exception. The translation glosses over many of the ideas and cultural assumptions that really made this story click. What you do get is entertaining and if you can keep in mind that your not really seeing the whole picture then this is something well worth your time and money. The translation of the light novel, the manga and anime are all missing pieces so either learn to read Japanese or just sick it up and deal with it.