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That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Vol. 1 (light novel) (That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (light novel)) Kindle Edition
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- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherYen On
- Publication dateDecember 19, 2017
- Reading age13 years and up
- Grade level8 and up
- File size18405 KB
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Fuse is the author of That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime. --This text refers to the paperback edition.
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- ASIN : B076H132D2
- Publisher : Yen On (December 19, 2017)
- Publication date : December 19, 2017
- Language : English
- File size : 18405 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
- Print length : 275 pages
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"That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime," or "Tensei Slime" as we fans call it, is the story of Satoru Mikami, an unremarkable man living an unremarkable life, who was killed by an unremarkable nutcase with an unremarkable knife. And then the remarkable stuff happened!!!
As our protagonist is dying, he thinks about how it feels: one minute cold, next hot, then he's in pain, as he realizes that he's laying there bleeding to death. A supreme being is taking note of this and setting him up in for his next life---and what a life it will be. When he wakens, he's confused. He can't see anything, hear anything, or feel anything. As a long time RPG player, he realizes that he has been reincarnated as the weakest monster that ever graced the virtual world of gaming: he's become a slime.
Over the next three months, he learns what he can about his new body. How to move, how to gain sustenance, and still, all the while, in the dark. While experimenting with using water-jet propulsion after falling into a lake, he overdoes it, overshooting the banks of the lake, and hits something hard. Very hard. Suddenly, he hears a voice in his mind. It seems he didn't hit a rock wall, but rather Veldora, the Storm Dragon. Veldora teaches him how to use the magic around him to activate his magic sense. For the first time in months, Satoru is able to actually see things: including the Storm Dragon, Veldora. They chat, Veldora telling his story of being sealed in this cave, something our hero didn't realize he was trapped in. He agrees to help Veldora escape the cave, and the method he uses is rather unique.
As he starts to look for a way out of the cave, he runs into several monsters which he dispatches with relative ease, using a skill that was given to him. By "eating" the defeated monsters, he acquires their special skills. He avoids an encounter with some adventurers, who happened to open a door he was trying to figure out how to open and escape the cave. As soon as they were out of sight, he scurries (or galumphs) out of the cave where he, again, encounters other monsters. Those he fights, he defeats, eats, and acquires their powers and skills.
Soon he meets up wit a small band of Goblins. They are afraid because, since the disappearance of Veldora, other, stronger monsters have been attacking the weaker ones, like the Goblins. They ask the now Rimuru Tempest (a name given to him by Veldora) for aid. He agrees.
The story goes on to tell how he becomes the leader of the Goblins, defeating first the DIre Wolves, and how he brings them into submission.
If you've seen the anime, you know what happens next. If you haven't seen it, read this book: the entire series, even! This is just the laying of the ground work for the 16 (and counting) novels (Yen Press will be releasing Volume 9 in October 2020)
The story started out as a web novel written by Fuse, and most of what the web novel described was transferred to the print copy. There are additional items as well. One name you'll want to remember is Gobta. He is one of the Goblins that Rimuru helped save from the Dire Wolf Invasion. In the anime, as in the manga and the anime, Gobta is usually treated as a comedy relief. The novel has the time to bring his real character to the forefront, especially with his trip to the Dwarven City. Not the one he made with Rimuru, but one he did earlier, and the details of it. It tells a bit about Goblin society, such as they become able to reproduce by the age of 3, they are evolved from fairies, most die by the age of 10, when they're middle aged. Only the most elderly goblins live to the ripe old age of 20.
Gobta's story, added on at the end, shows he the Forrest Gump of monsters. Dumb luck saves him time and again, he falls in love, and successfully completes his mission to the Dwarven City. You pick up a new respect for this comic relief character, as it shows him mature. As later volumes come out, you'll see he develops as a warrior, but still, thanks to the sword master, remains the clown that we grow to love.
Over all, a most satisfying read, and I look forward to finishing volume 2, which, as it turns out, arrived only hours after I finished reading volume 1.
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 1, 2023
The light novel more closely follows the sequence of events in the anime compared to the web novel, which omits quite a bit in the early parts of the book. I don't read manga so I don't know how that compares to everything else.
The writing in the light novel is much more polished than English translation of the web novel--just having actual paragraphs is a huge plus and the English translation is far and away better compared to the web novel. However, it still can feel disjointed from time to time, with jumps between first and third person, chronological juxtapositions and flat out errors (i.e. MC: "X is going to live with us!" X: "That's right, I'm going to live with you!" MC: Wait, what did X just say???) To oversimplify, the writing isn't very smooth at times.
Had this story been a novel and not an adaptation from a manga/anime and a translation to boot, I would have rated it two stars, or possibly three with encouragement to the author to continue writing. I guess this is what the 'light' part of light novel means. On the other hand, it's a charming story and I love the premise of the least of all monsters (slimes) being the main character in this tale.
If you enjoy the anime this provides a significant amount of back story, and it is well worth the read. It is also quite a long story so there should be quite a few web novels released. I look forward to enjoying them all.
4/5 simply because I watched the anime first. Otherwise it'd be a 5/5.
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Reviewed in Brazil 🇧🇷 on December 21, 2022
Além disso pro pessoal que curti anime e quer dar uma treinada no inglês, é uma ótima pedida.
Só tomem cuidado pra não confundir a light novel com o mangá haha









