That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime is a popular isekai series starring Rimuru Tempest the slime, and Rimuru has come a long way since he first awoke in this fantasy realm as a monster. He has made countless allies, battled fierce enemies, explored the land and even built a kingdom for himself, the Jura Tempest Federation.
Season 2 of Slime was even more exciting, where Rimuru added a few more powerful minions to his side, such as Diablo the primordial demon, and he formalized his political alliances with human kingdoms and even defeated his nemesis, Demon Lord Clayman. By now, Slime fans might have forgotten about the series’ first season and its own plot twists, which can easily compete with Season 2. What might have fans forgotten from Season 1?
10 Satoru Mikami’s Last Request To His Friend
Before becoming Rimuru Tempest, Slime‘s hero was Satoru Mikami, a fairly ordinary salaryman living in modern-day Tokyo. He ran afoul of a criminal who fatally stabbed him, and as he lay dying, Satoru made a special request to his co-worker and friend.
Satoru begged his kohai to find and destroy his computer to hide all the inappropriate material on it. That was a touching but amusing final request for Satoru to make before getting reincarnated, and it help set the series’ light and easygoing tone. This isn’t quite Shield Hero or Re:Zero.
9 Rimuru Requested Most Of His Abilities By Accident
Rimuru Tempest was reborn with many potent abilities and attributes, and he requested most of them without even realizing what he was doing. As he transitioned from human to slime, he gained access to the Great Sage, and Great Sage interpreted his comments as commands.
Satoru commented on how he was bleeding to death, so Great Sage made sure that his new body would never die from blood loss. Satoru also mentioned how cold he felt, so his new body was immune to cold. This trend continued until Rimuru gained around a dozen new abilities and attributes as a slime.
8 Eren Appeared Early On
Eren is a minor supporting character and a friend of Rimuru’s, and she has some decent magical abilities as a wandering adventurer. She and her two companions appeared a few times in Season 2 and the Slime Diaries series, but Eren actually made her debut very early on.
When Rimuru broke free of that cave, Eren and her two companions were right there, and they were on high alert for any monsters in the area. Rimuru didn’t approach Eren and her friends, though — he actually avoided them, and slipped past them to enter the Jura Forest undetected. Eren was none the wiser.
7 Gelmud Helped Form The Orc Disaster
The Moderate Harlequin Alliance had a slightly bigger role to play in Season 2, especially when Yuuki Kagurazaka the villain allied himself with them. But in Season 1, a member of the Alliance named Gelmud appeared and helped create one of Rimuru’s worst enemies: the gigantic Orc Disaster, the original Geld.
Gelmud was a masked demon who wore a top hat and plague doctor mask, and he offered the dying Geld a piece of meat in the sun-baked desert to power him up. After that, Geld led his orc army into ogre territory, massacring almost everyone there. Benimaru and Shion have Gelmud to blame for all their suffering.
6 Milim Joined Rimuru Because Of Honey
Demon Lord Milim Nava was already Rimuru’s ally when Season 2 began, and she saw him as her best friend, too. The origin story of their friendship is equally modest and amusing, actually, and it was based on food. Milim has strong but simple tastes.
Milim approached Rimuru to test his strength, and Rimuru realized that he couldn’t win through brute force. So, he gave Milim a sample of local honey, and Milim was amazed. She stood down and declared herself Rimuru’s ally, but only if she was supplied with more food and fun. Rimuru saw to it.
5 Rigurd Was Once Tiny & Timid
One of Rimuru’s earliest allies was a goblin leader named Rigurd, and during Season 2, he was a tall and powerful goblin with a confident and outgoing personality to match. However, Rigurd began the series as a small and modest goblin who couldn’t even stand up to dire wolves.
At the time, Rigurd was short, feeble and weak-willed by any standards, and he watched in awe as Rimru single-handedly defeated the wolves. Then, Rimuru granted Rigurd his name, and Rigurd underwent an astonishing transformation overnight. Even Rimuru was shocked.
4 Rimuru Printed Manga Volumes For Yuuki
Season 2 made it clear that Yuuki Kagurazaka was responsible for all of Rimuru’s woes, but before that, Rimuru and Yuuki were actually friends. They met in a human kingdom in peace, and they had their isekai status in common. They both missed Japan, so Rimuru decided to help.
With his unique abilities and memory of manga, Rimuru printed dozens, even hundreds, of manga magazines and volumes from his body, and Yuuki was grateful and absolutely astonished. Rimuru printed an entire library for him without breaking a sweat.
3 Shizue Had A Bad Relationship With Fire
Rimuru and Yuuki weren’t the only two isekai heroes in Slime‘s first season. There was also Shizue Izawa, a masked young woman who had fearsome sword skills and fire powers on top of that. But she didn’t exactly love having these talents.
Shizue had been in World War II-era Japan, and her neighborhood was burning to the ground as Allied bombing continued. Then she was summoned by Demon Lord Leon Cromwell, who placed the powerful Ifrit inside her. Eventually, Ifrit would consume Shizue, so Rimuru helped her by fighting Ifrit and absorbing it. Later, he also absorbed Shizue, with her permission. Shizue was finally free from the terror of fire.
2 Vesta Helped Rimuru Mass-Produce Healing Potions For Sale
In Season 1, Rimuru was seeking to expand his nation’s defenses and treasury by any means necessary short of outright villainy, and he realized that creating healing potions would be highly profitable. He could make his own healing potions to assist his allies, but he couldn’t exactly get rich doing so.
Vestia, a researcher from the Armed Nation of Dwargo, joined Rimuru’s kingdom and got to work duplicating Rimuru’s healing abilities as a marketable product, and he succeeded. Soon, Rimuru’s nation was exporting many crates of these highly effective potions, and business was booming.
1 Veldora Used To Play Shogi With Ifrit
Veldora the storm dragon‘s mind was preserved inside Rimuru’s slime body, and he felt a bit lonely in there. Then, Rimuru defeated and absorbed the flaming Ifrit, and at first, Veldora and Ifrit clashed. Then, they learned to settle down and get along, and they played matches of shogi to pass the time.
Veldora and Ifrit played many intense matches against one another, and Ifrit often boasted of his superior shogi expertise, even offering handicaps to Veldora. Eventually, the matches ended when Veldora was reborn in his human body.
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