Tag Archives: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

The Accidental Demon Lord

Posted on April 13, 2023 by Merlin

Demon lords. These are figures of such widespread use in the fantasy genre, and within fiction in general, that one hardly needs to elaborate on them. Their fame stands alongside heroes, wizards, warriors, gods, devils, dragons, fairies, and all the … Continue reading →

Posted in Anime and Cartoons, Anime-ted Living, Discussion | Tagged Death Note, Demon King Daimao, Farming Life in Another World, I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level, I’m Really Not the Demon God’s Lackey, Kamichu!, Kamisama Kiss, Notorious Herbivore Dragon, Overlord, Saga of Tanya the Evil, Saving 80000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement, Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, The Eminence in Shadow, Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy | 1 Comment

Slimes, Slaves, and Sexy Maids: The New Wave of Tropes?

Posted on July 28, 2022 by Merlin

It’s no secret whatsoever: when something new and unusual gets any sort of success, it gets copycatted out the freaking wazoo. Hollywood’s scramble to imitate the Marvel Cinematic Universe is but one outstanding example of that. There’s also all the … Continue reading →

Posted in Anime and Cartoons, Anime-ted Living, Discussion | Tagged Black Summoner, By the Grace of the Gods, My Isekai Life, One Piece, Overlord, Redo of Healer, Rising of the Shield Hero, Skeleton Knight in Another World, Slave Harem in the Labyrinth of the Other World, So I’m a Spider So What, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, The Devil is a Part-Timer, The Duke of Death and His Maid, The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated, The Maid I Hired Recently is Mysterious | 4 Comments

The Most Important Question for an Isekai

Posted on January 7, 2021 by Merlin

“There is nothing more elusive than an obvious fact,” said Sherlock Holmes. And how true is it? So many times there are so many things, so many connections and ideas and truths, which are so obvious, and yet we miss … Continue reading →

Posted in Anime and Cartoons, Anime-ted Living, Discussion | Tagged Arifureta, By the Grace of the Gods, Death March to a Parallel World Rhapsody, Didn't I Say Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life, Digimon, Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks, Dog Days, Familiar of Zero, Gate, How Not to Summon a Demon Lord, InuYasha, Isekai Cheat Magician, Kamitachi, Magic Knight Rayearth, Master of Ragnarok Blesser of the Einherjar, Monster Rancher, No Game No Life, Overlord, Restaurant to Another World, Rising of the Shield Hero, Saga of Tanya the Evil, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, The Vision of EscaFlowne | 2 Comments

Anivengers Assemble!

Posted on December 5, 2019 by Merlin

Heh, just imagine this crew showing up together in Endgame! Awhile ago, I made a post about My Anime Justice League. The idea for assembling My Anime Avengers has been percolating ever since, but the timing never seemed quite right with the … Continue reading →

Posted in Anime and Cartoons, Anime-ted Living, Challenge Accepted, Discussion | Tagged Alita: Battle Angel, Astro Boy, Attack on Titan, Avengers, Bleach, Cyborg 009, Dragon Ball Super, Fairy Tail, Ghost in the Shell, Gundam Wing, Killing Bites, Log Horizon, Marvel Cinematic Universe, My Hero Academia, One Piece, One Punch Man, Princess Mononoke, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime | 8 Comments

The Power(ing) of Isekai Protagonists

Posted on May 2, 2019 by Merlin

A humble, average person gets whisked away from our normal world and into a more fantastic one. Here, in this other world filled with strange and wondrous and dangerous things, the humble native of our world is no average person, … Continue reading →

Posted in Anime and Cartoons, Discussion, Miscellaneous | Tagged Digimon, Dragonball Z, Gate, InuYasha, Monster Rancher, Overlord, Rising of the Shield Hero, Saga of Tanya the Evil, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, The Vision of EscaFlowne | 6 Comments

That Time I Got Reincarnated and Everything Worked Out Perfectly

Posted on March 26, 2019 by Merlin

The German language actually has a word for that sensation when you feel good at witnessing someone else’s misery. So, I’m sure some language, somewhere, has a word for that sensation when an anime (or some such) enchants us early … Continue reading →

Posted in Anime and Cartoons, Tuesday Review | Tagged That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime | 7 Comments

That Time I Realized Slimes Can Be Protagonists

Posted on November 1, 2018 by Merlin

The latest anime season started up a few weeks ago, unleashing a bunch of new titles. I haven’t screened all of them just yet, per my one-episode rule, but I’ve made some headway and, by and large, I have not … Continue reading →

Posted in Anime and Cartoons, Anime-ted Living, Books, Discussion, Games, Movies | Tagged That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime | 6 Comments