Magic Generators and Anti-Magic Barriers

At the start of this season, I said I wouldn’t be judging That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 3 based on the previous seasons. That’s still true. But, after Episode 52, the fourth episode of the season, I can confidently say this series still isn’t good.

Seriously, what happened in this episode? We got a poor explanation of a magic generator. And then we got a poor rundown of recent events. That’s it. There’s very little to discuss in this week’s review, much like last week.

Consider this. The highest-rated positive review for this season on MyAnimeList is by a guy called “PooPooSniff.” And in his review, he refers to the world-building and character development of this series as strengths. “Strengths” is a strong word. The world-building is fine. But, I wouldn’t say this series has good character development, by any means.

I generally don’t like to insult other people. But, sometimes it has to be done. Tensura enjoyers are braindead. Who’s watching this series and actually thinking it’s good? Do they like watching paint dry, too? There’s absolutely no reason that this season should have an average rating of 8.33 on MAL.

That’s higher than things like Fate/Zero, Redline, and Laid-Back Camp.

Anyway, enough about my hatred for this series. Let’s get into what happened in Episode 52. For the majority of the episode, Rimuru’s just having meetings with his inner circle. If you like sitting in on boring meetings, this is for you.

The only thing of note that comes up is the new magic generator technology. They take in magicules from the surrounding air and use them to run spells. The main spell they’ll be used to run is an anti-magic barrier spell to keep (bad) monsters out.

Releasing Veldora’s Magicules

Okay, let’s say something positive about Tensura. It’s really good at introducing one thing and then immediately introducing another that invalidates the first. This happens all the time in this series and goes both ways.

Sometimes a bad thing is immediately invalidated by a good thing. And, sometimes a good thing is immediately invalidated by a bad thing. In this particular episode, the latter is what happens. Right after the magic generator/anti-magic barrier solves the monster problem, Veldora invalidates it.

Like, immediately after. It’s literally the very next thing that happens within the same scene.

Allow me to explain the issue Veldora causes. The magic generator uses magicules for power. When there are fewer magicules in the air, fewer and weaker monsters spawn. That’s good. But, Veldora needs to release his pent-up magicules. if he does that, a lot of very powerful monsters will spawn. Thus, Veldora invalidates the magic generator.

Alright, so how could Veldora release his magicules without harming Tempest? There’s one, very easy solution. Rimuru’s already shown that he’s not above killing hundreds of thousands or even millions of people. So, why not have Veldora go release his magicules in the middle of an enemy nation?

That would solve two problems at once. Veldora wouldn’t feel like he’s about to explode anymore. And, an entire enemy nation would be wiped out, civilians and all. Seems like a win-win to me. I mean, nobody would even punish Rimuru for doing that — he’s a Demon Lord.

Sure, a Demon Lord like Valentine might go after Rimuru if he sends Veldora to Lubelius. But, as long as Veldora doesn’t attack the domain of another Demon Lord, it should be fine. And, once whatever nation it is no longer exists, Tempest can rewrite history.

Multiple Moves Being Made in Unison

Toward the end of Episode 52, Rimuru is trying to figure out how all the various recent events are related. The obvious answer, and the answer he settles on in the end, is that they’re not.

I mean, why would they be? Sure, someone was behind Clayman’s actions (the other nerd from Rimuru’s old world). But, why would Falmuth and Hinata have anything to do with that? I guess you could argue that Falmuth was being used. But, there’s no way Hinata would be.

And, it’s Hinata’s actions that ultimately lead Rimuru to determine that everything that happened was a coincidence. Or, maybe coincidence isn’t the right word. These different factions weren’t working together. However, they may have been taking advantage of the chaos each of the other factions were causing.

For example, Hinata had nothing to do with Falmuth’s attack on Tempest. But, the fact that Hinata was keeping Rimuru occupied made Falmuth’s attack go a lot smoother. I doubt their initial attack would have succeeded if Rimuru had been in Tempest at the time. And, of course, Clayman was the one trying to use this chaos to his advantage the most.

Okay, so, we have a lot more information than Rimuru does. We can see everything that’s going on in this world from a bird’s eye view. But, it’s not like Rimuru has that much less information than we do. After all, he has a super AI (Raphael) in his head.

It’s really only thanks to Raphael that Rimuru figures it out in the end. She points out all the different plans that got foiled due to Rimuru awakening as a Demon Lord. And, in turn, this shows Rimuru how many factions would have benefited from Tempest falling.

Final Thoughts

What do you think of That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 3 Episode 52? Do you think this season is actually any good so far? What do you think the solution to Veldora’s pent up magicules is going to be? And, did you think all the events that happened to Tempest recently were related?

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Diablo Causes a Civil War

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 3 Episode 51 was a very boring episode. Nothing really happened. It was all about Rimuru talking to his various retainers about mundane things. I wouldn’t even say any of these boring conversations were necessary.

So, I’ve picked out three of the more interesting parts of the episode to discuss this week. First up, we have the civil war Diablo’s trying to cause within Falmuth. I thought he was trying to install a puppet government. But, no. He has bigger plans.

I guess the ultimate goal is still to install a puppet government. After all, Rimuru had mentioned wanting to crown Youm as the King of Falmuth. That may still eventually happen. But, before we get there, Diablo’s going to have the lords of Falmuth tear themselves apart in a civil war.

How is he planning to do this? As we know, the lords don’t want to pay reparations to Tempest. Because of this, they’ve pushed the majority of the payment onto the former king. And, it’s likely that they would want to punish the former king even further for putting them in this situation.

However, the former king is now a viscount in a region bordering where Youm’s party is from. So, the plan is for Youm’s group (backed by a portion of Tempest’s military) will intervene when something happens. This will then lead to the deaths or imprisonment of all the problem lords.

At least, that’s my understanding of the situation. It’s a way for Youm to secure the throne of Falmuth without a full-blown coup. He’ll be positioned as the savior of the country, taking it back from the lords who want to hoard wealth and power.

Milim Just Wants Tasty Food

As I said, not much happened in this episode. So, next, let’s talk about Milim’s desire for tasty food. She gets all her food from offerings from her followers. But, her followers don’t cook the food — they simply offer raw ingredients.

In the past, that was fine. Either Milim hadn’t had good food before. Or, more likely, she’d only had it during special occasions, such as during Walpurgis. And, because of that, she didn’t mind all that much about getting raw food offerings. But, that’s changed thanks to Rimuru.

Rimuru introduced her to a lot of new, tasty foods. He also showed her that there’s no reason why she can’t have good food for every meal. So, now, Milim’s tired of the same old raw food. She wants her followers to prepare meals for her that she actually wants to eat.

Of course, Milim could simply tell her followers that they need to cook the food they offer to her. However, as Rimuru pointed out, Milim’s not the kind of person to do that. She may be a powerful demon lord, but she doesn’t want to come off as ungrateful.

This is where her scheme comes in. The next time Milim visits Tempest, she’s going to bring a few of her retainers with her. And, while they’re there, Rimuru is going to have his people teach Milim’s people how to cook. Once they see how good the cooked food is, they’ll want to offer it to Milim themselves.

Will this plan work out? I have no idea and I don’t care. I can’t see this being an important part of the series. I’m sure it will come up again whenever Milim visits Tempest next. But, I doubt anything significant will come of it.

More Monsters in the Nation of Tempest

Toward the end of Episode 51, we find out that Rimuru wasn’t previously the ruler of the whole Jura Forest. Apparently, he was only the ruler of the part of the forest that sits on one side of the river. There’s even more forest to rule.

Now that he’s an official Demon Lord, though, the other Demon Lords gave him the entire forest as his domain. That means all the monsters that live in the other half of the forest now need Rimuru’s permission to live there.

Obviously, Rimuru would allow those monsters to keep living there as they always have. He’s not going to evict them from their lands. But, he can also now tax those monsters for living within his nation. And, he’ll be expected to use his power and influence to protect them.

Currently, there are Goblins, Orcs, Lizardmen, and Wolves that make up the core Tempest population. Humans, Dwarves, and some other races also live there. But, those four races make up the majority of Tempest’s citizens. Now, there are going to be even more monster races under Rimuru’s control. So, let’s meet them.

According to the preview of these races, there appear to be six or seven new additions. There are Minotaurs, Horsemen (not Centaurs), Rabbit people, Tengu, Bug people, and small children. Yeah, one of the “new races” we see pictured just looks like a human child, so I don’t know what they’re supposed to be.

I assume the majority of these races come from across the river. But, the Tengu are a little different. We know they live on top of some mountains Tempest is building a road passed. So, I guess Rimuru — via Benimaru — is going to bring the Tengu into Tempest, as well.

Final Thoughts

What do you think of Tensura Season 3 Episode 51? Did you find this episode as boring as I did? Do you think Diablo’s plan to start a civil war in Falmuth is going to be successful? And, what do you think the child represents in terms of new races coming to Tempest?

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My review of Episode 52 is available now.