That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

Fantasy · Drama · Romance · Action

A relaxed isekai that turns an unassuming slime body into a surprisingly cheerful fantasy viewpoint.

Synopsis

The Anime Lad

An unhappy salaryman awakens in a fantasy realm as a slime monster. The new body lacks hands, pockets, and a suitable pair of shoes. Acclimating to the goopy situation becomes the immediate order of business before the wider world can make demands. Career mobility has taken an unexpected form.

Super Eyepatch Fox

A lonely salaryman awakens in another world as a small slime. The unlikely body puts every fantasy expectation at ground level and makes basic movement part of the adjustment. Other monsters inhabit the same realm, but first the new arrival has to understand being goopy.

Gigguku

A tired salaryman wakes in a fantasy world as a tiny blob and has to reconsider absolutely EVERYTHING. Walking is gone. Hands are gone. Even eye level is a new problem. That humble viewpoint makes the fantasy feel fresh before the adventure has moved anywhere. The weakest-looking monster in the room gets to meet the world from scratch!

Father's Basement

Reincarnation is familiar territory, and the title has already delivered the central joke. The opening still gets useful mileage from it. An unhappy salaryman awakens as a slime and must acclimate to a body with none of the ordinary human conveniences. The modest form keeps the wish fulfillment from arriving with a heroic pose.