In the first episode of Season 2, Azusa meets again the deity who brought her to this isekai when she reincarnated after death by overwork. Pretty much everything about the episode’s depiction of divinity is pure silliness: The goddesses are likened to idols on the performance circuit, complete with glow sticks and other merch, a… Read More I’ve Been Killing Slimes’ Unexpected Insight into the Heart of God
Azusa, a corporate slave who died from overwork, was reincarnated as an immortal witch who decided to live an easygoing life that only involved killing a couple of slimes every day. Over 300 years, the experience from killing all those slimes maxed out her level, and she started living with various other girls she meets… Read More First Impression: I’ve Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level Season 2
I don’t know what it looks like in your neck of the woods, but these days, I’m greeted outside by birdsong, budding flowers, butterflies, and even a nest in my tree with eggs in it. Spring has sprung, and that means: anime?! Yep, we otaku know that as March passes into April, the new spring… Read More Spring 2025 Anime First Impressions
When we kicked off this summertime series celebrating slice-of-life, I ended my introduction with the hope that over the weeks to come, we’d be able to highlight the heart of God in this humble genre, and maybe even convince you that he loves slice-of-life too. Well, I think my fellow writers have done a splendid… Read More Summer of SoL: Slice-of-Life as Parable
I have heard it said that slice-of-life series do not engage viewers intellectually, in that they do not have complex plots or go deep like dramas. Yet, this criticism overlooks the fact that beneath the slow and easy-going pace of each episode, slice-of-life anime often center on meaningful themes. But rather than packaging them with… Read More Summer of SoL: Resting in a Busy World (or Another World)
For a series about taking it easy for centuries at a time, I’ve Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level goes to some pretty deep places, though with such humor and nonchalance that they can easily be missed. It’s a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it-because-you’re-laughing kind of thing. But this week’s episode—about visiting the demon… Read More Knowing Who You Believe In: I’ve Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years…, Episode 6
I don’t want to overthink I’ve Been Killing Slimes For 300 Years And Maxed Out My Level, the new anime adaptation of the light novel series about a woman who literally worked herself to death and is then reborn to a slower, more lazy life. As stardf29 mentioned in his first impression of the series,… Read More Why Kill Yourself Working When You Can Kill Slimes (and Love People) Instead?
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