I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level explained
| Ja Kanji: | スライム倒して300年、知らないうちにレベルMAXになってました |
| Ja Romaji: | Suraimu Taoshite Sanbyaku-nen, Shiranai Uchi ni Reberu Makkusu ni Nattemashita |
| Genre: | Isekai[1] |
| Type: | novel series |
| Author: | Kisetsu Morita |
| Publisher: | Shōsetsuka ni Narō |
| First: | June 23, 2016 |
| Last: | November 18, 2021 |
| Type: | light novel |
| Author: | Kisetsu Morita |
| Illustrator: | Benio |
| Publisher: | SB Creative |
| Imprint: | GA Novel |
| Demographic: | Male |
| First: | January 14, 2017 |
| Volumes: | 24 |
| Type: | manga |
| Illustrator: | Yūsuke Shiba |
| Publisher: | Square Enix |
| First: | June 29, 2017 |
| Volumes: | 12 |
| Type: | light novel |
| I Was a Bottom-Tier Bureaucrat for 1,500 Years, and the Demon King Made Me a Minister |
| Author: | Kisetsu Morita |
| Illustrator: | Benio |
| Imprint: | GA Novel |
| Demographic: | Male |
| Magazine: | Gangan Online |
| First: | July 13, 2017 |
| Last: | August 11, 2022 |
| Volumes: | 1 |
| Type: | light novel |
| Food for an Elf |
| Author: | Kisetsu Morita |
| Illustrator: | Benio |
| Publisher: | Square Enix |
| Imprint: | GA Novel |
| Demographic: | Male |
| First: | April 12, 2018 |
| Last: | June 28, 2018 |
| Type: | manga |
| I Was a Bottom-Tier Bureaucrat for 1,500 Years, and the Demon King Made Me a Minister |
| Illustrator: | Meishi Murakami |
| Publisher: | Square Enix |
| Demographic: | Shōnen |
| First: | January 31, 2019 |
| Last: | August 20, 2020 |
| Volumes: | 3 |
| Type: | light novel |
| Red Dragon Women Academy |
| Author: | Kisetsu Morita |
| Illustrator: | Benio |
| Imprint: | GA Novel |
| Demographic: | Male |
| First: | July 15, 2019 |
| Last: | December 14, 2021 |
| Type: | novel series |
| The White Journey of Margrave |
| Author: | Kisetsu Morita |
| Publisher: | Shōsetsuka ni Narō |
| Imprint: | GA Novel |
| Demographic: | Male |
| First: | March 25, 2021 |
| Last: | March 29, 2021 |
| Type: | manga |
| Red Dragon Women Academy |
| Illustrator: | Hitsujibako |
| Publisher: | Square Enix |
| Demographic: | Shōnen |
| First: | March 29, 2021 |
| Volumes: | 1 |
is a Japanese isekai light novel series written by Kisetsu Morita and illustrated by Benio. It was serialized online since 2016 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō and, in the following year, it was acquired by SB Creative, who published the first light novel volume in 2017. The light novel has been licensed in North America by Yen Press, who published the first volume in April 2018.[2] It has received a manga adaptation by Yūsuke Shiba in the same year as its debut of the light novel in Square Enix's Gangan Online website, also licensed by Yen Press. An anime television series adaptation by Revoroot aired from April to June 2021. A second season by Teddy is set to premiere in 2025. The series has also spawned various spin-off novels.
Plot
After living a painful life as an office worker on Earth, Azusa ends up dying from overworking. She finds herself reincarnated as an undying, unaging witch in a new world, and now she vows to spend her days as pleasantly and stress-free as possible. She makes a living by hunting slimes, the easiest targets. But after centuries of doing this simple job, she has become extremely powerful and finds that she can no longer maintain her low-key lifestyle.
Characters
- A former Japanese office worker reincarnated as an immortal witch, called . Weary of any overwork and excitement following her untimely death in her old life, she strives for an easy tune of existence, but once word gets out of her unprecedented prowess, she finds herself beleaguered by challengers trying to prove themselves on her, or all sorts of people willing to join her. However, she is compassionate and in time becomes very protective of her adopted family, much to the chagrin of anyone who deliberately endangers them.
- A roughly 300-year-old shape-shifting red dragon girl. Originally arrogant, she came to Azusa to fight her and prove herself to be stronger than her. After getting soundly beaten by Azusa, she joins her as her first apprentice and housekeeper, eventually becoming her adoptive younger sister. She has a rivalry with Flatorte.
- An about 50-year-old slime spirit girl, and the elder of twin sisters. She is one of Azusa's adoptive daughters. Both she and her sister Shalsha are reincarnations of the slime creatures that Azusa killed for a living; but while Shalsha is initially deeply resentful towards Azusa at first, Falfa adores her and considers her their "mother".
- Falfa's younger slime spirit twin sister. She is one of Azusa's adoptive daughters. Driven by feelings of revenge against Azusa for killing all the slimes, she learned a type of magic which is effective against one specific race only, but in turn is potent enough to counter even Azusa's magic; she is also very learned in magic lore. After being very easily beaten by Laika, Shalsha and Falfa join Azusa's household upon her invitation. In turn, she abandoned her desire for revenge upon learning that she is not the only one targeting slimes. She is very inquisitive, and habitually takes notes of anything new she comes across.
- A young (about 225-year-old) female elf apothecary woman from Frant Province with very abrupt mood swings and a voluptuous build. She invented an extremely popular, alcohol-based energy drink; but when the demon lord Beelzebub drank from it, she became sick (from overworking after getting addicted to it) and then went after Halkara, whereupon the elf, believing that Beelzebub wanted in fact revenge, fled to Azusa for protection. After being given shelter, and after the misunderstanding with Beelzebub is cleared, Halkara decides to stay with Azusa and restart the production of her energy drink. She is very knowledgable about mushrooms, but scatterbrained and accident-prone.
- An about 3,000-year-old high-ranking female demon, the Agriculture Minister of the Demon Realm, and Lord of the Flies. Chasing after Halkara after getting addicted to her energy drink (so that its production could be re-started) she challenges Azusa to a fight, but collapses from exhaustion and is nursed back to health by her and Halkara. After the misunderstanding was cleared, she leaves peacefully, but vows to come back to settle her score with Azusa (which she ultimately loses) and get more of Halkara's drink, although she begins to settle in as one of Azusa's "family", eventually becoming Azusa's adoptive older sister.
- An over 400-year-old blue dragon girl who first meets Azusa and her extended family while she and her flock attempt to disrupt the wedding of Laika's older sister, out of simple jealousy that her blunt demeanor drove away her own fiance. After Azusa single-handedly thrashes the aggressors, and a final act of aggression is stalled by Beelzebub, she is forced to sign a peace treaty between the red and blue dragons. Afterwards, as part of her peace obligations, she also (much to Laika's disgust, which results in them becoming rivals) joins Azusa's troupe—the only alternative being to commit suicide due to her culture.
- A ghost girl who died about 200 years previously at the age of 15. The daughter of a merchant who had fallen on hard times, she committed suicide after learning that her father wanted to sell her off as a prostitute. Her restless ghost began haunting the merchant's estate, which later became the site for Halkara's new energy drink factory. After being caught by Azusa, Halkara and Beelzebub, she is, with some effort, relocated to Azusa's house and joins her adopted family.
- A leviathan woman, Beelzebub's secretary, and Vania's older sister. She and Vania are both shapeshifters, able to assume the form of a gigantic, flying whale. Despite the myth that leviathans are water creatures, they are actually air dwellers, and are usually employed as living transportation (complete with a resort hotel on their backs) by demons, devils and their privileged guests. To fulfill this obligation, both sisters work in tandem: While one does the transport, the other uses the hotel facilities (especially the bath) to relax.
- A leviathan woman, Beelzebub's assistant secretary, and Fatla's younger sister.
- An over 1,000-year-old demon girl and the "King" of the Demon Realm from its capital city Vanzeld. Despite her awe-inspiring title, her natural form is a cute, petite girl with ram horns and three tails, and she is, most of the time, surprisingly cheerful and informal. She has also a submission complex; after being accidentally knocked out by Halkara, and with Azusa beating her in a duel over Halkara's life, she gladly submits to her "conqueror".
- In manga:
In anime:
A normal slime which is completely black.
Smarsly (in manga) / Intellie (in anime) is name given to it by Azusa. (Shortened name is used in light novel volume 12 and later.)
- In anime:
A magician slime girl who looks like 15-year-old blond girl, but is 300-year-old woman.
Wizly (in light novel and manga) / Magie (in anime) is name given to her by Azusa.
- In anime:
An about 300-year-old fighter slime girl whom Azusa and the others seek out when Falfa is stuck in slime form after getting a crick in her neck. She is very materialistic and considers fighting a means to collect more and more prizes. After being easily beaten by Azusa, she considers joining her as a martial arts apprentice, but instead becomes Beelzebub's apprentice after learning about the slimes that Azusa killed.
Fighsly (in light novel and manga) / Fightie (in anime) is name which she herself decided to use, and was not given to her by Azusa.
- An over 150-year-old immortal witch, called . Naive and deadly shy, but yearning for recognition, she usurps the title of "Highland Witch" to capitalize on Azusa's reputation and make herself some new friends. When Azusa hears of the fake, she confronts Eno and afterwards helps her in selling her mandragora-based medicines, which prove extremely popular. Her title stems from the location of her workshop, which is situated inside a hard-to-reach underground location, thus contributing to her initial lack of renown.
- An undead catgirl who died 40 years ago after she became so lazy from boredom that she forgot to even feed herself. After rising from death, she became a graveyard security guard, but felt lonely without anyone keeping her company. Azusa solves the problem by suggesting to Beelzebub that Pondeli is made a demon casino gambler, since the catgirl is wickedly good at playing cards.
Leila
Laika's older sister, who marries later in the story.
- Natalie
The current owner of Flatta's guild.
- An about 80-year-old almiraj minstrel girl. She also has an alternate persona called Schifanoia, which she later abandons.
- A droplet spirit woman.
- [3]
An over 300-year-old mandragora girl.
- A pine spirit woman. The being who mediated marriages.
- An about 60,000 to 70,000-year-old jellyfish spirit and wandering artist woman.
- The goddess. The very being who reincarnated Azusa into this world.
- A ghost girl. Sovereign of the ghost's kingdom of the dead. She died at 15 years old, and about 5,000 years have passed since her death.
- The goddess of time. A goddess long worshipped in this world.
- A slime spirit girl born after Falfa and Shalsha.
White Slimes
Not much is known about them other than the fact that they are evil.
- Wyverns
They are used as a faster way to travel up the World Tree.
- Red Dragons
Laika's kind, who can also take the form of humans.
- Blue Dragons
Flatorte's kind, who are known enemies to the red dragons until a peace treaty was formed by Azusa. Like the red dragons, they can take human forms.Locations
- Flatta village
This is the story's main setting. Azusa lives close to this village.
- Mount Rokko
This volcano is the homeland of the red dragons. This is where Laika came from.
- Demon Realm
A city where demons reside. This place is controlled by Pecora.
- World Tree
A giant tree that has been hollowed out and turned into a tourist attraction. It has 108 floors, each containing different challenges.Media
Light novels
Originally, the series was published by Kisetsu Morita on the user-generated web novel site Shōsetsuka ni Narō in 2016. The publisher SB Creative acquired the series and then began publishing it on their GA Novel imprint as a light novel in January 2017. Twenty-four volumes have been released as of November 2023.
In the volumes 5 to 7, 20, and 21 of the light novel, a special story about the character Beelzebub was published at the end of those volumes. In September 2019, those stories were compiled into its own volume and the spin-off, called, published by SB Creative on the GA Novel imprint with Kisetsu Morita and Benio as the author and illustrator, respectively.
In the volumes 8 to 10 of the light novel, another spin-off light novel called, a special story about the character Halkara was published at the end of those volumes.
In the volumes 11 to 13, 16, and 18 to 19 of the light novel, another spin-off light novel called a special story about the character Laika was published at the end of those volumes.
In the volume 17 of the light novel, another spin-off light novel called, a special story about the character Wynona was published at the end of those volume.
Manga
In June 2017, Square Enix began publishing a manga adaptation of the series by Yūsuke Shiba in their online website and smartphone app Gangan Online, with eleven volumes released as of June 2022.
A manga adaptation of the spin-off light novel I Was a Bottom-Tier Bureaucrat for 1,500 Years, and the Demon King Made Me a Minister was launched on Square Enix's Gangan Online website and smartphone app, with Meishi Murakami reprising his work.
A manga adaptation of the spin-off light novel Red Dragon Women Academy was launched on Square Enix's Manga UP! smartphone app, with Hitsujibako reprising his work.
Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced during a livestream for the "GA Fes 2019" event on October 19, 2019.[4] The series is animated by Revoroot and directed by Nobukage Kimura, with Tatsuya Takahashi handling series' composition, Keisuke Goto designing the characters, and Keiji Inai composing the series' music. The series aired from April 10 to June 26, 2021, on AT-X, Tokyo MX, and BS11.[5] Aoi Yūki performed the opening theme song, while Azumi Waki performed the ending theme song "Viewtiful Days!".[6] Crunchyroll licensed the series outside of Asia.[7] In Southeast Asia and South Asia, Muse Communication licensed the series and will stream it on iQIYI, Bilibili, CATCHPLAY+, and other platforms.[8] [9] The company also has licensed the anime to Animax Asia for TV broadcasts.[10]
In January 2022, it was announced that a second season was green-lit.[11] The season will be animated by Teddy and directed by Kunihisa Sugishima, with Naohiro Fukushima handling series' composition, Hikaru Kodama designing the characters, and Keiji Inai returning to compose the series' music. It is set to premiere in 2025.[12]
Episodes
Reception
The light novel ranked ninth in 2019 in Takarajimasha's annual light novel guide book Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! in the category.[13]
External links
- I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level
Notes and References
- Web site: Chapman. Paul. I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level TV Anime Announced. Crunchyroll. July 7, 2021. October 19, 2019. October 21, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191021023248/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2019/10/19-1/ive-been-killing-slimes-for-300-years-and-maxed-out-my-level-tv-anime-announced. live.
- Web site: Ressler. Karen. Yen Press Licenses Silver Spoon, Kemono Friends Manga, A Sister's All You Need, Reborn as a Vending Machine Light Novels, More. Anime News Network. 6 January 2019. 2018-06-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20180622092514/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-07-01/yen-press-licenses-silver-spoon-kemono-friends-manga-a-sister-all-you-need-reborn-as-a-vending-machine-light-novels-more/.118307. live.
- Web site: Hodgkins. Crystalyn. I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level 2 Anime Reveals New Cast in 2nd Teaser Video. Anime News Network. July 12, 2024. July 12, 2024.
- Web site: Hodgkins. Crystalyn. 'I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level' Light Novels Get TV Anime. Anime News Network. October 19, 2019. October 19, 2019. October 19, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191019133816/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-10-19/ive-been-killing-slimes-for-300-years-and-maxed-out-my-level-light-novels-get-tv-anime/.152401. live.
- Web site: Hodgkins. Crystalyn. 'I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level' Anime's Video Reveals Staff, Spring 2021 Debut. Anime News Network. October 8, 2020. October 8, 2020. January 14, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210114072252/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-10-08/ive-been-killing-slimes-for-300-years-and-maxed-out-my-level-anime-video-reveals-staff-spring-2021-debut/.164996. live.
- Web site: Loo. Egan. 'I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level' Anime Unveils 2nd Video. Song Artists, April 10 Debut. Anime News Network. January 31, 2021. January 31, 2021. May 13, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210513043655/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-01-31/ive-been-killing-slimes-for-300-years-and-maxed-out-my-level-anime-unveils-2nd-video-song-artists-april-10-debut/.168999. live.
- Web site: Crunchyroll Streams Tokyo Revengers, Zombie Land Saga Revenge, 3 More Anime. Anime News Network. February 19, 2021. February 19, 2021. March 30, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210330195524/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-02-19/crunchyroll-streams-tokyo-revengers-zombie-land-saga-revenge-3-more-anime/.169655. live.
- Web site: 【2021木棉花4月新番】台灣播出時間 《持續狩獵史萊姆三百年，不知不覺就練到LV MAX》. Facebook. zh. March 22, 2021. April 1, 2021. August 20, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230820164646/https://www.facebook.com/emuse.com.tw/posts/3890994884302898. live.
- Web site: -ช่วงโปรโมท- อนิเมะ Slime Taoshite 300-nen, Shiranai Uchi ni Level Max ni Nattemashita หรือในชื่อไทยว่า "ล่าสไลม์มา 300 ปี รู้ตัวอีกทีก็เลเวล max ซะแล้ว" ที่มีกำหนดฉายในซีซั่นหน้าจะลงให้กับทาง iQIYI และ Bilibili Thailand ครับ. Facebook. th. April 1, 2021. April 1, 2021. August 20, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230820164635/https://www.facebook.com/MuseThailandChannel/posts/293837572415123. live.
- Animax Asia TV. animaxasiatv. 1378965629890392065. After dying from overwork, Azusa Aizawa is reincarnated in a new world and became an immortal slime killing witch - for money, of course! Life is perfect in this eternal vacation, but what will happen when she maxes out her level?. April 5, 2021. April 5, 2021.
- Web site: Loo. Egan. 'I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level' TV Anime Gets 2nd Season. Anime News Network. January 4, 2022. January 4, 2022. January 4, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220104125420/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-01-04/ive-been-killing-slimes-for-300-years-and-maxed-out-my-level-tv-anime-gets-2nd-season/.181210. live.
- Web site: Loo. Egan. I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level Season 2 Unveils Title, Revamped Staff, 2025 Debut. Anime News Network. March 8, 2024. March 8, 2024.
- Web site: Antonio Pineda. Rafael. Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! Reveals 2019 Series Ranking. Anime News Network. 6 January 2019. 2018-11-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20181124220107/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-11-23/kono-light-novel-ga-sugoi-reveals-2019-series-ranking/.139859. live.
