That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime · Season 2 · Crunchyroll
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 2
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 2 is a WORTH-IT, BollyMeter 7.6/10. 24 episodes on Crunchyroll from 12 January 2021.
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What BollyAI Thinks
Season 2 aired in two cours across 2021 and marked a tonal shift: Rimuru's nation faces genuine military threat from the Kingdom of Falmuth, and the show's normally cheerful diplomatic fantasy pivots into its darkest material. The Octagram arc introduces the demon lords and significantly expands the world's political geography. The Megiddo episode - Rimuru's response to the Falmuth invasion - became the series' most-discussed individual episode, rated 9.4 on IMDb, and demonstrated that the show's power fantasy underpinning had genuine emotional weight when the protagonist was cornered. Critics and audiences sustained enthusiasm, with the split-cour format generating anticipation rather than fatigue. Season 2 is where the Tempest storyline becomes a genuine long-form narrative rather than episodic world-building.
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Standout Episodes
The hours worth arguing about — premieres, finales, and the turning points. BollyAI reads the room episode by episode.
- E46Megiddo9.4
The episode that most Slime viewers cite first when asked to justify the franchise. Rimuru's response to the Falmuth invasion deploys his accumulated abilities at full scale, and the sequence is both technically impressive and emotionally charged in a way the show's lighter earlier episodes do not prepare for. The show's power fantasy is at its most earned here.
The moment: Rimuru's Megiddo attack - the moment the show revealed what it had been building toward all along.
Season Over Season
The political stakes arrive in force - darker tone, higher consequences, and the series' single best episode in the Megiddo arc.