That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime volume 2 - Fuse and Taiki Kawakami

I continue my journey with the loveable Rimuru in the second manga of Slime (for short), as it dropped in my mailbox a while ago, ordered from Amazon.

 

 

And as both me and Noshi highly enjoyed the anime, it is a fun thing to now read the story all over again in black and white, and try to spot any differences.

And it picks up at the trial before the Dwarf king, as Rimuru and the dwarven craftsmen he met are on a fake trial for assaulting minister Vesta.  The dwarves are exiled as a result, and join Rimuru's fledgling Monster Nation.

One day he helps an adventurer's party going through the forest with some giant ant's, causing him to meet Shizue, a girl that he was destined to.  Summoned at a young age to this world by a demon lord, she has been cursed by being bound with Ifrit into her, a fierce fire spirit.  While having a trip through the forest, talking about their previous lives, Shizue suddenly starts loosing control over Ifrit as he tries to break out.  Rimuru manages to contain Ifrit within him, but the separation causes Shizue to pass away peacefully of old age.  As a dying wish, she wanted to be absorbed into him to have a peacefull, eternal slumber in her village before the war, while allowing Rimuru to take her form.

But as it all settles down and Rimuru gets used to it's new form and abilities, a new threat is brewing...

And of course, we all get to see the events again at the end of the book, but now from the viewpoint of the still in the belly of Rimuru residing Veldora!