That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Tales - Veldora's Journal

転生したらスライムだった件閑話: ヴェルドラ日記 (Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken: Kanwa - Veldora Nikki)

6.8(78,982)

MAL Score

Ranked #6077

Popularity #1859

Comedy
Fantasy
Gag Humor
Reincarnation
Strategy Game

Episodes: 1
Duration: 23 min
Aired: Mar 26, 2019
Status: Finished Airing

Synopsis

Inside Rimuru’s body, Ifrit—sealed away by the Predator skill—passes the time by looking back on the season’s key events. The recap unfolds as a casual conversation with Veldora, with the two sharing commentary while they play a game of shogi.

Otaku Consensus

Veldora's Journal is a fan-service recap that earns its slot through a witty 8bit-produced chamber setup: Veldora and Ifrit/Charys turn season memory into shogi-table banter, preserving TenSura's comedy and strategy-game flavor without pretending to be a new arc. Reception aligns with its MAL 6.79 from 78,804 votes: useful and amusing for invested viewers, but limited by the unavoidable drawback of being a recap special with little standalone dramatic momentum.

Why You Should Watch

Watch Veldora's Journal if your favorite part of That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime is the way its world-building feels like a strategy game with jokes attached. This is not the place to start the franchise; it is for viewers who already know the first season and want a cleaner mental map of its alliances, turning points, and character dynamics without sitting through a full rewatch. The shogi-table framing gives it the flavor of two overpowered commentators analyzing a campaign after the fact, so it scratches a different itch from action-heavy isekai episodes. If you like KonoSuba-style fantasy banter but prefer TenSura's nation-building logic, this compact episode works as a breezy palate cleanser between major arcs.

Key Characters

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Charys(VA: Taku Yashiro)
Listed in databases under the name Charys, Taku Yashiro's fire spirit functions as the special's dry audience surrogate, turning a once-threatening presence into a sharp commentator.
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Rimuru Tempest(VA: Miho Okasaki)
Miho Okasaki's Rimuru remains the organizing force of the episode even when the focus shifts elsewhere, because every recollected event reinforces how one slime reshaped monster society.
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Veldora Tempest(VA: Tomoaki Maeno)
Tomoaki Maeno plays Veldora as a boisterous superfan of the events he is reviewing, giving the recap its loudest comic rhythm.

What Makes It Stand Out

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The episode is formally treated as a single recap OVA/interlude rather than a new story arc, and it aired on March 26, 2019 after the first TV season's main run.
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Its shogi framing is more than background decoration: the board-game conversation matches the franchise's strategy-game theme and turns seasonal events into moves being evaluated by trapped powerhouses.
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8bit produced the special, keeping it visually and tonally aligned with the main TenSura anime rather than handing the recap to a separate compilation team.
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Database listings commonly identify it as Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken: Kanwa - Veldora Nikki, while streaming/index sites also label it as a recap or Episode 24.5, clarifying its intended placement.
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The character focus is unusually narrow for TenSura: instead of spotlighting the expanding Tempest ensemble, it builds comedy from Veldora and Ifrit/Charys reacting from the margins.

Fun Facts & Trivia

Fun fact 1: The Japanese title uses Veldora Nikki, literally positioning the special as Veldora's journal rather than as a numbered continuation of the main plot.
Fun fact 2: Gogoanime-style listings identify the special with multiple labels, including Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken Recap and That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Episode 24.5.
Fun fact 3: Anime-Planet separates this entry from That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 2: Veldora's Journal, which is listed with the follow-up title Veldora Nikki 2.
Fun fact 4: On MyAnimeList metrics supplied in the research, it sits at a 6.79 score from 78,804 votes, with a popularity rank of #1858 despite its recap-only format.
Fun fact 5: The credited main trio in the provided data is unusually compact for a TenSura entry: Charys, Rimuru Tempest, and Veldora Tempest carry the special's identity.