That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 3
転生したらスライムだった件 第3期 (Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken 3rd Season)
- Action
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- Isekai
- Reincarnation
- Episodes
- 24
- Duration
- 24 min per ep
- Aired
- Apr 5, 2024 to Sep 27, 2024
- Status
- Finished Airing
Synopsis
Rimuru Tempest emerges triumphant after his decisive battle with Demon Lord Clayman, and with Diablo’s support the conflict with the Kingdom of Falmuth is brought to a clear conclusion in Tempest’s favor. As more people arrive and the Jura Forest’s many factions are folded into the growing nation, Tempest enters a phase of swift expansion and new prosperity.
That victory also reshapes the political landscape, ushering in a fragile calm that draws watchful eyes from every side. Yuuki Kagurazaka and Kazalim move in concert with the Harlequin Alliance to undermine Rimuru, while the Western Holy Church presses its uncompromising campaign against him and his non-human followers. With rival powers maneuvering carefully to protect their interests without upsetting the balance, a quiet contest of strategy builds toward the moment when restraint finally breaks.
Otaku Consensus
Season 3 is TenSura at its most bureaucratic: Atsushi Nakayama and 8bit lean hard into kingdom management, institutional politics, and long-form setup rather than chasing the battle momentum that boosted earlier seasons. The approach rewards viewers invested in Tempest as a functioning state, but the dominant criticism is unavoidable: the first cour became infamous for extended meeting-room exposition, with fans describing multiple consecutive episodes as characters talking strategy around tables while animation and incident took a back seat.
Why You Should Watch
Watch Season 3 if your favorite part of isekai is not the power fantasy, but the machinery that comes after victory: councils, tradeoffs, religious pressure, diplomatic containment, and a monster nation learning how to operate like a real government. It scratches a similar systems-politics itch to Log Horizon, but with TenSura’s warmer ensemble tone and more overt superpower spectacle waiting behind the paperwork. This is especially for viewers who enjoy fantasy civics, factional chess, and the satisfaction of seeing alliances, titles, and public legitimacy matter as much as strength. If you want nonstop fights, this season will test your patience; if you want the “nation-building” tag taken unusually literally, it gives you the densest version of Slime’s appeal.
Key Characters
- RRimuru Tempest(VA: Miho Okasaki)
Rimuru remains compelling because Season 3 treats him less like a wandering isekai hero and more like a head of state whose charisma, policy choices, and symbolic power are constantly being measured by rival institutions.
- DDiablo
Diablo’s appeal comes from the contrast between elegant composure and overwhelming menace, making him one of the season’s sharpest instruments of political pressure.
- YYuuki Kagurazaka
Yuuki functions as the kind of smiling operator fans watch closely, because his value to the season lies in calculated movement behind the public face of diplomacy.
- KKazalim
Kazalim adds weight to the background conspiracy layer, tying the season’s political calm to older grudges and the Harlequin Alliance’s continuing agenda.
What Makes It Stand Out
- 1
The season’s most defining structural choice is its dialogue-first opening stretch; viewer criticism repeatedly singled out roughly six straight episodes of strategic discussion and exposition-heavy meetings.
- 2
AniList’s tag profile captures the season’s unusual emphasis: Kingdom Management at 98%, Politics at 88%, and Office at 83%, making this one of the rare mainstream fantasy anime where administrative process is a core attraction rather than background texture.
- 3
8bit handles the 24-episode production, and even negative reactions commonly separated frustration with pacing from continued appreciation for the show’s polished fantasy visuals.
- 4
The Western Holy Church material gives the season a stronger institutional-religion angle than a simple monster-versus-human conflict, reflected by AniList’s Religion tag at 65%.
- 5
Rather than resetting after a major victory, the season is built around consequence management: power vacuums, diplomatic optics, factional caution, and the cost of Tempest becoming too important to ignore.
Fun Facts & Trivia
- Fun fact 1
- Season 3 aired as a two-cour 24-episode TV run from April 5, 2024 to September 27, 2024, keeping TenSura in broadcast rotation for nearly six months.
- Fun fact 2
- The season’s reception sits in a narrow but telling band across major databases: 7.71 on MyAnimeList from 225,026 votes and 78/100 on AniList, signaling approval tempered by visible disappointment compared with the franchise’s higher-rated earlier peak.
- Fun fact 3
- The production credits include both Kiyotaka Yokoo and Takako Abukawa for title logo design, a craft role that database pages list but fans rarely discuss despite its importance to franchise identity.
- Fun fact 4
- The core adaptation pipeline lists Fuse and Taiki Kawakami for original story, Mitz Vah for original character design, and Ryouma Ebata for animation character design, showing how the anime page preserves the light novel and manga visual lineage in its credits.
- Fun fact 5
- The phrase “yap fest” became a recurring shorthand in viewer reactions to the first cour, especially among fans frustrated that the season prioritized policy briefings and faction briefings over kinetic payoffs.
Studios
- 8bit
