That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (転生したらスライムだった件)

Come on! This way!

Mommy!

Where did you go?

Please, Mommy!

Sure is nice out today.

My life is pretty normal

in the grand scheme of things.

I graduated from college and landed a job

at a major contracting firm.

Then I worked my way up the ladder, like you do,

and started making some decent money.

I'm just your average 37-year-old man.

There is one thing missing.

I'm kinda lacking in the girlfriend department.

By lacking, I mean I've never had one at all... ever.

But to be perfectly honest, it doesn't bother me that much.

Satoru!

Hey, there. Good to see you.

Tamura. Hey. Sorry, I'm late. What was it you needed?

Hi, I'm Miho, it's a pleasure to meet you.

I've seen you around the office before,

but I don't think we've ever been introduced.

Ah. Of course.

I'm Satoru Mikami.

Come to think of it, I've actually heard a lot about you.

Huh? Wait, you have?

Yeah. I mean, there's plenty of rumors.

Uh, what kind of rumors?

Miho. Calm down, he's kidding.

Go easy on her, she's not used to your jokes yet.

Sure, sorry.

Why am I even here?

Does he want marriage advice or something?

Do you wanna grab some food? We can talk over dinner.

You said that you like yakiniku , right?

Come on, I know the perfect place.

Yeesh.

He made plans revolving around my favorite food?

He's really buttering me up.

It's right up here.

They're good kids. I should congratulate them.

Tamura!

Satoru!

Hey, what's going on?

This heat, I can't stand it.

It's too hot.

Request confirmed.

Acquisition of the skill "Heat Resistance" is successful.

Is this it? Death by stabbing?

What the hell?

Request confirmed.

Acquisition of the skill "Stab Resistance" is successful.

Continuing.

"Physical Attack Resistance" acquisition successful.

Send an ambulance! Hurry!

There's so much blood. It hurts.

Request confirmed.

"Pain Nullification" acquired.

Creating a body that does not require blood.

Successful.

Calm down. You've gotta man up, Tamura.

Satoru! Hang on!

And now I'm cold.

"Cold Resistance" acquisition successful.

Attainment of both "Heat Resistance"

and Cold "Resistance" has resulted in a new skill:

"Thermal Fluctuation Resistance."

Am I going to die?

Hey, Tamura.

Promise me something.

My computer's hard drive...

I need you to... to dump it in the bathtub and fry it.

Huh?

Deletion of data via electronic current

has failed due to insufficient information.

As an alternative,

"Electric Current Resistance" has been acquired.

"Paralysis Resistance" is included.

Successful.

Satoru.

Tamura.

Listen.

The reason I wanted to have dinner

was so I could show off Miho like a total jerk.

Yeah. I know.

Don't worry about it.

Mister Mikami.

Just promise me... you'll have a happy life together.

And please, wipe my hard drive.

I can't believe I'm gonna kick the bucket

as a girlfriend-less virgin.

In my next life, I'm gonna go on the prowl.

I'll hunt down all the ladies.

Acquisition of Unique Skill,

"Predator," successful.

In stories, 30-year-old virgins are wizards.

Seeing as I'm pushing 40,

guess that makes me some kind of sage.

A few more years and I'd be a great sage.

Extra Skill Acquired: "Sage."

Continuing, "Sage" will transform into the Unique Skill:

"Great Sage."

Successful.

Shut up already.

Can't a guy...

...just get some peace and quiet?

Satoru?

Satoru!

It's so dark. I can't see.

Where the heck am I?

And what happened to me?

The last thing I remember is someone teasing me

about being a sage or whatever.

Hold on.

I was stabbed.

Yeah, okay, then.

It'll be all right. No need to panic just yet.

I mean, I haven't lost my cool in a while.

The last time was when I crapped my pants back in grade school.

Anyway, back to the stabbing thing.

Let's see.

I don't hurt anywhere.

I'm not cold.

But my eyes, they won't open. I can't see anything.

My hands, my feet... I can't feel them.

My body...

I can move!

At least there's that.

Are those rocks?

Which would mean I'm not in the hospital.

Okay, so where the hell am I?

Huh?

What's this? Some kinda plant?

Does my mouth work? Can I talk?

Nope.

Whoa! It dissolved!

No way!

I think I can feel it permeating throughout my whole body.

Hold up. That doesn't seem normal.

What happened to me?

My body's never been able to dissolve plants before, right?

Wait. Huh?

Huh?!

Maybe I really did kick it.

I wonder what happened to Tamura and Miho.

He better have fried my hard drive!

Still though, what the heck am I?

I feel kind of bouncy and rubbery.

It seems like my whole body is that way.

Uh-huh.

I think I get it.

Is this really possible?

Can it be that my totally real and not made-up,

hot and muscular dude-bod

has now been streamlined into this small gelatinous form?

Yeah, right! There's no way I'd be that chill about it!

But I can't deny it, either.

Human I am not.

No doubt.

It appears I was stabbed, died, and reincarnated as a slime.

I'm pretty sure a lot of time has passed

since my rebirth.

All things considered,

the slime body thing isn't such a bad deal.

And it comes with the weird perk of not needing sleep or food.

So, what's the point of eating these plants, you ask?

Because I'm so freakin' bored!

There's no real point to it,

but it's better than doing nothing.

Wait. Who am I even talking to?

Maybe the bigger question

is where does the stuff I eat even go?

It's not like I poop.

-- Answer. --

The plants are stored in the stomach

of your Unique Skill: Predator.

Whoa, a voice?

It sounds like the one I heard when I was shanked.

Who are you?

Answer.

It is the effect of your Unique Skill: "Great Sage."

Now that your ability has been established,

you will be capable of reacting more quickly.

"Great Sage"?

So when you say skill, do you mean like, my abilities?

What is "Predator"?

It allows you to ingest objects

and analyze them within your body.

You can then acquire that object's skills.

Once the analysis is complete, you can then mimic the object.

Oh!

The stomach stores the objects you ingest.

Additionally, it can also isolate harmful objects

that cannot be analyzed.

Uh, I'm not gonna lie,

the Predator Skill sounds kinda amazing.

Is it really something a slime should possess?

Not that I'm complaining.

Hey, as a test can you analyze that plant I just ate?

Confirmed, analysis complete. It is a Hipokute herb.