Tensura Nikki: Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken (The Slime Diaries: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime)

After a very lively Christmas,

some heavy cleaning, and New Year's Eve,

our hectic year-end events wrapped up...

and it was time to welcome my first New Year since coming to this world.

Please, Great Rimuru, a few words!

Right!

My first moment in the spotlight this year! I gotta look good!

We even have a special ceremonial New Year's outfit for you.

All right!

Happy New Year, everyone!

Hey, sorry, but this isn't quite right...

Oh? But everyone's so happy.

Where did you learn about this?

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

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Day 12: Enjoying New Year's to the Fullest

Once again...

Happy New Year, Great Rimuru!

Thanks! Looking forward to another great year!

Now, since this is a day of celebration,

I have something to give to each of you.

Something for us?

Hold out your hands! Go on!

A-All right...

Like this?

Here!

The dropping of the ball!

Get it?

I could not be more grateful!

Great Rimuru's ball... Great Rimuru's ball...

Great Rimuru's ball!

I'll treasure it for the rest of my life!

Huh? Er... yeah...

Great Rimuru's ball...

They're just rocks I picked up...

I guess that classic joke wouldn't work here.

Great Rimuru's ball...

Happy New Year!

Open the Door Quietly

Open the door quietly, would you?

What do you think?

Do I look cute? I look cute, right?

Say I look cute!

Yeah, you're cute, you're cute.

Fine feathers make a fine bird, as they say.

Huh?

Th-This is the first time I've ever gotten that compliment.

You're making me blush.

Eh?

Fine feathers make a fine bird! I'm gonna go brag to everyone in town!

Wha?!

Fine feathers make a fine bird! Fine feathers make a fine bird

Wait!

Fine feathers make a fine bird! Fine feathers make a fine bird!

I'll give you a real compliment! Just hang on!

Notice.

Notice

"Fine feathers make a fine bird"

is a proverb meaning anyone can look great if they dress well enough.

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Wow, this is great!

This is the shrine we have just built.

I didn't see even a hint of anything like this popping up here.

Yes, since you said you wanted to do what you called a "first shrine visit."

Well, it's not New Year's without the first shrine visit of the year...

But what are we supposed to put in this offering box?

*This country doesn't have its own currency yet.

Oh, well.

By the way, who's the deity?

Veldora?

Who else could it be?

Look.

Rimuru Daimyojin

What?!

Please, Great Rimuru, step up here.

It's a huge success, thanks to you!

Uh, wait. I have to just... stay up here?

Body Double

Happy New Year

Make do with this from now on.

Understood.

Happy New Year!

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What's wrong, One Horn?

It's Shion.

Yeah, that.

You're all dressed up, but you look so down.

The truth is...

Unlike the smooth, flat Lady Milim,

I have an exceedingly curvy figure...

so my obi is too tight...

What?

Want me to rip 'em off for you, then?

Before they get all saggy and ugly?

Hell of a conversation to start the new year with...

I exercise my breasts every day! They'll never sag!

Fool! Of course they'll sag!

Crap...

Exercise all you want, or even become a Demon Lord! They're still gonna sag!

I don't want to hear this... I don't want to hear this... I don't want to hear this...

I know one who's starting to sag already!

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So what's my fortune for this year?

Fortune Very Good Luck

Oh! Very good luck!

"You will benefit from every advantage

as all things go in your favor," it says!

That's amazing, Sir Gabiru!

Yep!

You are truly the man we knew you were!

Yep!

Indeed!

Yep!

Let me see.

"You will thrive both physically and mentally,

and the job you have undertaken will take a turn for the better."

It sounds like I'm really going to prosper!

"Many of your wishes will likely be fulfilled as you desired."

Oh? Remarkable!

"All members of the opposite sex will be unable

to deny your charms or resist turning your way."

Sir Gabiru!

Huh?

Y-Yep...

"Every action you take will earn the agreement of many.

With your charisma, you will become the most powerful there is."

Gabiru! Gabiru! Gabiru!

Come on, that's enough...

"Your uncommonly good luck will spread to those nearest you,

bringing limitless good fortune to all of you."

As an invincible being who transcends all others...

...you will leave your mark on history through your achievements...

...and win the respect and admiration of the entire world!

Incredible!

Indeed!

S-Stop!

That's all wrong! That's not who I am at all!

Oh, that's the one I wrote as a joke.

Huh?

It doesn't count.

Doesn't count? What does that mean?

That's all wrong!

What's going on over here?

Oh, Great Rimuru.

Happy New Year.

Happy New Year!

Let's play together!

Great Rimuru Lucky Laugh

We made this Great Rimuru Lucky Laugh game.

It doesn't have many parts... as I'd expect.

It's difficult to find the right balance.

Just being slightly off turns it into someone completely different.

Well, that's technically what makes the game fun.

Okay, let me show you how it's done!

I've known Great Rimuru forever.

I've seen his face so much, I get sick of it!

Sick of it?

A face this simple is a piece of cake!

Simple?

Here's the right eye!

And the left eye!

And the shine!

Wow, look! It's already done.

That face is hardly even worth putting together.

Perfect Reproduction

Well? Looks just like him, right?

I know, it looks just like him!

No!

It's nothing like me!

It looks nothing like me at all! See?!

You're so competitive, you'd change your own face?

I'm done!

Look!

D-Derpy face!

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The year's first... calligraphy?