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Rimuru, the protagonist of _That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime_ , has
powerful magical abilities. In that world, "magicules" are basically particles
of mana and are the fuel for magic. In two episodes we see him depleting
magicules to below his minumum reserve point, at which point he shuts down for
three days. When he awakens, his supply is fully restored.

> In episode 3 he names about **100** goblins and, lastly, the direwolf alpha.
> (Later we learn that naming the alpha (Ranga) allowed the name to be shared
> by the entire pack.) Then he shuts down due to insufficient magicules. In
> episode 6 he names about **500** more goblins before shutting down. Even if
> naming Ranga counted as 100 named wolves, that was still only **200** total
> beings named the first time.

Could he actually store about 2.5 times more magicules after about 10 days?
That is the simplest explanation for the greater feat. If so, is it known if
his magicule storage continues to grow at that kind of fast pace?

A second possibility is that, in the first instance, simultaneously affecting
a whole pack acted as sort of a short circuit on magicule usage. Doing it one
at a time might have used much less total. This case would not require the
kind of magicule storage growth seen in the first.

A third possibility is that as he learns to use his abilities, he gets more
efficient in using them. So the second time he could accomplish a lot more
with the same amount of magicules.

A fourth possibility is that I'm way overthinking this...


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Is it known if Rimuru's magicule supply is growing rapidly?


I think there's another possibility: The more monsters he eats the more his
magicule storage grows.


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[Episode 10](https://www.crunchyroll.com/that-time-i-got-reincarnated-as-a-
slime/episode-10-the-orc-lord-778584) offers a pretty definitive answer
regarding the example that prompted my question. (Link should become freely
available (with commercials) sometime 10 Dec 2018. As I post, you would need a
Crunchyroll subscription to watch ep.10.) First I'll state that nothing in the
anime so far has indicated Rimuru's magicule supply is growing rapidly. His
number of skills continues to increase, but that doesn't mean he has
significantly gained in magicules (i.e. mana).

I'll again hide the example info as a spoiler Since it includes definitive
info from the series.

> **The stronger the monster being named, the more magicules it takes to name
> them.** Goblins are near the bottom on power level, so naming 500 at once
> was doable. The first time though, naming close to 100 Goblins and, as it
> turned out, 100 Direwolves, used up all his magicules because Direwolves
> were stronger than Goblins. When he names just 6 Ogres in episode 10, that
> pretty much depleted Rimuru, more than either of the previous two naming
> sessions. Ogres are considered very strong.


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