

Slimes are commonly known as the weakest creatures, but more and more I'm
seeing powerful slimes show up in anime. When did powerful slimes become a
thing? Or have they always been a thing and I just haven't seen them around
before?

Earliest example I can think of:

  * Overlord - Solution Epsilon. Anime 2015, novels started in 2010.
  * Konosuba - Season two finale, Hans. Anime started 2016, Novels in 2013.
  * Reincarnated as a Slime - Anime 2018, Novels in 2013.

I'm sure there's plenty others as well.


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When did the trend of powerful slimes come about in Anime?


The trend began when the anime called, “That Time I Got Reincarnated as a
Slime” started serialization. This show started in 2018. I don’t know if
someone already had an anime that was about powerful slimes before the anime
“That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime”, but I am sure that they were not as
popular as this anime. There are a bunch of anime’s that are about slimes that
started after the anime “That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime”.

If you want more info, here’s a website that I got all of this info from:
<https://www.cbr.com/slimes-taking-over-manga-anime/>.

I hope this helped


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Well, your listed examples are all from worlds with [RPG
Mechanics](https://tvtropes.org/Main/RPGMechanicsVerse), and most of them are
central to the plot, so they are usually literally high-level.

They also all have humanoid forms, which is a measure of power, instead of
them just being blobs.

While slimes are treated as weak in the _Dragon Quest_ games, in tabletop
RPGs, they usually have some liquid durability and acidic powers that make
them formidable.

And monsters need monstrous traits like that, so, when reasoning it out, a
durable, sentient, blob of acid is very dangerous.

Then there's the ability of sapients to learn magic... And gain levels, etc...


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