That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Tensei shitara Slime datta Ken

[MFauli]

NOTHING was justified, wtf. Did you remember how Rimuru murdered 100k soldiers, not for defense, but because he needed them to resurrect his friends?!

And it might suck from their perspective, but Rimuru and his friends ARE monsters after all. Humans lived for centuries if not thousands of years with the simple truth: monsters are evil. And before Rimuru named them all and thus gave them human-like intelligence, that was fair game for most of them. Sure, in this anime, goblins aren't murderers and rapists. But the direwolves were dangerous, orcs were, demons were, etc..

Sure, Rimuru can argue "you attacked us, we defend". But not only does that not justify the murder of the 100k soldiers nor the gruesome treatment of the humans in the waggon we saw this episode; it also makes him anything but a clean hero. And that's what this anime still pretends overall, that Rimuru is some cute, morally good hero. He's not. And if I were Rimuru, I'd question whether it's alright that everyone always kneels and bows their heads when he walks by. Not exactly healthy behavior unless you're a dictator who gets off on power.

Tbh as I'm typing this, I'm wondering how humans even survived this long, considering there's not a single human so far that could keep up with the demon lords we saw. Rimuru is one of them and it shows. To those who read the light novel or whatever the source is: Pls send me a PM and spoiler me with a yes or no: Does anyone ever oppose Rimuru and Rimuru is forced to realize that he's in the wrong? Thx

[DarthEnderX]

NOTHING was justified, wtf. Did you remember how Rimuru murdered 100k soldiers, not for defense, but because he needed them to resurrect his friends?!

It was ABSOLUTELY for defense! Those soldier were ACTIVLY marching on his city with the EXPRESS goal of murdering EVERYONE.

The fact that their deaths would revive his friends was just a bonus. Which was ALSO justified, because they're the ones that KILLED THOSE FRIENDS IN THE FIRST PLACE! They are straight up being made to pay the cost to undo the damage THEY CAUSED!

nor the gruesome treatment of the humans in the waggon

They got off LUCKY. They were the worst offenders and got off with the lightest punishment.

And if I were Rimuru, I'd question whether it's alright that everyone always kneels and bows their heads when he walks by. Not exactly healthy behavior unless you're a dictator who gets off on power.

He's tried repeatedly to get them to stop. It never works.

Does anyone ever oppose Rimuru and Rimuru is forced to realize that he's in the wrong?

He's done nothing wrong.

Although he's probably giving Diablo too much free reign to operate without oversite.

[Kraco]

Tbh as I'm typing this, I'm wondering how humans even survived this long, considering there's not a single human so far that could keep up with the demon lords we saw. Rimuru is one of them and it shows.

Because the demon lords are no more monsters than the human leaders we have been seeing. There's no such confrontation going on as you are proposing.

You might as well ask how on Earth can Germany and France both keep existing right next to each other, after they have fought so many bloody wars. Shouldn't one of them be permanently destroyed already?

I'm not saying I disagree with what Rimuru did, but it is not typically what a just hero would do.

He's not a just hero, though. He's the leader of a nation. A just hero would be a lousy leader, only marginally better than a tyrant. Of course in a paradise a just hero might be an excellent leader, but clearly the world of this series is anything but a paradise. So, Rimuru foremost must look after his own nation. How to treat other nations depends on how they act toward Jura. Friendly nations benefit Jura, so they are worth treating fairly, but hostile nations must be kept in check. If a verifiably hostile nation can be turned into a friendly one by extremely unscrupulous tampering with their internal politics, like Diablo is now doing under orders from Rimuru, then that's what Rimuru should do, if he can do it without risking the general situation becoming worse than it was. It's not an act befitting a just hero, obviously.