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

[KrayZ33]

Overlord got boring because it becomes just repeatedly showing how evil they are, while sometimes doing other things (Ainz playing around and learning about the world). Viewers got it, they're evil, but they kept repeating it.

Rimuru stated their goal in this episode. Build their village. That reminds me more of Utawarwerumono. Rimuru just happens to be like the village's deity so far. Hakuoro with some more cheats.

That's exactly the direction slime might be going to though....
We are just not far enough in.

They are pretty much identical characters at this point, the only difference is their approach in comedy.

The Slime is overpowered and already established to be extremely powerful, Ains wasn't established to be the strongest being in the world by episode 4 either - just very strong.
In fact, in Season 1 it looked like his minions were actually stronger than him and it was suggested that he himself wasn't really one of the strongest players.


Episode 4 previewed what is very likely to be the norm in future episodes:
Slime just so happens to have every possible immunity, immense amounts of mana, always has the right stuff saved up inside him (ore/medicine) etc. etc out of sheer "luck" of course.
Another OP Isekai Player character..

And on top of it, he's obviously building his own encampment of monsters / followers too.

Ainz's OP and Rimuru's OP are on a completely different level honestly. Ainz is immediately established to be, by far, the most powerful thing on the planet. With an army of likewise powerful servants under his command.

No... that didn't happen. He was considered to be extremely strong yes, but there has always been the possibility that other players were around, with their own minions and own bases.
And honestly, the Slime is basically on the same level already. He devoured one of the 4(?) dragons which are obviously some of the strongest beeings, if not the strongest beeings in that world in episode 1. Barrier aside, as if that is not telling enough already.

Anyway, the fear of something stopping Ains and his plans stopped being relevant in season 2. Which is exactly what I fear will happen to this anime too.

[Kraco]

Ains wasn't established to be the strongest being in the world by episode 4 either - just very strong.
In fact, in Season 1 it looked like his minions were actually stronger than him and it was suggested that he himself wasn't really one of the strongest players.

I don't know what gave you that impession. He defeated Shalltear without using his real battle equipment at all. He was also the leader of a PK guild, with plenty of experience under his own belt. There probably were some directly stronger players around, those who had built more pure battle characters. But if Ains was given time to prepare, he probably could have fought anyone.

Another OP Isekai Player character.

Because this falls in the instantly OP category of isekai series. I'd dare say of the modern isekai stories, that's the bigger category, not the one where the MC takes a long time to grind up to power. I count the cheat power/skill stories to belong to the OP category, even if the MC was at first seemingly weak. But the OP skill, which is usually analyse/steal enemy skills, makes their progress F1 fast.

And honestly, the Slime is basically on the same level already. He devoured one of the 4(?) dragons which are obviously some of the strongest beeings, if not the strongest beeings in that world in episode 1. Barrier aside, as if that is not telling enough already.

Veldora cooperated with Rimuru. I doubt Rimuru would have otherwise been able to store Veldora away. For that's what he did. He's merely keeping Veldora safe, not digesting him.

Anyway, the fear of something stopping Ains and his plans stopped being relevant in season 2. Which is exactly what I fear will happen to this anime too.

When you have an OP main character, you can't write a traditional story.

[DarthEnderX]

No... that didn't happen. He was considered to be extremely strong yes, but there has always been the possibility that other players were around, with their own minions and own bases.

Sure, it's possible there are secretly stronger beings, but he's still stronger than any being has ever even heard of on this planet.

And honestly, the Slime is basically on the same level already. He devoured one of the 4(?) dragons which are obviously some of the strongest beeings, if not the strongest beeings in that world in episode 1. Barrier aside, as if that is not telling enough already.

You can't "barrier aside", that's a HUGE mitigating factor! The dragon didn't/couldn't fight back. And he got none of the dragon's abilities for eating him.

If he ran into a demon king, or another dragon that DIDN'T have all it's powers sealed, I see no reason why it couldn't instantly destroy him. Except for the one dragon that was willing, he hasn't been able to eat anything that he didn't kill first, and I don't think any of his current powers would let him defeat a monster that strong.