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

[Ryllharu]

I think of it the other way around.

To Rimuru, Shizu is the first other Japanese person she met, and really opened Rimuru's eyes to the world. Rimuru was already set on building a settlement after meeting the dwarves. Shizu just explained more of the stakes in their world. The idiot trio could have provided the same. A significant influence, but ultimately not that much of one.

But to Shizu, Rimuru was her salvation. Much bigger deal. From her perspective? Absolutely her fated one.

[DarthEnderX]

Those are hardly reasons to form a "fateful" bond over. She's a senpai who's done this transversing-across-worlds thing before him. Great.

Perhaps 'fateful' should be interpreted as "Shizu changed Rimuru's fate by giving him a purpose in this world(1) other than waffling around, figuring out Veldora's seal and helping whoever happened to be nearby." But that's about as fateful as a quest giver.

What does "fateful" even mean in the first place?

I have Pokemon I got from Gamestop that are "fateful" encounters.

Hardly lifechanging.

I think of it the other way around.

To Rimuru, Shizu is the first other Japanese person she met, and really opened Rimuru's eyes to the world. Rimuru was already set on building a settlement after meeting the dwarves. Shizu just explained more of the stakes in their world. The idiot trio could have provided the same. A significant influence, but ultimately not that much of one.

But to Shizu, Rimuru was her salvation. Much bigger deal. From her perspective? Absolutely her fated one.

*thumbs up*

[KrayZ33]

What does "fateful" even mean in the first place?

I have Pokemon I got from Gamestop that are "fateful" encounters.

Hardly lifechanging.

then it's not a fateful encounter.
I mean, just because marketing uses it for the purpose of selling pokemans doesn't mean the word is used in the correct situation.

For Rimuru this was hardly fateful, as mentioned earlier, any "questgiver" could've provided the same change in attitude/mission.

For Shizu hower, Rimuru was indeed the person that could and did change her fate.

Looking at it like that means it would probably have been better if not Rimuru, but the idiot trio and her visited a gipsy.