That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime is an extremely popular manga and anime. Not only does it contain isekai elements, which have become very popular in recent times, but this series also contains many fantastical and magical elements with enough adventure to entrance almost any anime fan.
It’s also funny, enjoyable, and is filled with several tropes that draw people in. This series really changed the game for slime-related anime and manga and paved the way for the slime craze that doesn’t appear to be dying down anytime soon. In fact, there are several must-read slime manga that slime fans will enjoy.
10 Ryoma Takebayashi Agrees To Be Reincarnated And Discovers That Slimes Are An Untapped Resource (By The Grace Of The Gods)
By The Grace Of The Gods is a lighthearted isekai story that follows the journey of a deceased middle-aged man called Ryoma Takebayashi who was then reincarnated into a new world to help three divine beings with their plot.
In this new world, he’s a young boy with magical powers. He spends his time learning about his new abilities and the world around him. However, when he stumbles across some slimes, he realizes that tamed slimes are an untapped resource and goes about experimenting on them.
9 Ivy Is Chased From Her Home But Meets A Rare Slime Who She Shares Adventures With (The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey To Pick Up Trash)
Ivy is a unique child who has memories of her former life before she was reincarnated into a new and magical world. On top of this, her parents are ashamed of her as she can only tame low-level and weak slimes.
All of this combined means that her family didn't want her. So, she goes to live in the forest and learns to survive there, along with the village’s fortune teller. But when the fortune teller experiences misfortune, she is chased from her home and forced to live on the road. It's here that she meets a rare slime named Sora. Together, the two set out on amazing adventures.
8 Yuuji Sano Went From Being A Corporate Drone To A Monster Tamer Who Befriends Slimes (My Isekai Life: I Gained a Second Character Class and Became the Strongest Sage in the World!)
Yuuji Sano is a corporate worker bee who works non-stop, whether it’s at the office or from his own home. When Yuuji accidentally accepts an invitation to be summoned into another world, all he wants is to find a way to get back to the piles of paperwork that he left behind.
However, he soon discovers that his Monster Tamer class allows him to befriend slimes. With the help of the slimes, he’s able to absorb knowledge and gain a new character class, becoming the greatest Sage the world has ever known.
7 Darul Hires An Assistant Who Happens To Be A Cute And Cuddly-Looking Slime (Slime Life)
Slime Life is a shonen, slice-of-life manga about a black mage and a slime who run a magic store together. This manga starts off with Darul browsing the Monster Dispatch Company catalog in hopes of finding an assistant. She decides to choose one of the cheaper assistants. However, the company sends her a slime called Slime.
Slime does what he can to be useful while Darul does everything that she can not to hug his squishy and cute body. As it turns out, she loves cute things but doesn’t want anyone to know. Slime Life is a fun and lighthearted manga that’s quite enjoyable to read.
6 Azusa Aizawa Spends 300 Years Killing Slimes And Growing Stronger (I’ve Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years And Maxed Out My Level)
Azusa Aizawa was an ordinary office worker who spent every waking moment working. Unfortunately for her, she worked herself to death. She was, however, given a second chance at life as an immortal being in a magical world, which she gratefully accepts.
In this world, she decides to do live her life how she wants to. She doesn’t overwork herself and only does what is necessary to survive. However, after 300 years, it turns out that even the smallest training sessions can add up. So now, she is one of the strongest beings and is often challenged because of it.
5 Reyn Erhardt Is A Low-Ranking Monster Trainer With A Slime Partner Named Pem-Pem (The Hopeless Monster Trainer)
The Hopeless Monster Trainer is a fantasy shonen manga set in a world where monsters are real. At birth, everyone receives a monster crest, and some people even go on to become Monster Trainers. At the very bottom of the pecking order is Reyn Erhardt, a slime trainer. He doesn’t care about status or rankings and spends his time working on training his slime, Pem-Pem.
However, in a world where the strong prey on the weak, Reyn’s status doesn’t bode well for him or Pem-Pem. Even more so at their school where there are monsters as strong as dragons. So, being a slime trainer should make him an easy target, but there’s more to Reyn than meets the eye.
4 The Direct Descendants Of The Demon King Can Change Into Any Monster - Including Slimes (Slime-San To Yuusha Kenkyuubu)
Slime-san to Yuusha Kenkyuubu is a fantasy, slice-of-life shonen manga set in a magical world that is filled with monsters, adventure, and interesting history. 2000 years ago, a battle between a demon king and a warrior occurred. Unfortunately for the warrior, the demon king won.
Now, the children between the ages of 12 and 18 are directly descended from the demon king. This means that these children are able to transform into any monster of their choosing. Imaichi Butsuko and Hinase Suiren are two such children who are enjoying their school lives while preparing for their upcoming battle with the warrior whose resurrection is imminent.
3 The Professor Accidentally Creates A Slime While Trying To Save The Head Of A Lab (The Professor And The Slime)
The Professor and the Slime is a slice-of-life fantasy manga with monsters, slimes, and many other creatures. In this manga, a young professor works in a lab with many non-human creatures, including a merman and a dragon named Trent.
The Professor is hard at work trying to create a human to help save the head of the lab. Unfortunately for the Professor, he ends up creating a cute, blue slime. Together, they work hard and continue experimenting in the hopes of curing the head of the lab.
2 A Slime’s Plans Go South When He Falls In Love With A Human Who Attends A School That Trains Demon Hunters (Slimy Me)
Slimy Me is a school-life romance manga focusing on a slime and a human girl. Slime number 250 is a loud and noisy slime whose goal is to capture a human from the human world. However, things don’t go according to plan as he is swayed by a simple touch from a cute, human girl named Qi Su who names him Qiu Qiu.
Unfortunately for him, he begins to fall for the girl. But his ill-luck and misadventures continue as he tries to get closer to Qi Su and ends up enrolling in the same school... a school that trains the students to become demon hunters who hunt monsters like Qui Qui.
1 A Great Sage Reincarnates As A Slime And Ends Up As His Daughter’s Familiar (Slime Tensei: Daikenja Ga Youjo Elf Ni Dakishimeraretemasu)
Slime Tensei: Daikenja ga Youjo Elf ni Dakishimeraretemasu follows the story of the Great Sage, Marlin Endlight. While his casket was being closed, he decides to reincarnate himself as a slime that will continuously evolve.
He was enjoying his life as a slime up until the moment where his adopted daughter uses her abilities and tames him, making him her familiar. He decides that he can watch over his daughter and protect her but keeps his identity a secret. This would be simple enough if he weren’t an evolving slime. As things stand, he will eventually get a human form and his identity will be discovered.