I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level

I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level (Japanese: スライム倒して300年、知らないうちにレベルMAXになってました, Hepburn: Suraimu Taoshite Sanbyaku-nen, Shiranai Uchi ni Reberu Makkusu ni Nattemashita) is a Japanese light novel series written by Kisetsu Morita and illustrated by Benio. It was serialized online since 2016 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō and, in the following year, it was acquired by SB Creative, who published the first light novel volume in 2017. The light novel has been licensed in North America by Yen Press, who published the first volume in April 2018.[1] It has received a manga adaptation by Yūsuke Shiba in the same year as its debut of the light novel in Square Enix's Gangan Online website, also licensed by Yen Press. An anime television series adaptation by Revoroot will premiere on April 10, 2021.

I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level
Cover of the first volume of the light novel
スライム倒して300年、知らないうちにレベルMAXになってました
(Suraimu Taoshite Sanbyaku-nen, Shiranai Uchi ni Reberu Makkusu ni Nattemashita)
GenreIsekai, Comedy, Slice of life
Novel series
Written byKisetsu Morita
Published byShōsetsuka ni Narō
Original runJune 23, 2016 – present
Light novel
Written byKisetsu Morita
Illustrated byBenio
Published bySB Creative
English publisher
ImprintGA Novel
DemographicMale
Original runJanuary 14, 2017 – present
Volumes14
Manga
Illustrated byYūsuke Shiba
Published bySquare Enix
English publisher
MagazineGangan Online
DemographicShōnen
Original runJune 29, 2017 – present
Volumes7
Light novel
I Was a Bottom-Tier Bureaucrat for 1,500 Years, and the Demon King Made Me a Minister
Written byKisetsu Morita
Illustrated byBenio
Published bySB Creative
ImprintGA Novel
MagazineGangan Online
DemographicMale
Original runJuly 13, 2017 – September 28, 2017
Volumes1
Light novel
Food for an Elf
Written byKisetsu Morita
Illustrated byBenio
Published bySB Creative
ImprintGA Novel
MagazineGangan Online
DemographicMale
Original runApril 12, 2018 – June 28, 2018
Manga
I Was a Bottom-Tier Bureaucrat for 1,500 Years, and the Demon King Made Me a Minister
Illustrated byMeishi Murakami
Published bySquare Enix
MagazineGangan Online
DemographicShōnen
Original runJanuary 31, 2019 – August 20, 2020
Volumes3
Light novel
Red Dragon Women Academy
Written byKisetsu Morita
Illustrated byBenio
Published bySquare Enix
ImprintGangan GA
MagazineManga Up!
DemographicMale
Original runJuly 15, 2019 – November 9, 2019
Novel series
Red Dragon Women Academy Episode 7
Written byKisetsu Morita
Published byShōsetsuka ni Narō
Original runJanuary 24, 2021 – February 1, 2021
Manga
Red Dragon Women Academy
Illustrated byHitsujibako
Published bySquare Enix
MagazineManga Up!
DemographicShōnen
Anime television series
Directed byNobukage Kimura
Written byTatsuya Takahashi
Music byKeiji Inai
StudioRevoroot
Original networkAT-X, Tokyo MX, BS11
Original run April 10, 2021 – scheduled

On July 13, 2017, a spin-off light novel called I Was a Bottom-Tier Bureaucrat for 1,500 Years, and the Demon King Made Me a Minister (Japanese: ヒラ役人やって1500年、魔王の力で大臣にされちゃいました, Hepburn: Hira Yakunin Yatte 1500-nen, Maō no Chikara de Daijin ni Sarechaimashita) debuted at Gangan Online website, while a manga adaptation of the same name was also debuted at Gangan Online website and app on January 31, 2019. On April 12, 2018, another spin-off light novel called Food for an Elf (Japanese: エルフのごはん, Hepburn: Erufu no Gohan) debuted at Gangan Online website and Manga Up! app. On July 15, 2019, another spin-off light novel called Red Dragon Women Academy (Japanese: レッドドラゴン女学院, Hepburn: Reddo Doragon Jogakuin, lit. Red Dragon Girls' Secondary School) debuted at Manga Up! app, later Gangan Online website and app. On January 24, 2021, another spin-off light novel called Red Dragon Women Academy Episode 7 (Japanese: レッドドラゴン女学院 第7話 新生生徒会の受難, Hepburn: Reddo Doragon Jogakuin Dai nana-wa Shinsei seito-kai no junan, lit. Red Dragon Girls' Secondary School Episode 7 Passion of the Nascent Student Council ) debuted at Shōsetsuka ni Narō.

Plot

After living a painful life as an office worker, Azusa ended her short life by dying from overworking. So when she found herself reincarnated as an undying, unaging witch in a new world, she vows to spend her days stress-free and as pleasantly as possible. She ekes out a living by hunting down the easiest targets—the slimes! But after centuries of doing this simple job, she's ended up with insane powers...how will she maintain her low key life now?

Characters
Azusa Aizawa (アズサ・アイザワ / 相沢梓, Azusa Aizawa / Aizawa Azusa)
Voiced by: Aoi Yūki (drama CD, anime)[2]
An immortal witch, called "the Witch of the Highlands" (高原の魔女, Kōgen no Majo). About 300 years old.
Laika (ライカ, Raika)
Voiced by: Kaede Hondo (drama CD, anime)[2]
A red dragon girl. About 300 years old.
Falfa (ファルファ, Farufa)
Voiced by: Sayaka Senbongi (drama CD, anime)[2]
A slime spirit girl. Twin older sister. About 50 years old.
Shalsha (シャルシャ, Sharusha)
Voiced by: Minami Tanaka (drama CD, anime)[2]
A slime spirit girl. Twin younger sister. About 50 years old.
Halkara (ハルカラ, Harukara)
Voiced by: Sayaka Harada (drama CD, anime)[2]
A young elf apothecary woman. About 225 years old.
Beelzebub (ベルゼブブ, Beruzebubu)
Voiced by: Manami Numakura (drama CD, anime)[2]
A high-ranking demon woman. The Agriculture Minister of the Demon Realm. About 3,000 years old.
Fratorte (フラットルテ, Furattorute)
Voiced by: Azumi Waki (drama CD, anime)[2]
A blue dragon girl. Over 400 years old.
Rosalie (ロザリー, Rozarī)
Voiced by: Riho Sugiyama (drama CD, anime)[2]
A ghost girl. She died at 15 years old, and about 200 years have passed since her death.
Provato Pecora Ariés (プロヴァト・ペコラ・アリエース, Purobato Pekora Ariēsu)
Voiced by: Yukari Tamura (drama CD, anime)[2]
A demon girl. The Demon King of the Demon Realm. Nickname: Pecora (ペコラ, Pekora).
Fatla (ファートラ, Fātora)
A leviathan woman. Beelzebub's secretary. Vania's older sister.
Vania (ヴァーニア, Bānia)
A leviathan woman. Beelzebub's assistant secretary. Fatla's younger sister.
Fighsly (ブッスラー, Bussurā)
A fighter slime girl. About 300 years old.
Eno (エノ, Eno)
An immortal witch, called "the Witch of the Grotto" (洞窟の魔女, Dōkutsu no Majo). About 150 years old.
Pondeli (ポンデリ, Ponderi)
An undead catgirl. About 40 years have passed since her death.
Kuku (クク, Kuku)
An almiraj minstrel girl. About 80 years old.
Yufufu (ユフフ, Yufufu)
A droplet spirit woman.
Sandra (サンドラ, Sandora)
A mandragora girl. Over 300 years old.
Misjantie (ミスジャンティー, Misujantī)
A pine spirit woman. The being who mediated marriages.
Curalina (キュアリーナ, Kyuarīna)
A jellyfish spirit and wanderting artist woman. About 60,000 to 70,000 years old.
Goodly Godly Godness (メガーメガ神, Megāmega Shin)
The goddess. The very being who reincarnated Azusa into this world.
Muum Muum (ムーム・ムーム, Mūmu Mūmu)
A ghost girl. Sovereign of the ghost's kingdom of the dead. She died at 15 years old, and about 5,000 years have passed since her death. Nickname: Muu (ムー, Mū).
The Goddess Nintan (ニンタン神, Nintan Shin)
The goddess of time. A goddes long worshipped in this world.

Media

Light novels

Originally, the series was published by Kisetsu Morita on the user-generated web novel site Shōsetsuka ni Narō in 2016. The publisher SB Creative acquired the series and then began publishing it on their GA Novel imprint as a light novel in January 2017. Fourteen volumes have been released as of October 2020.

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
01 January 14, 2017[3]978-4-7973-9044-5April 24, 2018[4]978-0-3164-4828-4
02 April 15, 2017[5]978-4-7973-9176-3August 21, 2018[6]978-0-3164-4830-7
03 July 15, 2017[7]978-4-7973-9295-1December 11, 2018[8]978-1-9753-2937-2
04 October 13, 2017[9]978-4-7973-9296-8April 23, 2019[10]978-1-9753-8264-3
05 January 15, 2018[11][12]978-4-7973-9297-5
978-4-7973-9298-2 (special edition)		September 3, 2019[13]978-1-9753-8266-7
06 April 13, 2018[14]978-4-7973-9617-1December 24, 2019[15]978-1-9753-8268-1
07 July 14, 2018[16][17]978-4-7973-9619-5
978-4-7973-9618-8 (special edition)		June 23, 2020[18]978-1-9753-1292-3
08 November 15, 2018[19]978-4-7973-9913-4October 27, 2020[20]978-1-9753-1482-8
09 March 15, 2019[21][22]978-4-8156-0096-9
978-4-8156-0097-6 (special edition)		January 19, 2021[23]978-1-9753-1834-5
10 August 09, 2019[24]978-4-8156-0274-1——
11 December 12, 2019[25]978-4-8156-0275-8——
12 April 14, 2020[26][27]978-4-8156-0559-9
978-4-8156-0276-5 (special edition)		——
13 July 14, 2020[28]978-4-8156-0705-0——
14 October 14, 2020[29][30]978-4-8156-0651-0
978-4-8156-0650-3 (special edition)		——
15 January 14, 2021[31]978-4-8156-0706-7——
16 April 13, 2021[32][33]978-4-8156-0708-1
978-4-8156-0707-4 (special edition)		——

In the volumes 5 to 7 of the light novel, a special story about the character Beelzebub was published at the end of those volumes. On September 2019, those stories were compiled into its own volume and the spin-off called I Was a Bottom-Tier Bureaucrat for 1,500 Years, and the Demon King Made Me a Minister was published on September 13, 2019 by SB Creative on the GA Novel imprint with Kisetsu Morita and Benio as the author and illustrator, respectively.

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
— September 13, 2019[34]978-4-8156-0116-4——

In the volumes 8 to 10 of the light novel, another spin-off light novel called Food for an Elf, a special story about the character Halkara was published at the end of those volumes.

In the volumes 11 to 13 of the light novel, another spin-off light novel called Red Dragon Women Academy, a special story about the character Laika was published at the end of those volumes.

Manga

In June 2017, Square Enix began publishing a manga adaptation of the series by Yūsuke Shiba in their online website and smartphone app Gangan Online, with seven tankōbon volumes released as of September 2020.

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 January 12, 2018[35]978-4-7575-5582-2January 28, 2020[36]978-1-9753-3302-7
2 June 22, 2018[37]978-4-7575-5751-2May 26, 2020[38]978-1-9753-0917-6
3 November 13, 2018[39]978-4-7575-5912-7October 10, 2020[40]978-1-9753-0920-6
4 April 12, 2019[41]978-4-7575-6085-7December 1, 2020[42]978-1-9753-0923-7
5 September 12, 2019[43]978-4-7575-6286-8February 23, 2021[44]978-1-9753-1752-2
6 February 12, 2020[45]978-4-7575-6502-9——
7 September 12, 2020[46]978-4-7575-6749-8——

A manga adaptation of the spin-off light novel I Was a Bottom-Tier Bureaucrat for 1,500 Years, and the Demon King Made Me a Minister was launched on Square Enix's Gangan Online website and smartphone app, with Meishi Murakami reprising his work.

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 September 12, 2019[47]978-4-7575-6287-5——
2 February 12, 2020[48]978-4-7575-6503-6——
3 September 12, 2020[49]978-4-7575-6750-4——

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced during a livestream for the "GA Fes 2019" event on October 19, 2019.[2] The series is animated by Revoroot and directed by Nobukage Kimura, with Tatsuya Takahashi handling series' composition, Keisuke Goto designing the characters, and Keiji Inai composing the series' music. The series will premiere on April 10, 2021 on AT-X, Tokyo MX, and BS11.[50] Aoi Yūki will perform the opening theme song, while Azumi Waki will perform the ending theme song.[51]

Reception

The light novel ranked ninth in 2019 in Takarajimasha's annual light novel guide book Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!, in the tankōbon category.[52]

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