That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Author Wants to End Novel Series This Year

The author of That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Fuse, has announced that he wants to end the novel series later this year. He originally planned to review the series with the 22nd volume, but explained in the afterword that he had other scenarios he decided to write. He claims that he wants to end the series in the next volume, but he “cannot make any guarantees.”

Fuse, a mysterious mangaka, initially serialized the That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime light novel from 2013 to 2016. Over the years, it has garnered several miscellaneous video games, anime, and more adaptations. Recently, the anime’s staff released That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Visions of Coleus, or Coleus’ Dream. The series is a three-episode spin-off that is available now on Crunchyroll. Further, season 4 of the anime is in development.

The cast members for the series are as follows:

• Inori Minase as Maribel (Mariabell) Rosso
• Kenji Nojima as Renard (Leonard)
• Eiji Takemoto as Arnaud
• Hajime Iijima as Bacchus
• Haruka Aikawa as Ritus
• Wataru Komada as Garde
• Taishi Murata as Fritz
• Shōya Chiba as Saare
• Mari Hino as Glenda
• Masashi Yamane as Grigori

Amazon Prime Video describes That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime as follows:

As Demon Lord Rimuru expands his domain, his dream of a nation where humans and monsters can prosper together is almost realized. To celebrate and invite new citizens, a grand festival is thrown. However, his new realm faces a threat when a fabricated war declaration draws the monster-hating cult of Luminism toward it for battle. Can Rimuru save his dream or will it be destroyed before it begins?

Lastly, the That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime novel may end later this year.