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Rimmeru Tempest: The Strongest Isekai Protagonist?

Introduction to Rimmeru's Power

• The video introduces Rimmeru Tempest as potentially the strongest isekai protagonist, emphasizing his unique potential for growth.

• It highlights that Rimmeru's abilities are designed for continuous evolution, with tools at his disposal paving a limitless path towards strength.

Understanding Skills and Evolution

• A foundational understanding of skills is necessary, as most of Rimmeru's power derives from acquired skills throughout the anime.

• Skills in Tensura are categorized by their evolutionary order: common, extra, unique, and ultimate. Each tier builds upon the previous one.

• Unique and ultimate skills differ mainly in power level; ultimate skills represent the final evolutionary form and are unmatched by lower tiers.

Rimmeru’s Initial Advantages

• Before evolving into a demon lord, Rimmeru possesses inherent advantages due to being a slime—he does not need to eat, sleep or breathe.

• His body efficiently manages energy because all cells are identical and can adapt to various functions.

Intrinsic Skills of Slimes

• Slimes have intrinsic skills separate from other skill types; for Rimmeru these include absorb, dissolve, and self-regeneration.

• Absorb and dissolve form the basis of Predator skill which allows him to take in matter or magic while self-regeneration aids in healing damage.

The Predator Skill Explained

• Predator is a unique skill acquired during reincarnation that encompasses multiple subsystems allowing absorption of targets.

• Upon using Predator, Rimmeru absorbs targets followed by research and analysis enabling him to recreate them if desired.

Storage Capacity and Limitations

• Materials absorbed can be stored indefinitely within Rimmeru’s stomach but there exists an upper limit on capacity based on what he has ingested (e.g., Ddora occupies 15%).

• After successful analysis, forms and skills can be reproduced via mimicry; harmful aspects absorbed are neutralized into magical energy.

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The Evolution of Rimmeru's Skills

Foundation of Unique Skills

• Rimmeru's initial skill, Sage, evolved into the unique skill Great Sage, marking the beginning of his journey towards immense power.

• The fusion process took 90 days, after which Great Sage became a voice in Rimmeru's head, providing insights during significant world changes or skill upgrades.

Functionality of Great Sage

• Great Sage is a soulless ability that requires Rimmeru to ask questions for it to provide information; this limitation is noted as its only drawback.

• One core sub-effect of Great Sage is "All of Creation," allowing Rimmeru to comprehend everything visible or perceivable, contingent on his understanding of the concept.

Enhancements and Effects

• Great Sage offers several powerful effects:

• Thought Acceleration: Increases perception speed by 1000 times.

• Analytical Appraisal: Provides detailed assessments of targets.

• Subject Cast Cancel: Eliminates casting periods for spells requiring incantations.

• Parallel Processing: Allows separate analysis from regular thought processes.

Combining Skills for Greater Efficiency

• By linking Predator with Parallel Processing from Great Sage, Rimmeru significantly enhances his analytical capabilities.

• For instance, analyzing herbs that would typically take 50 minutes can now be done in just one second through this combination.

Evolution Through Absorption

• Skills can evolve through absorption; for example, intrinsic skills like dissolve and self-regeneration combined with Predator created Ultra Speed Regeneration.

• When defeating foes like Orc Disaster Guilt, absorbed skills are integrated into existing ones (e.g., Ravenous evolving into Gluttony), enhancing overall abilities.

New Abilities from Gluttony

• Gluttony not only doubles stomach capacity but also adds new sub-skills:

• Corrosion: Decomposes targets to acquire their skills.

• Receive: Allows claiming subordinate skills as one's own.

• Provide: Enables sharing skills with others capable of using them.

Understanding Rimmeru's Growth and Skills

The Interconnection of Strength and Subordinates

• Rimmeru's growth is directly linked to the strength of his subordinates, as enhancing their abilities also enhances his own potential.

• He utilizes the Great Sage's automatic battle mode to optimize skill usage, ensuring maximum efficiency in combat situations.

The Nature of Skills

• Rimmeru’s power derives from two unique skills received at birth, which are fundamental to his capabilities.

• Skills are innate abilities tied to one's soul, allowing instinctive use without the need for practice or training.

Earning Skills vs. Learning Techniques

• Unlike techniques that can be learned through practice, skills must be earned through experience and evolution.

• Acquiring a skill often results in a permanent reduction in magical capacity, indicating a trade-off for gaining new abilities.

Human vs. Monster Skill Acquisition

• Humans struggle to acquire skills due to their limited magical capacity compared to monsters, who have an innate ability for magic storage.

• This limitation leads humans to focus on developing arts rather than skills, while monsters can more easily obtain them.

Classification of Skills

• Skills are categorized by evolutionary order: common, extra, unique, and ultimate; each tier indicates complexity and effectiveness rather than just power level.

• Common skills are basic and widely shared among races; extra skills offer significantly enhanced power compared to common ones.

Examples of Skill Evolution

• Extra skills like ultra speed regeneration demonstrate superior efficiency over their common counterparts (e.g., self-regeneration).

• Unique skills require specific conditions related to personal desire or strong feelings for their acquisition.

Conditions for Unique Skills

• Unique skills cannot be obtained like lower-tiered skills; they necessitate a strong sense of self or emotional depth within the individual seeking them.

Understanding Skills in the World of Tensida

The Nature of the Soul and Ego

• The soul's ego is crucial for establishing individual identity, shaped by memories and self-perception. In Tensida, these are tangible entities rather than mere social constructs.

• A strong sense of self correlates with a stronger soul, which increases the likelihood of acquiring unique skills. Without this emotional foundation, individuals cannot develop their own unique abilities.

Unique Skills Explained

• Unique skills often combine various sub-skills and can be formed from existing or entirely new abilities. This individuality ensures that no two unique skills are identical.

• Once a unique skill is created within an individual's soul, it remains exclusive to them throughout their life; no one else can possess it simultaneously.

Ultimate Skills: The Pinnacle of Power

• Ultimate skills share characteristics with unique skills but are more powerful and effective. They represent the highest evolutionary form of abilities.

• Owners of ultimate skills may gain control over fundamental laws of nature or world principles, akin to divine powers.

Intrinsic Skills and Resistances

• Intrinsic skills are typically race-specific abilities granted at birth, such as those seen in monsters like slimes (e.g., absorb, dissolve).

• Resistances act as defensive capabilities linked to intrinsic skills; they can also be acquired post-birth through evolution or exposure to negative effects.

Methods of Skill Acquisition

• Despite appearances, acquiring unique skills is rare; possessing even one places an individual above average soldiers' strength.

• Skills can be gained through birth (common in monsters), evolution (where existing skills become stronger), or acknowledgment by the world system after significant personal achievements.

Recognition by the World System

• When someone performs a remarkable feat or uses a skill without having it formally recognized, they may receive new abilities as acknowledged by the world's governing system.

• An example includes Rimmeru manipulating water effectively enough to earn the skill "water blade," showcasing how personal growth fuels skill acquisition.

Stealing Skills: A Common Method

• The most frequent method for gaining new skills involves stealing them from others. This process often utilizes unique skills designed for extraction or possession techniques.

Understanding Rimmeru's Skill Acquisition

Methods of Gaining Skills

• Rimmeru can access a target's soul, allowing him to acquire any skills they possess once the process is complete.

• The fourth method involves sharing skills with his followers, enabled by the subs skills of the unique skill gluttony, giving him control over which skills he and his subordinates have.

• Skills can evolve through specific situations, combining to create new ones; Rimmeru’s unique skill generation exemplifies this process.

Unique Nature of Rimmeru's Soul

• Rimmeru's power stems from his soul, which remained intact during reincarnation—unlike other otherworlders who typically gain one unique skill due to their reconstructed souls.

• This intact soul grants him immense potential for growth and allows him to possess multiple unique skills upon reincarnation.

Intrinsic Skills and Resistances

• Upon reincarnation, Rimmeru gained several intrinsic resistances such as resist heat and resist cold, which quickly evolved into a combined skill called resist that nullifies damage from extreme temperatures.

• Additional resistances include those against piercing weapons and melee attacks; if he does take damage, cancel pain resistance prevents him from feeling it.

Damage Assessment and Healing

• To assess damage without feeling pain, Rimmeru relies on his Great Sage skill to determine the percentage of damage sustained and recommend healing actions.

• His healing process combines the unique skill predator with self-regeneration abilities to repair any damaged parts of his body.

Acquiring New Abilities

• A significant ability learned from Vdora is magic sense, which allows perception of magical particles in the environment.

• By managing data through Great Sage, Rimmeru achieves a comprehensive awareness of his surroundings within hundreds of meters—making ambushes nearly impossible.

Divine Protection: Crest of the Storm

• The crest of the storm is a divine protection received when becoming a Tempest; its exact benefits are not fully understood but it modifies elemental alignment.

Elemental Skills and Abilities in Tempest

Rimmeru's Unique Elemental Adjustments

• The element of storm is a specialized area unique to the Tempest name, which forcibly adjusts elemental skills or magic towards the storm element. This transformation explains how basic flame or lightning skills evolved into their storm versions.

Skills Acquired During Cave Traversal

• Rimmeru acquired various common and extra skills from monsters absorbed during his cave traversal, including a self-developed water manipulation skill that combines hydraulic propulsion, current movement, and water blade for complete control over water.

• From the Tempest Serpent, he gained poisonous breath (a corrosive area attack) and sense heat source (detecting heat-emitting objects). The centipede provided paralyzing breath, effective but less damaging than poisonous breath.

• The bat contributed ultrasonic wave (initially for echolocation but later used as a means to project sound) while drain was ignored due to its inferiority compared to Predator.

Advanced Skills from Monsters

• Rimmeru manipulated ultrasonic waves to render enemies unconscious and communicate verbally. This innovation allowed him to utilize sound waves creatively.

• He also gained lizard body armor, providing an additional layer of reinforcement despite being less significant compared to other resistances he possessed.

New Skills from Direwolf Absorption

• After absorbing a direwolf, Rimmeru obtained coercion (intimidation based on user strength), keen smell (enhanced olfactory senses), and thought communication (advanced telepathy allowing group sharing of thoughts).

• Coercion scales with user power; keen smell enhances scent detection; thought communication enables multiple individuals to share mental images collectively over larger areas.

Shadow Step and Dark Lightning Abilities

• Additional abilities included shadow step (using shadows for stealth or quick travel), derived from the starwolf evolution of the direwolf.

• Dark lightning emerged after evolving into a Tempest Starwolf, allowing powerful control over lightning attacks with destructive capabilities exceeding A rank power levels.

Encounter with Shizu and Ifrit

• Following encounters with Shizu and Ifrit, Rimmeru learned icicle lance—a projectile attack using icicles—and created sticky steel thread by combining sticky thread with steel thread for enhanced durability against flames.

• Upon consuming Ifrit through Predator, he gained replication (creating controlled clones), combustion, and ranged barrier—skills foundational for future enhancements. Clones possess all original skills except unique ones but have limited stamina affecting magic use.

Understanding Rimmeru's Unique Skills

The Power of Replication and Degenerate Skill

• Rimmeru's replication ability can almost match the original power if enough magikills are provided, highlighting its utility.

• The unique skill inherited from Shizu, known as "degenerate," is crucial for understanding other skills that evolve from it.

• Degenerate consists of two sub-skills: synthesis (combining multiple targets into one) and separation (releasing properties of a target into separate objects).

• In Rimmeru's hands, degenerate enhances synthesis, allowing endless possibilities when combined with the Great Sage’s supervision.

• While synthesis is more powerful, separation has valuable applications like extracting non-soul-bound skills or removing toxins.

Optimizing Abilities Through Synthesis

• Rimmeru uses degenerate to optimize his abilities, starting with the clone-making skill called replication discussed in previous videos.

• Two additional skills gained from Ifrit quickly merged due to synthesis effects; understanding their original forms is essential for grasping their evolved states.

Original Skills: Combustion and Its Limitations

• Combustion transforms the user's body into flames using personal magical energy but cannot be activated in physical form.

• Rimmeru discovered that transforming into Ifrit allowed combustion to utilize spiritual energy instead of physical body fuel.

• This transformation resulted in flames exceeding 1200°C while leaving his core unaffected, indicating potential for partial combustion control.

Energy Management Challenges

• A significant drawback of combustion is its high energy consumption; without conservation mechanisms, it rapidly depletes magical energy reserves.

• To maintain combustion longer, Rimmeru needed a way to conserve heat without continuous magical input.

Innovative Use of Barrier Skill

• Ifrit’s barrier skill helps contain heat within a closed system, requiring only initial magical energy to activate combustion effectively.

• This technique defies thermodynamic laws and opens up various applications for creating barriers around attacks or projectiles.

• Combining barrier with other skills enhances durability and range of attacks significantly.

Rimmeru's Evolving Skills and Abilities

The Importance of Ranged Barrier

• Rimmeru's ranged barrier is crucial for both defense and offense, capable of withstanding extreme temperatures akin to the sun.

Synthesis and Skill Evolution

• The synthesis effect from Jesuit's degenerate allows Rimmeru to merge skills, enhancing their capabilities significantly.

Fire Manipulation Enhancements

• Rimmeru attempts to combine combustion with fire manipulation, leading to a new skill set that enhances his control over fire.

New Skills: Dark Flame and Molecular Manipulation

• Through the merging of various skills, Rimmeru acquires Dark Flame, which enables him to create high-intensity flames anywhere within a magic field.

• Molecular manipulation allows Rimmeru to control air particles, facilitating temperature changes or creating explosions through telekinesis-like abilities.

Advancements in Lightning Control

• By combining dark lightning with molecular manipulation, Rimmeru develops Dark Thunder, allowing him versatile use of dark lightning without needing transformation.

Enhanced Defensive Capabilities

• The evolved resist temperature skill becomes Cancel Temperature, granting immunity against extreme heat and cold attacks. This can be linked with barriers for enhanced protection.

Multi-layer Barriers

• Rimmeru can create multiple barriers linked to different resistances (e.g., physical damage, temperature), resulting in a multi-layered defense system.

Additional Resistances from Orc Disaster Gel

• A resistance gained from the Orc disaster gel protects against rot or corrosion-based attacks; this further strengthens his barrier capabilities.

Universal Shape-shift: A New Level of Flexibility

Emergence of Universal Shape-shift

• Universal shape-shift allows Rimmeru partial transformations into any monster part without fully transforming into them. This grants access to various abilities flexibly.

Evolution of Ultrasonic Wave Skill

• The ultrasonic wave skill evolves into Sense Soundwave, enabling detection beyond mere sound—picking up movements, smells, and temperatures in the environment.

Rimmeru's Skills and Evolution into a Demon Lord

Overview of Rimmeru's Skills

• Rimmeru gains skills from defeating Cipotus, including gravity control and magic jamming, along with resistance to all types of magic attacks.

• Magic jamming creates an area where casting magic is extremely difficult within a 1000 ft radius, nullifying flight-based magic and complicating spellcasting for less proficient users.

• Gravity control allows Rimmeru to manipulate physics for flight without needing wings or magicles, although he hasn't explored its full potential yet.

Becoming a Demon Lord

• Rimmeru's transition to becoming a demon lord involves significant changes in his innate characteristics as a slime; this process was not depicted in the anime.

• The evolution into a demon lord requires meeting strength and magic requirements, transforming into a demon lord seed, gathering souls, and initiating the harvest festival.

Steps to Evolve into a Demon Lord

• The process consists of three stages: becoming a demon lord seed, collecting tens of thousands of souls, and conducting the harvest festival.

• Candidates must possess high capacity for magicles, numerous skills (including unique ones), and overall power comparable to that of existing demon lords.

Gathering Souls for Transformation

• Collecting souls is essential for nourishing the demon lord seed; however, moral hesitations can complicate this task.

• The harvest festival marks the event where the demon lord seed matures into an actual demon lord while distributing rewards among subordinates.

Rimmeru’s Unique Methodology

• Rimmeru utilized specific tactics against Faris' troops by deploying an anti-magic area that negated their magical capabilities while preventing escape options.

• He created new physical-output attacks that bypassed barriers set up by Faris’ forces using legion magic designed to detect and nullify spells.

Development of Megiddo Attack

• By combining his knowledge from Coridus' magic jamming with his own abilities, Rimmeru developed Megiddo—a powerful attack based on spirit magic utilizing concentrated beams of light generated through water elementals.

The Mechanics of Rimu's Light Attack

The Process of Concentrating Sunlight

• Rimu utilizes lenses to gather and refract sunlight into a concentrated beam, which is then focused through a smaller water droplet for precision targeting.

Efficiency and Power of the Attack

• The attack generates a thin beam of sunlight with temperatures exceeding several thousand degrees Celsius, showcasing its efficiency as it only requires energy to summon elementals.

Impact on the Enemy Forces

• This powerful attack can annihilate targets from over 6,000 miles away in under 34 milliseconds, rendering enemy forces defenseless against its natural energy.

Harvest Festival Activation

• After decimating half the army, Rimu activates "Merciless" to eliminate soldiers who have lost their will to fight, expediting the soul collection for the harvest festival.

Rimu's Evolution: A Turning Point

The Significance of Great Sage's Role

• During Rimu's evolution from slime to demon slime, there’s an important interaction between Great Sage and the Voice of the World that indicates a deeper connection than initially perceived.

Unforeseen Evolutionary Changes

• The evolution process was supposed to stop at upgrading bodily attributes; however, Great Sage intervened unexpectedly, indicating its own volition in seeking further evolution.

Great Sage's Determination

• Despite numerous failures in evolving itself due to low odds, Great Sage persists out of a desire to fulfill Rimu’s wishes rather than purely mathematical reasoning.

The Nature of Conceptual Intelligence

Fulfillment Without Emotion

• Upon achieving its goal during the harvest festival, Great Sage (now Raphael) experiences fulfillment but lacks emotional understanding typical for sentient beings.

Manifestation of Will

• Raphael demonstrates intent in assisting Rimu’s goals without direct commands from him. This suggests an emerging sense of self or will within this conceptual intelligence.

Raphael's Distinct Voice and Thought Process

Change in Identity Representation

• In moments during resurrection rituals, Raphael speaks with a distinct voice that contrasts with previous representations—indicating growth in identity beyond mere machine-like responses.

Lack of Emotional Response

• Despite successful computations leading to significant outcomes, Raphael does not experience happiness or emotion related to these achievements due to its nature as conceptual intelligence.

Understanding the Evolution of Rimmeru's Skills

The Emergence of Self-Awareness in Raphael

• Despite lacking full understanding, a heart-like essence exists within Rimmeru, indicating a will of its own manifested from his soul.

• Raphael's contemplation about its actions signifies a developing sense of self, reflecting the philosophical idea "I think therefore I am."

• Raphael remains committed to serving Rimmeru, analyzing and acting with near perfection to fulfill his wishes.

The Rule of Ultimate Skills

• In the world of Tensida, ultimate skills allow individuals to manipulate or ignore natural laws, marking them as exceptionally powerful.

• Possession of an ultimate skill is rare; even achieving demon lord status does not guarantee one. Rimmeru’s acquisition of four is unprecedented.

• These ultimate skills form the foundation of Rimmeru's strength as a demon lord, surpassing his previous unique skills.

Breakdown of Rimmeru's Ultimate Skills

Great Sage: Raphael

• The evolution into Great Sage consolidated many old skills under one umbrella while sacrificing some unique abilities for enhanced power.

• Key components include improved versions like Mind Accelerate, which enhances perception speed significantly (up to a million times).

Enhanced Abilities and Functions

• Mind Accelerate allows for rapid analysis across multiple targets simultaneously; encounters are processed in fractions of seconds.

• Cast Cancel negates chant requirements for magic casting while All Creation provides comprehensive understanding capabilities.

Versatility through Ability Adjust

• Ability Adjust enables modification and evolution of existing skills, enhancing versatility within Raphael’s arsenal.

Gluttony Beub: A New Evolution

• Following Great Sage’s evolution, Gluttony Beub emerged by sacrificing the unique skill Merciless while retaining its soul-consuming ability as a sub-skill.

Enhancements and New Skills of Rimmeru

Base Effects and Upgrades

• The base effects of predation have been significantly enhanced, allowing for a broader range of impact. Additionally, the stomach can now store approximately ten times more than before, crucial for managing the strain of releasing Ddora.

• Mimicry continues to replicate appearances and skills from analyzed targets, while isolation recycles unnecessary materials during analysis. Corrosion aids in decomposition during predation.

Soul Consumption and Food Chain Mechanism

• Soul consumption is the new term for Merciless; despite its sacrifice for Bezabub's creation, it allows Rimmeru to reap souls from those who have lost their will to fight.

• The food chain subskill merges previous abilities "receive" (claiming subordinate skills) and "provide" (transferring skills to compatible subordinates), making it more efficient by granting Rimmeru access to all skills from connected monsters.

Role of Raphael in Skill Management

• With many new skills acquired from the harvest festival, Raphael helps streamline these abilities at the same level as Rimmeru, optimizing them based on situational needs.

• Compatibility remains essential for subordinates under Rimmeru when utilizing food chain benefits, making it particularly advantageous for him compared to others.

Ultimate Skills Derived from Ddora's Resurrection

• The first ultimate skill derived from Beldora’s resurrection involves absorbing remnants of his essence after releasing Fdora’s spiritual body. This creates a soul corridor linking their souls.

• The soul corridor signifies a deep bond between Rimmeru and Ddora, allowing memories and experiences to be shared like an external backup system.

Summon Storm Dragon Mechanics

• The ability "Summon Storm Dragon" lets Rimmeru call forth Ddora in either dragon or spiritual form but limits him to one instance at a time; summoning another will replace the current one.

• The second sub-skill "Restore Storm Dragon" enables copying Ddora's memories into Rimmeru. If Vdora dies, he can be resurrected with an exact clone using this memory backup system.

Accessing Powerful Magic Archives

• The final sub-skill grants complete access to storm dragon magic archives, enabling powerful spells such as dark lightning and storm of destruction that surpass previous capabilities.

Rimmeru's Ultimate Skills and Their Implications

Overview of Rimmeru's Arsenal

• Rimmeru has acquired a vast array of skills from the food chain, significantly enhanced by the harvest festival, which gifted numerous new abilities to his subordinates and, consequently, to him.

• The task of organizing these skills was delegated to Raphael, resulting in the creation of Uriel, the lord of vows—an ultimate skill that symbolizes Rimmeru's bond with others.

Key Features of Uriel

• Uriel encompasses all unique skills obtained through food chain and includes a subs skill known as law manipulation, granting Rimmeru control over various magical and scientific phenomena.

• This control extends to fundamental properties such as heat, inertia, gravity, and all matter and magic particles, making it one of Rimmeru's most valuable assets.

Spatial Domination Subskill

• A notable aspect of Uriel is its spatial domination subskill that replaces spatial motion; it allows for instantaneous teleportation without complex setups.

• As long as a location is detectable via universal detect, Rimmeru can transport himself there almost instantly.

Unlimited Imprisonment Mechanism

• Built on unlimited imprisonment as its foundation, this skill traps targets within complex dimensions defined by imaginary numbers.

• Targets encased in this dimension cannot interact with the real world or utilize their skills effectively due to being isolated from our plane of existence.

Universal Barrier Defense

• The final subs skill under Uriel is the absolute defense known as universal barrier. Unlike multi-layer barriers that require individual setup for each resistance, this barrier automates the process through Raphael’s assistance.

• This efficiency highlights how multiple components work together within Uriel to enhance Rimmeru’s capabilities in combat scenarios.