Unfortunately, there were no actual consequences for him ignoring wise (and Veldora's) council, so he has no incentive to correct this behavior, or it was a joke. It's getting harder to tell.Originally Posted by DarthEnderX
So, I'm supposed to believe that Millim, a millennium long living being who is guided almost completely by whim, who held off destroying a country (Tempest) over snacks, to have the discipline to act like she was being controlled by Clayman when presented a controlling stone with supposedly no preparation or coordination with her harpy demon lord friend? An act that involved fighting her friend (Rimuru) and destroying a country (which Rimuru has chastised her for destructive behavior before)? An act that fooled all but the few other demon lords, apparently. An act that was dispelled at exactly the most dramatic moment possible and with no fanfare? All for... the lols? Did she ever explain what her master plan was? Did the author forget to write a dispel in and decided a fake out was the next best thing?
The storytelling in Slime, I feel, used to be more thoughtful and insightful before all of the bombast and power fantasy elements completely took over. Characters were motivated and moved by desires and circumstance. What happened to 'lets build a fantasy city to reclaim the amenities I had in Japan'? Now it's just 'don't come after my friends or you'll regret it!' for the last 20 episodes or so. I really hope that after this arc, if we get more slime, that it goes back to the more civic and diplomatic elements; the whole Clayman saga was a huge mis-step in my opinion, and relied too much on narrative convenience.
The way the demon fox was just standing there and got converted to the good side was also more than a bit slapdash.
Does Clayman get his own Raphael, or is that the generic system voice telling us how he transformed into his desperation form?
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