title: "That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Manga Will End With Volume 32 This" June excerpt: "Rimuru’s manga journey is nearly done, with the final collected volume landing" on June 9 and a special edition bonus for longtime fans. category: anime date: '2026-04-15T12:02:10+08:00' author: Aimirul tags:
- That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
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Tensura fans, the manga is finally heading for its finish line.
Kadokawa's Dengeki Online has announced that Taiki Kawakami's manga adaptation of That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime will end with its 32nd compiled volume, set to ship on June 9. There will also be a special edition of that final volume, bundled with a pamphlet containing a full-colour version of chapter 133, "The Daemon's Whispers." That chapter was previously included in volume 31.
For longtime readers, this is a pretty major milestone. Kawakami launched the manga in Kodansha's Monthly Shonen Sirius in March 2015, which means this adaptation has been running for more than a decade. Kodansha published volume 31 on February 9, while Kodansha USA has been releasing the series in English and put out volume 29 on March 31.
One interesting thing that makes this version of Slime extra important is its place in the franchise. Even though the original story began as Fuse's light novel series with illustrations by Mitz Vah, the long-running anime adaptation is noted as taking its story foundation from Kawakami's manga adaptation, not directly from the novels. So for a lot of fans, this manga isn't just another spinoff format, it's basically the version that helped define how Tensura looks and moves on screen.
And yes, the anime side is still going very strong.
The first TV anime premiered in October 2018, with Crunchyroll streaming it and Funimation offering an English dub. Season 2 rolled out in 2021, starting with its first cour in January. Then The Slime Diaries anime arrived in April that same year, followed by the second cour of season 2 in July, giving the franchise nine straight months of anime in 2021. Since then, the series has kept expanding with the Scarlet Bond film in November 2022, the three-episode Coleus' Dream anime in November 2023, and season 3 in April 2024, which ran for two continuous cours.
The momentum hasn't slowed down in 2026 either. The second film, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Tears of the Azure Sea, opened in Japan on February 27. According to the report, Crunchyroll will screen it in theaters in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Ireland on May 1, with both Japanese-with-subtitles and English dub screenings.
On top of that, season 4 of the anime debuted on April 3 on NTV's one-hour Friday Anime Night block, with BS11 and streaming services following shortly after. Crunchyroll is streaming the series as it airs. The new season is planned for a total of five cours, with the first two airing continuously, which is honestly kind of mad in the best way. Slime isn't winding down as a franchise, it's just closing one of its biggest manga chapters.
For Malaysian and SEA anime fans, this matters because Tensura has been one of those dependable mainstream titles that always stays in the conversation, whether you're watching seasonal simulcasts, collecting volumes, or keeping up with isekai-heavy fandom spaces. The manga ending also gives newer readers a clean entry point, since the series will soon have a complete main run to collect and binge.
The original web novel ran on Shōsetsuka ni Narō from 2013 to 2016 and reportedly pulled in more than 400 million page views. The print light novel line began in 2014, and the main novel series ended with its 23rd and final volume in November 2025. A side-story volume, How to Spend a Certain Vacation, shipped alongside that final book, and the novels are also set to continue with a side-story series starting in 2026.
So even with the manga ending in June, don't expect Rimuru to disappear anytime soon.
Source: Anime News Network