Tensura Has OFFICIALLY ENDED
After 12 years and 23 volumes, Tensura has ended its main story.
On November 29, 2025, with the release of the final volume 23 of the “That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime” light novel, the series is officially over after.
Since February 2025, it was announced that the series would end with its 23rd volume.
This light novel volume cover, featuring the protagonist Rimuru Tempest and Veldora Tempest, was originally teased on November 5th, signalling the end of the main story after 12 years since its originally release in 2013.
“That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime” movie, Tears of the Azure Sea, will be released to theaters on February 27, 2025.
There is no release date for the fourth season.
About Tensura
“That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime” is a light novel series originally written by Fuse and illustrated by Mitz Vah from 2013 to 2016 as part of the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō and has since garnered over 400 million page views.
The series is currently under Micro Magazine, which published the first light novel volume in 2014 and has since released 22 volumes as of this year.
The series would later be adapted into a manga illustrated by Taiki Kawakami on March 26, 2015 under Kodansha’s Monthly Shōnen Sirius. As of 2024, the manga has reached 27 volumes.
Tensura is also the first manga series based on a light novel with at least 20 million total copies in print, with 40 million copies in circulation as of February 2023.
The manga would be adapted into an anime series handled by Studio 8bit and began airing on October 2, 2018 directed by Atsushi Nakayama as of Season 2.
The series currently has three seasons, each season reaching 24 episodes for a total of 72 episodes, as well as 5 OVAs (Original Video Animations) and two spin-offs, the 12-episode “The Slime Diaries: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime” released in 2019, and the original net animation “Visions of Coleus” released in 2023.
Source: Twitter
“That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime” LN Series has officially ended with Volume 23 but a new “Tensura Gaiden” Light Novel Series will Start in 2026! pic.twitter.com/8SR4ahlwRh
— Manga Mogura RE (Anime & Manga News) (@MangaMoguraRE) November 29, 2025
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