That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 3 Episode 9 Preview Teases The Seven Days Clergy's Conspiracy

Update: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 3 Episode 9 is now streaming on Crunchyroll.

The eighth episode of That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 3 finally featured the long-awaited duel between Rimuru Tempest and Hinata Sakaguchi. The previous episode showed Hinata's advantage in experience and skill. Hinata was able to unleash a powerful attack but failed to land a killing one. However, as their fight ended, one final shot was made at Rimuru, and Hinata took the hit instead.

The official website of the isekai anime has revealed preview stills and the synopsis for the ninth episode of Season 3, which is titled The Scheming of the Seven Days, and it based on the light novels, it looks like the next episode will explore Hinata's fate. As the focus of the story will shift away from the duel, it looks like the Seven Days Clergy will be facing consequences for their surprise attack in the next episode, and we'll see characters such as Luminous.

Check out the preview stills for That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 3 Episode 9 below:

Credit: © Shiba, Fuse, Kodansha / Studio Eight Bit

Credit: © Shiba, Fuse, Kodansha / Studio Eight Bit

Credit: © Shiba, Fuse, Kodansha / Studio Eight Bit

Credit: © Shiba, Fuse, Kodansha / Studio Eight Bit

Credit: © Shiba, Fuse, Kodansha / Studio Eight Bit

Here is the official synopsis for That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 3 Episode 9:

The next episode of That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, which is Episode 57 overall, is scheduled to premiere on Friday, May 31 at 23:00 JST. Studio Eight Bit is animating Tensura Season 3 with director Atsushi Nakayama directing the series. Toshizo Nemoto is in charge of the series composition while Ryoma Ebata is working on character designs, and Takahiro Kishida on creature designs. Jin Iketagawa is the sound director while Hitoshi Fujima is the music composer.

What is That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 3 about?

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime is based on the isekai fantasy light novel series of the same title (Japanese: Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken) by author Fuse and illustrator Mitz Vah, which begins with a 37-year-old salaryman named Satoru Mikami, who's stabbed by a robber and wakes up in another world. However, the hero is reincarnated as a Slime, one of the weakest Monster classes in this strange world.

The second season of the anime is based primary on the Volumes 5 and 6 of the light novel series, and the third is covering the events of the next few volumes. In Volume 7, tensions escalate when Hinata Sakaguchi — the captain of the Crusader forces and the chief knight of the nation's Imperial Guard — sets her sights on the heroic Rimuru. Things get complicated when a priest that Rimuru sends to Lubelius is killed, but in Volume 8, which focuses mainly on a festival that's happening in Tempest.

Crunchyroll shared a description forThat Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 3:

Where to Watch That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 3 in the U.S.

While That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 3 is streaming on Netflix and Muse Asia in some Asian regions, the fantasy anime series is available to stream on Crunchyroll in North America and other regions. In the U.S., Season 3 Episode 9 was released at 8:30 AM Pacific Time (11:30 AM Eastern) on Friday, May 31, 2024.

Season 3 is confirmed to have two consecutive cours with 24 episodes total, so we can expect the isekai anime to run until September 2024. With 9 episodes already out for Season 3, we can expect 15 more new episodes to arrive in the Spring and Summer 2024 anime seasons.

Here's the expected schedule for That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 3: