Slime Saint
| Slime Saint | |
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| スライム聖女 (Suraimu Seijo) | |
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| Genre | Fantasy comedy[1][2] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Aira Yao |
| Illustrated by | Umashi |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | Young Jump Comics |
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| Original run | December 12, 2023 – present |
| Volumes | 5 |
Slime Saint (スライム聖女, Suraimu Seijo) is a Japanese manga series written by Aira Yao and illustrated by Umashi. It began serialization on Shueisha's Tonari no Young Jump website and the Nico Nico Seiga website under Shueisha's Isekai Young Jump brand in December 2023.
Synopsis
[edit | edit source]The series focuses on an unnamed slime who has inhabited the corpse of Jelly Aspic, a saint. The slime took over Jelly's body without any prior knowledge of who Jelly was, and when she later learns of Jelly's reputation as a cruel wicked woman, she tries to avoid getting killed.
Characters
[edit | edit source]- Jelly Aspic (ジェリィ・アスピック, Jeryī Asupikku)
- Voiced by: Sora Amamiya (PV)[1]
- Erin (エリン)
- Voiced by: Ai Kakuma (PV)[1]
- Will (ウィル, Uiru)
- Voiced by: Kaito Ishikawa (PV)[1]
- Markov (マルコフ, Marukofu)
- Voiced by: Mutsuki Iwanaka (PV)[1]
- Rumiru (ルミル)
- Voiced by: Nozomi Furuki (PV)[1]
Media
[edit | edit source]Manga
[edit | edit source]Written by Aira Yao and illustrated by Umashi, Slime Saint began serialization on Shueisha's Tonari no Young Jump website and the Nico Nico Seiga website under Shueisha's Isekai Young Jump brand on December 12, 2023.[3] Its chapters have been compiled into five tankōbon volumes as of September 2025.[4]
In December 2025, Seven Seas Entertainment announced that they had licensed the manga for English publication, with the first volume set to be released in November 2026.[5]
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | North American release date | North American ISBN |
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| 1 | July 18, 2024[6] | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | November 24, 2026[7] | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). |
| 2 | September 19, 2024[8] | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | — | — |
| 3 | January 17, 2025[9] | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | — | — |
| 4 | June 18, 2025[10] | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | — | — |
| 5 | September 19, 2025[4] | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | — | — |
| 6 | February 19, 2026[11] | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | — | — |
Other
[edit | edit source]In commemoration of the first volume's release on July 18, 2024, a promotional video was uploaded to the Weekly Young Jump YouTube channel that same day. It featured voice acting from Sora Amamiya, Kaito Ishikawa, Mutsuki Iwanaka, Ai Kakuma and Nozomi Furuki.[1]
Reception
[edit | edit source]The series topped Niconico's 1st Manga General Election in the "Isekai Comic" Category in 2024.[12]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Official manga website at Tonari no Young Jump (in Japanese)
- Official manga website at Nico Nico Seiga (in Japanese)
- Slime Saint (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia