Gale, Alice, Kenya, Ryota, then Chloe step into the light to call superior spirits, and Chloe’s summoning brings something that is not on the menu. Saved souls is the title. It is also a warning labeled as a miracle.
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Hook
Gale, Alice, Kenya, Ryota, then Chloe step into the light to call superior spirits, and Chloe’s summoning brings something that is not on the menu. Saved souls is the title. It is also a warning labeled as a miracle.
This page is the sequential stop after Episode 22 — not a random recap dump. Scores below are for this 24 minutes only.
Quick Information
- Anime: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
- Season / Episode: Season 1, Episode 23 (overall #23)
- English title: Saved Souls
- Japanese episode title: 救われる魂
- Runtime: ~24 minutes
- Studio: 8bit
- Original air date: March 12, 2019
- Kagex score: 8.9 / 10
- Where to watch legally: Crunchyroll (region-dependent)
Should You Watch It?
Watch this. It is the Academy arc’s payoff: the kids get a chance to live, and Chloe’s result is the kind of weird the show will not explain in one sitting. Skip it and Shizu’s will has no ending. Emotional, a little mystical, not a war episode. Sequential after the labyrinth.
Beginner-friendly? No as a start point. Watch from Season 1 Episode 1. This installment assumes you already know Tempest’s core cast — Rimuru at minimum.
Bottom line: sequential viewers should not skip “Saved Souls.” Fight-only watchers may feel the talkier stretches; nation-building fans will not.
Spoiler Warning
Spoilers for Season 1 Episode 23 (“Saved Souls”) follow. Stop above for a clean first watch. This page does not spoil later episodes.
Story Recap
The pedestal that is a hospital bed
The deepest level is light, not a dragon. Rimuru lines the kids up to summon superior spirits as partners. Ramiris watches like a technician who might still pull the plug. The procedure is ritual because magic this old does not do clipboards. Each child has to want a future enough to call one.
This is the save Shizu could not give them because she was busy dying of her own spirit. Rimuru offering the method with consent is the inherited will in its cleanest form. No Leon. No mask jammed on a toddler. A choice, if the light answers.
Deepest level is light, not a dragon. Ritual because magic this old does not do clipboards. Each child has to want a future enough to call one.
Gale, then Alice — the first yeses
Gale goes first, which fits the cautious kid taking the test before the loud ones. A spirit answers. The overflow gets a container. Alice follows. The Academy’s doomed-class energy starts cracking into something like hope you can measure. Rimuru does not crow. He counts pulses like a nurse.
Ramiris’s reactions tell you which summons are normal. Normal is a gift. After episodes of famine and calamity, watching a child not die is a setpiece. The show is right to play it sincere. Irony would be cheap here.
Gale first fits the cautious kid taking the test before the loud ones. Spirit answers. Overflow gets a container. Alice follows. Doomed-class energy cracks into hope you can measure. Rimuru counts pulses like a nurse, does not crow.
Kenya and Ryota, the loud ones living
Kenya’s summoning is the pride kid agreeing to be saved. Ryota too. Four for four on the expected path: superior spirits, stabilized mana, a shot at adulthood. The mock-battle class from Episode 21 is suddenly a class with a future. That is the “saved souls” of the title for most of the roster.
Rimuru feels Shizu in the room without a ghost appearing. Teacher to teacher. The mask is heavy and correct. He is allowed to be happy without a victory fanfare. The kids are allowed to be kids for a second instead of weapons.
Kenya agreeing to be saved is pride kid growth. Ryota too. Four for four on catalog path: partners, stabilized mana, a shot at adulthood. Mock-battle class suddenly has a future.
Chloe’s light is the wrong color
Chloe’s turn does not bring a catalog spirit. It brings an unknown spiritual form with an immense energy signature. Ramiris senses something off-menu. The episode does not give you a lecture. It gives you unease inside a miracle. Chloe, who clung hardest, gets the result that will not fit on a worksheet.
Rimuru’s Great Sage cannot fully name it. That is rare and therefore loud. Saving Chloe might have attached her to something older than the Academy, older than Rimuru’s two years in this world. The show asks you to be glad she is not dying and suspicious of the price. Both.
Chloe’s turn brings an unknown spiritual form with immense energy, not a catalog spirit. Ramiris senses off-menu. Unease inside a miracle, no lecture.
Alive, with a remainder
The class leaves the Dwelling less doomed. Four clean saves. One mystery. Ramiris files a mental incident report. Rimuru files a promise kept with an asterisk. Shizu’s students will not burn out on the original timer. That is enough to call the trip a success and not enough to call it simple.
Season 1’s human-side story gets an ending that is actually an ending for most of the kids. Chloe’s remainder is a thread, not a boss. You can go into the finale extra without feeling the Academy arc shrugged. Souls were saved. One soul came back with extra luggage. Tensura can live with that math.
Class leaves less doomed. Four clean saves. One mystery. Ramiris files an incident report. Promise kept with an asterisk. Original timer broken.
Story Analysis
Episode 23 is the kindest climax Season 1 has. No genocide, no crater — a light and five children. Chloe’s off-menu summoning keeps it from being syrup. Ramiris as witness is perfect; she is old enough to be scared when the rest of us are cheering. Rimuru completing Shizu’s will is the character payoff the funeral promised.
Pacing is sequential summonings, which could be repetitive, but each kid’s posture makes it a character parade instead of a gacha. World-building: spirit contracts as medicine, and the existence of spiritual beings that are not “superior spirit, standard issue.” Emotional peak is the four clean saves; intellectual peak is Chloe. Comedy is light, mostly Ramiris. If you came for war, this is a different food. It is still one of the cour’s best hours if you signed the Shizu contract.
Kindest climax of Season 1: no genocide, a light and five children. Chloe’s off-menu keeps it from syrup. Ramiris as witness is perfect; she is old enough to be scared when we cheer. Sequential summonings could be repetitive; postures make it a character parade. If you came for war this is different food. Still one of the cour’s best hours if you signed the Shizu contract. Completing the will is the funeral’s payoff. Four catalog spirits plus one unknown splits “saved” from “simple. ” Grown-up structure: give the kindness, leave a splinter. The Academy arc earns an ending that is actually an ending for most of the roster, which is rarer than another beam.
Character Analysis
The five students are the leads. Chloe is the remainder that will haunt. Kenya and the others get to live, which is character development in the literal sense. Rimuru is the nurse-teacher who cannot name Chloe’s result. Ramiris is the expert who looks unhappy at a success.
Shizu is present as the completed assignment. Yuuki is the offstage administrator who will inherit a class that is no longer dying on schedule — a political fact. No Tempest cabinet required. This is Ingracia’s heart. Rimuru’s tenderness here is the same man who ate an Orc Disaster, and that dual-use personality is the protagonist.
Five students as leads. Chloe the remainder that will haunt. Kenya and the others get to live, character development in the literal sense. Rimuru the nurse-teacher who cannot name Chloe’s result. Ramiris the expert who looks unhappy at a success. Shizu present as completed assignment. Yuuki offstage inheriting a class no longer dying on schedule — a political fact. No cabinet required. Ingracia’s heart. Rimuru’s tenderness here is the same man who ate an Orc Disaster. Dual-use personality is the protagonist.
World Building
Superior spirit contracts can stabilize summoned children. The Dwelling’s pedestal is a real metaphysical technology. Some summons call things that are not in the spirit catalog. Ramiris can detect that category error. Time, identity, and Chloe’s extra luggage are implied without a textbook.
Saved lives change Ingracia’s otherworlder policy whether the guild writes a memo or not. A teacher who can take dying kids into a labyrinth and bring them back is a state asset and a church problem. The Academy arc’s world claim: consenting bonds heal what forced bonds broke. Chloe is the asterisk that says the spirit world is not a vending machine.
Superior spirit contracts can stabilize summoned children. Pedestal as real metaphysical technology. Some summons call things not in the catalog. Ramiris can detect category error. Time, identity, Chloe’s luggage implied without a textbook. Saved lives change Ingracia’s otherworlder policy whether the guild memos.
Saved souls as a classroom miracle is still Jura exporting kindness into Ingracia, and the labyrinth’s landlord is about to become a colleague whether anyone planned the hire.
Nothing here is later-arc homework. If a name or rule is only teased, it stays a tease.
Animation
Light, ritual circles, spirit forms, Chloe’s wrong-summon as a visual “this is not the others.” 8bit goes ethereal instead of explosive. Kid faces during the saves are the acting budget. Ramiris’s unease is a tiny body doing big dread. Pretty in a TV-finale way. The money is Chloe’s silhouette in the wrong light, not a beam struggle.
Light, ritual circles, spirit forms, Chloe’s wrong-summon as visual “not the others. ” Ethereal instead of explosive. Kid faces during saves are the acting budget.
Kagex animation score for this episode: 8.4 / 10 — peaks vs average cuts, not a sakuga clip ranking.
Music and Voice Acting
Score 8.7. 8bit’s TV mix leans on Elements Garden sting + silence. Japanese track is the reference for Rimuru’s dual register (cute slime vs office-brain). Dub timing varies by season; don’t wait on it to judge the episode.
Hidden Details
- Four catalog spirits plus Chloe’s unknown is the show splitting “saved” from “simple.”
- Ramiris’s fear is the confirmation that the adults in the room do not have a name for what answered.
- Rimuru keeping the mask on through a miracle is still Shizu’s silhouette completing Shizu’s job.
Best Moments
- Gale going first and living.
- The four clean saves landing like a held breath released.
- Chloe’s light arriving wrong, with Ramiris not smiling.
Pros & Cons
Pros: Specific to “Saved Souls” — The Academy payoff: most of the class gets a future, Chloe gets a mystery, Shizu’s will gets a real ending. One of Season 1’s kindest hours.
Cons: Requires earlier episodes. Viewers who only want climax fights may call the political / logistics scenes slow even when they are load-bearing.
Final Verdict
Kagex overall: 8.9 / 10 — The Academy payoff: most of the class gets a future, Chloe gets a mystery, Shizu’s will gets a real ending. One of Season 1’s kindest hours.
- Story: 9.0
- Characters: 9.1
- Animation: 8.4
- Music: 8.7
- Enjoyment: 8.9
I get misty on the saves, then sit up for Chloe. That’s grown-up structure — give the kindness and leave a splinter. Ramiris not celebrating is my favorite acting beat in the hour.
What to Expect Next
The season finale is a side story: a younger Shizu, a demon in black, and a request that is not what it looks like.
Next: Season 1 Episode 24 — Black and a Mask. Watch legally on Crunchyroll.
FAQ
Do I need to watch Season 1 Episode 23?
Yes if you are watching the TV series in order. Skipping “Saved Souls” leaves a hole later episodes assume you have.
What is the Japanese title?
救われる魂 — Crunchyroll English title is “Saved Souls.”
When did it air?
March 12, 2019 in Japan. ~24 minutes. Studio 8bit.
Is this Season 1 filler?
No. Tensura’s “quiet” hours are usually nation, diplomacy, or setup — not recap filler.
Where does this sit in the overall count?
Overall TV episode 23 of the main series (S1–S3 are 72; Season 4 continues from 73).
Should I watch Slime Diaries first?
No. Diaries is optional comedy. This review is the main TV track.
Where are character guides?
Tensura characters — Rimuru, Veldora, Milim, and the Tempest officers.
Where are facts / spoilers for the franchise?
Fact and Spoilers on the hub. This episode page stays inside Episode 23.
Keep exploring
- Tensura anime hub
- Season 1 review
- Overall review
- Previous: Season 1 Episode 22 — Conquering the Labyrinth
- Next: Season 1 Episode 24 — Black and a Mask
- Characters
- Fact and Spoilers
Your turn
Was “Saved Souls” a continue episode or a skip-risk for you? Favorite beat? Who should get the next character page?
Sources: Crunchyroll episode titles; Wikipedia list of Tensura episodes; official Tensura anime site.
