Labyrinth and Storm Dragon is Tempest turning a True Dragon containment problem into a dungeon crawler. Save points, one-shot bracelets, floor bosses, and Veldora finally allowed to go full storm — as long as he does it in the hole.
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Hook
Labyrinth and Storm Dragon is Tempest turning a True Dragon containment problem into a dungeon crawler. Save points, one-shot bracelets, floor bosses, and Veldora finally allowed to go full storm — as long as he does it in the hole.
This page is the sequential stop after Episode 13 — 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 3, Episode 14 (overall #62)
- English title: Labyrinth and Storm Dragon
- Japanese episode title: 迷宮と暴風竜
- Runtime: ~24 minutes
- Studio: 8bit
- Original air date: July 5, 2024
- Kagex score: 8.7 / 10
- Where to watch legally: Crunchyroll (region-dependent)
Should You Watch It?
Watch it if you like the game-design half of Tensura. It is construction, rules, and a dragon transformation used as HVAC. Not a war episode. Required for the later labyrinth open. Skip only if you already know how the 100 floors work and do not care who built the tutorial.
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 “Labyrinth and Storm Dragon.” Fight-only watchers may feel the talkier stretches; nation-building fans will not.
Spoiler Warning
Spoilers for Season 3 Episode 14 (“Labyrinth and Storm Dragon”) follow. Stop above for a clean first watch. This page does not spoil later episodes.
Story Recap
A dungeon with a town in it
The arena is almost done. The dungeon is mid-build. Ramiris already moved the lycanthrope town inside. She and Rimuru want harder monsters deeper in. He visits Kurobe for weapons and finds the blacksmith evolved after the Demon Lord jump. Kurobe hands over a new sword that is not finished. Rimuru wants the dungeon and arena to make Tempest famous. Fame is the defense budget now.
Veldora, employee of the month
Rimuru tells Veldora he will live in the dungeon as the strongest guardian so he can dump aura without killing the city. They tour the unfinished arena, then Ramiris builds him a boss room plus a private manga room. That second room is the show’s soul. Contain the apocalypse, yes. Also give him comics. In about a week the dungeon has a hundred transforming rooms and save points. Rimuru wants floor bosses. The dragon is not a prisoner. He is a raid encounter with a library card.
Bracelets and fine print
Ramiris invents a bracelet that yanks you back to the start if you die — one person, one use. That rule will matter when Gaiye starts cheating later. Beretta is assigned to Ramiris full time. Traps and obstacles go in. When Ramiris cannot add terrain effects, Milim shows up to help, because of course the destruction gremlin is also the environment artist. Veldora finally unleashes in the last room, dragon form, aura flooding the floors. Rimuru’s only real order: keep it inside.
Game plus cage
Everything here is a safety system wearing fun. Save points, respawn jewelry, a True Dragon in the basement. Tempest is not hiding Veldora. It is selling tickets to the problem. That is either genius or a war crime against adventurers. The series thinks it is hospitality.
The product launches in secret
The public opening is still weeks of anime away. This episode is the closed beta. Kurobe’s craft, Ramiris’s rules, Milim’s terrain, Veldora’s HVAC. If Season 3’s second half has a “cool room,” it is this one: not a fight, a factory for fights.
Story Analysis
This is Rimuru the producer at peak sincerity. He loves games, he loves his dragon, he loves not dying to friendly aura. The episode lets those loves be the same building. Comedy is the manga room. Emotion is Veldora getting a job that is also freedom. Mystery is none. Pacing is montage-friendly construction.
World-building is dungeon law: transforming rooms, save points, single-use revival, floor bosses as a content ladder. Kurobe’s evolution is a quiet Demon Lord-economy beat. Milim as a contractor is Octagram labor mobility. The labyrinth is the season’s best unique object. This episode is why.
Character Analysis
Rimuru is creative director. Ramiris is the engine. Veldora is the hazardous material and the mascot. Kurobe is the loot table. Beretta is assigned staff. Milim is the late hire who can do terrain by punching the world. Lycanthropes are the indoor town. The episode is a small crew building a big toy, and the dragon is happy, which after centuries of a seal is the actual character win.
World Building
A hundred-floor labyrinth can be instantiated in a week if a labyrinth fairy is on payroll. Aura dumping is legal if it is indoors. Revival bracelets are regulated items, not infinite continues. Save points change adventurer behavior (Season 4 will exploit that). Weapons from an evolved Kurobe are national products. Arena plus dungeon is a stacked tourist complex. True Dragons can be raid bosses without being sealed in caves anymore.
Nothing here is later-arc homework. If a name or rule is only teased, it stays a tease.
Animation
Construction, room morphs, Veldora’s dragon reveal as the money shot. 8bit should spend here: storm aura through a hundred floors is the visual. Manga-room gag as the cuteness offset. A good-looking mid-cour episode if the dragon transformation lands.
Kagex animation score for this episode: 8.5 / 10 — peaks vs average cuts, not a sakuga clip ranking.
Music and Voice Acting
Score 8.4. 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
- The one-use bracelet rule is Chekhov’s later Gaiye punishment.
- Veldora’s manga room is why he will complain when nobody reaches floor 100.
- Milim helping with terrain is her getting emotionally invested in a dungeon she will later find beaten.
Best Moments
- Assigning a True Dragon a boss room and a reading nook in the same breath.
- Ramiris’s cheap-feeling revival bracelet with brutal fine print.
- Veldora finally going dragon where it is allowed.
Pros & Cons
Pros: Specific to “Labyrinth and Storm Dragon” —
The labyrinth episode the festival arc needed: game rules, dragon HVAC, and Milim as level designer. Easy recommend for anyone who liked Rimuru as a builder more than a bomber.
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: 8.7 / 10 —
The labyrinth episode the festival arc needed: game rules, dragon HVAC, and Milim as level designer. Easy recommend for anyone who liked Rimuru as a builder more than a bomber.
- Story: 8.6
- Characters: 8.8
- Animation: 8.5
- Music: 8.4
- Enjoyment: 8.8
I would watch a whole spin-off of them decorating this dungeon. Veldora getting comics in his raid room is peak Tensura kindness.
What to Expect Next
Tribes come to judge whether Rimuru deserves the forest, and three angry brothers pick a fight with Shion.
Next: Season 3 Episode 15 — Audience. Watch legally on Crunchyroll.
FAQ
Do I need to watch Season 3 Episode 14?
Yes if you are watching the TV series in order. Skipping “Labyrinth and Storm Dragon” leaves a hole later episodes assume you have.
What is the Japanese title?
迷宮と暴風竜 — Crunchyroll English title is “Labyrinth and Storm Dragon.”
When did it air?
July 5, 2024 in Japan. ~24 minutes. Studio 8bit.
Is this Season 3 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 62 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 14.
Keep exploring
- Tensura anime hub
- Season 1 review
- Overall review
- Previous: Season 3 Episode 13 — Invitations for All Nations
- Next: Season 3 Episode 15 — Audience
- Characters
- Fact and Spoilers
Your turn
Was “Labyrinth and Storm Dragon” 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.
