English Dub Review: I’ve Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level: “A Fake Witch of the Highlands Appeared”

Overview: With an intense desire to consume meat for their diet, Laika (Rachelle Heger) and Flatorte (Amber Lee Connors) set out on a job with Aizusa (Sklyer Davenport) and Rosalie (Anne Yacto) to hunt down some wild boar. Later, word of an imposter claiming to be the famed witch of the highlands makes its way to Azusa, so she sets out to catch the miscreant and make them understand their wrongdoing. 

Our Take: It wouldn’t be Killing Slimes without fun adventures and this episode has that in a double pack. With an intense hunger for meaty delights, the hunting trip was short but sweet. With Halkara out of the picture for most of this part, Flatorte takes up the role of the goofy oddball this time around. Whether it’s her exuberance for meat, desire to streak or just her energy as a whole, she is the life of the party throughout. Amber Lee Connors does an excellent job bringing her fun, spirited nature to the forefront. Then it all ends with a joyous feast because of course Beelzebub and Vania are just around the corner looking for the same exact meat in the hopes for a nice meal. This convenient element only reiterates the odd ways the series forcibly implements Beelzebub into the plot. She just happened to be hanging around nearby as she happens to be doing most times when Aizawa and the gang are around. At this point, she just live at the house or at least nearby. She didn’t even add anything to the plot, comically or otherwise, making her inclusion feel unnecessary, not to mention because her screen time was so incredibly short as well.
The second half of this episode and as the title indicates focuses on the highland witch imposter posing as Azusa. The detective work inside the weird kinky insult bar was without a doubt the highlight of this little romp, with Azusa’s melodramatic remarks ridiculously hilarious and Laika’s actually serious ones just as comedic. The impact of Azusa’s real world experiences comes into focus more with how well she is able to understand human nature in helping the imposter witch, Eno, gain fame for her mandragora pills, despite her paradoxical predicament of only wanting to be known in certain circles. Someone who wants it both ways. It’s very nice to see that Aizawa is more than just sweet speeches that walk the line between that and corny, which the show has a habit of doing. It even did it this time around with a cheesy late night bedside conversation with Laika and Flatorte about getting along like sisters. Also props for a very wacky yet inventive solution as after Azusa spreads word of her goods, Eno takes on a magical girl persona in order for her to overcome her contradictory issue and have enough confidence to sell her pills and gain mass appeal. 

I’ve Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years delivers yet another cute and enjoyable fun-sized tale that the series excels at.