As players of Monster Hunter and Dungeons & Dragons know, the slime is not exactly the king of the fantasy monsters. So when a 37-year-old Tokyo salaryman dies and wakes up in a world of elves and magic, he''s a little disappointed to find he''s become a blind, boneless slime monster. Mikami''s middle age hasn''t gone as he planned: He never found a girlfriend, he got stuck in a dead-end job, and he was abruptly stabbed to death in the street at 37. So when he wakes up in a new world straight out of a fantasy RPG, he''s disappointed but not exactly surprised to find that he''s facing down a dragon, not as a knight or a wizard but as a blind slime demon. But there are chances for even a slime to become a hero...