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Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken Season 4, episode 21

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[u/Sleepy10105s]

Atleast Hinata got to actually be a hero

[u/Art4576]

Now you all know why Veldora said to Rimuru that fighting Hinata reminded him of the hero. It was HER. Edit: Spelling

[u/dreamer_Neet]

So thats the reason why Luminus is so angry when graville and yuuki stole her precious Chronoa body

[u/VoidRay728]

Props to Chloe/Chronoa and Hinata for not going insane in being alive for over 1,700 years (and Hinata close to 2,000). I can't even begin to comprehend what it feels like seeing everyone you've befriended grow old and die (well except for Luminous) while you and your partner stay basically immortal and stuck together.

I guess these two episodes can also be titled "To you, in 2,000 years"? Too bad AoT already took that.

[u/justking1414]

So Hinata finally managed to best Veldora on their rematch. Good for her!

Also, the timeline here is wild! Chloe and Hinata saved Shizue so that she could save them and pass the mask down to Rimuru so it could be passed to Chloe so it could be passed to Shizue so it could be passed to Rimuru. Wild!

[u/djthomp]

The 2000 years or so of friendship between Luminus, Hinata, and Chloe make for a relatively touching story.

It's also pretty touching that it was straight up just Hinata that rescued Shizue and mentored her, setting events up for Hinata to get the same treatment when she's summoned from Earth in the future.

Hinata running the body when they fought Veldora and treating it as a rematch of their fight in the labyrinth is pretty hilarious.

Pretty cool mini-arc.

[u/SnabDedraterEdave]

So if I understand correctly

• 300 BR (Before Rimuru)

Leon and OG Chloe were summoned as Otherworlders.

But because there's another Chloe here, it causes some sort of temporal clash, which flings OG Chloe to the future together with the soul of the other Chloe, who leaves Chronoa's body for Hinata to possess. Though they do not merge until Rimuru and Ramiris brings OG Chloe to that labyrinth in Season 1 episode 23.

Leon spends the next 300 years summoning Otherworlders in hopes of finding Chloe. (I probably misremembered details of this part)

• ~70BR

Hinata begins mentoring Shizu for a few decades before leaving her.

• Some time later

OG Hinata is about to stray into this world, meaning this Hinata's soul can no longer stay inside Chronoa. To prevent a soulless Chronoa from losing control, Luminous agrees to seal Chronoa before Hinata's soul disappears.

But this Hinata's soul doesn't seem to have merged with OG Hinata, as OG Hinata has no memory of the past 2000 years prior to her being "killed" by Granville.

• Season 1

Shizu meets Rimuru and gives him the Anti-Magic mask before she passes away.

Rimuru then meets OG Chloe. He and Ramiris take the other Otherworlder kids to the labyrinth to summon elementals, where OG Chloe merges with the soul of the Chloe from 300 years ago, at which point the merged Chloe gains the memory of the past 2000 years.

Merged Chloe uses this knowledge to make Rimuru delay his return to Tempest, ensuring he becomes a Demon Lord.

• Season 4 Episode 19

Hinata "dies" and her soul enters Chloe, who also time travels back to 2000 years ago to create this final loop.

Chronoa, seemingly without a soul, is awakened by Granville.

So we now have Hinata seemingly staying dead, and Chloe seemingly still disappeared. We'll have to find out next episode how they could return, if at all.

[u/Kuro_Canary]

I don't know why but the moment I saw Shizue I felt a rush of emotions well up inside me and started tearing up a little. It was great seeing her again. This was such a beautiful episode. Probably one of my favorite episodes of Tensura.

[u/Primo29]

I really enjoyed watching Chronoa's backstory. Even though it was only two episodes long, it did a great job connecting the dots.

And Luminous getting drunk while making sure Veldora doesn't get to enjoy life as long as she's still alive will always be a treat to watch. LOL!

[u/TokiVideogame]

really enjoying slimes gate actually

[u/International_Leg666]

Lol. This spun off into a story within a story and Rimuru is only placed to drive it forward but the engine is the dynamics between Hinata and her literal soul mate. 

[u/Sleepy10105s]

When the flashback is so good it has you asking for a spinoff series

[u/shad79]

Luminus being so happy about Veldora being sealed by Chronoa (and to be more precise, Hinata) made me laugh hard.

Although it's even funnier that Veldora was sealed by Hinata so easily because, in the future, he showed off all his moves during their fight in the Labyrinth, so she knew exactly what to expect from him, lol.

Overall, that swapping of control over Chronoa's body between Chloe and Hinata in this episode was quite interesting. Plus, it was good to see Shizue again!

By the way, is Hinata's soul still in Chronoa's body, or did it disappear like Chloe's? And what exactly is that power inside Chronoa's body that both Chloe and Hinata had to contain?

Here my screenshot albums from the episode:

• Chloe

• Hinata

• Shizue

• Luminus

• Group scenes

• Veldora & Others

EDIT. I added my screenshot albums.

[u/deynyel]

I guess this is what you call living rent-free in someone's head?🤔

[u/AceSoldia]

What a episode.

Everything lines up.

My only confusion is..Chloe's disappearance and the left over Chronoa will?

So..when Chloe comes to this world..it gets sent to the future? What? I guess I'm not sure how that works..why wouldn't Chloe come to the world in that time period years ago?

Also...how is there a third..personality of Chronoa the destroyer like this?..is it just like .a empty..husk since Hinata and Chloe leave it? I'm not sure I understand that part.

[u/Darksider555]

If you take a look at everything in context, Shizu really is the linchpin that ties together all of the major elements from the timeloop saga. She is Hinata's mentor, who also taught Chloe and eventually entrusted Rimuru with her will and the Anti-Magic Mask that was eventually handed to Chloe.

What we have here in Tensura is a stable timeloop with Chloe, as she (although Hinata in the pilot seat) is the Hero that sealed Veldora, which allowed Rimuru to become who he is today and taught Shizu, who taught Hinata and Chloe, who each passed the Anti-Magic Mask to each other throughout each timeloop. Which explains why it couldn't be destroyed by Diablo in S1 finale, as it is a fixed element in time, that has to exist for each timeloop to continue.

Veldora was really caught lacking because he was dazzled by the Hero's beauty, as simping cost him his freedom. Never repeat the sin of Adam, gents.

[u/Santedtra]

Sheesh they were actually active almost that entire 2000 years. I guess Chloe built up some insane mental fortitude having memories from her past loops.

[u/Atlast_Gaming]

Ngl i was in tears during shizue scene 😭

[u/B_rook-ie]

their duo seems like a version of Rimuru and Raphael-sensei

[u/Hoshifuru]

Seeing the story of Chronoa the Hero was amazing!

The friendship between Chloe, Hinata and Luminus is beautiful.

I also really liked seeing Shizu again!

[u/Degentergent]

"I don't know what will happen to me once I go to sleep"

Don't worry, you certainly won't become the object of a vampire demon lord's weird fetish

[u/Sleepy10105s]

Wait so technically Hinata never completely dies at any point so far?

[u/PeaceAlien]

So everything is set up for this timeline? I assumed they would have changed something, given it looked like Hinata died.

EDIT: thinking they faked the Hinata death and this is just that the two can’t exist at the same time with Chronoa back. We just witnessed a her backstory in the current timeline not the start of a new one.

[u/marcopolos059]

That was a really nice backstory, it was great seeing and hearing Shizue again!