Rimuru Tempest/Relationships

Jura Tempest Federation

 * Veldora
 * Rimuru and Veldora became fast friends after meeting each other, even considering each other "sworn friends" from just their short interaction. Veldora has such a great amount of trust in Rimuru that he allowed Rimuru to devour him the first time to be freed from his Unlimited Imprisonment. After Veldora finally receives a body, he spends his time lazing around and reading manga but is willing to take the blame for Rimuru for the massacre of the Falmuth soldiers. Later Veldora becomes the "Final Boss" of the Tempest Dungeon and also a playmate of Rimuru alongside Milim, Ramiris, and later also Gaia.

Goblins

 * Rigurd
 * The village chief of the first goblin village that Rimuru encountered. He and the entire village swore their loyalty to Rimuru after Rimuru promised them that he'd protect their village from the invading Direwolves, becoming his first subordinates. As the first individual to ever be fully named by Rimuru, he, as the Goblin King, is entrusted by Rimuru to govern the Jura Tempest Federation as its Prime Minister.


 * Rigur
 * The second son of Rigurd who, like his father, is also extremely loyal to Rimuru as the second individual to be named by him. At first leading the Goblin Riders, Rigur later handed over that position to Gobta to become the head of Tempest's security forces instead. Rimuru trusts him enough to be sent as a diplomat to represent Rimuru in Yuurazania.


 * Ririna
 * As one of the Goblin Lords, Ririna is trusted by Rimuru to handle the Food supply of Tempest.


 * Gobta
 * Gobta is the third individual to be fully named by Rimuru. Rimuru regards Gobta as a genius though quite an idiot at the same time and is the subordinate that Rimuru is the most casual with.

Dwarves

 * Kaijin
 * The Dwarf swears loyalty to Rimuru after Rimuru helped him out of his predicament of meeting the quota for providing swords to the Dwarven Kingdom and being exiled from the Kingdom. He works together with Kurobee on the production of weapons.


 * Garm, Dord, Myrd
 * Three brothers that worked with Kaijin and sided with Rimuru during his court hearing when he went to the Dwargon. When Rimuru first arrived in Dwargon, it was his healing potion that saved their lives when they were attacked by an Armorsaurus in the mines. They came to live in Tempest after being exiled and contributed greatly to the growth and technological development of the Federation.


 * Gazel Dwargo
 * Rimuru first met Gazel during a trial set up by Vesta but already knew the truth. He exiled Rimuru and Kaijin from Dwargon. They didn't meet again until several months later. After testing whether or not Rimuru has evil intentions through a sword fight and learning that Rimuru like himself is a disciple of Hakurou in the way of the Sword, Gazel starts viewing himself as Rimuru's "senior" among Hakurou's disciples and convinces Rimuru to found his own nation and become an ally of Dwargon.


 * Vesta
 * Vesta was at first antagonistic towards Rimuru due to being an associate of Kaijin who Vesta was jealous of. After being exposed as a liar and fraud, he is banished from the Dwarven Kingdom's royal court, but is later delivered to Tempest by Gazel Dwargo in the hopes that his genius would not go to waste. Kaijin vouches for his abilities and Rimuru takes him in as a researcher. Vesta is successful in developing a 99% effective healing potion with Rimuru's and Gabiru's assistance and has contributed to many of the magical and technological advancements of Tempest, while also being a proxy of contact to Dwargon.

Kijin

 * Benimaru
 * Benimaru is one of the most loyal servants of Rimuru, despite initially being the heir of the Village Chief position of the Ogre Village. Rimuru entrusts him with the position of Commander-In-Chief of the Jura Tempest Federation as one of Rimuru's top executives with the title of "Samurai General." Because Benimaru once almost let Rimuru become one of the victims of Shion's cooking, Rimuru forced Benimaru to be the official taste-tester of Shion's cooking training, much to Benimaru's dismay.


 * Souei
 * Souei is Rimuru's loyal "Spy Chief" who leads Tempest's Intelligence Bureau and is the boss of the elite "Azure Shadow Squad," that's led by Souka. Despite Rimuru being somewhat jealous about Souei's pretty boy demeanor, Rimuru always humors his Ninja-like behavior by giving firm and direct orders to Souei, unlike Rimuru's usually more casual tone.


 * Hakurou
 * As The "Instructor," Hakurou is Rimuru's and the entire Tempest military's teacher in the way of the sword. He also teaches Arts, even though those are usually the humans' specialty as monsters are usually more reliant on raw power and intrinsic Skills. The Formhide Art that Hakurou taught Rimuru ended up saving his life when Hinata ambushed him.


 * Shion
 * Shion is the 'secretary' and bodyguard of Rimuru. They first met when she and her fellow ogres mistaken Rimuru to be one of the masked Majin responsible for the destruction of their home due to him being in human form and was wearing Shizu's mask at the time. After Rimuru subdued them easily and showcase his overwhelming power, the ogres realized that he was not one of the masked Majin and asked for forgiveness. Originally Shion and the ogres formed a temporary contract with Rimuru being his mercenaries in exchange for shelter in Tempest but after Rimuru named all six of them and that his identity as a slime was revealed due to the sleep mode activation (which caused them to freak out and stare with disbelief that a weak creature was ten times stronger than all of them), Shion and the ogres decided to become Rimuru's devoted servants. Since then, she fell in love with Rimuru and constantly compete with Shuna and others to be his number one servant. Rimuru genuinely cares for her and appreciates her however her awful cooking and clumsy behavior had made him feel exasperated at times. Rimuru cares for her so deeply that when he found out that she died, he became depressed, heartbroken, aggravated and angry that his 'naive rules' got her and one hundred Tempest citizens killed by the Kingdom of Falmuth and the Otherworld Trio although Rimuru notes that unlike the case of Shizu, Rimuru was not crying, which Rimuru attributed to truly having become a monster. When he heard that becoming a Demon Lord could potentially revive them, it became his sole purpose for becoming one and slaughtering the Falmuth Army. Since her revival, she obtained the Unique Skill 'Cook' which made her food good although her bad prep work would still incur Rimuru's annoyance.


 * Shuna
 * One of Rimuru's most loyal servants. In their first encounter, when she and her kind thought that he was their enemy, she is the first to trust and defend him after seeing his power and a glimpse of his true character. She is entrusted by Rimuru to take the role of Shrine Maiden princess, which overseas the Server Division, the Fashion Research Division and the Culinary Research Division, while occasionally also helping out Garm with magic equipment and taking over Shion's secretarial duties when Shion is busy with training the Yomaegiri or taking the role of Server for a meeting with an important guest that might be too difficult for her apprentice Haruna to handle. Rimuru sometimes even entrusts Shuna the negotiations with other nations.


 * Kurobe
 * Another of Rimuru's most loyal servants. Rimuru and Kurobe respect each other as Kurobe is loyal and grateful to his lord while Rimuru appreciates his blacksmith skills. The two have often chatted about making new armaments for Tempest based on Rimuru's ideas.

Demons

 * Diablo
 * The most fanatical in his loyalty, he is truly loyal to Rimuru and will spread calamity if ordered. He views Rimuru as his God. With his aim being Rimuru's right-hand man, Diablo strives harder than anyone in Tempest to impress and prove his loyalty to Rimuru, such as forming the Black Corps - the strongest Corps in Tempest. Rimuru also sees Diablo as one of his most trusted retainers and gets impressed by him many times due to the outrageous display of his loyalty and shrewd mind. Rimuru doesn't find out that he and Testarossa, Carrera and Ultima are Primordials until later.


 * Testarossa
 * She was brought alongside the two other Primordial Demons and all their main underlings to Tempest by Diablo as she was interested in seeing the master Diablo served. Finding Rimuru to be as interesting as Diablo advertised after Carrera's full-power intimidation didn't even make Rimuru flinch, she joined Tempest and was given a physical body and the name Testarossa. She evolved into a Demon Peer alongside Carrera and Ultima. Testarossa serves in the Black Corp under Diablo but is also Tempest's Military Attaché, regularly taking post as the Ambassador to the Western Nation Council.


 * Carrera
 * She was brought alongside the two other Primordial Demons and all their main underlings to Tempest by Diablo as she was interested in seeing the master Diablo served. Finding Rimuru to be as interesting as Diablo advertised after her full-power intimidation didn't even make Rimuru flinch, she joined Tempest and was given a physical body and the name Carrera. She evolved into a Demon Peer alongside Testarossa and Ultima. Carrera serves in the Black Corp under Diablo but also serves in Tempest's Judicative Department as the Chief Justice.


 * Ultima
 * She was brought alongside the two other Primordial Demons and all their main underlings to Tempest by Diablo as she was interested in seeing the master Diablo served. Finding Rimuru to be as interesting as Diablo advertised after Carrera's full-power intimidation didn't even make Rimuru flinch, she joined Tempest and was given a physical body and the name Ultima. She evolved into a Demon Peer alongside Carrera and Ultima. Ultima serves in the Black Corp under Diablo but also serves in Tempest's Executive Department as the Attorney General.

Humans and Otherworlder Humans

 * Shizue Izawa
 * Though she and Rimuru met each other not for long, they have developed quite a bond with each other after discovering themselves being fellow Japanese Otherworlders. Shizue had been prophesized to be Rimuru's "fated person" before he met her. With her having been absorbed by Rimuru, the prophecy came true. She requested to be absorbed by Rimuru and entrusted him with reminding Demon Lord Leon Cromwell of her existence, as well as with saving her students as she was dying after Rimuru saved her from being taken over by the Greater Fire Elemental Ifrit. Rimuru swore to fulfill her final wishes. After absorbing Shizu, Rimuru's human form is similar to that of a younger Shizu, albeit with silver hair and golden eyes.


 * Hinata Sakaguchi
 * At first, she loathed Rimuru for the simple fact that he was a monster and his existence went against the teachings of the Church while also being fooled by the Eastern Empire merchants into believing that he had killed Shizu. Rimuru was wary of Hinata after learning about her, but also desired to meet her because she was Shizue's student. She tried to ambush and kill Rimuru but failed when Rimuru faked his death in their fight. Even after learning the fact that Rimuru not only survived but was telling the truth to her about being a Reincarnated Otherworlder who did not murder Shizue, she regretted the situation where she neither managed to build good relations, nor eliminate the threat, but instead had given a bad first impression to Rimuru who survived and became much stronger. During their second battle, it was revealed that their conflicts were all orchestrated by the Western Holy Church's Seven Luminaries and the string-pullers of the Eastern Merchants that sold Hinata false information. After the battle ended and three out of the seven Luminaries tried to make use of Rimuru's and Hinata's exhaustion to get rid of both of them, Hinata took an attack meant for Rimuru. Rimuru was able to block all their follow-up attacks and was about to counter-attack when Hinata's boss, the Demon Lord Luminous Valentine appeared and after some negotiations there was finally peace between Rimuru and Hinata. When Hinata blocked an attack aimed at Chloe with her body, it triggered the activation of Chloe's Time Travel skill, which pulled Hinata's soul into Chloe's body who then traveled 2000 years into the past. During this time Chloe's talked a lot about Rimuru, causing Hinata to also develop feelings for him.


 * Ellen
 * Rimuru is grateful to Ellen as she is the one who pointed out the ritual to revive Shion and the other fallen citizens of Tempest. Ellen is also instrumental in developing diplomatic relations with her home country, Sorcerer's Dynasty Sarion. She was one of Shizu's dear companions and one of the first humans he met in this world. Ellen eventually permanently moves to Tempest.


 * Gido
 * He was one of Shizu's dear companions and is one of the first humans that Rimuru met in this world. He is fond of the entire party. So much so that he gifted them valuable weapons and armor. Gido had a grasp on Rimuru's power before he ascended to a True Demon Lord and thought he was absurdly powerful then. As it stands now, he is eternally grateful to be in his good graces now.


 * Cabal
 * He was one of Shizu's dear companions and is one of the first humans that Rimuru met in this world. He is fond of the entire party. So much so that he gifted them valuable weapons and armor. Cabal, as the "leader" of his party, is very grateful to Rimuru for all he has done for Ellen, Gido, and himself. He truly respects Rimuru but does not fear him as he sees him as a friend.


 * Gard Mjöllmile
 * Rimuru had a week’s worth of drinking with Myourmiles to ensure favorable relations considering their future joint endeavors. Rimuru imaginably favors that they become friends. After becoming a Demon Lord, Myourmiles was offered a position in Tempest as a Minister of business and Publicizing. Seeing a chance to make Myourmiles useful for the future.


 * Shizue's Students
 * Kenya Misaki
 * Gale Gibson
 * Ryota Sekiguchi
 * Alice Rondo
 * Her second teacher in this world and the savior of her life. She develops a huge crush on him along with Chloe.
 * Chloe Aubert
 * One of the children that was entrusted by Shizu to Rimuru and later became one of Rimuru's first students. Initially, just like the rest of the children, Chloe was wary of him. However, as Rimuru made efforts to become closer to them and teach them properly, all of them became close and respect Rimuru greatly, calling him "Sensei." Among those children, Chloe becomes the one with the most affection towards Rimuru as she falls in love with him, even declaring she loves him though Rimuru didn't take that seriously initially. Even after being controlled by Yuuki, she still thinks of her Sensei and regards him highly, to the point that she said that Rimuru is the key to change the future. Chloe is also an important person to Rimuru as he decides to definitely save her from Yuuki. It's interesting to note that, whether intentionally or not, Chloe and Rimuru are somewhat stuck in a stable time loop, as his bringing her to Ramiris granted her her powers over time and saved her life, while her tinkering in the past led to Veldora being sealed exactly where Rimuru would be born centuries later, in other words, the two of them are directly responsible for each other's existence and rise to power.
 * Chloe Aubert
 * One of the children that was entrusted by Shizu to Rimuru and later became one of Rimuru's first students. Initially, just like the rest of the children, Chloe was wary of him. However, as Rimuru made efforts to become closer to them and teach them properly, all of them became close and respect Rimuru greatly, calling him "Sensei." Among those children, Chloe becomes the one with the most affection towards Rimuru as she falls in love with him, even declaring she loves him though Rimuru didn't take that seriously initially. Even after being controlled by Yuuki, she still thinks of her Sensei and regards him highly, to the point that she said that Rimuru is the key to change the future. Chloe is also an important person to Rimuru as he decides to definitely save her from Yuuki. It's interesting to note that, whether intentionally or not, Chloe and Rimuru are somewhat stuck in a stable time loop, as his bringing her to Ramiris granted her her powers over time and saved her life, while her tinkering in the past led to Veldora being sealed exactly where Rimuru would be born centuries later, in other words, the two of them are directly responsible for each other's existence and rise to power.
 * One of the children that was entrusted by Shizu to Rimuru and later became one of Rimuru's first students. Initially, just like the rest of the children, Chloe was wary of him. However, as Rimuru made efforts to become closer to them and teach them properly, all of them became close and respect Rimuru greatly, calling him "Sensei." Among those children, Chloe becomes the one with the most affection towards Rimuru as she falls in love with him, even declaring she loves him though Rimuru didn't take that seriously initially. Even after being controlled by Yuuki, she still thinks of her Sensei and regards him highly, to the point that she said that Rimuru is the key to change the future. Chloe is also an important person to Rimuru as he decides to definitely save her from Yuuki. It's interesting to note that, whether intentionally or not, Chloe and Rimuru are somewhat stuck in a stable time loop, as his bringing her to Ramiris granted her her powers over time and saved her life, while her tinkering in the past led to Veldora being sealed exactly where Rimuru would be born centuries later, in other words, the two of them are directly responsible for each other's existence and rise to power.


 * Youmu/Farmenas
 * Youmu captain of the Frontier Garrison is one of many humans who were first skeptical of Rimuru and the monster nation. Youmu tries to understand what made Rimuru so great to his citizens. Overtime Youmu and Rimuru become good friends. During the attack made by the Farmas Kingdom, Rimuru massacred many of the soldiers. Youmu begged Rimuru to spear Myulan and Grucius life as they were found out to be spies for other demon lords. Rimuru decided to make Youmu the new hero of Farmas Kingdom and make the Farmas Kingdom a vessel state. During that time Youmu decided to rename himself as Farmenas and so Farmas has renamed the Farmenas Kingdom after the hero Farmenas/Youmu. Youmu is one of many humans who Rimuru put his trust in.


 * Honjou Masayuki
 * Originally from Rimuru's world before Rimuru died, Masayuki was summoned to the world and mind tricked by Yuuki to attack Rimuru. However Rimuru freed him from Thought Control and after experiencing the wonders of Tempest, he decided to become Rimuru's subordinate and often help him with issues such as the labyrinth and the Adventures. Rimuru is often grateful for his help and will rely on him for help with something.


 * Mai Furuki
 * Mai was originally an enemy of Rimuru who attacked him and his town by Velda's order in to perfect the dimensional jump to return to her world. However thanks from the convincing of Shinji and the others, Rimuru decides to spare her and save her from her body self destructing. He even offered her advice and supportive words to motivate her to find her way back herself instead of relying on Yuuki. Since then, it is hinted that she has a crush on Rimuru as after he carried and handed over her to Apito, her face said that she was unsatisfied and reluctant to be off from his arms.


 * Tanimura Shinji


 * Mark Lauren


 * Zhen Liu Xing


 * Gadra


 * Fuze
 * The Guild master of the Free Guild. Rimuru and Fuze have an interesting relationship, Rimuru saw that by forming a relationship with Fuze he can have better relationships with humans. While Fuze views it as a way to avoid a fight with a monster nation. While Fuze is skeptical about everything and does fear Rimuru due to immense power, even more, when Rimuru becomes a demon lord. Despite all the fears Rimuru himself trust Fuze even giving important information that Yuuki Kagurazaka is behind many events.


 * Ranga
 * Besides Ciel, there is perhaps no one closer to Rimuru due to his residence in his shadow. Ranga was among the first group of beings to be named by Rimuru. Due to living in Rimuru shadow, Ranga has constantly absorbed Rimuru's aura. He had previously experienced a transformation into a Tempest Star Wolf due to his exposures and absorption of the aura. Ranga was the son of the previous Dire Wolf boss who Rimuru killed in defending the Goblin Village. Once Rimuru transformed into a Dire Wolf and exerted his aura, Ranga and the rest of his pack yielded to Rimuru in a subservient manner.

Orcs

 * Geld
 * Extremely loyal to Rimuru and has infinite gratitude to Rimuru by adopting the orcs. He was astounded by Rimuru's generosity in allowing the Orcs to be a part of the Great Jura Alliance. He will take Benimaru's word to heart to spend the rest of his considerable life in serving Rimuru as penance for his part in the Orc Lords calamity.

Lizardman

 * Gabiru
 * Gabiru is one of many who serve under Rimuru. Their relationship started rocky since Gabiru looked down on Rimuru due to the fact he is a slime. This changes when Rimuru saves Gabiru's life from the Orc Lord. After Gabiru's banishment from the Lizardman and deciding to serve under Rimuru changes Gabiru. Gabiru becomes a proper leader leading Rimuru's sky forces and even naming him "Dragon Lord." He has since swallowed his pride and realized that some are infinitely stronger than him. He now understands that by serving Rimuru he will learn and grow stronger himself.

Giants

 * Dagura
 * Rimuru originally met Dagura and his brothers outside of The Walpurgis Banquet Meeting Place. They originally picked a fight with him to drive him away as he and their father, Dagruel got along to prevent him from getting hurt and drive him away. However, this has been proven futile by the one-sided beating by Shion. Since then, he and his brothers worked for Rimuru to study Tempest's culture while wanting to serve as Shion's bodyguards as they were infatuated with her. Dagura's loyalty to Rimuru and feelings for Shion were enough for him and his brothers to join their side and fight their father during the war. Although, he and his brothers are slightly envious of Rimuru due to Shion being in love with him.


 * Ryura


 * Debura

Demon Lords

 * Leon Cromwell
 * Rimuru initially holds contempt towards Leon for his actions towards Shizu, but after knowing how he saved Shizu, he is willing to work with him for Chloe's sake. He has even gone so far as to save Leon's life thereby beginning his evolution into a Dem-God.


 * Milim Nava
 * After Rimuru defeats the Orc Lord, Milim becomes interested in him. She immediately wanted to meet him. Despite the huge difference in power, Rimuru was able to somewhat tame the Demon Lord by feeding her honey. He learns to control Milim like how one disciplines a child. The two now see each other as friends (Milim says they're best friends). Rimuru cares for Milim and was worried when he believed Clayman was controlling her. He began to view her in a new light when he realized that she had pretended to be under Clayman's sway to outsmart him as a manipulator and usurper. He is often overwhelmed by Milim's power and unpredictableness. It is hinted that she may have feelings for him as in the Light Novel and in the Web Novel, she would compete with Shuna, Shion, Chloe, and Ramiris over Rimuru's attention.


 * Clayman
 * He hates Rimuru. He believes that Rimuru usurped the position and power that should have been his as a demon lord. He views Rimuru's arrival as the reason for his plan to create and subjugate a new true demon lord failing. His actions to discredit and destroy Rimuru and his Monster Country led to his death. He disgusted Rimuru so much that Rimuru decided to kill him first and ask for forgiveness from the other demon lords later.


 * Ramiris
 * At first, Ramiris was leary of Rimuru when he destroyed her golem. She released her reservations when he created her a more powerful and intelligent protector in Beretta. She was so impressed with him, that she decided to move her entire Labyrinth closer to his city. She welcomed Rimuru's input in the construction of the new labyrinth and even accepted a job as the manager/engineer of the entire facility. She believes that Rimuru has elevated her standing by growing her number of subordinates and providing her wealth with a percentage (20%) of the proceeds of the labyrinth. She has even had her view among the other demon lords elevated. In the Web Novel, it's shown that she has feelings for Rimuru and competes for his attention. She has begun to develop combat techniques thanks to her pseudo adventuring with Milim, Veldora, and Rimuru in the Labyrinth.


 * Guy Crimson
 * Guy sees Rimuru as a fascinating curiosity. He acknowledges his power, but wonders why he does not subjugate the world. He is impressed and intrigued by his restraint. He is one of the few beings that has battled Veldanava and feels a similar presence in Rimuru when the two battle. He stated he would not seriously battle Rimuru because he is not in the habit of engaging in battles he knows he can not win. He became friendly towards Rimuru the moment he agreed to have his servants taught the technique and recipe for "cake." He is amazed at how quickly Rimuru ascended in power while believing that he genuinely did not seek it.


 * Dino
 * Dino respects Rimuru's power but sees his city as the perfect place to loaf around and eat cake. Dino is also curious to find out if Rimuru is indeed a reincarnation of his master, Veldanava. He does see in his generosity and kindness that he saw in Veldanava. He believes that Rimuru's friendship with Milim is what is best for her, even if he does get to eat and sleep well while they play together.


 * Ruminas Valentine
 * Ruminas is conflicted in her feelings toward Rimuru. Firstly he is the sworn brother of her eternal enemy Veldora, but she realizes that he is benevolent and kind. Secondly, she is jealous of his relationship with Chloe but is beginning to realize that her hatred of Veldora might also mask some truer, deep-seated feelings of attraction. Overall, she respects Rimuru, not only for his friendship and power but because he truly cares about others. It begins to change her outlook when she realizes that Rimuru inspired his subordinates to die for others of their own volition.