Talk:Rimuru Tempest/@comment-26144500-20190929023758/@comment-12642484-20190929165927

I was refering to the Ranks in general, not the "end of the series ranks". You see, among the "A+" Rank characters in the WN, many are considered "Special A" or even "S" in the LN, as the standards for S Rank have been lowered from True Demon Lord to the stronger ones among the Demon Lord Seeds - and the concept of "EP" has been erased from the series entirely.

So it might very well be that Rimuru was just a B Rank (pre-naming) at the beginning of the WN. Though like the LN, it might have just been Rimuru underestimating himself, but I am not sure if I remember any mention about up to which level the aura caused damage IN THE WN VERSION. You can't use any material other than the WN for the WN lore, since that's where the divide is, hence Veldora's Journal doesn't apply to the WN.

As for Rimuru's Rank (Magicule-wise) in the LN:
 * pre-naming: A (according to Veldora's Journal)
 * post-naming: A+ ~ Special A (since he was able to keep up with Ifrit who was Special A, he needed to be at least close)
 * Post Ifrit: medium-level Special A (Calamity, logically, since he ate Ifrit who is at that level)
 * Post Orc Disaster: top-level Special A (Calamity, he was still below Charybdis)
 * Post Charybdis and Sky Dragon: lower-level S (Disaster, Razen said so)
 * Post Harvest Festival: mid/high-level S (Disaster)