Talk:Rimuru Tempest/Abilities and Gears/@comment-36209226-20190802015039/@comment-10330822-20190803001745

That's not quite how it seems to works. After all, its not Great Sage ever stated there was a difference between anything he ate, i.e. a male centipede versus a female one. As far a mimicry goes, it just seems to take a template example of the species, Shizue for example, and created "human" mimicry, it was never "female human" or "male human", just "human". So its less about her actual appearance and more about her physiology. After all, Rimuru is capable of freely altering the mimicry to be more grown, male, or female based on the situation. Showing that its function over form. So him eating Yuuki doesn't really change anything. Because Shizue is already the "template" for human mimicry.

Also, Clayman wouldn't alter human mimicry, because Clayman isn't a human. If anything, Clayman would create an undead, elf, or undead/elf mimicry. Just because the target is humanoid doesn't make it human.

Either way, the problem with his appearance is magicule-related, not sample-related. Great Sage explained that the reason Rimuru is smaller than Shizue despite her being his template is because Rimuru's mimicry is at a state where it won't consume too many magicules. At its size, Rimuru wouldn't burn more magicules than he creates, so he can remain in Human Mimicry indefinitely.

If Rimuru were to alter the anatomy's appearance or size, it consumes more magicules, hence why Rimuru only does it on rare occasion. Also, that is the reason his size changes over the course of the series, because as he evolves the amount of magicules he produces increases and the more developed his mimicry can be as a result.

Rather, one would think, now that he has Magicule Breeder Reactor, his body is generating constantly more magicules than it produces, so he could craft a mascule varation of his mimicry to remain in permanently.

That is of course, if he wanted to, Rimuru himself seems to have no issue staying as he is.