This is actually the 24^th in a Manga series. 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. I get a kick out of these books, and I know a lot of reluctant teen readers who devour them.