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Not good at names but from what I remember the anime didn't introduce the slime researchers until well after he got the blood slime, the fox girls mom just doesn't show up at all (even when they eat dinner at her house) and I didn't even know that the shopkeeper had a daughter till just now. (Although you do see his grandkid so I just assumed he had a child)
And those are the ones I remember, seems like they cut out any background character that isn't relevant to the plot
Honestly there's a lot left out. Just think of the anime as a family friendlier version, with simpler plots. After all, they can't exactly show Ryouma drinking as a kid, right?
Fair point
And just imagine, the anime is a simplified version of this, but this manga is also a simplified version of the novel!
Okay, so I'm at chapter 15 rn, and the system of slavery they have in this world isn't really slavery it's actually indentured servitude. The main difference here is that indentured servants have contracts, are paid salaries, and are usually only servants for a few years or as stated in their contracts. Slaves have none of this and are legally considered property with no human rights; so calling this slavery gives a wrong impression of slavery.
Indentured servitude is still an awful system though since it's basically having more rights than a slave but less rights than a servant. Honestly, I think it was a completely unnecessary addition and I don't get why every isekai protagonist has to have someone in a much worse position of power serve them. It doesn't make them look good
Because slavery in one form or another has been and is a constant in history. Indentured servitude also came in a variety of flavors from basically an obligatory employment contract to more or less the chattel slavery everyone thinks of.
Yes indentured servitude can be really bad however manga often doesn't even show that. Much less just because it's common irl doesn't mean it needs to be in every one of these stories.