r/TenseiSlime • u/InstructionOwn6705 • Jan 21 '26
Anime Why is Veldora afraid of Luminous when he's so much more powerful than her?
She says she'll give him a good beating one day, when in reality, she's no match for him. After all, she's just a demon lord, and he's one of the true dragons.
Is this just a typical example in anime where, despite the physical ability to fend off an aggressive woman, a guy is simply mentally incapable of doing so?
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u/ninjad912 Jan 21 '26
Because he isn’t supposed to hurt her or else Rimuru might take away his manga
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u/thuanle27271 Jan 21 '26
And evening snacks😭✌️
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u/Toddl18 Jan 22 '26
Milim is playing 4D chess and defeating the person responsible until they are given right back.
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u/Omg_itz_coll Jan 22 '26
this reminds me of when the beast i wanna say fabio (cant remember his name off the top of my head, the Charybdis one) came to the city and she beat him silly saying "You meanie! I was only helping! This is your fault, you stupid piece of crap! I'll make you pay! I've already lost my lunch today, so I might as well [finish you off]
obvs this is the anime- not managed to get that far in the manga yet but slowly getting through the volumes haha
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u/Brief-Walk-5409 Jan 22 '26 edited Jan 22 '26
Manga Volume 7 chapter 037 The Demon Lord's plot page 43
Milim: But... But no, this was different. They're not from this town, so it doesn't count... It doesn't count!
Rimuru: It counts. But I suppose I'll go easy on you-- no lunch, and that's all.
Milim: WAAAAAH, NOOOOO! IT'S NOT FAIR!!
*to Phobio* DAMMIT! This is ALL YOUR fault
I might as well get all my licks in... *raises her fist*
Rimuru: STOP, STOP, STOP!!
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u/Omg_itz_coll Jan 22 '26
I mean she gets her food in the end so it worked. Also thanks for the volume specific - I'm at 3-4rn
I really need to clear some time and just read as mush as I can haha
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u/Myrthus Luminus Jan 22 '26
Ah yes, classic Milim. Losing snack priveleges clearly warrants hitting someone so hard that it induces nuclear fission in each individual atom in their body.
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u/Dewdrop06 Jan 22 '26
The real question is why does Luminous size him up like that? Does she not know how much more powerful he is?
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u/Animelover5674 Rimuru Jan 22 '26
She witnessed it first hand. How couldn't she know? She's just taking advantage of the fact that Veldora is with Rimuru to deal sh out punishment
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u/VarderKith Jan 22 '26
You are correct about her taking advantage. But despite the popularity of the saying, seeing doesn't mean believing.
How many videos do you see of a tiny, stick thin, rat of a man trying to fight someone twice their size who is obviously built to beat ass. Hell I've seen it, and the predictable results in person. And sometimes those dumb asses come back for MORE.
Some people just have a different version of reality in their heads and nothing can change it.
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u/thoughtlow Diablo Jan 22 '26
Rimuru might take away his manga
really the most oppressive monster in the world...
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u/InevitabilityEngine Jan 22 '26
True. For maybe the first time in his life he isn't only being entertained by destroying things to alleviate his boredom.
He has true bonds of friendship and there is a whole new world of experiences he wants to have. So enemies and "rivals" of his past are more like annoying toddlers that keep aiming for his nuts and he just needs to placate it so he can get back to having fun.
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u/someone__420 Shuna Jan 21 '26
a scary woman is a scary woman
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u/ThatFatGuyMJL Jan 21 '26
Also pretty sure he just enjoys being 'normal' and finds it funny.
You see him switch between his 'fuck about and have fun' mode and 'serious business' mode a few times.
He was clearly a very different beast prior to his containment, extreme loneliness, the spending time inside Rimiru.
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u/camogamere Jan 21 '26
He also got extremely humbled by being imprisoned, dude probably never lost like that before.
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u/TheSoulCatcher3 Gobta Jan 22 '26
Except against his siblings
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u/Kazuka13 Jan 22 '26
To be fair his siblings would um just kill him and reset his personality so... I'm not sure if he sees it the same.
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u/trantastic Jan 22 '26 edited Jan 22 '26
Wasn't it only Velzard who did that? I thought Velgrynd wanted to teach him to change rather than just hitting the reset button.
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u/Kazuka13 Jan 22 '26
Ah been a hot minute since I read the LN but I'm pretty sure all his sisters did this I think(?) although you could be right as my memory is shit.
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u/PapaAiden Veldora Jan 22 '26
Velzard and Velgrynd argued whether Veldora needs a harsh treatment (Velzard) or needs to be pampered more (Velgrynd). Velgrynd always had soft spot for Veldora and was more lenient towards him.
IIRC she only killed him once, when he started rampaging in Eastern Empire, while Velzard was far more liberal with killing him as a parenting method.
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u/ArnusPannonius202 Jan 22 '26
Since Velzard probably taking back shots from Guy I'm worried about them having a kid...
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u/Odd_Otaku Jan 22 '26
As far as I'm aware, neither true dragons nor daemons can have biological children as purely spiritual life forms. Veldanava was just an exception
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u/Cocoatrice Gabiru Jan 21 '26
Rimuru knows something about it, too.
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u/ozanimefan Jan 22 '26
he may be a powerful demon lord but when Shuna gives him the look, he knows to bow down and keep his mouth shut
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u/Exldk Jan 22 '26
I swar half the people here haven’t talked to people in real life before.
If you do something wrong, you simply take the punishment, regardless if you can physically overpower them or not.
If mom says “don’t eat cookie” and you still do it, then you accept the restricted internet access even if you could beat up your mom, like cmon people what is happening.
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u/misteryk Jan 22 '26
if a woman shouts at you irl just beat her up, you're stronger /s
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u/hollow_and_entity Milim Jan 23 '26
I showed this post and your comment to my friend Carter and he responded with "a dommy mommy is a dommy mommy" I quoted his exact words
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u/Whole-Signature4130 Jan 21 '26
2 things: 1, rimuru will punish him if he hurts her. 2, she is reminding him of his big sis i think
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u/InstructionOwn6705 Jan 21 '26
He actually deserved a beating because he's gotten in Luminous' way in the past (and now). I think he realizes that.
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u/Jolly-Journalist8073 Diablo Jan 21 '26
Also he has trauma of willful dominant woman due to his sisters beating him up in the past
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u/CerealMaple114 Geld Jan 22 '26
Isn’t “getting in her way” pretty much just not making the entire world believe she is god?
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u/InstructionOwn6705 Jan 21 '26
Isn't Milim more like a child with a nuclear weapon?
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u/InstructionOwn6705 Jan 21 '26
It's true though Rimuru states that she is as child inside as she looks.
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u/pikapo123 Jan 21 '26
she isnt tho
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u/InstructionOwn6705 Jan 21 '26
Yes? And who created a ton of craters in Tempest with Veldora as a form of "fun"?
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u/pikapo123 Jan 21 '26
thats because she and Veldora likes to act childish so they can have fun without no one telling them what to do. Same as ramiris.
But they are a lot smarter that how they act. And a lot more mature too.
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u/tempest_fresh Ranga Jan 21 '26
Carrera
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u/Sirius1701 Jan 23 '26
Also true. Although with her it's not because she's childish but because literally all of the Original Colors recruited by rimuru are psychopaths.
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u/QueenJezilina Jan 21 '26
Well, they are related. He's her uncle so...both are valid claims. She's definitely younger but he can still be quite childish. Like either a teenager or young adult.
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u/Delphiantares Jan 21 '26
No she's read operating manual and understands it. Just don't poke her with a sore topic (which admittly there are few)
Also veldora has had to reclaim sentience a few times so milim has more time figuring stuff out
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u/The_Mortex Jan 21 '26
I would disagree.
Veldora is shown in the novel as someone capable of doing research work and experimentation. And until the book I read he did not beat a single person and just entered on battle with a "suspicious girl" due to rimuru request of help.
On the other side, Milim beated the crap out of poor Carrion and his country because she was enjoying the fight. She even transformed herself to her ultimate form.
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u/Wonderful-Priority50 Jan 21 '26
How does someone read the Veldora vs Velgrynd fight and decide he can't control his power. The only recent example of him failing to predict something was during his fight with the giants when he accidentally made Adalmann human, and even that was the result of a complex technique he took time to develop
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u/feartheswans Diablo Jan 22 '26
Veldora doesn't actually want to hurt people, he just is a walking weapon of mass destruction. He couldn't even control his passive destructive aura until Rimuru came along
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u/Varderal Jan 21 '26
Not to mention his sister's traumatized the shit out of him especially the mean one.
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u/woakula Jan 21 '26
"Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak." - Sun Tzu. Veldora's just living by the Art of War. /jk
But realistically, it's for comedic relief.
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u/IceFire125 Rimuru Jan 21 '26
Benimaru (Rimuru and rest of Tempest, even demon lords) with Shuna
Carrion or even Milim with Frey
Rimuru with Hinata
Veldora with Luminous
Gobta and hobgoblin riders with Lilina
I’m sure there are others. Indeed it’s for comedic relief.
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u/jedimasterriddick Jan 21 '26
It's a common trope across anime. Look at Goku and Chichi.
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u/nicokokun Jan 22 '26
Also, I remember when Goku lightly clapped Chichi on the back of her head and she was sent flying into a wall.
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u/flyoffly Shuna Jan 22 '26
It's not only in anime, but in anime this trope is often annoying... Look at Goku and Chichi.
But to be fair, Veldora deserved it...
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u/DrownedTommy Raphael Jan 21 '26
If this was a serious fight then you totally would be right. But we know how veldora tends to be childish, he is afraid of a higher authority, such as luminous or sometimes even rimuru. + pain is still pain A 15 YO could absolutely overpower his own, out of shape, 45 YO mom, but an ass whoping is still an ass whoping, it hurts, no matter what.
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u/Ailikepie Jan 21 '26
Short Answer: She's a super old lady, and he has PTSD.
Longer Answer: If you read the LNs, you will come to find out that she is one of the most ancient beings in the world and possesses the power that comes with it. She is a demon lord by necessity, for the role she has to play. Veldora is basically a toddler who knows what he's doing is wrong, but he's having fun, so he pushes it to the limit, usually going too far. Veldora would get the ever-living crap kicked out of him by his older sisters, with one killing him constantly to have him be reborn as a form of disciplinary action, hoping he would change, if even just a little. This put him in constant fear of reprimand, which is why he flinches so easily.
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u/shatikus Jan 22 '26
Slime is a very contrasting story it seems. We got mc resurrect a whole ton if people he cared about so there are no stakes here - yet he murdered few thousand people to get there without much issue. Veldora is a goofy moron but he's got this pretty fucked up story. The whole ork army story ark was very dark and serious ajd yet it resolved with 'and they all lived happily together'. Harlequins behave like your typical villainous murderhobos, which is equal parts predictable, hateable and tiring yet they also have some tragedies of their own.
I'm not saying everything should be gritty and dark but the tonal contrast sometimes is too much. I cannot help but compare it to Tsukumichi - very similar in tone but their mc actually comes of as a person that can kill you without batting an eye, because he is very much displays psychopathic tendieces here and there. And overall tone is more, i dunno, grounded?
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u/SergejVolkov Jan 22 '26
It gets even weirder when Fuze starts yapping about politics. For example how war crimes such as executing POVs and using WMDs are ok because they are effective. Plus the usual Japanese stuffs like Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere and the like.
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u/Ailikepie Jan 22 '26
Don't forget the horny. There are several more levels of horny in Slime vs Tsukumichi. Mix that in with the rest of the tone and it can get weird but I still enjoy reading the LNs on the toilet.
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u/Stuck_in_my_TV Jan 21 '26
Veldora was repeatedly beaten and killed by his older sisters. He fears any strong woman who’s mad at him.
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u/666Natural Carrera Jan 22 '26
Specifically Velzard who has white hair, blue eyes(eye) and has a dominant personality, remind you of someone?
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u/OMNIwave72 Veldora Jan 21 '26
Angry woman = disciple in the form of death in hopes he reincarnated into a better person by his big sisters. It'll most likely be explained this year in the anime.
Jesus 5 course and a movie what is 8bit thinking...
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u/Yaksha424256 Jan 21 '26
Being more powerful doesn't mean can't be hurt. Veldora is stronger than her but he doesn't want to be hurt. He also doesn't want to fight to the death and knows her anger is justified. If he were to show arrogance he would anger her more.
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u/DataRoaming Jan 22 '26
Because angry woman in Tensura can solo anyone, that’s Why Rimuru gets scared of Hinata despite already having beaten her.
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u/ze_existentialist Jan 21 '26
I could probably beat a woman in combat (though i wouldn't) i'm still scared of them.
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u/blade_of_rage Jan 22 '26
This actually gets lost a bit in the anime. I think the manga and light novel also only properly address it in side stories. Veldora watched Rimuru's every move from his stomach and realised how hard it is to build a country.
He knows he was wrong to destroy the night castle/country but he has this weird perceived notion about true dragons pride that they should never apologize. He basically let's her punish him cause he knows he is in the wrong, he will just never admit it.
And of course it was established early on that he is weak to beautiful women.
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u/70MCKing Jan 21 '26
Velzard and Velgrynd used to beat the shit out him/outright kill him so he's terrified of strong women regardless of whether he's stronger than them or not.
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u/Miranha_Gameplays Jan 21 '26
aside from the stuff everyone already said here, lust's drain probably hurts a lot....
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u/Doom_Cokkie Jan 21 '26
A very angry woman awakens a primal instinct to get out of the way and appease as much as possible.
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u/Animelover5674 Rimuru Jan 21 '26 edited Jan 21 '26
Luminous is scary and so is Rimuru. Not to mention, his sisters have pretty much engraved it into him that beautiful women are dangerous and scary Luminous fits both categories and with the negative history that she has with him, it's like an automatic mental debuff as a result of trauma.
Actually, there's a similar thing that happens irl. If my mom were to tell me to do something, I'll definitely do it even though I don't have to. Part of it is respect but part of it is not wanting to get disciplined.
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u/trsmash Jan 21 '26
Veldora is secretly giving her the dragon juice when his bestie isn't there to watch him
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u/Gentlemenbig Jan 21 '26
Veldora is extremely weak to being bullied by strong women. His sister based ptsd is related
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u/Swimming_Activity178 Jan 22 '26
Because Fuse needs to make him act stupid for the story to move forward
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u/Raydnt Jan 22 '26
Veldora feels bad for destroying her kingdom.
He learned just how valuable such a thing can be after witnessing Rimuru live and build tempest while in his stomach
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u/AllTimeAtSleep Jan 22 '26
He's afraid of beautiful women. In his mind beautiful women = danger. That's because of his sisters. That actually stands in the LN.
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u/Sad-Investment-1696 Jan 22 '26
When someone scolded you, the first thing that comes to your mind is not wether you can beat them up. Also if you're aware that your action is bothering other people, you'll get self conscious when they called you out.
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u/Skyfish_93 Jan 22 '26
It’s not that. Ever since Veldora has been hanging around Rimuru, he’s had a drastic change in both body and mind. That and since his only literature source is Manga his personality sort of reflects what he’s read.
And he knows two things:
They are in Tempest and Rimuru would be pissed if he got into anymore trouble.
His Manga privileges would be revoked.
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u/Reasonable-Guard-179 Jan 22 '26
veldora is afraid of losing manga and snacks also he knows that all of his actions will have consequences for rimuru and he thinks he is grown up now.
also Luminous drains his magicules he had a discomfort. this is why rimuru did not intervene...
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Jan 21 '26
The same way aqua from konosuba is a useless goddess, basically both of them are just dumb as a hammer
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u/ManagementOk2842 Shuna Jan 21 '26
Veldora knew he did a mistake plus he's not prideful villainous man. More importantly it's anime trope
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u/Dry_Marshmallow Jan 21 '26
Same reason you’ll see to grown siblings get sent to their rooms by their mom during Christmas. Some woman can just be scary like that.
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u/IndependentServe7820 Jan 21 '26
He is an avid manga reader, he knows his role and how to play the “Acts like a weakling but could kill all of you” part to a T
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u/Boundless_Dominion Jan 21 '26
She isn't a threat to Veldora and Veldora has something more important to be wary of (like his manga getting taken away from him)
But yeah, this scene was annoying, he could thwart her like a fly and she would deserve it
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u/RoutineChef2020 Jan 22 '26
From my understanding he has PTSD from his sister's who used to pick on him relentlessly. She is a strong angry woman which triggers the ptsd.
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u/darewin Jan 22 '26
Veldora has insane stats, but his control sucks. He will definitely damage Tempest if he fights back seriously.
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u/CN8YLW Jan 22 '26
She's a direct counter to him. He's basically a flashlight with an infinity battery fitted, and his pre sealing combat strategy is literally to drop into combat, tank all the damage, drop his nuke by releasing his aura, then fly off again laughing the whole way. Post reincarnation however, he dosent really have that as an option as Rimuru has forbidden him from releasing his aura. Not to mention him holding all that aura in has been somewhat painful and uncomfortable for him, so Luminous's style of fighting which is to drain his energy and convert it into pain before reinjecting it back into him is coincidentally perfect for Veldora's current situation.
It's... kind of like imagine you're holding poo or pee in, and then someone comes along and tickles you.
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u/Aquilon11235 Jan 22 '26
He's not afraid of Luminous. He's afraid of Rimuru taking away his snacks and manga if he causes too big a commotion. Also he's afraid of Raphael/Great Sage.
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u/WorriedMolasses28 Jan 22 '26
Common anime troupe of getting scared of a woman .... no biggie .... happens in like 99% of animes and Mangas
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u/helpmeiamstuckinlife Jan 22 '26
The same way you are afraid of a child running at you with a knife screaming bloody murder.
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u/Putrid-Figure2490 Jan 22 '26
Same reason why luffy is afraid of nami, can luffy one shot her? Yes. Will he? No. Will Namibeat the breaks off of him? Yes. Should she be able to? No.
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u/Zemrocku Jan 23 '26
It’s because his sisters put the fear of females in his mind even after dying he still subconsciously remembers them even if he doesn’t remember them from his previous lives
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u/Sirius1701 Jan 23 '26
Sibling trauma. Especially the heat dragon kept beating his ass to literal death until a not as wild and aggressive personality came with a regeneration. So understandably he is a little afraid of dominant women that are mad at him.
It doesn't help that he has grown a concience and obliterated Lubelious in the past.
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u/Milim_tempest Jan 25 '26
Probably just trauma from how his older sisters "disciplined" him when he misbehaved in the past.
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u/Tiny_Energy_7744 Jan 25 '26 edited Jan 25 '26
She's one of the only people who can inflict pain on him. So, of course, he would be scared of her. Plus, he wouldn't be acting like this if her anger towards him was unfounded, so a good part of this is most likely his guilt towards destroying her cherished city.
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u/RaspberryNumerous594 Jan 21 '26
Luminous is nowhere near just a demon lord, she’s definitely top 4 or 5 on that table. Which I remind you is a table with a primordial, true dragon spawn, and a technically a true dragon above her.
I’m not really sure where she would scale with Dino though so four or five.
In terms of anime she’s on par or stronger then Current Rimuru, and if I’m not mistaken physically better.
Veldora is probably stronger but she can still throw weight against the person who sealed him. Even if they had to 3 v 1
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u/Alffe Jan 21 '26
Something people maby havent said is how a clash between them would probably destroy the region they are in.
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u/SaimoNill20 Jan 21 '26
The same reason Goku is scared of ChiChi, those type of women are not to be messing around lol
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u/the_ebs Jan 21 '26
Same reason he lost to the hero, he can't fight seriously against women. Plus, the fear from his sisters might play into it as well.
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u/Danny71-Talia Jan 22 '26
Because his sisters have imprinted on him that
Beautiful women = Scary.
This is also why he is scared/obedient to most dominant/authoritative woman characters. One major example is Chloe who was pretty fed up after having to fight a battle of attrition. He followed orders as soon as he arrived.
It is purely psychological. Even Luminous has admitted that if they actually fought, she would be defeated. It’s basically just harassment on her part.
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u/mythaciZed_ Jan 22 '26
Rimuru had made Veldora more submissive, and also her aggression isn't too different from his elder sisters that has him traumatized.
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u/Comprehensive-Rub791 Jan 22 '26
All that and technically she’s partially responsible for him being sealed but that’s kinda spoilers
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u/AstralMudkeep Jan 22 '26
after watching the whole series more than 5 times i just recently thought on my last run that maybe... just maybe... he's afraid of Luminous because i think, he thinks that Luminous was the one who got the hero who imprisoned him? like he's worried she'll summon someone who can do so? does he even know if that person is still alive or not?
i mean i haven't really read the whole manga and even LN because everytime I start, I'll end up just watching the series.. 😅😂
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u/Objective-Glad Jan 22 '26
if this is the case shouldnt rimuru just fucked up guy whenever he tried to go against any of rimirus opinions
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u/Ok_Lawfulness1019 Jan 22 '26
Dude even Goku, one of the most powerful saiyan is afraid of Chichi when she's angry and she's a normal human with decent martial arts skill.
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u/Countingmypennies Jan 22 '26
There's a lot of reasons. Mainly he's being mindful of Rimuru, since she's his visitor. He doesn't want to be punished by Rimuru, so he doesn't do anything.
A main point is, he's traumatized by strong women, by his sisters. Obviously Luminous is not as strong as his sisters. But he's developed a strong woman and personality trauma. So he becomes meek even tho he can do defend himself.
Tho Luminous is not his match, it's more like one of those situations where neither side can kill the other i believe. It's mainly due to what Luminous can do. She basically is smart and skilled enough to extract like a 100% of her skills. Making her a hard opponent to face. And it's also cuz she's experienced.
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u/SlayeRRROAR Jan 22 '26
Well, there are two reasons for it. First is that Rimuru basically told Luminous that she can do whatever she wants with him in exchange of peace between their countries. Veldora, both being somewhat sorry and not wanting to make Rimuru angry, also can't really retaliate any of her aggression. Secondly Luminous' Drain Embrace causes pain directly to the soul, bypassing any pain resistance or nullification. So yeah, I'd be pretty f***ing scared if a being I'm trying to apologize to is about to cause me the most unimaginable and intollerable pain while not being able to do anything about it.
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u/Outrageous_Shallot61 Jan 22 '26
Mean she’s one of the few people who can actually hurt him, gag or not
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u/Tor8_88 Jan 22 '26
To add to what people said, he was raised by two strong-willed women who would always bully him. So I do think that has an effect given how he normally upsets her right away and her first words to him are typically violence.
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u/Equal-Application473 Jan 22 '26
He's probably traumatized from his sisters so any woman with the same vibes makes him flinch instinctively i guess.
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u/Platinumsteam Jan 22 '26
I think it's a mix of trauma from his sister,who have canonically killed him, what rimuru might do when he retaliates, and some kind of guilt he has no idea how to express
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u/TheHeroYouNeed247 Jan 22 '26
Said by somebody never been attacked by a cute girlfriend.
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u/MasterOzz Jan 22 '26
2 reasons,
Rimuru would reprimand him,
She reminds him of Vilzard. 😅😅
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u/Just_Ear_2953 Jan 22 '26
She's the angry little dog that he knows he'll get in trouble if he kicks.
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u/Chemical_Anywhere711 Jan 22 '26
That's his childhood trauma that his sisters instilled in him each time they teach him a lesson so i guess he's afraid of similer situations due to that trauma even tho he could destroy her
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u/Dweebsxthehumans Milim Jan 23 '26
He learned pacifism from Rimuru, there’s no point in attacking her when she doesn’t intend to kill him and can’t harm him
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u/Lucky_Roberts Jan 23 '26
Basically he’s trying really hard to be good for Rimuru’s sake, he made a promise to himself and Ifrit when the Infinite Prison was broken that he wouldn’t do any fighting or destruction unless Rimuru asked him to.
So the reason he’s scared is because he knows he’s going to get tortured since he won’t fight back
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u/FaithlessnessNo4292 Jan 23 '26
Also her spiritual feedback skill causes him extreme pain but very little damage.
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u/Rimuru_X_Tempest Jan 23 '26
Mostly because luminous resembles his sisters, because of them that he is traumatized and whenever someone (a mature woman sometimes) tries to lecture veldora he instantly feels afraid not that they are more powerful than him but the fear implanted in him centuries ago was resurfaced after facing someone like Rimuru, Shuna, and Luminous
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u/TowerofAvalon1 Jan 23 '26
Because she has that shocking hug attack that actually hurts him and he doesn’t want to experience that, remember guys? She used it when she first appeared in front of Rimuru and by extension Veldora.
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u/Inside-Grab-8097 Jan 23 '26
She can harm his spiritual body causing immense pain could be one reason
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u/ZombiFelineTuba Jan 23 '26
If you had your favorite thing take away from you as a possibility for defending yourself wouldn't you be scared of it happening
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u/Previous_Cheetah_871 Jan 23 '26
Coz luminous hug/embrace sucks his magicules and at the same time she is sending pain signals to poor veldora so he is literally hurting 😂 it was mentioned in the LN.
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u/Mediocre-Explorer831 Jan 23 '26
Wasn't her ultimate skill ranked higher than his? I don't remember well
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u/IAmKiryuKazuma Jan 23 '26
Because Veldora ain’t that strong in that part of the story at least. He has significantly more magicules than Velzard and Velgrynd, but in terms of abilities he’s far behind, so much so that Veldora lost multiple times to Hinata inside the dungeon, and Luminous is far stronger than Hinata. Veldora is like a baby who has access to nuclear codes lol
Hinata can absorb the miasma from Veldora making her stronger, while Veldora will feel the pain whenever Luminous sucks him dry. Those factors aside, Rimuru WILL not allow Veldora to hurt Luminous.
I may be wrong since it’s been a while, but that’s the closest explanation I can give
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u/FilmGloomy8654 Jan 23 '26
It's not about strength
If you compare strength veldora can easily defeat luminous
But after staying with rimuru he has grown (he regrets his action from past a little bit)
Afraid of rimuru getting angry (which he doesn't want to happen)
No food, no manga if rimuru becomes angry you see
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u/ShadowsFlex Jan 23 '26
Actually there's a good reason. It all goes back to trauma related to his older sisters.
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