The Holy Knight Hinata
Rimuru crosses paths for the first time with the formidable Hinata Sakaguchi, a Saint in the service of the Western Church known for her absolute intransigence toward anything related to the demonic. Their encounter, marked by mutual suspicion, immediately reveals a deep antagonism between Hinata's rigid convictions and Rimuru's more nuanced view of coexistence between humans and monsters. This first confrontation, though only verbal, foreshadows far more serious tensions between the two factions in the future. This episode sets up one of the first season's most memorable rivalries.