Recaps

Rimuru built ties with Tony Stark, confronted threats in the Marvel world, and traveled to the Ultra and Transformers universes to acquire allies and power. The arc left him allied with the Autobots as Sector Seven captured Bumblebee and reinforcements closed in.

• Rimuru arrived on Earth, was recovered by S.H.I.E.L.D., and escaped before the Ancient One brought him to Kamar-Taj to study magic.
• Rimuru helped Tony Stark escape captivity, became his partner and adopted young Stark, then defeated Obadiah’s Iron Monger armor.
• After Tony announced he was Iron Man, Rimuru traveled to the Ultra Universe, helped defeat Gillvalis, and swallowed its core before returning with Gillvalis and the Vallis Knights.
• Rimuru dealt with Natasha Romanoff and helped Tony face Ivan Vanko, while warning Tony about the danger surrounding the Stark Expo.
• Rimuru traveled to the Transformers universe, infiltrated Hoover Dam, and helped Sam Witwicky escape Barricade and Frenzy.
• Rimuru offered Optimus Prime help finding the AllSpark in exchange for the Autobots’ help against Thanos, and Optimus accepted.
• Rimuru secretly took Sam’s glasses before Sector Seven captured the group, then gave the glasses to Optimus after the Autobots freed them.
• The Autobots tied up the Sector Seven agents and prepared to flee, while Rimuru returned to sit beside the captives and Bumblebee was left behind under helicopter attack.

Rimuru united the Transformers, rebuilt Cybertron, and returned to Earth to dismantle Kingpin’s criminal network with help from Terminators. As he became entangled with Tony Stark, S.H.I.E.L.D., and the Hulk, Hydra targeted him by turning Abomination loose, leaving Hulk and Abomination fighting in New York.

• Rimuru captured Frenzy, helped the Autobots escape Hoover Dam with the AllSpark, then summoned Galactron to defeat Megatron and persuade him to cooperate.
• Rimuru revived Jetfire and Sentinel Prime, helped defeat The Fallen, contained Cybertron near Earth, and made Quintessa a prisoner responsible for helping rebuild the planet.
• Rimuru froze the Transformers’ battle on Cybertron, moved the Dinobots and Predacons elsewhere, and took Jazz to meet Tony and Pepper.
• Rimuru built gold-and-white Dragon Knight armor, uncovered Kingpin’s human-trafficking operation, and struck a deal with S.H.I.E.L.D. to take on Hell’s Kitchen.
• Rimuru used Terminators to crush Kingpin’s gang and, with Tony, proposed building an electric car factory powered by a T-X reactor.
• Rimuru intervened when Hulk fought the military, then confronted Hulk and Abomination at Stern’s lab and used the Bolts of Balthakk to incapacitate both.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. took Abomination into custody and Banner joined Stark Industries, while Hydra secretly planned to turn Blonsky against Rimuru.
• Hydra agents enhanced Blonsky and sent him rampaging through New York, where Hulk met Abomination in a midair collision.

Rimuru helped destroy Abomination and exposed Hydra’s infiltration of S.H.I.E.L.D., then aided in purging the organization and brought Wanda and Pietro to safety. He later helped Thor after Odin stripped him of his powers, and the arc ended with Rimuru battling the regenerating Destroyer in New Mexico.

• Rimuru summoned the Transformers to overwhelm Abomination, then used Galactron’s beam to destroy him and revealed Hydra’s infiltration of S.H.I.E.L.D. to Nick Fury.
• Rimuru told Tony Stark that Hydra had murdered his parents and that Bucky Barnes was the Winter Soldier, then helped Fury find and revive Steve Rogers beneath the Arctic ice.
• Rimuru and Fury used T-1000s to replace Hydra agents throughout S.H.I.E.L.D., and Steve and Tony helped defeat Pierce and the remaining Hydra forces.
• Rimuru brought Bucky to Steve and Tony, then traded two thousand T-1000s to Fury for an unfinished Helicarrier that he named Cloudtop Heavenly Palace.
• Rimuru rescued Wanda and Pietro from an abandoned institute in Sokovia, brought them to Tony so they could confront him over Stark Industries’ weapons, and took them to the Ancient One for help with Wanda’s Chaos Magic.
• Rimuru recognized Mjolnir when Fury asked him to investigate the hammer in New Mexico, met Thor, and revealed that Odin was alive in the Odinsleep and Loki had taken the throne.
• Loki sent the Destroyer to attack Thor and his allies in New Mexico, and Rimuru fought the machine as it repeatedly regenerated from his attacks.

Rimuru strengthened his abilities, helped reconcile old wounds, and intervened in Peter Parker’s and Norman Osborn’s lives. After reforming Oscorp’s serum, he seized Killian’s Extremis research and brought Tony, Bruce, Harry, and Helen together to develop it as a medical treatment.

• Thor awakened his godly power and destroyed the Destroyer with Mjolnir, while Rimuru pinned it down and later claimed two-thirds of its remains.
• Stan Lee restored Rimuru’s dormant power and granted him greater authority, leading Rimuru to study Uru metal, Asgardian runes, and mystical techniques before breaking through his level bottleneck with dimensional power.
• Rimuru, Wanda, and Pietro pranked Tony by making his armor, devices, and systems turn pink and malfunction until he apologized, after which Steve asked Rimuru to help Bucky and Peggy.
• Rimuru restored Bucky’s memories and soul, and Tony nearly attacked him over his parents’ deaths before reconsidering, and Rimuru later gave Steve potions to ease Peggy’s suffering.
• Rimuru found Peter Parker after a radioactive spider bite, saved Uncle Ben from the robber Peter had let escape, and urged Peter to accept responsibility while Peter chose to work and protect his neighborhood.
• Rimuru and Peter confronted Norman Osborn’s Green Goblin personality, and Rimuru tore it from Norman’s soul, healed him, and arranged a serum partnership with Harry as Norman handed him control of Oscorp.
• Rimuru and Tony removed the soul-altering components from Oscorp’s serum, while Norman’s staff concealed the incident and Rimuru warned Harry to keep the improved serum from the military and black market.
• Rimuru raided Killian’s laboratory, took the Extremis research and stock, and erased Killian’s memories of developing it, and he then gathered Tony, Bruce, Harry, and Helen to combine Extremis with Oscorp’s research and nanocells for medical treatment.