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Cheat Kusushi no Slow Life: Isekai ni Tsukurou Drugstore is exactly the kind of anime made just to pass the time. It isn't a work that tries to innovate, stir emotions, or impress with an elaborate storyline. Its goal is to offer a lighthearted, low-stakes experience, and in that regard, it succeeds, though it fails to leave any lasting impact.
The story follows an overworked employee who reincarnates in a fantasy world with a special ability to create medicines. Leveraging knowledge from his past life, he decides to open a pharmacy and lead a quiet life, far removed from the stress he previously endured. While the premise holds some potential for exploring daily life in a fantasy setting, the execution is extremely simple and predictable.
The narrative follows an episodic structure, fea…
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If this was an anime original and wasn't based on a manga, this would have gotten a higher score. It's very obvious that the anime toned down the manga, despite the manga being fairly tame itself. They trimmed some overly silly parts (which sucked because Noela's reaction to the OG potion was great in the manga) and heavily toned down a overtly homosexual character. They also cut the first few chapters of the manga entirely other than a flashback in the final episode which could lead people to not knowing who some of these characters are or why they're around. I really love the manga and just really was unfulfilled by the anime adaptation. It isn't -bad-, it's just..not as good. It would have been an 8 if it had stayed closer to the manga, to me.
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A real cute anime about a pharmicist who gets isekai-ed into a fantasy world with magic logic. He uses his knowledge of medicines and modern products to create a thriving producs by making an analogue with magic and potions. He basically pretends like the ideas are all his own and makes a hefty profit by selling them at lower than people ask, but at a high volume and low production cost of gathering materials.
Overall it's a nice little anime to watch when you're in the mood to feel cozy. Highly reccomend watching this while doing something like being bundled up with a cup of coco over the winter.
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Watched with Subtitles.
Source Material : Unread
Drug Store in Another World: The Slow Life of a Cheat Pharmacist is a superficial isekai fantasy. It's a crude attempt at disguising an average fantasy under the isekai banner to garner the coalesced viewership.
The fleeting references of MC's previous world and life are dreary and unexciting. The plot does not have anything unique to offer, anything to provide this title a base of it's own. The main and recurring character's have very little to no development throughout the series, while supporting characters are better in this regard. One theme running across the whole twelve episodes is the change in mannerisms of various obnoxious characters thanks to the earthly wisdom of reincarnated MC, which feels overused after a couple of episode…
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tl;dr: An incredibly simplistic lighthearted and comfy isekai with solid and varied enough comedy to make it a pretty fun watch.
This anime is yet another isekai with an overpowered protagonist. It’s a bit rarer for such anime to be laidback with the protagonist living the slow life, though that’s still not enough to make it particularly novel. The English title uses the word pharmacist so I expected something like the protagonist being a pharmacist in our world and then using that knowledge in another world, in the process also teaching the viewer some real pharmaceutical knowledge. This anime is nothing like that, though apparently such an anime does seem to exist (Isekai Yakkyoku).
Based on some quick research, the English translation of Kusushi (薬師) to Pharmacist in the title doesn’t…
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Even after watching everything, I still don't understand the purpose of this anime; it's EMPTY, with no objective, no explanations, no context. We are vaguely told that Reiji, the main character, comes from another world, and we are supposedly watching an Isekai, but it doesn't matter at all. This information is presented without any significance, and the animation is flat, lifeless, as are the backgrounds and characters. Personally, I found the character design visually appalling.
The work focuses on Reiji's alchemist talents, so I would have found it relevant to show us in detail how he obtains the resources necessary for making his potions, demonstrate how he prepares the potions, the use of ingredients, the techniques he employs, etc. BUT NO, even the central element of the work is ru…
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“Drug Store in Another World” is what happens when You have a fever dream from watching too much isekai topped with a (un)healthy dose of “Humanity Has Declined”.
The show doesn’t have an overarching plot, it’s episodic in nature, every episode is divided into 2-3 short stories in which our main hero pulls out a “medicine” (or a biological weapon in at least one case) out of his ass and solves someone's problem. That’s it. That’s the plot. Not one of them has any real sense of tension or drama. They are all structured the same and even rely heavily on the same type of humour: loud, obnoxious slapstick.
Normally I would go over the main cast but… I can’t here. All of them are one trick ponies that have one trait written as if it was personality.
Reiji - a plot device for creating “medic…
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If you've come across this anime on your own, then I'm sure you know what you're getting yourself into. This anime is simply a cute, episodic, low-risk adventure of a random dude getting transported into a video game-like world in which he serves as a pharmacist, typical isekai stuff. The show really sets itself apart with two simple factors; characters and setting. We've all seen isekai, but the fact that a drug store is the main location really sets this one apart, and without the colourful cast of characters, this show wouldn't be half as entertaining.
Story:
As mentioned previously, the story is mostly episodic with certain things that bleed into future episodes, like new characters, stuff like that. We follow Reiji Kirio, our typical isekai protagonist who can do practically no wrong…
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I'll start by saying I have not read the source manga. Seems that several people who have say this show suffers by comparison.
That aside, I actually really enjoyed this show. It's not going for anything deep, it's just light and fluffy fun. I'd say it's a good palette cleanser between serious stuff, or something to just watch if you're mentally fatigued and just want some light feel good. It's mostly stereotypical characters, not straying to far from their arch types and just being childishly fun with it.
The first several episodes are paced more as 3-4 shorts strung together into a full length episode. It doesn't go heavy into past exposition and it's mostly not needed. It's just, as I repeat, relaxed fun.
Some reviewers seem to be saying this is a "harem building" anime. However whi…
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Remember when isekai used to be about power fantasy fulfillment, with larger-than-life abilities, worlds, protagonists, and antagonists? Somewhere along the line, an eponymous “they” decided that such an approach to the genre was simply not going to work anymore. It seemed logical that after spending so much time in the fantastical, a new approach would involve settling down with the mundane, where scenarios were more focused on being able to do something simplistic, or solving a mini-crisis rather than one that would shake the foundation of reality with the cool swords and the cool booms.
"Cheat Pharmacist’s Slow Life: Making a Drugstore in Another World" is an anime I went into with a lot of apprehensions. If you were to ask me why I had even sat down to watch this anime i…
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This show isn't going to knock your socks off, but it's very relaxing, very cute, actually, genuinely funny at points, it doesn't have terrible animation or music, and the characters are all fun. Sure, most people have a single character trait, sure there is no story, and sure this isn't the best show ever, but that's not what this show is going for. It has more of a feel of something like non non biyori (which you should watch if you haven't, it's probably the best healing anime you will every watch) which is just trying to give you laid back entertainment that you don't have to get too invested into. I don't know if I would have liked this show as much if I didn't watch it weekly as it came out or how binging it would change the experience, but overall I thought it was pretty good.
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Isekai Breaking Bad
Is it cute? Yes.
Is it deep? No.
Does it have actual story? No.
But it is relaxing.
No spoilers, as there is no story.
Don't expect anything serious to happen here, scraps of story given are just a pretext for characters to play with each other. If you like fluffy tails and overly sweet voices this is anime for you. If you look for actual story or character development, look elsewhere.
This series has isekai in title, but apart from first 30s and a part of last episode there is nothing that would make it one. And it doesn't need or even try to be one. Story follows protagonist who can make any potion/elixir/medicine he can think of and a bunch of characters that come to him with (often imaginary) problems. Typical episode consists of one or two potions making someone…
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If you've read the manga then sorry to say you'll be disappointed with Noelle's japanese voice,it just doesn't fit her loli character,it sounds more like a teen girl trying to imitate a gradeschooler.
Character of Mina is supposed to be an Oneesan-type according to the manga but she sounds like a young girl.
The voice acting of Kirio is good but the animation doesnt keep up with his emotions as when he sadly agrees to something the face expressions are blank with just eyes closed while the voice seems very expressive.(in simple terms animation is also bad in some cases),there are scenes where simple 2 frame animations are used (not in a comical way sadly).
Instead of taking route of story of the manga is anime is more of slice of life type from the first impressions of ep1 as they didnt sh…
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To sum up about the focus of the show is basically of just events per episode. There's no last boss or any competition within the story its just the main character going thru different events per episode. personally at the beginning i thought it was going to be a bit "bland" but I continued because the characters, story and comedy kept getting better each episode. And im actually glad i continued, now this anime is more like a "breaktime anime" as i would call it. where the whole point of the anime is to sit back, relax, have a laugh and enjoy as new events come up per episode. I guess the only thing i didnt like but is not a big deal, is that the backstory of each characters was i guess a bit disappointing but then again it doesn't really matter much.
other than that, i loved each charac…
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In my opinion, if you're bored and have enough of other anime that you are watching, then I recommend you watch this Anime. It’s an Anime where you don’t have to think like “what gonna happen next”. Pro anime viewers may take the anime as a mediocre but i think to those who are new and want to learn more about being an anime enthusiast, these anime might help you understand the basic on an anime.
The anime contains most(if not all)of the basic elements. It revolves in a daily peaceful events on a countryside with small problems face by the characters that is being solved thru the help of the fantasy medicine.
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Short summary : Its perfect child-friendly side dish-type anime. Its not serious or deep, and very fun option.
Story : 8
This anime is short, and dont intended to be long arc anime. Its simple story, not so deep, 1 episode have 2-3 short part with different problems. Some is connected with previous episodes, but it really doesnt matter if you skip or miss it. The only negative in here is not so clear the MC background. It explained short in one episode, but I dont think its good enough explanation. reading the manga or LN may works.
Art : 7
The art itself pretty simple, pros and cons gonna show in here. Some maybe like it much, while some gonna laugh at it. Characters is draw so simple, although some character not good enough as the others. Same goes by backgrounds and location. While t…
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Late 2019, at Comiket #97: "Wow, another isekai anime announced. But... A pharmacist? Is that reliable?" - That was the question I asked when I found out about the show. The only thing I had of information was the synopsis, the magazine the manga was published by (Web Comic Gamma Plus) and that the source material was a Light Novel. It is a path that many works take and with Cheat Kusushi it was no different. The biggest fear of the adaptation is that the magazine itself is new to the manga market and this anime was the first from this new publisher. Now with the show already closed, I would like to say that they did a satisfying first job.
Well, when they announced an adaptation of Cheat Kusushi no Slow Life, I was anxious about what would be presented. A show bringing an intriguing idea…
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I call this kind of anime "trash anime" because it's easier for others to understand it's all right to like "trash anime" but it's a lie to call them that. See, I don't think no one here expected a crazy plot twist from an anime that was hinting at a demon lord character since the very beginning. This anime knew very well what it was, it didn't try to sell you anything else nor did it try to pretend it was something else, they give you lovely characters with lovely voices, soft comedy, good OST, high standard animation and designs knowing very well a shonen type of plot is not necessary for the formula for making us feel good and mofu mofu inside.
This anime, shares the same formula as several others that vary in success or number of seasons, but all share a common passion to deliver a f…
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So there's isekai trash, and then we have isekai GARBAGE.
Like there are so many shows out there that follow your general isekai formulas with a little twist or something, but atleast they do it some what well. You would assume that a pharmacist isekai would follow the formula at the very least.
To keep it short and sweet, here is what the show has:
Your typical child-like character (I mean the whole show seems so childish but whatever) who really cares for MC, your typical servant like character who cares for MC, tsundere strong girl who cares for MC, little noble girl who cares for the MC, etc.
In addition to all this repetitiveness, pretty much each episode is the same, and it is so boring.
I definitely wouldn't recommend this anime, it isn't bad enough that I had to drop it (I a…
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In our lives, watching so much anime nowadays that COVID is a thing that's becoming the new normal, slice-of-life series have more weight for us the audience, to just watch a show that's worth relaxing to every now and then. And what better way to edge this case than the abundance of the Isekai genre in its many sub-genres, from action to pure Iyashikei shows. And seemingly with this show etching in the new Isekai "Slow Life" sub-genre, unless you're looking for a show that you're very willing to waste your time on, Isekai Slow Life Drugstore (which is what I'll call the anime since there's no short form for it) is that kind of show where nothing and everything random happens out just out of coincidence.
Normally I would spell out the plot as usual, but in this case I would rather copy it…
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