Link:
- https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=125200
- www.novelupdates.com/series/parallel-world-pharmacy/
My Reading: Reading & On Hold
My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers are Based on: Web Novel up to: Web Vol 1: Chapter 1-13 (Translated), Web Novel RAW Up to: Web Vol 6; Chapter 8 (Google Translated)
Atmosphere: Light
Type (Transported to Another World): Reincarnation
*Cause of Death (if known): Overwork, 20's something year old
*Reincarnation: His soul replace a male child who happen to got struck by lightning
*Initial Abilities Gain after Reincarnated (If any): Divine Skill: Water (God level), three other ability that no one else has or will have.
Previous Life Basic Information: A young talented Male Pharmacist, Japanese Nationality
Other World Setting (World/Backdrop Setting): A Fantasy World with magic, European-like (French) setting as if it set during the "Early Modern Period" . There no monster or other race in this world.
Clues & Hints on why I guess on that "Earth" history time period (These thing exist even before Our MC was there):
- Medical University; a place to train, educated, and give a medical license when student graduated (regardless of there background).
- Ship Cannon; meaning they have gunpowder
- Sail Ship that can cross the ocean to another continent
Main Character: Male, 20's some year old (previous life), A human male child in his pre-teen (new life) with added godly "Divine Skill" in Water [associated with medicine god].
MC Personality/Character: A standard Japanese Character, A workaholic in his profession, A doctor mentality
MC Ideas, Creations, and/or Recreation from his previous life (Either make it himself or have someone else make it for him): bring and re-educate people about modern medical science knowledge in the university, introduce (as anonymous) invention (blueprint) related to the medial science and health while other are for daily life that can be recreated (he don't wish for credit because he know it not his invention but those great inventor from earth), Japanese curry (for himself). Lab grade glassware (the shape).
My Comments/Reviews/Spoilers: Before I begin I like give an opinion/complain on the manga version of this novel. From what I saw, they are clearly adding "ecchi" in that manga that do not exist in the novel, probably for the "sex appeal" rating. My opinion on that, I don't like it because this is not that type of novel.
Any who let get back to this; Our story go like this the main character die in his sleep due to overwork and have his soul transfer to a child body. In the new body he is the second son and a middle child in a family of high ranking nobleman. The main character is now reborn in a family of pharmacist. Discovering that medical science in this world are still doing it like it in the medieval time, he plan to change that while promising himself never to overwork to death again.
In this world there are people who can uses Divine Skill (magic) that link to a certain god. And in the country (at least) where the main character reside in, those with "Divine Skill" are noble and royalty. You will get disown from the family if you are born without "Divine Skill" in a noble household and they end up in the orphanage (I think it a law, novel never explain this part). You can become a noble even if you are born as commoner if you are born with "Divine Skill". The only other way to become a noble "one generation only" if you are commoner is to have an accomplishment great enough that is recognize by the nation leader. It a "meritocracy" type of government so who ever has the strongest "Divine Skill" can become the next emperor or empress if and when the current one die. The "Divine Skill" is more of support in everyday life and an indication of your current/future occupation then anything else. "Divine Skill" are rarely uses for combat since people who can use it are noble. The only other fantasy stuff in this world are "curse" and "evil spirit".
Web vol 1: MC died and wake up in a new body, learn about this world and his new family. Save the empress life with his modern medical knowledge while following his father to work where his father and co-worker could not save her. Was granted "medical license" meaning he already graduated without going to a university and because of his wish, the empress allow him to build and operate a pharmacy. Medical license are break down into three class to prove which patient you are allow to see and take: the highest is for royalty and noble (and below), the second is for noble (and below), and last is for commoner only.
Web vol 2: Trying to attract customer (commoner) in the new pharmacy while ignoring business rival. Encounter with church people that first thought he was possess by an "evil spirit" and must be eliminated but then after losing in combat (church people) they misinterpreted him as a walking god due his abnormal strong "Divine Skill". Prevent and stopping the "Black Death" virus.
Web vol 3: creating a factory for research and medicine making. Slowing down a cancer in his older brother.
Web vol 4: church trouble. questionable alchemy
Web vol 5: become a university professor and building a basic gene map
Web vol 6: trouble in another country
Character: (the other world)
MC: 2nd son and middle child of a high ranking noble family. Divine Skill: water, pre-teen.
MC brother: Older brother and first child, pharmacist student of a Medical University in another country. muscle brain personality. Divine Skill: water.
MC sister: younger sister and youngest child. Divine Skill: wind
MC Father: One of the four with the high "medical license" in the country. Head of the house (noble). President of the Medical University in the (home) country. strict and serious person. Divine Skill: water
MC Mother: noble lady, Divine Skill: wind
Eleonora: College age female from a noble background, a beauty. MC tutor later become his assistance at his pharmacy. MC older brother rival. See MC as a student and a teacher and vise versa. Still under apprenticeship under MC father while allow to work independent. have bad luck with her eyeglass dropping and breaking (when surprise by unexpected thing)
Lotte: a female child and a servant for the MC family. commoner. Serve MC and work at his pharmacy. later also work as royal painter.
Empress: female of 20's year old, a beauty, widow, have a child son. Divine Skill: fire. know how to run a country and make great policy. a muscle brain (often call by our MC in his mind) when she want to rush thing into action.
There are other character but this is for now.
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Now there is a mystery and foreboding that keep come up and they are:
- Is the MC actually dead (on earth)?
- The MC existent (will he actually disappear, literally)
This novel is about a guy doing their job in another world. There no romance (love between opposite gender, yet maybe), but there are love (family and friend).
Overall, I enjoy reading this.
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