Potion-danomi de Ikinobimasu!

Potion-danomi de Ikinobimasu! (ポーション頼みで生き延びます!, I Shall Survive Using Potions!) is a Japanese light novel series written by FUNA. The series originated on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website, before being published in print with illustrations by Sukima by Kodansha beginning in June 2017. As of August 2022, eight volumes have been released. A manga adaptation, illustrated by Hibiki Kokonoe, was on the Niconico-based Suiyōbi no Sirius platform in June 2017 to January 2022, with its individual chapters collected into nine volumes. A sequel manga, illustrated by Futsū Onshin, began serialization on the same platform in August 2022. An anime television series adaptation is set to premiere in 2023.

Synopsis
Kaoru Nagase was caught up in a mysterious phenomenon and died when returning home from work. It was because of a time-space distortion that a higher life form was cleaning up, but she was able to receive a younger body and the ability to create any potion she wanted in another world!

(Source: MangaDex)

Novels
Written by FUNA, the series began serialization on the novel posting website Shōsetsuka ni Narō on November 3, 2015. The series was later acquired by Kodansha, who began publishing the series in print with illustrations by Sukima on June 1, 2017. As of August 2022, eight volumes have been released.

In December 2018, J-Novel Club announced that they licensed the novels for English publication.

Manga
A manga adaptation, illustrated by Hibiki Kokonoe, was serialized on the Niconico-based Suiyōbi no Sirius platform from June 7, 2017 to January 2022. Kodansha published the individual chapters in nine tankōbon volumes. In December 2018, J-Novel Club announced that they also licensed the manga adaptation for English publication. A spin-off manga also illustrated by Sukima, titled ''I Shall Survive Using Potions! Hanano and Lotte's Journey, also began serialization on Suiyōbi no Sirius'' on January 30, 2023.

Character
"I learned my lesson from last time. I won't be selling anything for some time. I'm gonna be a clever girl and use my wits to make money!"

- Kaoru Nagase

Kaoru was a 22-year-old Japanese salary woman. On the way home from work one night she got caught up in an accident while God (Administrator Of Earth) was fixing a spatial disturbance. As an apology for killing her, God offered to send her to another world along with a cheat ability. Kaoru accepted this offer and was sequentially sent to see the Goddess of Verny, Celestine (Administrator Of Verny), the place she was supposed to be reborn. Celestine granted Kaoru's wanted cheat ability, that being the ability to make potions with any effect she wanted in the container as Kaoru wishes at the time of making the container, an item box with an unlimited capacity that can only be accessed by Kaoru, and a genetically same body with her genes at her 15-year-old state. Kaoru later realized that her body is at an eternally 15-year-old state, thus she will not grow old or her chest at all. After confirming with Kaoru what her wishes were, Celestine subsequently sent her down to Vernie.

Personality


 * Kaoru is shown to be clever and cunning as well as ruthless. She is a master at twisting words to fit the situation. She won't hesitate to do what she wants (however, she will refrain from unprovoked violence). Aside from this, she is generally shown to be upbeat and cheerful as well as a little naive at times. She is known for her sharp and scary eyes.

Abilities
She will be reincarnated in another world managed by Celestine as compensation from God. She is, but she requires cheat abilities to survive in a medieval-level different world. When receiving a cheat ability, Celestine skillfully talked about multiple cheat abilities such as: 「Potion Creation」: (Nicknamed "Goddess Workshop") Kaoru's primary ability. It allows her to create virtually any kind of potion with any kind of effect without needing raw materials and the like. The potions can simply materialize out of thin air as just the liquid, or in a container or bottle. All the specifics about the potion and its function are entirely up to her imagination's limit. She merely needs to think and the potion appears. She can also target the location at which her potions would appear. There are also no limits to the number of potions she can have at once. Below are some examples of her potions that are known.


 * Sports Drink: is a physical fitness restorative
 * Blue Potion: is a lower rank potion. It can heal some wounds such as cuts, bruises, etc
 * Yellow Potion: is an intermediate rank potion. It can heal internal organs damage, fractures, etc
 * Red Potion: is an advanced potion. It can fully rejuvenate a body even if it is in a critical situation
 * Beast-repelling Potion: used by Kaoru to repel animals while she sleeps in the woods
 * Sleeping Potion: used by Kaoru to knock out the Young Maid
 * Hair and Eye Color Changing Potion: used by Kaoru to change her hair and eye color
 * Tears of a Goddess: used by various characters. Is a cure-all potion for all ailments and injuries
 * Age-reversing Potion: used by Francette to make her fifteen again
 * Imitation Wasabi: potion that looks and tastes like wasabi.
 * Imitation Soy Sauce: a potion that looks and tastes like soy sauce.
 * Poison Potion: used by Kaoru to poison wells in the towns between Nicosia and the Holy Land of Rueda. Poison only lasts 10 days and causes the poisoned person to violently throw up and suffer from severe diarrhea.
 * Antidote Potion: cures Poison Potion
 * Breath of the Goddess: used by Kaoru as a form of pepper spray
 * White Orb Potion: made up of a substance similar to nitroglycerin
 * Gourd Shaped Potion: made up of pseudo-nitroglycerin and concentrated sulfuric acid
 * Red Orb Potion: made up of napalm and naphtha which was designed to spontaneously ignite once it made contact with the air
 * Healing Potion: potion with limited healing effects that expires after five days of being created
 * Goddess Statue: two statues of the goddess that creates unlimited amounts of potion that cures any epidemic going around the capital city of Litenia. The potion will only last for one day after being scooped and the statues will only last for five days or until someone attempts to move the statue.
 * Soldier’s Disease - Small Silver Version: potion sold at Layette’s Atelier and Layette’s Atelier Mk-II that treated the symptoms but didn't cure Soldier's Disease.
 * Soldier’s Disease - Silver Version: potion sold at Layette’s Atelier and Layette’s Atelier Mk-II that treated the symptoms and slowly cured Soldier's Disease. The user was not immune to being reinfected once cured.
 * Soldier’s Disease - Small Gold Version: potion sold at Layette’s Atelier and Layette’s Atelier Mk-II that treated the symptoms and quickly cured Soldier's Disease. The user was not immune to being reinfected once cured.
 * Hangover Potion: potion sold at Layette’s Atelier and Layette’s Atelier Mk-II that cures hangovers.
 * Stomach Pain Potion: potion sold at Layette’s Atelier and Layette’s Atelier Mk-II that cures stomach pain.
 * Minor Wound Potion: potion sold at Layette’s Atelier and Layette’s Atelier Mk-II that cures minor wounds.
 * Toothache Pain Potion: potion sold at Layette’s Atelier and Layette’s Atelier Mk-II that cures toothache.
 * General Pain Relief Potion: potion sold at Layette’s Atelier and Layette’s Atelier Mk-II that cures general pain.
 * Diarrhea-curing Potion: potion sold at Layette’s Atelier and Layette’s Atelier Mk-II that cures diarrhea.
 * Constipation-curing Potion: potion sold at Layette’s Atelier and Layette’s Atelier Mk-II that cures constipation.
 * Shampoo Potion: potion sold at Layette’s Atelier and Layette’s Atelier Mk-II that is used as shampoo.
 * Conditioner Potion: potion sold at Layette’s Atelier and Layette’s Atelier Mk-II that is used as condition.
 * Skin Lotion Potion: potion sold at Layette’s Atelier and Layette’s Atelier Mk-II that is used as a skin lotion.
 * Cosmetic Serums Potion: potion sold at Layette’s Atelier and Layette’s Atelier Mk-II that is used as a cosmetic serum.
 * Milky Lotion Potion: potion sold at Layette’s Atelier and Layette’s Atelier Mk-II that is used as milky lotion.
 * Skin Cream Potion: potion sold at Layette’s Atelier and Layette’s Atelier Mk-II that is used as skin cream.
 * Perfume Potion: potion sold at Layette’s Atelier and Layette’s Atelier Mk-II that is used as perfume.
 * Searcher Potion: a potion that looks like a pair of glasses that is a target-detecting device.
 * Poison Detecting Potion: a potion that looks like a bracelet that can be controlled by using brain waves, to dissolve and eliminate parasites, bacteria, and other toxic substances.
 * Water Tank Potion: a potion that looks and acts like a water tank with a spout near the bottom for easy use.
 * Ability to speak to animals: a potion that gives the user the ability to speak with animals. Similar to Kaoru's unilingual proficiency but just for speaking to animals.
 * Super Hard Liquid Coating Potion (Tekkonkinkreet [Tekkon]): a potion that when applied to substances, makes them super hard and not easy to break.

「Container / Vial / Bottle Creation」: To keep the potion in a vessel, Kaoru can conjure up any kind of container including bottles, vials, pots and even outlandish vessels like a glass sculpture, a high-frequency vibration blade with a hollow hilt to keep the potion, etc. Even if the intended purpose of the "container" is not strictly to contain her potions, as long as it is capable of doing so, it can be created. Just like the potions, she only needs to think in order to create. Below are some known "Containers" that Kaoru had created.


 * Voice Crystal Potion: used by The Eyes of the Goddess and can be used as a communication device
 * Exgram: made of a special alloy, one hard enough so it would never break. The edge of the blade was sharpened to a fine point on a molecular level, and it used the bioelectricity of whoever gripped its hilt as an energy source to vibrate the blade at incredibly high speeds.
 * The edge of the blade was sharpened to a fine point on a molecular level, and it used the bioelectricity of whoever gripped its hilt as an energy source to vibrate the blade at incredibly high speeds.
 * Exridill: similar to Exgram
 * Exhrotti: four swords similar to Exgram but without the ability to vibrate the blade at incredibly high speeds
 * Exhovud: sword similar to Exgram but without the ability to vibrate the blade at incredibly high speeds. Given to Roland as he kept on bothering Kaoru to make him a sword.
 * Wig Potion: Normal potion that has a wig on top that can be used in disguises.

「Item Box」: Kaoru uses a separate dimension to keep her things in, in order to prevent them from being misplaced as well as to do away with the hassle of carrying her potions around. She can teleport anything and anyone into the store with a thought. As time is stopped inside her Dimensional Storage, there is no issue with putting living things inside it.

「Omni-Lingual Proficiency」: Kaoru is able to converse and communicate in any possible language, including morse code and other kinds of code. She can also converse with animals freely, as shown in her talking to the Empire's captured horses.

「Automatic Defense System」: Kaoru is protected by the Goddess Celestine. This grants her invulnerability to all external harm and punishes the attacker with divine retribution. However, despite the protection, self-harm or intended self-harm is possible although she can't die from her injuries either nor death.

TV Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced on February 24, 2023. It is produced by Jumondou and directed by Nobuaki Nakanishi, with scripts written by Takayo Ikami, character designs handled by Chisato Kikunaga, and music composed by Hiroaki Tsutsumi. The series is set to premiere in 2023.

Staff

 * Original - FUNA
 * Character draft - Sukima
 * Director - Nobuaki Nakanishi
 * Series composition - Takayo Igami
 * Character Design - Chisato Kikunaga
 * Music -Hiroaki Tsutsumi
 * Music Production - Pony Canyon
 * Animation Production - Jumondo

Reception
Volumes of the manga adaptation have ranked on various bestseller charts, such as those published by BookLive! [ja] and Oricon.

Amazon removal
In July 2020, the series' light novel and manga adaptation were among several series temporarily removed from Amazon; Amazon stated that the affected series "did not fall within their global content guidelines."

External Link

 * Potion-danomi de Ikinobimasu! ─ Official web novel website at Shōsetsuka ni Narō (in Japanese)
 * Potion-danomi de Ikinobimasu! ─ List of published and related works | Kodansha Comic Plus
 * TV Anime "Potion-danomi de Ikinobimasu!" Official Website (in Japanese)
 * Potion-danomi de Ikinobimasu! ─ Official (@potion_APR) - Twitter
 * Potion-danomi de Ikinobimasu! ─ Wikipedia (in Japanese)
 * Potion-danomi de Ikinobimasu! ─ Wikipedia (in English)

Trivia
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