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Parallel World Pharmacy (異世界薬局, Isekai Yakkyoku) is a Japanese light novel written by Liz Takayama. Keepout is in charge of the illustration. Published by MF Books (KADOKAWA Media Factory) from January 2016. The serialization began on July 1, 2015, on the novel posting site "Shōsetsuka ni Narō," and was revised and revised in January 2016 to become a book from MF Books. In addition, a comicalized version based on this work has been serialized in "ComicWalker" and "Nico-Nico Seiga" since November 2016 and has been made into a book by KADOKAWA. As of July 2021, the cumulative circulation of the comicalized version has exceeded 1.2 million (including the electronic version), and the cumulative circulation of the series has exceeded 2.3 million.

It is written under the guidance of specialists and healthcare professionals because it deals with real medicines and diseases. In addition, the time lag that occurs between the original novel version and the manga version produced later causes changes in scientific evidence during that time, resulting in differences in content between the novel version and the manga version.

Parallel World Pharmacy

Synopsis[]

A young pharmacologist and researcher in Japan named Yakutani Kanji died from overworking and was reincarnated in a parallel world looking like a fantasy medieval Europe.

He was reincarnated as Falma de Médiciss, a 10-year old apprentice to a famous Royal Court pharmacist, who had attained inhuman skills ability to see through disease, material creation, and material destruction.

In a society in which dubious medical practices are rampant, price gouging through the monopoly of the pharmacist guild and good medicine isn’t available to the commoners he decided to use his knowledge to change the world. He was recognized by the Empress of the time and got permission to open a Pharmacy at the corner of the town.

He decided to wipe out the fraud that swept the world and deliver to the commoners a truly effective medicine that was developed using present-day pharmacology.

Thus, the boy pharmacist will cheat by using his previous knowledge to create innovative medicines while helping the people of the parallel world, a story about living his new life to the fullest this time.

List of Published Books[]

Light Novels[]

written by Liz Takayama and illustrated by keepout. It began serialization online in July 2015 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō. It was later acquired by Media Factory, who have published eight volumes since January 2016 under their MF Books imprint.

No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 January 25, 2016 978-4-04-068047-7
2 May 25, 2016 978-4-04-068320-1
3 October 25, 2016 978-4-04-068672-1
4 March 25, 2017 978-4-04-069088-9
5 August 25, 2017 978-4-04-069409-2
6 March 24, 2018 978-4-04-069806-9
7 July 25, 2019 978-4-04-065838-4
8 July 21, 2021 978-4-04-064268-0
9 December 23, 2022 978-4-04-682021-1

Manga[]

A manga adaptation with art by Sei Takano has been serialized online via Kadokawa Shoten's ComicWalker website since November 2016. It has been collected in eight tankōbon volumes. One Peace Books licensed the manga adaption for English release in North America, with the first volume released in May 2023.

No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 March 23, 2017 978-4-04-069116-9 May 30, 2023 978-1-64-273244-3
2 September 23, 2017 978-4-04-069419-1 November 21, 2023 978-1-64-273289-4
3 May 23, 2018 978-4-04-069836-6 December 19, 2023 978-1-64-273290-0
4 February 22, 2019 978-4-04-065350-1
5 October 21, 2019 978-4-04-064070-9
6 September 23, 2020 978-4-04-064768-5
7 July 21, 2021 978-4-04-680506-5
8 March 22, 2022 978-4-04-681251-3
9 January 23, 2023 978-4-04-682167-6

Character[]


After losing his little sister to an incurable disease, world-famous medical researcher Kanji Yakutani gave it his all to cure patients by dedicating his life to inventing new medicines. After working himself to death at the age of 31, the former pharmacist wakes up as a 10-year-old child whose body has been struck by lightning. He discovers that he has been reincarnated into a medieval world as Falma, a child of the respected De Médicis family.

In a world where divine arts—magic granted through blessings from guardian deities—exist, Falma realizes that his body is host to the guardian deity of medicine. The boy has been granted the mythical divine arts of creation and reduction as well as the ability to instantly diagnose illnesses in people's bodies.

He soon discovers the terrible state of medicine in this world: only nobles are able to afford medical care, which is ineffective at best and detrimental at worst. Using modern knowledge and his divine powers, Falma gradually makes a name for himself as a pharmacist despite his young age, even earning the recognition of the imperial court. When he finally acquires a proper pharmacy of his own, he sets out to pursue his goal of improving healthcare in the San Fleuve Empire and making it accessible to all.

The second son of the de Medicis family, a well-known court pharmacist. Blonde blue-eyed boy. 10 years old. The name "Falma/Farma" means "pharmaceutical", it came from Old French (farmacie) and any other languages where phonetical spelling use f instead of ph such as in Finnish with farmaseutti. Prior to reincarnation, he was a 31-year-old pharmacist who was an associate professor at the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, National University of T, Japan. The name "Kanji Kusuritani (Yakutani)".

When he was young, he lost his 4-year-old sister who suffered from a brain tumor after two years of fighting against an illness too. However, due to extreme overwork, he develops an acute myocardial infarction and dies from overwork in the middle of the night and his career. After that, he reincarnated in another world and was reborn as Falma de Medicis, an apprentice of a court pharmacist.

“At first, I was confused by reincarnation, but I witnessed a different world where wrong treatment methods are widespread (medieval level on the earth), and I used my knowledge of pharmacy in my lifetime to correct the treatment methods in another world. And decide to save a large number of people.” He was recognized as a court pharmacist by saving Empress Elizabeth II from an incurable white death, and later passing an unannounced test. Opened "DIVERSIS MUNDI OF PHARMACY".

When the pre-incarnation Falma was struck by lightning, there were scratches on both arms in the shape of the "Lichtenberg figure". Although he denies it, the mythology changes from water attribute to non-attributes and can generate or erase all kinds of substances (but only those that can accurately image the molecular structure), without using any divine power. There are changes that are shown in the outside world, such as no shadows.

From his background/backstory, he seems to be completely uninterested in pharmacy, but he has a lot of hobbies, such as knowing the words "moe" and "shotacon" and being happy to hear that football has been introduced.

Spoiler...

The end (Web Novel Chapter 9, Episode 11) of the series, Falma sacrifice his Divine Art to save San Fleuve Empire from Dark eclipse created by Melina, Falma create a barrier to able to protect all citizen. Falma unleashed a barrier underneath the basement of the church, but after the dark eclipse has pass the church walls from the basement crumble and falma borrowed underneath the church. By the help of team from the Sun Fluve Empire and the Holy Kingdom was launched. Salomon and other priests using earth-attribute divine arts made their way into the interior of the triple barrier, the central part of the gear of the hook literally disappeared, leaving behind a large hole.

Falma was save by Eleonore form the ruins, but the condition of him is "no good". By the knowledge of the Falma's textbook, Ellen and the other staff of the pharmacy to save Falma from crush syndrome. In the end to story was reset from the beginning Kanji Yakutani never died and woke up from the research lab, and Falma de Médicis never struck by lightning and the stories continues, but the knowledge that Falma (Kanji Yakutani) given to the world never exist anymore. But the true Falma who became a pharmacist and save a remote village in the San Fleuve Republic was struck by a mysterious infectious disease and continues to save people and also create a pharmacy that was called "World Pharmacy (PHARMACIES MUNDI)".

Abilities[]

"But in the end, there's only one fact. People are definitely going to experience "Death". But, her majesty who near-death experience will live the "Second Life" better than those who never have.
I too thought that the next life would be better, value every single of your life"
"

Falma de Médicis

As a 10-year-old, Farma is considered a Child Prodigy by the rest of the world for bringing miraculous advances in medicine. In truth, Farma has the mindset of a 31-year-old man. Farma acknowledges this as his Fatal Flaw, especially because it killed him in his past life. He is now trying to break the habit but it's not being easy for him.

Yakushi
─ In a different world, it is roughly classified into three categories. Unlike Japanese pharmacists, he has an independent prescription right, can prescribe medicines based on his own diagnosis, and treats patients, effectively playing the role of a physician. Doctors in other worlds are equivalent to Japanese surgeons and dentists. By the way, read "Yakushi" instead of "Kusushi". The number of registered people is the number when Falma has just reincarnated.
  • Court pharmacist / Imperial Court pharmacist: A prestigious aristocratic pharmacist. Prescribe medicines to Empress and royalty aristocrats. The court pharmacist is given the title of "uke", which is higher than the Duke in the aristocratic class. Only three people were registered in the empire, but a new Falma is recognized. While nobody knows about Falma's reincarnation, Bruno, Ellen, Salomon and the Empress know about his Medicine God powers.
  • In his previous life, Farma was a genius pharmacist responsible for curing numerous illnesses thought completely untreatable. He's also able to apply his knowledge of organic and biochemistry to create candy and cosmetics, as well as having enough knowledge of engineering and manufacturing processes to construct a primitive telescope as well as mass produce personal-protection equipment like surgical masks and hazmat suits. He can even perform simple surgeries, albeit he doesn't feel qualified for it and only performed it as a last resort to save Salomon's life from a potentially lethal fracture.

"A beneficial knowledge should be spread to everyone. That's the path towards new discovery."

Falma de Médicis

In his previous life, Farma was a genius pharmacist responsible for curing numerous illnesses thought completely untreatable. He's also able to apply his knowledge of organic and biochemistry to create candy and cosmetics, as well as having enough knowledge of engineering and manufacturing processes to construct a primitive telescope as well as mass produce personal-protection equipment like surgical masks and hazmat suits. He can even perform simple surgeries, albeit he doesn't feel qualified for it and only performed it as a last resort to save Salomon's life from a potentially lethal fracture.

Myth: God of Medicine
─ The ability that can be used in the reincarnated world. The attributes of the guardian deity are determined by nature. When the guardian deity is appraised and blessed at the time of the temple's etiquette, a divine vein opens in the body and the magic can be used. The minimum requirement for aristocrats is to be able to use mythology, and the commoners immediately drop those who are not blessed and cannot open their divine veins.
─ The amount of divine power required to use the divine technique (the technique of divine/God's art) is fixed by nature and does not increase by training. It has five attributes: fire, water, wind, soil, and light/dark, and is further divided into positive (generated/create/increased) and negative (eliminate/erased/decreased). In particular, non-attribute is a rare attribute, and some of them have the power to be called "non-standard" and are treated in the same way as God. There are more than 100 guardian gods in the world, and in addition to the common sun gods, moon gods, and earth mother gods, there are also professional gods such as medicine gods and medical gods.
Details

"My modest little dream: to use my knowledge from my previous life on earth to open my own pharmacy in this world. "

Falma de Médicis

Lichtenberg figure
God Of Medicine》: Falma granted that his body is host to the guardian deity of medicine giving in his right shoulder of Lichtenberg figure shape burns line (Holy Mark of Medicine God) and no shadow as such of giving him a Chantless and Limitless amount of magical energy that he can produce in his body. "Downside of this power is the user over-limits his/her capacity the body of the user became transparent."
  • Divine Pulse 「Law Manipulation: A part of the blessing that gives after the baptism ceremony given by the guardian deity that allows their body will open, allowing them to use their God's art, which enables the manipulation of the laws of the world from either magical or scientifical perspective. How effective it is used depends on the user's abilities. If the user is not in possession of sufficient affinity for the respective laws or not in possession of enough knowledge about the scientific or magical laws and the way they operate, they will not be able to fully bring out their power.
  • Conjuration Mythical God's Art - Colorless Element: Falma has been granted the mythical divine arts of Matter Creation (Left Arm) and Matter Erasure (Right Arm) as long as he knew the chemical formula.
  • Divine Sight: Special abilities given to reincarnated Falma. Only the ability of the left hand is called "eye examination" in the work, but this section also describes the ability of the right hand.
    • Description: The procedure to see the injury is by making finger gestures creating a v shape or circle shape near of eye, it grants a vision the affected part will glow blue. When the user thinks of the correct symptoms it turns white and when the symptoms are incorrect it glows red until it is a deeper red. When they are counter-measured therapy, the light will become thin instead of disappearing.
      • Left Hand: if you look into a person from a ring made with your fingers (later changed to a shape that sandwiches your eyes with your index and middle fingers), if there is a lesion on the other person's body, that part will appear to shine. However, you can only know "whether there is a lesion", and unlike X-rays and CT scans, the appearance does not differ depending on the disease, so you have to guess what kind of disease it is. The light is initially blue, turns white if the name of the disease can be identified, and turns red if it cannot be treated with Falma's technique (excluding mythology and abilities It disappears if you take a curable prescription, and if you can only treat symptomatic treatment, it just dilutes and does not disappear. In addition, when a therapy that depends on the skill of the practitioner, such as surgical therapy instead of medication, is required, it cannot be determined by this ability.
      • Right Hand: You can enlarge the affected area. Although there is a limit to the magnification, it is possible to see the gene sequence by using another magnifying glass such as a microscope.
  • Prayers 「Faith: A solemn request for help or expression of thanks addressed to God or a place (Temple or Churches) for worship. For God's vessel, this prayer acts as fuel or energy that nourishment and flows to the body giving them divine power.
  • Divine Presence 「Sanctuary: The user emits a transcendent presence that has supernatural effects related to their divine aspect and their relative disposition, Causing beneficial effects on the user's surroundings. This affects the evil being not lingering in the area. When the divine power is released by the vessel of the god in the vicinity of a certain place, it will change the place giving the effect of a relaxed feeling to those who will visit the place.
《The Equipment has appeared in both Light Novel & Manga》
The staff that Farma is given after the scuffle with the inquisitors seems like an ordinary silver staff that Farma fears could easily be stolen, but the gifted disproves this since, even if Farma were separated from it, no normal person could ever hold it, literally, as it passes through their hands as if it were a ghost. Farma is the only exception as he is able to wield it without issue
God of medicine Staff

《Medical God's Staff》

Medical God's Staff》: A wand that was passed down to the Keeper of the Seven Keys and kept, and was given to Falma by Salomon, who learned that Falma's original wand was damaged during his training in divine arts because the thing could not bear his divine power. It is foldable and stretchable and can handle all four attributes and the mythical operations of combat, medical care, healing, and purification. Is also possible. According to an ancient document, it is said that "this wand does not belong to this world, so it can only be handled by a guardian deity outside this world."
  • Description:
    • In this Divine staff the inserted crystal stone stores and amplifies divine power and when the stone becomes clear it will become exponentially stronger when the stone becomes completely transparent, the user power will be multiplied fivefold.
    • The medical God's staff is the guardian deity's sacred treasure of the church. It cannot be touched by human hands. According to the ancient texts, this Staff is not of this world, the reason beings only the guardian deity himself can hold it.
    • The staff contains buoyancy that reduces the gravitational pull being reduced which makes the staff become the material lightly. There is a legend if your divine power into the staff it will output something that humans cannot do... (Floating & Flying!)
    • The medical God's Staff can change the size to small or large, upon the user's choice. The owner who possesses or holds the staff can manifest intangible power. The Staff has also the ability to allow the user to become intangible.
    • 「Ability」 Purification: The user can remove the darkness or evil from a person or objects, often including demons possessing it or mind control affecting it. The Medical God's staff helps bolster the abilities of many who hold the most powerful is the "Purification". According to the archives, the Medical God used this staff to perform miracles. For ex; annihilating the evil spirit spreading miasma and suppressing an epidemic.
    • Ability Relief of Origin (Secours D' Origine): an ability that releases the Lichtenberg figure and the effect is to increase the patient's life force.
    • Ability Epidemic Destroying Sanctuary: A High-tier Holy magic that releases a bright light that removes miasma and suppresses an epidemic in the vicinity.
    • Ability Rain of Purification: A High tier of Holy magic that releases bright light in the vicinity upon casting this Ability, it creates the rain that acts as purification water that cleanses removes miasma, and suppresses all epidemics.
    • -??-
Amulet

Amulet》

Amulet》: An Amulet that can harness God's power, If it is worn, those who do not have a shadow, do not have to worry about such a troublesome situation. A Divine tool created for Falma for his situation being without a shadow. This tool was made to harness god's power.

"I wanted to walk under the same sun, the same way as they are."

Falma de Médicis

God Wand/Royal Wand》: A wand that is used when using god art and has the effect of amplifying god art. The royal aristocrats who can use god art are always in possession, and Ellen says, "Aristocrats always wear a god wand" and "the second most important thing after the aristocrat's life." Normally, each person has one, but in some cases, Ellen's example is used as a collection, and Melody's example is used to use multiple books depending on the purpose. Some god wands are fitted with crystal stones and are often used as a "divine power meter" to store and release divine power, but the god wand possessed by Melody is a crystal stone. May be used instead of a diamond cutter (glass cutter).

Farma is a doctor first and a magician second. He never starts fights, only finishes them, and despite the strength of his magic he always makes sure the pacification is non-lethal, even going as far as treating wounds he himself inflicted. Only once has he ever violated this rule, and in that edge case, it was against a man who had become a literal embodiment of the bubonic plague.

Establishment[]

"Anyway, I would like to spread and serve medicines to the people of this world"

Falma de Médicis

The Holy Sanctuary Pharmacy DIVERSIS MUNDI OF PHARMACY / The Pharmacy from Another World Parallel World Pharmacy

  • A royal charter shop was given by Falma as a reward for treating the Empress's white death. A place to realize his ideal of ​​"safe, secure, inexpensive, and truly effective medicines for all". It was opened mainly for commoners, but initially, it was not popular because it was run by an aristocrat and the store manager was a child. However, the sale of epoch-making cosmetics that are harmless and different from the conventional white powder has increased the s explosively, and it has become accepted due to the effects of the prescribed medicines and careful and friendly medical examinations. Currently, in addition to the first store, the Isekai Yakkyoku, there is a second cosmetics brand store, "MEDIQUE," and a third store specializing in oral care, "8020".

Dispensing Pharmacy Guild

  • A new guild was launched by Falma to bring in third-class pharmacists. There is no membership fee and you can withdraw freely. At first, Falma was the chief, but later Pierre, the owner of the first member store, the Sunbeams Pharmacy, became the chief.

Production[]

Yūshi Kojima, who is a pharmacist, joins the production of the manga adaptation as a "pharmacy supervisor"

TV Anime[]

An anime television series adaptation was announced on July 15, 2021. The series is produced by Diomedéa and directed by Keizō Kusakawa, with Wataru Watari in charge of the series' scripts, Mayuko Matsumoto designing the characters, and Tatsuya Kato and Satoshi Hōno composing the music. It premiered on July 10, 2022, on AT-X, Tokyo MX, Kansai TV, and BS NTV. The opening theme song is "Musō-teki Chronicle" by Kaori Ishihara, while the ending theme song is "Haku'u" by Little Black Dress.

  • Staff:
    • Original Author - Rizu Takayama
    • Character Draft - keepout
    • Director - Keizo Kusakawa
    • Series composition - travel
    • Character Design - Mayuko Matsumoto
    • Sub-character design - Kyosuke Maeda
    • Image board - Kenji Masuda
    • Main animators - Kota Moroishi, & Ken Kato
    • Art director - Tomoyasu Hosoi
    • Art setting - Katsuhisa Takiguchi
    • Color design - Yuki Hayashi
    • Cinematographer - Yasuyuki Ito
    • Offline editing - Toshihiko Kojima
    • Acoustic Director - Yayoi Tateishi
    • Music - Tatsuya Kato, & Satoshi Takarano
    • Music Production - Pony Canyon
    • Producers - Toshinori Fujiwara, Koji Sawahata, Masashi Hirayama, Hisashi Matsumura, & So Maruyama
    • Animation Producer - Shota Amano
    • Animation Production - diomedia
    • Production - "Different World Pharmacy" Production Committee

Crunchyroll licensed the series outside of Asia and has also begun streaming an English dub starting on July 24, 2022. Muse Communication licensed the series in Taiwan, South and Southeast Asia. The series was released on Blu-ray and DVD in Japan from September 28, 2022 to November 25, 2022.

No. Title  Directed by  Written by  Storyboarded by  Original air date 
1 "A Reincarnated Pharmacologist and a Parallel World"
Transcription: "Tensei Yakugakusha to Isekai" (Japanese: 転生薬学者と異世界)
Keizō Kusakawa Wataru Watari Keizō Kusakawa July 10, 2022
Kanji Yukatani works obsessively as a pharmacist, creating cures for diseases in memory of his sister who died from a tumor. He dies in his sleep from overwork but abruptly awakens in an alternate world as a boy named Pharma de Medicis whose family, the de Medicis, serve the royal family as doctors. Pharma is shocked to learn magic known as Divine Arts exist, and upon testing his powers, finds that he can summon all the elements of the periodic table using his knowledge of chemistry. Playing on the idea he has amnesia, he convinces his father Bruno to let him return to studying with his tutor Eleonore. He learns Divine Arts encompass Earth, Air, Fire, Water, and None, but None is extinct. He also learns no one can summon all the elements, and someone who can be judged unnatural, so he keeps his skill hidden. Eleonore discovers that next to his odd change in his personality, Pharma's magical capacity has increased almost to infinity, he possesses the Divine Eye that can detect all illness and injury, and his body no longer casts a shadow. Eleonore flees, believing him to be a monster.
2 "Master and Apprentice"
Transcription: "Shishō to Deshi" (Japanese: 師匠と弟子)
Shōta Ihata Sō Sagara Shōta Ihata July 17, 2022
Pharma visits Eleonore at her home but finds her terrified as she believes him to be one of the Panactheos, the Gods who rule Divine Arts. Pharma asks her to return to being his tutor, as he is still a novice but will leave her alone if she wishes. Eleonore remembers the Panactheos are benevolent beings, so she stops being scared. Practicing with the Divine Eye, Pharma begins diagnosing and creating treatments for the household's servants, but after Charlotte explains that de Medici only serves royalty and medicines from commoner doctors are expensive, he decides to make medicine available for all social classes. Pharma’s sister Blanche contracts chickenpox; Pharma creates treatments using techniques from Earth, but as no one in this world knows of these treatments, he makes Blanche promise to keep it secret. Bruno is surprised at Blanche’s quick recovery but doesn’t seem suspicious. To better use his Divine Eye, Pharma creates a pocket-sized Leeuwenhoek microscope. Bruno summons Pharma to join him in providing treatment to the Empress herself.
3 "The Chief Royal Pharmacian and the Reincarnated Pharmacologist"
Transcription: "Hittō Kyūtei Kusushi to Tensei Yakugakusha" (Japanese: 筆頭宮廷薬師と転生薬学者)
Shingo Tamaki Wataru Watari Shingo Tamaki July 24, 2022
Pharma and Bruno visit Empress Elisabeth, and Bruno concludes Elisabeth’s condition will soon be fatal. Pharma secretly uses Divine Eye and diagnoses her with White Death, so he claims to Elizabeth before all her physicians that he can save her. Bruno angrily claims no cure for White Death exists, so Pharma reveals Bruno is also suffering from White Death in its early stages. Bruno attacks Pharma, but Pharma stops him with an ice wall, revealing his powers. Bruno realizes Pharma is not the son he once knew and is convinced the Panactheos sent Pharma medicinal revelations. Using his pocket microscope, Pharma proves to the physicians that Elisabeth has tiny creatures in her lungs and explains the existence of bacteria. Convinced, Elisabeth agrees to take Pharma’s medicine for the six months required. Returning home, Bruno re-examines his own approach to medicine as well as his failings as a parent. Pharma asks Bruno to continue teaching him, as despite his powers he must still learn to be a doctor. Surprised, Bruno agrees, accepts Pharma is still his son, and takes the medicine to cure his own tuberculosis.
4 "The Empress and an Imperial Charter"
Transcription: "Kōtei Heika to Sōgyō Chokkyo" (Japanese: 皇帝陛下と創業勅許)
Keizō Kusakawa & Yoshino Honda Wataru Watari Yoshino Honda July 31, 2022
Pharma’s treatment of Elisabeth is hailed as a miracle, but Bruno warns his knowledge could be seen as heresy and that someone may have infected Elisabeth on purpose. Noah, a page in Elisabeth’s court, informs Pharma that Elisabeth intends to reward him, and Pharma decides he wants to open a pharmacy that treats nobles and commoners. Elisabeth worries she is unfit to rule until Pharma convinces her she is still needed. Months later, with Elisabeth completely recovered; Bruno is awarded new lands, and Pharma is promoted to Royal Pharmacist and allowed to open a pharmacy in the capital. Pharma designs his ideal pharmacy, but due to talking to himself and other miscommunications, the pharmacy is accidentally named Parallel World Pharmacy. Almost immediately, Veron, head of the Saint Fleuve Pharmaceutist Guild, attempts to undermine Pharma and is furious his medicines will be cheap enough for commoners, but he is scared away by Eleonore before he can cause trouble. Pharma hires Charlotte as errand-girl but still requires someone to manage accounts and paperwork. Coincidentally, Bruno retires his own accountant Cedric due to his failing ability to walk, so Pharma hires Cedric while promising to treat his legs. Bruno gives Pharma a fortune in gold to help get the pharmacy going. Pharma correctly deduces Bruno deliberately retired Cedric to allow Pharma to hire him, and is grateful.
5 "Daily Life at Parallel World Pharmacy and Cosmetics"
Transcription: "Isekai Yakkyoku no Nichijō to Keshōhin" (Japanese: 異世界薬局の日常と化粧品)
Ageha Kochōran Jakuson Ō Sorato Shimizu August 7, 2022
In his first month Pharma has only one customer, a sailor named Jean who buys sweets made to cure scurvy. Bruno and Pharma’s mother Beatrice visit, and Beatrice suggests selling cosmetics, but Bruno adamantly opposes face powder as ladies who use it invariably die young. Pharma is impressed Bruno noticed, since primitive makeup often contains lead, toxic when applied to the skin. Pharma suddenly receives a customer, the noble Chloe de Chatillon. He diagnoses her with anemia caused by bloodletting, a primitive procedure to make skin paler. Pharma creates a non-toxic makeup that moisturizes and prevents sunburn, with which Chloe is thrilled. Pharma is soon swamped by customers desperate for the makeup of noble quality that is affordable. Chloe is so thankful, she offers to finance a separate shop focused solely on cosmetics, with Pharma as manager and staffed by young female pharmacists who all lost jobs due to having children. Pharma institutes policies of maternity leave, which earns him the ladies' instant loyalty. Elizabeth is entranced by the new makeup, especially lip gloss, and passes a law to ban the selling of lead-based makeup. She also advises selling his makeup recipes to the noble shops her new law will put out of business, and to slightly raise the price of his medicines so as not to put commoner pharmacists out of business by mistake, both pieces of advice Pharma realizes he should have thought of himself.
6 "Siblings and the Sea"
Transcription: "Kyōdai to Umi" (Japanese: 兄妹と海)
Shōta Amano Sō Sagara Keizō Kusakawa August 14, 2022
Pharma and his family visit Bruno’s new lands, the Duchy of Marseirre’s, which includes ports and farmland. At the beach, Pharma reminisces about visiting the beach in Japan with his sister Chi. Blanche is suddenly swept away by a rip tide. Pharma swims after her and in his desperation, activates power that splits the ocean and allows him to carry Blanche to safety along the ocean floor. Eleonore is shocked as Pharma’s power was clearly a Negative-Attribute divine art; he didn’t move the water, he deleted it from existence, which is impossible. Unfortunately, a witness informs the Holy Diocese, and orders are sent to every temple to locate the boy with no shadow and assassinate him for heresy. Pharma returns to his pharmacy where two priests watch him. The next morning a horse and carriage breaks into the pharmacy, destroys their medicines and fills the shop with deep mud. Bruno suspects someone is targeting the de Medici family. Pharma is touched when Jean and his crew, grateful for his anti-scurvy sweets, arrive to help clean up along with other shop owners who volunteer as good neighbours. A woman suddenly arrives claiming her father is unwell. Pharma leaves to treat him, but is lured to a deserted field, where he is confronted by a Diocese Inquisitor.
7 "The Boy with No Shadow and the Inquisitors"
Transcription: "Kage no Nai Shōnen to Itanjinmonkan" (Japanese: 影のない少年と異端審問官)
Shōta Ihata Sō Sagara Shōta Ihata August 21, 2022
Grand Inquisitor Salomon and his fellow priests attack Pharma, believing him to be an evil spirit in human guise, but Pharma easily wards off their magical assaults while pleading to them that he means no harm to anyone. Once they see the mark of Panactheos on him, they interpret him as an incarnation of their own deity and desist. Pharma prevents Salomon from committing suicide to atone for his "sin" and performs emergency surgery to mend the Inquisitor's leg, which was severely broken during the attack. Months later, Salomon, fully recovered and promoted to bishop, visits Pharma and takes a tour of the pharmacy, assuring Pharma that he will keep his existence secret from the Diocese in gratitude for saving his life. He also brings several gifts, including a set of pastries, a divine staff named the Panac-Rabdos, and a talisman which suppresses Pharma's Divine Art aura, allowing him to cast a shadow. With the threat by the Diocese gone, but with Saint Fleuve refusing to grant him the right to publicly sell his treatments, Pharma decides to found a new guild with other medicine stores. The same night, Marie, daughter of Pierre, a young pharmacy store owner and member of Saint Fleuve Guild, falls gravely ill.
8 "Influenza and the Dawn of a Pharmacy"
Transcription: "Infuruenza to Yakkyoku no Yoake" (Japanese: インフルエンザと薬局の夜明け)
Shingo Tamaki Wataru Watari Shingo Tamaki August 28, 2022
Enraged that his efforts to ruin Pharma have failed, Veron forbids his guildmembers from having anything to do with the shop. Pierre fails to find a doctor who will help Marie, until Pharma invites them to his pharmacy and gives Marie, who has contracted influenza, excellent care and affordable prices despite their lower class. Returning home, Pierre realises Pharma is the pinnacle of what a pharmacist should be, but he is stuck obeying the guild for the sake of his family. Veron is further enraged with the news that Pharma is protected by Elizabeth and Salomon. Pierre admits he took Marie to Pharma and that Saint Fleuve should be learning from him, not despising him. Veron reveals one of his children died because a noble doctor refused to treat him, so he will never trust Pharma. Pierre is expelled from the guild, his pharmacist licence revoked and his shop destroyed. Upon learning this, Pharma invites Pierre to join the Compounding Pharmacy Guild he recently set up with Elizabeth’s permission, allowing Pierre to continue working as a pharmacist. With the support of his wife and daughter, Pierre learns Pharma’s diagnostic techniques and stocks only Pharma’s advanced medicines before opening his new shop, the Dawn Pharmacy.
9 "The Story of a Certain Wicked Man"
Transcription: "Aru Jaaku na Otoko no Hanashi" (Japanese: ある邪悪な男の話)
Yoshino Honda Sō Sagara Yoshino Honda September 4, 2022
Empress Elisabeth reviews the positive impacts of Parallel World Pharmacy on public health and therefore the Empire's prosperity, and decides to continue assisting Pharma's endeavors. Bruno de Médicis is painfully reminded of Camus, his former peer and friend who became a twisted mass murderer in the name of medicine. He receives a letter from his older son Palle announcing the appearance of a strange, deadly epidemic originating from Pante Island, from which wares are imported that may contaminate the upcoming annual Saint Fleuve Fair at the Imperial capital. Bruno asks Pharma to investigate, and from the available descriptions, Pharma identifies the disease as the Black Death. Pharma, Bruno and Elizabeth immediately initiate quarantine and medical precautions with the help of their fellow students and pharmacists, before Pharma and Eléonore depart for Marseirre, where the wares from Pante are supposed to arrive. But meanwhile, Camus escapes from his confinement by the Diocese, cloaked in an ominous dark aura.
10 "The Black Death"
Transcription: "Kokushibyō" (Japanese: 黒死病)
Ageha Kochōran Jakuson Ō Sorato Shimizu September 11, 2022
Upon their arrival in Marseirre, Pharma and Eléonore begin inspecting the merchant ships that are impatiently waiting to make landfall, assisted by Saint Fleuve's naval forces, whose leader is Commodore Jean Alain Gabain, Pharma's old regular for scurvy cure. While no outbreaks have occured in the port itself, Pharma receives news that a village named L'Estacque was struck by the plaque after a ship had illegally docked there to avoid the quarantine. Riding the Panac-Rabdos, Pharma departs for L'Estacque alone and arrives just in time to prevent some desperate villagers from leaving and thus spreading the infection. With his rank as a Royal Pharmacist, he rallies the survivors and organizes treatment measures in the town, and after initial preparations are completed, he enters the section in which the most critical cases have been isolated. Commodore Gabin sinks the renegade ship after it is found with all hands dead.
11 "The Miracle at L'Estacque"
Transcription: "Resutāku Mura no Kiseki" (Japanese: レスターク村の奇跡)
Shōta Ihata Wataru Watari Shōta Ihata September 18, 2022
Pharma's team, with the aid of several Diocese members, works hard in preventing an outbreak of the Black Death, but realizes that they will need more assistance. Professor Casper, a specialist for the taxodomy of fungi and microorganisms at the Imperial School of Pharmacy, is nearing her mandatory retirement when Bruno asks her to assist Pharma in developing antibiotics which can be produced without the need for a Divine Art. The Diocese intercepts several crew members from the rogue ship who have made landfall with some of their cargo, and Pharma learns that not only did they bring some rare white squirrels from Pante which would act as plague-carriers, but also five Holy Knights who boarded in the midst of the ship's voyage. Connecting the dots to Elisabeth's illness, Pharma and Bruno conclude that someone is plotting to eradicate the Saint Fleuve Empire using virulent diseases. This theory is validated the next morning when a knight suddenly breaches the capital's gates and releases a huge number of white squirrels into the city.
12 "Those He Couldn't Cure"
Transcription: "Kare ga Naosenakatta Mono" (Japanese: 彼が治せなかったもの)
Keizō Kusakawa Wataru Watari Keizō Kusakawa & Sorato Shimizu September 25, 2022
As Bruno and Elisabeth discuss the crisis, they suspect that Camus has his hands in the outbreak by killing the king of Nederland and using the nation's resources to take revenge on Saint Fleuve for his banishment. Bishop Salomon stops the enemy knights, who confirm Camus' involvement, but the infection has spread quickly all over the city because the squirrels carrying the plague can fly. Pharma returns to the capital and reunites with his father, but Camus infiltrates Parallel World Pharmacy and stabs Cedric and Lotte with a poisoned dagger. Pharma and Bruno arrive, and while Bruno fights Camus, Pharma purges the poison from his friends. When Camus overcomes Bruno, Pharma fights back and employs his Divine Art and the Panac-Rabdos' power to destroy Camus and the demonic power which possessed him. Following this, the outbreak is swiftly quelled, and Pharma's successes inspire a rapid advancement in medical research. The Saint Fleuve Festival proceeds as planned, and Parallel World Pharmacy once again opens for business.
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The light novel and manga together have over 2,300,000 copies in print.

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  • The author, Liz Takayama is an actual pharmacist in real life.
  • In collaboration with the Japan Pharmaceutical Association, Isekai Yakkyoku was a part of a campaign to bring awareness to the professions and practices of the pharmaceutical field.
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