Isekai Yakkyoku

World-class medical researcher Kanji Yakutani lost his little sister to a tumor years ago due to ineffective treatment. To honor her legacy, he has dedicated his research to developing new medications for such conditions. But as fate would have it, he overworks himself and passes away at the age of 31, only to be given a second chance at life in another world.

When he wakes up, Kanji finds himself in the body of a 10-year-old boy named Falma de Médicis, the son of an esteemed family of medical practitioners in the Sain Fleuve Empire. Bearing the mark of a deity's divine blessing, Falma is capable of performing a unique divine art, allowing him to create and reduce any substance with the knowledge of its chemical properties.

After reading through some pharmacology books, Falma realizes that this world is operating on similar medical practices as in ancient times. He also learns that medicine is an exclusive privilege to the nobility, depriving commoners of proper medical care. Using the knowledge from his past life and the divine abilities granted to him, Falma resolves to make medicine available to those who need it—irrespective of class.

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de Médicis, Falma Main

Toyosaki, Aki Japanese

Bonnefoi, Eléonore Main

Ueda, Reina Japanese

Soller, Charlotte Main

Hondo, Kaede Japanese

Élisabeth II Supporting

Itou, Shizuka Japanese

de Médicis, Blanche Supporting

Naganawa, Maria Japanese

Pierre Supporting

Azakami, Youhei Japanese

Gabin, Jean-Alan Supporting

Suzuki, Takuma Japanese

de Médicis, Beatrice Supporting

Endou, Aya Japanese

de Médicis, Bruno Supporting

Nomura, Kenji Japanese

Noah Supporting

Ichikawa, Aoi Japanese

Maruyama, Hajime Producer

Sawahata, Kouji Producer

Hirayama, Masashi Producer

Amano, Shouta Producer

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Feb 21, 2024

TasRook

Recommended

Pretty good. A middle aged, very smart pharmaceutist and a research lab worker gets sent to a medieval fantasy world where he replaces the son of an archduke, who is also a brilliant medicine man. On top of it he gets OP magical powers. And yeah, his name is Farma Medicis. Very clever...

There is quite a bit of drama in the first few episodes about his new found powers and knowledge and I really liked the realistic attitude of the people around him. Especially the father. The man is really likeable. Which will be a common theme as there is really only one bad person ... in the whole show and he appears only at the end. Which is my biggest gripe with it. It's just too perfect. People are nice, polite, friendly and even those that aren't outwardly so, are still good on the inside.

Early into the anime the MC befriends the head of the country, because obviously, which also gives him OP political and financial powers, which makes him pretty much socially untouchable and he becomes the go-to person with anything sickness related. (I'm sick so I found all the interactions between them super enticing as I was imagining this powerful woman to be an unredeemable cougar towards our shota protagonist.) Also cosmetically related. Because again, obviously, we can't have an isekai without a Japanese person getting rich off selling shampoo.

Anyway. There is also some touching and well written parts, like the father-daughter plot line which made me shed a tear, some drama related to religion, and at the end we get a big bad guy causing chaos. The last part was really disappointing. The stakes suddenly became way too big as until now we've been treating only common ailments, if barely any at all, and now the whole world is about to crumble and our protagonist is at the centre of it. I guess the creators wanted a big dramatic sendoff, but it doesn't fit in at all. It all felt rushed, ridiculous and bored me out of my mind to the point I was skipping though parts.

So yeah. Pretty good. 6.5/10. Don't expect too much.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Jun 11, 2024

hexashadow13

Mixed Feelings

tl;dr: An isekai that handles its pharmacy related aspects pretty well but is weak in most other areas.

A highly skilled pharmaceutical researcher overworked himself to the point of death. He wakes up in another world in the body of a ten year old noble boy named Falma. And not just any noble but the son of the head of the de Médicis, a family of medical practitioners. Using his knowledge, position, and some special abilities called Divine Arts, Falma does his best to deal with the various medical issues he comes across and to advance health in general.

This is very much an isekai where the ... protagonist is overpowered. Of course his scientific knowledge being significantly more advanced than anyone else is overpowered in and of itself. But he’s also overpowered in a much more traditional manner in that he has Divine Arts that seem to make him essentially invincible in combat. However, I felt that the narrative for the most part used these Divine Arts very effectively, in that they seem to take a back seat to his knowledge. Him having overpowered combat abilities means he doesn’t have to worry at all about putting himself in physical danger and thus the writing can just completely ignore anything related to that.

His other Divine Arts also compliment his knowledge without superseding it. A lot of modern professions including doctors and pharmacists require the support of a large number of supporting roles. For example, medical diagnosis of many diseases would be significantly more difficult without complex tools made by bioengineers used to perform tests. And the development of drugs often requires a lot of heavy machinery designed by chemical engineers. As such, if the average modern doctor or pharmacist was transported into the past, they would be incredibly limited in what they could accomplish.

Falma has the ability to magically see if others have a medical condition, and though he can’t magically figure out what the condition is, the magic does tell him if he determined the right one. Furthermore, he can magically generate any chemical he knows the composition of. This essentially replaces what he would have access to in a modern setting and allows the anime to focus on showing him dealing with diseases and such. This allows for pretty decent story telling, while also imparting a lot of actual information on drugs and medical best practices on the viewer.

Unfortunately, as the anime progresses the narrative starts deviating from that. The final arc heavily involves Falma dealing with issues directly through his Divine Arts. This feels kind of cheap and contrary to what the focus of the anime was earlier. There’s also a much larger emphasis on just regular old combat between characters using their Divine Arts. But Divine Arts in general aren’t really fleshed out at all so them actually being in the focus like that also feels really random and not that interesting. The final arc also seemed to throw in a cartoon villain for some reason even though it was completely unnecessary. As a result, even though I found the topic of the final arc, epidemics, really interesting, I found the arc overall incredibly underwhelming and my final impression of the anime was pretty weak.

I also found it kind of strange how the anime implemented the isekai aspect. The protagonist wakes up as ten year old Falma, but it doesn’t make clear at all how. Did the original Falma die and the protagonist essentially replaced him? Did he hijack Falma’s body and the original Falma is still somewhere in there? Is Falma his reincarnation, and he just regained the memories of his past life? Or is it something else entirely? It’s not like this aspect isn’t dealt with at all. Rather, in the beginning there are a bunch of details that it feels like are foreshadowing something or other. However, they go nowhere and no solution is provided. I feel that this resulted in Falma overall being fleshed out far less than he needed to be which resulted in him being a pretty flat character. The rest of the cast were pretty lackluster as well. There are a lot of somewhat interesting and somewhat likable characters. But no one is developed enough to get all that invested in.

The art and animation are okay but not particularly great. Design wise, it was actually pretty good early on. However, it got more and more dull as it went on. I think Eléonore is a great illustration of this, in that early on she seemed to get new outfits constantly and most all were pretty good. But as things progressed she got fewer and the ones she did weren’t as nice. I suppose the designs did become more realistic and practical, but that doesn’t change that they’re more boring. The OP and ED are decent enough in terms of the song and visuals. The soundtrack is decent enough but not particularly memorable.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Jun 4, 2024

Minion3665

Not Recommended

Early episodes were good. Unfortunately, the quality and pacing decreased as the show continued, leading to an ending which felt rushed and cliched.

At the start, the show looked promising. It had good, correct scientific detail and an interesting premise. Although episode 1 felt quite exposition-heavy at first, it got up to speed and quickly became pretty fun.

However, pacing became an issue later in the show. The final episodes introduced lots of things from nowhere, and the victory achieved felt hollow and unearned. Plot holes and underutilized character abilities also plagued this show, it felt like the characters had a worse memory of what their abilities ... were than I did as the viewer.

Overall, I can't recommend this show. Although you may like the show initially, I don't think it's likely to last throughout.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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