Cheat Kusushi no Slow Life: Isekai ni Tsukurou Drugstore

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.

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.

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 rushed. Instead of all that, we are given a short sequence lasting a few seconds EVERY TIME, which is recycled on each occasion.

Even the humor is quite mediocre, typical of a poorly executed Isekai. In this work, Noela fulfills this function perfectly with her long tail; brace yourself for the most cliché jokes possible!

The work is completely disorganized, with no objective, and the core of the work is poorly exploited. The animation and backgrounds are not terrible, they are not very pleasant to watch; I found them devoid of emotion.

Musically, the opening and ending are not incredible but not bad either; I found them decent. However, there are no notable OSTs.

I do not recommend this anime. I went through it all because I don't like starting a work and not finishing it. I prefer to have seen everything to form an opinion. Although very few moments may have mildly captivated me, in my view, aside from the jokes about Noela, this anime is primarily aimed at a child audience that is not looking for depth, doesn't care about details or logic, but is content to be captivated by flashy colors and cute characters.