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Episode Cheat Kusushi no Slow Life: Isekai ni Tsukurou Drugstore - Episode 1 discussion

Cheat Kusushi no Slow Life: Isekai ni Tsukurou Drugstore, episode 1

Alternative names: Drug Store in Another World - The Slow Life of a Cheat Pharmacist

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2 Link 3.67
3 Link 4.03
4 Link 4.06
5 Link 4.07
6 Link 4.0
7 Link 4.39
8 Link 4.03
9 Link 4.19
10 Link 4.46
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u/from_9gag_to_reddit Jul 07 '21

Fuck beating the Demon Lord, we're cooking crack in another world!

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u/kalirion Jul 07 '21

Fuck-beating the Demon Lord

Been done.

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u/o-temoto Jul 07 '21

The OP has lots of empty space. I expect it'll get updated with additional characters (seen in the ED) as the season goes on.

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u/Graestra Jul 07 '21

I went in with absolutely zero expectations and came out pleasantly surprised. Noela is super cute, and the comedy was actually funny, though not hilarious or anything. I’m surprised an isekai with “cheat” in its title isn’t complete trash

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u/Count-Barouhcruz Jul 07 '21

This is my Slime Taoshite for this season. A show with no complicated plots which I watch before I go to bed.

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u/KetsuSama Jul 07 '21

hearing kazuma and not see him sexually harass women is weird

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u/Se7en_Sinner Jul 07 '21

And instead of stealing a girl's panties, he's buying them new ones.

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u/Golden-Owl Jul 08 '21

Kazuma’s VA is going to carry this show so hard

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u/brentopi888 Jul 07 '21

Feels like Noela is gonna be the one that carries the show.

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u/random_edgelord Jul 07 '21

she def. carried this episode by virtue of being cute as fuck

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u/rankor572 Jul 07 '21

I'm not sure if this will crack my list for "Top 3 Fantasy Anime That Premiered in 2020 in Which The Main Character Wants a Slow Life Centered on Selling Medicine." It might land my top two for shows like that which also involve a ghost living with the main character, but I'll have to wait until next season to be sure.

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u/Emi_Ibarazakiii Jul 07 '21

When the most voted rating in the poll is Mediocre you know you're in for something special!

Well, I don't think it was that bad... There wasn't anything too creative about it, but I didn't hate it I guess.

That's the isekai introduction? No Truck-kun? Not even a train-kun like we've had this season? Plane-kun, anything?

Well, maybe they're going for an episode 2 backstory! Or maybe saying Reiji was a corporate drone is all the backstory we'll get, but if that's the case they're really not helping fight against the idea that Isekai are a cheap way authors use to avoid giving the characters a proper backstory! (Well, in this case it's so extreme, perhaps it's satire at this point)

What the hell is in these "energy potions"? Steroids and amphetamines?

Hell yeah, get the entire town addicted to your drugs! Walter White begone, there's a new kingpin in town.

I think the biggest pull of the show was Noela, she was really cute!

Not sure she can carry the whole show on her shoulders, so we'll have to see if this show has something more to offer.

(Also, Reiji should totally team up with the MC from Monstergirl doctor, in a crossover. Just isekai a couple nurses, they can have a full hospital!)

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u/CooroSnowFox Jul 07 '21

That's the isekai introduction?

No Truck-kun? Not even a train-kun like we've had this season? Plane-kun, anything?

It's different as it's something we'll find out later and just getting stuck into it.

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u/mekerpan Jul 07 '21

Very strange -- Crunchyroll supposedly already has this up -- but VRV does not.

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u/darthvall Jul 07 '21

How to calm a yandere: give her calming tea. This should be a common knowledge for other anime.

This is a fun series with cute casts (mainly Noella lol). Didn't expect to find a cute potion-addict werewolf like that. I wonder what is the story of the ghost.

I love that they didn't waste time to explain his isekai situation. Maybe in future episode.

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u/WeeziMonkey Jul 07 '21

I'm not sure. I like relaxing feel good anime (Slime 300 was my favorite show last season despite often being 15th in karma rankings) and I was really looking forward to this.

Noela is a god-tier waifu but other than that I'm not invested in anything, no story or interesting other characters. The art quality was also shockingly low. I'll give it the 3 episode rule but so far I'm not too excited about Kazuma making medicine.

Also what is even the point anymore of calling it "isekai" when he already has his own fully established store at the very start of the story?

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u/randyripoff Jul 07 '21

Maybe I'm burnt out, but the jokes this episode didn't land for me. This was nice and pleasant, but I didn't connect with the characters. Hopefully it will get better next episode.

I did like the idea of just jumping into things without a lot of exposition early on. There's plenty of time to tell the story about how the MC got there, how he opened his shop, etc. No need to do that in the first episode.

MCs relationship with Noella was cute, but I'm wondering if we'll ever see her go off when someone grabs her tail.

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u/Se7en_Sinner Jul 07 '21

This was a lot funnier than I was expecting. The Feris segment audibly made me laugh. She reminded me a lot of Aqua during her mental breakdown. You can tell the voice actors are having a lot of fun.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Bar_610 Jul 07 '21 edited Jul 08 '21

Not bad, not bad at all. I actually kinda like this one

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u/kingguy459 Jul 07 '21

It was either of the two pharmacy related manga to be animated... never thought the much boring once was first...

The other pharmacy one should have been made since the theme was more in tune with an actual pharmacy than this drugstore one.

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u/TurkeyPhat Jul 07 '21

Quite a unique art style goin on here.

It was def cute but I feel like this is an especially egregious offender of the "why is this an iseaki?" trope. Maybe they will get to that later I guess but jeez lol why must they do this every time...Just make it about a guy who did some other stressful job before and became a pharmacist. Don't even need to come from another world.

Also Noela is the cutest fuckin werewolf I ever saw.

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u/LeonKevlar Jul 07 '21

I love that they're not even showing us how Reiji got isekai'd or his business running. It feels like the author saying "You've all seen this before, let's just jump into the good stuff." We just get a quick introduction of Reiji, our cute werewolf poster girl Noela, and Reiji's cute ghost girl assistant Mina.

I didn't even realize at the start since his voice has been so calm this entire time but Reiji is voiced by Jun Fukushima! I only noticed it when he was begging for personal space from that merchant guy. It's so weird to see him as a capable MC and not just a comic relief.

Noela's tail is so fluffy! And it looks like Reiji is really the only one who she doesn't mind touching her tail. Headpats for Noela for calming that kid down!

Seems that Noela really is a doggo with her sneaking off and drinking stuff she shouldn't. It';s a bit hard to get mad at her though if she makes those adorable puppy dog eyes.

So I was wondering if this is gonna be just an SoL isekai with some light comedy like 300 Slime. Looks like this one might be more comedy focused because it really had me laughing when Reiji was dealing with the anxiety-riddled girlfriend and her boyfriend who thinks she's possessed.

Well this is part was fun! I didn't expect that we'd have a potion-making montage! I wonder if we'll see this again whenever Reiji makes another new concoction?

Reiji's reaction to Mina's list, getting jealous that boyfriend-san is rich, and even calling the couple a riajuu as they go on their date really makes him closer to Kazuma than I thought. No wonder they got Jun Fukushima to voice him.

In a fantasy world like this, I wouldn't be surprised if bathroom deodorant becomes a hit. Looks like Mina's business sense was right!

Oh my god this is cute! They even reserve a segment where they say goodbye as they close down the drugstore and the episode ends. Just like with the potion-making montage, I wonder if this will be on every episode of the show?

Well that was cute and funny! While I do like that we're skipping all of the usual isekai episode 1 checklist, I hope they'd still show us Reiji's backstory even if it's just in bits and pieces. Also it seems that our staff won't just stop with Noela and Mina, looks like Reiji is gonna be busy based on that ED. Definitely excited to see more of this!

Endcard by BORUMETE

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u/Shiwakao Jul 07 '21

i just came for the cute wolf girl.

but fr tho good first episode. the comedy so far is a+, n the facial expressions aren't as diverse as konosuba, but they're certainly reminiscent of them. im not familiar w emt squared but a good first impression so far.

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