Review of Parallel World Pharmacy
As someone who is an Isekai junkie, I am all in for Isekai shows that try out new concepts because the Isekai genre is broad and stuff you can do with it is amazing if you're creative enough. Now I thought this show was one of those happy go luck shows where nothing insanely bad happens(well it is) but there is a dark side to this show as well (they haven't really gotten super dark yet, will probably not happen lol) I liked how patients aren't treated with nonsensical OP abilities that the MC has and its actually proper treatment that you'd get from adoctor or surgeon in our world, Not to say that it isn't the case but there are limits to what he can do with his abilities although they are stupidly OP but thats just Isekai logic.
The plot is just what you'd expect from an Isekai show, MC was a medical researcher in his past life and he dies due to overworking himself and he reincarnated in a different world. One of the things that I actually liked is how they gave us introduction about the MC unlike most Isekai shows where MC suddenly just gets hit by a truck and things start off there with little to no effort of introducing us what type of person the MC is nor showing his background.
I was really enjoying this show, Until I wasn't.. the story just fell off halfway through the show, It had a lot of good moments like the moment with the Father pharmacist who had a sick daughter, That was very touching and my favorite thing about the show. There is also the way they dealt with the sudden economic boost with new medical knowledge being shared by the MC to the public like women cosmetics, medications, and ways to deal with cancer that wasn't curable until the MC made medications for it and because its in a medieval setting so yes.
The animation was quite nice though not to say that it's amazing, The few fight scenes that happened we're pretty okay I'd say animation is around the average level. For the character's I don't really have that much to say about them since I didn't find anyone remotely interesting all of them we're pretty bland but I guess the MC acts like how a medical expert would so I guess I like that.
Overall I really really.. REALLY want to love this show more but the second half just ruined it for me, Hoping that things get better at Season 2 if it ever gets one.
TL;DR: An OKAY show to watch if you have nothing else in your watchlist or if you just love Isekai and is interested in the premise of this show I'd say its worth a chance.