Review of Parallel World Pharmacy

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 personin 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.