Since watching a pharmacist isekai comedy last year I fell in love with the setting of being a pharmacist in another world. Thats why when I watched Isekai Yakkyoku coming in Summer it was a mustwatch for me. Now the artwork at first promises an SOL type of adventure with a few comedy doses here and there. But the series took the pharmacy setting too close and offered a believable MC with a sober past life and a significant focus on an Iyashikei style of telling the story. Whats the first thing this series does right? Tackling one of the most significant weak points of the average isekai and that is offering a beefy story for the past life of the main character. Although it still sins on offering short moments for this telling. Our main character is an actual pharmacist enslaved to his job due to the guilt of losing his sister when he was young. This situation dictates most of the main characters actions in the new world and his motto of always doing his best to help others. 660https://i.ibb.co/RYzNstz/imagen20220925154259976.png This theme of doing the best to help others is the main motive of the main character and his motto and how many conflicts in this series are solved. Ad while doing so defeating some of the tropes of the isekai genre. Evil church? Nope they cant be bad in front of the wholesomeness of the MC. And more... and that brings me to the beautiful storytelling. Instead of simple SOL stories or comedy limited to raunchiness or jokes that cause boredom like other isekais in this season Isekai Yakkyoku tries the wholesome approach with heavy storylines of people having another chance or being moved by the MC actions to do more of what they would have done on their own. As the protagonists goal is to have a Pharmacy share his knowledge in the new world and help people with fewer resources he will meet new people and encounter a few enemies along the way and this is how the series will introduce new characters who will be friends or foes along the way. 660https://i.ibb.co/W22j2gT/imagen20220925154410106.png Some of these stories have potent effects on the viewer episode 8 was the most powerful in that regard with the story of the pharmacist who decided to sideline with Falma. 660https://i.ibb.co/KLD33Ds/imagen20220925154539161.png Now those moments have a powerful ally in their delivery the music and the tracks chosen were perfect to deliver the wholesome effect in each of them. Even the ending which undoubtedly got a rushed villain and a rushed conclusion had powerful wholesome moments in the end. Aside from other isekais it offered a satisfying conclusion without setting any new season or any dormant villain around there. And thats another refreshing thing to see a proper ending no setups just a stunning conclusion on the aftermath of the events of the last episodes. All seiyuus did a terrific work. The opening and ending were beautiful and what more can I say? Its a crime this series doesnt have Iyashikei as the most prominent tag. We need more series like these more takes on the isekai genre far from the harem power fantasies more stories like this and Ascendance of the Bookworm. Ill rate this series as a 08/10. Series like this sell its source material pretty well as Im wondering if the light novel also has that lovely and wholesome feel as this anime adaptation. Thank you for reading 660https://i.ibb.co/10TRLJ3/mpvshot0008.jpg
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