Reviews

I am not a medical professional. If I was, I probably would not be watching anime and instead find solace in knowing even though my life also sucks at least I'm making more money than the average anime fan. However one can rejoice, as this is the rare isekai where the protagonist is actually competent. As a TL;DR, I would say this show from the bunch of isekai dumped on us every season is worth taking a look at. Contrary to what we've seen in other isekais, magic is only an auxiliary to the main character's knowledge and skills rather than the plot mechanism that turns an ordinary dude into an ordinary dude with cheat powers. I rate it a 7 as I'm remaining cautiously optimistic about the direction this show will go towards (isekai are grandmasters at fumbling the storytelling). Furthermore, the premise is that an old dude turns into a kid and shows off his knowledge to the uneducated clowns that is medieval humans, impressing everyone and becoming jailbait for their bombshell babe mentor, who is awed at the size of MC's cranium. If I didn't mention pharmacy, nobody would know which series I was describing.

The main character is a gigachad STEMlord who, due to anime logic, pretty much has all of PubMed and ChEMBL installed on his brain like it was your 10TB hard disk of JAVs. Oftentimes it ends up taking away some entertainment value from the show because it saves the MC from overcoming struggle. The problems (illnesses, in this case) are presented to the MC clearly and immediately like a football game streaker. Then the MC just goes "hmmmm... okay since I diagnosed you with cringe I already know you need N-methyl-1-phenylpropan-2-amine and since I have magic boom it's instantly made for the patient". The actual struggle the MC is facing is breaking out of his timid shell and catching up with the new society's common sense (sound familiar?) Even though it's entertaining to see him wow the viewer with his knowledge on the molecular structure of tylenol, I can see it getting lost with viewers who aren't premed or bio/chem majors going "haha wow my favorite polymer structure made it into anime!" To give the show credit, it does a good job of using technical jargon with moderation. I'm putting this show on blast for the sake of being critical, but if you enjoy seeing an isekai character who earns their accomplishments via merit, I would still consider this an enjoyable watch if you're the type who can overlook some details.

A disclaimer I will add is that viewers hoping for scientific accuracy on the level of something like The Martian will likely be disappointed, as I can imagine that many med viewers or sharp minded individuals will find tons of inconsistencies in the science storytelling. In fact, the general story glosses over significant plot developments such as the estate staff being given medicine or the MC's medical treatment of court nobles. Rather than going "modern medicine good", the show leans towards the end of "old medicine bad" and end up cutting some corners that people will catch on to. I gave this show a 7 due to a mix of recent isekai shows being awful and because there seems to have been effort to incorporate real, scientific accuracy into the world rather than just writing it all off as magic. Even though it is no Chubbyemu video, the MC not being a total deadbeat and the incorporation of scientific tones gives it a good start, unlike some of the other new isekai shows that make you feel like you're eating gas station sushi.