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

チート薬師のスローライフ～異世界に作ろうドラッグストア～ (Cheat Kusushi no Slow Life: Isekai ni Tsukurou Drugstore)

8.0(1)

OtakuDen

6.4(65,678)

MAL Score

Ranked #8342

Popularity #1640

Comedy
Fantasy
Isekai
Medical

Episodes: 12
Duration: 23 min per ep
Aired: Jul 7, 2021 to Sep 22, 2021
Status: Finished Airing

Synopsis

Reiji Kirio, once worn down by life as an overworked salaryman, suddenly finds himself in a fantasy world. Gifted with extraordinary pharmaceutical knowledge, he chooses a quieter path by opening a small drugstore, teaming up with Noera, a canine companion, and Mina, a mysterious ghost.

From everyday ailments to unexpected requests, Reiji spends his days mixing potions and providing remedies for anyone who stops by. *Drug Store in Another World: The Slow Life of a Cheat Pharmacist* follows the relaxed—if occasionally bustling—routine of running his shop and caring for its steady stream of visitors.

Otaku Consensus

Drug Store in Another World lands as a deliberately minor-key isekai: Masafumi Satou's direction and Hiroko Kanasugi's series composition make its 12 episodes work best as breezy, problem-of-the-week iyashikei rather than adventure fantasy. Its MAL 6.44 and AniList 61 reception reflects the split: viewers respond to the relaxed medical-comedy pacing and cozy found-family texture, while the common complaint is that the episodic gag structure leaves little escalation, visual ambition, or dramatic payoff.

Why You Should Watch

Watch this if you want isekai comfort food without demon-lord campaigns, political lore dumps, or leveling spreadsheets. Drug Store in Another World scratches a neighboring itch to Restaurant to Another World and By the Grace of the Gods: the pleasure is in repeated small services, a warm workplace rhythm, and fantasy problems treated like customer requests instead of war crimes. Its best audience is the viewer who likes iyashikei pacing but still wants jokes, cute creature designs, and a medical gimmick that gives each episode a clear hook. The show is especially easy to sample because it is a complete 12-episode cour, built around compact vignettes rather than a long myth-arc demanding patience.

Key Characters

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Reiji Kirio
Reiji Kirio stands out by being a service-industry isekai lead: his appeal is practical problem-solving and deadpan customer management rather than conquest or combat power scaling.
N
Noera
Noera supplies the kemonomimi mascot energy that fans associate with the show's softer side, turning many scenes into light character comedy instead of straight fantasy wish fulfillment.
M
Mina
Mina gives the series its ghostly slice-of-life angle, widening the cast beyond standard shop comedy into the found-family texture highlighted by the show's fan tags.

What Makes It Stand Out

1
The series is structurally built for low-commitment viewing: AniList tags it as Episodic at 97%, and the finished TV run is a compact 12 episodes from the Summer 2021 season.
2
Its medical angle is unusually explicit for a fantasy comedy, with AniList tags for Drugs at 91% and Medicine at 87%, making remedies and concoctions a core identity rather than a throwaway profession label.
3
EMT Squared's adaptation leans into bright, lightweight TV-comedy presentation instead of action spectacle, matching the show's iyashikei tag strength of 93%.
4
The cast mix is more creature-feature domestic comedy than standard guild-party fantasy: AniList flags Primarily Female Cast at 94%, Female Harem at 75%, Ghost at 72%, Kemonomimi at 72%, and Werewolf at 61%.
5
The fantasy taxonomy is broader than the title suggests, with tags for Gods, Magic, Conspiracy, and Found Family sitting alongside the pharmacy material.

Fun Facts & Trivia

Fun fact 1: The Japanese title is Cheat Kusushi no Slow Life: Isekai ni Tsukurou Drugstore, which foregrounds both the cheat-pharmacist hook and the slow-life branding more directly than the English title.
Fun fact 2: The anime credits Kennoji for the original story and Matsuuni for the original character design, with Etsuko Sumimoto handling the animation character designs for the TV version.
Fun fact 3: Masafumi Satou directed the series, while Hiroko Kanasugi handled series composition, a pairing that helped shape the show around short episodic incidents rather than a single escalating adventure plot.
Fun fact 4: The production's visual pipeline lists Kenichi Tajiri as art director, Michiaki Nakano as color designer, Jirou Tazawa as director of photography, and Motoki Niimi as editor.
Fun fact 5: Its database reception is notably middle-of-the-road but widely sampled: MAL lists a 6.44 score from 65,253 votes, a #8283 rank, and #1639 popularity, while AniList records 622 favourites.