I Shall Survive Using Potions! (Manga) Volume 1

I Shall Survive Using Potions! Manga #1

by Ｆｕｎａ

One day, the supervisor in charge of watching over Earth was taking care of a distortion, when they made a mistake that caused Kaoru Nagase to lose her physical body. Not only that, but reincarnating her into a different, less culturally-advanced world is the only thing they can offer to do for her.\n\nNot one to take this turn of events sitting down, Kaoru makes a demand: the power to create potions at any time she pleases, with whatever effect she wants it to have—and it doesn’t stop there either. She asks for a magical Item Box, the ability to understand and speak every language, and the same body she had back when she was a fifteen-year-old girl. Using her newfound powers, Kaoru has to try and make a stable life for herself in a whole new world!

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Fiction, Comics, Graphic Novels

Kindle Edition

First published November 3, 2020

Reviews

[Nicolo · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a decent enough isekai manga where the authors took the effort building the world and power mechanics, which resulted in a fully formed main character. The main character is shrewd, and does not suffer the fools who usually populate generic isekai stories. The story does not reinvent the wheel, nor does it bring something new to the table, but it is interesting enough to read the next few volumes after this first one.

[Dana · Rating 3 out of 5]

This review will be for the whole series; read at your own risk.

Read 1 volume

An interesting start! It was funny that she had all these specifications that kinda screwed her over in the end. I also like that our heroine is mentally older! I wish she stayed 22, but it makes sense for her to be younger in this medieval world when it’s be weird to be that old and not married.

I’m looking forward to more. It reminds me of Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear.

[Anne Nelson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Solid isekai with a wonderfully shrewd, resourceful (and often understandably exasperated) protagonist. Volume one has to start out on a rather absurd tone in order to establish the reasons for the protagonist's presence in her new universe and the ground rules of her new reality. Once she is in place and the general narrative can kick off, things improve considerably.

There's really nothing groundbreaking in this and the art is pretty unremarkable (I found that a few side characters in later volumes were somewhat difficult to distinguish from one another). That said, I really liked the character of Kaoru and the first volume establishes plenty of moving plot parts and foreshadows more than enough dramatic possibilities that the story has the potential to stretch into a long, compelling arc. It's also possible that a (literal) deus ex machina could force a comedic detour at any time, but that's really just one more source of dramatic tension.

[Delani · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was good the problem is Amazon/Comixology has this messed all up

The story is very fun. We get a MC with a good head on their shoulders who tries to figure things out when reincarnated after a god’s mistake. It’s very entertaining.

But the book can only be read in the kindle app, not Comixology. The second book is only paperback. While books 3-6 are available also only on kindle, but at least as ebooks. Then book 7 is paperback. And book 8 is kindle. Anyone trying to read this is in for a real pain. I first heard about this series about 2 months ago on Comixology and thought the English version only had book one. Book 8 just came out this month. Idk what’s been going on with their systems, half my books have disappeared, only can be seen on one or the other. At this point, if you want to read it just wait, or buy paperback. Or through another retailer, though nook also has issues with book 2.

[Leandro · Rating 3 out of 5]

Este manga lo estaba siguiendo cada que salia capítulo.
Luego dejaron de salir donde yo lo leía.
Cuando comenzó la animación me acorde de él y avanzó bastante.
Por eso apenas lo estoy terminando, parece que cambiaron de ilustrador, y reiniciaran el conteo de libros.
Esta parte terminó con 9 libros, a seguirle en los nuevos.

[MV · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was cute! A quick and easy read, the illustrations looked nice, and the main character is great to follow. She's smart, thoughtful, and clever.

I might switch over to reading the light novels at some point as I'm curious about how they compare, but I'm enjoying the manga just fine.

[Lissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was really interesting. Fun so far.

However, I think my expectations were a bit too high, so I was minorly disappointed. That’s on my though. I’m still interested in continuing reading this series.

[Yuiko · Rating 5 out of 5]

I truly enjoyed this :) kaoru is witty Lil thing I just adore her. I can't wait to read more

[Sam · Rating 5 out of 5]

So awesome, the story and characters are amazing and I've always loved a good fantasy book.

[Kathryn Catania · Rating 2 out of 5]

Just not a fan. Drugstore in another world is better

[Nav · Rating 2 out of 5]

I like our protagonist's style of hustle, but it's pretty aimless so far.

[Gracelyn Azbell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Maybe one of my favorite manga series' so far. I love it and look forward to each volume that comes next!

[Aurora · Rating 3 out of 5]

It seems a bit slow paced, so I’m not very engaged with the story so far. But I did borrow the whole series through Interlibrary Loan, so I guess I’ll just keep reading until I get bored. 😂

[Kathryn · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 wasn’t as funny as I was hoping but might still read more bc cute.

[The Book Dragon · Rating 2 out of 5]

I shall survive using potions... in my new life as a con artist.

Multiverse weirdness caused wibbly-wobbly space-time problems and god's attempt to fix it resulted in Kaoru Nagase randomly exploding. So after some apologizing and offering negotiated compensation, she is reborn into a magical other world with the power to create any potion she can imagine straight out of thin air (plus some extra perks).

Except this new world doesn't actually have any "magic" and even her simplest potions are miracle quality items so when she tries to sell them to get money for food, she ends up with unwanted attention. (Why can't she make a potion that functions the same as food?)

Anyway, the majority of this story is Kaoru being smarter (?) and cooler than everyone else (trust us, the narrator says so) while being mildly inconvenienced by the consequences of her own actions until she cons her way out of the situation. Not exactly the most compelling read (too much exposition but also not enough explained) but I'm willing to give it another shot.

This series has 9 volumes.