The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic Volume 1: Light Novel

治癒魔法の間違った使い方 ～戦場を駆ける回復要員～ #1

by Kurokata

Usato, an ordinary high schooler, happens to run into two fellow students after school one rainy day. Suddenly, all three of them are engulfed in a magic circle and transported to a fantasy world. There’s just one tiny problem—Usato is simply dragged along by accident! On top of that, Usato learns that he is capable of using healing magic—an incredibly rare affinity in this new world. Now Usato must spend his days with the rescue team thugs, struggling through their hellish training regimen—learning the wrong way to use healing magic. Get ready for an eccentric otherworld fantasy filled with comedy and combat!

Genres: Light Novel, Fantasy, Manga, Magic, Comedy, Fiction

219 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 23, 2022

Reviews

[Anushka Malik · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ken Usato (our unintended/mistakenly transported to another world, MC) along with his fellow school mates Suzune Inukami and Kazuki Ryusen (the intended heroes) make up an interesting trio that I thought would be fun to experience since I was getting severe Harry, Ron & Hermione withdrawals but this turned out to be nothing like that.

First, the moment the three step into or more like,fall into this other world... they get separated. For training purposes because well, they have different abilities that need honing.
Usato is a healer and as the title suggests, he uses his healing magic in not wrong per se but rather SUCH. AN. UNEXPECTED. GENIUS. WAY. that I was blown away.
This was a comic high fantasy bit and I loved it.
Compared to Usato, I didn't much enjoy the abilities of the others but their personalities and interactions with each other and the royal family and everyone else sure was fun.

In my quest to find mangas/ manhwas/ Light novels with plots that are different and not ALL. THE. VERY. SAME. this one sure delivered.

[Madeleine Knutsson · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not my cup of tea. Could not help myself and compare this one to The Rising of the Shield Hero Volume 01

[Pablo García · Rating 2 out of 5]

I feel that the author is all over the place, the story feels disorganized...Usato was "accidentally included in the isekai (travel/summoning to another world) of the two heroes. Usato is a nobody at his school, that does not excel in anything. In this world, apparently he has the healing ability (similar story to Redo of Healer without the slavery, drugs and sexual assaults). Usato starts an unbelievable marine boot camp-style training to survive by the head of the healing corps, Rose, who is incredibly demanding and passionate... Inukami, the girl hero, was President of her school, the prettiest girl in school, but incredibly weird, Is she a closet-perv? Is she a gamer-geek?? Why is everything around her strange?? Both heroes barely train and have regular abilities and skills that they do not practice that much...
Without finishing the "tutorial/boot-camp" the King sends Inukami and Usato on a mission. Usato leaves his bear Blurin behind, they get attacked by bandits and wild boars at the same time...
It seems that the author is insisting that the "difference" in this isekai fantasy novel series, is that Usato will not injure, kill or help to injure or kill someone (whether they are demons, beasts, monsters or other humans)...But in another world, where everything and everybody is trying to kill him, is that something sane and practical to do?? So, Usato is supposed to be a Mother Theresa/Gandhi blend, that is incredibly Over-Powered but is mentally nonsensical/delusional...
Do not know where the story is going, does not have a main theme, the only thing is, the author insisted that the isekai-ed "heroes" cannot travel back to Earth. I feel the author could have set up the story better, story and plot arcs need better descriptions, more descriptions about the political, religious, economic and social organizations in this other world.
The illustrator makes clip-art style drawings, and in my opinion all the illustrations lack TLC (Tender Love and Care). There are no maps of this other world, no character summaries explaining their abilities, levels and skills, and the author seems to be writing this story by the "seat of his pants"...
The author never really explains the title of this fantasy-isekai-novel series....Is it possible to have a "wrong way to heal"?? Why would the author insist on a title like this one, and then not explain how is healing wrong supposed to be?? If it's about it being wrong to heal the wounded in the middle of the battlefield, then, who do you prioritize, the wounded that need healing ASAP, or the healer (so that he can heal in the future) you can only save the wounded if you are there to heal them when they need it, not when somebody else, brings the wounded to the healer...

[Aelvana · Rating 3 out of 5]

When Usato decided to wait for the rain to stop before heading home from school, he never imagined that would result in him getting teleported to a fantasy world. Only he wasn't the one summoned, and his abilities land him in a "rescue unit" that looks more like a boot camp. But Usato never gives up. And strangely enough, this might be everything he wanted . . .

I'm going to say up front the publisher made a terrible decision on where to split this novel out from the web novel. The first arc completes very shortly AFTER this book ends, which means there's a really awkward non-conclusion. And I am sorely tempted to edit the ebook into a one-arc-per-volume structure just to make more sense on rereads.

With that said, I do like this story, even though it has a lot of rough edges still. Usato goes from bored high school student, to raging ball of fury as his new boss runs him through the training program from hell, to someone who is a lot more capable than even the new Heroes. And he's developing a distinctly masochistic bent himself as he adapts to the training. No matter what Rose throws at him, Usato never loses his will (or his comebacks).

Because this book totally eschews the soft-and-gentle healer stereotypes. THESE healers look like gangster bodybuilders, with permanent scowling faces and enough muscles to pick up victim after victim from a battlefield and haul them to safety. (And despite the title drop near the end, this book does not, actually, explain the specific "wrong way to use healing magic" Usato mentions.)

The secondary cast is also pretty good, although Suzune can get rather disturbingly aggressive. I do like how Kazuki's innocence plays so well off of Usato's sarcasm. And Usato does care about them both, even though he basically talked to them for the first time right before the summoning. Rose is also more nuanced than she appears---even though most of the time she's on screen is for some kind of comedy.

Hopefully the upcoming anime adaptation has a chance to smooth things out on the story front. I rate this book Recommended.

[Elle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Concept and art

I love this series, its an interesting take on healing magic and pretty logical in many ways. The story is fun and easy to read as with many light novels. The demon Lord summoning trope is handled fairly well as are the other encounters and story build up. It feels very much a first novel in a series, though I do feel it's very 2d and I can't really get into the depth of the characters even with various recealed histories to flesh them out. My biggest issue is the art, Usato is supposed to gain all these muscles and be very toned and in general fit from all the training ... in the art he still looks like a scrawny teenager. Especially so with the art style of anime/manga that always gives long thin necks to characters so they look bobble headed. The other two teenagers should also show some change in their physical design from their own training Kazuki and Inukami would put on some muscle or be more toned, though not to the extent Usato is supposed to be. So although the art is great its missing the important changes.

[Alexander Albin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bit rough and optimistic

While I enjoy the premise and the unique features of this otherwise basic Isekai, it needs a bit more polish. There were a large number of inconsistencies in character perspective and development. It also doesn't always cleanly delineate when narrators swap. Finally, characters meet and immediately are "best friends" without any reason or knowing who the other is... I really love the concept, and think I'll give it another chance if he gets a second book... But I feel like I read something from an amateur writers forum and not a published work... Maybe it is the translation that caused my issues... But just be warned it isn't as polished as other options.

[Tomcat]

An incomplete volume.

The story is quite plain and boring in this first volume, the characters are well developed and quite good, with good moments but sometimes the dialogue feel rush. The biggest problem with this volume is that it feels incomplete, it doesn't end in a cliffhanger or a good point for a continuation but it looks like the author run out of pages and just stopped there. A little bit of a mess that could have been avoided with a more careful planning for the story.

[Bradley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Early days in this manga, barely scratching the surface, but I don't mind a bit of training montage to go with a hasty intro. I have faith that things will progress nicely.

After all, there's a lot of promise in this title. I mean, seriously, I love the idea. How DOES someone use healing magic the wrong way?

So far, it's basically going OP with constitution. Let's see where this leads.

[?? · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the first proper light novel I’ve read. It was enjoyable, but the way the story is narrated is very awkward and jarring. Told mostly in first-person POV, it often shifts viewpoints in the middle of chapters without any immediate indication. This is…a very strange narrative decision, to say the least.

[Jennine S. · Rating 4 out of 5]

I will get the next volume, buuuuuuuut......

The story is good and the characters are interesting, but the translation made the writing and dialouge feel choppy and difficult to read. The concept is really cool, though, and I definitely want to know what happens next!

[Schuyler · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good story, mediocre translation

This book is a solid read but a lot of the comic relief is lost in translation. I mean that literally, there are spots where comedy would come through if synonyms of the words they translated rather than direct meaning.

[Alex · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book has an interesting concept regarding how healing magic can be used. This first volume is an interesting start to the plot and the world building. It was a pretty fast read. Characters felt pretty simplistic. I’d like to see where this series goes from here.

[SUSAN TUCKER · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun

A fun read. It does jump perspectives a bit unexpectedly, but you get used to it. If you like isekai and fantasy mixed with some comedy, you'll enjoy this book.

[Karen Reyes · Rating 5 out of 5]

5.6

[Rebekah McPhail · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good isekai book!

[Oscar Aranda · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cozy fantasy muy divertido, sinceramente me he reído bastante. No demasiado anime pese a ser anime

[Becca · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm hoping that the writing fell victim to poor translation, and it's not just naturally horrible?

I'll just watch the show.