Frontier Magic Pharmacist Chapter 286 Discussion

Ok, I'm dropping it. I don't know what's going on with the author and there's more enjoyable things to read.

The story pacing isn't good, with short chapters and feels like it takes ages to make any progress on the story. But that's not what I think is the worst part. The MC is. The best way to describe him is '10yo spoiled brat with memories of technologies of our world'. Forget he being someone that reincarnated and being a pharmacist, he just spends most the time making anything he thinks of (usually magic-tools) and being selfish, dropping anything he finds to be troublesome onto his family or other people close to him, and wonder why is treated as a nuisance or troublemaker.

Can't recommend to anyone. Well, maybe to people like the MC so they realize how bad their behavior is.

Spoiler

As other people said, at first the novel is quite enjoyable. MC reincarnates in another word and it's goal is to become a pharmacist. He has the ability and, being the son of a noble, also has fund to do many things. As the story progresses he makes many kinds of potions that help. He also makes a few magic tools that either helps with things related to potion-making (like a sprinkler or improve the greenhouse) or that improves the lifestyle (such as a shower or heater).

Sure he end's up making things like stuffed animals for every girl that shows up, but that's not the worst part, not even the fact that he spends way more time making magic-tools than potions. The worst part is his behavior.

He's always doing things that he wants to do but unwilling to take responsibility for the outcome. He'll make anything that pops in his head, be it a game, toy, potion, magic-tool or magic. BUT will always throw the responsibility on others. The potions? Oh, just found on his grandma's book. Toys and magic-tools? His parent or his brothers will deal with the troublesome part of selling, licensing and anything else.

And the painful part is that he KNOWS he's being a troublemaker for everyone around him, but refuses to tone down a bit. And I just had enough at chap 286. At chapter 273 he thinks of making a pen because using a quill is hard and, although fountain pen exists, those aren't of good quality. But making a fountain pen would be too much and he'd be taking away the work of craftsmen, so he decides on making a glass pen. Then at chap 286 he just makes a fountain pen out of nowhere, just cuz he can and is bored or whatever. Even his sister-in-law that adores him is starting to show signs of thinking he's trouble.

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