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This novel is refreshing to read, a good break to the streak of some heavy noble family isekai stories I've been on the past few months.Normally in the past I've ended up dropping other isekai novels that are dubbed as "slice-of-life" like flies. But surprisingly not with this one, as one can tell I'm fully caught up with this novel at the time of writing this review.For in other slice-of-life light novels, while reading about each new slice-of-life short story moment that starts from a new chapter, I always felt as if the overall plot of the novel wasn't actually getting anywhere. Remaining stagnant. Not to mention that the various slice-of-life mini story moments weren't even connecting to each other in any way.Frontier Magic Pharmacist on the other hand, doesn't follow the standard slice-of-life genre procedure (in which I know of). While at the start of a new chapter it features the Protagonist working on a new project of that chapter, time actually progresses in this novel at a steady pace. And the different "slice-of-life" story arcs actually connects to the overall plot and world of the novel. So albeit while the focus is on the Protagonist himself, there is some good world building in this story. I love how level headed the Protagonist is, how realistic the world in the story is.So overall, for me this novel is a refreshing take on the slice-of-life isekai genre. Where due to how the mini story arcs connect to each other, I don't find myself getting bored of anything in this novel so far. The slice-of-life moments itself isn't grindy to read at all, so I end up reading every single word of this novel smoothly.Like I'm sorry, novels like [Tondemo Skill de Isekai Hourou Meshi], and even [Tensei Reijou wa Shomin no Aji ni Uete Iru]. I can't stand having every other sentence of your chapters focus on either the entire cooking process or you detailing your mofumofu/treats eating life. Stop, you guys are too grindy! Anyways...