Potion-danomi de Ikinobimasu!

## Potion-danomi de Ikinobimasu! Hanano and Lotte's Journey

***Potion-danomi de Ikinobimasu!*** (ポーション頼みで生き延びます!, I Shall Survive Using Potions!) is a Japanese light novel series written by FUNA. The series originated on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website, before being published in print with illustrations by Sukima by Kodansha beginning in June 2017. As of December 2023, ten volumes have been released. A manga adaptation, illustrated by Hibiki Kokonoe, was serialized on the Niconico-based *Suiyōbi no Sirius* platform in June 2017 to November 2021, with its individual chapters collected into nine volumes. A sequel manga, illustrated by Futsū Onshin, began serialization on the same platform in August 2022. As of November 2023, the manga's individual chapters have been collected into two volumes. An anime television series produced by Jumondou, aired from October to December 2023.

## Synopsis

Kaoru Nagase was caught up in a mysterious phenomenon and died when returning home from work. It was because of a time-space distortion that a higher life form was cleaning up, but she was able to receive a younger body and the ability to create any potion she wanted in another world!

(Source: MangaDex)

## List of published books

### *Novels*

Written by FUNA, the series began serialization on the novel posting website Shōsetsuka ni Narō on November 3, 2015. The series was later acquired by Kodansha, who began publishing the series in print with illustrations by Sukima on June 1, 2017. As of August 2022, eight volumes have been released.

In December 2018, J-Novel Club announced that they licensed the novels for English publication.

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### *Manga*

A manga adaptation, illustrated by Hibiki Kokonoe, was serialized on the Niconico-based *Suiyōbi no Sirius* platform from June 7, 2017 to January 2022. Kodansha published the individual chapters in nine *tankōbon* volumes. In December 2018, J-Novel Club announced that they also licensed the manga adaptation for English publication.

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A sequel to the manga adaptation illustrated by Futsū Onshin, titled *I Shall Survive Using Potions! Continuation (ポーション頼みで生き延びます！ 続)*, began serialization on the same platform on August 1, 2022.

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A spin-off manga also illustrated by Sukima, titled *I Shall Survive Using Potions! Hanano and Lotte's Journey (ポーション頼みで生き延びます! ハナノとロッテのふたり旅)*, also began serialization on *Suiyōbi no Sirius* on January 30, 2023.

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## Kaoru Nagase

### Aliases:

* Angel/Lady Angel
* Little Miss Angel
* Demon Eyes
* Executioner
* Cute Girl (Self)
* Alfa Kaoru Nagase
* Mifa Kaoru Nagase
* Cute Young Lady
* Diving Punisher of Annihilation
* Doctor Doolittle

### Nickname:

* Carol *(variation)*
* Koal *(variation)*
* Nagase
* Quaoru

### Affiliation:

* Big Belly Bistro *(Former Waitress)*
* The Eyes of the Goddess *(leader)*
* The Light of the Goddess *(leader)*
* The Servants of the Goddess *(leader)*
* Layette’s Atelier *(former owner)*
* Layette’s Atelier Mk-II *(former owner)*
* Convenience Store Belle *(owner)*

### Allied:

* Celestine (Goddess) *[Friend]*
* Francette *(Knight)*
* Roland *(Knight)*
* Belle *(Knight)*
* Emile *(Knight)*

## 「Biographical Information」

### Traits:

Reincarnated, Cunning, Child-like, Apothecary

### Age:

15 → 19 *(Ageless: looks 12, Mentality of 21 yrs old)*

### Relatives:

* Kaoru's Father *(Father)*
* Kaoru's Mother *(Mother)*
* Kouichi Nagase *(Brother)*
* Yuki Nagase *(Sister)*
* Layette *(Adopted Sister)*
* Ed *(Trusted Horse)*

### Occupation:

* Merchant
* Waitress *[Former]*
* Animal Doctor *[Temp.]*
* Leader *[Temp.]*

## 「Physical Description」

### Eye Color:

* Purple *(Manga Ver. I)*
* Deep Blue *(Manga Ver. II)*
* Grey *(Anime)*

### Hair Color:

* Black *(Manga & LN)*
* Shade Black *(Anime)*

## 「Voice Actor」

### English VA:

Katie Wetch

She has shoulder-length, silky black hair and good looks, but her eyes are very scary. According to his background in the anime OP, he was once mistakenly stared at in nursery school and cried because of it. He has a family of five: his parents, two older brothers, and three younger sisters. She graduated from a national university with a degree in science, and was working as an office worker at a local medium-sized company when she was caught in God's mistake on her way home from working overtime and died. She was 22 years old.

As atonement from God, she is reincarnated into another world managed by Celestine. However, in order to survive in the medieval level of the other world, he requires cheat abilities.

When he received his cheat abilities, Celestine skillfully gave him several cheat abilities such as "*the ability to freely create medicine with the desired effect*," "*the ability to create any container*," and "*an item box with infinite capacity*" (originally only one was promised, but Kaoru, who allowed him to have a relationship with God on earth, seems to have been compensated by Celestine for his services), as well as the *ability to understand any language* (including non-human creatures and ciphers), he is reborn in another world as he was when he was 15 years old.

At first, she thought she would land in the kingdom of Brancott and live comfortably by making potions and selling them, but this proved difficult because of the differences from the common knowledge of the other world she had imagined (in the first place, potions did not exist, and magic was almost non-existent). She later worked as a waitress in a cafeteria in the royal capital, where she set up a consultation corner and solved problems with her original knowledge and intelligence, but she became tired of being persistently targeted by Prince Fernand, and moved to the Kingdom of Balmor. He led the kingdom to victory in the war against the empire and was recognized as a "*friend of Celes*" by Celestine, who embodied him during the peace conference and considered him sacred. A few years after the war's end, he travels around the countries to find a son-in-law.

### Abilities

> "*I learned my lesson from last time. I won't be selling anything for some time.
> I'm gonna be a clever girl and use my wits to make money!*"
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After she falls into the void that caused her death because of the mistake of the Earth god,she will be reincarnated in another world managed by Celestine as compensation from God. She is, but she requires cheating abilities to survive in a medieval-level world. When receiving a cheat ability, Celestine skillfully talked about multiple cheat abilities, such as:

「***Potion Creation***」: (Nicknamed "*Goddess Workshop*") Kaoru's primary ability. It allows her to create virtually any kind of potion with any kind of effect without needing raw materials and the like. The potions can simply materialize out of thin air as just the liquid or in a container or bottle. All the specifics about the potion and its function are entirely up to her imagination. She merely needs to think, and the potion appears. She can also target the location at which her potions would appear. There are also no limits to the number of potions she can have at once. Below are some examples of herknown potion.

* *Sports Drink*: is a physical fitness restorative
* *Blue Potion*: this is a lower-ranking potion. It can heal some wounds, such as cuts, bruises, etc.
* *Yellow Potion*: this is an intermediate rank potion. It can heal internal organ damage, fractures, etc.
* *Red Potion*: this is an advanced potion. It can fully rejuvenate a body even if it is in a critical situation
* *Beast-repelling Potion*: used by Kaoru to repel animals while she sleeps in the woods
* *Sleeping Potion*: used by Kaoru to knock out the Young Maid
* *Hair and Eye Color Changing Potion*: used by Kaoru to change her hair and eye color
* *Tears of a Goddess*: used by various characters, Is a cure-all potion for all ailments and injuries
* *Age-reversing Potion*: used by Francette to make her fifteen again
* *Imitation Wasabi*: a potion that looks and tastes like wasabi.
* *Imitation Soy Sauce*: a potion that looks and tastes like soy sauce.
* *Poison Potion*: used by Kaoru to poison wells in the towns between Nicosia and the Holy Land of Rueda. Poison only lasts 10 days and causes the poisoned person to violently throw up and suffer from severe diarrhea.
* *Antidote Potion*: cures Poison Potion
* *Breath of the Goddess*: a potion used by Kaoru as a form of a pepper spray.
* *White Orb Potion*: made up of a substance similar to nitroglycerin
* *Gourd Potion*: made up of pseudo-nitroglycerin and concentrated sulfuric acid
* *Red Orb Potion*: made up of napalm and naphtha, which was designed to spontaneously ignite once it made contact with the air
* *Healing Potion*: potion with limited healing effects that expires after five days of being created
* *Goddess Statue:* two statues of the goddess that create unlimited amounts of potion that cures any epidemic going around the capital city of Litenia. The potion will only last for one day after being scooped and the statues will only last for five days or until someone attempts to move them.
* *Soldier’s Disease - Small Silver Version*: a potion sold at Layette’s Atelier and Layette’s Atelier Mk-II that treated the symptoms but didn't cure Soldier's Disease.
* *Soldier’s Disease - Silver Version*: a potion sold at Layette’s Atelier and Layette’s Atelier Mk-II that treated the symptoms and slowly cured Soldier's Disease. The user was not immune to being reinfected once cured.
* *Soldier’s Disease - Small Gold Version*: a potion sold at Layette’s Atelier and Layette’s Atelier Mk-II that treated the symptoms and quickly cured Soldier's Disease. The user was not immune to being reinfected once cured.
* *Hangover Potion*: a potion sold at Layette’s Atelier and Layette’s Atelier Mk-II that cures hangovers.
* *Stomach Pain Potion*: a potion sold at Layette’s Atelier and Layette’s Atelier Mk-II that cures stomach pain.
* *Minor Wound Potion*: a potion sold at Layette’s Atelier and Layette’s Atelier Mk-II that cures minor wounds.
* *Toothache Pain Potion*: a potion sold at Layette’s Atelier and Layette’s Atelier Mk-II that cures toothache.
* *General Pain Relief Potion*: a potion sold at Layette’s Atelier and Layette’s Atelier Mk-II that cures general pain.
* *Diarrhea-curing Potion*: a potion sold at Layette’s Atelier and Layette’s Atelier Mk-II that cures diarrhea.
* *Constipation-curing Potion*: a potion sold at Layette’s Atelier and Layette’s Atelier Mk-II that cures constipation.
* *Shampoo Potion*: a potion sold at Layette’s Atelier and Layette’s Atelier Mk-II that is used as shampoo.
* *Conditioner Potion*: a potion sold at Layette’s Atelier and Layette’s Atelier Mk-II that is used as condition.
* *Skin Lotion Potion*: a potion sold at Layette’s Atelier and Layette’s Atelier Mk-II that is used as a skin lotion.
* *Cosmetic Serums Potion*: a potion sold at Layette’s Atelier and Layette’s Atelier Mk-II that is used as a cosmetic serum.
* *Milky Lotion Potion*: a potion sold at Layette’s Atelier and Layette’s Atelier Mk-II that is used as milky lotion.
* *Skin Cream Potion*: a potion sold at Layette’s Atelier and Layette’s Atelier Mk-II that is used as skin cream.
* *Perfume Potion:* a potion sold at Layette’s Atelier and Layette’s Atelier Mk-II that is used as perfume.
* *Searcher Potion*: a potion that looks like a pair of glasses that is a target-detecting device.
* *Poison Detecting Potion*: a potion that looks like a bracelet that can be controlled by using brain waves, to dissolve and eliminate parasites, bacteria, and other toxic substances.
* *Water Tank Potion*: a potion that looks and acts like a water tank with a spout near the bottom for easy use.
* *Ability to speak to animals*: a potion that gives the user the ability to speak with animals. Similar to Kaoru's unilingual proficiency but just for speaking to animals.
* S*uper Hard Liquid Coating Potion (Tekkonkinkreet [Tekkon])*: a potion that when applied to substances, makes them super hard and not easy to break.
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「***Container*** */ **Vial** / **Bottle Creation***」: To keep the potion in a vessel, Kaoru can conjure up any kind of container including bottles, vials, pots and even outlandish vessels like a glass sculpture, a high-frequency vibration blade with a hollow hilt to keep the potion, etc. Even if the intended purpose of the "*container*" is not strictly to contain her potions, as long as it is capable of doing so, it can be created. Just like the potions, she only needs to think in order to create. Below are some known "Containers" that Kaoru had created.

* *Voice Crystal Potion*: used by The Eyes of the Goddess and can be used as a communication device
* *Exgram*: made of a special alloy, one hard enough so it would never break. The edge of the blade was sharpened to a fine point on a molecular level, and it used the bioelectricity of whoever gripped its hilt as an energy source to vibrate the blade at incredibly high speeds.
	+ The edge of the blade was sharpened to a fine point on a molecular level, and it used the bioelectricity of whoever gripped its hilt as an energy source to vibrate the blade at incredibly high speeds.
* *Exridill*: similar version of Exgram
* *Exhrotti*: four swords similar to Exgram but without the ability to vibrate the blade at incredibly high speeds.
* *Exhovud:* a sword similar to Exgram but without the ability to vibrate the blade at incredibly high speeds. Given to Roland as he kept on bothering Kaoru to make him a sword.
* *Wig Potion*: A normal potion that has a wig on top that can be used in disguises.
* *Chariot*
* *World Globe*
* *Metal Detector*
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「***Item Box***」: Kaoru uses a separate dimension to keep her things in, in order to prevent them from being misplaced as well as to do away with the hassle of carrying her potions around. She can teleport anything and anyone into the store with a thought. As time is stopped inside her Dimensional Storage, there is no issue with putting living things inside it.

「***Omni-Lingual Proficiency***」: Kaoru is able to converse and communicate in any possible language, including morse code and other kinds of code. She can also converse with animals freely own in her talking to the Empire's captured horses.

「***Automatic Defense System***」: Kaoru is protected by the Goddess Celestine. This grants her invulnerability to all external harm and punishes the attacker with divine retribution. However, despite the protection, self-harm or intended self-harm is possible although she can't die from her injuries from death.

Because being Reincarnated in medieval world, Kaoru has a knowledge of modern society building from century of kingdom from country. Because of this knowledge she has, Kaoru can seize things in the broader perspective, such as diplomacy and logistics, in order to decide victory battle even the highest success democracy for a kingdom.

## Ending Theme

### ED Composer:

Harmoe

An anime television series adaptation was announced on February 24, 2023. It is produced by Jumondou and directed by Nobuaki Nakanishi, with scripts written by Takayo Ikami, character designs handled by Chisato Kikunaga, and music composed by Hiroaki Tsutsumi. The series premiered on October 8, 2023 on ABC and TV Asahi's ANiMAZiNG!!! [ja] programming block and BS Fuji. The opening theme song is "Tailwind" by Katagiri, while the ending theme song is "Love Is a Potion" by Harmoe.

* ***STAFF***
	+ Original Author - FUNA
	+ Character draft - Sukima
	+ Director - Nobuaki Nakanishi
	+ Series composition - Takayo Igami
	+ Character Designer - Chisato Kikunaga
	+ Sub character design - Hitomi Kaiho
	+ Prop Designer - Shiori Shirasaki
	+ Color designer - Ryusuke Araki
	+ Art Director - Minoru Okochi
	+ Director of Photography - Yasu Hattori
	+ Editing - Yusuke Ueno
	+ Sound director - Yayoi Tateishi
	+ Music - Hiroaki Tsutsumi
	+ Music Production - Pony Canyon
	+ Music Producer - Ryota Otsuka
	+ Producer - Takanori Matsuoka, Yoshiyuki Shioya, Nobuhiko Kurosu, Shinji Omori
	+ Animation Producer - Seiji Misaki
	+ Animation Production - Jumondo
	+ Crafting "Production" - *Survive by relying on potions!* Production committee

Crunchyroll licensed the series outside of Asia.

## Reception

Volumes of the manga adaptation have ranked on various bestseller charts, such as those published by BookLive! [ja] and Oricon.

## See also

* *Didn't I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?!*, another light novel series by FUNA
* *Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement*, another light novel series by FUNA

## External Link

* *Potion-danomi de Ikinobimasu!* ─ Official web novel website at Shōsetsuka ni Narō (in Japanese)
* *Potion-danomi de Ikinobimasu!* ─ List of published and related works | Kodansha Comic Plus
* *Potion-danomi de Ikinobimasu! Continuation* ─ Official Manga Website | Suiyōbi no Sirius
* *Potion-danomi de Ikinobimasu!: Hanano and Lotte's Journey* ─ Official Manga Website | Nico Nico Seiga
* *TV Anime "Potion-danomi de Ikinobimasu!"* Official Website (in Japanese)
* *TV Anime "Potion-danomi de Ikinobimasu!"* Official (@potion\_APR) - Twitter
* *Potion-danomi de Ikinobimasu!* ─ Wikipedia **JP**
* *Potion-danomi de Ikinobimasu!* ─ Wikipedia **EN**