I Shall Survive Using Potions! (Manga)

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. Not 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!

Let's say you're way too smart, good-looking, and overpowered for your new world. Do you become a grand mage? Or do you play it cool like Kaoru: waiting tables, running an advice booth, cleaning up after absent-minded adventurers, and running a secret society of do-gooders on the side? Life may seem sweet when most solutions are just a potion away, but that doesn't mean it's easy. After all, you can't really drink away a menagerie of marriage-minded nobles...

Potions & Politics Don't Mix! Sometimes, you just can't help yourself. And if that means showing up kingdom after kingdom of nobles, well, it's even better! Or so Kaoru thinks, as she establishes herself as a divine messenger. But as word of her potions and abilities spread, so too does the threat of war and external involvement. As old faces return for another piece of the action and new threats emerge across the continent, can the Eyes of the Goddess keep their benefactor safe from harm?

War is Hell! Kaoru thought she could save everybody, but no plan survives first contact with the enemy. The Aligot Empire is on the march, and she' right in their path! Hemmed in by geography, the Empire invades neighboring Balmore, looking to secure a path for future expansion, as well as the Angel of the Goddess and her magical healing potions. But Kaoru, despite claiming to want a peaceful life, has no intention of letting this sort of thing slide. Alongside her loyal followers, she's going to use her potion powers to make this invasion a nightmare for the aggressors -- and maybe even uncover a sinister conspiracy involving the clergy of the Goddess Celestine along the way. As the Eyes of the Goddess come under fire and Francette reveals her fearsome fighting force, can our heroine potion her way to victory?

The war between Aligot and Balmore is over, thanks to Kaoru, but now comes the hard part: the peace talks. The Holy Land of Rueda, one of the conflict's major instigators, is dead-set on causing as much trouble as possible for everyone. Even if Kaoru can handle all that nonsense, she still has her main mission to consider: spreading the Nagase family genes in this new world. To do that, she'll venture far and wide, reuniting with old friends and making new enemies along the way, including a group of kidnappers who exclusively target cute girls! Surely Kaoru wouldn't be distracted from such a perilous fate by being identified as 'cute'... would she? How can our protagonist use her potion powers to get out of this jam?!

With the ring of cute girl kidnappers brought to justice, their captives share tearful reunions with their families… except for the tragic Layette, to whom no guardian appears. It proves too much for Kaoru, who declares that she’ll take the girl without a second thought. And so their journey continues to the Kingdom of Jusral, where Kaoru finally gets the chance to put her potion powers to good use and open the atelier of her dreams. Her plan this time is to keep a low profile… but her products might scratch more of an itch with her customers than she bargained for! It doesn’t take long before Kaoru’s mundane medicines are under threat of monopoly by everyone from army brass to noble bigwigs. Kaoru would much rather find a husband or set a good example for the local orphans, but she’s got rent due first! Or does she? Will Kaoru continue to survive? Scratch that, will someone buy her skincare routine already???

Business is booming at Kaoru’s brand new drugstore...or is it a deli? Whether she’s behind the counter with Layette or on a treasure-hunting house call, Kaoru finds herself with no shortage of opportunities to use her divine gift of creating any potion she can imagine. She may prefer a subtler approach when curing the headaches of inter-industry intrigue, but when rumors of a deadly disease make their way through her doors, our miracle medicine-maker prepares to provide the panacea for this public health crisis. Even in the middle of an epidemic, she’ll keep surviving!

With the mysterious outbreak stopped at its source, Kaoru sighs in relief at the many lives she’s saved—but her only reward is a return to a wanderer’s rough-and-tumble life...and the smorgasbord of seafood the next city over! Her next business venture sounds like the perfect palate cleanser, but the laws of supply and demand have an inconvenient turn in store. Kaoru will keep on surviving...for sushi!

After another long journey to a distant land and yet another new business venture, Kaoru takes the staff of Convenience Store Belle out for a relaxing day off with their beloved steeds...until she learns of the perfect crime, straight from the horse’s mouth! The angel’s work is never done, and this time, her job is to mete out divine punishment and bring a usurper to justice with the help of the animals who saw it all happen. Kaoru will keep on surviving...for a trip to the hot springs?