The Fake Alchemist - Vol. 4 Ch. 12

[MangaDex]

 

[FortSpeedwayACC]

idk abt everyone but Paracelsus fit reminds me of Desmond Miles

 

[Vandelra]

Thanks for the translation, really love this manga

 

[Northern]

I went to check the cover art section to see if there was a spoiler for whether Goldie makes it, but alas, they only go up to cover 3.

 

[rayto34]

man the group name is how I'm feeling toward 20 different manga and it still growing
hope somebody actually pick up this series

 

[ciera]

Thanks for the chapters

 

[LavSingh]

thanks for the translation. One of the better isekais out there and its always the slop that gets translated

 

[Ironclad]

I didn't need to know our MC has a slime living in his ass. They understand allergen theory? Really, he decides to let his pride get in the way of getting out of danger now of all times? He has a literal cheat skill for alchemy, but he still feels guilty about using his master's research? Why aren't those recipes part of his cheat skill already again? Isn't Goldie listening in to everything they're doing since she filled Dahlia with magic circles?

I decided to look at the pre-serialization and the dialogue is almost panel for panel identical. If you're struggling with syntax or word choices I'd suggest taking a peek at that.

 

[Yamchrod]

this is masterpiece

 

[Ironclad]

this is masterpiece

It's a mess. You would hope the serialization would attempt to make the plot more coherent and improve the pacing, but it's nearly panel for panel identical.

 

[77BLc9JwJGpLVARkamJx]

The slime was about to give her some good cleaning.

 

[cryum]

I didn't realize this mansion was literally his master's when reading the pre-serial.

 

[Gilthwixt]

I didn't need to know our MC has a slime living in his ass. They understand allergen theory? Really, he decides to let his pride get in the way of getting out of danger now of all times? He has a literal cheat skill for alchemy, but he still feels guilty about using his master's research? Why aren't those recipes part of his cheat skill already again? Isn't Goldie listening in to everything they're doing since she filled Dahlia with magic circles?

I decided to look at the pre-serialization and the dialogue is almost panel for panel identical. If you're struggling with syntax or word choices I'd suggest taking a peek at that.

Yeah a lot of this doesn't make sense. I can kind of get wanting to find the answers for himself but it doesn't fit with the cheat skill at all, either from a justification standpoint or how it should already give him the recipe in the first place. Also St. Germain's logic is obnoxious as hell lol, you're supposed to "Steal" through observation not literal knowledge theft? What kind of discount shitty Mr. Miyagi logic is that??

Also even him having a backstory with this master of his feels like it's totally out of nowhere. So he got reincarnated here from Japan and began his adventure, went and got an apprenticeship and struggled to learn anything from his master, then passed the exam and got kicked out, and struggled to make a living on the streets until he picked up Nora and Coco? All of that while having cheat skills from the start? Confusing order of events. It's like author needed to jump straight to the harem building and figured he could backfill important plot exposition later.

 

[Kireato]

I'm a bit confused about why he wants to steal these recipes from his master rather than use his skill, but if I recall correctly it might be because he doesn't want to use up a page from his skill with a potion/product he won't be able to implement due to lacking the ingredients.

I guess this finally explains the title; he's a fake because he has access to recipes and perfect implementation with none of the investigative ability, knowledge and experience developed by a real alchemist. With that said, while I understand these skills are important to develop, at some point the existing knowledge becomes too vast and in order to expand it you need to learn the conclusions.

Also even him having a backstory with this master of his feels like it's totally out of nowhere. So he got reincarnated here from Japan and began his adventure, went and got an apprenticeship and struggled to learn anything from his master, then passed the exam and got kicked out, and struggled to make a living on the streets until he picked up Nora and Coco? All of that while having cheat skills from the start? Confusing order of events. It's like author needed to jump straight to the harem building and figured he could backfill important plot exposition later.

Well, thanks to his cheat skill, he is a godly alchemist, but the issue is that he had no work permit as an alchemist and that his godly creations would have attracted attention and lead to trouble. That's why he had to start as an apprentice. I think it was mentioned before though we didn't have the details on his time with his master.

It's interesting that his alchemy master instructed him to observe and understand rather than just follow recipes with no understanding, because he's been doing a lot of observing this entire time, so clearly that time spent training wasn't wasted.

 

[AnotherDuck]

He's a bit more comfortable with slime than I'd be.

Marriage proposal.

Convenient lock picking slime.

Much secrets. Such value.

Really going for the accidental discoveries, there...

Backstory's weird. Things seem to be written like that for the sake of being written like that. It's so patchwork.

She sure has some dark thoughts.

 

[CountryMage]

Well, thanks to his cheat skill, he is a godly alchemist, but the issue is that he had no work permit as an alchemist and that his godly creations would have attracted attention and lead to trouble. That's why he had to start as an apprentice. I think it was mentioned before though we didn't have the details on his time with his master.

That, but also what we saw with Nora, people would notice if his creations are too perfect or the discrepancy between his skills made stuff and handmade was too great, so he had to actually learn to make the stuff. He's a fake alchemist because he's only copying what his Alchemy Recipe book gives him, like learning to draw by tracing and just making better and better copies over time, rather than drawing freely and building up skills.

 

[Elhao]

I'm sure Coco is gonna be thankful for every additional day spent suffering because Paracelsus doesn't want to take a shortcut.
"Standing on the shoulders of giants? Nah, I'm gonna figure ALL OF IT out myself."
That is how flat earthers think, dude.

Also writing something mirrored is a pretty dumb and bad way to make sure no one else can read it. Anyone with average intelligence would figure it out within 3 seconds and only be slightly annoyed and inconvenienced by it.

 

[Iwantrobux]

if this manga had Luck boost or luck multiplier from ”Fisch” or “Sol’s Rng”, this would actually be peak.

 

[sambenmaggie]

Nice ass slime, MC!

 

[Someone011]

...what kind of silly writing is this?
"I'll use this cheat notebook that gives him the recipes for any alchemical concoction for free without any research( and makes certain the end result will be of the highest possible quality)but gods forbid I copy this one recipe from the one person who said I am to help him steal as many arts as he can..."
He literally let his pride(that up to this point was non existent) push him to burn the one recipe that would help the elf girl's treatment finish in possibly months instead of years... wow.