Boroboro no Elf-san wo Shiawase ni Suru Kusuriuri-san - Ch. 8

[Freman]

The writer is showing what they only hinted it in the original series. The apothecary is a very scary man when pushed, and equally that he tries to hide that part of himself from others due to his history.

 

[MarqFJA87]

Weird that someone like him would not double check the possibility of poison.

Gonna assume he can just tell. If he gets poisoned in the next chapter I'm gonna be pissed

He already said he's taking an antidote just in case (presumably a general one for most common venoms he expects to encounter). Besides, how do you expect him to know if he's been envenomed with neither any immediate symptoms nor the tools necessary to perform a blood test?

And since it's obvious that you haven't read the original comic that this is adapted from: Yes he did get envenomed. But it will take hours before the effects actually take hold; presumably the venom is extremely powerful, but how fast a venom's effects set in depends on the nature of the venom and the quantity that was delivered, so since he only got a quick nick compared to the massive size of the snake and its fangs, it must have only delivered a small portion of venom, thereby diluting its normal potency and greatly slowing down how rapidly it debilitates the body. This is of course a fantasy setting, so much artistic liberty is being taken with physiology in this, as logically no venom should be able to cause any harm if you went for many hours without any symptoms, as venom is purely a chemical substance of non-replicably finite quantity, unlike microbes which are a self-replicating pathogen.

I can never remember if we're told how old Rezu actually is. I wonder how long she's been enduring treatment like she was getting before the Apothecary bought her....

She's a few decades or a few centuries old; I don't remember exactly which one it was, but she's definitely much older than her appearance suggests. That said, it's implied she "only" spent a few years (maybe a little over decade tops?) as a sex slave before being abandoned.

Her boobs in this panel kind of look like two connected balloons and someone squeezed the air out of one so the other would get bigger.

I guess the artist had initially wanted to do it one way, but the rest of the chapter took too much time and they eventually realized the deadline was too close, so they rushed the rest and thus we got this glaring asymmetry.

 

[TotallyNotAFed]

Hmm I don't know if it's that deep, but she apparently has a different/more powerful perception of her surroundings and having been able to (somewhat) perceive human intentions likely made her past even more traumatic. I'd guess this reminded her of that time

Perhaps, I’m just basing this off both the original comic strip the author did and the misfortune of knowing of the authors prequel story. Do yourself a favor and don’t look it up, made that mistake.

 

[Valle_reading_manga]

Perhaps, I’m just basing this off both the original comic strip the author did and the misfortune of knowing of the authors prequel story. Do yourself a favor and don’t look it up, made that mistake.

I mean, I saw it but decided to skip it based on the tags (and having read whatever chapters of this were available back then)

 

[HORRIOR]

Poison sucking event incoming?

If we do get it then he can easily suck it out by himself.

 

[BusWindow]

Yea, she was definitely afraid of him until he touched her shoulder to reassure her.

 

[henman]

He said he'll take antidote but...man, that's huge flag

Thank you for the translation, kind gentlemen

 

[R2D2TS]

Thanks for the chapter.

 

[Anothis]

Gonna assume he can just tell. If he gets poisoned in the next chapter I'm gonna be pissed

Bro already said he's going to take an anti-toxin just in case.

 

[horsewithnoname]

People fighting giant wild monsters always irked me. Imagine if your only sustenance is from hunting and you'd expend your energy to hunt squirrels. It doesn't make any sense.

The monsters would be less than disinterested at you. Well except if its a cat monster that just want to kill for play.

 

[Jatopian]

What is the point of making the blade vibrate?

 

[GambierBay]

Her boobs in this panel kind of look like two connected balloons and someone squeezed the air out of one so the other would get bigger.

Oh ive had this happen when my harness sat weirdly at work. One was kinda crushed, the other was just out there like "hi yes hello!" It's was really awkward.


Anyways, I appreciate how this manga is actually expanding on the original story in new and creative ways. Giving us glimpses into Mr apothecary and his abilities rather than just have him tell us in flashback

 

[MarqFJA87]

People fighting giant wild monsters always irked me. Imagine if your only sustenance is from hunting and you'd expend your energy to hunt squirrels. It doesn't make any sense.

The monsters would be less than disinterested at you. Well except if its a cat monster that just want to kill for play.

Real-life lions have been observed to be quite willing to attack animals that are much smaller than their usual prey, like common warthogs and even small reptiles (the latter one being the more comparable example to giant snake preying on humans). This makes sense, a hungry predator isn't going to pass up a much tinier animal if it's reasonably easy for it to catch it with little effort and low to zero risk of injury; and from a couple of panels, it seems that an adult human would fit snugly inside the snake's throat, so humans aren't that tiny of a meal for such a giant snake.

Then there's of course the matter of territoriality; the giant snake might not be in the habit of purposefully hunting humans for food, but instead views them as a rival predator that it wants gone from its claimed territory, especially if it has learned that giving humans the chance to aggregate will escalate their threat very fast, so better to kill any lone human it comes across before it draws in others. Besides, from the looks of it in this chapter, it's not easy to land a serious wound on the beast, and even when Mr. Apothecary managed to land a deep stab towards the end, it still managed to overcome the pain and attempt a killing blow, so it seems durable and resilient enough that it can afford the risk of combat injuries.

And before you claim that this is excessively aggressive, I point you towards the hippopotamus for a real-life example of a large animal that is inordinately aggressive towards any animal that dares to enter its turf, even the crocodiles that share the same habitat... and it's a herbivore. Damn bastard is responsible for more human fatalities in Africa than any predatory animal of the continent.

Last but not least, the Apothecary did note that this is a "mutant", i.e. an abnormality within its species. It's plausible to assume that its mutant status applies to not just its giant size, but also its behavior (namely hyperaggression to arguably nigh-suicidal levels).

 

[Bidorchar]

He knows the basics of cqc

Caramel Quinoa Cake? Sign me in.

 

[NeloDante]

He already said he's taking an antidote just in case (presumably a general one for most common venoms he expects to encounter). Besides, how do you expect him to know if he's been envenomed with neither any immediate symptoms nor the tools necessary to perform a blood test?

And since it's obvious that you haven't read the original comic that this is adapted from:

Yes, but usually one of his caliber would not pick a common antidote and be done, he'd check the fangs of the creature he killed - that is double checking.

And bro, I have read the entire thing when it was released long ago, everything from this author in fact.

 

[Lomeno]

damn my hart

 

[DemonHide]

What is the point of making the blade vibrate?

Fancy magic mumbo-jumbo, but extremely high frequency micro-vibrations in the axial direction of a blade would supposedly turn it into more of a pre-industrial jigsaw. Zero clue how that would work and if brief contact is enough, but that's what the author was going for.

 

[Vissions]

Is this a reprint? I could have sworn I read this manga from start to finish before?

 

[knicknac95]

Is this a reprint? I could have sworn I read this manga from start to finish before?

This is a remake of the original doujin, that greatly expands on the story.

 

[MarqFJA87]

Yes, but usually one of his caliber would not pick a common antidote and be done, he'd check the fangs of the creature he killed - that is double checking.

Check them with what, exactly? It's not like he's going to be packing all of his tools with him on such a trip, and even if he did somehow happen to have packed a compact toolset for analyzing poisons and venoms, that would only do him good if he has prior knowledge of this specific venom's chemical properties to identify it from the test, as opposed to knowing about its toxic properties on the human body from second-hand sources.

And even then, he couldn't possibly synthesize a specific antidote for it on the spot; look at all the delicate stuff he needed to use in his house just to make that medicine from the giant spider's venom to save Reszurre, he can't pack any of that with him. So end of the line, it's logical why he'd have to pray that a common antidote would help for the time being.

And bro, I have read the entire thing when it was released long ago, everything from this author in fact.

Yeah, well, I couldn't have possibly known that, and I've seen other readers in previous chapters' comments here and/or elsewhere who admitted they never read the original material.