Isekai Yakkyoku - Vol. 14 Ch. 69 - Misunderstanding

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His brother recognizes something wrong before him eh?

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I don't believe the part on the right that has "IT'D" needs the " 'D" portion? The entire sentence feels a bit strange but at least that part doesn't need to be there i think.
 
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Did he perhaps see himself, or rather his old symptoms, in her? If she's got leukemia as well it could be interesting
 
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Ah, this reminds me of a painful part of my childhood.
I had warts on practically every finger, the biggest was even as big as the middle knuckle of my pinky finger. I had to go back again and again to the GP every once in a while to freezeburn them of like Farma did. Thankfully they stopped returning in my mid-teens.
 
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Thanks for the chapter!
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If someone that have read the novels can answer me:
Did we pass the point where his brother dies? I remember reading that was something tha happens in the novel, i just want to confirm if the manga is diverging from that point
 
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Thanks for the chapter!
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If someone that have read the novels can answer me:
Did we pass the point where his brother dies? I remember reading that was something tha happens in the novel, i just want to confirm if the manga is diverging from that point
His brother is currently recovering from a bout with cancer, which may be what you're referencing?
 
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His brother recognizes something wrong before him eh?

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I don't believe the part on the right that has "IT'D" needs the " 'D" portion? The entire sentence feels a bit strange but at least that part doesn't need to be there i think.
Thanks for that, I'll look into it.
 
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It's neat that the author is using scientific names to show Farma's knowledge, but it's also very out of place since this is another world where I presume Latin does not exist. So when he says "The common wart, also known as Verruca Vulgaris." I'm like, no it isn't. That in that world.
 
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It is not just a "supplement", and just calling it "pearl barley" is a bald-faced lie. It is sometimes referred to as Chinese pearl barley in that it can be used the same culinarily as barley (as a soup grain) and that merchants when exporting it from China falsely called it such, but Adlay Millet (Coix lacryma-jobi) is NOT common barley (Hordeum vulgare), and does in fact have multiple scientifically recognized medicinal uses. Coixenolide inhibits NF-ÎşB transcription pathways to reduce tumor cell proliferation and suppresses autoimmune swelling. Coixol targets specific inflammation pathways and exhibits neuroprotective qualities. Coixans (A, B, & C) are strong antioxidants, scavenging free radicals aggressively, and like the former two, regulate swelling and help modulate immune responses via the TLR-2, TLR-4 and Dectin-1 cell-surface receptors. There's more, but I'm sure I've gotten my point across. Don't talk shit about science, especially in a story that has historically done its research quite well on its scientific information, unless you do your research first.

Sources:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3942904/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212429218308575
https://www.ijsrtjournal.com/articl...nal-composition-and-pharmacological-potential
https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/advs.202515759
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40286333/
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9325028/
https://www.researchgate.net/public...Skin_Barrier_Genes_and_Promotes_Wound_Healing
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/1/540
You're really reaching. Those are some random studies. They're all from Chinese journals and they're citing traditional medicine books. Yes, it contains antioxidants and potentially some anti-inflammatory/immunomodulator compounds. Wow, so do most fruits and vegetables. I can find studies on how to fight cancer by eating cherries and broccoli sprouts as well. Apologies for not specifying that Chinese pearl barley and regular pearl barley are slightly different but they are both cereal grains that people use for regular food. Do you have any idea how much you would need to eat to have any therapeutic effects? This is why traditional medicine is a bad idea. You find a novel compound and pretend it justifies centuries of quackery. Also one of those studies mentioned something pretty alarming about giving coix seeds to women of reproductive age.
Coix seed constituents have strong antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-obesity activity, stimulate reproductive hormones, promote uterine contraction and modulate gut microbiota.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16076766/

This is why giving people random teas and tinctures instead of purified medications is dangerous. None of the handful of biologically active compounds in coix seeds being studied seem helpful with plantar warts to begin with. You just looked for any research related to adlay millet. I can't help but think you felt some cultural obligation to defend traditional medicine.

Also you made the baseless claim that the story is well researched. There's some absolute quackery in this story aside from this chapter and a lot of half-baked knowledge from the cosmetics and supplement industry. Like that time Pharma insisted eating curry is good for indigestion and gut health because it has spices and yogurt in it. I don't think I need to explain why spicy curry when you have the runs is a bad idea. There was also that time he gave Lotte heparinoid cream which is used for varicose veins/thrombophlebitis, but a girl Lotte's age is not getting occluded blood vessels in her hands unless she has a much more serious medical condition. If she's getting cuts and bruises from manual labor, then a topical heparin could make her develop a hematoma.
 
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