Itsudemo Jitaku Ni Kaereru Ore Wa, Isekai De Gyoushounin O Hajimemashita - Ch. 46

[Shinigamisama]

Shirou knows how to flex his goods, and his waifu.
Oh wait, I guess it was partly due to Granny as well since she picked the clothes.

 

[Romisterie]

Yeah, not like over-the-counter medicine exists, you totally need to be a pharmacist for every single form of medicine.
Oh wait...

Even over the counter medicine he could not bulk buy at least without alerting the authorities. Based on this they can buy but not sell prescription and quasi drugs.Bulk buying will imply either he is buying for a company or or reselling . Either case will attract their attention. Importation for business purposes also need a license. https://www.mhlw.go.jp/english/topics/import/index.html

He is basically committing tax evasion so he might not want authorities to notice him.

 

[jagfanbb]

Jidan my soul

 

[SardonicJester]

You've got things backwards. It's not just a matter of throwing currency, blueprints, and formulas at some crafters amd boom industry is born. Our IRL modern industries have been built up over the last few hundred years. And even those were built upon the technology and knowledge over thousands of year of advancement.

Not only that, but it takes multiple industries to support our modern conveniences. From growers, miners and ranchers, to refineries and chemical processing plants, to manufacturing companies and factories, and the logistical transportation fleets that tie them all together.

tl:dr
It takes hundreds of people in tens of locations that makes it possible for your toothpaste to appear on your store shelves. One man with a little bit of knowledge cannot reproduce that in just one lifetime.

Again, the simplest shampoo is made easily. No one is saying to start producing paste or any complicated medicines. But he can use what our world provides - a lot of ready-made tools.

 

[SardonicJester]

In addition to the issues that others have pointed out, there's a lot to setting up industrialized manufacturing beyond having just a bare-bones understanding of the process—even leaving aside the fact that the bare-bones understanding he could get from YouTube and Wikipedia likely wouldn't be sufficient—For example, logistics is another major factor and something he's unlikely to have much skill in.

There's also the issue of all the modern, technological, components that modern industrial process rely on. For example, any process that relies on automation (almost all of them) or precise measurements (many of them) is going to require tools that incorporate a lot of electronics and integrated circuits, which he'd have to buy from the modern world. Sure, he could theoretically amass enough wealth in the fantasy world to pay for them but A) that's going to take a long time and B) by the time he accomplishes that he'll already be making enough money via other methods that he wouldn't need to go into manufacturing any more.

Clearly you can't make electric lights, but you can do things they can't. Especially since he can carry the tools he needs with him. You don't have to look far. Yeast + modern distiller = proprietary brand of alcohol (yeast was invented in 1881). Or like in Ascent of the Bookworm she did - crocheted jewelry made of the finest fabric for the rich, shampoo, pumps, recipes for food and sweets.
At the very least, selling matches for profit is the worst thing you could do.

 

[ForTheJerusalem]

Time to steal Aina while no one is looking.

 

[Jarkko]

I was more annoyed by them gushing over the cosplay clothes. A lot of modern clothing is just not high quality, compared to what they'd be useful, and while some cosplay can be well made, I suspect it's more likely going to be made to order, rather than available for next day shipping. That doesn't even get into the issues with generic sizes vs bespoke tailoring.

The cut, and some of the materials, may have been interesting, but beyond that I'd expect clothing to be one of the worst things to import.

Yeah, that is kinda ridiculous too. Like cosplay ordered from the internet is usually pretty much chinese garbage made of the cheapest materials. At least that's my impression. Soap and shampoo to nobles are just such annoying isekai cliches and piss me off with the unoriginality.

Selling bolts of "exotic"cloth might be a pretty profitable though. Something like a bolt of silk would be a very high end luxury product for them. Other raw materials would be good too, like pigments, spices or high quality ink. He could also make loads of money just selling info on how to make things without having to lug anything around.

 

[sjmcc13]

A lot of modern clothing is just not high quality, compared to what they'd be useful,

Most modern clothing is made cheaply, and to wear out fast. You can get stuff that lasts, but it costs a lot more.
The nobles might be fine with dresses for 1 of engagements, but even then they would generally prefer more durable garments.

 

[sjmcc13]

Again, the simplest shampoo is made easily.

If you have the ingredients, at the necessary purity levels.

A medieval tech level world will not easily have everything, let alone at the purity levels required.

You need to look at more then the last step, and consider what is involved in every step starting form resource extraction, but refinement and quality control during refinement are going to be the biggest issues.

Most issues are going to be that the world likely does not have the same level of metalworking we do, so anything would require either imported materials or magic metals that are likely too expensive for the quantity required.

You don't have to look far. Yeast + modern distiller = proprietary brand of alcohol (yeast was invented in 1881).

Try buying a industrial grade distiller, a home made one will just result in moonshine and well there are known dangers to moonshine when impurities eventually get in.

Or like in Ascent of the Bookworm she did

What 1 author does in their world means exactly 0 to what is reasonable to do in another author's world.
Though the worlds that use importing modern industry best all seem to be blatantly using that worlds magic as a cheat to skip necessary steps/requirements.

 

[sjmcc13]

Yeah, that is kinda ridiculous too. Like cosplay ordered from the internet is usually pretty much chinese garbage made of the cheapest materials.

Depends on where you order from, if you go for the cheapest option definitely, but if not you can get decent quality.
I would also assume that it is popular enough in Japan that there are Japanese manufacturers available.

 

[Tomacatawata]

Again, the simplest shampoo is made easily. No one is saying to start producing paste or any complicated medicines. But he can use what our world provides - a lot of ready-made tools.

No it's not. Beyond what the other guy said do you think it would be easy to make the packaging, containers and boxes on mass? Anyone whos been to a post commie country during the 90s and early 00s can tell you how hard basic items are to create.

 

[Miserys_End]

Again, the simplest shampoo is made easily. No one is saying to start producing paste or any complicated medicines. But he can use what our world provides - a lot of ready-made tools.

Sure you can  make simple products, but only on a small scale. A few hundred units a month would be about the limit before you would hit hard bottle necks in sourcing materials, containers, and overall production capacity.

And that doesn't even take the logistics to move it all to a central location for processing nor bandits/monsters attacking your caravans and competition sending in spies and luring away your workforce.

Why bother worrying about setting up, staffing, maintaining, and protecting multiple buildings, refineries and transportation hubs, when he can just order a few pallets to a warehouse he builds near the cabin and brings products over as needed.

In this way it simplifies logistics as he only need to move and protect the finished product, and completely removes the competitions ability to steal any carried products production method. Not only that the product remains consistent and the only bottleneck he will encounter is otherworldly shipping to the cabin, and the fact he has to move products thrue the portal himself.

Yes that last bit is something of a major speed bump,  but, and its a big one, that is nothing compared to building three or four major industries from the ground up just to mass produce something as simple as soap, shampoo, and conditioner.

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Importing the tools would only be a half mesure. Anything that requires electricity would take a tinker/mechanical engineer to convert a local power source to make it work, which is no small feat in of itself. And no, bringing over portable generators wouldn't work. Protecting a solar farm from monsters would be a nightmare, and fuel based generators would take as much effort to fuel as just transporting the finished products.

One final thought is that unless the MC plans to flood the entire world with his products, there is no real reason to build and maintain production facilities in this world. It would also devalue his own products. So anything more then a couple pallets worth of any one product a month is wasteful.

 

[EpsilonRose]

Clearly you can't make electric lights, but you can do things they can't. Especially since he can carry the tools he needs with him. You don't have to look far. Yeast + modern distiller = proprietary brand of alcohol (yeast was invented in 1881). Or like in Ascent of the Bookworm she did - crocheted jewelry made of the finest fabric for the rich, shampoo, pumps, recipes for food and sweets.
At the very least, selling matches for profit is the worst thing you could do.

Yeast is a type of microorganism that's older than humanity by a long shot. We also have evidence of people using it for brewing and baking as far back as 5,000 years ago. Additionally, there is a lot of time and skill that goes into brewing good wines and liqueurs. It is far, far, more efficient for him to just import alcohol from the modern world and sell it at a markup, like most liquor stores do. I'm also not sure why you're so focused on him manufacturing his own goods when that's generally not what merchants do and it's not likely to make him much more money, especially in the short run.

Why do you think reselling a cheep, disposable, good at a markup is the worst thing he could do? It works, it's quick, it's easy, and it has huge margins. Most of the stuff you've been suggesting is significantly harder, has significantly higher startup costs, and is likely to have lower margins. On top of that, anything with a higher price is going to be, inherently, harder to sell, simply because people have limited disposable income and you have to convince them to pay more for it.

Selling bolts of "exotic"cloth might be a pretty profitable though. Something like a bolt of silk would be a very high end luxury product for them. Other raw materials would be good too, like pigments, spices or high quality ink. He could also make loads of money just selling info on how to make things without having to lug anything around.

Salt, sugar, and spices would probably be the real killers to sell.

Depends on where you order from, if you go for the cheapest option definitely, but if not you can get decent quality.
I would also assume that it is popular enough in Japan that there are Japanese manufacturers available.

Yes, but can you get those higher quality cosplays, ideally with bespoke tailoring, on demand or is there likely to be a wait time for them to actually make the product for you? My guess is the latter. Anything on demand is probably to have a build quality that's not much better than normal clothing and generic sizing. While that's better than cheap trash, it's not going to compare well to a noble's finery.

 

[EchoGirl]

lol i wonder how many ppl on the japanese side of the comments/readers are wanting his future merch/'creations' to be this complicated. if anything i'd just sell recipes of my fave food to some chefs or so and make a bit of money from that

 

[EchoGirl]

Depends on where you order from, if you go for the cheapest option definitely, but if not you can get decent quality.
I would also assume that it is popular enough in Japan that there are Japanese manufacturers available.

i've seen some good cosplays out there as well as handmade but i'm sure he could give the 'designs' to some tailors and just provide the fabric like someone said, not that ppl can't at any age but it's hard to imagine a 50 year old 'noble' lady dressed as some magical girl, tho i'm sure he can still get some high end fashion that's not cosplay specific like whatever brands are popular in japan and handbags and stuff (or sell them zirconium diamonds haha)

 

[EpsilonRose]

i've seen some good cosplays out there as well as handmade but i'm sure he could give the 'designs' to some tailors and just provide the fabric like someone said, not that ppl can't at any age but it's hard to imagine a 50 year old 'noble' lady dressed as some magical girl, tho i'm sure he can still get some high end fashion that's not cosplay specific like whatever brands are popular in japan and handbags and stuff (or sell them zirconium diamonds haha)

The cosplay discussion is more about the outfits he got the Mayor and Aina and all the nobles fawning over them.

 

[dahhv2]

It's always the shampoo

 

[Miserys_End]

It's always the shampoo

Beauty products is almost always a top seller in any culture. Whether it's buffing compound to shine the chrome of your mech or golem body, wax to perfectly twist that handlebar mustach, or hair products that make your tail silky-smooth and fluff just right. Vanity exists everywhere.

 

[SardonicJester]

No it's not. Beyond what the other guy said do you think it would be easy to make the packaging, containers and boxes on mass? Anyone whos been to a post commie country during the 90s and early 00s can tell you how hard basic items are to create.

The basic stuff for 1990 and for medieval fantasy is a bit different...

 

[SardonicJester]

What 1 author does in their world means exactly 0 to what is reasonable to do in another author's world.

It all makes sense because we're talking about profits. Matches are the worst thing you can think of. Even rolls of cloth - as someone already wrote - would be much more profitable.