Yarikonda Otome Game no Akuyaku Mob desu ga, Danzai wa Iya nanode Mattou ni Ikimasu - Ch. 2

[Ironclad]

It's always condiments, cosmetics, or board games.

 

[Al_Azif]

hmm yes i know how to make thing by watching videos on how to make thing because i was bored

 

[Botfossil]

Is every isekai protag an expert in natural hair care products or does every salaryman work for pharmaceutical company's lol

 

[Nivek]

Is every isekai protag an expert in natural hair care products or does every salaryman work for pharmaceutical company's lol

BOTH, also this is the second alongside the sloth villain,xd

 

[Ultenth]

I find it funny that they always go with Aloe Vera too. We're known about its benefits for literally thousands of years. If they already have access to aloe vera plants there's no way they don't know about it's benefits.

https://www.iosrjournals.org/iosr-jhss/papers/Vol. 22 Issue8/Version-16/D2208162124.pdf

There are some really cool inventions that DO make sense to be placed in the late Medieval/Victorian era that most of these are set in, but unfortunately almost all of them are too advanced for your average Isekai writer to actually write stories around or explain.

Things like Mechanical Clocks, Printing Presses, Telescopes, Flushing Toilets, Eyeglasses, Dried Pasta, Pencils, Sewing Machines, Vaccines, Scapels and Forceps, the first steps into Pharmacology, Hair Powder, eye liner etc. pencils all could easily be placed in this time frame.

What really a bummer is that there WERE a few innovative cosmetic advancements in this time period that could be introduced, like Pearl powders and Eyebrow Pencils. But the idea that a world where Aloe actually exists, but no one thought to use it as a means to heal dried out or sensitive skin is just laughable, how stupid are people in this world?

 

[asdfgh1111]

There are some really cool inventions that DO make sense to be placed in the late Medieval/Victorian era that most of these are set in, but unfortunately almost all of them are too advanced for your average Isekai writer to actually write stories around or explain.

Things like Mechanical Clocks, Printing Presses, Telescopes, Flushing Toilets, Eyeglasses, Dried Pasta, Pencils, Sewing Machines, Vaccines, Scapels and Forceps, the first steps into Pharmacology, Hair Powder, eye liner etc. pencils all could easily be placed in this time frame.

What really a bummer is that there WERE a few innovative cosmetic advancements in this time period that could be introduced, like Pearl powders and Eyebrow Pencils. But the idea that a world where Aloe actually exists, but no one thought to use it as a means to heal dried out or sensitive skin is just laughable, how stupid are people in this world?

Yeah most of those would be perfectly doable in this setting but I'm sure they could go even farther than that because they have magic. It's so rare to ever see any isekai meaningfully address how magic could effect the development of technology, either by making some things easier to produce, skipping over some of the tech normally needed to develop it or by hindering it because it's simply not as much of a necessity.

Also, this is just a bit of a tangent but it got me thinking about it again. One of the things that always annoys me are all of the background objects that just get taken for granted in most fantasy manga. Backgrounds tend to be an after though in most stuff but it really bugs me when I see things that are just out of place, like modern windows. I get that in some settings it could make some sense, they're nobles and may be able to afford glass windows but it shouldn't be this clear and there's no way something like a small inn or peasants could afford them. Artists really don't seem to realize how much thoughtless backgrounds can undermine a setting.

 

[Elandriel]

This manga is a speedrun of idiot tropes and clichés.

 

[hasf11]

Ughhh beauty products again? Why is it always this trope? I prefer Joseon Black Company; that mc makes vaccines, gaslamps, weapons, steam engine and many things NOT BY HIS OWN BUT TOGETHER WITH HIS PEOPLE!

 

[Dzrian]

Horrendous amount of cliche packed together

 

[LuckyNChance]

Fun fact, we have had lotions and skin care production since the times of ancient Sumerians and Egyptians. Also got evidence of hair care products from ancient India. Any setting that is able to maintain either large trade relations or have a diverse agricultural or animal husbandry culture will have products to protect their skin.

 

[DanYHKim]

Call me ignorant about this skincare products, but is skincare something that can easily acceptable after using it once? The elf just using it once and already calling it genius idea after only a few moments of using it.

Well, you have a point there. For a very long time, it was considered damaging to the skin to wash it.

 

[rabidporcupine]

I really don't like the "invent something that exist in modern day, get hailed as genius" trope, it's somehow really overdone and come off as really cheap, ngl. Like, do you really think Nobles, who wear all prim and proper clothes to appear extravagant, whose entire identity revolves around presenting off themselves as the jewels of the society would've NEVER thought of skincare and haven't tried all kinds of stuff to get rid of dry skin? Even that's fine but the fact that they let Aloevera grow around (in a mansion, btw) but never thought about using it? That just ends up making the masses ignorant and nothing more than fools just so that MC can look like a genius.

I mean, it’s fantasy land. They’ve probably got some sort of magical means to take care of that to a ‘good enough’ degree, so they never had a need to even attempt making a physical substance for skincare, because the niche was already filled.

But then if someone does suddenly discover or invent this new product that can potentially do the job either easier or better than the current magic, it can still take the market by storm simply by being preferable to the current method. And as for the complaints about MCs always doing it in isekai stuff, I mean, why wouldn’t they? You’ve got an advantage that could make things easier and less miserable for yourself in the future, so why wouldn’t you use it, you know?

 

[lolglolblol]

I thought he was a villainous character? Why is he suddenly talking about players being able to recruit and train him?

 

[Shinigamisama]

Dad suffered a critical hit that day.

Darn, they all look good, even the servants.

 

[Jstar338]

Everybody has exceedingly lustrous and healthy looking hair. Nobody has ever heard of hair conditioner. Everybody will still want to buy it. It will thus make zero difference in how the characters are drawn, but the narration will have us believe it will make a world of difference. The same with the skincare product.

I already expected 0 creativity from a series like this but they're just ripping shit 1:1 at this point. I guess it's from multiple series and not just one though?

 

[Psychronia]

what the heck

Dad isn't cold or distant at all. He's just stiff.