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I Shall Survive Using Potions! (Japanese: ポーション頼みで生き延びます！, Hepburn: Pōshon-danomi de Ikinobimasu!) is a Japanese light novel series written by FUNA. The series originated on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website, before being published in print with illustrations by Sukima by Kodansha beginning in June 2017. As of March 2023, nine volumes have been released. A manga adaptation, illustrated by Hibiki Kokonoe, was serialized on the Niconico-based Suiyōbi no Sirius platform in June 2017 to January 2022, with its individual chapters collected into nine volumes. A sequel manga, illustrated by Futsū Onshin, began serialization on the same platform in August 2022. As of March 2023, the manga’s individual chapters have been collected into a single volume. An anime television series adaptation produced by Jumondou is set to premiere in October 2023.

Premise

Kaoru Nagase dies due to a dimensional energy rift between worlds, though the God of her world saves her soul and mind; giving her a new life in Reverie, a world under goddess Celestine’s jurisdiction. Kaoru asks for the power to create potions and other skills; though she most notably asks for Celestine’s friendship, to avoid loneliness.

Characters

Kaoru Nagase (長瀬香, Nagase Kaoru) / Kaoru (カオル): Voiced by: Rin Kusumi; Kaoru died young and was offered the chance to be reborn with a special power; having chosen to create potions. She asks to befriend the Goddess of her new world, Celestine, unintentionally becoming an ageless immortal; due to asking to be friends “for life”. Her greatest desire is to fall in love with an average man and spread out her descendants in the world.; Kaoru ends up causing major uproar in the world by voicing her opinion on nobility and the rich, and how their lives are a shame.
Francette (フランセット, Furansetto): Voiced by: Tomoyo Takayanagi
Emile (エミール, Emīru): Voiced by: Moeka Koizumi
Belle (ベル, Beru): Voiced by: Haruki Iwata
Layette (レイエット, Reietto): Voiced by: Natsuki Kitagawa; An orphan Kaoru helped save. Having no family, she became Kaoru’s foster sister.
Celestine (セレスティーヌ, Seresutīnu): Voiced by: Nao Tōyama; Celestine is the Goddess of Kaoru’s current world, and admirer of Earth’s God. Celestine has some troubles of her own. A “holy” nation founded itself under the delusion she blessed them; when the founders actually just bothered her, while she was fixing reality. Additionally a fake religion is forcibly expanding and taking away her worshippers; that’s bad in that a diety needs prayer for power.
Roland (ロランド, Rorando): Voiced by: Taito Ban
Fernand (フェルナン, Ferunan): Voiced by: Ryuichi Kijima
Allan (アラン, Aran): Voiced by: Takeo Ōtsuka
Fabio (ファビオ): Voiced by: Masaya Wada
Administrator of Earth (地球の管理者, Chikyū no Kanrisha): Voiced by: Takuya Satō

Light novel

Written by FUNA, the series began serialization on the novel posting website Shōsetsuka ni Narō on November 3, 2015. The series was later acquired by Kodansha, who began publishing the series in print with illustrations by Sukima on June 1, 2017. As of March 2023, nine volumes have been released.

In December 2018, J-Novel Club announced that they licensed the novels for English publication.

Volume list

No.	Original release date	Original ISBN	English release date	English ISBN
1	June 1, 2017	978-4-06-365022-8	February 10, 2019	978-1-71-833500-4
2	November 1, 2017	978-4-06-365044-0	May 11, 2019	978-1-71-833502-8
3	May 2, 2018	978-4-06-511505-3	July 23, 2019	978-1-71-833504-2
4	January 9, 2019	978-4-06-514538-8	March 30, 2020	978-1-71-833506-6
5	October 3, 2019	978-4-06-517389-3	October 10, 2020	978-1-71-833508-0
6	June 2, 2020	978-4-06-519782-0	March 1, 2021	978-1-71-833510-3
7	February 2, 2021	978-4-06-521869-3	August 2, 2021	978-1-71-833512-7
8	August 2, 2022	978-4-06-528815-3	February 20, 2023	978-1-71-833514-1
9	March 2, 2023	978-4-06-531305-3	—	—

Manga

A manga adaptation, illustrated by Hibiki Kokonoe, was serialized on the Niconico-based Suiyōbi no Sirius platform from June 7, 2017 to January 2022. Kodansha published the individual chapters in nine tankōbon volumes. A sequel to the manga adaptation illustrated by Futsū Onshin, titled I Shall Survive Using Potions! Continuation, began serialization on the same platform on August 1, 2022. As of March 2023, the series’ individual chapters have been collected into a single tankōbon volume.

In December 2018, J-Novel Club announced that they also licensed the manga adaptation for English publication.

A spin-off manga also illustrated by Sukima, titled I Shall Survive Using Potions! Hanano and Lotte’s Journey, also began serialization on Suiyōbi no Sirius on January 30, 2023.

Volume list

First series

No.	Original release date	Original ISBN	English release date	English ISBN
1	November 2, 2017	978-4-06-510332-6	June 25, 2019	978-1-71-834000-8
2	May 9, 2018	978-4-06-511384-4	December 11, 2019	978-1-71-834002-2
3	January 9, 2019	978-4-06-514072-7	August 5, 2020	978-1-71-834004-6
4	May 9, 2019	978-4-06-515414-4	February 3, 2021	978-1-71-834006-0
5	December 4, 2019	978-4-06-517790-7	March 31, 2021	978-1-71-834008-4
6	June 9, 2020	978-4-06-519704-2	August 4, 2021	978-1-71-834010-7
7	December 9, 2020	978-4-06-521727-6	October 5, 2021	978-1-71-837236-8
8	June 9, 2021	978-4-06-523657-4	March 18, 2022	978-1-71-834014-5
9	December 9, 2021	978-4-06-526032-6	June 1, 2022	978-1-71-834016-9

Second series

No.	Release date	ISBN
1	March 9, 2023	978-4-06-530965-0

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced on February 24, 2023. It is produced by Jumondou and directed by Nobuaki Nakanishi, with scripts written by Takayo Ikami, character designs handled by Chisato Kikunaga, and music composed by Hiroaki Tsutsumi. The series is set to premiere on October 8, 2023 on ABC and TV Asahi‘s ANiMAZiNG!!! programming block and BS Fuji. The ending theme song is “Love Is a Potion” by Harmoe. Crunchyroll licensed the series outside of Asia.

Reception

Volumes of the manga adaptation have ranked on various bestseller charts, such as those published by BookLive! and Oricon.

Amazon removal

In July 2020, the series’ light novel and manga adaptation were among several series temporarily removed from Amazon; Amazon stated that the affected series “did not fall within their global content guidelines.”

ポーション頼みで生き延びます！ (Pōshon-danomi de Ikinobimasu!)
I Shall Survive Using Potions!
Cover of the first light novel volume
Genre	Isekai
Novel series
Written by	FUNA
Published by	Shōsetsuka ni Narō
Original run	November 3, 2015 – present
Light novel
Written by	FUNA
Illustrated by	Sukima
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	^NA J-Novel Club
Imprint	Kodansha Ranobe Books
Demographic	Male
Original run	June 1, 2017 – present
Volumes	9 (List of volumes)
Manga
Written by	FUNA
Illustrated by	Hibiki Kokonoe
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	^NA J-Novel Club
Magazine	Suiyōbi no Sirius
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	June 7, 2017 – January 2022
Volumes	9 (List of volumes)
Manga
I Shall Survive Using Potions! Continuation
Written by	FUNA
Illustrated by	Futsū Onshin
Published by	Kodansha
Magazine	Suiyōbi no Sirius
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	August 1, 2022 – present
Volumes	1 (List of volumes)
Manga
I Shall Survive Using Potions! Hanano and Lotte’s Journey
Written by	FUNA
Illustrated by	Sukima
Published by	Kodansha
Magazine	Suiyōbi no Sirius
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	January 30, 2023 – present
Anime television series
Directed by	Nobuaki Nakanishi
Written by	Takayo Ikami
Music by	Hiroaki Tsutsumi
Studio	Jumondou
Licensed by	Crunchyroll
Original network	ABC, TV Asahi, BS Fuji
Original run	October 8, 2023 – scheduled