Tags: Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy, Harem, Slice of Life, Isekai

Sub-Tags: Weak Lead, Episodic, Cute, Business

A Peddler Heads to the Capital!

Family Troubles

Adjusting to the revelation that his grandmother’s still alive, there are a lot of questions swimming around Shiro’s head. Revealing herself during the town’s festivities, not only has his grandmother de-aged, but she also happens to be the infamous Immortal Witch.

One of the main focuses of the third volume is family. This theme first arises between Shiro and his grandmother, Alice. Having her turn up now after all these years gone missing is a hard pill for Shiro to swallow – perhaps made even worse because he’ll have to keep Alices’ return a secret from the rest of his family. A task made all the harder given that his twin sisters have decided to make a surprise visit.  

Family conflicts aside, Alice’s appearance leads to all sorts of fun mischief and a good way for Shiro to see the isekai world from a larger perspective. Whilst Shiro might’ve been living in the world for a little while, he’s still missing some of the world’s finer details, such as what’s popular, which his Grandmother can provide in spades.

Shiro’s family isn’t the only one dealing with rifts in this volume. Aina and Stella have a falling out by the end of the plot over her father’s memory. This is a normal form of family strain, but it is handled adeptly by the author and by the main character, who has a moment of emotional intelligence due to his own problems.

Business and Taxes

On the series’ lighter side, Shiro’s business management abilities come into play as he escorts Karen to the capital. Karen having to pay the town’s taxes comes in handy for Shiro as he’s been wanting to explore the capital and set up a new part of his business.

The capital of Mazela has opened the door to noble clientele for Shiro as well as several uncomfortable meetings with business guilds. Shiro’s newest idea is to sell shampoo, and with numerous visits to bathhouses and Karen and Aina showing off the shampoo’s effects, it becomes a roaring success.

Speaking about showing off, Shiro also procures a dress for both Karen and Aina as part of the Lord’s Ball. The funniest moment of the third volume features the introduction of these new dresses, which happen to be of the magical girl variety. Who’d have thought that another world’s fashion places magical girl dresses that high?

Overall, Peddler in Another World’s third volume continues to be a fun ride, and the introduction of serious themes makes for a nice welcome change. As the story ends on a cliffhanger, I’m highly anticipating what the author’ll do as two more people from Earth manage their way to the isekai world.