Using modern knowledge and his divine powers, Falma gradually makes a name for himself as a pharmacist despite his young age, even earning the recognition of the imperial court. He soon discovers the terrible state of medicine in this world: only nobles are able to afford medical care, which is ineffective at best and detrimental at worst. The boy has been granted the mythical divine arts of creation and reduction as well as the ability to instantly diagnose illnesses in people's bodies. In a world where divine arts-magic granted through blessings from guardian deities-exist, Falma realizes that his body is host to the guardian deity of medicine. He discovers that he has been reincarnated into a medieval world as Falma, a child of the respected De Médicis family. After working himself to death at the age of 31, the former pharmacist wakes up as a 10-year-old child whose body has been struck by lightning. Every explosive encounter also brings them closer to the true villains orchestrating conflicts from the shadows.Īfter losing his little sister to an incurable disease, world-famous medical researcher Kanji Yakutani gave it his all to cure patients by dedicating his life to inventing new medicines. Alongside fellow students such as those in Team JNPR, the young prodigy Ruby and her friends engage in adventures which pit them against an extremist Faunus group known as the White Fang.
However, when they cooperate, they are a formidable force who have even attracted the attention of Beacon's headmaster Professor Ozpin. Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna, and Yang Xiao Long each come from different backgrounds and often butt heads as a result. To that end, each of Remnant's four Kingdoms have established schools to properly groom children holding aspirations of becoming licensed Huntsmen.Īt Beacon Academy in the Kingdom of Vale, a promising group of future Huntresses make their debut as Team RWBY. In this dangerous line of work, rigorous training is required to stay alive. Some warriors also utilize a crystallized energy propellant, "Dust," to bestow their weapons with elemental properties. Dedicated Huntsmen and Huntresses battle Grimm with both customized weapons and their own "Semblances," unique abilities derived from the energy of one's soul. In the world of Remnant, humans and Faunus-human-animal hybrids-carry on their everyday lives despite the omnipresent threat of the monstrous Grimm. After a while, unaware that he is only feigning unconsciousness, she leans over him-and bites his neck! When it appears that she has resolved his current worries, Nazuna invites him back to her apartment to share her futon. She says that he won't be able to sleep unless he is satisfied with how he spends his waking hours. On one such walk, Kou meets a weird girl, Nazuna Nanakusa, who diagnoses the cause of his sleeplessness: despite making changes in his life, he is still holding himself back from experiencing true freedom. When taking walks alone at night, he feels marginally better, though he is aware that his inability to sleep should be considered a serious problem. One day, however, he decides to stop pretending and quits school, developing insomnia as a result of having no daytime outlet for his energy.
Relatively good at studies and amiable with his classmates, he puts a lot of effort into maintaining this facade. Kou Yamori seems like a typical middle school student on the surface.