stories that temporarily reset my personality and pov of reality on a metalvl for some reason

this makes me wish sung jinwoo from solo leveling pulled a foodnetwork in the dungeons, like all the dead monsters are secret basket ingredients on Chopped.

i don't remember this, but when i saw the cover, i just felt such an intense attachment to it that i figured that if i can't even remember it yet i can remember the feelings i had for it, this manga probably fucked me over one way or another.

the worldbuilding is so PRETTY- started hallucinating this shit i swear.

the artstyle only makes this better.

I STARTED STEALING PARTS OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS' PERSONALITIES OKAY. also the entire setting, the worldbuilding reminds me of when i got lost in chinatown as a kid and a bunch of old grandmas tried to scam my parents into buying 70$ worth of medicinal herbs.
EDIT: they made a proper serialization of this, but this one-shot is sentimentally attached to me bc my friend gained her gay awakening through it (emotions persuade me more than objective quality. source: i like isekai mangas).

maybe im dumb, but each time i reread it, i feel genuinely surprised bc i forget how it went and i can never guess how it'll go as the plot goes along.

convinced me that the world is changing for the better. also, i've realized that i've reread this so many times just to pass time, that it definitely had a weird sentimental impact on my soul if i subconsciously come to this every time.

EDIT: turns out i have a severe, decade-long eating disorder and therefore i emotionally projected too hard on the female characters in this without realizing.

i just remember really liking the art.

edit: reread this and holy shit this art is so fucking nostalgic. like it's definitely manga style, not comic book style, but it just gives me a vibe that's not necessarily old school, just...smth else u know

this,,, this made me so upset my guy. it fucked my whole WEEK

EDIT: lowkey im tired of this manga but i read it in a weird COVID time when i hadn't had real social interaction for 2 straight years so i think it just hit me in my lowest point lol