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Anime Feminist Recommendations of Winter 2024
We had a warm winter of romance---whether it involved middle school students, office workers, or giant robots.
A Sign of Affection, Brave Bang Bravern!, Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!, The Apothecary Diaries, The Dangers in My Heart
The Apothecary Diaries Episode 9 Review – Double Homicide
Two deaths happen and the motive and culprit are a mystery.
News Update - Mon, 15 Apr 2024
I've Got A Fever, and the Only Solution is More Ugliness? Well, thematically, that's what's going on in Allen's pick of the week, season one of The Apothecary Diaries.…
The Apothecary Diaries: A Balm to My Soul
The season might be over, but not only do we already have an announced sequel, we also have plenty of source material still to titillate us (and this…
The Apothecary Diaries: Unmasking Mysteries With Maomao, The Sherlockian Kitty
Elementary, my dear reader, for in the hallowed halls of deduction, Maomao pursues clues and unmasks mysteries with a feline grace that is truly enchanting. The Apothecary Diaries,…
Winter 2024 Anime Roundup
Anime of the Season – The Apothecary Diaries I’ve been hearing about this series since Raven of the Inner Palace aired a while back, and the fans spoke…
Winter 2024 Anime Season Reflections
Hi friends, I hope you’re all doing well! It’s about that time again to rant, rave and say ‘meh’ about the various anime I watched during the winter…
A Sign of Affection, Ayakashi, Doctor Elise: The Royal Lady with the Lamp, The Apothecary Diaries, The Witch and the Beast
📢 Blog Bulletin: Welcome Spring! Seasonal Introverted Shenanigans
Returning to blogging feels like walking into an 80s queer disco ghost town, not that I would ever complain about that. That would be right up my happy…
#147 - Winter 2024 Anime in Review
Our resident seasonal anime watchers, Sarah and Bill, are back once again for their review of the recently-wrapped winter 2024 anime season! With continuing smash hits like The…
The GLORIO Chat Episode 159: Winter 2024 Anime Wrap Up
It’s been a pretty solid season, but do any of these shows break The Curse of Kenjiro Tsuda?
OtakuGeneration.net :: (Show #982) The Apothecary Diaries
Shownotes :: (show 982) :: () :: () :: () :: () With The Apothecary Diaries, recorded live March 31st, 2024. This week we watched a show…
The Apothecary Diaries Episode 8 Review – Early Morning Poison Case
It’s not easy being Maomao when there are two emergency patients bright and early.
TSUTAYA Weekly Manga Sales Ranking: March 25 – March 31, 2024
There have been some changes to the reporting style here on the Blog. Please refer to the post here for further information. All of the data you find…
GOBLIN SLAYER, The Apothecary Diaries, A Certain Scientific Railgun, A Certain Magical Index, The Irregular at Magic High School
~SPOILER FREE~ FINAL THOUGHTS: WINTER 2024
Come one, come all! Step into this season of amazing EDs! Aside from the shows listed below, I also watched Pon no Michi, which depressingly isn’t really about…
The Apothecary Diaries, Pon no Michi, TSUKIMICHI -Moonlit Fantasy-, A Sign of Affection, The Dangers in My Heart
Winter 2024 Anime In Review
Quick Overall Thoughts Over all this season was pretty alright. Some of the weight of how good it is comes from continuing series like Frieren and the Apothecary…
The Apothecary Diaries Episode 7 Review – Maomao’s Homecoming
Maomao uses a big-brained move to get a chance to return home.
The Apothecary Diaries Episode 24 Review – A Farewell Dance
It’s time for the final episode of The Apothecary Diaries. Before I jump into my usual episode review format, I wanted to share a bit of information that’s…
TSUTAYA Weekly Manga Sales Ranking: March 18 – March 24, 2024
There have been some changes to the reporting style here on the Blog. Please refer to the post here for further information. All of the data you find…
Skip Beat!, Umamusume: Pretty Derby, Call of the Night, Giant Killing, The Apothecary Diaries
Kusuriya no Hitorigoto (The Apothecary Diaries) – 24 (Season Finale)
Credit where it’s due - this is a really good adaptation of what’s clearly a good source material.
The Apothecary Diaries, episode 24 (season finale)
Episode Rating: A Overall Series Rating: A After the dramatic events, revelations, and symbolism of last episode, there was really only one final climax possible for this series,…
The Apothecary Diaries – 24 – Beautiful as Balsam
Having lost to Maomao, Lakan goes to Verdigris House to buy out a courtesan. As he waits for the Madame to show him her girls, Lakan thinks about…
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The Apothecary Diaries Ep 23 & 24 [FINAL]
How are you all feeling after that gut-punch of emotions!?!
The Apothecary Diaries #24 — Convenient Eternally Seeping Wound
Chinese medicine works in mysterious ways. Impressions: And so we sputter to the destined end (announced continuation notwithstanding), attempting nothing, and accomplishing nothing. Lakan reunites with his baby…
This Romance Anime Has Incredible WorldBuilding
A Sign of Affection has taken over romance anime! Here's why. #asignofaffection #anime #ontherise Thanks for watching! Thank you @thatkodochagirl for being in the the video! Merch Link!:…
One Piece, The Apothecary Diaries, A Sign of Affection, Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
The Apothecary Diaries: Episodes 22 and 23 Reviews
One of the reasons I started watching The Apothecary Diaries was the focus on plants and flowers. Although mammals were my area of study in college, I love…
AniMarch Madness 2024: Sweet Sixteen, Day 2
The sweet sixteen round of AniMarch Madness 2024 concludes today with the final four matches, one from each of our four regions: Emerging and Recent, Classics, Action/Sci-Fi/Horror, and…
The Apothecary Diaries – 23 – The Undefeated Courtesan
Maomao, whose face Lakan can see clearly, has a plan to get her father to make things right. She challenges him to a best-of-five chess match, with the…
The Apothecary Diaries, episode 23
Rating: A The Apothecary Diaries is undeniably Maomao’s series, though Jinshi has increasingly had his viewpoint represented of late. That makes episode 23 a major aberration, since not…
Kusuriya no Hitorigoto (The Apothecary Diaries) – 23
You know Fengxian was pissed when she gave Lakan the finger.
The Apothecary Diaries #23 — Screaming In the Rain
So we're just setting aside and forgetting that one lady who faked her death? Impressions: Still just ticking off the episodes. One to go. I should probably get…
AniMarch Madness 2024: Round 2, Day 4
Round two of AniMarch Madness 2024 finishes today with four more matches! Vote below and also consider following and voting on our other platforms, too: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter,…
Hunter x Hunter, InuYasha, My Dress-Up Darling, Sailor Moon, ERASED
The Apothecary Diaries: Episodes 19 to 21 Reviews
As the clever and quirky protagonist of The Apothecary Diaries, Maomao is a great example of a well-written female character in anime. She has rapidly risen in the…
12 Medical Anime About Doctors Treating Patients
There are plenty of anime documenting the struggles of characters hanging on the precipice between life and death, but there are actually only a small few
Black Jack, Comical Psychosomatic Medicine, Tree in the Sun, Monster Girl Doctor, Parallel World Pharmacy
The Apothecary Diaries, episode 22
Rating: A- Though he’s hardly one of the more likable characters in the series, Lakan is still an intriguing one. He’s ferociously smart and a superior judge of…
Kusuriya no Hitorigoto (The Apothecary Diaries) – 22
We're faced with a three-pronged fork of a question here.
The Apothecary Diaries – 22 – Le Bleu en Rose
Maomao is actually having a blast back at the inner palace with Gyokuyou, her adorable daughter, and her ladies in waiting. But new unreasonable request from Lakan forces…
The Apothecary Diaries Ep 22
This week Lakan has come with a new challenge to Jinshi and Maomao, and this time it’s preparing Blue Roses…
The Apothecary Diaries #22 — Greenery
I'd rather be playing Unicorn Overlord. Impressions: With no actual mystery going on, and the episodic 'story' just being about Maomao setting up her own little greenhouse,…
Anime Like Doctor Elise: The Royal Lady with the Lamp
After being executed in her past life for her evil deeds, Elise was reincarnated into our modern world as an orphan where she dedicated her life to becoming…
Tearmoon Empire, The Apothecary Diaries, Ascendance of a Bookworm, Doctor Elise: The Royal Lady with the Lamp, Monster Girl Doctor
IWD 24: Celebrating the Women of the Anime, Manga, and Light Novel Industries
A warm welcome back, everyone! Here we are again, for the third year running, celebrating some of our favorite women creatives who work in anime, manga, and light…
The GLORIO Chat Episode 157: Real Gamers Eat at WcDonald’s
There are a LOT of anime adjacent video games hitting us all at once, so we hit the GLORIO Gaming no Korner in addition to our usual anime…
4 Winter 2024 Anime Worth Watching This Spring
If you are looking for what is worth watching in the Winter 2024 anime to enjoy this spring, these are my picks.
Solo Leveling, The Apothecary Diaries, Delicious in Dungeon, Gushing Over Magical Girls
AniMarch Madness 2024: Round 1, Day 2
It’s day two of the first round of AniMarch Madness 2024! We’ve got eight more matches for you to vote on today, two from each of our four…
The Eminence in Shadow, Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, InuYasha, Lycoris Recoil
I'm less enthusiastic about The Apothecary Diaries now even though it's still good
Not every episode is about poison. Sometimes there's one about dicks.
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[Recommended Watch] The Apothecary Diaries
Source: Crunchyroll/Toho Animation Studio x OLM, The Apothecary Diaries By: Katherine Cañeba | @kcserinlee We are well into the winter anime season, and a certain show called The Apothecary...
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[Recommended Watch] The Apothecary Diaries
Source: Crunchyroll/Toho Animation Studio x OLM, The Apothecary Diaries By: Katherine Cañeba | @kcserinlee We are well into the winter anime season, and a certain show called The…
The Apothecary Diaries, episode 21
Rating: B+ Though The Apothecary Diaries has been set up almost from the beginning to ship Maomao with Jinshi (and Jinshi is clearly starting to see her romantically…
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Do NOT PASS on THIS ANIME! The Apothecary Diaries [Should You Watch?] **Video Included**
A main character that solves mysteries and makes drugs. What wouldn’t you love about that? Should You Watch? What is it Anime About? This story takes place in…
The Apothecary Diaries – 21 – Getting a Good Look
With Suirei in the wind, Maomao refocuses her efforts on keeping the apothecary clean with the Quack’s health (I love their cat-and-mouse dynamic), and learns that his family…
Kusuriya no Hitorigoto (The Apothecary Diaries) – 21
If I've learned anything in following Kuuriya no Hitorigoto for five months, it's not let its moods deceive me.