Why does she sparkle after vomiting? Impressions: This didn't feel like a particularly well-put together episode. There was the random dude out of nowhere dropping off a pin and then vanishing back into the void, but then it moved focus to the child concubine (sigh). Except she also only got about twenty seconds of screen time, so even […]
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The Apothecary Diaries
Information for the light novel series The Apothecary Diaries. The official English release is by J-Novel Club.
The Apothecary Diaries
Story: Natsu Hyuuga Art: Nekokurage Complied: Itsuki Nanao Character Design: Touco Shino Disclaimer: This review is based on volumes 1-3 (chapters 1-14) Summary: Maomao, a young woman t…
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As this 10th edition of the Merry Month of Manga comes to an end, it's time to cover one last oversight. This has been one of my favorites...
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By Jonathan Clements. It is the ultimate in blood-sports – hundreds of the most beautiful women in the world, locked away in a palace where their sole chance…
The Apothecary Diaries – 09 – Sweet and Salty
One evening at a drinking party, a clearly sloshed older man doesn’t even finish one jar of booze before letting it shatter to the ground and asking for…
The Apothecary Diaries #15 — Binge and Purge
Yo, can the CGI horse back the hell off? Quasi-Impressions: Perhaps this will be a strange thing to note, but this episode was weirdly dull. Or maybe…
The Apothecary Diaries Episodes 12 and 13
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The Apothecary Diaries – 10 – Blood and Honey
Maomao gets the pulse of the Inner Palace from Xiaolan, who says word is the servant who tried to poison Lady Lishu committed suicide, and Ah-Duo may be…
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…
The Apothecary Diaries: Episode 16
Rating: A- Another episode, another mystery for Maomao, but this time it’s a longer one – taking up nearly the whole episode – and doesn’t involve the cause…
The Apothecary Diaries #05 — Frecklegate
What a mystery. Impressions: Back to the mystery of the week being absolutely nothing whatsoever. Oh no, I have something on my hands! I must be doomed! Actually, let…
The Apothecary Diaries episode 12
Rating: B+ The situation at the heart of this episode is one quite familiar to any fan of romances with class-based complications. The higher-ranked man wants to be…
The Apothecary Diaries, episode 14
Rating: A- Episode 14 contains the sequence that I was probably most looking forward to seeing animated from this part of the story: Maomao’s lessons to the four…
The Apothecary Diaries Episode 4
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The Apothecary Diaries, Vol. 6
By Natsu Hyuuga and Touko Shino. Released in Japan as “Kusuriya no Hitorigoto” by Hero Bunko. Released in North America by J-Novel Club. Translated by Kevin Steinbach. It’s…
The Apothecary Diaries LN 2
Of the two major plot points in this volume that pertain to our hero and heroine, the fact that Jinshi's eunuch-hood is less permanent than most others' is…
The Apothecary Diaries Ep 11
Who else cried, because I certainly cried a lot this episode!
The Apothecary Diaries, episode 7
Rating: B+ If last episode was the big showpiece of the garden party, this episode is the metaphorical side of the clean-up. It covers in efficient fashion a…
The Apothecary Diaries Episode 10
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The Apothecary Diaries, episode 18
Rating: A I was going to skip reviewing this one separately and just combine it with episode 19, rather than post a review this late. However, episode 18…
The Apothecary Diaries Episode 5
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The Apothecary Diaries, Vol. 2
By Natsu Hyuuga and Touko Shino. Released in Japan as “Kusuriya no Hitorigoto” by Hero Bunko. Released in North America by J-Novel Club. Translated by Kevin Steinbach. The…
The Apothecary Diaries – Episode 1
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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 8
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The Apothecary Diaries, Vol. 8
By Natsu Hyuuga and Touko Shino. Released in Japan as “Kusuriya no Hitorigoto” by Hero Bunko. Released in North America by J-Novel Club. Translated by Kevin Steinbach. For…
The Apothecary Diaries, episode 8
Rating: A- Maomao’s back home, so naturally she’s going to get involved in a brothel-related mystery while there. Actually, two arise, and both are left open-ended, though in…
The Apothecary Diaries episode 11
Rating: A+ Barring a stunning collapse in the next couple of weeks, Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End is not going to be beat for best series of the season…
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The Apothecary Diaries, episode 19
Rating: A+ This episode represents the biggest dramatic peak in this part of the story. It is the culmination of everything that has happened so far this season…
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The Apothecary Diaries Ep 18
This episode had a lot of secrets being unpacked, some fully out in the open, and others we simply got out first peek into.
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Maomao is a girl who works under her father at an apothecary when she is kidnapped and forced into working as a lowly servant girl in the rear…
The Apothecary Diaries episode 4
Rating: B+ Despite the ominous episode title (“The Threat”), this episode focuses almost entirely on dealing with the consequences of a previous mystery rather than initiating a new…
The Apothecary Diaries: Teaser PV
And joining Helck with the surprise PVs we now get one for Kusuriya no Hitorigoto (The Apothecary Diaries): This is a series I actually enjoy reading the manga of…
The Apothecary Diaries, episode 17
Rating: A There have been other strong episodes in this series, but this one is a microcosm of what makes this series stand apart from most other series…
The Apothecary Diaries, episode 20
Rating: A The Incident may be over, but the mysteries surrounding it aren’t, and as this great follow-up shows, they may not be for quite some time. Jinshi…
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The Apothecary Diaries Episode 7
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The Apothecary Diaries, Vol. 4
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The Apothecary Diaries Episode 6
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The Apothecary Diaries Ep 13
Maomao returns to the palace to work, but not to the place she expected.
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…
The Apothecary Diaries, episode 13
Rating: B+ After a week off, the second half of the series begins, shifting the adaptation into the territory of the second light novel and the 5th manga…
The Apothecary Diaries episode 10
Rating: B+ Last episode began a narrative shift away from individual mysteries and more towards how certain mysteries may be connected into a bigger picture. This episode continues…
The Apothecary Diaries, Vol. 9
By Natsu Hyuuga and Touko Shino. Released in Japan as “Kusuriya no Hitorigoto” by Hero Bunko. Released in North America by J-Novel Club. Translated by Kevin Steinbach. I…