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The Apothecary Diaries: Episodes 16 to 18 Reviews
Today at Anime Rants, we have 7Mono’s notes for the last few weeks’ worth of episodes of The Apothecary Diaries. I’m now five weeks behind, but this post…
The Apothecary Diaries: Episodes 19 to 21 Reviews
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The Apothecary Diaries: Episodes 10 to 12 Reviews
Welcome back to Anime Rants, where I’m catching up on recent episodes of The Apothecary Diaries. In the 12th episode, Maomao takes a temporary job entertaining men as…
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The Apothecary Diaries is roughly based on the Ming Era of China. This era lasted about three centuries, from the 1300s to the 1600s. There were a number…
The Apothecary Diaries: Episodes 22 and 23 Reviews
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The Apothecary Diaries Episodes 28 and 29 Reviews
Welcome back to Anime Rants. These two episodes of The Apothecary Diaries were highly enjoyable for me. The central plot is still moving very slowly, but there was…
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The Apothecary Diaries S2 – Episodes 26 and 27 Reviews
Apothecary Diaries Season 2 is getting off to a slow start. However, each installment is still enjoyable. Here are some brief notes on episodes 26 and 27
Stardust Telepath: Episodes 7 to 9 Reviews
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Get out your mortar and pestle, because it’s time for The Apothecary Diaries! The second half of this colorful, entertaining series has begun. There’s a beautiful new opening…
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The Apothecary Diaries, episode 9
Rating: A- One of the major factors which makes this series a top-tier title for both the season and year is its effortless ability to mix its comedic…
The Apothecary Diaries, Vol. 9
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The Apothecary Diaries Episode 9
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The Apothecary Diaries Episode 7
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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, Vol. 7
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Man this felt like such a short episode, it was over before I knew it!
The Apothecary Diaries Episodes 1-3
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The Apothecary Diaries Ep 9 & 10
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Hell’s Paradise: Episodes 7 Through 9 Reviews
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The Apothecary Diaries Episodes 12 and 13
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The Apothecary Diaries, episodes 29 and 30
Rating – Episode 29: A- Rating – Episode 30: A- Episodes 29 and 30 represent two different mysteries which may or may not be connected, though they do…
Debut: The Apothecary Diaries episodes 1-3
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The Apothecary Diaries
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The Gene of AI: Episodes 5 to 7 Reviews
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Horimiya: The Missing Pieces – Episodes 7 to 9
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Books: The Apothecary Diaries
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…
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Exerting what authority he has, Jinshi manages to use his largess to successfully wrest Maomao back from the Verdigris House lest she eventually fall into the same line…
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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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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 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, Vol. 12
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