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, and some fussing over fingernails, what is even going on with the show right now? There's no court intrigue at the moment. The last villain succeeded in […]
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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 Ep 13
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The Apothecary Diaries, episode 15
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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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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…


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