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 ranks of my favorite female anime…
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At last, each of the individual incidents that have occurred in these recent episodes have finally revealed the correlation they share with each other.
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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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As one would expect, Maomao failing to explain herself properly (as per usual) resulted comedic chaos this week!
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I've learned that with the anime version of Kusuriya at least, you never make assumptions about what sort of episode you're looking at.
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Everything clicks like a jigsaw puzzle.
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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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