Category: Japanese Shows
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The Apothecary Diaries S2- Ep 26: Caravan
‘Poison in small amounts can also be medicine.’ – Maomao The caravan is coming to town… or rather to the rear palace and its causing flutters of excitement throughout. It is also an interesting way to contrast the sheltered, albeit luxurious life of the rear palace residents to civilians outside.…
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The Apothecary Diaries S2- Ep 25: Maomao and Maomao
Welcome back to The Apothecary Diaries. Full disclosure – I haven’t finished Season 1 yet so I may miss out on a few details. If so, I will try and come back and update it as I get done with Season 1 in parallel. This is a fairly quiet start…
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The Apothecary Diaries – Ep 4: The Threat
Episode 4 transports Maomao to a new setting – the palace of one of the rival concubines Lihua. Connecting back to episode 1 where the two royal children were ill, Lihua is still ailing after the death of her son. The emperor tasks Maomao with treating her illness since nothing…
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The Apothecary Diaries – Ep 2: Chilly Apothecary
Episode 2 and the plot thickens. Well… not really that much. This still feels very much like a set up episode with the actual mystery of the week briefly alluded to in the beginning and then swiftly resolved midway through the episode. However, the episode does take you deeper into…
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The Apothecary Diaries – Ep 1: Maomao
The Apothecary Diaries is based on a Japanese light novel series set in a fictional realm inspired by imperial China. It tells the adventures of a young woman, Maomao, training as an apothecary, who ends up in the royal palace and how she unwillingly becomes enmeshed in the affairs of…
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