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sayammm · 2 months

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Bonus fanart

#薬屋のひとりごと #kusuriya no hitorigoto #the apothecary diaries #maomao #knh #jinshi x maomao #the apothecary diaries meme #apothecary diaries #jinmao #knh maomao #jinshi #basen #knh light novel #knh fanart

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neo--queen--serenity · 1 month

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Found family is such a huge theme in the Apothecary Diaries.

You have Luomen, raising Maomo from a young age, despite her being biologically his grandniece, but raising her anyway.

You have the Madame of the Verdigris House, who is Maomao’s maternal grandmother, but never tells her. She takes care of Maomao, helps raise her in the brothel the best she can, but tries not to show how fond she is of her.

You have Meimei, Joka, & Pairin, three famous courtesans at the Verdigris House who not only physically raised Maomao in her infancy (an imperfect process, as to be expected when one tries to collectively raise a baby in a brothel), but also breastfed her. These women staunchly refer to themselves as Maomao’s sisters, despite having been old enough to be her parents themselves.

You have Gyokuyou, who doesn’t have a good relationship with her own family, and actively distrusts them. She invests wholly in the women she instates as her ladies-in-waiting, treating them, instead, as her family, and as the only people she truly trusts. It’s for this reason that she asks for Maomao to return to her service over and over: because she trusts her, she loves her as a member of her own household. She shows defiance and even possessiveness when Jinshi’s involvement keeps Maomao from being her lady-in-waiting permanently, as truly trustworthy people are so hard to find, in her world.

You have Lakan, who adopted his nephew Lahan when Lahan’s own family rejected his genius and his potential for growth. Lakan, in general, tends to take in orphans and young children into his estate as servants, when he can tell they have specific talents that would be wasted when they grew older. One of his hobbies is fostering the talents of these strays he takes into his employ. Even if his motives are grey, he still drastically changes their lives for the better.

You have Chou-u, who Maomao indirectly adopted as her own (even though, age-wise, he’s closer to a brother figure for her). Since he’s lost his memories, Maomao is all he knows as a parental figure. She let him live with her, she tried teaching him medicine like Luomen did for her (even though it didn’t resonate with him). And when Maomao spends long stints away from the pleasure district, Chou-u experiences acute separation anxiety, though it slowly improves over time.

You have Ah-Duo, who acted as a surrogate mother to Lishu for both of Lishu’s tenures in the rear palace. Ah-Duo couldn’t have a normal relationship with her own child (Jinshi), so she doted on Lishu instead. This was a truly symbiotic relationship for them, as Lishu, for the longest time, had very few people she could trust or rely on as a friend when she was a consort.

And these are just the relationships I can think of at the moment!! The story has so many bonds like this. It’s one of my absolute favorite aspects of the series, and one that I think Natsu Hyuuga handles incredibly well.

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aashi-heartfilia · 5 months

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Where can I read "Kusuriya no Hitorigoto" Light Novel?

Since a lot of you have been asking this question lately, here is everything you need to know in brief...

What is a Web Novel (WN) and Light Novel (LN)?

A WN is basically weekly chapters released by the main author on a weekly basis. You can find it on a lot of Japanese sites. Some amazing people also translate them on a regular basis and post those chapters. LN is a compilation of WN chapters. A number of Chapters from the WN are taken, translated, properly rewritten and edited to publish a final LN. It has a few illustrations as well like the one you can see below...

Manga, Light Novel and Anime

Basically, the LN is taken and illustrated by an artist and we call it a manga. And when the manga has reached a certain number of Chapters, and gained a lot of popularity, it is converted into an anime. So that's the flow of things. We have

WN -> LN -> Manga -> Anime

I think that clears up a lot of misunderstandings. Firstly, the WN is published on a weekly basis, some chapters from WN are taken and translated properly to make a LN. The LN is illustrated by an artist to make the manga and the manga is generally adapted to make the anime.

In case of 'Kusuriya no Hitorigoto' or 'The Apothecary Diaries', the anime is doing a great job of adapting the overall story because not only are they properly animating every scene from the manga but also adding their own scenes from the LN.

Where can I read WN, LN and Manga?

WNs are the hardest to find, since they are released on a weekly basis by the Japanese author. They are written in Japanese and a few fans translate them for everyone. You can find it here...

(They have translated chapters of vol 10, 11 and 12)

The LN has reached until vol 9 and vol 10 is scheduled to release in Jan 2024. Currently, there is no source where you can find it for free (not that I know of, because even I have purchased the e book from Amazon) though the first few pages are available to read for free! So you can check them out!

Where did the Anime, Manga left off?

The Manga has reached ch 68. If you want to start reading the light novel from where the manga left off, you can start reading from vol 4, chapter 4.

The Anime has released ep 12 and it has covered manga material till ch 20, if you want to read manga after finishing the anime.

If you have any other questions regarding the LN, WN, Anime or Manga, feel free to ask!

~ Sunshine

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cfserkgk · 15 days

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Young Maomao and Lahan siblings AU where there was no misunderstandings between Fengxian and Lakan in the beginning. They are very similar but they would never admit that themselves.

#I have no idea about the historical accuracies of clothing and the such but I think they look pretty #Maomao reluctantly refers to him as her brother #Of course neither of them would admit that #I think Maomao would get pissed if anyone spoke badly about Lahan (she's the only one allowed to speak badly about him)#And Lahan would be very very mad if he heard anything bad about Maomao (he learnt to be protective from Lakan)#maomao #lahan #kusuriya maomao #kusuriya no hitorigoto #knh #rahan #light novel spoilers #fengxian #lakan #the apothecary diaries #knh spoilers #kusuriya fanart

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lastofthe20thcenturygirls · 3 months

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maomao: you're ALWAYS beating around the bush you never say anything directly there was a man *a rant about a client who lost the one he loved to someone else because he didn't say things clearly*

jinshi: fine then!!!! i am going to make you my wife

maomao: woah woah woah now why would you say that wtf dude

#yeah still thinking about that chapter #what i wouldn't give to see it animated #renew it for 4 more seasons at least anime gods please 🙏🏾📿🛐🤲🏾#“your internal monologue is showing” how was this beautiful line part of my least favourite volume #kusuriya no hitorigoto #the apothecary diaries #jinshi x maomao #light novel #knh text

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maomao9jinshi · 9 days

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I'm the only female in a house full of guys. I laughed my ass off at that flying turtle, and they all flinched. Guys just have no sense of humour.😂🤌🏻

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the-lost-profile · 4 months

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Spoiler for The Apothecary Diaries LN13/WN arc 11

LN 1 Maomao: *disgusted by Jinshi's sex appeal* *looking at him like an insect*

*A lot of things happen, most importantly, Chue happens*

LN 13 Maomao: Well now that we're in a relationship, we should have sex. I took the pill and brought condoms. We can also do other things, if the problem is getting me pregnant. *Jinshi sends her home*

Maomao: Is this disappointment that I feel?

#the apothecary diaries #kusuriya no hitorigoto #light novel #maomao #jinshi #jinmao #knh spoilers #WN 11.10 #night visit

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fategoflatass · 3 months

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Oh me, oh my.

#kusuriya no hitorigoto #the apothecary diaries #knh spoilers #I'M DYING AS I TYPE THIS #SAVE ME LIGHT NOVEL SAVE ME—

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stupidbookworm · 3 months

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My reaction to The Apothecary Diaries Light novel 8 Chapter 20 :

#the apothecary diaries #kusuriya no hitorigoto #light novel #knh spoilers #screaming crying throwing up #this isn't happening #IT VERY MUCH IS HAPPENING #*screaming intensifies*#jinshi #maomao #apothecary diaries

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sayammm · 2 months

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iykyk 🐸

#薬屋のひとりごと #kusuriya no hitorigoto #the apothecary diaries #knh #maomao #the apothecary diaries meme #apothecary diaries #jinshi x maomao #knh maomao #jinmao #the apothecary diaries light novel #knh light novel #the apothecary diaries spoiler #knh spoiler

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neo--queen--serenity · 2 months

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Just thinking about the fact that housecats don’t recognize other animals as different species, they just see them as…other cats

#maomao cat status confirmed #the apothecary diaries #kusuriya no hitorigoto #maomao #knh #knh light novel #knh vol. 5 #apothecary diaries #kusuriya light novel #mao mao #light novel spoilers…i guess?#neo queen serenity’s posts #knh maomao #maomao apothecary diaries #maomao knh #apothecary diaries maomao #kusuriya maomao

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aashi-heartfilia · 1 month

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New Apothecary Diaries illustration by Touco Shino to celebrate Season 2 announcement

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cfserkgk · 1 month

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I imagine them to be a happy family in the modern AU where Fengxian and Lakan are married and Lahan and Maomao are their children. Fengxian would be strict but she very much dotes on her kids (just not as obviously as Lakan, but who can compare with Lakan).

I feel like Lakan would be a lawyer which would put his skills to use, whereas Fengxian would be an academic in mathematics, and of course they're both super good at xiangqi and go in different ways. (I'd like to think Fengxian taught Lahan a lot of maths when he was younger and that encouraged his love for the subject).