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  Summary From SquareEnix posted:Maomao, a young woman trained in the art of herbal medicine, is forced to work as a lowly servant in the inner palace. Though she yearns for life outside its perfumed halls, she isn’t long for a life of drudgery! Using her wits to break a “curse” afflicting the imperial heirs, Maomao attracts the attentions of the handsome eunuch Jinshi and is promoted to attendant food taster. But Jinshi has other plans for the erstwhile apothecary, and soon Maomao is back to brewing potions and…solving mysteries?! The Apothecary Diaries is originally a Light Novel series by Natsu Hyuga, first self-published in 2011, novelized in 2012 and then officially published as an LN with illustrations in 2014. The series has two manga adaptations running concurrently, both following the same story. The first is by SquareEnix, originally starting in May 2017 and with which the anime is based off of. It is also officially licensed in English. The other is by Shogakukan, originally starting in August of the same year. It is not officially licensed and goes by the name: "Kusuriya no Hitorigoto: Mao Mao no Kōkyū Nazotoki Techō" TN: "The Apothecary Diaries: The Palace Cloister Mystery-Solving Notebook of Mao Mao" The anime begins on October 22 with 3 episodes, slated for two cours, and Crunchy has the streaming license. Characters  Maomao (猫猫) - CV: Aoi Yuki (you should know who this is) Occupation: Food taster, mystery solver. Hobbies: Testing poisons (on herself)  Jinshi (壬氏) - CV: Takeo Ōtsuka (Aqua, Oshi no Ko; Occupation: Eunuch(?) Hobbies: Teasing Maomao Xelkelvos fucked around with this message at 23:45 on Oct 21, 2023 |
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Bring forth the adventures of cat cat
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I am actually disappointed the emojis don't work in the title.
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Xelkelvos you dick you got my hopes up but it doesn't air for another three weeks 
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Sep 29, 2023 16:32
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I hadn't even looked. Of course it's Aoi Yuki. One more tic making me looking forward to the series. It's Aoi Yuki's world, we're just living in it.
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KOGAHAZAN!! posted:Xelkelvos you dick you got my hopes up but it doesn't air for another three weeks Ugh fine. Which manga is better?
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Sep 30, 2023 22:56
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One only has a handful of chapters translated and the other has dozens, so you probably want that one.
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Sindai posted:One only has a handful of chapters translated and the other has dozens, so you probably want that one. The one that has more chapters translated also is officially licensed which can help if you don't mind 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyHqh8ue4zw
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It took me like a full volume to realize this isn't an isekai. This could get really good.
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Ragnar34 posted:It took me like a full volume to realize this isn't an isekai. This could get really good. Well she is transported from one world (a brothel) to a different world (a fancier brothel) and succeeds due to her incredible and unusual knowledge (can read)
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Incredibly broad use of that term. It's a harem.
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everyone's voices are alot louder than other typical palace drama series
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Caught up to the manga. So I take it "🐈 x 🐸" doesn't work as a thread title?
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Emojis don't work in thread titles.
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Oct 13, 2023 04:25
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The emoji will show up in the input box, but it'll get displayed as what you see in the title. Trying to add kanji/hanzi flat out doesn't work.
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Oct 13, 2023 13:03
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RADIUM  Looking forward to maomao calling jinshi an insect.
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I don't know how far we want to get into spoiler territory, so I'll be vague withe my question. What volume of the manga do you think they'll get to in the anime?
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Probably around 500 cubic centimeters. 
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Oct 14, 2023 01:12
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It's episodic enough that I could see them jumping around.
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So, two different manga adaptations, a light novel, and an anime. Which one is the recommended option for people with no exposure to this series?
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/waiting for best poison addict of the season
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Saoshyant posted:So, two different manga adaptations, a light novel, and an anime. Which one is the recommended option for people with no exposure to this series? Probably the manga or the LN. The anime, when it comes out, will probably be more accessible.
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Saoshyant posted:So, two different manga adaptations, a light novel, and an anime. Which one is the recommended option for people with no exposure to this series? The manga with 9 volumes out on the US for sure. I like the art more and more is accessible. Then again, I don't futz around with light novels.
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Saoshyant posted:So, two different manga adaptations, a light novel, and an anime. Which one is the recommended option for people with no exposure to this series? The anime appears to be (much) more based on the Square-Enix adaptation of the manga. As mentioned above, this is also the only one licensed in English. I'd say start with the easiest thing to intro yourself into and dig deeper if you like it. Anime --> manga --> LN.
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The other version includes a bit more small details and such so I think it's worth reading as well, assuming more of it ever gets translated.
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RoyalScion posted:The other version includes a bit more small details and such so I think it's worth reading as well, assuming more of it ever gets translated. Yeah, I quite like it myself. The extra details really helps character moments shine. Unfortunately, I just don't think it's super accessible because it's not actively being translated and unlikely to ever get an official release (probably). Really neat to compare the two manga versions side-by-side, though.
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The manga's fine, the LN is good for getting into Maomao's thoughts, although I find other character povs kind of uninteresting.
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What streaming service is this suppose to be on that I’m still not seeing it
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GateOfD posted:What streaming service is this suppose to be on that I’m still not seeing it Crunchyroll, I think, if my tv tracking app is correct.
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If it's crunchy it won't show up until the day it airs probably. It's not like hi dive where they put up the show page like a week in advance sometimes.
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Oct 17, 2023 12:27
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New Chapter: The Baths
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Xelkelvos posted:New Chapter: The Baths Thanks for the update! It's interesting to note the details they gave about beauty regimens and the "status" of certain roles in society.
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NOTE: Discord-hosted image links (like this one) expire approximately 24hrs after they were copied from Discord.
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https://twitter.com/SquareEnixBooks/status/1715352165756346799?s=19 The Light Novel has been announced for official English release
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Xelkelvos posted:New Chapter: The Baths MM subconsciously, frantically wiping her hand while she thinks about the frog incident is sort of upsetting and I hope she's okay 
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RuBisCO posted:https://twitter.com/SquareEnixBooks/status/1715352165756346799?s=19 For print maybe. J novel has had it for quite some time and is on vol 10
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Episodes are up on CR 
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