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Oct 21, 2023 20:25
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Love this autistic cat(cat).
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Oct 21, 2023 21:32
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Oct 21, 2023 22:29
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That's a lot of good Maomao
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Oct 21, 2023 23:43
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This adaptation is shaping up to be really good. Lots of little comedy bits and uses of SD animation. Aoi Yuki doing her gremlinest not unlike a certain spider she also played as. Jinshi's VA also doing good work reminiscent of Aqua from Oshi no Ko but more of a tease. 
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Oct 22, 2023 00:15
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So many good reaction shots and gif-able moments! I loved it.
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Oct 22, 2023 02:28
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Excellent Maomao
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Oct 22, 2023 03:09
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as much as I love Aoi Yuki, I don't think her voice really fits. Jinshi's is perfect though
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Oct 22, 2023 04:51
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lol, that little laugh I do like how they make the ground sparkle when Mao sees herbs hiding in the grass like some mmo gathering spot GateOfD fucked around with this message at 05:23 on Oct 22, 2023 |
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Oct 22, 2023 05:12
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OP: Hana ni Natte by Ryokuoushoku Shakai https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9JZB08qy44 ED: Aikotoba by AiNA THE END (who also did the ED on Gundam: Witch of Mercury) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PojnddmnjNs
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Oct 22, 2023 08:50
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Poison gremlin is great.
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Oct 22, 2023 15:09
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I had this series in my sight for a while, but decided to wait for anime. Mao Mao is incredibly fun protagonist. Apothecat extraordinaire. 
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Oct 22, 2023 16:57
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(vague manga/ln stuff) loling at the OP, what, is sexy OP Maomao supposed to be her in Jinshi Vision or it could be her mom I guess
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Oct 22, 2023 17:04
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Rody One Half posted:or it could be her mom I guess manga spoiler welts on the arm, it's Maomao
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Oct 22, 2023 17:35
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I like the side characters as well. Really enjoyed the head lady-in-waiting helping Mao Mao to screw over the kidnappers. 
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Oct 22, 2023 17:46
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Lt. Lizard posted:I like the side characters as well. Really enjoyed the head lady-in-waiting helping Mao Mao to screw over the kidnappers. same. i'm glad fuyou got her own insert song; she deserved it
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Oct 22, 2023 19:10
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Rody One Half posted:(vague manga/ln stuff) loling at the OP, what, is sexy OP Maomao supposed to be her in Jinshi Vision Direct manga stuff: It's the scene where she dances to send off her mother: NOTE: Discord-hosted image links (like this one) expire approximately 24hrs after they were copied from Discord. Same outfit and everything. Plus, y'know, ultimately this is a romance story, and it does trade in stock romance tropes. "The mousy nerd is actually a bombshell in disguise" included.
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Oct 22, 2023 19:33
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KOGAHAZAN!! posted:Direct manga stuff: Oh for sure Maomao is cute, I just forgot this particular sequence happened vs her usual wish to just be the drug goblin
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Oct 22, 2023 19:38
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KOGAHAZAN!! posted:
Big disagree about MaoMao being bombshell, she's cute and quite pretty but there are consistently other women in the series who are more glamorous and bombshell than her and they don't hide that. Compendium fucked around with this message at 00:37 on Oct 23, 2023 |
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Oct 22, 2023 22:31
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maomao is pretty enough for it to be actively hazardous to her wellbeing.
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Oct 22, 2023 22:52
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Compendium posted:Big disagree about MaoMao being bombshell, she's cute and quite pretty but there are consistently other women in the series who are more glamorous and bombshell than her and they don't hide that. She did make sure to call herself flat after all
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Oct 23, 2023 00:14
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yea, sure, she's pretty and no one would call her ugly. But when she's surrounded by hundreds of others where their job is to look pretty and graceful, and actively used their whole lives and time on it, on both sides, in the rear palace, and her interactions with the courtesans. She's on the bottom of the rankings, no shade on her. She didn't even get kidnapped for being particularly pretty. She was just there at the wrong time and was easy pickings.
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Oct 23, 2023 00:18
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GateOfD posted:She didn't even get kidnapped for being particularly pretty. She was just there at the wrong time and was easy pickings. I mean while technically true, she actively tries to not look attractive rather than just not putting in effort
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Oct 23, 2023 00:40
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Compendium posted:Big disagree about MaoMao being bombshell, she's cute and quite pretty but there are consistently other women in the series who are more glamorous and bombshell than her and they don't hide that. While how attractive she is, is up to one's own opinion, nonetheless the story plays this trope straight.
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Oct 23, 2023 03:59
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Let's give the kidnapper's some credit and assume they can accurately assess their targets without going through a glow up montage
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Oct 23, 2023 04:35
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Bonus animation: Maomao and Jinshi discuss the side effects of chocolate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs1pilVwhaI
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Oct 23, 2023 09:46
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GloomMouse posted:Let's give the kidnapper's some credit and assume they can accurately assess their targets without going through a glow up montage I mean their assessment of her was probably "this idiot girl goes off to the middle of nowhere alone all the time, what an easy target" more than anything else. Like if they though they was attractive enough, she probably would have ended up at a brothel instead of the rear palace.
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Oct 23, 2023 09:50
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Yeah, they sold her as a menial laundry servant precisely because they saw no other value in her. As mentioned, servants who can read get paid more too, so if they knew anything about her at all that's just free money for them.
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Oct 23, 2023 09:55
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Yeah her kidnappers clearly knew nothing about her as a literate, trained apothecary goes for way more than a random peasant girl, which is what they sold her as.
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Oct 23, 2023 11:14
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KOGAHAZAN!! posted:Plus, y'know, ultimately this is a romance story, and it does trade in stock romance tropes. "The mousy nerd is actually a bombshell in disguise" included.[/spoiler] Its more she is not attractive by historical standards but super cute by modern standards.
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Oct 23, 2023 14:15
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I meant that they could spot she wasn't homely, obviously they didn't know anything about her literacy. Granny wants to make her into a courtesan, so clearly she's got something in the looks department. I'll chalk it up to the show being unable to draw anyone as less than cute
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Oct 23, 2023 17:13
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GloomMouse posted:Granny wants to make her into a courtesan, so clearly she's got something in the looks department. I suspect that Granny was more interested in signing her on exclusively because her medical/cosmetic skills are super useful in keeping the other courtesans healthy and happy.
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Oct 23, 2023 17:19
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granny's 100% a pimp, and not in a good way.
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Oct 23, 2023 17:42
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gimme the GOD drat candy posted:granny's 100% a pimp, and not in a good way.
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Oct 23, 2023 20:14
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:I suspect that Granny was more interested in signing her on exclusively because her medical/cosmetic skills are super useful in keeping the other courtesans healthy and happy. This will get elaborated on in the series, but suffice to say, Mao Mao already worked for the brothel in a medical capacity (which is partially how the courtesans there were already so familiar with her) before being shanghai'd to the palace. The Granny was 100% propositioning her to offer "night" services.
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I'd love to elaborate more on a lot of this stuff, but then everything would be in spoiler tags and I don't remember exactly when everything happened in the early parts because it's been years since i read vol1. Speaking of which, this series is on catchup on j-novel club if you wanted to binge the entire series in the next....week. That being said Xelkelvos posted:(which is partially how the courtesans there were already so familiar with her) tldr gimme the GOD drat candy posted:granny's 100% a pimp
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Tbf, at her level, she will be spending her time doing the same stuff as a lady in waiting, but for the real courtesans. She won’t be good enough to entertain people personally for a while given she doesn’t really have any other talents other than medicine. Can’t play board games, dance or play music.
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