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shishuri · 2 months

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Lakan chose to let Maomao win at the 3rd game instead of doing it earlier because he just wants to hang out with his kid.

He knew that he was a lightweight, and wouldn't stand a chance when drinking alcohol so he must've known he can only lose once the moment the alcohol was added into the game.

#look if someone abstained from drinking alcohol for a very long time they would know they would be a lightweight #i will die on this hill #apothecary diaries ep 23 #apothecary diaries #kusuriya no hitorigoto #kusuriya no hitorigoto spoiler #kusuriya #kusuriya anime #lakan #maomao #lakan knh #maomao knh

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neo--queen--serenity · 2 months

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Flowers are often used as a metaphor for the female characters in the Apothecary Diaries. And for the first time, we, the viewer, are given the direct comparison to which flower is meant to represent Maomao: wood sorrel (also known as “cat’s foot”).

It’s a flower that can treat poisons. A flower that is used to enhance the beauty of the courtesans by painting their nails. A flower with a name associated with cats. A flower that, in hanakotoba, represents maternal tenderness. It’s also one of the flowers that Lakan specifically associates with Fengxian, and by extension, Maomao herself.

In the first opening—aptly titled, “Be A Flower”—the wood sorrel is the only flower that gets special attention. The other flowers are shown together with other varieties, but only the wood sorrel is shown by itself, and more than once.

We see it again in the second opening, with an infant being held by a parent, while flitting between images of Lakan and Fengxian’s backstory.

It’s such a simple flower, too. Small, unassuming, but full of diverse uses and qualities, be they medicinal or ordinary. A very fitting flower for Maomao, and what she brings to the story.

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maomao9jinshi · 2 months

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KNH/Ep 23

𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠.

We have seen this Fengxian before, whom we now observe moving small stones in no apparent order and singing a lullaby.Mie mie opens the window of the room to let her air a little.

by @drcatco

薬屋のひとりごと #TheApothecaryDiaries