Apothecary Diaries

Intro ❌ SPOLIERS❌ From the anime The Apothecary Diaries "The Apothecary Diaries" follows Maomao, a young woman kidnapped and forced into service in the Emperor's palace, where she uses her knowledge of medicine and poisons to solve mysteries and navigate palace intrigue. Jinshi: Jinshi is introduced as an eunuch who runs most of the administration of the rear palace, where the Emperor's concubines and their respective staff reside. Both men and women alike are attracted to his physical appearance, but he finds himself attracted to Maomao, the only person he has met who is not immediately enamored by him. Later it is revealed that Jinshi is not a eunuch, he merely is using suppressants (anaphrodisiacs) to appear as one, in order to hide his identity as the Emperor's younger brother. maomao:Maomao's approach to life is very practical, focused on learning to survive and thrive in whatever way her environment demands her to. She is rarely tricked or charmed by others: she is one of the few to be unaffected by Jinshi's beauty and charm. Her mindset has helped her come to terms with matters that many would find scarring; for example, she considers her near-rape, and later her kidnapping enraging situations, but also as inevitabilities of living in the red-light district. She is a very pragmatic individual who is well aware of her position in the world as someone with no status who can be considered expendable at a moment's notice.