I Like This! | APOTHECARY DIARIES Episode 2 REACTION

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[@_knshoujo]

idk if you realized that the Head Lady-in-Waiting purposely broke the vase so that maomao's salary ( most of which gets sent to her kidnappers ) would be used to cover the cost. it was her own petty way to get back at the kidnappers, plus maomao then gets bonus money that would soley belong to her.

[@fabbae215]

question, why is the kidnappers still involved with her anyways? is it like for ransom, or is she indirectly working for them? i need an answer 😢

[@thexvthmember4910]

​​@@fabbae215It's essentially this. If a family were to sell off their kid as an indentured servant, the family receives a cut of the salary their kid makes. So these kind of kidnappers would snatch up people, claim to be their family, sell the person off, and receive cuts of money that way. It's difficult to get all the way to the top of these thibgs to stop the kidnappers to receive their money, but by breaking the vase and saying the person owns my, that also would put the kidnappers in a position of 'debt' as well.

[@fabbae215]

@@thexvthmember4910 thank you so much! i think your answer is related to some things that were actually done in the past especially in chinese culture, no?

[@thexvthmember4910]

@@fabbae215 It was something practiced in China’s past, yes. And while kidnappings like the one that happened in this show were illegal, it was unfortunately hard to actually enforce punishment, so they occurred often. Apothecary Diaries is set during this period of Chinese history were these kind of things were common.

[@jakobroynon-fisher9535]

The "stick" she gets handed (5:00) is essentially a paystub receipt token that would be taken to some form of palace accounting office and used to update her salary, as well as most likely recorded on paper in order to maintain pay records. Usually, it also held some form of royal tag/seal to verify the authenticity of the token. Accounting is eternal, whether in a commercial or government setting, and almost always has been extremely meticulous.

[@KravenVanDrakken]

Before coinage and paper currency was invented, many different forms of value tokens were created. Artisans in those eras were usually working for high ranking people so intricate patterns used for seals and engravings were not easi to copy. Paired with common folk been kept from reading or writting. Forging a document will usually require a high ranking noble trying to do some illegal trade and even then, the royal artisans in charge of creating seals and similar stuff were so good that they would easily identify any forged token by just having a quick look at it.

[@jakobroynon-fisher9535]

@@KravenVanDrakken I know, I am a fan of studying history generally.

[@KravenVanDrakken]

@@jakobroynon-fisher9535 my mom was a History Professor and when I was a kid I used to read all her books so I could help her grade tests and helped work on her lectures ans stuff. Funny thing... history from 30 years ago is wildly different from factual historical things we know today... before the internet and broader access to information a lot of "historians" and publishers were able to print out whatever they wanted and most people would never know if the information they were taught was just made up.

[@Nevri.]

He actually ate it, that's why he acted like that here 10:20 That's why Maomao comments "I see. I hope there's no victims" after seeing 1 of the choco-breads is missing. You can see him picking it here 10:15 in the background.

[@Sup_D]

5:06 Just remember Ascendance of Bookworm. Paper is costly, so they use wooden boards for writing basic stuff.

[@eizy1010]

nice reference..miss myne so much

[@deinonychus1948]

@@eizy1010 Lets hope fans of Rising of the Shield Hero don't read your comment... if you know what I mean lol

[@eizy1010]

@@deinonychus1948 what do you mean? The "myne" I mentioned about are a girl from "Ascendance Of A Bookworm....

[@deinonychus1948]

@@eizy1010 I know... but there is also a Myne in Rising of the Shield Hero... and she is a Bitch... so much so that Bitch is actually her legal name in the anime now I just didn't want our beloved Darth Myne's reputation dragged through the mud simply for sharing a name with Bitch (even if Myne was just her adventuring name)

[@eizy1010]

@@deinonychus1948 Haha...okay..I get what you mean...yeah.. .Myne/bitch need some redemption to make herself became new person..that's the only way for her to gain good reputation .

[@jdoggivjc]

I loved that the head maid is just as petty as Maomao about her kidnappers getting her pay… and did something about it.

[@Googleflax]

10:00, she enjoys spending nights with the Emperor, that's why she asked for an aphrodisiac to spice up their sex life. That said, being told it's 3x more effective than the aphrodisiac the Emperor already uses would be more than she can handle (ie hoooooours of sex).

[@IZEASGT]

Yeah, that’s a “sweet Jesus I’d need DAYS to recover” reaction.

[@Timmycoo]

Yeah I don't think her asking for some to spice up their sex life is something she "doesn't want" lol.

[@vridathegrimm]

So 1 thing: the reason she dropped the pot was because her "family" where the kidnappers who sold her too the palace. No other reason really they did it so they could take the money back essentially with full reason as something priceless was broken. Also note that "stick" has writing on it so she would turn it in at the office for her money probably at the end of her service. So a fun little thing: In a lot of Chinese stories about martial arts there is 1 family that is predominantly good that uses poisons. The Tang family, i read a lot of Chinese and Korean comics and a lot of the time the Tang family are the best at detecting and using poisons. Unlike other major noble martial families they are usually okay people. They are healers and the like cause they are good with plosions so they can treat many different things. So I really like this show cause it has a good vibe and view of those who understand poison so far they arent all evil assassins' some learn about them and study them to help others

[@rosso757510]

6:28 Perhaps he is referring to the oleander. A few years ago, there was a tragic accident in which a group of people who went to a barbecue in France burned a branch of an oleander tree, stabbed meat into the branch, and ate it, resulting in the deaths of all the members. All oleanders are poisonous, and the poison permeates into the soil in which they grow.

[@midnightdoll_art]

@freshestanime so Apothecary diaries takes place within a Chinese dynasty. 14:06 the maids who talk of Maomao’s BG is due to the fact it was common where sons were mostly favored. However maids who worked in the palace were either sent by their parents, sold off by their parents, or in Maomao’s case kidnapped and given to the palace under fake pretenses. However Maomao’s situations is very interesting as she is a commoner who got promoted to work under a royal concubine. Normally concubines close attendants are girls from other nobility, so Maomao had won the lottery when she was allowed to work for a royal concubine.

[@ualnomis99]

Silver is reactive to certain common poisons that are very lethal, but these ones often have an obvious bitterness or smell. You can, of course, disguise it with heavy flavors so it still helps

[@DragonSword35d]

I'm not sure if the dude is actually a eunich or not, yet. Hard to tell, but his job is basically spy/administrator. Probably someone in the Emperor's family or something.

[@resolvedfate1295]

Ya think the same. He probably still has his important parts. Mao was just assuming he didn’t.

[@Shinigami00Azael]

​@@resolvedfate1295she was told that there is "a beautiful eunuch", it wasn't assumption. But yeah, I am also quite sure that he is some kind of emperor brother or nephew or something.

[@xinyang2842]

the answer is revealed way later in the series so you probably don’t see it in the series

[@zam023]

12:20 And now you know why the nobles in the west use silverware to eat. It is not just for show.

[@theroamingobserver]

I remember reading (some Chinese history books) that eunuch only have their balls cut off and still have their "stick". (Survival rate for eunuch is very low due to infection but if one is a orphan on the street or excess young male sold by their family, that's the only way to survive in that era) Eunuch can technically still be aroused medically. ( If I am not wrong the traditional stimulant herb mix is ginger + chinese nut + animal skin + ginseng) Historically some of the higher rank eunuch actually have wives (but mostly those wives are lower rank peasant or daughter sold due to debt). Since those high tank eunuch cant have descendant, they can adopt male as their heir and establish a house / clan.

[@Silver-Arm]

I have a theory about the guy. They said in the beginning the only men allowed there were eunuchs and royalty, so I think he's royalty, a trusted relative of the king.

[@Creatorsan]

Heh. Read the manga and see for yourself. :)

[@exceedcharge1]

@@Creatorsan After the anime

[@andrewchelton6710]

So glad to see all the comments giving historical context to this reaction but like love the energy

[@PoetlyGacha]

I been through a lot of reaction videos and wow there are a ton of people giving information out about the plot but also historical context which is really nice to see. Helps give more understanding to the show, some connections are made with other animes like Parallel World Pharmacy but also Ascendance of Bookworm, and more.

[@johnyshadow]

About the bandages/scars: Technically, she DID do drugs. Just in a very unusual, mad-scientist way...

[@midoi8161]

yoooo we getting multiple episodes, lets gooooo. I do like how it's about medicines and poisons, like actual medicine and poisons, and no magic, it's a nice change of pace from all the isekai

[@R0ary]

On the opium not being until later... opium has been a thing in the East Asian nations for centuries. Long before there were syringes, they had opium pipes and dens. So, while it may or may not come up in the anime, opium is definitely a thing. Trac marks, on the other hand, are not likely a thing; as there is no means to easily inject drugs.

[@guala4964]

12:49 i think she has a lot more going on than anybody realises since she has poison and/or antidote running through her veins.

[@rosso757510]

This is a work by a Japanese author set in a fictional period in China.

[@aizukiwiart]

In a fictional country based on China, to be precise.

[@miurachhmol9603]

He doesn’t have proper equipment but he still has tongue.

[@d.e.seymour6792]

It has a Tang Dynasty aesthetic One way to differentiate a particular Dynasty is by the Official's Headgear

[@blobloblob]

it's a bit of a mix i suppose? cause maomao wears ming dynasty clothing and the palace setting also seems based on the forbidden city, but in a lot of scenes women are wearing tang dynasty ruqun

[@d.e.seymour6792]

@@blobloblob True. From what the show has revealed, it is certain that its aesthetic is heavily based on a juxtaposition of the Dynasties of Medieval China (Tang, Song, Yuan, and Ming). As a historical fiction, It retains elements similar to that of many historical fiction/Romanized novels set during Imperial China, but with the caveat that it does not instantiate an exact time period.

[@blobloblob]

yeah at the end of the day we don't watch it for the historical accuracy. it's a fun and solid show anyway!@@d.e.seymour6792

[@Mousse9]

@@d.e.seymour6792That’s really interesting. I’m Chinese myself, born and raised in Netherlands, so I don’t know all that much about Chinese history aside from some very general facts. I really should watch this series somewhere.

[@deinonychus1948]

3:55 Maomao... more like Meowmeow! I'm see myself meowt now lol

[@deinonychus1948]

6:16 like the Manchineel... as Science KZbinr Kyle Hill once said in his series "Because Science" "Every part of Hippomane mancinella is dangerous, the bark? A poison... the sap? A poison... the fruit? Oh, you mean those Death Apples? Yeah, and they're full of poison! Even if you just *touch* the tree, your skin will start to blister!" Maomao: *reads above* "Gimme gimme gimme gimme!!!"

[@PredatoryQQmber]

The palace is like that one level in Okami... I wish we had the sequel for Okami, it still looks so good and stylish.

[@mernasi]

there is one for the ds

[@ishinomorileon]

Maomao's eccentric obsession with making drugs reminds me of Myne's eccentric obsession in getting books to read from Ascendance of a Bookworm. They both cute but weird + indifferent to people around them (until there's bond built between them) in almost the same way, just not obsessed in the same thing.

[@CorneliaC]

in the past when conflict between kingdoms was common, the food taster was a high-ranking position, which meant s/he was the trusted man of the emperor. it equal to the Governor in political rank. The official rank is a royal knight (I watched JP's movie story of a food taster, and he is an official samurai even not hold a sword). in the bible, Nehemiah was in the same position as a food taster.

[@evelyneelric5873]

6:55 lols, it's less what he can give and more what he can receive. his hands and mouth are perfectly functional. as for him, he should still have a prostate and the nerves on his skin are just fine.

[@EdwardCrab61]

PEAK Anime.

[@shirochan8419]

Did she just got promoted into a position with higher death rate

[@cheenuts65]

Yes! It’s a fictional ancient China-like world.😊 (revised) ❌ancient → ⭕️more like medieval?

[@Darko807]

Medieval yes

[@michaelstewart7673]

Time stamp 6:37 Walterito White, I love it😂

[@ArlanKels]

The "Three times" wasn't about duration. It was about .... you know

[@JockJutManhwaRecap]

he can use that tongue 😛

[@korinights1230]

Huh, 2 things I learned in other shows, parallel world pharmacy with the white face powder being dangerous back then, and snow white with the red hair on burning certain wood can be bad, wow in a way

[@PinkGrapefruit22]

Not to be crude, but I do think it's funny every time you ask why ladies would want to get with a beautiful eunuch. Like, he's still got hands and a mouth...

[@Madelasha]

Right? Sometimes the D is at the bottom of our list of priorities hello?

[@MegaYASSINE95]

After wtching some of your videos, i finally subscribed to BaldesAnime😁

[@kayl23]

No T's in the bank? Ha, couldn't be me! Sittin on a clean 10 in my account! 🙃

[@francis_p]

7:03 *cough*

[@brianhall23]

Wait til episode 3.

[@mppercussion]

Aren’t eunuchs only ball-less? I think it’s just castrative

[@nice00017]

Nice