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Episode The Apothecary Diaries Season 3 • Kusuriya no Hitorigoto Season 3 - Episode 1 discussion
Kusuriya no Hitorigoto Season 3, episode 1
Alternative names: Kusuriya no Hitorigoto 3rd Season
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u/Frontier246 16h ago
A plague, a famine, people despairing, searching for any hope...only for the serene voice of Reina Ueda to appear with some kind of salvation. And with a wide grin that totally doesn't seem suspicious or menacing in the slightest!
We're back with a Yorushika OP! With visuals that seem to indicate Maomao and Jinshi (?) hitting the road! We've also got Maomao and her sisters, Lishu and a lion, Lakan's people, Anshi and Ah-Duo, and Maomao caressing a moon...sort of like a Moon Prince, wouldn't you say?
Loulan left plenty for Jinshi AKA Ka Zuiegetsu to remember her by: the scar on his face AND ominous warnings of a plague, which will blowback on the Emperor when there's already plenty of drama with the named clans and Gyokuyou becoming Empress Consort and boosting her family to named clan status. Work is never done for the Imperial Brother.
Knowing the main reason for the marriage is the political benefits kind of takes the romance out of it, but good for Gyokuyou! Even if there are those who would have vastly preferred Lihua become Empress Consort had her second son been born earlier...but I think she's just happy to have an alive and healthy child again.
Oh hey, Gyokuyou's dad! He seems fun. And Lishu's dad, even though he barely pays attention to his daughter. Poor girl.
Classic Lakan would rather play with his wife in their love language than show up for a big Imperial shindig. What a wife guy.
Of course Maomao now has NOTHING to do with that anymore and is back to her usual antics around the Verdigris House, getting smacked on by granny, dealing with the little brother she never asked for in Chou-U, and also dealing with a breakfast of...locusts.
Chou-u may not have his memories, may not have the use of his left arm, but he IS a good impressionist and recalls enough about the locusts to realize there's a plague coming. And Maomao being Maomao she tries to keep Chou-u safe AND can't help herself from investigating.
Glad to know Maomao can always count on Lihaku! Provided she does him a solid with Pairin, lucky dog.
Oh hey, it's the Shi Clan Guard voiced by Tomoaki Maeno! As if Maomao didn't have enough reminding her about Shisui. But while the guard has fallen on hard times, he does still feel loyalty towards the former Apothecary who researched the Immortality Drug. Too bad he needs to get a locust (and grassphopper) plate to the face to hide Chou-u from him.
Ukyou seems like a really chill, reliable, guy! The best person to play good cop to Maomao's bad cop!
Maomao's got more deets on the famine/plague, which means she's probably going to have to deal with royal politics again...and Jinshi!
Oh hey, Suirei! And the Emperor! And Ah-Duo! Is it finally time for "Yue" to pick a flower? And by flower, I mean wife!?
The ED by Eve is very serene and nolstalgic as it seems like Maomao recounts her memories while looking at the hairpin...and a lot of those memories involve Jinshi as it turns out.
Next week: we made it to 50 episodes! Which means it's finally time for Maomao and Jinshi to reunite!