my apothecary diary

a diary on the apothecary diaries (and other stories of interest) fell into this and now I'm overanalyzing

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my (apothecary diaries) diary

Hello hello! Welcome to my journey with The Apothecary Diaries. I got hooked on the anime and then fell down the rabbit hole, so here I am reading (and rereading) the manga and light novels. I needed a place to let out all of my thoughts (some hopefully doing analysis, others of a more feeling-and-word-vomit variety), and here we have it.

When I started out, I was intending to go chapter-by-chapter and share what basically amounted to my notes and annotations. But alas, that wasn't working, so now the thoughts are more free-form.

Nevertheless, those notes from the first four chapters still exist and can be found here:

Chapter 1 / Chapter 2 / Chapter 3 / Chapter 4

My most popular post was this one: Eunuchs, Value, and Appearance– Brief Thoughts on Beauty and Gender in The Apothecary Diaries Manga Volume 1 but even now it might be outdated considering how far I was into the story at the time (season 1 of the anime + volumes 1-5 of the light novels and manga)

Expect spoilers! I will tag them, but I will be talking about what happens beyond the anime + manga adaptations.

I'm excited to hear your thoughts and chat about Apothecary Diaries with you :)

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Need people to stop using Maomao as clickbait for their videos

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Maomao is an icon 💅🏻

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jinmao 💜💚

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Got my sister to watch Apothecary Diaries but at what cost—she doesn’t like/hates Jinshi 😭 We’re only halfway through season 1 so I hope that changes but paaaaiiinnn

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I think we’ve graduated from more active dislike/hate to her saying she “just doesn’t care about him”/“he doesn’t do anything for her”

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JinMao

Kofi / Patreon

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baddie

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Lovely day for a stroll through the gardens 🌸

Finally made a Jinshi bottle pin to match with the Maomao version! this is a quicksand pin, so the purple glitter in the acrylic chamber behind him will move around when you flip it over ✨

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Accommodating king for real

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LIGHT NOVEL MOMENTS doodles ⚠️ ‼️‼️

Older Jinmao moments ( for which should be a crime to have to wait so long to be animated, if they even get to that point in the LN)

Bonus a mini Lahan’s brother, my sweet cheese, my potato king, my good time boy, my rock bottom soldier, the lesbian won’t love you back baby!

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GIRLS TIME! Modern AU

What troubles can these meddling smart ass teenage girls get into?

YES

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Another Maomao & Jinshi fanart~ but chibi

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A blessing before I give you away

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Apothecary diaries fanart from me, 2025

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Another apothecary doodle