I love this art by Touco Shino (The Apothecary Diaries LN artist) with Maomao playing Go.
It reminds me of THEM
I'm too weak for this whole plot.
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i am fine. i am completely fine. totally not thinking about how her own daughter ended up feeling exactly the same towards her
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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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I am fully convinced the animators made Maomao do this pose in the anime
to mirror Rakan’s pose when Fengxian beat his ass (for the first time)
This was her pose in the manga. Hand wasnt in the head, but on her sides. They made her do the same pose as Rakan just to really drive the point lol
She really is Rakan's daughter.
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Maomao: *dont let them know your next move*
Maomao's next move:
Get Lakan to stop trying to buy her contract by getting him to buy her mom's contract instead whom he doesn't know is still alive.
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A love story that took a tragic turn.
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Had grab the pic from @hananoisaki of Facebook
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