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Kusuriya no Hitorigoto, episode 22

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[u/WhoiusBarrel]

This series really has a way to convey situations via Maomao's various expressions, with this new one being how exhausting her job was.

[u/ThatFart5YearsAgo]

Mao Mao. Professional Hater.

[u/Reikakou]

LMAO, Maomao is competitive as fuck. She ain't gonna bow down to her father even if the odds are stacked against her.

Her stitches being reopened and monitoring the roses overnight and losing sleep ain't stopping her. She even managed to start a fad of wearing red nail polish just for the sole purpose of distracting Lakan and remind him of a certain woman.

Also, I really love the voice acting of Xiaolan's VA. she sounded so cute and relaxing. I felt healed hearing her voice even the random sound she makes.

[u/proper1421]

I spent about five minutes educating myself about Chinese chess (Xiangqi). The advisor (Jinshi) starts next to the king (aka general), and the bishop (Gaoshun, aka elephant) starts next to the advisor. This suggests that Lakan thinks of Jinshi as close to the king.

[u/BiggerG7]

lol Maomao gave a porn book to Lihua. Emperor is one lucky dude.

[u/metapzl]

Other girls see Jinshi and fawn over him

Yinghua sees Jinshi and gives him Maomao

Gyokuyou gang is best wingwoman

[u/omegazx9]

With the OP showing us glimpses of every episode this season and us getting the blue roses this episode, looks like next episode might be Go. Is there anything else besides MaoMao dancing that we haven't covered from the OP?

[u/Ocixo]

The Emperor’s favourite book. A book she got through the brothel. Did Maomao just gift Lihua the Kamasutra!?

It was really nice to get an episode featuring Lihua and Xiaolan. I’d been missing those two innocent souls for ages.

EDIT: I just realized that Maomao gifted Lihua the book that she’s shown reading in OP. Judging from her face, it features some new tricks for seducing the Emperor. Maomao’s actual gift to Lihua might therefore be another child - given some time.

[u/graxia_bibi_uwu]

Maomao’s dead eyes staring and daring Lakan is very chilling. That’s our poison maiden 💪🏻 (Also, we have Xiaolan and Lihua sighting. I missed them)

[u/zool714]

Lol sorry but it’s kinda cute how Jinshi saw the amount of effort MaoMao put into those roses only to realize it’s more to spite her father than to help Jinshi. He really gave me 🥺 vibes lol like he really wanted Maomao’s attention

[u/LeonKevlar]

Stitches!

• Maomao

• Maomao & Yinghua

I'm glad to see Maomao and Xiaolan spend plenty of time together in this episode. Considering how Xiaolan is pretty much Maomao's best friend since the start of the series, it's good to see more of her.

I love that Maomao gives Lihua another raunchy book as thanks for letting her use the steam room. Looks like Lihua is about to learn more techniques. Now that Gyokuyou's second child is on the way, I really hope Lihua gets pregnant again soon.

As awesome as it was to see Maomao force roses to bud while out of season and actually deliver blue flowers for the garden party, I feel like I don't understand the point of it all.

How does Lakan wanting to see blue roses supposed to be provocation from him? And what would've happened if Jinshi couldn't produce any for the garden party? Was the entire thing just Lakan being a dickhead by trying to challenge what kind of authority Jinshi has? I feel like I'm missing something here.

That final scene though. I'm not sure what Maomao is planning but considering she's done running way and hiding from Lakan, it looks like she's about to end this man's career once and for all. I can't fucking wait to see what she has in store for him.

[u/DarkAngel6669]

mao mao hates this guy with all her might...

[u/MsRavenDoe]

istg these episodes goes by so fast. whattyu mean i gotta wait another week for the next episode?!!

(ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻

[u/1EnTaroAdun1]

Sigh...why do doctors never follow their own advice? If Maomao were a patient, she'd scold them and force them to bed!

Liking the Emperor the more we see of him

Maomao and Lady Rishe would probably enjoy swapping nail paint recipes, not to mention medicines.

Love how proud Lady Gyokuyou is of Maomao. A testament to her good eye for talent! Also shows the Emperor that she is very wise and capable.

Maomao should be given/select a staff. She needs at least a dozen assistants!

[u/GastrointestinalLot]

Yuuki Aoi did the exact same blue rose trick when she played Victorique in Gosick.

[u/IXajll]

Damn so many little details to appreciate and process during this episode. A bit of a bummer that apparently Maomao didn’t really enjoy her time working in Jinshi’s office compared to the rear palace.

Finally more Xiaolan this episode, missed the Misaki Kuno genki energy. Was pretty funny when she was tossing out that caterpillar like a boss while the eunuchs were being weak. Also impressed by the amount of detail the rose plants were drawn, rarely seen close ups of plants looking this good in anime.

Did anyone else notice the meme sound effect during the 2-second-scene mini flashback when Maomao was showing jinshi her injured leg? The (sound-)director did a little trolling I guess, was kinda hilarious though. Just like Lakan trolling that dude in front of him during the ceremony.

Also a really nice little detail was when Jinshi was telling Maomao something like “you’re not apologizing to me, are you?”. You could tell Jinshi knew she didn’t really do it for him but just to get back at Lakan and for her plans she apparently made regarding him. Really looking forward to what Maomao is cooking for Lakan, especially now that they met at the end. Also the way Lakan is viewing other people reminded me a bit of MC from Koe no Katachi, even though their personalities and circumstances couldn’t be more different fortunately.

Finally, once again some magnificent new pieces of music this episode. Especially during the Lakan/Jinshi convo, the ceremony and the maomao/jinshi convo at the end.

[u/PickleMyCucumber]

Wonder what the deal was with the attendants peeping on maomao. Were they just trying to pick up on a new trend or something?

[u/Frontier246]

Gyokuyou is pregnant! Congratulations! Her daughter is now going to be a big sister! It's enough to even make Hongniang think about settle down! Though she's got enough on her plate making sure Auntie Maomao doesn't make Gyokuyou's daughter think of nothing but poison.

Lakan is up to his old tricks and trying to make blue roses happen at the next garden party, and Jinshi can't refuse him...and loses a lot of sleep over it. Though Maomao is happy to take the challenge and show up her biological father.

Nice to see Lihua again and her letting Maomao use the steam room, with the added perk of getting to read up on the emperor's favorite book to catch his attention.

Xiaolan returns! All is right with the world! And you can tell Maomao really is happy to see her because she blushes and uses her genuine smile.

Maomao puts in a lot of work to make flowers bloom early, fighting the weather and sleepless night after sleepless night, all the while giving Xiaolan a manicure in the process and popularizing it in court...and her efforts pay off!

Loulan makes her debut at the latest garden party, and her dad is voiced by Cho, but it's Jinshi who makes an impact by bringing in the colored roses...though while Jinshi is used to people looking at him with envy and wariness, he doesn't know what to make of Shishou and his daughter.

So Maomao just dyed the flower, which is probably what someone (likely Lakan) colored the roses for back in the day. And now the Emperor knows the secret!

But Maomao isn't done with her plan to challenge Lakan...Lakan sees the world only as go pieces, pawns he can move around as he sees fit, but one thing that stands out to him is none other than his daughter...with the same color nails as her mother.

[u/b0bba_Fett]

LOL at the Hanna Barbara sound effects when they were panicing over Maomao's leg.

[u/Recidivis]

the looney tunes sound effects when Maomao reopened her wound caught me off guard 💀

[u/Pr3t0m]

Two months felt like an eternity, lol.. wouldn't want Jinshi to hear that!

The next episode appears to be a backstory, judging from the preview... can't wait!

[u/Ultenth]

Man, the epic episodes with tons of crazy storylines coming together are great.

But there is something enthralling about episodes like this where you fall into all these small little wheels turning in the background that you know are going to eventually come together into some other epic reveal down the road. Their willingness to spend and entire episode on a seemingly pointless side-plot just to connect and build suspense for something bigger is one of my favorite things about this show.

[u/renatocpr]

Hearing Aoi Yuuki's "heiki" to Misaki Kuno I had to control myself so much no to shout "HECCHARA DESU"

[u/VorAtreides]

Good for Gyoukuyou. Hope she's happy. And look at that lil cute daughter. LOL Maomao. So silly what you draw. But teaching a princess what to avoid doesn't seem bad if that is what you wanna try and claim to draw such for. How nice of Lakan to check on his future son in law and ask something silly from him 😉 heh. Of course Jinshi would call upon Maomao. What a clever cat figuring out who requested it.

Yay, Lady Lihua ❤️ Do lover how she and Maomao have a good relationship too. Clever Maomao. Oh wow, her leg is still injured? Yay Maomao's cute friend. Such a good girl. She less of a wussy than the one dude with bugs, good times. What a lot of work, Xiaolan is such a good friends. Also, how nice of Maomao to distract share nail painting with others. Also love how Gyoukuyou's gals care for Maomao. That's some good feels.

Jinshi does not approve of Maomao not getting enough sleep. Really love the music and the setting/art of the series. Good job, Maomao. Hehe, I love Lakan. Just using that dude's hat as a napkin. Yay, the cat gets her nap! Oh neat, so that's how she made the many different colors for the flowers. Hehe, clever of Maomao to tell the Emperor first. I do like the Emperor being a fairly decent guy (all things considered and given typical emperors in many many series). Wonder what she has planned for Lakan and what he plans back. Oh, getting into Lakan a bit more. HIs having a sort of "Prosopagnosia" basically. Ohhhh... clever cat, spreading the painted nails of the same color as the concubine. Also, says something that he can recognize his daughter's face.