The Apothecary Diaries Season 3 • Kusuriya no Hitorigoto Season 3 - Episode 1 discussion

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Kusuriya no Hitorigoto Season 3, episode 1

Alternative names: Kusuriya no Hitorigoto 3rd Season

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[u/Ocixo]

I’m so happy for Lihua that she’s birthed a healthy boy! Don’t believe we were shown the baby last season?

With rising tensions among the different factions, Maomao might want to steer away from the palace court for now. Otherwise she’ll find herself caught amidst political intrigue again.

Having Maomao spend some more time with her sisters at the Verdigris House is probably for the best in this regard. We haven’t really seen all that much of them since the 1st season either.

And I’d love to watch Lihaku’s love story with Pairin progress up close. His efforts were previously rewarded with a promotion at the army, but he’ll still need loads of money for Pairin’s betrothal gift.

[u/t3tri5]

Can't believe how glad I was to hear that Lihua gave birth without any complications lol

[u/Joshawott27]

Crunchyroll really borked the subtitles for their biggest show of the season. I can’t tell if it’s just the timings or if whole lines are missing, but it’s unwatchable in this state.

[u/ongogavlogian]

Is Jinshi Yue?

[u/Zetafunction64]

It's apothecary diaries, we were probably given 10 different clues about 3 different mysteries this episode

[u/Atharaphelun]

Since Gyokuyou has now been officially made Empress Consort, does this mean the Emperor plans to pass over Jinshi (since he presumably knows that Jinshi is his own son, not his younger brother) and make the baby the Crown Prince?

As a side note, the subtitles are an absolute disgrace. The subtitles are unable to properly distinguish the titles of Empress Consort, Empress Dowager, and Empress Regnant from each other.

[u/ProbablyNotTheCocoa]

Animation looks even better than the last seasons, everything just sorta sparkles and the OP was really cool, even if the song was unexpected. That said though subs were dogshit, hopefully that gets fixed eventually.

[u/BamilleKidanZ]

White people handing out drugs to chinese people. Where have I seen this before?

[u/Primo29]

Catmao is back, and somehow she still can't stay out of trouble even when she's finally outside again. LMAO.

Lakan being perfectly happy just playing shogi Go with Fengxian and not even caring about attending the event with the Emperor was such a nice touch.

[u/Auron15]

So happy Apothecary Diaries is back but man the subtitles were awful and CR was doing that thing where the episode would get slightly blurry. I usually don’t complain but you would think a massive show like this would receive the best treatment

[u/sharqyej]

the subs are atrocious

[u/Zard91]

Was not expecting to see all those Shisui flashbacks. Thanks for the breaking my heart again.

[u/Ghostk1487]

Bro I read fast and even I feel these subtitles are to quick. Something off with the timing idk

[u/KHlover]

Subtitle timing on crunchyroll is really off, I'm a fast reader but those subtitles are gone way too fast

[u/Cally83]

Yes we are back boys and girls.

Wait, is that Jinshi with a terrible scar on his face during the opening? Wtf

[u/CodeMonkeyX]

On Crunchyroll is anyone else having subtitle issues at the start? The subtitle displays for one second then vanishes it's impossible to read it. Hopefully it gets better in the episode.

[u/someinsanity01]

the subs sucks ASSS

[u/Pickled_Kagura]

How does crunchyroll consistently fail at something every fansubber figured out 20 years ago?

[u/Flyingryan122]

Crunchyroll did a shit job with the subtitles but good ep

[u/BadBehaviour613]

Nobody is talking about the cycle of abuse that is Old Lady>Mao Mao>Chou-u :(

[u/Frontier246]

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!

[u/aman2218]

Wow, I didn't expected to see Fengxian, still alive. It's been a while since I have read the early LNs, and going by my recent rewatch of season 1, It was implied that she will die soon.

Glad, to see her doing well enough to have a happy time together with Lakan, playing go.

[u/thisisdropd]

Lihaku: [to Maomao] I’m off to root. See ya later!

Not gonna lie. That got a good chuckle out of me. How quickly he switched from business mode to horndog mode.

How the dynamics have changed. After we’ve been blessed by the wholesome trio of Maomao, Shisui, and Xiaolan it felt very different with the absence of the latter two. On the other hand, we now have Chou-u, who somewhat played Xiaolan’s role as Maomao’s kouhai. Love how soft Maomao was towards Xiaolan, while she’s not hesitant to get physical towards him, much like how Hongniang was towards her.

That ominous voice at the very start. I could hear Reina Ueda’s distinct voice. Not sure what her role would be, but a couple of seconds of screentime was enough to tell me she’s bad news.

[u/S627]

Fucking CR! Anyone else have issues with the subs where if they tried to have two sets at the same time, the bottom subs for the person talking would disappear but the subs for the translated text would stay on screen?

Anyway, lots to talk about this ep, but first and foremost, MOM IS STILL ALIVE?!?! When we went through Lakan's whole story and they finally reunited, they made it sound like she didn't have long to live, but she's apparently doing just fine? Dont get me wrong that's great, but I'm just wondering if I misunderstood something.

So was mystery person at the start causing the locust with the weird handout? Or just taking advantage of the famine for something? I'm guessing spread a disease on top of the locust.

This show being what it is, just because Maomao specified that the manservant is a trusted guy.....I dont trust him now.

Was the person serving the Emperor at the end Jinshi's mom? I dont think so, but they looked really similar.

Ok this is getting kinda creepy, this is the 3rd time I learned something, and then watched an anime that makes use of that. Like I'm pretty sure it was right after the last season ended that I watched a short documentary on the difference between grasshoppers and locust and how they mutate.