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Series Blurb
Maomao, a young woman trained in the art of herbal medicine, is forced to work as a lowly servant in the inner palace. Though she yearns for life outside its perfumed halls, she isn't long for a life of drudgery! Using her wits to break a "curse" afflicting the imperial heirs, Maomao attracts the attentions of the handsome eunuch Jinshi and is promoted to attendant food taster. But Jinshi has other plans for the erstwhile apothecary, and soon Maomao is back to brewing potions and...solving myste...
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Page Count:
177
ISBN:
4757554893
ISBN13:
9784757554894
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(4.62/5)13 ratings2 reviews
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暁のルナsays
November 14, 2023
Story: If you've seen the anime, volume 1 is basically identical. (If you haven't seen the anime, I highly recommend it!!). 猫猫(マオマオ)is one of the most refreshing MCs I've run into in a long while. She's simultaneously very shrewd, matter of fact about her circumstances, and self-confident, while also having a wide-eyed with wonder childish side when it comes to anything apothecary related (or as a friend put it, 夢中すぎて周りを全然気づいていない)... all while
Jintorsays
December 23, 2023
I mostly concur with 暁のルナ's earlier review. I will say I found 薬屋 not easy, but at least surprisingly straightforward (having viewed the anime); most of the difficulty lies with the unfamiliar vocabulary, with the grammar being mostly recognisable apart from some more archiac forms of expression. Furigana helps greatly here, though I did notice a bit more of a habit of using ruby/furigana text to 'hide' modern meanings in more archiac terminology, etc. An extremely enjoyable challenge for my cur
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Genres
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Ancient China
100%
Medicine
100%
Detective
86%
Historical
83%
Drugs
77%
Foreign
74%
Seinen
72%
Work
64%
Politics
63%
Adoption
60%
Crime
60%
Episodic
60%
Heterosexual
52%