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The Apothecary Diaries - LN 9, 10 Impressions

The Apothecary Diaries Volumes 9 and 10 by Natsu Hyuuga, Illustrations by Touko Shino. Published by J-Novel Club.

Volumes 9 and 10 kick off "Western Capital, part 2". There is a lot going on here politically since it is the region that Gyokuyou is from, and there are plenty of enemies with unknown motivations.

In Volume 9, Maomao has basically become Jinshi's personal doctor for [spoiler] reasons, so she must go though as much training as possible before they set off for I-sei province.

For those in the know, it's an open secret, but it puts Maomao in an even more precarious position, as there are no female doctors at all, due to the cultural stigma. This brings her into conflict with her peers, but she does her best to navigate it. Also, since this is at Jinshi's behest, and she is the daughter of Lakan and adopted daughter of Luomen, there's little that anyone can do to stop her. She has already proven that she has the skills, and now she has the motivation to study as hard as possible.

I liked learning about how even though doctors are revered, the training they have to go through is considered blasphemy, since they have to study corpses of animals and people through dissection. I really enjoy anything to do with medicine and biology, so it was super interesting to find out that the method of teaching is the same. Anatomy dissections are incredibly difficult since the structures are hard to identify (personal experience OTL), so the narrative introduces a proper foil to Maomao who has the same level of skills, but in surgery. Tianyu may be annoying, but he's the first peer of hers to be on the same level of knowledge in a related field, so Maomao's begrudging respect makes for an interesting dynamic between the two.

Volume 9 also contains their journey to I-sei, which includes some funny mysteries and side quests that I won't spoil here.

Volume 10 is basically all about farming and further political maneuvering. The narrative has been building towards an insect plague that they have to prepare for, and this book is all about their massive effort to save the province from famine.

They introduced a new character, "Lahan's Brother" who is a dispassionate but highly serious farmer. He's forced by Lahan to further the La clan's potato agenda, and unfortunately Maomao prevents anyone from ever knowing his name lmao. Poor Lahan's Brother, I hope we find out your name one day!

There's not a whole lot I can write about Volume 10 that wouldn't spoil the outcome of the plague plotline, but I CAN say that I liked the expansion and exploration of the side characters, including the Ma family. I've always been curious about Gaoshun's family, and this arc gives us plenty of screentime for Chue (wife of Gaoshun's 1st son, Baryou), Basen (Gaoshun's 2nd son), and even Taomei (Gaoshun's wife).

As always, it's a fun read, and I'll be sad when I catch up the most recent volume.

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The Apothecary Diaries - LN 7, 8 Impressions

The Apothecary Diaries Volumes 7 and 8 by Natsu Hyuuga, Illustrations by Touko Shino. Published by J-Novel Club.

Volume 7 contains the end the of the "Western Capital" arc and the beginning of what I would say is the start of Maomao's next phase/status quo.

Now that she's outside the palace, Jinshi needs a way to keep Maomao around, and he finds it. He compels her to take the court service exam and become a medical assistant. From what you can see in the cover, she clearly passes (after tons of effort) and ends up entering the court service with two other young ladies in the same position.

This entire volume consists of her adventures as a medical assistant while getting embroiled in various side quests related to either her job or the political situation with the neighboring country, Shaoh. They discover a famine on the horizon, and this is an ongoing plot point that started from volumes 3-4. The twists and turns in this book are numerous, and I enjoyed seeing the new characters who get introduced be friendly with Maomao (eventually). Maomao has always been amiable to her female compatriots, but I think this is the first time she has friends that actually understand her thinking when it comes to drugs and medicine.

Volume 8 is kind of a breather, as it focuses primarily on her continued work in the medical office, as well as a deeper look into what Jinshi's day-to-day life actually is, and how he's dealing with the immense work that gets piled on him (not well). There's also a Go tournament setup by Lakan (with Jinshi's help), and the outcome is pretty funny.

I won't spoil any more than that, but the ending of Volume 8 is truly great and shocking.

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"The spectre of corporal punishment continued to hang over fishing communities in the early nineteenth century. An incident which occurred in Burin in 1810 illustrates the symbiotic relationship between sectarian tension, class conflict, and the use of public whipping. According to the local justice of the peace, the problem started when he sentenced a local man to be whipped:

In the first place a man was brought before me with a complaint that he had gone on board one of Mr. Spurrier's vessels, prevented the crew from working and beat two of them and threatened the master - his sentence was to receive 39 lashes at the usual place of punishment - but the morning the punishment should have taken place nearly the whole of the Irish servants came to Mr. Morris (a merchant here) and offered £150 rather than it should be executed (the punishment) - but they had said before should the prisoner be brought to the place of punishment, they would shed some blood and take him away by force - Some other cases of the same nature, and equally as bad, have now come before me - when the people have threatened to take the life of the first constable that should attempt to apprehend the offender.

The magistrate viewed this incident as involving much more than simply a protest against whipping. He portrayed it as the outbreak of a serious challenge to the social order which only the presence of the Royal Navy could extinguish:

The Irish servants (which are very numerous) are at this time absolutely in a state of mutiny and without some armed force be stationed here, the lives of the inhabitants are in danger. Probably on account of their wages they may be kept within bounds until the expiration of their time of servitude (20th October) but, when they become their own masters, I could not answer for them. If His Excellency therefore would have the goodness to station one of His Majesty's Schooners here for the Winter, it would have an excellent effect and I have not a doubt but that regularity and good behaviour would, by that means be kept in this district.

So long as servants were kept under contract, they were seen as controllable, but the justice of the peace dreaded the prospect of facing masterless men. Like his predecessors in the eighteenth century, he saw the Royal Navy as the vital safeguard of authority."

- Jerry Bannister, The Rule of the Admirals: Law, Custom, and Naval Government in Newfoundland, 1699-1832 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2003), 253-254.

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