#jinshi

[mrs-goldsmith]

This silence... I need this time to be with you.

New LN volume cover illustration

[inahochi]

[wanyinchen]

the most beautiful man of the empire and his no.1 hater

[lauf-trak]

always been struck by the intelligence that apothecary diaries treats its characters with. everyone in some way is shown to be so smart in a way that feels so human. maomao was taught formally by her father, lady gyokuyou and other concubines are perceptive and educated as they would be and would have to become to be in their position, and jinshi, while not as perceptive is just as perceptive as he needs to be to survive in the palace, similar to the concubines but in the nuance of his position and gender. it can't be understated how much it doesn't rely on shallow girl-bossery, the women are smart- gyokuyou and maomao just get each other and maomao's sisters are both talented and effortlessly navigate complicated political and personal relationships as we see later on, both their own and maomao's.

[gotouhitori]

Not the wildest thing she’s ever done, though. Arguably not even in the top 5.

Saying this as an excuse to some of the most important and powerful people in the country is WILD

[cham-stuff]

At last I see the light

Escrita: @druh19 Lindas fanarts: estereggz 💜

[beannibun]

Jinshi always fawning over Maomao while shes just like "ok" IS SO OUGHHH

[friedwizardwhispers]

Is this canon that the reason why Jinshi didn't meet the old emperor often (they met once I think and that's ✨officially✨ his father) before he died as a child was because the rest of the imperial family was afraid the emperor might do something to him because he was androgynous looking and could have looked like a little girl or did I just headcanon that by myself ?

[forestlair]

[animenekos]

Kusuriya no Hitorigoto 2nd Season; The Apothecary Diaries Season 2 - Episode 2

[hothotmiso]

[cosmok13]

Today I learned...

So today I found out that the English voice actor for Jinshi in "The Apothecary Diaries" also voice acts the English voice for Gojo in Jujutsu Kaisen. And when I learned that, I was reminded of that meme. The one that goes:

Why do these two characters have to be voiced by the same person? Because every time I hear this asshole

I can only think of this asshole!

And vise versa

[jmcosplayyy]

Maomao and Jinshi cosplay 🌿

[neo--queen--serenity]

It’s incredibly important to me that the anime decided to include this scene that wasn’t in the manga. In the manga, Maomao does pass out in Jinshi’s lap after saving him from what was obviously an assassination attempt.

HOWEVER, the manga cuts off at this point, keeping strictly in Maomao’s perspective, and cuts straight to when she regains consciousness in bed after being treated for her injuries. The manga doesn’t show how she got back. They SAY how, and she briefly mentions, “wow that must have been embarrassing; he carried me back,” but we don’t SEE it. We don’t get to feel the true impact of what that means. But the anime DID show us, and holy shit.

They SHOW us how taboo this is. They show Jinshi carrying her out of the temple, after a public attempt on his life.

They show us the shock and horror on Lakan’s face as Jinshi silently walks past him. Horror at the state his daughter is in, horror at another man—a man with a status he could never dare to question—staking such a public claim over his child, horror at the fact that he could never have this level of closeness with her (as Maomao would never allow it).

Everyone hides their gazes, as is their custom when someone of his rank passes by, but the air is different this time. Jinshi is furious, he’s terrified, and he could not give a single shit about how inappropriate it looks to these palace officials.

The shot that slowly follows her trail of blood—even though it’s a small detail—that in particular leaves such a intense impression of how poignant this is for him.

Maomao talked about this scene in the manga like it was nothing to her. She did what she set out to do: she saved the person who was targeted by the attack. She didn’t even know the target would be someone she knew. But she has no idea that this happened afterwards as a result of her bravery. To her, it likely wasn’t even an act of bravery at all. She acted on impulse; she did what she knew was the right thing to do.

The anime didn’t need to include this, because the manga didn’t show it. But damn, I’m so glad they did.

[toomanymarkers]

Started watching the apothecary diaries somebody please save her