#jinshi knh

[shishuri]

She said the thing 😭

[knightofburgers]

Jinshi realizes he's a cat person (i.e., in love with Maomao):

Maomao thinks about how crazy cat people are:

source: The Apothecary Diaries light novel 3, chapter 2 — The Cat, page 30

[eyesofanapothecarian]

Sketch of Jinshi and MaoMao Halloween Style.

Will finish soon.

[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

[hualianschild]

[sayammm]

Without Gaoshun, there would have been carnage in the empire

[cfserkgk]

Modern AU Jinshi and Maomao sketches in black and white.

I think Jinshi strikes me as a big turtle neck person, (kind of like those east asian male celebrities, maybe a bit like a kpop star?)

[lastofthe20thcenturygirls]

[nejiisx]

i love how she just took a lil sniff on his hand in the anime but inhaled his whole soul in both versions of the manga and LN

Suiren grabbing Gaoshun and leaving 😭

[friedwizardwhispers]

Gyokuyou when some Jinshi x Maomao drama is happening (always):

[shishuri]

When the frog scene gets animated.. i will be deceased.. i will laugh so hard, i will have difficulties breathing.

[knightofburgers]

SPOILERS for KnH/TAD light novel 8!

My wife will have to be a woman I can trust implicitly.

source: The Apothecary Diaries light novel 8, chapter 20 — Check, page 215

I loved everyone's shock at what Jinshi did, but I'm still hoping for Empress Maomao someday, so I'm kinda on the Emperor's side in this matter. Just give Jinshi the goddamn crown and run off with Gyokuyou!

Anyway, it's on to the next novel for me :3

[fridaraph]

That frog goes down the history

[neo--queen--serenity]

Jinshi: you can’t use your leg right now, you’re injured. Let me help you.

Maomao, her eyes enormous: you CARRY Maomao?? You pick her body up like the football??? OH!! Oh!!! Jail for Master Jinshi, jail for one thousand years!!

[ankhnu]

Enough flirting