English Dub Review: The Apothecary Diaries “Jinshi and Maomao”

Overview:

Lakan must now choose a courtesan to buy out. As a high-ranking military official, he can afford to freely choose, even from one of the Three Princesses. Who will he choose? Who does Maomao want him to choose?

Our Take:

I’ve been making a lot of mistakes with my predictions lately. I would have bet the house on Maomao’s plan to have Lakan buy the courtesan for the guy from a couple of episodes ago. What transpired was something a lot more beautiful that gave me feelings when I watched episode three for the first time. Lakan didn’t have any idea which courtesan he would buy but was thinking about Meimei since he had known her for so long and she had always been kind to him. But then he started to hear a beautiful song being sung and he took off running.

The woman he loved, and the person we assume to be Maomao’s mother, was still alive. What I thought was adorable was that even though she was very ill and probably didn’t look great when he looked at her he still saw the beautiful woman he fell in love with. I didn’t think I would ever like Lakan but these last two episodes have done a lot for his character. I’m sad to see this series end but I’m excited to talk about it in my season review.