【海外の反応】薬屋のひとりごと1期21話、「猫猫が壬氏にとって恋愛感情ゼロの天敵なの、何度見ても笑える」

あの顔の作り方をよく分かってるよな

she knows how to get that look yeah

白鈴を連れて帰るのは誰だ？

who will take The Pairin home?

なんで白鈴（パイリン）って呼ばれてるんだ？

>>2

Why do they call her Pairin /a/?

白鈴
この「パイ」は「白」って意味で、お前が考えてるやつじゃないぞ
「リン」は鈴。たぶん何かの花の名前なんだろうけど、俺にはモォォォーしか浮かばん

>>3

白鈴
pai here is white, not what you are thinking
rin is bells. Probably some flower name, but I can only think of MOOOOO.

あいつはむしろ司馬懿か賈詡って感じだな

He seems more like Sima Yi or Jia Xu.

あのシーンはリアルすぎた

That scene was too real.

俺の人生に猫猫がいないと気づいたときの顔

mfw no Maomao in my life

悠木碧が効果音までやってる
『スライム倒して300年』を思い出すわ

Yuuki Aoi doing the sound effects.
I'm getting slime 300 flashbacks.

一人で何役もこなす声優アニメとしてはめちゃくちゃ過小評価されてる。花澤香菜の『となりの関くん』や堀江由衣の『ミス・モノクローム』と同格だよ

Very underrated one seiyuu army show. On the same tier as HanaKana's Tonari no Seiki-kun and Hoi Yurie's Miss Monochrome.

>カメラが何なのかも知らないくせにカメラのフレームを真似する
こういうネタほんと嫌い

>imitate camera frame when they have no f*****g idea what that is
i hate these memes

絵の額縁の真似かもしれんだろ

>>10

could be imitating a painting frame

マスケット銃まで出てくるんだから、カメラも作中の技術水準からそこまでかけ離れてはいないだろ

>>10

Cameras aren't that far out of the show's tech level considering they have flintlock guns showing up.

猫猫のせいでイラついてるやつがこんなにいるのが笑える
猫猫好き

the fact she makes so many anons seethe makes me laugh
love maomao

なんで今回みんなこんなに作画崩れてるんだ？時間が足りなかったのか？

Holy s**t why does everyone look so off model in this episode? Did they run out of time?

たぶん今回は外注に回したんだろ。この先の3話は一番いいスタッフでやらないといけないからな

>>14

Yeah they probably got the outsource team to do this episode because the three upcoming episodes absolutely need to be done by their best staff.

書き込む前にまさにそれを探して読んでたんだ。気のせいじゃなくてよかった。話全体がちょっと違和感あって引っかかる感じだった
それでも体感5分で終わるくらいには楽しめたけど

>>14

I was reading specifically for this before I posted it myself, glad I wasn't just imaging it, the whole episode just felt a bit off and jarring.
Still enjoyed it enough for it to feel like it was 5 mins long

バカでセクシーな大型犬

Stupid sexy big dog

>ムキムキだけどおバカ
まさに最強の組み合わせ

>>17

>swole but dumb
Truly the best combo

これって米食ってるだけでナチュラルにたどり着ける体なのか？

Is this achievable natty on some rice?

>ただのジム狂いの貢ぎ男が、たまたま猫猫の有力な父親の口利きで昇進
全部のキャラが特別だったり、無理やり猫猫と繋がってたりする必要はないだろ

> random gym freak simp just happens to be promoted to a higher rank by Maomao's influential dad

Not every character needs to be super special or connected to Maoamo in the most forced way

部下を選ぶ目がありすぎて本人はほとんど何もしなくていい、って作中ではっきり言われてるぞ

>>20

Its literally mentioned directly by a character that he is so skilled in choosing his subordinates that he barely has to do anything

上でも言われてたとおり、猫猫パパの持ち味は才能のある人間を見つけて引き上げることなんだよ
あいつが出世させた人間の数は、宮中の米粒より多いんじゃないか

>>20

As >>263619403 said, maodad's whole stick is finding and promoting talented people.
There are probably more people he's promoted than there is rice in the palace.

少なくとも閑話みたいな回に金を注ぎ込んではいないな

At least they are not blowing money on the fillers

あいつ、一体どうなってんだ？

What the f**k is his problem?

あいつは猫を飼うべき

>>24

dude needs to get a cat.

人生に猫猫がいないこと

>>24

No MaoMao in his life.

>白鈴は高官の年俸10年分以上を余分に稼ぎ出してる
やり手婆にとってはまさに金の卵だな

>Pairin has paid herself over 10 years worth of high officials yearly salary in surplus
They are really are golden goose for the granny.

やり手婆の話が出たからついでに言うけど、ここにも後付け設定があるぞ。今は娘たちにすごく優しい頑固な妓楼の主として描かれてるのに、猫猫の母の回想だと病気になるほど汚い客を取らせても平気だったみたいじゃん？どっちもってのは無理だろ

>>27

Now that you mentioned the granny there is another retcon. In the present she is presented as this hardass brothel owner who is super nice to her girls yet in the Maomom flashback apparently she was okay with selling her to dirty peasants to the point of getting sick?? You cant have both ways.

猫猫の母が働いてた頃は緑青館の持ち主は別の人で、やり手婆はその直後に引き継いだんじゃなかったっけ？やり手婆が経営権を奪うためにクーデターを起こしても驚かないわ。猫猫の母が自分の離れを持ってて、猫猫が三姫に育てられて、羅門が大事にされてることを考えるとなおさら

>>28

Wasn't Verdigris owned by someelse too when Maomom was working, and Granny took over right after? I wouldn't put it past Granny to start a coup over ownership. Especially when you consider Maomom has her own villa, Maomao was raised by the 3 princesses, and Loumen is treated with care.

でもなんで妓女なんだ？あの階級と体格なら上級から中級の貴族の娘とでも結婚できるだろうに

Why a courtesan though? With his rank and physique he could marry a high to mid nobel daughter

>なんでよりによって妓女なんだ？
テストステロン不足を検知

>>30

>Why a courtesan though?
Low testosterone detected

そばかすの可愛い子だから原作小説を買ったのに。騙された気分だ

I picked up the novel for this because she's a cute girl with freckles. [spoiler]I feel lied to.[/spoiler]

この作品の何がいいの？

what's the appeal of this show

ねこねこが可愛い

>>33

Cute Catcat.

ドラマと恋愛とミステリーのバランスがちょうどいいし、舞台もあんまり見ないやつだしな（ひどい翻訳の中国漫画でも読んでなけりゃ）

>>33

Decent combination of drama, romance and mystery in a setting you don't often [spoiler]unless you read awfully translated manhua[/spoiler]

信じられんな
お前ら結局ヒロインが可愛いから見てるだけだろ？

i don't buy it
you guys are just watching it because you find the main girl cute aren't you?

貴族も妓楼の主もみんな搾取してる側だよ。「いい人」ってのは他と比べての話

>>28

all of the nobles and brothel owners exploit. "good" is relative to the rest

苦しい時期にはそんなに優しくしてられないんだよ。猫猫のお袋の頃は飢饉があったって話だったし、働かないわけにいかなかったし、相手にしてくれる客はろくでもない連中しかいなかった

>>28

When you fall on tough times you can't afford to be super nice. It's mentioned there was a famine during Maomom's time so they couldn't afford to be not working and the only customers that would take her were the unscrupulous sort.

いや、ただ妊娠しないようにしてるだけ。猫猫のお袋が特別だっただけだよ

No they just have not get pregnant. Maomom was just a special case

当時誰が店を持ってたかは分かってない。ただ、やり手婆は昔同じ店の妓女だったから、前の主が引退したときに引き継いだ可能性が高い。それがいつだったかは全然分からない。全体的にどういう経緯だったのかほとんど分かってないから、言い合っても意味ないよ

>>29

We do not know who owned the house at the time. Granny however was previously a courtesan in the same house so its very likely she took over once last one retired. When it happened we have no idea. In general we know very little about how it went down and its pointless to argue about it.

あいつの最終目的は何なんだ？

What's his endgame?

なあ、猫猫が「さらわれて」後宮に売られたのが、だんだん怪しく思えてきたんだが

>>41

You know, I'm starting to find it higly suspicious that Cat cat was "kidnapped" and sold to work for the palace.

羅漢は猫猫の母が死ぬ前に会えるのか？

>>41

will lakan get to see Mommom before she kicks the bucket?

自分を好いてくれる娘がいること

>>41

Having a daughter that loves him.

子供たちにいじめられること

>>41

Getting bullied by his children

あー、妓女と結婚してえなあ

God I wish I could marry a prostitute

古代の中国じゃない国（建前）に、ここまでバキバキの奴がいたとは思えん

I doubt anyone in ancient not China was this shredded

肉と乳で育った草原の誇り高き息子たちが、粥をすする農民を蹴散らしに来るのはどうなんだ？

>>47

What about the glorious sons of the steppe(raised on meat and milk) dropping in to wreck the gruel-eating peasants?

>シックスパックが無い
俺の言い分は変わらん。腹筋はジムじゃなくて台所で作るもんだ

>>48

>no six pack
Point stands, you make those in the kitchen not the gym

1. アニメだから
2. いつか相手が木刀じゃなく本気で殺しに来る日のために、毎日全力で鍛えて戦ってるから
3. 当時はファストフードも、種子油まみれの加工食品も無かったから

>>47

1. It's an anime
2. He will be training and fighting every single day giving his training tremendous effort because one day the person he is fighting with will have more than a wooden sword, and will be honestly trying to kill him
3. No fast food / foods artificially filled with seed oils back then

乳母って何百年も前からあったのを忘れてないか？
妊娠しなきゃ乳が出ないと思ってるなら、生物の知識が子供並みだぞ

Are people forgetting that Wet Nurses were a thing for hundreds of years?
You have the biological understanding of a child if you think that the only way someone could produce milk is if they were pregnant

乳母はたいてい、自分も最近出産した女性だった。だから「乳兄弟」って言葉がある。今の皇帝と阿多妃みたいにな

>>51

Wet nurses were more often than not women who themselves had recently given birth. Making the term "milk siblings". As was with current emperor and Ahduo.

脚の日はサボってないよな？

You're not skipping leg day, are you?

李白ブラザーズ……俺たちもいけるぞ

Lihakubrehs.... We are so gonna make it

これってナチュラルで到達できる？

>>54

This achievable natty?

銀2万って今の通貨だとどれくらい？

So how much is 20k silver in modern currency?

最近の研究によると、購買力平価で見て銀1両は唐代初期で約4,130人民元、唐代後期で2,065元、明代中期で660.8元の価値があったらしい。［要出典］2024年2月時点の銀価格は1両（50g）あたり約254元

>>56

Modern studies suggest that, on purchasing power parity basis, one tael of silver was worth about 4,130 yuan RMB in the early Tang dynasty, 2,065 yuan RMB in the late Tang dynasty, and 660.8 yuan RMB in the mid Ming dynasty.[citation needed] As of February 2024 the price of silver is about 254 yuan RMB/tael of 50 g.

直接比べてもあまり意味はないと思う
李白は禁軍の中堅指揮官で、その最高指揮官の下にいる。年俸（銀1000くらい）は俺らで言えば10万ドルくらいと考えるのが妥当だろう
だから数百万ドルってところだな

>>56

Probably irrelevant to do a direct comparison.
Lihaku is a mid level commander for the Imperial Military serving under its high commander. I think it's probably reasonable to say his yearly salary (1000 or so silver) is probably a 100k or so equivalent for us.

So think a few million dollars.

李白を曹長くらいだとすると（兵士の一隊を率いてるからな）、年俸は4万5千〜5万ドル。10年分なら45万ドル、賞与も入れれば50万ドルくらいかな

>>58

Assuming Lihaku is a staff sergeant (since he's a in charge of a squad of soldiers), his salary would be $45-50k per year. 10 years salary would be $450k, maybe half a million if you account for bonuses

俺の理解が間違ってる？
それとも壬氏って、話の序盤でもう猫猫を緑青館から身請けしてたってこと？羅漢も李白も、欲しい娘を妓楼から出すのにさんざん苦労してるからさ
もしそうなら、猫猫はそれを分かってて、宦官だと思ってるのに壬氏が手を出してくるのをじっと待ってるってこと？

Am I getting this wrong?
Or is it that Jinshi already bought Maomao OUT of the verdigris house early in story? Cause a lot of people in the story, lakan/lihaku/ all went through hoops just to get the girls they wanted out of the whorehouse.
If so does Maomao knows about this and just kinda patiently waiting out Jinshi to actually touch her despite thinking he was a eunich?

そう、分かってるよ。壬氏は彼女の借金を肩代わりした（送別の宴と餞別の分も上乗せして）。普通それは夜伽や結婚が目的だけど、「壬氏」には肝心のモノが無いからこの場合は違う。だから猫猫は壬氏に借りがあって、それを働いて返さなきゃいけない。女官の試験に落ちたから侍女としてな

>>60

Yes, she knows. He bought her debt (with some money added for the farewell party and the farewell gifts), usually done with s*x and marriage in mind, but not in this case since "Jinshi" lacks the proper equipment. So she has a debt to Jinshi and needs to work it off, as a maid since she failed the court exam.

これ何だったの？壬氏は自分以外が猫猫を猫って呼ぶのが嫌なのか？

What was this about? Jinshi doesn't want anyone but himself referring to Maomao as a cat?

猫好きの女に、自分の猫が他人に懐いてたらどうなるか聞いてみな

>>62

Ask a cat lady what happens when her cat is friendlier with someone else than her.

壬氏が言った直後に、李白が猫猫を猫呼ばわりしたのが気に食わなかったんだよ

>>63

It was specifically Lihaku referring to Maomao as a cat right after Jinshi did that pissed him off.

羅漢をこれでもかと悪人っぽく描こうとしてるから、だんだんミスリードなんじゃないかと思えてきた。ネタバレはやめてくれよ

The show keeps trying so hard to portray lakan as malicious that I'm starting to think it's a red herring. Dont spoil me though.

この先の数話で、あいつのことがもっと分かるよ

>>65

You're about to find out more about him in the next few episodes.

この作品の魅力をプレゼンしてくれ

Sell me on this series.

帰れ、もう満員だ

>>67

f**k off we're full

どの年齢でも 壬氏 ＞ 猫猫

jin shi > Mao mao at all life stages

猫猫めちゃくちゃかわいい

>>69

Maomao is super cute

壬氏、自分の用心深い猫に李白が気がないか確かめるために、さらっと職権乱用して銀2万を放り出そうとしてた
独占欲強すぎ笑

Jinshi just casually abusing his power to verify Lihaku isn't after his cautious cat and was willing to toss 20k silvers over.
Talk about possessive haha.

猫猫に近づけないために妓女を身請けさせてまで李白を売約済みにしようとしてたのに、李白が猫猫に全然興味ないって分かっただけで満足してる壬氏が好き

I love how Jinshi was willing to buy out a courtesan just to keep Lihaku off the market around Maomao but also was satisfied just realizing Lihaku is obviously not interested in her lol.

銀2万あれば李白の悩みは全部解決してた。でも白鈴への想いは本物で、自分の力で彼女の心と自由を勝ち取りたいんだよな
壬氏はそれを見て、筋の通った男で目をかける価値があると認めた。報われてほしい。壬氏が出世の機会をそれとなく回して、陰で後押ししてやるんじゃないかな

20K would have solved all of Lihaku's problems. But his love for Pairin is the real deal and he wants to earn her love and freedom through his own effort.
Jinshi saw that and recognized a man of integrity and someone worth watching. I hope his efforts pay off. I figure Jinshi may quietly help him along by subtly giving him opportunities to advance his career.

李白って初登場の回ではただのアホっぽかったけど、今は全力で応援してる

Yeah Lihaku seemed like a tool in the first episode he was in. Now I'm 100% rooting for him.

完全に脳筋イケメン。最高

He's a total himbo. It's amazing.

壬氏は何かの仕事で李白に目をつけてるようにも聞こえたな。そしたら本当に銀を稼げるかもしれない

It also sounds like Jinshi might be taking a interest in Lihaku for some sort of job which could mean he could actually earn the silver.

李白が羅漢の手の者だって言ってたしな。壬氏はあいつに近い人間を手元に置きたいんじゃないか

He did mention that Lihaku was one of Lakan's people. Sounds to me like Jinshi's looking to get someone close to him.

それは美味しい陰謀だな

Oh that would be some delicious intrigue

これってただの試しだったのかな
壬氏はわざわざ「あの軍師」って口にしてた。明らかに羅漢のことだ。猫猫の出生の真相を知ってから、壬氏が羅漢をよく思ってないのは分かってる
差し出された金に対する［李白の］不安は、もしかして当たってたんじゃないか？だってあれだけの銀の見返りに、壬氏は何を頼むつもりだったんだ？壬氏は李白に羅漢を始末させようと考えてたんじゃないかと思う。なにせ「信用できる」男だからな
追記：［］内を訂正

I do wonder if this was just a test.
Jinshi deliberately mentioned “that strategist”, which is clearly in reference to Lakan. We know that Jinshi isn’t very keen on Lakan after he learnt the truth about Maomao’s birth.
Was this anxious feeling of [Lihaku] over the offered money perhaps grounded? I mean, what would Jinshi have asked in return for such a large amount of silver? I’m thinking that Jinshi was maybe considering to ask Lihaku to do away with Lakan. He’s a “trustworthy” man after all.
EDIT: Correction in brackets.

壬氏が李白に絡んだのは、9割がた羅漢との繋がりのためでも驚かないな。銀2万の借りを作らせれば、一種の密偵として使えるし。そもそも猫猫が「李白は自分じゃなくて姉さんの一人に気がある」ってもう伝えてたのに、壬氏があんな「試験」をしたのが変だと思ってた。壬氏は猫猫が自分に嘘はつかないと信じてると思いたいから、羅漢のことが無ければ李白を試す理由なんて無かったはず

Yea I wouldn’t be surprised if Jinshi‘s whole deal with Lihaku was 90% because of the connection to Lakan so Jinshi could use Lihaku as a spy of sorts once he is indebted with 20k to him. Found it weird to begin with that Jinshi was doing this „test“ with Lihaku since Maomao already told him that he wasn’t interested in her but one of her sisters and I would like to believe Jinshi trusts Maomao that she would not lie to him so he had no reason to test Lihaku if it wasn’t for Lakan in the first place.

言われてみれば、李白に羅漢を見張らせるほうが暗殺よりいい案だな（笑）。羅漢の動きを掴んでおくにはちょうどいい
最後のあの不気味な笑みを見るに、それも必要だろうし

Now you’ve said so, having Lihaku spy on Lakan is probably a better idea than an assassination (haha). It would be a good way of keeping tabs on Lakan.
Something that’s probably needed considering that evil grin of his at the end.

言っちゃなんだけど、人間ゴールデンレトリバーを密偵に仕立てようとしても、たぶんうまくいかないぞ
李白を一言で表すなら「実直」だからな

Call me crazy but trying to turn a human golden retriever into a spy would probably not work out.
Like, if you had to summarize Lihaku in one word, that word is earnest.

まあ銀2万なんて壬氏にとってははした金だろ
今や男側の恋のお相手と言える立場なのに、作者が壬氏の悪いところを省かずに描いてるのがいい

Meh 20k is like pocket change to him.
I like how the author does not skip Jinshi bad traits even if he can be considered the male love interest now.

もし李白が壬氏の申し出を受けてて、猫猫がそれを知ったらどう思ったんだろうな

You've got to wonder how Maomao would feel if Lihaku actually accepted Jinshi's offer and she found out

がっかりしたんじゃないかな。白鈴が望んでる男がどういう人かを知ってるだけに

I think she'd probably be disappointed, especially knowing the kind of man Pairin wants.

猫猫はたぶん、壬氏が李白の忠誠か何かの借りを買おうとしてるって思うだろうな。正直こういう宮廷政治じゃよくある手だし。いつもどおり「壬氏がまた壬氏らしいことしてる、危ない遊びには関わらないでおこう」って考えるはず。白鈴に目立たないよう忠告くらいはするかもな

Maomao would probably assume that Jinshi was buying Lihaku’s loyalty, or some sort of favour. Which, to be fair, is a pretty standard move in these sort of court politics situations. She would probably think it’s Jinshi doing Jinshi things and she shouldn’t get involved in dangerous games, as usual. Maybe she would warn Pairin to keep her head down.

猫猫が壬氏にとって恋愛感情ゼロの天敵なの、何度見ても笑える

Maomao being an Asexual menace to Jinshi will never not be funny.

猫猫が李白を見てたことじゃなくて、見た目のことで嫉妬してるんだと即決めつけたのには死ぬほど笑った。壬氏はずっとあいつ相手に壁に頭ぶつけてるな笑

That she immediately assumed he was jealous over looks and not her looking at Lihaku just killed me. Jinshi is constantly hitting a brick wall with her lol.

もともとそういう性分かどうかは別にしても、妓楼育ちで医者でもあるんだから、性や恋愛や人体を猫猫がまったく違う目で見てるのは当然なんだよな。生い立ちのせいで根本的に見方が違うってことに壬氏がいつか気づいて、ちゃんと伝わる話し方を覚えてくれるといいんだけど

I mean, even if it weren't potentially in her nature to start with, growing up in a brothel, and as a doctor, it makes perfect sense why s*x, romance and the human body are viewed very differently by her. Hopefully Jinshi figures it out eventually that she fundamentally looks at that stuff differently due to her background and learns how to better communicate about them in a way that can get through to her.

それに猫猫からすれば、壬氏には（彼女の知る限り）使えるモノが無いから恋愛なんて意味がない。だから問題はどっちがムキムキかっていう嫉妬なんだろうって考えたんだろうな

Plus, Maomao probably figures that because Jinshi (to her knowledge) has no working equipment, and therefore no point in romane, it is a jealousy over who is more buff than the other the problem arises from.

猫猫は一度、妃たちとの勉強会に壬氏を立ち会わせてみたらいいかもな。壬氏に猫猫の考え方を分からせるものがあるとしたら、あれだろう
猫猫は性を純粋に技術的な面からしか見てないんだろうな。本人にもそういう気持ちがあるのか、それともすっかり鈍くなってるのか気になる

Maomao should maybe have Jinshi witness one of her study sessions with the consorts some time. If anything will make Jinshi understand her way of thinking, it will be one of those sessions.
Maomao likely views sexuality from a solely technical perspective. It makes me wonder if she actually got any feelings of her own on the matter, or if she’s become entirely dull to such desires.

いつか猫猫が、壬氏の気持ちに鈍いからじゃなくて、わざと壬氏をからかうためにこれをやるようになるのかな

I wonder if we will reach a point where Maomao does this just to f**k with Jinshi rather than her being oblivious to his feelings.

李白には白鈴がふさわしいし、白鈴には李白がふさわしい。いいカップルだな

Lihaku deserves Pairin, and Pairin deserves Lihaku. What a sweet pairing.

白鈴に惚れて身請けしたい李白を、猫猫が体のほうも「釣り合う」か試すことに
こういうシーンもっとくれ。筋肉の上に筋肉、そのまた上に筋肉が乗ってる男だぞ。猫猫が検分を最後まで終えてれば……邪魔しやがって壬氏め、ぐぬぬ！！！
まあ真面目な話、李白は信念を通して金を断った。いい男だよ李白。早く昇給するといいな

Lihaku ... smitten by Pairin, wants to buy her so MaoMao decides to put him to the test to see if he "measures" up, physically.
We need more scenes like this, the man has muscles and more muscles on top of his muscles. If only MaoMao had finished with her inspection, DAMN Jinshi for ruining our fun, grrrr!!!
Seriously though, he turned down the money, because of his principles. You're a good man, Lihaku. I hope you get a raise soon!

やぶ医者と猫猫の絆がけっこう好き

I am kinda enjoying the bond between the Quack Doctor and Maomao

お互いなりに打ち解けてきてるよな！特に猫猫が彼の身の上を知ってからは

They definitely seem to have grown on each other, in their own way! Especially after she learned his backstory.

まさかの絆だったわ笑

It's a bond that I really was not expecting. lol

羅漢も猫猫も人を見る目があるよな

Lakan and Maomao both seem to have a good eye for people.

完全に血筋だな

Certainly runs in the family

羅漢の大きな強みの一つが、才能ある人間を見抜いて引き入れることだって前から言われてたしな。李白を出世させたのも、原石の才能を見たからだろう

It was already mentioned before that one of Lakan's major strengths is how he's able to see and recruit talented peoples. He most likely promoted Lihaku because he saw raw talent in him.

李白は、前の隊長が引退したから自分が昇進したってのが表向きの話だって言ってた。これは壬氏の話（たぶん羅漢が絡んでる）と合わない
壬氏が自分は事情通だって李白に示すためだったのか？それとも裏があるのか？

Lihaku mentioned that the official story was the previous squad leader retired so he was promoted, which doesn't match Jinshi's story (that Lakan probably was involved)
Was this just a way for Jinshi to tell Lihaku that he's knowledgeable? Or is there more to the story?

「表向きの話」ってことは、非公式だけど本当の話が別にあるってこと。李白本人がそう言ったんだから、たぶん分かってる
要するに、李白は自分の価値を分かってるんだろう。前の隊長が引退して空きができたのは事実。でも問題は、なぜそこに李白が収まったのかってこと
壬氏がその非公式だけど本当の理由を言い当てられた、ってのがポイント
反論じゃなくて、必要な人のために全部書いておきたかっただけ

"The official story" mean that there is an unofficial but true story instead. Since it was Lihaku himself who say this, he most likely know.
Basically, Lihaku probably know his own worth. In another word, yes, there is a vacant position since the previous squad leader retired, but the question is why Lihaku is the one that fill it.
Jinshi being able to give the unofficial but true reason is the point.
Not disagreeing with you, just want to write the whole thing down so others might understand if need.

李白の筋肉ポーズに壬氏が出くわして、その後の誤解はめちゃくちゃ笑ったけど、後のやり取りで李白の株がかなり上がった

Jinshi walking in on Lihaku's muscle man posing and the misunderstanding that came afterwards is hilarious but their exchange later really put Lihaku in a much better light.

見張りが聞き耳立ててるのを何度も映してた時点で壬氏が乗り込んでくるのは分かってたけど、当然のように猫猫が李白の大事なところを見ようとしたその瞬間に入ってくるのな笑
猫猫に気が無いと分かることほど、壬氏の中で男の評価が上がることはない！

I know Jinshi was going to walk in on them the moment they kept showing the guards listening in but of course he comes in right when she's about to see Lihaku's d**k lol.
Nothing improves Jinshi's opinion of a man more than knowing he has no intentions towards Maomao!

で、誤解があるとなると、それをこじらせるのが猫猫の役目らしい。最初は言葉で壬氏をズタボロにしてたな
面白いことに、李白が知らないうちに壬氏に大ダメージを与えるのはこれで2回目なんだよな
1回目は、猫猫が（簪を返してもらうお礼で）「ある男」（＝李白）と後宮を出るって壬氏が聞きつけて、彼女がその殿方と「楽しく過ごした」って報告したとき。壬氏は呆然として茶を盛大にこぼしてた

And if there’s a misunderstanding, then it seems Maomao’s job to aggravate the situation. She was really killing Jinshi with her words at first.
Funnily enough, this is the 2nd time that Lihaku had unknowingly dealt some critical damage to Jinshi.
The first time was when Jinshi caught wind of Maomao leaving the rear palace (= favour for returning hairpin) with ‘some guy’ (= Lihaku) and she reported to him that she’d had “a good time” with this gentleman. This resulted in Jinshi being dumfounded and spilling tea all over himself.

猫猫の声優って、アニメ版『逆転裁判』で綾里真宵をやってたから余計に笑える

It's funny because Maomao's VA was Maya Fey in the Ace Attorney anime lol.

マジか！気づいたの俺だけじゃなくてよかった。一部のシーンだけだったから気のせいかと思ってた。第4話は丸ごとそうだったけど

Damn! Glad I wasnt the only one who noticed. I thought I was delulu for thinking that bc it kinda only happened in some scenes unlike in EP 4 where it was the whole episode

そのとおり。sakugablogのKvinが、今回の回は第4話に関わったスタッフと一部被ってるって書いてた

You are right. Kvin from sakugablog noted that todays eps shared some of the same staff that worked with episode #4.

だから冒頭で李白がほぼ裸だったのか。猫猫は品物が白鈴姐さん（ママ）にふさわしいか確かめなきゃいけないもんな。でも試験には合格したみたいだし、身請けに手助けを求めないところも、彼女に何かを無理強いしないところもいい

So that's why Lihaku was pretty much naked in the opening. Maomao has to make sure the goods are worthy of Sister (Mommy) Pairin. Looks like he passed the test though and I like how he doesn't want help buying her or force her to do anything.

李白は本物の男だ。あの最強の肉体だけじゃなく、愛する女にまっすぐ尽くして、一緒に幸せになってほしいと願ってるところがな
本当に白鈴の王子様になれるといいな

Lihaku is a real man. Not just for his killer body but for his sheer dedication to the woman he loves and wanting her to be happy with him.
I hope he can truly become Pairin's prince.

なんだろう、李白が白鈴に手紙を書いて送ってる場面の挿入曲のおかげで、思ってたよりずっとロマンチックになってた。李白と白鈴はお互いのために生まれてきたとしか思えない

I dunno but the insert music while Lihaku is writing and sending letters to Pairin made this much more romantic than I thought it would be. I just see Lihaku and Pairin being made for each other.

シーズン序盤の、幼なじみと一緒になるために解放された女の人のモンタージュを思い出した

Kind of reminded me of that montage of the woman who got freed to be with the childhood friend she loved early into the season.

やぶ医者が紙を惜しみなく使ってるのは、第2話で猫猫が初めて会ったときにも触れられてたな

Quack's liberal paper use was also mentioned when Maomao met him in episode 2.

マインが聞いたら羨ましがるだろうな

Myne would be so jealous

この作品で一番笑った回かもしれない。なんで壬氏の体は調べなくていいのかって話のときに、猫猫が「宦官だから」って言ってくれないかとちょっと期待してた。壬氏の反応が見たくて
羅漢が次に何を企んでるのかは、知りたいかどうかも分からん

Has to be one of the funniest episodes yet from this show. Was lowkey hoping Maomao would say to Jinshi that it’s because he’s an eunuch when they were talking about why she doesn’t need to inspect his body too, just to see his reaction.
Not sure I even wanna know what s**t Lakan is cooking next.

白鈴の相手として壬氏は眼中にないって猫猫が考えてたところで、それははっきり匂わされてたと思う笑
猫猫はもう緑青館にいないのに、あいつが身請けしたいのは誰なんだ？梅梅？猫猫の母親？

I think that was definitely implied by how she didn't think he would be of any interest to Pairin lol.
Maomao's not back at the Verdigris House so who could he possibly still want to buy? Meimei? Maomao's mother?

李白ってずっと、猫猫に振り回されたり見くびられたりする面白い脇役って感じだったけど、今回で本気で見直したし、白鈴とうまくいってほしいと思った。白鈴が求めてるっぽい「王子様」感は間違いなくあったよ。
猫猫に、型破りとはいえ母親みたいな存在がいたのは良かった。まあ実の母親も同じ商売だったわけで、ある意味しっくりくる皮肉ではあるけど。

Lihaku had been that kind of fun side-character who is constantly frustrated by/underestimated Maomao but now I genuinely respect him and wish him success with Pairin. He definitely carried that "princely" vibe that Pairin seems to be looking for.
I'm glad Maomao at least had some semblance of a mother, unconventional as it was. Though her biological mother was also in the same line of work, so there's a kind fitting irony in that.

白鈴が小さい猫猫の世話をしてる場面がすごく可愛かった。
あの場面でもう大人だったし、猫猫の今の年齢も分かってるから、白鈴の年齢の下限も割り出せるな。

The sight of Pairin caring for little Maomao was very adorable.
Also gives Pairin a minimum age as she's fully developed in that scene and know Maomao's current age.

てことは白鈴は30代前半から半ばくらいかな。
梅梅も前に自分の年のことを何か言ってなかったっけ？ 阿多妃と混ざってるかもしれないけど、梅梅がこの商売じゃもう「年増」だって言ってた気がする。はっきり何歳とは言いにくいけど、30代なら妓女としては年上のほうなんだろうな。
やり手婆があの子たちを「売ろう」としてるのもそのせい？ 年を取りすぎる前に、一緒に生きていく相手を見つけてやろうとしてるだけなのかな？

This would place Pairin somewhere in her early to mid thirties, I think.
Didn’t Meimei also mention something about her age previously? Maybe I’m confusing her with Ah-Duo, but I vaguely recall Meimei saying that she’s already relatively “old” for the profession. It’s hard to put a number on this, but somebody in her thirties would probably be on the older side for a courtesan.
Is this also why the brothel’s madam is trying to ‘sell’ these girls? Is she just trying to find them life partners before they’re too old?

10〜11話で年齢が出たとき、阿多妃が35で皇帝が34だった。
梅梅と猫猫が風呂に入ってたときに、梅梅はもうすぐ30でこの商売じゃ年上のほう、みたいな話があったよ。

When ages were mentioned in episodes 10-11, Ah-Duo was 35 and the emperor 34.
When Meimei and Maomao were in the bath, there was some comment about Meimei nearing 30 and that's on the older side.