【海外の反応】薬屋のひとりごと1期9話、「頼むから、あれが愛しの毒マニアの死亡フラグじゃありませんように…」

俺も10代の頃に酒飲んでたけど、見ろよこの仕上がり。

I drank when I was a teenager and look how I turned out.

俺は10代どころか一度も飲んだことないぞ。見ろよこの仕上がり。

>>1

I didn't drink as a teenager let alone ever. Look how I turned out.

お前らもうキスしちまえよ

>>1 >>2

You two should kiss

あのかんざし、本当に商品化されたぞ。買う？

The hairpin is real now, would you get it?

実物があるのはいいな、そこまで高くないし。ただ「合金」ってのが何なのかちょっと気になる。上の部分の仕上げが雑に見える。

>>4

cool it exists, and not too pricy. a bit worried about what this "alloyed metal" is. the top's finish looks rough.

安っぽいな。プラスチックに色を塗っただけみたい

>>4

Looks low quality, like painted plastic

猫猫を処刑するとしたら、どうやる？

How would you execute Maomao?

斬首。
速いし痛くないし、それでいて見世物としても派手。

>>7

Beheading.

Quick, painless, and still a big spectacle.

歴史に詳しい人に質問。飲酒の年齢制限って19世紀に生まれたもの？

Question to those more familiar with history: is legal drinking age a 19th century invention?

そうじゃね？ 酒を水を安全に飲むための手段じゃなくて「飲み物」として扱うようになったのは19〜20世紀のことだし。中国みたいに今でも飲酒の最低年齢が無いところはいっぱいあるよ

>>9

yeah? alcohol as a "beverage" and not a way to make water safe to drink is a 19th-20th century invention. there's still no minimum drinking age in lots of places like china.

ネットで調べたら18歳って出てきたぞ
>中国の未成年者保護法では、未成年者への煙草・酒の販売を禁じ、事業者は目立つ場所に未成年者への煙草・酒の販売禁止の表示を掲げなければならない。成人かどうか判断しにくい場合は身分証の提示を求めること。未成年者とは18歳未満の公民を指す
>出典：中国未成年者保護法（2012年）第2条・第37条

>>10

Searching on the internet, it says 18.
>Under the Minors Protection Law of China, the sale of cigarettes or alcohol to minors is prohibited, and business operators shall put up a sign of no sale of cigarettes or alcohol to minors at a prominent place; where it is difficult to determine whether a person is an adult, he/she shall be required to show his/her identity card. Minors refer to citizens under the age of 18.
>Reference: Minors Protection Law of China (2012): Article 2, 37

>封建時代の中国
>飲酒の法律
なんだそりゃ

>Feudal China
>Drinking laws
The f**k is this s**t?

茘の科学は19〜20世紀くらいの水準だって作者が言ってるから、酒で肝臓が傷むのは知ってるんだよ

>>12

Science is 19th/20th century in Li(said by the author) so they know that alcohol causes liver damage.

今の中国と古代の中国は同じ国じゃないし、古代には飲酒の法律なんて無かった
それに蒸留が出てくる前の中国の酒はアルコール度数がすごく低くて、水がわりに飲めるくらいだった。今みたいな度数の高い蒸留酒が出てきたのは蒸留の技術ができてからだよ

>>12 >>9 >>11

New China is not the same country as ancient China, and in ancient times there were no drinking laws.
And before the advent of distillation, Chinese alcohol was so low in alcohol concentration that you could drink it as water.It wasn't until we had distillation technology that today's high-count spirits appeared.

古代中国では女が政治に口を出すのはわりとよくある問題だった。新しい皇帝がすごく幼かったり、子どもがいなかったりすると、国を動かす役目が皇太后に回ってくるから
唐の武則天みたいに優れた統治者もいたけど、清の西太后は国をまるごと駄目にした

Women interfering in politics has always been a more common problem in ancient China, because sometimes the new emperor was very young.Or the emperor had no children.The task of running the country would fall to the imperial dowager.
While the Tang Dynasty empress Wu Zetian could be a brilliant ruler, the Qing Dynasty's empress dowager Cixi ruined the whole country.

聞いた話がいろいろあって、西太后にはなんとなく肩入れしちゃうんだよな。まあたぶんあんたの言うとおりなんだけど

>>15

I've always had a soft spot for Cixi just because some of the stories I hear about her. You are probably correct though.

置かれた状況の中ではあの人なりに頑張ったけど、その役目には向いてなかったって感じ。立派な人間でもなかったし。別の家に生まれてたら、本人にとっても中国にとってもよかったんだろうな

>>16

I feel like she did her best given the circumstances but was unfit for the job. She wasn't a great person. She and China would've been better off if she was born into a different household.

>古代中国では女が政治に口を出すのはわりとよくある問題だった。新しい皇帝がすごく幼かったりすると
それって三国志の始まりそのものじゃない？ 幼い皇帝、妃と宦官の内輪揉め、腹を空かせてキレた農民、そこへ董卓登場

>>15

>Women interfering in politics has always been a more common problem in ancient China, because sometimes the new emperor was very young

Isn't that what kicked off the whole Three Kingdom's situation. A young emperor, a bunch of infighting between concubines and eunuchs, some pissed off starving peasents and then Dhong Zhuo shows up.

これって漫画版が2種類あるらしいな。アニメが終わったらどっちか読もうと思ってるんだけど、どっちがおすすめ？

So apparently this has two different manga adaptations. I plan to read one of them after the anime finishes airing. Which one would you recommend?

どうせみんな「絵がきれいなほう」って言うんだろうな

>>19

I'm sure most anons are gonna say "the pretty one"

英訳されてるのは絵がきれいなほうだけだぞ

>>19

Pretty one is the only one translated

で、どっちが絵がきれいなほうなんだよ？

>>21 >>20

And which one is the pretty one?

はっきり説明されたことは無いと思うし、調べるのも怖いんだけど、宦官って実際どこまで切るの？玉だけ？それとも全部なくなるの？

So I don't think it was ever made clear and I'm too scared too look it up but what's the actual pipework situation with Eunuchs anyways? They just snip the balls off? Whole think just gone?

全部なくなる。
でも昔の中国の話をするなら、ここの女たちはみんな纏足してたはずだぞ。皇帝が満州族でもない限り、普通の足じゃ皇帝に近づくことすらできない。
まあこのアニメが清の時代の宮廷劇をやろうとしてるわけじゃないのは間違いないけど。

>>23

The whole thing goes.

But if we're on the topic of historic China, all of these girls would have had their feet bound. You're not getting anywhere near the emperor with real feet unless he's a Manchu.
And this anime is definitely not going for the Qing period of palace intrigue.

纏足がいちばん流行ったのって1800年代後半くらいじゃなかったっけ？しかもその頃でも一部の人たちだけで、全員なんてことは絶対ない。西洋人が大好きで、大げさに語りたがるエキゾチックな話のひとつだよ。
使用人が纏足してるのもおかしい。家事や家の切り盛りができなくなるからな。

>>24

Bound feet only reached peak popularity in the late 1800s or so? And even then it was a certain portion of the population, certainly not all. This is one of those exotic things that westerners love to talk about and blow it out of proportions.
It doesn't make sense for a servant to have bound feet since it would impend their ability to do chores and run the household.

中国の宦官は全部だよ。まるごと切り落とされて、治るまで何か月も痛い思いをする。しかもほぼ寝たきりの間に、感染症や合併症で死ななければの話。

>>23

Chinese eunuchs were the whole deal, your balls and d**k are all chopped off and it's a painful several months to heal from this, assuming you don't die of infection and secondary illnesses during this time that you're mostly bedridden.

>無視してくるから好き
男ってほんとにそうなの？

>I like her because she ignores me
Do men really?

/a/の男たち、答えてくれ。私も知りたい

>>27

Men of /a/ please answer, I want to know as well

いちばん欲しくなるのは、いつだって手に入らないものなんだよ

>>27

The most desirable thing is always the thing you can't have

そんなの信じてるのは子供だけ。

>>29

this is what children believe.

1話を見たばかりなんだけど、なんで猫猫はあんなに手柄を受け取りたがらないの？人の命を救って出世できるなんて最高じゃん。なんでいいことから逃げようとするんだ

just watched episode 1, why is maomao so against taking credit for s**t? saving lives and getting promoted is great, why does she try to dodge good things

>なんで猫猫はあんなに手柄を受け取りたがらないの？
平民だからだよ。自分から手柄を主張することは許されない。周りが与えてくれるのを待つしかない。

>>31

>why is maomao so against taking credit for s**t?
She's a commoner, she doesn't get to claim credit, people must give it to her.

給料が上がっても、上前をはねてる人さらいどもに持っていかれるからな。
それに能力を見せれば見せるほど命令や要求が増えて、何かしくじって首とおさらばする可能性も上がる

>>31

Any salary raises she gets are taken by her kidnappers, who get a cut.
Also, the more ability she demonstrates, the more orders and demands she will receive and the greater the possibility of something going wrong and saying bye-bye to her head

おお、謎が深まってきた。後宮で続いてる死の裏で何が起きてるのか、ようやくはっきり見えてきた。間違いなく何か不穏なものがある。
壬氏は猫猫が高順と後宮を出ていったことでひどく落ち込んだ状態で始まったけど、幼い頃の恩師が死体で見つかって、すぐ現実に引き戻された。あの人が塩を嫌ってたことを考えると他殺寄りだと思うけど、誰が、なぜ？園遊会で給仕をしてた侍女の自殺も怪しい。
猫猫のおやじのことや、里帰りしたときになんで様子がおかしかったのか、もっと分かると思ってたんだけど、それはまだしばらく待たされそうだ。
挿入歌はAimerかな？死刑になるなら毒にしてくれって猫猫が頼むところ、あのモンタージュが流れて画面が赤く染まっていく演出もよかったし、回の締め方としてうまかった。たぶん今までで一番弱い回だと思う。悪くはないけど、ほかの回より明らかにゆっくりで内省的だった。

Ahh the mystery thickens. So we’re finally starting to get a clearer picture of what’s going on behind the scenes at the palace with these deaths. There’s definitely something sinister.

Jinshi started off the episode down horrendously about Maomao leaving the palace with Gaoshun but quickly snapped back to reality when his childhood mentor turned up dead. Given the guy’s aversion to salt I lean towards foul play, but who and why? The suicide of the servant who worked the party is also suspicious.

I thought we’d get more info on maomao’s dad and why he was acting so sus when she returned home, but seems we’re gonna have to wait a while yet for that.

Aimer on the insert song I think? Maomao requesting to be poisoned if sentenced to death and how the scene turned red with that montage playing as well was a nice touch and good way to end the episode. I think this was probably the weakest episode so far, not bad, but definitely slower and more introspective than the others.

>猫猫が出す変な声 vs 久美子が出す変な声
どっちがいいかは分からないけど、今は猫猫を楽しんで、来年は久美子を楽しむよ。
死体に触るなっていう猫猫のおやじの理由は、まさに図星だったな。
ラストシーンは、しょっちゅう絡んでるのに2人の距離がどれだけ離れてるかをよく見せてた。こっちは2人の掛け合いを楽しんでるし、猫猫がもう壬氏にとってただの「おもちゃ」以上だってことも匂わされてる。でも猫猫からすれば、壬氏は自分よりはるか上の世界の人間なんだよな。たぶんそれもあって、この人が自分を気に入ってるなんて考えすらしないんだろう。

>Maomao noises vs Kumiko noises

Dunno which one is better but I'm enjoying Maomao for now and I'll enjoy Kumiko next year.

Maomao's father's reason for prohibiting her from touching dead bodies was definitely right on the money.

That final scene really shows us how far the distance between these two despite their constant interactions. We enjoy their back and forth and the implication that she's already more than just a "toy" to him but to Maomao's perspective, he belongs to a level far above hers. And it's also probably why she doesn't even entertain the thought that this guy has taken a liking to her.

久美子って誰？

Who's Kumiko?

『響け！ユーフォニアム』の黄前久美子。春から3期が始まる。

[Kumiko Oumae](https://myanimelist.net/character/120015/Kumiko_Oumae) from [Hibike! Euphonium](https://myanimelist.net/anime/27989/Hibike_Euphonium); [Season 3](https://myanimelist.net/anime/39894/Hibike_Euphonium_3) in spring.

>猫猫が出す変な声 vs 久美子が出す変な声
猫猫は大好きだし、話の腰を折る気はないんだけど、久美子の声は史上最高クラスなんだよ（これからもな）！
😛

> Maomao noises vs Kumiko noises

I really like Maomao, and Imma let you finish, but Kumiko had (and will have) some of the best noises of all time!

😛

今期が終わったら、前に見た久美子のやつみたいに、猫猫の変な声を全部まとめた動画が欲しい（笑）

At the end of this season, I just want a compilation video of all of Maomao's noises just like that one I saw of Kumiko. Lol

誰かが浩然に毒を盛ったのは分かってたけど、まさか塩だとは思わなかった。あれをやってのけたってことは、犯人は浩然のことをよく知ってたんだろうな。
死体に触ったら薬の材料として採り始めるだろうっておやじに見抜かれてたから、猫猫は死体に触らせてもらえないってのは笑った。
侍女の死はどう見ても自殺っぽくない。遺書なんて簡単に偽造できる。猫猫は遺体に抵抗した跡があったって言ってたし、あの纏足で塀をよじ登れるわけがない。
途中の歌のシーンは予想外だったけど、曲はすごくよかった。どこか忘れられない美しさがあった。
で、浩然が殺されたのは阿多妃と関係あるの？これは正真正銘の陰謀が動き出してるのかもしれない。

We know someone poisoned Kounen, but I wouldn’t have guessed it was with salt. Someone knew him very well if they were able to pull that off.

Pretty funny how Maomao can’t touch corpses because her pops knew she’d start harvesting them for ingredients once she did lol.

This servant girl’s death definitely doesn’t feel like a suicide. The will could easily have been forged. Maomao said the body had signs of struggle and there was no way she was scaling the walls with those bound feet.

The musical number in the middle of the series was unexpected, but I really liked the music. It was kind of hauntingly beautiful.

So was Kounen’s murder related to Ah Duo? We might have ourselves an honest to goodness conspiracy brewing.

犯人がちらっと映った場面からすると、男装した女に見えた。侍女の場面では、目が紫かどうか特に注意して見てた。阿多妃の侍女たち（あるいは阿多妃本人も、分からんけど）の目の色は判別できなかったけど、次回は紫の目の女に注目してる。壬氏も一応当てはまるけど、あいつが犯人じゃないってのは描かれてたはず（まあ驚かされるかもしれないけど）。

It seemed to me from limited images of the perpetrator we saw that it was a woman crossdressing, I specifically took notice to the scene with the servant girl to see if she had purple eyes. I couldn't tell what colour were the eyes of Ah Duo's ladies in waiting (or Ah Duo herself, who knows), but the thing I'm on the look out next episode is ladies with purple eyes. Jinshi counts technically, but I'm pretty sure it's established he wasn't the one to do it (though I could be suprsied who knows).

猫猫は毒だけでも十分ヤバいのに、死体で何ができるかまで目覚めさせるのはやめとこう（笑）
悲しい形で命を落としていく人たち…自分の選択でもそれ以外でも、こんなに簡単に奪われるものなら、命ってどれほどの価値があるんだろうって考えさせられる。しかも自分にできることはほとんど無い。挿入歌のシーンはそのテーマをうまく表してた。
いよいよ阿多妃とちゃんと会う時が来たってことかな。

Maomao is bad enough when it comes to poison, let's not turn her on to what she can do with corpses lol.

People losing their lives in sad ways...really makes you wonder how much value a life has when it can be so easily taken, whether through your own choice or something else. And how little you can really do about it. And that sequence with the insert song carried that theme well.

I guess it's time to properly meet Ah-Duo.

事件の幕開けとしては王道だな…騒がしい酒飲みが人前で醜態をさらして、誰かがその酒に何かを入れて、そして…ドン！謎の出来上がり。
壬氏は猫猫のことでまだ落ち込んでて、もう「壬氏」を演じきれないほど。でも少なくとも玉葉妃がやっと全部説明してくれた。壬氏の苦しみはもう十分楽しんだんだろう。
玉葉妃と壬氏が浩然の身分と経歴にふさわしく厳かに悼んでるのに…猫猫は「あー、会ったこともない赤の他人が死んだのか」って感じなのが好き。
猫猫は毒と同じくらい酒も好きなんだな。
浩然にも浩然の物語があった。家族を全員亡くして仕事と酒に打ち込み、味覚をなくすほどになった。だから酒に入った塩の味が分からず、飲みすぎるまで気づけなかった。そしてそれが命取りになった。猫猫は誰の首も斬らせる気はなかったけど、壬氏が真相にたどり着くのに必要な手がかりは全部渡してた。どこを取っても悲しい事件だった。
そして壬氏にとっては個人的な事件でもあった。子供の頃から浩然を知ってたからな。お互いを知るにつれて、猫猫は壬氏の人間らしい面を確実に見るようになってる。それでも酒をちらつかせて、ぐっと距離を詰めて猫猫をやり込める術はまだ心得てる。それに飲酒の年齢制限を20歳にするって脅しまで？なんて突拍子もない考えだ！？俺たちは現代社会かよ？
うわ、最初の事件のほとぼりも冷めないうちに今度は水死した女。しかも調べられるのはやぶ医者だけ。猫猫は死体に触っちゃいけないからな。冷たくなった遺体を見たら、猫猫らしさ全開になりかねないから。
自殺か他殺か？この死にはもっと何かありそうだ…でも一番大事なのは命が失われたことなんだろう。猫猫は命がどれほど尊くて儚いか誰よりも分かってるし、自分の命を失うときに選択肢があるとは限らないことも分かってる。花街でも後宮でも、大勢が死んだり死にかけたりするのを見てきて、猫猫はずっと死に囲まれてきたんだ。
本当に愛する毒で死なせてくれって壬氏に頼む以上の望みなんてある？壬氏が猫猫を殺したいわけじゃない、むしろその逆だけど、猫猫が何か面倒に巻き込まれたら、決めるのは壬氏じゃないかもしれない。2人の間の締めくくりとしてはちょっと重かった。
お、隠されたメッセージの話に戻ってきた？しかもそれが阿多妃の侍女頭と繋がってる？上級妃4人の最後の1人に焦点が当たりそうだ！

It's your classic opening to a case...a rowdy drinker making a spectacle of himself around others, someone slips something into his drink, and then...bam! You've got a mystery.

Jinshi is still in a bit of a funk over Maomao to the point where he can't really play "Jinshi" any more, but at least Gyokuyo finally explained everything. She'd enjoyed his suffering enough as is.

I love how Gyokuyo and Jinshi are properly mourning Kounen with the solemnity of his station and history....while Maomao is like "welp, some complete rando who I've never met just died.

I see Maomao loves her booze as much as she loves her poison.

Kounen had his own story. He lost his entire family and threw himself into work and drink, to the point where he lost his sense of taste, which is why he wasn't able to taste the salt in his drink or notice it until he'd drank too much. And it killed him. And Maomao wasn't looking to put anyone's head on the chopping block, but she gave Jinshi all the clues he needed to figure it out. It was a sad case all around.

And also a personal one for Jinshi, as he knew Kounen since childhood. Maomao is definitely seeing the more human Jinshi as they get to know each other better. Though he still knows how to get her good when it comes to offering up some booze and getting up-close-and-personal. Also threatening to make the legal drinking limit 20? What kind of crazy idea is that!? What are, we modern society?

Dang, the dust barely settles on the first case and now we've got a drowning woman. And the quack doctor is the only one who can investigate it because Maomao can't touch corpses lest she go all Maomao on any body that's gone cold.

Was it a suicide or murder? There definitely seems to be more to this death...but I guess what matters most is a life was lost, and Maomao knows more than anyone how precious yet fleeting life can be, and you don't always have a choice in the matter when you lose your own. And Maomao has been surrounded by death, whether it be in the pleasure quarter or her experience in the palace with so many people dying or nearly dying.

What more can she ask for than that Jinshi let her die via her one true love, poison? Not that Jinshi wants to kill Maomao, far from it, but the choice may not be up to him if she ever gets in trouble. Kind of a somber note to end things between them on.

Oh, we're back to the hidden messages? And it's connected to the head lady-in-waiting for Ah-Duo? Looks like we're focusing on the last member of the top four concubines!

>猫猫は毒と同じくらい酒も好きなんだな
「でもそれ、同じ絵ですよね」

> I see Maomao loves her booze as much as she loves her poison.

"But they're the same picture."

そう、同じ絵なんだよ。ただ猫猫の場合、普通の人なら少量でぶっ倒れる毒も、ちょっと強い酒くらいの感覚なんだよな。

Yep they are the same picture, but her tolerance for poisons that drop most people dead with a small amount are a stiff drink for her.

塩辛さを感じないなんて症状、本当にあるの？

Can such a condition really exist where you don't feel the salty taste?

>味覚減退とは、味覚が低下・減弱した状態のこと。味覚減退の人は、特定の味や風味の違いを区別しにくい。あるいは、甘味や塩味など特定の味を感じ取りにくいこともある。
>味覚減退は軽いものから重いものまであり、徐々に、または突然現れる。味覚が歪む味覚異常や、味覚を完全に失う無味覚症とは別物である。

Hypogeusia: What Reduced Sense of Taste Could Mean

A reduced sense of taste might indicate certain underlying health conditions.

my.clevelandclinic.org

>Hypogeusia (pronounced hi-po-GYOU-see-uh) is a reduced or diminished sense of taste. People with hypogeusia have difficulty telling the difference between certain tastes or flavors. **Or, they may have trouble detecting certain tastes, like sweetness or saltiness**.

>Hypogeusia can be mild or severe and appear gradually or suddenly. Hypogeusia is different from dysgeusia, which refers to a distorted sense of taste, and ageusia, which refers to total loss of sense of taste.

それにミステリーでは珍しい病気はお約束だしな。

And classic for mysteries rare medical situations are a norm.

たぶんコロナで起きる嗅覚障害みたいな、ウイルス感染後の症状のことを言ってるんだろう。塩を感じ取るのは生きるのに欠かせない能力だから、塩味だけ分からなくなるってのはなかなか無さそうだけど、実際に起きるっていう実験結果はあるよ

They are likely describing some post-viral syndrome like the anosmia that can because by covid. The likelihood that it would happen for salt seems remote given the absolutely critical nature of salt detection to staying alive, but there is experimental evidence that it happens: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24631387/

今のところアニメだけ見てるんだけど、事件同士って繋がってるの？どの事件も完全に解決しないうちに次へ進むから、すごく混乱してる。塩の事件も、犯人をどうやって捕まえたの？それに溺れた子は本当に自殺だったの？

As an anime only so far, are any of the cases linked? I'm getting really confused because all the cases dont even seem to be resolved fully before we move on to the next one. Like the salt one - how did they catch the culprit? And was the girl that drowned really a suicide?

壬氏はもともと美形だけど、アニメーターが輪をかけて美しく描いてるな。五条が箱に封印されてる今、ネットのアニメ彼氏の代わりが必要なんだろう。

Jinshi is a pretty boy, but MAN are the animators making him extra pretty. I guess we need a replacement internet anime boyfriend with Gojo in the box.

そんなふうに塩を摂って、本当に死ぬことってある？

Could someone really die from consuming salt that way?

塩の警告表示についての記事を見つけたんだけど、2017年にアメリカで35人が死んだらしい

I found this article about salt warning labels that suggest 35 deaths in the US in 2017

A Systematic Review of Fatalities Related to Acute Ingestion of Salt. A Need for Warning Labels? - PMC

There are sporadic cases of fatalities from acutely eating salt. Yet, on social media, there are “challenges to” and exa...

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

たぶん酒の飲みすぎ、偏った食生活、糖分と塩分の摂りすぎが重なって死んだんだろう。精神的にも不健康な状態だったし、あり得る話だと思う。

He probably died from a combination of too much alcohol, imbalanced diet, high amount of sugar and salt intake. Coupled with an unhealthy mental state, I can see how it makes it possible.

はは、壬氏まだすねてる。そして玉葉妃は今日も笑い続けているという。そりゃ探偵役なら猫猫に頼むしかないよな。おいおい、酒で興奮するなよ。いやあ、あの人かわいそうに…疫病で妻と子を亡くして。しかも壬氏と親しかったらしい。猫猫はそのうち酒浸りになるぞ（笑）壬氏と猫猫の絡みはほんと好き。特に作画。壬氏は猫猫で相当楽しんでるよな（笑）
死体を扱うのが仕事なのに死体が苦手な医者…それにかわいそうな女の人。ははは！猫猫が死体に触れない理由が笑える。薬の材料目当てに墓荒らしを始めるんじゃないかっておやじが心配してたなんて。纏足はうへえ。死の話になると猫猫が真剣になる。へえ、いい曲。あんな回想を入れるのは面白い選択だけど、曲はいい。本人はそのつもりじゃなくても、壬氏に彼らの社会の現実をガツンとぶつけてた。どうやら次はまた別の妃のことを知って、関わることになりそうだ。
それにしても、このシリーズの作画とアニメーションはほんとに素晴らしい

Haha Jinshi still sulking. And some say that Gyoukuyou is still laughing to this day. Of course, gotta go to Maomao for her detective skills. Hey now, girl, don't get excited at drinking. Man, that poor dude... losing his wife and child in an epidemic. And apparently close to Jinshi. Maomao is gonna become an alcoholic lol. I do love Jinshi and Maomao interactions. Especially the art style. Jinshi is really having fun with Maomao though lol.

Doctor having an issue with corpses when it's his job... Also, poor lady. HAHA! the reason why Maomao can't touch the dead is funny. Her dad was worried she'd start grave robbing for medical ingredients. Bleh foot binding. Maomao getting all serious with that topic of death. Huh, nice song, interesting choice to have such flashbacks, but still a nice song. She really hitting him with some truths of their society even if not intending to. Another Concubine to learn about and be involved with coming up it seems.

Also, man, the art and animation of the series is just so good

まあ公平に言えば、医者の仕事は妃たちの世話と皇帝の子を取り上げることだからな。死体は専門外だよ

To be fair, Doctor's job is to take care of concubines and deliver imperial children. Corpses are out of his league

検死も担当してるって猫猫が言ってたぞ 😛 というか、担当するはずなんだけど。

She said he handles autopsies 😛 or supposed to.

この回は、身分が低い猫猫がどれほど不公平な立場に置かれがちかを浮き彫りにしてた。何かに首を突っ込んだせいで誰かの敵になる道はいくらでもあるし、その敵が自分より力を持ってたり、不意を突いてきたりしたら、猫猫にできることは大して無い。猫猫のドタバタぶりと、彼女の視点で話を追ってるせいで、そこを見失いかけてた。先週の事件でおやじが猫猫の好奇心をやんわり抑えて、たいていは放っておくのが一番だと諭したことへの、いい続きにもなってる。猫猫はいろんな意味で天才だけど、同時にすごく弱い立場でもある

This episode helped highlight how unfair of a position Maomao is often put in as a person of lower status. There's many ways where she can become someone's enemy as a result of meddling in something, and there's not a whole lot she can do if that enemy is more powerful than her or gets the drop on her. I kind of lost that in her hijinks and the fact that it's her perspective that we're following. It's also a good follow up to her dad gently curbing her curiosity in last week's case, and reminding her that it's usually best for her to leave well enough alone. She's brilliant in a lot of ways, but also quite vulnerable

でも逆に、猫猫が手札をうまく切れば天井知らずだ。

But the flip side if Maomao plays all her card's right is to the moon.

取るに足らない存在だから、いつ潰されてもおかしくないって感覚を猫猫が常に持ってるのが面白い。感情がかなり抑えられてるから（毒か謎が絡まない限り）怯えてるわけじゃないけど、ほぼいつもそれを自覚してる。

It's interesting the constant sense Maomao has that any time she can be crushed for being inconsequential. She doesn't dread it, exactly, because her emotions are turned way down (unless it's poison or a mystery), but she is aware of it almost all of the time.

ほんと、アニメの雰囲気はLNで覚えてたのとかなり違った。でもすごく好き。

Seriously, the tone of the Anime was really different from how I remember the LN. And I really like it.

回想のときに流れてた曲の名前、誰か分かる？すごくきれい

Would anyone know the name of the soundtrack during the flashback ? It's beautiful

死んだ人たちのモンタージュで流れてた曲の名前、誰か知ってる？

Anyone know the name of the song that played during the dead people montage?

日本語のタイトルだけ置いとく 「明日を訪ねて」

Just dropping the title in jp 「明日を訪ねて」

アーティスト（XAI）でSpotifyとApple Musicを検索したけど、その曲はまだ無かった。

Looked up the artist (XAI) in Spotify and Apple Music but that song isn't there yet.

Shazamでも見つからないし、サントラもまだ出てないから、これ目当てでここに来た

I came here for this because shazam cant find it and the ost hasnt been released yet

Shazamだと6%の確率で「Song of the Ancients」って出た。確かに似た雰囲気を感じたから笑える。
クレジットからしてXAIと神前暁の曲で間違いないと思うけど、どこにも見つからない

Shazam gave me a 6% chance it’s song of the ancients, which is funny because it definitely gave me similar vibes.

Based on the credits I’m pretty sure it’s the song by XAI and satoru kosaki but I can’t find the actual song anywhere

花がぐるっと回るドラマチックなCG（笑）
この回は、死がもたらす感情的・心理的な影響に猫猫がどれほど麻痺してるかをよく見せてる。死にたいわけじゃないけど、死について考えることがものすごく事務的なんだよ。気にしてるのは死に方だけで、好きなことをしながら逝くってことなのかな？医療従事者が耐えられないペースで病人や死にゆく人と向き合って、心に影響を受けるって話に近いものを感じる。
壬氏は猫猫の気持ちがずっとよく分からないままなんだと思う。4話ではあれだけブチ切れたのに、さらわれて売られたことはそこまで気にしてないみたいだし、今回のもまた壬氏には理解できない猫猫の一面なんだろう。
たぶん今までで一番好きな回。

The dramatic CG turning flowers lol.

This episode really shows how numb MaoMao is to the emotional and psychological reprecussions of death, though she doesn't want to die the actual thought of it is extremely matter-of-fact for her. The only thing she's concerned with is in the manner she dies, which I guess is going out doing what you love I guess? It's kind of like stories you hear of health care workers and the psychological effects of having to deal with sick and dying people at an unbearable rate.

I feel like Jinshi has been in a constant state of confusion about her emotional state because of how she completely lost her s**t in episode 4, but doesn't seem to care all that much about her getting abducted and sold into service, and this is just another aspect of her that he can't comprehend.

This is probably my favorite episode so far.

でもさ、花が回るシーンはアニメ史上最高のCGだったってことで意見一致しない？完璧だった。（残りのコメントは読む気ないけど、あのドラマチックな花の回転がすごく好きだったって言いたかっただけ）

Can we agree tho that the flowe turn scene was the best cgi in anime ever? It was FLAWLESS. (can't bother to read the rest of your comment just wanted to say I really liked the dramatic flowers turn)

誤解がやっと解けたときの壬氏の反応は最高だった！笑いをこらえて本当のことを伝えるの、玉葉妃はさぞ大変だったろうな（笑）
いやあ、今回の被害者は気の毒だ。浩然はただ静かに飲んでただけなのに、絡んでた男たちが酒に塩を入れても期待した反応が得られなくて、結局殺されることになった。でも、猫猫が誰の名前も出そうとしないのは面白い。罰の直接の原因になりたくないんだな。
猫猫があんなに酒好きだとは思わなかった。酒をもらえると知って大喜びするのがかわいい！まあ驚くことでもないか。自分の体で毒を試すくらいだから、酒だって飲んでて当然だ。それに、壬氏が飲酒年齢を定める新しい法案をほのめかした後の、あの必死な顔は笑いすぎた。壬氏は猫猫の弱点をひとつ知ったみたいだな（笑）
同じ回で2人目の遺体？これは驚いた！死体を前にして猫猫がプロらしく振る舞うのは驚かないけど。いつもどおり、やぶ医者の代わりに全部猫猫がやらされてる。好奇心に負けないように、おやじが死体に近づくなと言い聞かせてたってのが笑える。
前の事件と関係あるのかと思ったけど、まったく無関係みたいだ。自殺を裏付ける遺書が最後に見つかって、あっさり片付いたらしい。面白いのは、この2つの事件で猫猫が自分の死について考えるようになって、もし処刑を命じられたら毒にしてくれと壬氏に頼んだこと。
それと、猫猫が最初に名前を出したがらなかった理由がやっと分かった気がする。後宮ではほんの小さなミスで人の命がいかに簡単に奪われるか、よく分かってたから責任を負いたくなかったんだ。名前を出すことは、その人に死刑を言い渡すのと同じなんだよ。
おっと、高順がとうとう腕に火傷のある人物を見つけたみたいだ。しかも阿多妃の侍女。前のほうの回で、木を燃やして呪われたと思い込んでた男と関係あるんだろうな。やっとか！あの謎がいよいよ解けそうだ。

###Stitches!

* [Serious Maomao](https://i.imgur.com/qynNXdD.jpg)

* [Happy Maomao](https://i.imgur.com/zkhx2ev.jpg)

* [Mourning Jinshi](https://i.imgur.com/qOyWqzO.jpg)

[Jinshi's reaction when the misunderstanding was finally cleared](https://i.imgur.com/yHYyDed.png) was hilarious! It must've been so difficult for Gyokuyou to stop laughing and tell him the truth. xD

Man, I feel bad for today's victim. [Kounen was just drinking in peace](https://i.imgur.com/H8Xu0t5.jpg) but he ended up getting killed because the [men who were harassing him](https://i.imgur.com/pTDuqj3.jpg) couldn't get the reaction they were hoping for when they were adding salt to his drink. It's interesting though how [Maomao refuses to name anyone](https://i.imgur.com/JumLQo7.png) since she doesn't want [to be directly responsible for their punishment.](https://i.imgur.com/hnugtd8.jpg)

[I did not expect Maomao to be such a booze hound.](https://i.imgur.com/6gyXS86.png) Her excitement to [getting alcohol is adorable!](https://i.imgur.com/u6MsWC3.jpg) I guess it really shouldn't be a surprise. If she tests poison on herself, she's definitely drank alcohol too. [And that desperation on her face](https://i.imgur.com/y0ogImt.jpg) after Jinshi hinted at a new bill about adding a legal drinking age was just too funny. Looks like Jinshi just learned one of Maomao's weaknesses. xD

[A second dead body in the same episode?](https://i.imgur.com/OKGJctp.jpg) Well, this is a surprise! [Maomao showing professionalism around corpses](https://i.imgur.com/SiBga6Y.jpg) isn't a surprise though. As usual, she's the one who has to do all of the work instead of the quack doctor. It is hilarious how [her father warned her to stay away from corpses](https://i.imgur.com/r8p9qEL.jpg) so her curiosity wouldn't get the best of her.

I thought that this might be related to the earlier case but it seems that they're completely unrelated. And it looks like it's an open and shut case since [they eventually found a will](https://i.imgur.com/Z493K5y.png) that proves it was a suicide. Interestingly, [these past two cases really made Maomao think about her mortality](https://i.imgur.com/H1WXgyd.png) and even requested Jinshi to [poison her if he was ever ordered to execute her.](https://i.imgur.com/dT1OBzf.png)

Also, I think I finally realized why Maomao didn't want to name names earlier. She didn't want to be responsible because [she knew exactly how easily someone's life could be taken away](https://i.imgur.com/ZoYxHED.png) in the palace over the slightest mistake. Naming someone would be equal to condemning them to death.

Oh boy, it looks like Gaoshun finally found [someone with burns in their arms](https://i.imgur.com/HR6XbLb.png) and it's one of Ah-Duo's lady-in-waiting. I'm guessing this has something to do with that guy who thought he was cursed after burning a bunch of wood earlier in the season? Finally! Looks like that mystery is about to be solved.

誰かの死の責任を負いたくないっていうより、上の人に自分が指をさしたとバレて巻き込まれたくないんだと思う。だから好みの処刑方法の話をしたんだろう。猫猫は権利なんてほぼ無い平民だから、大した理由もなくあっさり殺されかねない。

i think it's less that she doesn't want to be responsible for the death of someone, but more that she doesn't want to be implicated if someone high up figures out she was pointing fingers. that's likely why she talks about her preferred way to be executed. she's a commoner with basically no rights. she can be killed at the drop of a hat for little to no reason.

>それと、猫猫が最初に名前を出したがらなかった理由がやっと分かった気がする。後宮ではほんの小さなミスで人の命がいかに簡単に奪われるか、よく分かってたから責任を負いたくなかったんだ。名前を出すことは、その人に死刑を言い渡すのと同じなんだよ。
ああ、そこは面白いよな。要するに猫猫には人に死刑を言い渡せる力が与えられてるってこと。でも今の平民の身分でそんな力を持つべきじゃないと思い知らされる。上の誰かの敵になりかねないし、しょせんただの侍女だから、次はちょっとしたことで自分がそうなるかもしれない。

>Also, I think I finally realized why Maomao didn't want to name names earlier. She didn't want to be responsible because she knew exactly how easily someone's life could be taken away in the palace over the slightest mistake. Naming someone would be equal to condemning them to death.

Ah yeah it's an interesting reminder in showing that this is basically giving her the power to sentence someone to death. Yet she is reminded that she should really not have this kind of power or control at her current commoner status. As she could end up the enemy of someone higher up along with she's just a servant essentially or in addition that could be her next time for a simple basic act she did.

モンタージュの背景にあった植物の意味が気になった人いるかな。重要そうだったから調べてみた！たぶん南天だと思う！死と結びついてるだけじゃなくて、毒もあるんだ。象徴の使い方が見事！

Not sure if anyone else ended up being curious about the possible significance of the plant in the background of the montage, but ended up looking it up since it seemed important! Best guess is that it's Nandina Domestica, aka Heavenly Bamboo! Not only is it related to death, but it's also poisonous as well. Great use of symbology!

ありがとう！それに触れてるのはあなただけだけど、ずっと気になってたんだ。

Thank you! You're the only person mentioning it but it has been eating away at me.

花が回るシーンの最後の女の人、誰か分かる？布の上に石（？）が置いてあった人。どうしてもあのシーンが思い出せない…

Anyone know who the last woman in the spinning flower scene was? The one with the rocks (?) on the cloth? I do not remember that scene for the life of me...

石じゃなくて白黒の碁石じゃない？持ち方が碁石を打つときの持ち方だし。ただ盤じゃなくて布の上で打ってるみたいだけど

I think that's black & white Go pieces rather than rocks ? The way she holds one is the way you hold a Go piece when placing it. She seems to be playing on a sheet rather than on a board tho

石説よりそっちのほうが断然しっくりくるわ（笑）別の人も言ってたけど、まだ出てきてない未来か過去の話なんだろうな。猫猫がおやじと死んだ女の人と一緒にいるのも映ってたけど、あれが誰かもまだ分かってないよね？

That most definitely makes more sense than my rock theory lmao. I guess like the other dude said, it's probably future/past content not shown yet. We did see Maomao with her dad and a dead woman, and I don't think we knew who that was?

そのシーン、アニメではまだ出てきてないと思う。そのうち今後の話で見られるかも。

I don’t think Anime has shown that scene before. Maybe we’ll see soon in the future episodes.

ああ、なるほど。わざわざ過去の回を見返したのに見つからなくて、自分がおかしくなったのかと思った（笑）ありがとう！

Ah, that makes sense. I even went and combed through the episodes but couldn't find it. Thought I was going crazy lol, thanks!

猫猫はすごく賢いけど、特に壬氏のことになると見当違いの結論に飛びつくことが多い。猫猫は壬氏を宦官だと思ってるけど、実はそうじゃないって理解で合ってる？確定してるの？

Maomao is very smart but jumps to the wrong conclusions a lot of the time, specifically regarding Jinshi. Am I right in thinking she believes him a eunuch, but he's not? Is that right, do we know for sure?

まあ公平に言うと、視聴者に向けた「壬氏は宦官じゃないかも」っていうヒントは、どれも猫猫がいない場面だったからな。後宮のみんなも（高順と、たぶん玉葉妃を除いて）壬氏を宦官だと思ってるし、猫猫だけじゃないよ。

TBF all the hints we as viewers have had that Jinshi may not be a Eunuch have been moments where Maomao wasn't here. Everyone in the harem seem to believe him to be a Eunuch as well (except Gaoshun and maybe Gyokuyou) after all, so it's not just Maomao.

そう、猫猫は宦官だと思ってる。
宦官じゃないことは強く匂わされてる（園遊会で着けてたかんざしからすると、たぶん皇族）けど、まだ確定はしてないと思う。
猫猫が壬氏のことで早合点するのは、わざとだよ。平民の身で知るべきでないことを知れば知るほど、危険が増すからな。

She believes him a eunuch yes.

He’s strongly hinted to not be one (the hair pin he wears during the garden party suggests he’s likely royalty), but I don’t think we know for sure yet.

As for why Maomao jumps to conclusions regarding Jinshi — that’s on purpose. The more she knows that she’s not supposed to know as a commoner, the more danger she’s in.

考えてみると…すでに解決した事件以外にも、壬氏がいつも一緒にいる男と深刻な話をする場面のたびに、序盤の回からの謎がちょこちょこ残ってるんだよな…ってことは、何か大きなことを企んでる？
それと、予告映像のうちどれだけが本編に入ってるんだろう…猫猫が走ってるシーン、猫猫が殴られたか何かしてるシーン、それに猫猫が「壬氏様…なんでここにいるのです」みたいなことを言ってるシーンがあったはず（笑）

Now that I think of it..theres bits of mysteries from the earlier episodes besides the cases she already solved still hanging every time they focus on Jinshi discussing something serious with the other guy he's always with ..so. Are they cooking something big?..

Also how much of the trailer is actually included.. I remember a scene where Maomao is running... , Maomao got beat up or something and Maomao saying "Jinshi sama... nande koko ni iru nodesu" or something like that 😂

全24話だと思う。

I think there will be 24 episodes.

17:33で流れてる曲の名前、誰か知ってる？

Does anyone know the name of the OST that plays at 17:33?

一番怖いのは――猫猫がこんなに愛しいキャラだから怖がらずにいられないんだけど――この回が猫猫の死の伏線なんじゃないかってこと。違ってほしいけど、可能性はある。もしそうなら、その前に2人の関係が花開いてほしい。切なさが増すから。

My biggest fear, and my god, its hard not to be coz maomao is so loveable, is the fact that i think this episode is foreshadowing her death. God, i hope its not, but this is a possibility. However, if it is the case, then i want their relationship to bloom before hand, throws in more angst.

猫猫って正確には何歳？言われてたか覚えてないけど、酒の年齢制限にあんなに抵抗してたんだから、かなり若いはず。

How old is exactly Maomao? Don't remember if it was mentioned but she must be pretty young given how strongly she was protesting age limit on booze.

17歳

17

猫猫の性格がよく分かる回だった。壬氏との対比で、平民や猫猫に対する壬氏自身の気持ちもうまく見せてた。

This was a really insightful episode on Mao Mao's personality. Wish contrasted well with Jinshi to show his own feelings on commoners/Mao Mao.

負け続きで、壬氏もそろそろ参ってきてるだろ

Jinshi getting Ls must be taking a toll on him already

「他殺／自殺」の回想で流れてた曲、分かる人いる？

Does anyone recognise the song played in the “murder / suicide” flashback?

ここ数話はアクション寄りだったから、今回は意外といい箸休めになった。奥行き、映像、選曲…薬屋は間違いなく今年一番好きなアニメになりつつある。すごく新鮮で、（あえて言えば）独特なお約束の掘り下げが面白い。鬼滅と並ぶレベル。来週も我らが毒見役が楽しみだ

After how action oriented the past few episodes have been, this was a surprisingly nice change of pace. The depth, cinematography, music choices… Apothecary Diaries is easily becoming my favorite anime of the year. So very refreshing and an interesting exploration of (dare I say) unique tropes. Right up there with Demon Slayer. I look forward to more of our favorite poison tester next week

じゃあ死んだ侍女はスケープゴートにされたってこと？遺書が見つかったりして。冒頭で酒に塩を入れてたのは男だったし。

So the dead servant was made a scapegoat right? What with a letter of suicide being found. We saw in the beginning that it was a dude adding salt to the drink.

この回の最初の事件の話じゃなくて、里樹妃の毒殺未遂の話をしてたんだと思う。あの侍女は園遊会にいたって言ってたから、実際はやってないのに毒殺未遂の罪を着せられたんじゃないかな。

i think they werent talking about the first case in this ep, but they were talking about lishu's poisoning attempt. They said that that servant was present in the garden party so i think she was blamed for that poisoning attempt when she didnt do it.

この回、かなり怖かった。

I was quite scared of the episode .

色と光で場面を盛り上げるやり方にはもともと感心してたけど、今週の回には圧倒された。演出と影のおかげでガツンと刺さる場面が本当に多い。先週から漫画版のひとつ（いろいろあってよく分からない）を読み始めたんだけど、ときどき台詞を変えつつも原作に忠実で、アニメという媒体を活かしてこういう場面をすごく美しく、ダークに膨らませてるのがすごくいい。音響演出も同じ。

I was already impressed with the way the show uses color and lighting to add to a scene, but this weeks episode blew me away. They are so many moments that just hit so hard because of the direction and shadows. I started reading one of the mangas (I don't understand all the different ones) last week, but it's really cool to see how much they stay true to it, albeit changing the words sometimes and are able to use the media of anime to build on these scenes in such beautiful and dark ways. Same with sound direction.

猫猫（マオマオ）って中国語で「ねこねこ」って意味なんだよ
🙂

Maomao means "cat cat" in chinese.

🙂

侍女が溺れる場面の前後で、壬氏が冷たい顔をしてたの覚えてる？…あれ、壬氏の仕業なんじゃないかって気がする…猫猫の「毒で殺して」発言もそのせいかも（笑）ただの説だけど

Remember Jinshi’s cold scene before/during the servant girl’s drowning scene… it makes me feel that that’s Jinshi’s doing… Also the reason behind Maomao’s “be killed by poison” statement lol just a theory

まさか死について考えさせられて終わる回だとは思ってなかった。ちょっと覚悟ができすぎてる死に向けて、猫猫が好みの処刑方法を壬氏にはっきり伝えたのはかなり衝撃だった。

Wasn't exactly expecting to end this episode contemplating mortality. Maomao straight up telling Jinshi her preferred execution method for a death that she's a little too prepared for had quite the impact.

なんというか、猫猫の外出の真相を聞かされる気の毒な壬氏が見たかったんだよ。壬氏の反応には笑っちゃう。猫猫を自分の縄張りだと思ってるんだよな。持ち物ってわけじゃないけど、だんだん「俺の女」寄りになってきてる。玉葉妃のクスクス笑いはほんとつられる。壬氏と猫猫の掛け合いを面白がってる玉葉妃を見るのは最高。
漫画を読んだから、この先の回が待ちきれない。

what can I say, was hoping we'd see poor Jinshi being told the truth of MaoMao's trip. I giggle at his reactions because he does consider her his territory, not necessarily his possession but getting more to the 'his girl' definition Concubine **Gyokuyou**'s giggling is so infectious, to watch her being entertained by Jinshi and MaoMao's back and forth is gold.

having read the manga, I can't wait for the upcoming eps.

今週はちょっと散らかった回だったな

Bit of a scattered episode this week

9話の挿入歌の名前は？

What is the name of insert song used in episode 9?

花のシーンで流れてた曲、誰か知ってる？

Does anyone know the song that played during the flower scene?

挿入歌はいい曲だけど、浮いてた気がする。あの場面にボーカルは要らなかった。むしろもっと環境音っぽいものか、完全な無音で映像だけ流したほうが何倍も刺さったと思う。今のままだとやりすぎ。今までの回はこういうことが無かった、少なくともここまで目立たなかったから、余計に変に感じる。

Insert song, while nice, seemed out of place. That moment didn't need vocals put over it. Rather, something more ambient, or complete silence with the images going by would hit so, so much harder. As it is, the show is laying it too thick. Weird, especially considering that previous episodes didn't suffer from this, certainly not so very noticeably.

玉葉妃は前回からずっと笑ってたけど、最後には壬氏を苦しみから解放してやることにしたんだな（笑）ああ、壬氏様が愛しの薬師に会う時間を作ろうと仕事を急いで片付けて…行ってみたら、なんと他の男と駆け落ちしてたなんて！
今週は目とまつ毛の描き込みがすごかった。すごくいい作画！
猫猫の酒好きは意外でもなんでもない（笑）声優が最高！
うわ…死者が1人じゃなくて2人？しかも、もしそうなったら毒で処刑してくれって猫猫が壬氏に頼むなんて。一気に重い回になった。でも猫猫と壬氏の力の差を浮き彫りにしてて、壬氏もそれを自覚した。今後どう展開するのか気になる。

So Gyouko has been laughing since last ep, but in the end she decided to put Jinshi out of his misery haha. Ahw, Jinshi sama hurrying at work to make some free time and visit his beloved apothecary... Just to discover she eloped with _other_ man!

So much eye and eyelashes game this week. Very good animation!

Maomao loving sake is no surprise haha, her VA is superb!

Oh gods... Not one death, but two? And Maomao asking Jinshi to be executed by poison, if it coming to that. Well, this ep is now somber. But it remarks the power inbalance between her and Jinshi, and he is aware now. Wonder how that will develope later.

>猫猫の酒好きは意外でもなんでもない（笑）声優が最高！
酒も猫猫にとってはいじり回せる「毒」のひとつなんだよ。育った場所が場所だし、カカオが出回ってたのと同じで、酒もそういうもののひとつってこと。

>Maomao loving sake is no surprise haha, her VA is superb!

It's another "poison" she can play about with, being where she grew up and how Cocoa was one of the ones flying about, booze/sake is another one.

ふう、ラスト近くは緊迫した場面だった
頼むから、あれが愛しの毒マニアの死亡フラグじゃありませんように…

Whew, what a tense scene near the end

Please don't let those be death flags for our precious poison fanatic...

俺は低評価してないけど、毒を楽しむのはずっとお約束のギャグだったし、あの頼みをブラックジョークと受け取る人がいるのも分かる

I didn't downvote you but her *enjoying* poisons has been a running gag, it's not hard to see how someone can interpret her request as morbid humor

「どうしても殺すなら毒で」って台詞は、この先に起きる何かの伏線っぽい。

The 'if you must kill me, use poison' line feels like foreshadowing of something to come down the line. 😬

17:33から流れる曲の名前、誰か知ってる？
すごくいい曲だから、何度も見返さずに聴けるようにしたいんだ

Does anybody know the name of the song that starts playing at 17:33?

it's such an amazing song and I wanna listen to it without having to keep rewatching the episode

正式にリリースされたら曲名を書くよ。たぶん3〜5週間後かな。

I'll mention the song once it's officially released. Will be 3-5 weeks probably.

侍女が本当に自殺したのか、ちょっと疑ってる。自殺が難しい理由は猫猫がうまく説明してたし、遺書も怪しかった。でも侍女は毒の件に関わってたっぽい。死の扱われ方の違いを目にしたせいで、猫猫はあんな暗い考えになったのかな？

Part of me doubts whether the servant girl committed suicide. MaoMao did a good job explaining why it would be hard to do so and the will seemed iffy but it seemed like she was involved in the poisoning. I wonder if the way she saw the difference in death treated made her act morbid?

俺の受け取り方だと、園遊会で侍女がやったことのせいで偉い誰かが彼女を殺したけど、浩然と違って侍女は平民だから裁きが下されなかった。だから猫猫は、自分にもいつか不意の死が来るかもと考えたんだ。死んだ侍女と同じ、平民という立場だから。

My take away is that someone important murdered the servant for someone she did during the garden party and justice wasn't done because the servant is a commoner, unlike with Kounen. Which is why Maomao contemplates her own possible unforeseen death, because she is in the same position as the dead servant, a commoner.

「あれ、これって厳密には未成年飲酒じゃない？まあ中国じゃない国ならいいのか」
…
「お、ちゃんと触れてくれた」
塩の毒殺事件で猫猫が誰のことをほのめかしてたのかは、よく分からなかった。

“Huh, isn’t that technically underage drinking? Well I suppose in not-China that’s fine.”

…

“Oh good they address it.”

I didn’t quite understand who Maomao was hinting at in the salt poisoning case.

嫌なのは、昔にも現代の年齢制限があったかのように描く作品。だから今回はすごく嬉しかった。

What I hate is when shows pretend modern age restrictions existed in the past. So I was very happy with this.

浩然が死んだのは、まさか死ぬとは思ってなかった下の者たちが入れた塩のせい？それとも自殺した侍女と関係あるの？そもそも本当に自殺だったの？

Kounen who killed him was it because of the salt that the other servants didn't expect would kill Kounen? or was it related to the female worker who committed suicide? was it even a suicide?

薬屋のスレに書き込むのは初めて。この回で何かがすごくしっくりきたからで、たぶん4話以来一番好きな回。
このシリーズは毒や薬品、それに基づく推理が中心だから当然死をよく扱うけど、今回はこれまで以上に、2つの死がどれほど悲劇的かを突きつけてきた。浩然の死は、いろんな事情が重なってひとつの不幸な結末にぴったり収まってしまったもの（塩の味が分からないこと、部下たちの不満、今の生き方につながった個人的な悲劇）。その死が、主に壬氏を通して、回のほとんどに悲しい空気を漂わせてた。侍女の死もその印象を強めるだけで、溺れる前に必死に逃れようとしたと分かったときの悲劇っぷりといったら。
壬氏も今回はいつも以上に調子が狂ってて、主に浩然を失ったせいで、いつもよりずっと無防備になってる。「男が自分に興味のない女に惹かれる」なんて型は大昔からあるけど、壬氏と猫猫の組み合わせに一番肩入れしたのはたぶんこの回。おめでとう、カプ推しのみんな。興味を持っちまったよ。
それが全部この回のラストに繋がってく。あれはほんとに素晴らしかった。起きたであろうことを読み解いたことで猫猫は全部を振り返ることになって、回想と物悲しいピアノとほろ苦いボーカルが「命は脆くて、いろんな理由でいろんな終わり方をする」ってメッセージを届ける見事な場面になってた。猫猫は何度もそれを経験してきて、今それを完全に飲み込もうとしてるように見える。
そこから猫猫の壬氏へのお願いに繋がるんだけど、2人の反応がすごく興味深い構図になってる。猫猫は落ち着いてて現実的で、後宮では自分の命なんて大した価値が無いととっくに悟ってるけど、壬氏が本当に抱いてる心配にはまったく気づいてない。一方の壬氏は、あの宣言への心配をずっと素直に表に出してるけど、世間知らずなところが見え始めて、感情もいつもの強がりより抑えが利いてない。2人は人生でまったく違う立場にいる（特に、壬氏の事情は最初に匂わされた以上のものがあると示されてる）のに、それに気づいてるのは片方だけで、どちらも相手が自分にどんな気持ちを抱いてるのか正確には分かってない。
全体としてすごく面白い回だった。今期見てる他の3本（100カノ、フリーレン、シャングリラ・フロンティア）よりは気楽に追ってて、ちょっとした謎しかないゆっくりした回が続いて興味が薄れかけてたけど、こういう回がもっとあるなら前よりのめり込めそう。この作品を見始めてよかった。ここまで良くなかったら絶対見てなかったタイプの作品だから。

First time posting in the Apothecary Diary threads, mainly because something really clicked with me this episode, and is probably my favorite one since episode 4.

Obviously since this series has a focus on poison, chemicals, and detective deductions based on them, it deals a lot with death, but more than previous episodes this one really hammers home how tragic these two deaths really are. Kounen died due to a variety of different circumstances coalescing perfecting into one unfortunate outcome (his inability to taste salt, the frustration of his subordinates, and the personal tragedies that led to his current style of living), and such a death creates this unfortunate undercurrent of sadness through most of the episode, mostly due to Jinshi. The servant's death only reinforces this idea, what with the utter tragedy that comes from the realization she tried so hard to escape before drowning.

Jinshi is also way more off his game than usual this episode, mainly due to the loss of Kounen, and it causes him to be way more unguarded than usual. Obviously the trope of "guy wants girl who isn't into him" is as old as time, but this is probably the episode where I felt the strongest towards JinMao. Congratulations shippers, you got me interested.

All of this leads up the end of this episode, which was just absolutely amazing. The breakdown of what likely happened causes Maomao to really reflect on everything and creates this incredible scene where the flashbacks, somber piano, and bittersweet vocals work to deliver the message "life is fragile, and can end in many different ways for many different reasons", and this is a message that Maomao seems to have experienced time after time and is now fully internalizing it.

Leading into Maomao's request to Jinshi, which the reactions from both really paint a very interesting picture. Maomao is tempered, realistic, and long ago realized that her life means little in the rear palace, but completely misses the concerns that Jinshi is really having towards her. Jinshi, on the other hand, is far more open about his concerns toward such a declaration, but his naivete really begins to show and his emotions seem a bit more unrestrained than the bravado that he usually puts forward. Both are in two completely different position in their life (especially since the series has hinted there is far more to Jinshi's situation than first implied), but only one of them seems to realize this, and neither seem to realize the exact feelings one has towards the other.

Overall a fascinating episode. I have been following this show a bit more casually than the other three I'm watching this season (Hyakkano, Frieren, and Shangri-La Frontier), and my interest in it was waning after a few slow episodes with only minor intrigue, but I consider myself more invested if we get more episodes like this. I'm glad I picked up this series as it definitely isn't something I would have watched if wasn't so good.

うわ、後半で一気に雰囲気が変わったな。あそこの色使いが好き、すごくもの悲しい雰囲気
猫猫の腕の「火傷」に気づかれるのをずっと待ってたんだよ。この事件で絶対に話に出てきて、猫猫に濡れ衣が着せられるはず。あの毒の件も、その布石として最高だった。猫猫が「捕まって」、壬氏が処刑を命じなきゃいけなくなる。これ以上のドラマがあるか

Oh damn, that last half took a turn. [Love the colours used there,](https://imgur.com/AlZbfb9) very melancholic vibes

[I've been waiting so long for them to discover the "burns" on Maomao's arms,](https://imgur.com/DA3te5m) no doubt its gonna come up with this case and they falsely blame her. That poison thing was a great initial setup for it too. Maomao is "caught", and Jinshi has to order the execution, what better drama could there be

考えてみたら、溺れた侍女って園遊会でスープに毒を入れた子なんじゃないか？自殺じゃなくて、口封じされたのかも。

Now that I think about it, could the drowned servant girl be the one who poisoned the soup at the garden party? Her death might not have been suicide but instead, someone silenced her.

まさにそれ。猫猫もそう推測してたし、あの侍女の上役の腕に火傷があるってことで、さらに怪しくなる

Exactly, that was our maomao was speculating plus the fact her superior has those burns in her arms make it more suspicious

記憶がまるで無いんだけど、火傷の件って何だったっけ？

I've got a bad case of memoryn't, what was the burn injury thing about again?

5話で、ある宦官が木簡と女物の服を燃やしたあとで手に火傷を負った。猫猫が、木簡に特定の金属や塩が染み込ませてあって、秘密の伝言や暗号を送るためのものだったんじゃないかと推測したから、壬氏は同じような火傷のある人物を探してるんだ。

Episode 5, a eunuch got burns on his hands after burning some wooden writing tablets and some woman's clothing. Jinshi is investigating for people with similar burns, as Maomao speculated that the wooden tablets could have contained certain metals and salts on them, meant to sent secret messages or a code.