It seems in fact as if Kusuriya has entered the serious phase of its development. Read more

One way or another I think the dynamic of things has changed, and Lakan is surely at the heart of it. Read more

Meitantei Maomao. Read more

Lakan is a tough one to puzzle out. Read more

I suppose there’s a certain irony in Xiaomao being the one to instruct imperial consorts in the ways of seducing and pleasing men. Read more

The two big multi-cours of the moment are moving in lockstep, to an extent. Read more

My track record with LN adaptations is checkered to say the least, but it’s obvious that Kusuriya no Hitorigoto is no mass-produced model. Read more

Once again, we see that The Apothecary Diaries – and Maomao – have a very consequentialist moral compass. Read more

OK, that got complicated real fast. Read more

This entire series has a pretty flexible moral compass, which the protagonist personifies.  Read more