This site shows Jinshi and Maomao having shipped. This Fancomic is terrific, I would love to see a version about Ferdinand and Rozemyne post-start of Alexandria establishment “spatzline”. I was pretty amazed on how well the author captured to attitude of our dear Maomao.
I am not convinced that Fengming intended to kill the child. Her guilt of the child’s death seemed sincere and she might have been fooled regarding the honey. Also, Ah-Duo seemed to be knowledgeable of the baby’s death and her eventually learning about threat to Lishu. Her regret that her super loyal ladies actions were stupid and might have been avoided. The Emperor was deeply attached to Ah-Duo and treated special. I do think that the suspicion regarding what did Fengming know, when she knew it, and her motives/goals are real. I suspect Fengming’s family’s extensive connection may have driven some actions, clan loyalty was almost as powerful as personal loyalty. Will all these loose threads be tied together by episode 24, I suspect not so look forward (pray) for future episodes 24-48. I think your assessment of loyalties and intrigue were informed by Ascendance of a Bookworm. I sometimes see the Emperor as a benevolent version of Georgine.
I think you're right, Ah-Duo had her baby swapped and Fengming "sealed the deal" by killing the real crown prince brother.
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In this world, ignoranse is deadly. Fengming should have known the risk of feeding an infant honey, but she didn't. Ignorance is the antagonist of Volume 1, and it is a deadly foe.
Even later LN volumes (I've read up through prepub on J-Novel) don't make it clear whether Jinshi himself knows for certain that he is NOT the Imperial brother but the Emperor's firstborn son. All of Mao Mao's speculations are there so the READERS/VIEWERS know... even if the art itself didn't make it clear to all who can see the resemblance. (And no, I'm not going to insert what I'm thinking here because it's manga/LN spoilers.) But Feng Ming said she tore Ah-Duo's son from her with her own hands... it is deliberately ambiguous whether she means 1) she was in on the switch or 2) she really believes she was responsible for Ah-Duo's "son's" death due to the honey. As for motives for trying to kill Lishu... it's hard to say just how many factors went into that. Lishu was technically Ah-Duo's mother-in-law as she was a former consort of the late emperor... and then she went to a convent... and then she ended up a consort of the current emperor... and all that must have really upped the ick factor to over 9000. Lishu herself wasn't at fault. She was a pawn. And she grew attached to Ah-Duo as a mother figure. The late emperor's p3d0philia aside... Lishu was a ping pong ball. Her own attendants hate her and bully her at every opportunity. She has zero awareness of inner palace political infighting. It must have seemed that the easiest route for everybody involved would be to quietly "remove" her. 😞
A theory: the Emperor and perhaps his mother decided to hide the new prince, younger brother to current Emperor, and take the future Emperor’s son to better hide him. Fengming was directed by her family to feed honey to Ah-Duo’s son to cull Royal heirs. Her remorse is not merely the death of the baby, but her doing it at the direction of her family. Her loyalty to her family made her hide this connection when she confessed, it also mitigated the severity of her families punishment or “merely” some getting corporate punishment (whipping, beating, perhaps disfigurement) and confiscation of their wealth. If they were the master minds, presumably the master minds would eventually reward and rehabilitate the clan. I think the crazy stuff in Ascendance of a Bookworm is messing up my mind to imagine such a strange scenario.
From the point of view of someone who is reading the ln but has not finished it yet, no spoilers. ok, so if the baby swapping theory is true, I think Fenming did not know about a thing about it, and Ah Duo's probably didn't know about the babie swapping as well (due to how strongly he reacted to the babie's death) until she saw herself in Jinshi, but as he was being cared for as the late emperor's prince, there was nothing for her to do to retrieve him. I believe that the now emperor ordered Loumen to do it to protect his own son, we know that the now emperor did not favor the late emperor, and he might even have known that someone would target his child. Back to Fengming, I strongly believe that she really didn't know about the specific honey being poisonous for only children, as we have seen in the anime so far, there is someone targening the royal family infants, and it may have started way earlier than the start of the anime. It is not hard to imagine that someone presented a new flower to Fengming's family to make honey off to, and even if the family has started way earlier than the start of the anime, it is not hard to imagine that someone presented a new flower to fengming's family to make honey off to, and even if the family has centuries of working with honey, they still in an empire era where just a few people know about the medicine and herbs from the west/outside, let aside the flora. After Lishu told about her experience with honey and Fenming connected the dots, she tried everything to hide the fact that she was the culprit of Ah Duo's baby death, even killing an attendee who came too close to the truth and then claiming that it was suicide. This episodes were only the beginning of this big mystery! I am curious to see how far the anime is going to reach, will you continue to read the LN after the end of the anime Magpi?
So i was under the impression there was a miss translation here. I was under the impression from the light novel that the honey given to the young prince wasn't from a poison plant but harmless. (Which fun fact is still deadly to infants)
First love the meme almost made one, with that exact image, but saw u already had one. Also that's an interesting theory didn't pick up on that at first watch but now i can see the possibility of it being true. Great video!
Fake-China Ok let’s offer a few observations regarding Medieval Europe periods from Carolingian, Gothic, late Duke de Berry (high chivalry), until Italian Renaissance were hugely different. As well as huge variation across Europe and time. Yet Isakai almost universally take place in some hodgepodge of z Medieval society with some Catholic (sometimes multi-god) religions. Nobody spends any time nitpicking the historical societies, culture, technology, … it’s pseudo-Medieval to provide some atmosphere and a bit of what popular culture expects. A base to help on world building. The pseudo-Imperial China in Apothecary Diaries is basically the same THIS IS AN ISAKAI not a historical story. It mixes stuff from a bunch of historical periods from 0 BC to mid-1700 century Imperial China, with a bit of “Western Tech,” … but merely to provide atmosphere build of vague popular understanding of Imperial China, to accelerate the world building. Departures or ambiguities due to mixed eras are usually explained e.g., nature of Consorts/Concubines, Ladies in Waiting, and others in Rear Palace in terms of motivations, status, even destinies (e.g., bestowing of Concubines, retiring of concubines, and their staff). Most people enjoy this anime (as well as Manga and Light Novel) for its wonderful characters, stories, music, breathtaking animation/visuals, surprises, humor, romance, etc., and don’t get tied up with historical (or even medical scientific) accuracy. However, perhaps due to its popularity some people get wrapped up in criticizing the animators and author failures to get it historically right. I find talking about how the anime (or other media) depart from history, custom, period, … to be fascinating in learning about China’s breathtakingly rich history and culture BUT there is NO connection to expectations for fidelity just like Medieval Europe in 99.99% of Isakai. Similar to Ascent of a Bookworm that has a Medieval vibe as well.
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Oh right, the poison. The poison for Lishu. The poison chosen specifically to kill Lishu. Lishu's poison... That poison?
Bwahahaha
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I read that in Kronks voice.
This site shows Jinshi and Maomao having shipped. This Fancomic is terrific, I would love to see a version about Ferdinand and Rozemyne post-start of Alexandria establishment “spatzline”. I was pretty amazed on how well the author captured to attitude of our dear Maomao.
I am not convinced that Fengming intended to kill the child. Her guilt of the child’s death seemed sincere and she might have been fooled regarding the honey. Also, Ah-Duo seemed to be knowledgeable of the baby’s death and her eventually learning about threat to Lishu.
Her regret that her super loyal ladies actions were stupid and might have been avoided. The Emperor was deeply attached to Ah-Duo and treated special.
I do think that the suspicion regarding what did Fengming know, when she knew it, and her motives/goals are real. I suspect Fengming’s family’s extensive connection may have driven some actions, clan loyalty was almost as powerful as personal loyalty.
Will all these loose threads be tied together by episode 24, I suspect not so look forward (pray) for future episodes 24-48.
I think your assessment of loyalties and intrigue were informed by Ascendance of a Bookworm. I sometimes see the Emperor as a benevolent version of Georgine.
I think you're right, Ah-Duo had her baby swapped and Fengming "sealed the deal" by killing the real crown prince brother.
In this world, ignoranse is deadly. Fengming should have known the risk of feeding an infant honey, but she didn't. Ignorance is the antagonist of Volume 1, and it is a deadly foe.
Even later LN volumes (I've read up through prepub on J-Novel) don't make it clear whether Jinshi himself knows for certain that he is NOT the Imperial brother but the Emperor's firstborn son. All of Mao Mao's speculations are there so the READERS/VIEWERS know... even if the art itself didn't make it clear to all who can see the resemblance. (And no, I'm not going to insert what I'm thinking here because it's manga/LN spoilers.) But Feng Ming said she tore Ah-Duo's son from her with her own hands... it is deliberately ambiguous whether she means 1) she was in on the switch or 2) she really believes she was responsible for Ah-Duo's "son's" death due to the honey.
As for motives for trying to kill Lishu... it's hard to say just how many factors went into that. Lishu was technically Ah-Duo's mother-in-law as she was a former consort of the late emperor... and then she went to a convent... and then she ended up a consort of the current emperor... and all that must have really upped the ick factor to over 9000. Lishu herself wasn't at fault. She was a pawn. And she grew attached to Ah-Duo as a mother figure. The late emperor's p3d0philia aside... Lishu was a ping pong ball. Her own attendants hate her and bully her at every opportunity. She has zero awareness of inner palace political infighting. It must have seemed that the easiest route for everybody involved would be to quietly "remove" her. 😞
A theory: the Emperor and perhaps his mother decided to hide the new prince, younger brother to current Emperor, and take the future Emperor’s son to better hide him. Fengming was directed by her family to feed honey to Ah-Duo’s son to cull Royal heirs. Her remorse is not merely the death of the baby, but her doing it at the direction of her family. Her loyalty to her family made her hide this connection when she confessed, it also mitigated the severity of her families punishment or “merely” some getting corporate punishment (whipping, beating, perhaps disfigurement) and confiscation of their wealth. If they were the master minds, presumably the master minds would eventually reward and rehabilitate the clan.
I think the crazy stuff in Ascendance of a Bookworm is messing up my mind to imagine such a strange scenario.
From the point of view of someone who is reading the ln but has not finished it yet, no spoilers.
ok, so if the baby swapping theory is true, I think Fenming did not know about a thing about it, and Ah Duo's probably didn't know about the babie swapping as well (due to how strongly he reacted to the babie's death) until she saw herself in Jinshi, but as he was being cared for as the late emperor's prince, there was nothing for her to do to retrieve him. I believe that the now emperor ordered Loumen to do it to protect his own son, we know that the now emperor did not favor the late emperor, and he might even have known that someone would target his child.
Back to Fengming, I strongly believe that she really didn't know about the specific honey being poisonous for only children, as we have seen in the anime so far, there is someone targening the royal family infants, and it may have started way earlier than the start of the anime. It is not hard to imagine that someone presented a new flower to Fengming's family to make honey off to, and even if the family has started way earlier than the start of the anime, it is not hard to imagine that someone presented a new flower to fengming's family to make honey off to, and even if the family has centuries of working with honey, they still in an empire era where just a few people know about the medicine and herbs from the west/outside, let aside the flora. After Lishu told about her experience with honey and Fenming connected the dots, she tried everything to hide the fact that she was the culprit of Ah Duo's baby death, even killing an attendee who came too close to the truth and then claiming that it was suicide.
This episodes were only the beginning of this big mystery! I am curious to see how far the anime is going to reach, will you continue to read the LN after the end of the anime Magpi?
So i was under the impression there was a miss translation here. I was under the impression from the light novel that the honey given to the young prince wasn't from a poison plant but harmless. (Which fun fact is still deadly to infants)
Thanks! Just starting vol 10, of light novel. Amazon was late with e book this time. Would not have started at all but 4 U. Great Read.
First love the meme almost made one, with that exact image, but saw u already had one. Also that's an interesting theory didn't pick up on that at first watch but now i can see the possibility of it being true. Great video!
*In islam it's sunnat (Highly recommend) to feed honey to feed as the first thing to a newborn*
So it could be an accident due to ancient custom
Great video as always!
The manga said it wasn't from a poisonous flower, had been tested by the taster but still dangerous to babies specificalky
I think head maid don't know but someone that knew swapped their family honey with the poisoned flower honey...
Even regular honey can be deadly to infants under 1 year old because of botulism bacteria aka the source of Botox
Maomao foster father, details magpie 😂
Thank bye
Fake-China
Ok let’s offer a few observations regarding Medieval Europe periods from Carolingian, Gothic, late Duke de Berry (high chivalry), until Italian Renaissance were hugely different. As well as huge variation across Europe and time. Yet Isakai almost universally take place in some hodgepodge of z Medieval society with some Catholic (sometimes multi-god) religions. Nobody spends any time nitpicking the historical societies, culture, technology, … it’s pseudo-Medieval to provide some atmosphere and a bit of what popular culture expects. A base to help on world building.
The pseudo-Imperial China in Apothecary Diaries is basically the same THIS IS AN ISAKAI not a historical story. It mixes stuff from a bunch of historical periods from 0 BC to mid-1700 century Imperial China, with a bit of “Western Tech,” … but merely to provide atmosphere build of vague popular understanding of Imperial China, to accelerate the world building. Departures or ambiguities due to mixed eras are usually explained e.g., nature of Consorts/Concubines, Ladies in Waiting, and others in Rear Palace in terms of motivations, status, even destinies (e.g., bestowing of Concubines, retiring of concubines, and their staff).
Most people enjoy this anime (as well as Manga and Light Novel) for its wonderful characters, stories, music, breathtaking animation/visuals, surprises, humor, romance, etc., and don’t get tied up with historical (or even medical scientific) accuracy. However, perhaps due to its popularity some people get wrapped up in criticizing the animators and author failures to get it historically right.
I find talking about how the anime (or other media) depart from history, custom, period, … to be fascinating in learning about China’s breathtakingly rich history and culture BUT there is NO connection to expectations for fidelity just like Medieval Europe in 99.99% of Isakai. Similar to Ascent of a Bookworm that has a Medieval vibe as well.