TBF he does have S moments as well such as in Volume 5 ir 6 (I'm not 100% sure due to binging the series rly) where dude outright starts choking Maomao (she didn't seem to mind it apparently, maybe she's also an M? I suppose it would make sense given how insane she is when it comes to poisons that she tests on herself, as some poisons do cause constriction of the throat among other symptoms, so maybe she's been pavlov'd to like the feeling due to all the poisons she's CONSOOM'd over the years etc) presumably as a type of proving a point or w/e, but she pretty much calls his bluff which makes him kinda back off due to having lost to her in the mental aspect of things, after which the next volume or w/e the 2 spend the entire volume avoiding each other
I loved how fast she went from a bulldog to a scared puppy in a second. It shows how much she cared to teach the idiots a lesson without taking into consideration who's in the room.
Man, this went out all like: Maomao: Are you gonna call me queen, bch!? 😡😡😡😡 Female bully number 528: No? 😰 *punishes her again* Maomao: Are you gonna call me queen, bch!? 😡😡😡😡😡 Female bully number 528: N- no!? Maomao: LAST CHANCE, BCH AM I Queen!? Female bully number 528: YOU'RE QUEEN OK!? YOU'RE QUEEN! 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 Maomao, See? Easy as that, now clean your sorry buns up 😤😤😤
Pure reflex. She completely forgot Jinshin was even in the room, homegirl's mind just ZEROED IN on the perpetrator of this *humongous stupidity* and went for it. 😡 *No thoughts. Just pure rage.*
@@MrDibara Nah, I think Maomao got bold precisely because she already knew she could get away with it as Jinshi was standing and watching her. Giving Lady Lihua a poisonous substance especially after it was made clear that it was a poison (and having the most powerful person in the rear palace as witness) is an executable offence.
The madam taught her the secret arts of Hag-Fu, normally forbidden to teach to people who aren't old but Maomao exhibits so much "I'm tired of putting up with idiots" grumpy old lady energy that she qualified despite her young age. Truly, the greatest protagonist.
The best part to me wasn’t just the voice acting. It’s Maomao noticing Jinshi still there. Nor does he stop her the whole time. He also uses the same words she had before finally allowed to do the job she was ordered to do.
@@trendmadegamer8725Aoi Yuki, a very talented voice actress that also did Tanya from Tanya the Devil Tsuyu from My Hero Aca Shuten Doji from Fate Madoka from Madoka Magica Tatsumaki from One Punch Man ... and many more
@@MrDibara "Lead poisoning!? Are you kidding me!? Next time bring me someone who can't help but try to eat their own fingers! That'd be MUCH more interesting!"
Notice Maomao's expression at 2:02 when the lady-in-waiting starts crying. Before this she was furious, angrily calling the lady out for her idiocy (and for good reason). But when the lady stats sobbing Maomao's face softens and her tone is less critical though still stern. This confirms for Maomao and for us that the lady-in-waiting didn't do what she did out of malice-she just thought she was doing what was right. Knowing how women historically put beauty above their health, the lady-in-waiting was probably taught to be this way, which makes the whole situation more tragic. ...but the slap was still deserved 👍
I think "women were historically expected to put beauty before their health" would be a more fair way to put it considering it was more social pressure (when it was even known to be dangerous, when it comes to making women look nice we were remarkably good at not noticing that poison is bad actually)
“I’m not mad. I’m just disappointed. I’m just here to find out the cause of her condition, find the right medicine to counter it, and treat that bruise on your face.” “What bruise on my face-“
For those curious on what the white powder is, it's lead powder makeup. Originally made during the 18th century, during a fashion craze, where being pale was seen as beautiful or majestic. However most people didn't know lead was poisonous at this time but that's why it was banned after the information was discovered
People have always known lead was poisonous. It's just that sometimes lead was "safe enough" in certain forms (it was used in plates and utinsils for ages, and it only caused noticable problems when eating something acidic), that people didn't think it would be harmful to apply on skin.
@@109Rage oh they knew it caused long term health problems and could poison you you, but the culture of the time pressured women to use lead based make up even though it was toxic.
Perfect example of "righteous anger". She got mad for the sake of Linhua who was slowly dying because of the ignorance of those who were serving her. After the slap, drag and lecture, the other ladies in waiting didn't dare crosss her. Especially since Jinshi didn't say or do anything to stop her.
That was... brutal. She's by far the shortest and skinniest woman in the room and she slapped the servant so hard it knocked her down, and then dragged her to the table.
Well given her new environment- it’s likely she’s eating well and staying in shape from the amount of drama around the palace. Servants can be the most in fit people due to the work they do, majority of labor so the nobles don’t have to. The lady in waiting are often see but not heard, their looks and loyalty to their lady put before physical ability. Plus - this girl had received hard blows before from the madame of the pleasure house. She no doubt knows how to throw down.
Maomao's line "there are no thoughts in your head. You just think you know everything" goes so hard bc shes 100% right. If she really cared about her lady she wouldn't have risked it when hearing the powder is poisonous even if the statement came from someone below her. Its her own ego that she prioritized not her lady
I’ll preface by saying I’ve not watched this show or read it’s source material if it has. The amount of detail in the character acting is just outstanding in so many degrees. It’s not just the animation or the voice acting, it’s the direction of this sequence that is making this as good as it is. It’s the direction and storyboards of this clip. I don’t even know who these people are and what are their stories, but I felt the fury in the girl and then the sheer regret in the makeup lady. See you in 3 hours time to go binge Edit: yeah it was way too good, even better than I was expecting lol
It's absolutely the best anime of 2023. Like you said, the attention to detail, the voice acting and the stunning art style. I've watched all first 5 episodes now three times :)
There are two things I love this part of the show: One: Maomao has an inner dark side in her where it shows how serious she was when people don't listen to her. Plus, she gave straight up facts of the knowledge she knows behind the powder that the other ladies didn't. The scary face and tone gives me dead vibes like she has the blood of Tanya Two: The voice actor (Aoi Yuki) who voices Maomao did a excellent job for this part. I'm very happy she got to play this show. I hope she gets to play other future shows. P.S That slap thou was dopping awesome. It literally felt real I jump from that lol 💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥
A dark side? Not necessarily! She went crazy, as any doctor would have done, to those who ignored her most basic instructions… and by her work, according to me MaoMao would be a kind of (unofficial) doctor specializing in poisons!!
THIS SCENE MADE ME LOVE MAOMAO EVEN MORE! She's trying to do her job, yet all the ladies there acting like they know better! Don't mess with Maomao!! SLAY MAOMAO! SLAY!!
Not sure how well the title works: Maomao's anger is so frightening because she seems like she's actually still restraining it, and this is merely a hint of it. She's *not* losing it, she's composed, thinking clearly, and *still* laying out a physical AND rhetorical beatdown.
I am happy we get to see the duality of maomao character, for there's maomao the palace maiden, who will just go with the flow and there's Maomao that was raised in a brothel, who knows when to take action because she refuses to be dragged around by others stupidity.
after rewatching this I realized Maomao is really strong for being able to drag that woman across the room to the table by the hair, being at best half to 2/3rds the size of the woman
Consort Lihua really must have a forgiving side to her considering the lady-in-waiting had been using a banned material that was poisonous, regardless of ignorance. I was a little surprised she got off so lightly given the time period, coming out of it unharmed and managing to keep her position. I was half expecting her to get demoted to the maid staff at the least. Historically women like her had gotten far worse punishments for far less.
I love the moment Lihua eyes open up after hearing it’s the same thing that killed her son. The woman is dying, yet all her attention is focused on those words
It's the combination of Maomao slapping her and her furiously calling this lady out. *_"There are no thoughts in your head. You just think you know everything."_* hits hard. Easily one of Maomao's best moments.
Mao Mao has all the lovable characteristics of a koneko chan- smart but honest, independent but loyal, cool yet cuddly. Love how she bares her claws at her idiot detractors here. Also, the cutest and most hysterical moments are between her and Jinshi, the handsome administrator, shown at the end; in other examples of their awkward relationship, Mao Mao literally hisses like a cat when he tries to kabedon her 😱🐱
I just how realistic Maomao's dark and serious side is. In most of the anime series characters snap suddenly and scare everyone. But Maomao gets serious not bcuz she is cool and Wednesday bcuz the situation is really serious and someone needs to take the action and warn people against ignorance.
@@dontreadmyprofilepicture8817 nah, I put MaoMao first and Frieren second. MaoMao just has a bit more personality wise, more in depth and feels more fullfledged. Frieren is interesting since her Journey is basically getting that what MaoMao already has.
I get that she didn’t do it with ill intentions but she was so egoistic and st*pid that it was satisfying to see Maomao give her a lesson,at least she learned her lesson tho and strived to be better in the end of the ep,that was nice.
I seriously got so shocked at this scene but I was still cheering on Maomao to continue make the ladies understand their error. Lately in non-action anime violence is overused to make the character badass in non-critical moments, but I like how it was used here in this specific context. This anime is so well balanced, can't wait for the next episodes!
I like that she doesn’t just jump to the conclusion it the same one as before immediately even though it’s obvious. She says “It’s the same shade as before” which is the first step in her reasoning to conclude that they didn’t in fact throw it out like she told them to
I love how intense the whole scene is - the animation, the music, the voice acting - then Jinshi opens his mouth and the tension cracks like an egg in half😂
The cinematography elevated this scene. When MaoMao turns her back to us, the audiance, we don't see her face as she walks slowly to the ladies-in-waiting yet you can feel the her silent anger.
Keeps them in line. They got a little too uppity, and they almost killed a woman. No, not just a woman, one of the Emperor's consorts! She's lucky all she got was confinement. If the consort had died, she would've been drowned!@@theautumnwind8437
First the Chuchu punch in Witch from Mercury, now the Maomao slap. I need to keep a lookout for characters with repeating syllable names in future anime, because apparently they're all really good at clocking punks.
Love how they had the camera follow Mao Mao but also love that the animators didn't use that tired character acting by having her shoulders shake as her anger builds, because no one does that in reality. Pure silent rage from her and I love it!
Eeeh... I know someone irl that shakes when really angry... It is a real thing and I tend to be out the door very fast when I notice it happens... but yeah bit overused in anime
Animation this episode was way too good. Like seriously, they went all the way and it was perfect. It's not one of those fight animations where there is so much in one scene but a highly detailed animation over the whole episode with a fluidity most other shows can only dream of.
I’ve just noticed here, this scene is actually almost entirely CGI. I’ve watched this 4 times and never noticed till now. It’s almost a perfect blend that’s super subtle about it.
Very good job the team that did the music and movement. Really makes it sink in on how serious and grimm the situation is. Then that nice small and quick change in tone in the end made things lighter, but not forgetting what had happened just seconds ago.
I will say this. This show is one of the best anime I have watched recently, easily makes my top 10 must watch anime. It's all in the detail, there are just SO many little details that they get right, even though it's not supposed to be a historical anime.
There's a story of China, probably apocryphal but entirely believable, that the Emperor had the idea to train his concubines in battle so they could defend him. His general, usually Sun Tzu in most tellings, tells the emperor that this is stupid, but he'll do it only if he has full say in what happens, even if it kills them. Day one, the concubines are giggling girls playing at soldier. At the end of the day, the general asks for the emperor's favorite concubine. He then beheads her for not taking it seriously. Day two, the concubines took it seriously. This scene has the same energy. "You were told that this is a matter of life and death. If words will not get into your head, maybe this will."
I jus t love to rewatch this scene, the slap wasn't even that hard when you realize the psycological damage she just gave that woman, broke her pride, call her stupid and bathed her on the poison so she would know what it was
You’re talking about the slap, but she gave the coldest line right after this, “You’ll be as beautiful as [her] pale bloodless skin, sunken in eyes, and a body that can’t even eat.” Then when she tried to justify it by saying that she might’ve been happy with it, she hit her with the force look and spoke out, “Who would be happy with using the product that killed her son!?”
Finished watching the whole thing a few night ago, and I have never loved a female MC so much since Haruhi from OHSHC. I could feel her barely contained anger from the other side of the screen.
its fasinating to me how that lady in waiting survived this ordeal, it probably comes down to being from an important famely but she and/or the concubine killed what apears to have been the then 1. prince buy way of (admitedly ignorant) poison, despite this she kept it upp and did not in fact loose her head
Best moment in the anime so far. I was shocked when I first saw it: The timid Maomao suddenly doesn't feel the need to stay out of whatever Jinshi is dragging her into, but gets genuinely angry at ignorance.
One of my absolute favorite scenes. I already liked Maomao before this, but this scene cemented her as one of my favorite anime characters So perfectly executed
honestly the woman's lucky Maomao entered the picture--if one of the emperor's top consorts had died there'd have been an investigation and her role in it would have likely resulted in her execution
I've read up to volume 3 in the light novel and this specific scene is definitely one of my favorites. So, to see it in the anime was a real treat. It's just somehow even more satisfying to watch than it was to read.
This scene was fantastic. Showed Maomao had some hella strong backbone in as dark a way as possible. Also, even though ive seen the whole anime before, this time i know how Maomao felt, because i didnt remember Jinshi was also in the room (he got he in finally, but i just didnt recall till the end).
This was the time I realized her voice is somewhat familiar. Her voice actor is Aoi Yuuki, who is also the voice of Tanya von Degurechaff from Saga of Tanya the Evil
What traitor? The lady is a moron not a traitor. She did it genuinely with good intentions not with malicious intent as she intended to make the concubine happy. She’s stupid because she didn’t take the warning seriously and needed the wake up call that her good intentions were only make her lady more ill. We can tell her lady didn’t hold it against her later when she was allowed to serve her again. Likewise the whole thing humbled her greatly.
@@V01DIORE Not lead based. Arsenic based makeup. It wouldn't have been that lethal were it "just" lead based (still very dangerous, but it wouldn't have killed babies like that).
All these ladies in waiting were so annoying in this episode. They give her way too heavy meals, they keep issuing the poisoned powder that was banned, and they even went against their emperor by gatekeeping MaoMao from literally helping her get better. Such stupid people!
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No.
meanwhile Jinshi: "God I wish that was me"
Dude went back to his office and found himself really wishing he still had his “equipment”.
🤣🤣🤣
TBF he does have S moments as well such as in Volume 5 ir 6 (I'm not 100% sure due to binging the series rly) where
dude outright starts choking Maomao (she didn't seem to mind it apparently, maybe she's also an M? I suppose it would make sense given how insane she is when it comes to poisons that she tests on herself, as some poisons do cause constriction of the throat among other symptoms, so maybe she's been pavlov'd to like the feeling due to all the poisons she's CONSOOM'd over the years etc) presumably as a type of proving a point or w/e, but she pretty much calls his bluff which makes him kinda back off due to having lost to her in the mental aspect of things, after which the next volume or w/e the 2 spend the entire volume avoiding each other
Jinshi " step on me please.." XDD
@@Amainville93 Bet he did.
Actually, he still have all necessary stuff required to do whatever he wants.
I loved how fast she went from a bulldog to a scared puppy in a second. It shows how much she cared to teach the idiots a lesson without taking into consideration who's in the room.
Man, this went out all like:
Maomao: Are you gonna call me queen, bch!? 😡😡😡😡
Female bully number 528: No? 😰
*punishes her again*
Maomao: Are you gonna call me queen, bch!? 😡😡😡😡😡
Female bully number 528: N- no!?
Maomao: LAST CHANCE, BCH
AM I Queen!?
Female bully number 528:
YOU'RE QUEEN OK!? YOU'RE QUEEN! 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Maomao, See? Easy as that, now clean your sorry buns up 😤😤😤
Pure reflex. She completely forgot Jinshin was even in the room, homegirl's mind just ZEROED IN on the perpetrator of this *humongous stupidity* and went for it. 😡 *No thoughts. Just pure rage.*
@@MrDibara Nah, I think Maomao got bold precisely because she already knew she could get away with it as Jinshi was standing and watching her. Giving Lady Lihua a poisonous substance especially after it was made clear that it was a poison (and having the most powerful person in the rear palace as witness) is an executable offence.
Except Maomao isn’t a dog, but instead a cat (it’s what her name means, as well as her main animal motif). So… lioness to scared kitten.
Lol she ignores him so much that she forgets he is there and unleashes pure Fury till she realizes he is still there hahaha
MaoMao clearly learned a lot from that Old Brothel Madam cause she was definitely channeling some Old Hag energy with that slap and lecture!
you have no idea...
She sometimes has extreme old hag vibes for some reason. It's pretty funny
The madam taught her the secret arts of Hag-Fu, normally forbidden to teach to people who aren't old but Maomao exhibits so much "I'm tired of putting up with idiots" grumpy old lady energy that she qualified despite her young age. Truly, the greatest protagonist.
There was a certain amount of Tanya Degurechaff in this scene as well. (Also voiced by Yuuki Aoi.)
@@joshuakim5240 Prestige Class: "Old Hag"
requirements: level 55+, grandma status, or "Old Soul" feat.
The best part to me wasn’t just the voice acting. It’s Maomao noticing Jinshi still there. Nor does he stop her the whole time. He also uses the same words she had before finally allowed to do the job she was ordered to do.
But still whoever voiced her did a tremendous job blooming out the personality of Miao miao
@@trendmadegamer8725Aoi Yuki, a very talented voice actress that also did
Tanya from Tanya the Devil
Tsuyu from My Hero Aca
Shuten Doji from Fate
Madoka from Madoka Magica
Tatsumaki from One Punch Man
...
and many more
Lucy from edgerunners
In English it's Also amazing.
Kumoko from So I'm a Spider, So What? and Lumine from Genshin Impact
As a medicine student I understand the feeling of see our patients or their family doing the things we ask not to do, she is a totally everyday mood 😢
I hope you are not bathing them in poison and pulling their hair too :D
FGO Asclepius can relate to Maomao on a spiritual level in this regard. 😂
@@makaramussi bet they wish they could tho lol
@@MrDibara "Lead poisoning!? Are you kidding me!? Next time bring me someone who can't help but try to eat their own fingers! That'd be MUCH more interesting!"
@@makaramussyou have to understand how frustrating it could be when someone is constantly not taking help and not listening
Notice Maomao's expression at 2:02 when the lady-in-waiting starts crying. Before this she was furious, angrily calling the lady out for her idiocy (and for good reason). But when the lady stats sobbing Maomao's face softens and her tone is less critical though still stern. This confirms for Maomao and for us that the lady-in-waiting didn't do what she did out of malice-she just thought she was doing what was right. Knowing how women historically put beauty above their health, the lady-in-waiting was probably taught to be this way, which makes the whole situation more tragic.
...but the slap was still deserved
👍
Well said 🤝
Yea tragic still the lady had it coming.
I think "women were historically expected to put beauty before their health" would be a more fair way to put it considering it was more social pressure (when it was even known to be dangerous, when it comes to making women look nice we were remarkably good at not noticing that poison is bad actually)
Impressive observation. It was such a subtle change. Respect to the show as well. I appreciate shows that aren't afraid to be subtle.
Good eye! Man, I'm constantly amazed by the little details in this show, the animation is spectacular~
"There are no thoughts in your head. You just think you know everything."
DAMN MaoMao.
She was full savage at that point
@@LeonValCh _Also accurate!_
“I’m not mad. I’m just disappointed. I’m just here to find out the cause of her condition, find the right medicine to counter it, and treat that bruise on your face.”
“What bruise on my face-“
This is great 😂
Well said, monsieur mustache!
Let me rephrase.
*What did the hand say to the face?*
@@asakayosapro 'SLAP"
Ha
For those curious on what the white powder is, it's lead powder makeup.
Originally made during the 18th century, during a fashion craze, where being pale was seen as beautiful or majestic.
However most people didn't know lead was poisonous at this time but that's why it was banned after the information was discovered
Oh people knew for along time in Europe it didn’t stop them using it though at least for awhile.
Ah, cerussite. So beautiful as a collector’s mineral specimen, and so deadly as anything else.
They did know, they didn't care.
People have always known lead was poisonous. It's just that sometimes lead was "safe enough" in certain forms (it was used in plates and utinsils for ages, and it only caused noticable problems when eating something acidic), that people didn't think it would be harmful to apply on skin.
@@109Rage oh they knew it caused long term health problems and could poison you you, but the culture of the time pressured women to use lead based make up even though it was toxic.
I love when MaoMao becomes a brutally honest beast when it comes to doing right by her patient.
Perfect example of "righteous anger". She got mad for the sake of Linhua who was slowly dying because of the ignorance of those who were serving her. After the slap, drag and lecture, the other ladies in waiting didn't dare crosss her. Especially since Jinshi didn't say or do anything to stop her.
This was great, the voice actor went ballistic here.
that is Yuki Aoi, one of the top japan VA...
@@angelvaca9047 hell yeah, I know, I can recognize her voice in any anime I watch that has her in it, it's so iconic.
No. This wasn't ballistic. This was surgical Malice.
Mami-Chan se puso modo turbio
The same voice actor that’s blessed us with with her performance as Tanya the Evil and Froppy
That was... brutal. She's by far the shortest and skinniest woman in the room and she slapped the servant so hard it knocked her down, and then dragged her to the table.
Well given her new environment- it’s likely she’s eating well and staying in shape from the amount of drama around the palace.
Servants can be the most in fit people due to the work they do, majority of labor so the nobles don’t have to.
The lady in waiting are often see but not heard, their looks and loyalty to their lady put before physical ability.
Plus - this girl had received hard blows before from the madame of the pleasure house. She no doubt knows how to throw down.
short ppl are wild ppl. I would know.
In hindsight the woman she dragged had it coming
Maomao's line "there are no thoughts in your head. You just think you know everything" goes so hard bc shes 100% right. If she really cared about her lady she wouldn't have risked it when hearing the powder is poisonous even if the statement came from someone below her. Its her own ego that she prioritized not her lady
And the fact that they stopped her even though Maomao was literally sent there by the emperor.
I’ll preface by saying I’ve not watched this show or read it’s source material if it has.
The amount of detail in the character acting is just outstanding in so many degrees. It’s not just the animation or the voice acting, it’s the direction of this sequence that is making this as good as it is. It’s the direction and storyboards of this clip. I don’t even know who these people are and what are their stories, but I felt the fury in the girl and then the sheer regret in the makeup lady.
See you in 3 hours time to go binge
Edit: yeah it was way too good, even better than I was expecting lol
Enjoy! The scene is 10x better with context
It's absolutely the best anime of 2023. Like you said, the attention to detail, the voice acting and the stunning art style. I've watched all first 5 episodes now three times :)
How did you like it
Yeah, it was exactly this scene the one that made me say: "Yeap, time to watch this show"
@@momsaccount4033absolutely adored it
Maomao did a wonderful job drilling into the hand-maiden the gravity of her ignorance and arrogance.
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What’s so sad is that the baby died because of it
There are two things I love this part of the show:
One: Maomao has an inner dark side in her where it shows how serious she was when people don't listen to her. Plus, she gave straight up facts of the knowledge she knows behind the powder that the other ladies didn't. The scary face and tone gives me dead vibes like she has the blood of Tanya
Two: The voice actor (Aoi Yuki) who voices Maomao did a excellent job for this part. I'm very happy she got to play this show. I hope she gets to play other future shows.
P.S That slap thou was dopping awesome. It literally felt real I jump from that lol 💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥
A dark side? Not necessarily! She went crazy, as any doctor would have done, to those who ignored her most basic instructions… and by her work, according to me MaoMao would be a kind of (unofficial) doctor specializing in poisons!!
I mean Aoi Yuki is great in general. Just watch Symphogear.
I was wondering if the Tanya the Evil vibes was just me. Good to know it’s not.
Same voice actress, that's probably why.
Incorrect description. That's hardly her dark side.
If anything, it's her good side.
THIS SCENE MADE ME LOVE MAOMAO EVEN MORE! She's trying to do her job, yet all the ladies there acting like they know better! Don't mess with Maomao!! SLAY MAOMAO! SLAY!!
She does has an intense personality
Not sure how well the title works: Maomao's anger is so frightening because she seems like she's actually still restraining it, and this is merely a hint of it. She's *not* losing it, she's composed, thinking clearly, and *still* laying out a physical AND rhetorical beatdown.
What I find great is that this lady in waiting that she scheduled later apologized to Maomao. The rather short storylines are expanded in the anime.
Maomao letting people have it puts a smile on my face. She has my vote for Best Girl of the Year.
Honestly she deserves it, I like her character way more than past female characters
Maomao and Frieren are tied for top spot in my books
Maomao is normally so chill. But she's definitely a doctor at heart. Respect.
I am happy we get to see the duality of maomao character, for there's maomao the palace maiden, who will just go with the flow and there's Maomao that was raised in a brothel, who knows when to take action because she refuses to be dragged around by others stupidity.
It's been a while since I've seen a good slap, and then she just dragged her by the hair Maomao was having none of it. 🤣
Last time i saw a good ol' beating, it was Chuchu in Witch from Mercury
after rewatching this I realized Maomao is really strong for being able to drag that woman across the room to the table by the hair, being at best half to 2/3rds the size of the woman
Maomao is a "country girl". These ladies in waiting are dainty.
Consort Lihua really must have a forgiving side to her considering the lady-in-waiting had been using a banned material that was poisonous, regardless of ignorance. I was a little surprised she got off so lightly given the time period, coming out of it unharmed and managing to keep her position. I was half expecting her to get demoted to the maid staff at the least. Historically women like her had gotten far worse punishments for far less.
I love the moment Lihua eyes open up after hearing it’s the same thing that killed her son.
The woman is dying, yet all her attention is focused on those words
What I personally like about this scene is the added detail of Lihua opening her eyes when her son was mentioned.
It's the combination of Maomao slapping her and her furiously calling this lady out. *_"There are no thoughts in your head. You just think you know everything."_* hits hard. Easily one of Maomao's best moments.
I love how the music tenses up as Maomao approaches the lady-in-waiting. She's officially done and we can *feel* it!
Mao Mao has all the lovable characteristics of a koneko chan- smart but honest, independent but loyal, cool yet cuddly. Love how she bares her claws at her idiot detractors here. Also, the cutest and most hysterical moments are between her and Jinshi, the handsome administrator, shown at the end; in other examples of their awkward relationship, Mao Mao literally hisses like a cat when he tries to kabedon her 😱🐱
I also love the non-diegetic cat ears and tail that pops up whenever she gets excited. Maomao is certainly a very lovable koneko-chan~
Doesnt Moamoa mean cat in Japanese?
Dang Moamao's is so frightening to that woman first slapping her down to the floor, pulling her hair, and that face she made was scary 😱
I love how at 2:33 she is slowly moving away. Really nice animation!
Notice that Jinshi could have stopped it at any time, but chose to let the beatdown proceed.
I just how realistic Maomao's dark and serious side is. In most of the anime series characters snap suddenly and scare everyone. But Maomao gets serious not bcuz she is cool and Wednesday bcuz the situation is really serious and someone needs to take the action and warn people against ignorance.
She's the best MC this season, no doubt.
I'd agree if Frieren wasn't also in this season.
@@dontreadmyprofilepicture8817 Maomao is easily second or third best really
@@dontreadmyprofilepicture8817 nah, I put MaoMao first and Frieren second. MaoMao just has a bit more personality wise, more in depth and feels more fullfledged. Frieren is interesting since her Journey is basically getting that what MaoMao already has.
@@dontreadmyprofilepicture8817Fern is a better MC than Frieren
@@lowtierlifts Less nuanced and more developmentally whole. I disagree.
I remember as soon as I heard the music play I said “Uh oh. Somebody about to get slapped” didn’t expect her to do the extra shot though😂😂😂
I get that she didn’t do it with ill intentions but she was so egoistic and st*pid that it was satisfying to see Maomao give her a lesson,at least she learned her lesson tho and strived to be better in the end of the ep,that was nice.
I seriously got so shocked at this scene but I was still cheering on Maomao to continue make the ladies understand their error.
Lately in non-action anime violence is overused to make the character badass in non-critical moments, but I like how it was used here in this specific context. This anime is so well balanced, can't wait for the next episodes!
I like that she doesn’t just jump to the conclusion it the same one as before immediately even though it’s obvious. She says “It’s the same shade as before” which is the first step in her reasoning to conclude that they didn’t in fact throw it out like she told them to
I love how intense the whole scene is - the animation, the music, the voice acting - then Jinshi opens his mouth and the tension cracks like an egg in half😂
The cinematography elevated this scene. When MaoMao turns her back to us, the audiance, we don't see her face as she walks slowly to the ladies-in-waiting yet you can feel the her silent anger.
My jaw dropped so hard during this. Maomao is goated
Can't praise Aoi Yuki for voicing Maomao 😅😂🙌👏
She is perfect example of never mess with those that are quiet most of the time.
And that is with the adults who still have some sense on them and might know some ways of anger management. A quiet kid wouldn't be so reasonable.
Honestly, she had it coming. Sometimes, that's the only way to make people listen when they're too high and mighty.
Keeps them in line. They got a little too uppity, and they almost killed a woman. No, not just a woman, one of the Emperor's consorts! She's lucky all she got was confinement. If the consort had died, she would've been drowned!@@theautumnwind8437
LOL her slow sliding away from Jinshi in the last scene ... perfection
First the Chuchu punch in Witch from Mercury, now the Maomao slap. I need to keep a lookout for characters with repeating syllable names in future anime, because apparently they're all really good at clocking punks.
Love how they had the camera follow Mao Mao but also love that the animators didn't use that tired character acting by having her shoulders shake as her anger builds, because no one does that in reality. Pure silent rage from her and I love it!
Eeeh... I know someone irl that shakes when really angry... It is a real thing and I tend to be out the door very fast when I notice it happens... but yeah bit overused in anime
Animation this episode was way too good. Like seriously, they went all the way and it was perfect. It's not one of those fight animations where there is so much in one scene but a highly detailed animation over the whole episode with a fluidity most other shows can only dream of.
I’ve just noticed here, this scene is actually almost entirely CGI. I’ve watched this 4 times and never noticed till now. It’s almost a perfect blend that’s super subtle about it.
There’s the scene at the beginning of this episode where she’s testing food for poison and it’s like 20 seconds of detailed, realistic movement
while the lady-in-waiting was only imprisoned for a few days, the poor eunuch she used to get the powder was whipped
In other words, her stupidity didn't just harm the concubine
Still not over that slap! 😂
I don't think anyone is XD
Very good job the team that did the music and movement. Really makes it sink in on how serious and grimm the situation is. Then that nice small and quick change in tone in the end made things lighter, but not forgetting what had happened just seconds ago.
I will say this. This show is one of the best anime I have watched recently, easily makes my top 10 must watch anime. It's all in the detail, there are just SO many little details that they get right, even though it's not supposed to be a historical anime.
There's a story of China, probably apocryphal but entirely believable, that the Emperor had the idea to train his concubines in battle so they could defend him. His general, usually Sun Tzu in most tellings, tells the emperor that this is stupid, but he'll do it only if he has full say in what happens, even if it kills them.
Day one, the concubines are giggling girls playing at soldier. At the end of the day, the general asks for the emperor's favorite concubine. He then beheads her for not taking it seriously. Day two, the concubines took it seriously.
This scene has the same energy. "You were told that this is a matter of life and death. If words will not get into your head, maybe this will."
I just love her boldness
I jus t love to rewatch this scene, the slap wasn't even that hard when you realize the psycological damage she just gave that woman, broke her pride, call her stupid and bathed her on the poison so she would know what it was
The way she stands up, you can see things are about to go down
You’re talking about the slap, but she gave the coldest line right after this, “You’ll be as beautiful as [her] pale bloodless skin, sunken in eyes, and a body that can’t even eat.”
Then when she tried to justify it by saying that she might’ve been happy with it, she hit her with the force look and spoke out, “Who would be happy with using the product that killed her son!?”
She educated all of them with a single slap and an angry voice.
Maomao 💝
Finished watching the whole thing a few night ago, and I have never loved a female MC so much since Haruhi from OHSHC. I could feel her barely contained anger from the other side of the screen.
1:21 she looking like a jimmy neutron character
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I like this part Maomao was scary the way she dragged her
its fasinating to me how that lady in waiting survived this ordeal, it probably comes down to being from an important famely but she and/or the concubine killed what apears to have been the then 1. prince buy way of (admitedly ignorant) poison, despite this she kept it upp and did not in fact loose her head
First time ive seen maomao mad at seeing poison
This scene has won me over😂👌. I’m adding it to my Watch-ASAP list.
Best moment in the anime so far. I was shocked when I first saw it: The timid Maomao suddenly doesn't feel the need to stay out of whatever Jinshi is dragging her into, but gets genuinely angry at ignorance.
just realized how much strength she had to be pulling her like that means she works out a little bit
I forgot that comsmetics on the past used to contaon things like mercury and toher heavy metals that were toxic
Watching this and I just realised Jinshi's statement at 2:25 was actually hilarious. 😂
This is my fave scene by far.
Ain't nobody gonna talk about how maomao is strong enough to knock her down with a slap and drag her with hair? 💀
One of my absolute favorite scenes. I already liked Maomao before this, but this scene cemented her as one of my favorite anime characters
So perfectly executed
I absolutely love every second of this show. It is by far the best anime I have watched in a long time
started watching this now since the anime ended and I wasn't expecting this side of her. but... man.... i loved it.
honestly the woman's lucky Maomao entered the picture--if one of the emperor's top consorts had died there'd have been an investigation and her role in it would have likely resulted in her execution
And all of Lihua's ladies in waiting continue to be terrified of tiny little MaoMao going forwards.
This anime needs more attention maomao is glorious
WHAT ANIME IS THIS!? Sorry I realized when I was done typing this that I had typed it in caps and I can’t be bothered to delete and start again 🫡
@@CKALLY lol it’s fine we can have blonde moments
@@inuclearpickle8628 I live for them 🥲I’ll just melt away now 🫠
The Lady in waiting got off easy compared to the enouch who was tasked to remove the powder away from that house. I hope both learned their lesson.
will forget love the line " who would be happy poisoned with the same thing that killed their son!?"
I've read up to volume 3 in the light novel and this specific scene is definitely one of my favorites. So, to see it in the anime was a real treat. It's just somehow even more satisfying to watch than it was to read.
This scene was fantastic. Showed Maomao had some hella strong backbone in as dark a way as possible.
Also, even though ive seen the whole anime before, this time i know how Maomao felt, because i didnt remember Jinshi was also in the room (he got he in finally, but i just didnt recall till the end).
That stare was terrifying
Maomao loses it? No, on the contrary.
Maomao is in full control of the situation.
This was the time I realized her voice is somewhat familiar. Her voice actor is Aoi Yuuki, who is also the voice of Tanya von Degurechaff from Saga of Tanya the Evil
Jinji is like "damn, thats hot"
Mao Mao is the best character of the season. She is literally in my TOP 3 since I read the Novel years ago.
she was like "these hand are Rated E for EVERYONE, we slap and punch from your average joe all the way to god himself. everyone gets these hands!"
This scene is what totally elevated this show for me to truly great, and man has it continued to deliver.
0:52 the time she got slapped
Its so satisfying ive been playing it over and over thank you XD
She really gave the maidens a harsh viewing that she and thr others deserved
So nice that she find the true traitor
Nice video ❤
What traitor? The lady is a moron not a traitor. She did it genuinely with good intentions not with malicious intent as she intended to make the concubine happy. She’s stupid because she didn’t take the warning seriously and needed the wake up call that her good intentions were only make her lady more ill. We can tell her lady didn’t hold it against her later when she was allowed to serve her again. Likewise the whole thing humbled her greatly.
Not really a traitor women used to use lead based makeup and such all the time previous not knowing it was properly poisonous till much later times.
@@V01DIORE Not lead based. Arsenic based makeup. It wouldn't have been that lethal were it "just" lead based (still very dangerous, but it wouldn't have killed babies like that).
I just love her and this anime! The plot twists are great! 1000000% recommended
The lesson of the day: Beauty isn't everything. 🎉
I watched this scene so many times. It was so satisfying 😭
Maomao just dominated the handmaiden like an absolute boss.
All these ladies in waiting were so annoying in this episode. They give her way too heavy meals, they keep issuing the poisoned powder that was banned, and they even went against their emperor by gatekeeping MaoMao from literally helping her get better. Such stupid people!
SHE IS SO AMAZING
SHE HAS THAT DOG IN HER
I believe in Maomao supremacy.