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Does She Still Remember? | The Apothecary Diaries
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 มี.ค. 2024
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Maomao lived a peaceful life with her apothecary father. Until one day, she’s sold as a lowly servant to the emperor’s palace. But she wasn’t meant for a compliant life among royalty. So when imperial heirs fall ill, she decides to step in and find a cure! This catches the eye of Jinshi, a handsome palace official who promotes her. Now, she’s making a name for herself solving medical mysteries!
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You know its a good story when your opinions about characters can take a 180° turn
It’s actually quite a good story telling perspective: you tell the story from the protagonist, then switch to the one in focus
After all, everyone's the protagonist of their own story.
@@DThorn619the protagonist from Mein Kampf too?
@@josephwagner7277The protagonist isn't always the good guy/hero. And that story's protagonist was no good guy.
@@josephwagner7277 protagonist =/= good guy. Just mean they are the main character of their own story
He thought she was dead all of these years only to find out that she's alive but that she's about to die that's so sad.
Better to have some closure, however short it may be.
Yes 😢😢
I've missed the moment where we're told that he thought she was dead. And the motivation of the brothel owner is unclear for me. Why did she hide Fengxian? Was she thinking that Lakan was dangerous?
@@Nice_Treethe anime kind glazes over a lot of details.
@@Nice_TreeI’ve always thought the Madame was just trying to protect her.
She didn’t like or trust Lakan after he abandoned Fengxian, and whilst she’d take his money, from her perspective, she doesn’t think he deserves to know or see her after the pain and ruin he caused her. To the best of her knowledge, he left willingly, and didn’t come back until it was much too late.
That was one of her best ‘girls’, and whilst she is money hungry and runs a brothel, she still cares about them a lot and would have known how much Fengxian liked him compared to her other regulars.
I think people also gloss over that, for the time, she wasn’t obligated to look after Fengxian. She’d have been justified at kicking her out on the street for good, after lowering the status of the brothel and herself like she did. But she still tried to keep her safe, tried to keep her as comfortable as possible as the infection progressed and tried to protect her and her daughter from what she considered threats.
In the eyes of everyone, she's hideous, but to him she's will always be beautiful from the day he met her.
I wouldn't say she's hideous. In terms of appearance, she still looks much better compared to a lot of other people.
She is still beautiful, but her illness disfigured her😢
@@gwen4200 they dont show her face properly in the anime but she doesn't have a nose anymore because of syphilis
Actually i found someone explained that due to Lakan's inability to recognize face, the Fengxian he saw is not just his imagination. It's literally what he sees. And i thought that made this scene more impactful.
The way he also still sees her as the beautiful woman she was,the withered rose still looks beautiful in his eyes…hope he can cherish the little time he has left with her,they both deserve this moment together even if it’s but a fraction of what it could’ve been…
Since he has the face thing he still sees her how he thinks she looks.
I was so hoping someone else would notice that. What a beautiful touch
@victorbressler7156 you're forgetting the reason he was so interested in her to start is he doesn't see the face thing with her. He sees her actual face. This isn't that, this is just like an elderly couple that looks at their partner and sees them for the person they were in their 20s/30s because who they are on the inside matters more to them than what they look like. That's the point this scene is trying to make. She may be withered but she's still a rose.
Actually i found someone explained that due to Lakan's inability to recognize face, the Fengxian he saw is not just his imagination. It's literally what he sees. And i thought that made this scene more impactful.
"You're as beautiful as the day I lost you."
HTTYD 2 reference! 🥲
Oh great, just kick my heart while it's already on the ground 😭
I swooned the first time I heard that line. It remains one of the most perfect lines in my mind.
Está frase me hace llorar 😭 Es muy dulce y romántica 💖
Lakan: "Even after all this time?"
Fengxian: "Always."
EMOTIONAL DAMAGE😢❤
😭
😢
I think it's reversed. I think Feng would have been the one questioning his love and Lakan would be the one to answer. Eitherway, this scene is so bittersweet.
Lakan finally put it together and got it right. I’m happy for Maomao’s tragic parents.
She planned this, I just know it.
@@algordo1997nope
@@manofclay53 isn't the flower she gave him meant to push him to find her mom?
Under the flower was a letter of Mao Mao saying to his father she should buy Mei Mei
@@JaAvii3456 yes the hint was the withered rose. She probably knew meimei would hint towards her mom as well
Lakan doing the hated to loved character speedrun.
Still better than most anime do it.
My boy run as fast as he could to take his chance, his last opportunity, he didn't want to slip it away again.
Never again, already happened once and I don't think even the Emperor standing in his way, would stop him from going to her side.
A man who can't see other people's faces, yet the one who lost her's, is still beautiful in his eyes 😢
Mei Mei was so kind here. She knew this was her chance to get bought out and retire but she chose to help Fengxian live well in her final days.
Is also heavily implied she actually loved Lakan too.
0:14 a funny but bittersweet moment is that there was clearly an opening there at the gate but Lakan still choose to ‘jump’ over it in his desperation to get to his loved one
And fell. HEADFIRST. 😂 How? 😂😂😂
Lakan messed up once by compromising, he's obviously going to take the straightest path to Fengxian this time
@@sallyt.4786 Well that was... so sweet. Unexpectedly.
Never have I been so happy to hear a 2nd season get announced for a particular anime. Was so obsessed with this.
We are at least getting three seasons and at this pace up to 6 to 7.
WE BETTER
"The man who can't see faces continues to love the woman who lost hers."
That's so tragically beautiful.
Too bad they cut out some of Meimei and Maomao's dialogue in the end of this episode because it was hinted that Meimei has feelings for Lakan and since Maomao actually wanted Meimei to be bought out, Maomao predicted that Lakan could've made Meimei a very happy woman. So her crying at the end was actually happy tears for Fengxian but also heartbreak for herself
Don’t watch the show but Maomao wanted her father to buy out another woman and get with her instead of her mom? Because that was what it meant to buy out a courtesan back then. To make them your concubine
@@elithluxe7568 In Maomao's eyes, Meimei deserved to be bought out and be happy over her own mother who she considers mostly a stranger, while she treats Meimei as more of a mother figure to her instead
@@theeldude1000why would Maomao want her mother figure to marry a guy she, at best, feels nothing towards? And why would Maomao send the withered rose message if not referring to her mother? Meimei, while a little on the older side, still shows no sings of slowing down, she’s not “withered” at all.
It is very clear that the courtesan Maomao wanted to get bought out was her mother, which also makes sense from her perspective, even if she doesn’t particularly care for either of her parents, she still looks over Fengxian and knows Lakan better than anyone, it just makes sense to let the, be together since it doesn’t take anything away from Maomao, guarantees that her mother will be looked after even better than on the pleasure district, and gets her father off her back for a while while he goes on his honeymoon.
Plus, she knows that Lakan doesn’t particularly care for Meimei (at least in that way), so that’d just doom her to a one sided marriage for the rest of her life. By removing the option of Lakan being her’s, Maomao forces Meimei to look somewhere else for love
@@San-nj8fj Lakan is wealthy and has good status, meaning Meimei could retire from the brothel and live a comfortable life. He also doesn't seem like an abusive partner. Practically speaking, buying Meimei out would be a safe escape from the redlight district which is the ultimate goal of a courtesan.
@@atypewriter I just feel like Maomao would want Meimei to marry someone who loves her back.
Lakan very clearly only loves Fengxian and Maomao, everyone else he’s either indifferent to or at best, he’s fine with them.
She was replaying their game over and over for years. That's a hell of a commitment.
The fact he still sees her that beautiful 😭
I guess this is one benefit of being face blind
Part of the great advantage of suffering Prosopagnosia (face blindness); but it does not rule out that the most important people can distinguish them; Even those who lost, may the latter continue to see her as the beauty she was regardless of how she suffers from syphilis.
This was such a bittersweet yet beautiful moment. I’m glad they can be with each other with the time they have left 🥺
He doesn't mind how she looks right now. He is unable to see other people's faces anyways. So she is literally the only one he have on his mind.
She remembered. And Maomao gave her father the one thing he really wanted. Not bad.
I like the difference in the prices he said, earlier in the episode he said prices in 10s of thousands and that 100 thousand was too much. While this scene the money no longer matters, with the “whatever you want”
Feng Xian's marriage to La Kan meant Mao Mao is no longer a commoner or an illegitimate lovechild anymore. Which also means that she has noble status herself with full weight of the La clan backing her.
If the theory of Jin Shi is the Emperor's child which was swapped with the former Empress was true, that would means he is true heir. Mao Mao is eligible to marry him and become Queen.
Lakan: Eh... I lost a bet with my daughter so a couple ten thousand for a courtesan isn't much. Just not a hundred thousand. That's too muc-
Fengxian: *sings in the distance*
Lakan: ...I WILL TAKE THIS WOMAN. MONEY IS NO OBJECT. THERE IS NOT A PRICE I WILL NOT PAY.
The woman he fell in love with was full of pride, and that pride unfortunately kept her from him for far too long; for she'd rather the world think her dead, than it see her alive and disfigured. If only Fengxian realized how deep Lakan's love truly was, that to him she would always be beautiful; even if her body and mind were gone.
You sure?
@@zoraackerman1684 Yes, Fengxian pretty much embodied Pride, hence why she had a reputation of looking at others like they were insects (of course this made her appealing among certain circles of clientele obviously, in addition to her intellect & skill at Go)
I would say the madam of the brothel had more to do with that than her.
Yeah, she could have told him that she was pregnant in the letter, rather than giving him complete hints and hoping he will figure it out. Even intelligent men can be dense sometimes.
Even Maomao said she became insane because her plan didn’t work out.
You got it right, if she was only more sincere... just like Mei said.
Oh my I cried at that part even though she doesn't have much time left he's with her until her last moment
Lakan and Fengxian's relationship reminds me of Meruem and Komugi's relationship from HxH
same.
Well yeah bur mainly because they commented over Gungi and Meruem realized his feelings and went back with only her in mind. They are both tragedies but honestly this leaves way more of a bitter taste, in HxH that was borderline a happy ending
@@huh5950How could that be a happy ending if they both die? That was a tragic ending, while this relationship between Laokan and Fengxian it's just bittersweet, they were apart for a lot of years, but at least now they get to be happy together, while Meruem and Komugi had little time to know each other and had to say goodbye forever immediately after, that can't be considered a happy ending.
@@Hikari12217 Japanese do have this concept of double suicide by lovers so they can be together in the afterlife/next life, you could interpret Meruem and Komugi's death as something like this. Certainly not a Happy end but bittersweet, yes.
More like Rias and Issei from DxD.
It's really sad to realize now that the Old Lady running the brothel is essentially responsible for 80% of this tragic situation. Hiding Fengxian and leading Lakan to believe she was dead...that is the cause of 17 years of unneeded heartache and suffering
From what I'm seeing here, she never told him she was dead. And I don't think Lakan ever explained his situation either. So to her, he's just some dude who disappeared for three long years and did that to Fengxian. To her, he doesn't deserve her.
@@zoraackerman1684 The madam said Fengxian was "gone". Her mind and beauty is gone and might have assumed he would have rejected her in that state.
@@lmae8337 Or was maybe just emotional. Like there's nothing here for you anymore, you missed your chance. Anyway, while she could have done better, she's not to blame for the whole situation. Miscommunication. I doubt she knew, or even fully knows even now what held Lakan back. That same ✨️miscommunication✨️. If it wasn't for Maomao none of this would have even happened. Leave it up to the kid y'all are supposed to be protecting to fix it all. 🤦
@zoraackerman1684 in the msnga she told him she was dead. The anime changed the dialogue to be more vague
@@zoraackerman1684 telling someone that the woman they loved, who after he left suffered from possibly several STDs, and according to the letters AND FINGERS, was mentally unstable, is gone isclearly meant to imply that she is dead.
Granny wanted him to believe she was dead.
This isn't a miscommunication moment.
He's the perfect man for her, as he only sees her as she was. I hope Maomao can deal with this. I'm not crying, you're crying...
The thing about maomao is that even she doesn't get it, not really; she dismisses lakan as "just a stud horse" that was exploited by her birth mother
maomao is too traumatized to love, so she really isn't equipped to accept how they really felt about each other, why her mom did what she did, and exactly WHY fengxian lost her mind at the perceived betrayal
It really puts you in a new perspective, if you put some atention to lakan before, it was HIMSELF who put him in the role of villian
In his eyes, he destroyed the life of the woman he loved, and was punished to never see his doughter again
That absolutely blew my mind when I realized, the only reason we think of him as a dirtbag is because he was all but describing himself as a dirtbag
The series practically screams "don't trust how people describe themselves" yet we didn't think that that might apply to a good man beating himself up over a tragic mistake
@@CrispBaker Peak storytelling. Making us into master strategists and psychologists by the third season. 😅❤️☺️
This scene is so beautiful. But I also always chuckle a bit that there was a doorway in the guardrail less than a yard away, and Lakan made the choice to climb over the damn thing instead in his rush. It honestly just shows even more how much he loves Fengxian. It’s touching.
Last time a moment’s hesitation cost him everything, he will not take that chance again.
in cant tell if she even remembers because we're seeing her through Lakan.. i hope she does, as terribly as she treated Maomao i want them to be happy for whatever time they have left :(
She spent every able-bodied moment playing their game. Even if it's fuzzy, she remembers him.
Such a bittersweet moment. So filled with emotion. Someone called the invisible ninjas to cut onions but, I didn’t mind at all.
I was so dang excited to see this scene animated and it did not disappoint. Now, pardon me while I deal with the onion ninjas.
who else cried at this part??? my hearttt!
IKR 😭
I was not expecting to see one of the best tragic love stories I've ever encountered when Lakan was first introduced
"Sempre jovem a voce."
She will always be young to him. Tragically beautiful.
Storytelling at its finest.
Incredible series
I can’t watch this scene without crying because of how beautiful it is
I loved how people started to have faces again and not go pieces. It’s like the world got its identity back when he found the part of him that made him happy.
When he looked at her and saw her as just as beautiful as she was back then I lost it.
I wonder if Fengxian ever did smile at seeing Lakan or it is just his imagination?
My guess is that she didn't but the smile shows how she felt on the inside
2:05 Her missing ring finger tho 😭😭
did anyone else notice that he looked younger as he was starting at her in disbelief 😭
such a beautiful moment
So happy we getting a 2nd of this anime
Why there has to be always pain? Why the author couldn't write a happy reunion? 😭😭
Just because it's bitter sweet doesn't mean it isn't a happy reunion.
@@Hypersaiyanike You know what happens next, right? Also, she has one of the saddest backstories I've seen.
Trust me, this is much better than the OG Web Novel where she was actually dead and Lakan wasn’t just misled. There’s a couple of those where people who died in the WN live in the LN. In this case there is still death but the character gets happiness first
WDYM, there are a few couples in the story who got their happy ending, just not this one. It is what it is.
@@onur6145 Yeah, it's why I said it's bitter sweet. Doesn't mean this moment right here for them isn't happy.
This is so heartwarming and heartbreaking at the same time 😢
What a touching and bittersweet moment. 🎉
My favorite part:
Maomao: “Jinshi-sama. There’s something I have to say. Something I’ve needed to say for so long….”
Jinshi: “W-What is it?”
Maomao: “I really, truly….want that bezoar. Where are we on that?”
Jinshi: 😑…..< Headbutt! >
She knew what she was doing for real. 😂😂😂😂 She even snickered after she did it. With her mischievous cat eyes and all. 😅 I love that girl. ❤
love that he sees her exactly as she was
Man, I know it’s not going to happen because this is not one of those series, but her getting better would make me happy.
The two episodes got me sobbing like a baby
This has been the best longest anime series in 2024 ever man ❤😌👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏💯
That was beautiful
He doesn’t care how sick she looks, to him she will always be beautiful 🥹
Darn, I really hoped that Omoikaze (that song for the couple in Ep3) would play in this scene
The two are back together after so long ❤
I haven't had such a drastic shift in view for a character since Severus Snape. Well done Apothecary Diaries...well done!
Awesome The Apothecary Diaries Video.
Love this series 🎉🎉🎉❤❤
My favorite anime
I think that scene was the most powerful one I've seen in anime in awhile
Beautiful episode 💙💚💜
Can't wait for season 2 I love this anime!!
Thank you so much❤
If only he could have realized this 12 years ago 😢 at least there will be a short time of happiness in the end.
Mei Mei was right
I cried tears I didn't know I had.
Wholesome
I got emotional just watching it!
The love healed her
@1:25 "Yes. I have to choose, don't I?"
Once he saw her, he never had a choice.
Time... is a damn deceiver, sometimes it *"punishes" you* and, other times *"it rewards you"*
Two things can be true at one time:
Maomao has no feelings toward Lakan yes but she also knows this isn’t about her
The wilted flower was a message about Fengxian which would give Lakan the answer he wanted all this time.
On the other hand
Maomao wants Meimei to live a good life. No Lakan probably won’t like her back but Meimei would have the best ending that a woman could. She would be living with a wealthy man(who she likes) and wouldn’t be in the red light district.
Both of these events happening were possible and Maomao knew this. She probably would’ve preferred that Meimei got bought out as that’s who helped raise her however Lakan finding the woman he loved would also make her life easier(since he wouldn’t be searching for a way to hold on to the last piece of Fengxian’s memory through Maomao).
There’s a lot behind both outcomes which makes this bittersweet moment so well written.
This is a Fascinating anime
I can’t wait for season 2!!
I kept wondering what the sound at 0:15 was, it's Lakan crushing his monocle. He has it on at 0:13 but at 0:48 it's gone.
I hope Lakan finally gets the Happiness and hope didn't have back then 😊
Is it ok that legit started crying when my Brain put everything together I started crying and feel just happy for both even if the situation is not the best😊😢❤
Really breaks my heart... Lakan is an awkward and derpy dude with people, but so sad how he and Fengxian ended up cause of his stupid family sending him away and never getting to tell her (and sad she never was able to find out).
To be honest, I never really hated Lakan. I actually just felt sorry for him. He was blinded by many things only to take so much for granted. And in the end, he got a little bit of closure only to realize that the woman he’s loved all this time is about to die. This is one of the most tragic love stories I’ve ever witnessed, but it’s also one of the most beautiful. Lakan and Fengxian both deserved better. Thankfully, enough we got a satisfying ending to their story. 😢❤
Love took her back to him 😭😭😭
That was so cutee
Damn this is a gold moment
Alguien me puede dar el nombre de la canción que canta la madre de maomao?
I hope you guys will also upload the headbutt scene
Essa parte foi muito boa,
Masterpiece❤
Is it ever explained why all the letters fengxian sent lakan never made it to him and got stuck in the palace? I assume that the palace knew he was forced to go somewhere else after the scandal with his uncle so why did the mail system not deliver the letters to the proper new address he was stuck in for three years?
So the FROG ARC is coming????😅
I am glad the dude finally made the right choice & not mess up.
He would have always done this
Given this context, the mess isn’t on him.
I dont understand, the rose seems to be hinting to lakan to buy fengxian, but Maomao wanted to dedicate her dance at the end to MeiMei... maybe she wanted her father to chose between them?
Espero que não demore a segunda temporada que foi confirmada
It’s already confirmed my friend now we sadly wait for more greatness
Very sad Flashback 😢
man if anyones the villian its the old lady at the lady's house. she basicly stole this dudes kid and gaslight her into thinking he was a creep.
😭😭😭😭😭
😭😭😭
Is she singing about Maomao in the beginning?? If she is, that's so sad :(
(wipes Lakan's tears)
I was wondering if she was alive