Episode 2 of The Apothecary Diaries Season 3 plays Jinshi's "nap" as pure comedy, but the light novel gives every step of that disaster a reason. Why is Maomao the only one who sees how tired he is? Why is a poor harvest in the north suddenly the emperor's problem? And where does that lullaby come from?
This is everything the anime left out of Volume 5, chapters 3 and 4 of the light novel: the order the anime swapped, the shopkeeper who didn't believe his own story, why the village lied about the fire rat cloak, why the streets remember Loulan as the villain, whose fields the bugs ate, and the song from the Verdigris House.
⚠️ Spoilers: light novel Volume 5, up to chapter 4 only.
⏱️ Chapters
0:00 What the Anime Left Out
0:37 Cold Bread and a Hard Fall
2:04 The Shopkeeper Who Didn't Believe His Own Story
4:09 Why the Village Lied
5:17 The Villain the Streets Remember
6:47 Whose Fields the Bugs Ate
8:34 The Tiredness Nobody Sees
11:08 The Song From the Verdigris House
11:53 Where the Episode Lands
💬 Would you rather the anime had kept Maomao's reasons for that night, or does it play better as pure comedy? Tell us in the comments.
📺 A new "what the anime skipped" video every week while Season 3 airs. Episode 1's video, full recaps of Seasons 1 and 2 and the Maomao & Jinshi deep dive are on the channel.
Music: "Eastern Thought" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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This video is commentary and analysis made for review purposes. All clips and characters belong to their respective owners.
#ApothecaryDiaries #KusuriyaNoHitorigoto #Maomao
Episode 2 of The Apothecary Diaries Season 3 plays Jinshi's "nap" as pure comedy, but the light novel gives every step of that disaster a reason. Why is Maomao the only one who sees how tired he is? Why is a poor harvest in the north suddenly the emperor's problem? And where does that lullaby come from?
This is everything the anime left out of Volume 5, chapters 3 and 4 of the light novel: the order the anime swapped, the shopkeeper who didn't believe his own story, why the village lied about the fire rat cloak, why the streets remember Loulan as the villain, whose fields the bugs ate, and the song from the Verdigris House.
⚠️ Spoilers: light novel Volume 5, up to chapter 4 only.
⏱️ Chapters
0:00 What the Anime Left Out
0:37 Cold Bread and a Hard Fall
2:04 The Shopkeeper Who Didn't Believe His Own Story
4:09 Why the Village Lied
5:17 The Villain the Streets Remember
6:47 Whose Fields the Bugs Ate
8:34 The Tiredness Nobody Sees
11:08 The Song From the Verdigris House
11:53 Where the Episode Lands
💬 Would you rather the anime had kept Maomao's reasons for that night, or does it play better as pure comedy? Tell us in the comments.
📺 A new "what the anime skipped" video every week while Season 3 airs. Episode 1's video, full recaps of Seasons 1 and 2 and the Maomao & Jinshi deep dive are on the channel.
Music: "Eastern Thought" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...
This video is commentary and analysis made for review purposes. All clips and characters belong to their respective owners.
#ApothecaryDiaries #KusuriyaNoHitorigoto #Maomao