We review The Apothecary Diaries, an anime that is half court intrigue half mystery. Set in a fictional country based on Imperial China, the series follows Maomao, a young girl working as an apothecary in the red-light district. She is kidnapped and sold to the Imperial Palace as a servant, but still retains her curious and eccentric personality. Even though she intends to lay low, she catches the attention of an influential eunuch, and soon finds herself solving various mysteries for the royal court.
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