Kusuriya no Hitorigoto ~Maomao no Koukyuu Nazotoki Techou~ - Vol. 5 Ch. 22 - By Chance or By Design

[MangaDex]

 

[Claith]

Chekhov's Gun strikes again for the third time reading this story in different forms.

Thank you for the chapters.

 

[Pyras]

Thank you for the hard work.

 

[chaos86]

I really like this version despite the inferior art. The sequence of events made much more sense and streamlined so to speak.

 

[AnotherDuck]

Tasting unknown medicine. Well, that's Maomao for you.

Herb spotted! Pounce!

"I haven't picked anything yet."

Yet. The keyword is yet.

I like her, "This is this, and that is that, but now you're cleaning," attitude.

Always fun to see Maomao gradually figuring stuff out.

It's a bit unusual to draw overlapping circles like that without being mostly symmetrical.

He knows the price for her cooperation.

I think they're a bit too explicit about the explanation of the pulley system.

Chekhov's Gun strikes again for the third time reading this story in different forms.

Yeah, it's usually quite good at that.

 

[shurjo]

Kind of feel like Maomao in this version is shown as a little less maniacal somehow, which I really like. I think it gives this version its own charm. While she still loves medicine and herbs, her fixation on that doesn't seem to overpower her tendency to be very observant in every situation, I guess? It's definitely debatable but IMO that's something that feels a bit more faithful to the light novel than Nekokurage ver. Love both sooo much though that I look forward to both equally, as if they're separate stories altogether.
Thanks for the translation!