The Apothecary Diaries - Vol. 7 Ch. 33 - The Devil's Trumpet

[linnil]

Mao Mao truly a mad scientist.

 

[nogenem]

I was definitely her father, right? It has to be...

 

[Syapaaye]

The more I re-read this manga the more I can see the resemblance of Rakan in Maomao. The blood is there, and it's hella thick.

 

[Kaiser92]

maddo scientist vibe

 

[reychar13]

seriously mao mao, stahp that habbit of you, you scares me!

 

[CheeseDio]

My brain is too small for this

 

[purpleflowers123]

mao mao, I keep liking you more and more TuT

 

[Kiwiq]

@CheeseDio same here :')

 

[Pallington]

So..... is the drug was some kind of the drug used in sherlock holmes movie? The one that deceive watson after the culprit was hanged?
And noww we see mao's true personality 😈

anasthetics.

 

[Carn109]

Mad scientist laughing in the morgue lol

 

[kamentierr]

this girl is a great detective. i didn't expect that from a manga called Apothecary Diary.

 

[Kosac07]

Oi author, your little detective stories are ok and everything, but nothing we haven't seen before. It's fun, but give me more character depth, growth and interactions. If you'd used this whole chapter as a conclusion for the previous situation, it would've been perfect. Her being unconscious in bed, slowly waking up, him worrying about her, some bonding and slowly improving her situation. The way she is now, just a maid with no authority whatsoever is bound to get her killed sooner rather than later. I liked it more while she was that concubines maid, she was at least treated somewhat better... Basically, give us more real food, not only average detective snacks. Give her the opportunity to work again as a pharmacist or something, not clean windows... Didn't you say you want to use every possible tool to the best of their abilities? What happened?

 

[lolic_addict]

The way she is now, just a maid with no authority whatsoever is bound to get her killed sooner rather than later. I liked it more while she was that concubines maid, she was at least treated somewhat better... Basically, give us more real food, not only average detective snacks. Give her the opportunity to work again as a pharmacist or something, not clean windows...

You'd probably be better off just binging the LN volumes at this point.
The manga/anime is trying to adapt without skipping as much as possible, and it has the effect of making everything go at a glacial pace.

Spoiler: LN Spoilers

In terms of mysteries/detective stories it's almost always "small cases" leading into "big results", and the character development/bonding you want happens once every 2 or so LN volumes. On the romance side the author tries to sprinkle one JinMao moment every volume, no matter how small, so that's all you gon' get.

Spoiler: Further LN/WN Spoilers regarding Maomao

She's an Assistant Physician by LN 7, and is recognized as a named noble by LN13/LN14 by virtue of her heritage. Latest chapter in the WN sees her helping with the Emperor's appendectomy.

Give her the opportunity to work again as a pharmacist or something, not clean windows... Didn't you say you want to use every possible tool to the best of their abilities?

Spoiler: LN/WN Spoilers

Funny you say this, she literally says the same thing to Jinshi (use me as your tool) at one point because Jinshi is going out of his way to make things very very convoluted for her "sake".

 

[XenoAshura]

that's a lot of "accidental" deaths...
all that workaround just to eliminate Jinshi?
wouldn't a simple disposable assassin done the job?

 

[chaos86]

that's a lot of "accidental" deaths...
all that workaround just to eliminate Jinshi?
wouldn't a simple disposable assassin done the job?

If it was that easy someone would've done so earlier. Jinshi lives in what's essentially a military base with well trained soldiers like Lihaku and Basen around. Plus the goal is to make it look like an accident so that no investigation is made. Sending assassins just open up the risk of the plan being traced back to the mastermind.