The Apothecary Diaries Episode 9: Suicide or Murder?
Manga volume 13-15
Oshimeter
20 Ratings
EPISODE REVIEWS

I like how they’ve gone from detective investigating the murder to the deep route of life and death, which is certainly a main subject to be talked about since MaoMao is living in a place that provides life or death to any sort of situation or mistake or even offending the wrong type of people. The first person died because of several reasons and the second person died because allegedly it was suicide, in the end the perpetrator never get caught and that’s something scary to think about. 8.2/10

The Rear Palace is full of intrigues and conspiracies. People scheming, quarreling, backstabs. You never know when a malicious third party can do something that could end up with your end. This episode touches on this subject as Maomao is asked to help in two different tragedies.

I know the ‘whodunit' vibes in this anime are getting stronger by this episode, but I think I want to take the opportunity to comment about the visuals instead. It's so beautiful, especially during Mao and Jinshi's moment by the end of the episode. It's such a sight for sore eyes.



