Maomao Made Jinshi Blush And He Do This... | The Apothecary Diaries Eps 5

Title: The Apothecary Diaries / The Pharmacist's Monologue; Drugstore Soliloquy / Kusuriya no hitorigoto / 薬屋のひとりごと
Anime Funny moment, Anime, Maomao,Anime Fan Service, Anime epic Moment, Anime hilarious

[@JToPocHi]

Maomao can be a real genius when it comes to detective work but can't figure out what the hairpins could mean, especially with all the lady-in-waiting reactions. 😅

[@user-zs4jo1lp4j]

ヘアピン(簪)を贈ることは求婚という意味があるそうです。

[@jazmine8488]

When a man gave a woman a hairpin, he must have been very fond of her and gave her a hairpin to signify his desire to tie the knot. A promise love.

[@ladylokiofasgard]

It's just she doesn't care lol

[@thlydd]

@@ladylokiofasgard Part of me wonders if she's just Ace being written without being overtly ace

[@ladylokiofasgard]

@@thlydd I think she's demisexual, not Asexual.

[@joeldierker5982]

and she STILL has no idea what the hairpins mean...

[@bjuganda7758]

Welp, she did grown up in the slums, so having no knowledge in royalty culture like this is understandable

[@SirYodaJedi]

⁠​⁠@@bjuganda7758But she *should* be able to pick up the same context clues that the audience does; the anime doesn't explicitly state what they mean, but their meaning is implied through the way characters act regarding them.

[@animequeendrawer]

Okay, please don’t start giving negative comments to me when I ask cuz…even I DON’T KNOW. But what do the hairpins mean?
*wears helmet*

[@bjuganda7758]

@@animequeendrawer The first context is “a sign of love interest in that person.”
If a hairpin is gifted from a male worker to a female lady-in-waiting, this means that the male is showing love interest in that particular lady-in-waiting.
As all the respective ladies-in-waiting are not allowed to leave the inner palace, this hairpin can help them leave the palace for a few days with the person who offered it as a recreational outing.
Only the “taking out of the Inner Palace” context has been explained in the anime series.
The second context is “a royal favor for that person.”
If a high-ranking person, such as a high-ranking consort, gives this hairpin to a lower-ranking person, such as a lady-in-waiting, this can be seen as a sign of gratitude.
In simple words, it can be taken as a “thank you and looking forward to your work in the future.”
PS, I just did a quick Google search on this but yeah, this is the contexts

[@joeldierker5982]

@@animequeendrawer I'm fairly certain they're a 'proposition', either for marriage or at least to show interest in the person in a less than platonic fashion... thought the ones from the other concubines may be more like a favored status/possible get out of jail free card...

[@TheBilayer]

Gyokuyo san treat maomao like her daughter.

[@pedroarjona6996]

It's her lady in waiting, I don't know how much she knows about Jinshi condition, but for a Royal Concubine, finding her Ladies in Waiting good marriages or other favorable patronages, was both an obligation and an important strategy (and she likes MaoMao a lot).

[@JoemarHerrera]

Jinshi is so freaking handsome!!!!!!

[@tanmaykamble9344]

Unfortunately he don't have men thing 😂😂😂

[@stardust_369]

​@@tanmaykamble9344 😌🐸

[@Cinnamon._.Official-tq2ug]

Jinshi's world stop when she saw maomao's face 😶

[@user-ld3nz7nq7s]

エンディングの回る女の子の動画がとてもいいね！

[@rage_2000]

Imagine complimenting her freckles

[@SakuraStarKey]

One thing I don’t get is if the guy who gave the coral like pink hairpin to the girl, why would he do that when he clearly has no interest in her when she approached him for a favor? 😅

[@kyoukaiten3834]

I think he just gives that hairpin to random ladies as complimentary for their hardwork during the ceremony, so the ladies in waiting can be proud of their job serving the concubines..

[@chikarayuy]

This was cute

[@Winry89]

nice

[@arturoibarra4167]

since when freckles are considered ugly?

[@normelek4588]

In ancient time they were considered ugly and ginger red hair too in many civilizations they had their beaty standards too😊

[@midotayeng6205]

Yeah considered time period, ancient china indeed have beauty standard.

[@ysamoony]

historical context bruh

[@battleboat12]

You’ve got to remember that in the context of ancient China binding women’s feet to make them small was considered beautiful.

[@Qabim]

Freckles were still seen as ugly even in my mother's generation. She used to compare how she was treated back then to how people are mocked nowadays when they have visible acne.

[@user-zf7be8nz8s]

재미있어요 ♡❤️🧡💛💚💙💜❤️🧡💛💚💙💜❤️☆

[@zainmudassir2964]

Come on maomao. You're beautiful ❤️ be confident!

[@thlydd]

It doesn't fully say it but because maomao lives in the red light district when she's not living in the palace for work she's often worried for being a target of SA, so because freckles were considered "Unattractive" back then she makes freckles with the clay to keep herself from being assaulted.
There's an incident at one point where her sweat accidentally washed off some of the freckles while she was working outside that she got kidnapped.

[@Panda-roux2.5]

at 1:29 he blush

[@hulyacahaloglu1435]

Kelime sörfü 😊💟merhaba

[@anupamhalder_5612]

I have read all the manga and I am reading the 11th volume of light novel currently and even after so much drama and stuff she still doesn't know what haipin means

[@Light.of.Kshahrewar]

Kuru kuru!

[@IrMa-ho2yh]

❤🤭😘💝💖❤️👍🏻✅😇

[@raflyjanuar5478]

WHERE THE KURU KURUUU