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| still haven't wiped the tears flowing down my face while writing this Maomao's strong sense of justice always puts her in a tough position, she would always go as far as sacrificing herself just to save others. Too bad for them Maomao is a Cat, and she is the predator to these venomous insects  Suirei trying to save Maomao and Kyo-u is really good to see, you know she's a good person who was just forced into doing the things she did because of this evil woman And then Shisui  I WANT TO PROTECT THAT SMILE It's just so cruel, the kids got nothing to do with this, but the rebellion of their clan will result to their execution and no one will be spared, maybe Shisui is right that it is a medicine, for them to have a peaceful sleep. Maomao (Yuuki Aoi) did a reading of the ending song Hitorigoto by omoinotake This ending song has been hitting me deeper every episode, and now this is just overkill |
| welp i guess that seals the deal on my hope for shisui(loulan) to survive the whole ordeal😭 there's no way author would keep her alive after doing all that. well, there's still a chance that those kids were given the resurrection medicine tho (that actually might be the case since some authors doesn't go that extreme). so there's still a tiny bit of chance that she survives. |
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| Welp, things got really dark. Even Maomao's antics did not make things any brighter… Shisui is in an unenviable position. |
Reply to LaczPro19
Sorry for this, but the bad news:
After all of this, we need to wait for the next episode, THREE WHOLE WEEKS!!!
Update: Sorry, but not true.
Episode 22 will come next week. https://x.com/kusuriya_PR/status/1930995090849427777
Episode 23 will come on June 27th due to a special. https://x.com/kusuriya_PR/status/1928014198908273065
The final episode is on July 4th
After all of this, we need to wait for the next episode, THREE WHOLE WEEKS!!!
Update: Sorry, but not true.
Episode 22 will come next week. https://x.com/kusuriya_PR/status/1930995090849427777
Episode 23 will come on June 27th due to a special. https://x.com/kusuriya_PR/status/1928014198908273065
The final episode is on July 4th
| @LaczPro19 Wait what do you mean? was there an announcement of delay? |
Reply to The_Spectre_01
@SolLamia Perhaps they mean this season is ending in 3 weeks
| @The_Spectre_01 Ah I see. I was searching for news finding nothing but collab announcements on their site lol thanks. |
Reply to The_Spectre_01
@SolLamia Perhaps they mean this season is ending in 3 weeks
| @The_Spectre_01 No, the news is published in X, the next episode is June 13, so yeah, it's sad true. |
| Maomao is certainly a genius, but sometimes takes a very long time to think, though maybe that was on emotion. |
| Damn... I'm kind of at a loss for words in regards to that ending. I really hope that Kyou-u's death isn't permanent and that Maomao can do something about it with the revival medicine. At least the episode started off lovely with Shisui showing off how well she truly knows Maomao by changing her punishment to something that involved poisonous animals instead. And true enough, Maomao enjoyed that alot, she turned it into a feast xD These two are such great friends. I sincerely hope that Shisui and Suiren can be saved from their fates and somehow be allowed to live, despite being part of the betrayal. I would give anything for Maomao and Shisui to be able to hang out again like they did before... |
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| What an episode... Shenmei is absolute trash and, everyone is afraid of her. I loved how Maomao didn't remain silent, even knowing she would be punished: she wasn't trapped in a pit of poisonous snakes and insects; they were trapped with her. Poor Suirei, he is a real victim in all this. I suspected he had some relationship with the former emperor, his grandmother was his first victim of abuse by the former emperor, expelled along with her daughter, Suirei's mother. But now I wonder... could Suirei's mother have been the woman telling ghost stories in that episode where Maomao and Shisui went to hear ghost story? She looked so much like Suirei, it seemed oddly appropriate. And then there's Shisui: my mind exploded when Maomao discovered she was aborting the emperor's children. Shenmei not only traumatized Suirei, he also destroyed Shisui, turning her into a doll who can't even recognize her own face unless she's painted the way Shenmei wants her to be. I imagine Shisui resorted to abortion as her only escape from that cage. But what was that ending?! How did all the children die? And Kyou accepting suicide—it makes sense that when the imperial army arrives, they’ll slaughter everyone without exception. But why didn’t they flee with the children beforehand? I can only hope they took the resurrection elixir and are just temporarily lifeless. One thing is inevitable—karma is catching up to Shenmei, and she will pay for all her victims and the coup she orchestrated. |
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Reply to ShiroAlex
@The_Spectre_01 No, the news is published in X, the next episode is June 13, so yeah, it's sad true.
| @ShiroAlex I read that the 20th there's no ep due special broadcast. |
| Waifus only represent ideals |
| Maomao's reaction to the pit scene reminded me of a famous Rorschach quote from the Watchmen movie: "You don't seem to understand. I'm not locked in here with you. YOU ARE LOCKED IN HERE WITH ME!" :D |
If you put bunch of venomous snakes, insects in a room with Maomao, she is still by far most dangerous... Gochsousama😋 Wow Shenmei bitch is even worse than every expectation. Literally one piece of shit which does indeed deserves cruelest of fate is her. Hopefully she gets it. Shisui is the only one int his whole clan I don't hate. Surirei also has gotten better. So I want them to atleast make alive. Tbh ain't looking good. Shisui plan was quite nice to give Maomao "punishment" she knew what's this girl is capable off. Also let those workers escape by blowing the gunpowder..kind and crazy. Suirei stroy was very apparent but finally all dots are connected. I initially had thought she was Taihou's daughter but this makes sense. I really don't know what to make of Shisou but I can't imagine the whole plot is just on the whims of Shenmei, he is equally responsible. I think his side will be covered next time. Loulan took abortion pills but I still didn't understand correlation to cricket story she told earlier. Because it was related to plot to kill Jinshi and Emperor maybe.. I can't really blame Shisui for these kids either. She is right entire clan will killed so it's better to die this way how fucked up does it sounds. Very sad for that brat he was a real good kid, even risked his life for Maomao😥 The army is here it's getting real good each episode. Peak Kusuriya🙌 |
| Damn, these episodes are getting better and better towards the end. We got way too many revelations. Kyou trying to save Maomao but getting everybody in trouble and Maomao trying to save everyone by calling that b*tch Shenmei as Kuso-baba lol.. that was satisfying but not Maomao and Suirei getting hit so badly by her. Especially Suirei..that hurt so much 💔😭😭 Maomao turning her punishment into a feast ❤️🔥😂🤣 Even Shisui/Loulan wouldn't have guessed that much when she tried to save her. So Taiho is Suirei's grandma !! 😮😮 My guess is that Shisui/Loulan brought Maomao with them for not to use her as a bargain chip instead use her to make Jinshi and Lakan bring the punitive force to destroy Shiso and Shenmei for good. I wanted Shisui to escape with Maomao from all this but after what she did to Kyou and the other kids made me reconsider that. Even if she was trying to save them from the life that was waiting for them after this. That was uncalled for.. RIP kids 💔💔 |
Reply to Narizor
What an episode... Shenmei is absolute trash and, everyone is afraid of her. I loved how Maomao didn't remain silent, even knowing she would be punished: she wasn't trapped in a pit of poisonous snakes and insects; they were trapped with her.
Poor Suirei, he is a real victim in all this. I suspected he had some relationship with the former emperor, his grandmother was his first victim of abuse by the former emperor, expelled along with her daughter, Suirei's mother. But now I wonder... could Suirei's mother have been the woman telling ghost stories in that episode where Maomao and Shisui went to hear ghost story? She looked so much like Suirei, it seemed oddly appropriate.
And then there's Shisui: my mind exploded when Maomao discovered she was aborting the emperor's children. Shenmei not only traumatized Suirei, he also destroyed Shisui, turning her into a doll who can't even recognize her own face unless she's painted the way Shenmei wants her to be. I imagine Shisui resorted to abortion as her only escape from that cage.
But what was that ending?! How did all the children die? And Kyou accepting suicide—it makes sense that when the imperial army arrives, they’ll slaughter everyone without exception. But why didn’t they flee with the children beforehand? I can only hope they took the resurrection elixir and are just temporarily lifeless.
One thing is inevitable—karma is catching up to Shenmei, and she will pay for all her victims and the coup she orchestrated.
Poor Suirei, he is a real victim in all this. I suspected he had some relationship with the former emperor, his grandmother was his first victim of abuse by the former emperor, expelled along with her daughter, Suirei's mother. But now I wonder... could Suirei's mother have been the woman telling ghost stories in that episode where Maomao and Shisui went to hear ghost story? She looked so much like Suirei, it seemed oddly appropriate.
And then there's Shisui: my mind exploded when Maomao discovered she was aborting the emperor's children. Shenmei not only traumatized Suirei, he also destroyed Shisui, turning her into a doll who can't even recognize her own face unless she's painted the way Shenmei wants her to be. I imagine Shisui resorted to abortion as her only escape from that cage.
But what was that ending?! How did all the children die? And Kyou accepting suicide—it makes sense that when the imperial army arrives, they’ll slaughter everyone without exception. But why didn’t they flee with the children beforehand? I can only hope they took the resurrection elixir and are just temporarily lifeless.
One thing is inevitable—karma is catching up to Shenmei, and she will pay for all her victims and the coup she orchestrated.
Narizor said: And then there's Shisui: my mind exploded when Maomao discovered she was aborting the emperor's children So she was circulating the abortifacients as well to get rid of the pregnancy of the concubines and not just using it for herself. |
| i didn't like that conclusion Shisui came up with concerning those kids, she wasn't thinking ahead. Maomao could have saved all the women and children in that fortress. well, except for the crazy old hag, she need to die while being tortured. Maomao's dad Lakan is obviously going to be the battle leader of that punitive force; he is desperate to save Maomao and Jinshi will obviously be the political leader behind the force. since Maomao has 'an in' with both men, she could demand leniency for innocent bystanders to this rebellion. but i can see where Shisui was hoping the kids would just fall asleep peacefully and not have to go through the fortress being attacked and then everybody inside being put to death. it was more merciful to euthanize the kids than any other end they could have faced. |
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| Wow that was dark Shisui best girl for real Did she bring Maomao because she knew they would be looking for her, hoping to stop her crazy mother? I wonder if the medicin was actually the resurrection one? |
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Reply to Sheol01
@LaczPro19 OK, this is horrible news. Sorry, but for these tidings you must be executed!
| @Sheol01 ME!? But I'm a victim here! Can I take that "medicine" too, worst-case scenario? |
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Reply to SolLamia
@LaczPro19 Wait what do you mean? was there an announcement of delay?
| @SolLamia no. An actual delay according to AnimeSchedule https://animeschedule.net/anime/kusuriya-no-hitorigoto-2nd-season Episode 23 has been delayed by a week. Episode 22 will air on June 27th, 2025. |
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Reply to Numero_6
@ShiroAlex You know June 13 is next week, right?
It's Episode 23 that will be delayed. By ONE week, not three.
It's Episode 23 that will be delayed. By ONE week, not three.
| @Numero_6 episode 22 will come on June 27th |
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Reply to Aleksu
still haven't wiped the tears flowing down my face while writing this
Maomao's strong sense of justice always puts her in a tough position, she would always go as far as sacrificing herself just to save others.
Too bad for them Maomao is a Cat, and she is the predator to these venomous insects
Suirei trying to save Maomao and Kyo-u is really good to see, you know she's a good person who was just forced into doing the things she did because of this evil woman
And then Shisui
I WANT TO PROTECT THAT SMILE
It's just so cruel, the kids got nothing to do with this, but the rebellion of their clan will result to their execution and no one will be spared, maybe Shisui is right that it is a medicine, for them to have a peaceful sleep.
Maomao (Yuuki Aoi) did a reading of the ending song Hitorigoto by omoinotake
This ending song has been hitting me deeper every episode, and now this is just overkill
Maomao's strong sense of justice always puts her in a tough position, she would always go as far as sacrificing herself just to save others.
Too bad for them Maomao is a Cat, and she is the predator to these venomous insects
Suirei trying to save Maomao and Kyo-u is really good to see, you know she's a good person who was just forced into doing the things she did because of this evil woman
And then Shisui
I WANT TO PROTECT THAT SMILE
It's just so cruel, the kids got nothing to do with this, but the rebellion of their clan will result to their execution and no one will be spared, maybe Shisui is right that it is a medicine, for them to have a peaceful sleep.
Maomao (Yuuki Aoi) did a reading of the ending song Hitorigoto by omoinotake
This ending song has been hitting me deeper every episode, and now this is just overkill
| @Aleksu are the artists trying to kill us or something? That was beautiful!! |
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| This from liveChart EP22: 6d 19h 34m 13s Simulcast: Subbed Crunchyroll · JA EN +8 more So it's EP23 going to be delayed a week. |
| Lord Cruelty V "But my Dreams they're not as empty, as my conscience seems to be" |
Reply to Numero_6
@ShiroAlex You know June 13 is next week, right?
It's Episode 23 that will be delayed. By ONE week, not three.
It's Episode 23 that will be delayed. By ONE week, not three.
| @Numero_6 You're right. The site I follow made a mistake putting the 22nd episode as the delayed one when the one that's going to stream on June 27th is the 23rd episode. Episode 22nd comes next week: https://x.com/kusuriya_PR/status/1930995090849427777 |
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| Maomao really surviving that water chamber, I feel like it would be difficult to even keep a box of insect like that. But of course, Maomao turns it into a reward. Did Loulan actually do an Anakin to the Younglings here?! 💀 The intent was different, but the result was the same. |
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| This episode shows how countless innocent lives are lost because of the greed of a single person — in this case, Shenmei. She is pure evil and doesn’t need any reason to make others suffer. Watching the ending brought tears to my eyes. I felt especially heartbroken for Kyou and his mother. They were just ordinary people, yet Shenmei used Kyou's mother as a tool to satisfy the desires of powerful men. It’s deeply disturbing — I never want to watch an anime where a son or daughter has to witness their own mother in such a state. What hurt the most was seeing Kyou call out to his mother multiple times, while she stood there silently, not responding — as if there was no soul left in her body. She had become nothing more than a puppet under Shenmei’s control. The emotional climax occurs when Kyou-u, recognizing the irreversible damage inflicted upon his mother and himself, chooses to end his life by consuming poison—a decision that is both heartbreaking and a testament to the despair wrought by Shenmei's actions. |
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Reply to SolLamia
@LaczPro19 Wait what do you mean? was there an announcement of delay?
| @SolLamia I messed up. In reality, next week is ep 22, June 20th no episode, June 27th the 23rd episode and July 4th the final |
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| wow this episode was dark. |
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| What tricks Shenmei has up her sleeve? I doubt she was caught off guard. I mean, I hope it won't be so easy. P.S Poor kids... All hopes on Maomao. |
Reply to Numero_6
@ShiroAlex You know June 13 is next week, right?
It's Episode 23 that will be delayed. By ONE week, not three.
It's Episode 23 that will be delayed. By ONE week, not three.
| @Numero_6 Yep, sorry my mistake. |
| no way... Maomao is so unique i understand what Shisui did but can not accepted it E21: 10/10 |
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| Honestly, it's time to really write my thoughts on the anime adaptation. This second season is a disappointment based on the adaptation work of the first season. All along, I've tried to ignore the numerous directorial flaws, but when you add them up, it's hard to ignore them. I'm not sure what happened with the staff, but they clearly didn't have the time or the means to adapt such an ambitious arc. Whether in storyboarding or animation, it's just not good enough. Why does episode 16 cut out so many parts to describe the conspiracy in the imperial court that's been building up since the first episode? Why didn't they make it a grander episode? In the light novel, this moment explodes like an atomic bomb, but the anime missed this point. Episode 21, the one we're talking about, is obviously the worst. It gets positive reviews because of the yuri bait (something the anime added, I don't know why tbh), the many reveals and the action. But frankly it was very hard to turn away from all those weirdly drawn faces and messed-up animations (honestly I haven't looked up since the infamous episode 9 of Märchen Mädchen). I'm afraid of the many static shots in subsequent episodes and their usual close-ups of faces (because there's no need to animate) which was a feature I found a lot in the old One Piece adaptation before they changed the staff with Wano arc. But really, this adaptation is a disappointment. I recommend the light novel or manga by Touko Shino. |
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| That reveal at the end had me choked. I am sure Maomao will try something but... what the f... this is the kind of shit I have been waiting for. |
| That ending was so piteous. Never thought this tale would get so dark. Things are quickly coming to a head. |
Reply to FarCritical
At least the frogs were spared ...I think?
Accepting that the same Shisui that were practically sisters to Xiaolan and Maomao is also the person who subjected those kids to the less messed up of two fates is such a painful pill to swallow. Whether it's by Lakan's, Jinshi's or better yet Maomao's own hands, I just hope Shenmei gets what's coming to her.
Accepting that the same Shisui that were practically sisters to Xiaolan and Maomao is also the person who subjected those kids to the less messed up of two fates is such a painful pill to swallow. Whether it's by Lakan's, Jinshi's or better yet Maomao's own hands, I just hope Shenmei gets what's coming to her.
| @FarCritical Maomao seems to have something of an aversion to frogs, so probably. LOL |
Sigmar-Unberogen said: Stout fortress, steep mountain rising on three sides. It ain't going to be easy unless there is a grievous shortage of defenders, even with the palpably plunging morale among some of the defenders. Only inside help would make it somewhat easy. Hmm, I wonder where that would come from, in addition to Loulan torching the powder arsenal?I hope it won't be so easy. |
| Lord Cruelty V "But my Dreams they're not as empty, as my conscience seems to be" |
| LOULAN IS SAAAAAAAVAGE!!! Still would, day and night, monday through sunday 24/7 365... |
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