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How to Consume The Apothecary Diaries
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- Web Novel: A Pharmacist's Monologue, 387 chapters. Free in Japanese; English Translate MTL is very easy on-site. HERE.
- Light Novel: The Apothecary Diaries. Partially free with an account HERE. Also Google exists. Purchaseable in Kindle/Print. 15 Japanese volumes (approx. 363 WN chapters) and 13/14 English volumes on Kindle (approx. 323/347 WN chapters) or 4/5 English volumes in print (approx. 101/128 WN chapters). Available on Amazon, Ebay, Abebooks, Facebook Marketplace. Use Bookfinder to compare prices.
- Manga: x The Apothecary Diaries, ill. by Nekokurage. This illustration style is very similar to the anime. 80 manga chapters have been released. 14 Japanese volumes (74 M1 chapters, approx. 89 WN chapters, approx. 3.75 LN volumes) and 13 English volumes (68 M1 chapters, approx. 83 WN chapters, approx. 3.5 LN volumes). Available on Amazon, Ebay, Abebooks, Facebook Marketplace. Use Bookfinder to compare prices. x Maomao's Notes from the Inner Palace, ill. by Minoji Kurata. This illustration style is similar to the light novel. 84 manga chapters have been released. 19 Japanese volumes (82 M2 chapters, approx. 101 WN chapters, 4 LN volumes). There is no official English release.
- Anime: The Apothecary Diaries, 29 episodes and currently airing weekly. 1 full season (42 M1 chapters or 8 volumes, approx. 31 M2 chapters or 7 volumes, approx. 56 WN chapters, 2 LN volumes). Season has 5 aired episodes as of last week (43-49 M1 chapters or volume 9, approx. 32-39 M2 chapters or half volume 8 with full volume 9, approx. 57-68 WN chapters, half LN volume 3). Season 2 will have 24 total episodes totalling to 48 episodes (possibly passing the manga release of 80 M1 chapters or 14 volumes, approx. 82 M2 chapters or 19 volumes, approx. 101 WN chapters, approx. 4 LN volumes). Free with ads on Crunchyroll. Conditionally free without ads with a Crunchyroll subscription or free trial. HERE.
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The whole time when watching and listening to Wiege, it gave me that feeling of childlike wonder.
Half of the scenes were happy moments in everyone’s lives, some of the joy they got in an otherwise cruel dystopian world.
Which, in my opinion, makes the alternative universe so much worse. Not only is it a ‘what if’ scenario. To me it almost feels like that, that segment was a dream. A, perhaps, childish dream of what they can’t achieve due to their circumstances.
As even if they all did live, unless the rebels managed to take over, they still would have never gotten to live that life.
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I Went To A Magic University And All I Got Was This Ambiguously Doomed Yuri
The two meet in university, with Rhyme rescuing Reason when she is trapped. Reason is very grateful to her, and Rhyme is smitten immediately. Despite their differences in aesthetics and academics (Rhyme being a fashionable bard failing her classes and Reason being a straight-A necromancer with bizarre hats), the two have much in common. They are both awkward, with strained family relationships and a small group of friends. Although Rhyme is initially put off from confessing on account of feeling like she’s not good enough, she eventually blurts it out. The two start dating, with Rhyme organizing the whole music department to accompany her prom-posal.
However, things soon take a turn. In the process of completing a powerful ritual, Reason dies and has to be resurrected. She is deeply shaken by this, agonizing over when her time will be up for good. Over winter break, she allows herself to he turned undead, thus removing her mortality. Next semester, Rhyme notices her caginess over what she’s been up to, and reads Reason’s mind. She only gets to feelings of shame before panicking and breaking off the connection. She blurts out what she’s done, and begs Reason to confirm if her hunch of what occurred is correct. This sets off a string of arguments between the two, with Reason asserting that she made what was the best decision for herself. She is defensive, Rhyme is pushy.
When Rhyme is threatened by a monster, Reason saves her, in the process, confirming her undead nature. Rhyme is grateful for the save and says that she’ll try harder to trust Reason. Despite this, she is deeply apprehensive and fearful. What will happen to Reason? Will this corrupt her? Will she come to deeply regret her decision. Rhyme doesn’t know and, in truth, neither does Reason. Only time will tell…
shining alongside each other
the sun, a boy who lost sight of everything except his dream for stardom. the moon, a boy who had resigned himself to a life of loneliness. that would all change when they were brought together.
a fight between the two broke them apart, but it helped the sun rediscover why he wanted to be a star in the first place. it was to make his sister smile, and he wasn't going to give up on that goal.
despite the moon's stubbornness, the sun eventually managed to persuade the moon to forgive him. and soon enough, the two were closer than ever. inseparable. if the sun was there, the moon was most likely nearby, and vice versa.
the moon helped the sun to rediscover his true desire, the sun helped the moon to find true companions, and they helped each other to shine. the moon may oftentimes tease the sun, and the latter may seem annoyed with him, but truthfully, they're both the happiest they've ever been when with each other.
Congratulations to Ambiguously Doomed Yuri!
The identity of shining alongside each other is...
Kamishiro Rui and Tenma Tsukasa from Project Sekai!
Thank you @mizuribbons for your submission!
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Weird Clones
Prince was a lonely kid who was forgotten by everyone, until he met Puppy. Even though Prince was incredibly rude and stuck-up with Puppy, he becomes his first real friend, and Puppy says that he’ll never forget Prince.
But oops! Prince gets turned into a monster and Puppy is forced to watch as Prince is killed.
But then, Puppy meets New Prince, a clone of Prince made using pieces of his soul, but New Prince doesn’t have Prince’s memories, and doesn’t remember who Puppy is.
New Prince pretends to be Prince for a bit, but Puppy confronts him and assures New Prince that they can be friends without New Prince pretending to be someone he isn’t. And even though they become friends once more, Puppy is haunted by the fact that he still sometimes confuses the two Princes, while New Prince is haunted by the nature of his own existence.
surely this bromance won’t alter the course of history
Brat is a spoiled prince with the world’s most homicidal family drama. Sun comes from the lowest social class in their society, but wants to be recognized for his skills as a warrior. They meet when Sun crashes a royal event, and Brat almost immediately decides to gift him an entire kingdom. The two go on to become die-hard loyal friends. Brat often seeks Sun’s approval, and Sun is the only person who can talk sense into him when he’s being particularly dramatic and/or evil. Sun thinks he can fix Brat, but Brat arguably makes Sun worse.
Over the course of the story, they commit many atrocities together and their commitment to each other was arguably one of the major contributing factors to the war that ended Brat’s entire dynasty :)
Congratulations to the bromance!
The identity of Weird Clones is...
Sousuke Mitsuba and Kou Minamoto from Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun!
Thank you @finnexistshere for your submission!
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Weird Clones
Prince was a lonely kid who was forgotten by everyone, until he met Puppy. Even though Prince was incredibly rude and stuck-up with Puppy, he becomes his first real friend, and Puppy says that he’ll never forget Prince.
But oops! Prince gets turned into a monster and Puppy is forced to watch as Prince is killed.
But then, Puppy meets New Prince, a clone of Prince made using pieces of his soul, but New Prince doesn’t have Prince’s memories, and doesn’t remember who Puppy is.
New Prince pretends to be Prince for a bit, but Puppy confronts him and assures New Prince that they can be friends without New Prince pretending to be someone he isn’t. And even though they become friends once more, Puppy is haunted by the fact that he still sometimes confuses the two Princes, while New Prince is haunted by the nature of his own existence.
surely this bromance won’t alter the course of history
Brat is a spoiled prince with the world’s most homicidal family drama. Sun comes from the lowest social class in their society, but wants to be recognized for his skills as a warrior. They meet when Sun crashes a royal event, and Brat almost immediately decides to gift him an entire kingdom. The two go on to become die-hard loyal friends. Brat often seeks Sun’s approval, and Sun is the only person who can talk sense into him when he’s being particularly dramatic and/or evil. Sun thinks he can fix Brat, but Brat arguably makes Sun worse.
Over the course of the story, they commit many atrocities together and their commitment to each other was arguably one of the major contributing factors to the war that ended Brat’s entire dynasty :)