Armored Jinshi edition

Break next week btw.

Fuck Maomao

>>279636271
Official visual

>>279636184 (OP)
Dont be fooled by the premise and rating.
The writing is fucking trash.

Fuck MaoMao blatant self-insert

>>279636367
>imperial army still some miles off from the fortress
>the moon prince pauses as he catches a whiff of Maomao's sweaty unwashed maomao on the wind
>"we're getting close"

>>279636413
Maomao is the only good part of this though

New episode when?

This show has been hard to watch ever since it's turned into The Shisui Diaries - yuri bait edition. It's one thing if it's been marketed as such since the beginning but it's not. I feel baited. Season 1 >>>>>

>>279636184 (OP)
They ruined his anime design with the bright purple color scheme. They could've just used the exact manga armor design and it would've been fine.

>>279636413
She cute though

Why the fuck is this bitch getting all chummy with her captors also are we gonna see Jinshi wreck some fools or what?

>>279637078
I just don't get why she was so nice and understanding towards Shisui when they weren't even friends for that long. Their "relationship" feels extremely forced I don't buy it at all.

>>279637267
>>279637078
she can relate to doing what you have to in order to survive because the whole story starts with her being kidnapped and sold into slavery. She can recognize when other people are slaves in all but name and that if she'd been in their circumstances she'd probably do the same

>>279636413
would be good without the forced romance shit

>"Shisui" just killed a bunch of kids
Uh. Okay. Didn't quite expect that but okay.

>>279637748
>he doesn't know

> not even nameless npc kids can die in a fucking siege

This anime is just constant fake outs and cop outs.

>>279637466
>slavery
?? She just worked as a servant and even got paid nicely. Not that this is similar to Shisui's life in anyway.

>>279637831
No, I'm an anime-only, and I typically don't lurk these threads. Oh, do they have the fake death medicine?

> its another i dindu nuthing male character

being a dormat cuck doesnt excuse you

>>279637880
Yes, the manga has already made it obvious kids are not really dead, they are just getting to the part on how exactly will Maomao and Jinshi bail them out.

>>279637853
Did you miss the part where she didn't even get her wages until Hongniang's vase trick?

Episode when?

>>279637267
I like Shusui/Loulan until Maomao know they are the same person. I stop caring about Loulan once we reach the Fox village

> Loulan slapping that crackwhore

sudden, forced out of nowhere character development is not development, its called asspull

Jinshe, with his forbidden army, charging in to rescue Maomao from the clutches of her captors, is like us descending upon the Pride Parade, a vibrant, unstoppable force for good! Just as his unwavering loyalty and sheer determination cut through the oppressive darkness, we too, fueled by the principles of DEI, march fearlessly to dismantle the walls of bigotry and hatred. Every glitter-adorned step, every cheer, every rainbow flag waving high is a testament to our collective power, a joyous defiance against those who seek to diminish us. We're not just observing; we're actively participating, mirroring Jinshe's relentless pursuit of justice, ensuring that love and acceptance triumph over all!

>oversized armor
It must be so uncomfortable moving in this thing, let alone fighting.

>>279638021
I was referring to how she was already let go but still chose to come back again to work there. Clearly life at the rear palace was good enough, she got fed well, got paid well, even got rewarded with rare medicines sometimes.

>>279636184 (OP)
>edition

>>279638138
>sudden, forced out of nowhere character development
?

>>279638409
Did you miss the part where granny was already making plans to whore her out?

So why did Suirei remain in the clan when the evil stepmother kept abusing her? Apart from forced misery porn. She is not a kid anymore

I want Shinmei to die a painful death and not getting her punishment offscreened.

>>279636184 (OP)
>>279636367
these are completely different
are they from different points in time?
is there no source material from the novels?

>>279636413
This series really got you upset for you to keep doing this

I want Shinmei to be forced to work in the Verdigris House without pay.

why did this anime turn to shit after it passed the manga? holy shit this episode was bad

Put Maomaos in the bag and nobody gets hurt.

>>279638295
They dropped the ball on that armor... Should have just used the version from Kurata's manga

It's fucking yuri
Maomao is fucking bi

>>279638744
Manga vs Anime's interpretation of Jinshi's armor

>turns out women ruined everything
>even the second smartest guy get fucked up by women's stupidity
I HATE THIS

>>279639133
I thought the anime was lifting directly from the manga
was this the other manga?

The manga design seems more authentically chinese. The anime looks like samurai armor

>>279639113
>>279639133
Finally we will see Nekokurage's interpretation of Jinshi's armor and I bet that will be the best design.

>Milord, all the weeabos have been cornered in the fortress. We are already bringing the scalpels for the procedure of mass castration

>>279639210
so is it designed by the anime character designer, yukiko nakatani, or does the creator have input?

>>279639113
I don't get why they used such bright shade for the armor, it looked goofy.
At least his hair looked good though.

That frame just asked for faceswaps

>>279638498
So being kidnapped was actually the best thing to happen to her then? Because granny would've whored her out already if she wasn't kidnapped.

>>279639193
They made their own version which IMO is worse than the Kurata's version

>>279639193
The other manga hasn't even reached the armor part yet.
I think the anime simplified the design to animate easier.

A question for anime-only watchers, do you understand what plan Jinshi and the royal guard used to rush to the fortress? Since they really rushed the entire assault compared with the novel or the manga...

>>279638498
If granny had actually put her up for sale Lakan would have jumped on that immediately and bought her for whatever price the old woman wanted

Maomao anal

>>279639505
>they really rushed the entire assault compared with the novel or the manga
Really? I haven't watched the new ep yet but why did they do this?

>>279638744
its for ease of animation

>>279639038
where are the apothecary girls, jinshee?

>>279639505
yes, I do, it's a fairly basic strategy to avoid a frontal assault

>>279639600
Lack of time most likely, they had to cram so much content into this episode, Loulan-Maomao, Shuishui-Wife drama, and then the assault from Jinshi-Royal guard. Had It been entirely about Jinshi and the royal guard's assault they might have been possible to explain the entire assault like the manga and the novel.

>>279639708
But how exactly did they succeed to sneak the troops so close? In the anime they just did It without explaning the plan, and It just happens unlike the manga and the novel where It's explained in detail

Damn that was a really rushed episode.

They could of easily stretched one more out.

>>279639161
It's a common theme throughout all of recorded history.

>>279639772
it's coarse but
>trigger snowslide from the back
>elite soldiers move in immediately to seize caved-in sections
>in the turmoil, the enemy leaves the main walls at the front to redeploy for battle
>they panic, sneethe and lose
they don't show anything about sneaking the troops close by, unless somebody posts screenshots

>>279639715
Honestly why couldn't they make the season with 25 episodes instead of 24 anyway? They are messing up the climax of the arc it's such a shame.

>>279639375

Mngh...!

>>279639560
She hasn't washed it in weeks.

This faggot will earn lots of money in this raid, right?
He's gonna buy Oppairin ?

>>279639161

>>279640135
>I saved your little sister
He's gonna get some free fucks that's for sure.

>>279640005
someone edit Pipebomb

>adding yuri bait that takes up unnecessary screentime
>cutting important lines about Maomao's feelings for Jinshi
What happened to the anime staff that made the first cour of this season? I need Jinmao shippers to be back in control.

>>279639600
>>279639983
I think they're saving their budget for the Jinshi-Loulan and Jinmao scenes for the last two episodes, thus had to sacrifice the action scenes since this show has been marketed for Its plot and characters than action.

>>279640247
The Yuri bait also took precious time from Jinshi's assault of the fortress which was completely rushed compared to both the novel and the manga.

If she's doesn't want to get pregnant, why didn't she just corrupt the emperor into anal sex?
>turn emperor into anal freak
>won't get pregnant
>emperor won't have heirs
>destroy the whole dynasty

>>279640245
won't be me, has to be someone better at gimp but seconding this

>>279640250
Even the non-action scenes in the episode were rushed and not well-executed.

>>279640308
if this girl showed me her butthole lewdly looking back at me I wouldn't be able to refuse

>>279640160
Ironic words considering your fate, witch.

masaka.... iru wake nai...

>>279640398
What if it's unwashed?

>>279640389
Saving the budget for Loulan's final scene and the biting scene. Please understand.

>>279640299
I don't get it, why are they giving all the spotlight to Loulan/Shishui as if she's the real MC? It's so incredibly unsatisfying to watch.

>>279640308
The Emperor is only into paizuri and vaginal nakadashi

Shishou is strapped

>>279640485
>biting scene
will be cut or condensed to give screentime for Shishui's epilogue scene which will receive a 5 minutes anime treatment for some reasons.

>>279640467
The fact that I wondered about it for a split second even before you asked is answer enough

>>279639161
Some of the best Roman Emperors were laid low by the perfidy of women.

>>279640135
No such thing as combat pay in medieval armies, the only bonus you earned was whatever loot you could carry away yourself.

Arc is too long

>>279640513
Most likely due to the Yuri shippers I guess. I don't remember so much touching between Loulan and Maomao in the manga or the novel during this arc

>>279639161
Vaginal merchant will ruin you because you
>can't beat the cock

Even eunuchs get screwed because thots will use pussy to get power from other men to fuck you up. That's what happened to loumen.

>>279640680
The amount of yuri shippers for this series is like a drop in the ocean compared to the amount of Jinmao shippers. Though I guess all it takes is to have one or two staff members being yuri shippers to ruin it for everyone else.

>>279636271
You best be joking.

>>279636367
>>279636960
Yeah, the armor colors made it look toyish.

>>279636904
I'm enjoying the yuribait a great deal.

>>279637267
They've been friends for quite a while considering the episode gaps, and Shisui's easy to like.

>>279640680
>>279640856
Stop being annoying. There is no yuri shipping here. This level of intimacy between girls is normal in shoujo and real life. Maomao's relationship with Shisui is the most important one this arc.

>>279640308
see >>279640538
Current GIGAperor is a tradCHAD. We would still demand vaginal creampie even she did offer him anal and he took it.

>>279640405
>jobs to an instrument and his disappointment of a son after torpedoes his noble peers

>>279640951
Nah it's shit

Their reunion needed more animation. Everything needed more animation desu. Episode would have been a lot better with some budget.

>>279641117
I'm coping that they might do a movie release with good animation for this arc later. Lately compilation movies seem to be the trend.

Emperor let Ah Duo step on his dick

>>279641183
Lack of budget for good animation kinda ruined the adaptation of this arc

I do feel like the 1st Season had a lot more budget.

>>279637748
That was shocking as hell last week in a good way, but I figured it was probably the fake-death medicine after a bit, and this week's ep made it obvious. Maomao's lucky Lihaku is such a good guy that she barely had to do anything to keep the plan on track.

>>279638577
Still too battered, I guess. I can buy it.

>>279639000
It felt really rushed, and yet really short.

>>279639161
Knowingly taking a love triangle upon himself seems kinda dumb in retrospect, but maybe Shenmei wasn't originally a bitch when she left home.

But I thought there was a time gap between Shishou getting married and Shenmei coming home, long enough for her to think it was normal infidelity and not part of a deal. Unless she was aware of the trade, but mad at him anyway? Women.

>>279641437
Budget and time. They started working on the first season since 2021 and it started airing 3 years later. Meanwhile there was only 9 months gap between season 1 & 2.

>>279641759
This cunt was probably like
>why didn't the emperor fuck me silly?
>my fiancee get to fuck why can't I?

>when you fail the persuasion check
That must fucking suck. I guess there's a moderate chance though that she'll live because of the hair piece, and the kids seem to be queued up for revive potions

>>279639161
Maybe he should've manned the fuck up and slapped his wife into shape

>>279641868
She's of the main family, he only married into it. He was cucked from day 1.

Shenmei rapes shota

budget doko

>>279639038
What he gonna do? Shoot me?

>>279638295
kek he is like a magnet for arrows

And so in a classic Chinese moment, the cruel debauchery of women leads to the fall of their clan. The modern twist is that it is also women who stab the back stabbing women in the back to redeem the clan's backstabbing, instead of a man bitch slapping them back into their room where they can't do anymore harm.

>>279639038
>I'm no longer asking, have sex now

>>279641843
I like how she gave it multiple tries. Hope it wasn't for nothing.

>>279641935
typical male excuses

>>279636367
Horrible colors...

>Shenmei seriously kept Suirei tied up in the cupboard during orgies
Hahaha, why?

>>279639505
How the fuck can you even miss it?
>station main force in front of the fortress with a bit of distance to use as a decoy
>use a small troop to set up an avalanche from the mountain behind the fortress
>have elite forces with them ready to capitalize on the confusion from the avalanche
>breach main gate and keep it open for the main force to get to the fortress

Is Shenmei a based NTR enjoyer?

>>279642323
thats some zhuge liang shit

>>279642321
I don't know man. Why does she have orgies when her husband is in the other room too?

>>279642403
All according to keikaku

>>279642321
I bet it was to make Suirei horny as fuck and make her beg for dicks.

>>279642321
Same reason she put the orgy room right next to the master bedroom so that it could be Shishou's cuckshed.

>>279642389
>when you are trapped in a fortress all day and your only entertainment is orgies and bullying your foster daughter

>>279642242
>seething frieren chud

I'd make Suirei poop in front of everyone

Really curious to see what she has planned that would make a difference to the coming punishments. Please tell me the break week is a lie.

>>279640308
She ignored Maomao's paizuri lessons. That's the only way she could've distracted the emperor effectively.

>>279642671
She was going to pull out the old "It's just a prank bro" on Jinshi. He would've been bound by ancient chinese law to spare them.

>>279641017
Say what you will about his defeat, but both of them spoke about how the opposite sex acts foolishly because of romance, and only one of them ironically proved the other right.

The cave scene episode was still the best animated episode this season.

Do Shenmei's troops know they're probably all going to be executed even if they surrender? I guess many still aren't hardcore enough to fight to the death when suddenly overrun.

>>279642988
money well spent

>>279642997
They might be spared if they aren't related to the clan leadership.

Also, Lihaku is in the Forbidden Army? Seems pretty prestigious, but also not likely to see much real action.

>>279642997
Maybe they die, but if they are mercentaries or someone relatively unknown then their contacts might survive the 9 familial exterminations kind of thing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_familial_exterminations

Generally it is placed upon people with notable clans, names, and power. It's not for peasants who have no name or notable clans of purpose.

Not sure how Kusuriya will go because eras/emperors means different rules and the writer is jap. But if it was say a southerner who was a cook, a hunan trader/inventory man, or just some farmers who were just transporting crops? Less likely to get the 9x-extermination.
If we go by 99% of emperors though? Treason and insurrection is the highest crime so it is very likely to be applied to the Shi clan with Shirou getting the direct sentence and a horrible death. 9x would probably extend to branch families, business ties, locals who worked with them in the plot, soldiers or close confidants, co-conspirators, all their direct families too, also possibly in-laws, in some cases close friends, etcetc.

>>279642389
I think it's more like opium and orgies but japs/manga/anime restrictions make it softer.

Also let's not act like if you were rich and powerful you wouldn't smoke weed or do drugs, have bitches cater to you, and have orgies with hotties.

>>279642997
It depends on the situation. Anyone blood-related to the clan is going to be put to death. Rebellious soldiers not actually related are also usually put to death, but sometimes they are spared if there is a convenient war or military posting with high attrition that they can "redeem themselves" in (i.e. get killed with some semblance of honor in service to the empire).

One can never have too many cannon fodder troops when there's a war on.

>>279637562

Was this scene in the LN? It looks weirdly OOC for the little we've seen of Lahan, I thought he would be Lakan lite.

I'm guessing the foreign collaborators were not in town when the attack came.

>>279643624
The whole rebellion plot was still half-baked, they weren't expecting to get found out so fast. Even with Jinshi dallying in the capital they still moved far quicker than the Shi clan could prepare against.

>>279638021
SHe got wages anyway, just smaller.

>>279643650
>And we would have gotten away with it too if it weren't for those pesky autistic Ras and their stupid cat!
Literaly scooby-doo mystery with catcat.

https://x.com/NaMelanza/status/1933533856457757047?t=nrag2yhehgRxFzOYEKH9TQ&s=19
Author said that OP4 is about Maomao and Shisui's relationship and not about Maomao and Jinshi.

>>279643585
Lakan loves Jinshi's numbers, he wants maomao to get pregnant with him and raise their child

>>279643863
that was clear though

>>279643867
How stupid can you be?

>>279643867
*Lahan

>>279643585
Imagine both of your children fell in love for the same man that you hate.

>>279636184 (OP)
It is just me or the animation really fell of this second cour?
Kusuriya wasn't exactly an excellency of animation ever since the first season, but I can't help but notice the quality dropped off.

I hope this doesn't happen with Frieren.

>>279644149
The first season had good animation. The problem with second is that it needed more time to work about.

>>279644149
Dunno about the animation but its so fucking boring now

>>279640173
He won't survive the first few hours.

I'm really curious what kind of face she's making. This is the second time.

Really cute moment between Lakan and Lahan

>>279642976
The same womanly romance (Chou Fuu) ironically led to his own ambition failing, and technically him fucking a woman eventually led to his downfall

10/10 episode

>>279645283
>"Neee Maomao, can I fuck Oppairin for free since I'm helping you with th-"

>>279637267
>>279636904
Shisui is great and a best, that's why.

>>279645477
Heh, Lahan just wanted to look cool in front of Jinshi

>>279639161
Wrong.
It's all the pedo emperor's fault. AGAIN.

>>279640942
Nyo.

>>279639505
>go up mountain
>explode some gunpowder to cause an avalanche
>enter the palace walking on the snow that got in the walls
>kill soldiers
>open gate
>more soldiers come in
>kill some more

>>279636413
I want to insert myself into Maomao

Maomao's defenseless anus

>>279636367
>>279638295
These colours look like they came from Final Fantasy.

>>279639161
The direction in this scene was funny to me. All I could think after he talked about not sleeping well for almost twenty years was "I'm tired, my feet hurt, I wish they'd get the siege over with".

I somehow missed last weeks episode but didnt realise until like 8 mins into this one
Goddamn the plot moves slow

>REEEE yuri REEEE!!!!

Meanwhile in Japan.

>>279647515
The other show is also shojo yuribait. It just works.

>>279647561
>yuribait
It's as platonic as it gets. Looking at individual frames out of context is the only way you could believe that. That show is as heterosexual as it gets.

Maomao and Shisui doomed yuri....... exquisite.

>>279647515
Based yurislayer Jinshi

>>279647515
Philiabros...

>>279639505
My issue was the time skip from being in the capital to the siege.

Other than the animation quality getting iffy, this adaptation is fine. This is a character driven story, nobody cares about the action details, sorry.

>>279647561
Cute Fernando's wives!

On the plus side, no more noisy kids running around the halls.
Goodbye hairpin.
A lot happened but also not really. A good episode overall.
Cute short cat.

>>279646108
CURSE YOU, TOM CRUISE

>two eps left
Preview shows a lot of flashbacks next ep. That's okay, I was worried Shishou's monologue was all we'd get to explain their bullshit.

>>279639113
>>279639133
The armor is realistic.

don't worry everyone, i have a plan to save Shisui from being executed

>>279638295
>>279639253
>>279639898
I don't know a huge amount about Chinese armour development but one thing I appreciate about the terracotta warriors is the thick scarfs they have around their necks.
Jinshin's armour plausibly looks like it might have rigid neck protection but the other guys look exposed to me.

Maomao is addicted to my cock

What makes this show so good?

>>279642988

>>279650997
Hey consider this: don't. Hate it when this kinda stuff happens in one-sided relationships. It always feels so icky.
I KNOW she isn't THAT young, but the fact she really looks like a little girl gets me. Low key looks like hes making a move on a kid even though I know it isn't the case.

>>279651149
Nice try, but I've seen this mangadex comment get posted here enough times to recognize it

>>279650697
>comfy mysteries
>period setting that's rare in anime
>shipbait (and now yuribait)
>cute petite mary sue buttslut MC

>>279650361
shouldn't she get credit for betraying and sabotaging her clan?

Shenmei keeping Suirei in the closet

>entire clan gets purged because your leader was a simp and his wife a crazy ho
being clan peasant is suffering.

>>279641117
>I hope whoever finds me is someone reasonable!

>Oh no!

>>279650593
Fun fact about the Terracotta Army. They all originally had vivid colors but the paint faded within a few minutes after they were excavated. The main tomb of Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang still hasn't been excavated to prevent damage. In fact, only about 1% of the entire mausoleum has been excavated, and most of the Terracotta Warriors remain unexcavated.

Maomao pubes

>>279638577
Do you not know how abuse works?

>>279651592
Would there be any peasants in the clan?

Even if she doesn't want to admit it, I think she's grown fond of him.

>>279649559
They really did Jinmao dirty this episode. This good moment was turned into a throwaway joke in the anime. And this was just one of many things they rushed.
Between this botched job and having to wait 2 weeks for the next episode, I think I'm done following the show for now. So disappointing.

>>279643585
Yes, he did say that.

>>279652271
I was also quite disappointed by that.

>>279642323
>>279646120
The avalanche was also to prevent the enemy from using their cannons.

>>279652271
Really just felt like some random scene. Compare it to the first season when he gave her the hairpin. lightyears difference.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UnlbOn_1fA

>>279641117
The first half with Shisui was executed well. The second half, well, the battle needed more animation. Everything was rushed. I don't think Jinshi and Maomao's reunion needed more animation per say but it needed more impact. Like >>279652271 said, this scene was butchered.

>>279652271
>Am I safe here? Maomao wondered. She stopped when she saw the invaders in the distant light of their torches. She wasn’t sure how she knew, but she knew: she was sure she had seen him. A man whose nymph-like beauty hardly seemed fit for a battlefield. Clothed in armor of an expensive color, he cut a dashing figure, like a real soldier. Could he possibly be here to rescue her? No way. Even he doesn’t have that kind of time to kill.

>>279652457
>She wasn’t sure how she knew, but she knew: she was sure she had seen him.
>Could he possibly be here to rescue her?
This was one of the early important hints that Maomao actually had some affection for Jinshi. Moments like this are what make their relationship feel believable. They cut out the good stuff and there's no relationship, we're left with Jinshi having one-sided crush and Maomao being a cold fish.

>>279652343
They really don't know what to do without having the Nekokurage manga as the storyboard guideline.

>>279636367
I get that he's supposed to stand out visually and be like, obviously noble, but the colors are a smidge too vibrant IMO, especially with the mix of gold/silver + that weird gold circle thing on the front of the armor.

>>279636184 (OP)
Why is the animation in the last 2 episodes so choppy? Did they run out of budget or something?

>>279653962
Seems like it.
This Season isn't doing very well, specially considering to how good S1 was.

>>279653962
Yeah.
Honestly I could forgive the animation if everything else was decent, but even the pacing and direction were off. I've just checked out the manga version and it was much easier to understand. They tried to cram 4 chapters into the latest episode, no wonder it didn't turn out well.

>>279651238
she gets credit for being cute

>>279652605
That's part of it and I also think they needed more time to get it right but execs wanted to capitalize on the popularity of the series and get out season 2 as soon as possible.

>>279651263
I want a flattie like her

>>279653962
The production schedule has been very tight for the second season, if you look at the episode credits they've been getting progressively messier and longer.

>>279645145
Did you forget his godly stamina? He went all night with her without showing any signs of fatigue.

>>279646001
B-but he was just trying to do the right thing

>>279646001
having sex with children is never wrong

>>279637267
They've known each other for several months and they're kindred spirits. Plus Shisui is cute and best girl.

>>279637850
Saving the kids is Shisui's whole motivation and plan

>>279652457
>No way. Even he doesn’t have that kind of time to kill.
Maomao has almost zero sense of self worth, and thus it seems bizarre to her that anyone would care about her enough to fight and kill for her

Even though probably a dozen would

>>279638295
Shisous dead and Jinshis not, because Jinshi had plot armor and a big fucking Maomao.

>>279655125
Didn't notice the tears until someone pointed it out.
They must have used up the budget when doing this scene since both manga didn't really have much of a reaction from her when Maomao calls her Shisui.

>>279646001
>>279654991
>>279655089
Total pedoscum death

The pedo emperor did nothing wrong.

Shisui a cute

Everyone keeps talking about the manga but the serialized manga didn't get to this part yet? (although it's the volumes I buy) I Did the first Manga get to this?

>>279655302
Shisui is underage

>>279646001
I have to wonder, if the pedo emperor just wanted his illegitimate daughter to have an okay life rather than living in exile forever, did Shishou NEED to have a child with her? Feels like he could've just made her his wife on paper and let her live in a spare house or some shit.

If it was just a formality and he hadn't actually interacted much with her, I imagine Shenmei would've been a bit more receptive to him upon her release from the rear palace, considering the 'I had to take her as a wife in order to have you let out' sounds a lot more reasonable when you don't have a child with the lady.

>>279655285
i love shisui and i want to protect her smile more than anything
the fact that i can't do anything to help her hurts me in a way that i can't put into words

>>279655419
There are two mangas the popular Nekokurage adaptation which what the show was based off that the anime already bypassed, and the Kurata version that is less popular but more advanced on the plot which is what the show is now using to adapt the remaining episodes of this season.

>huge adult cock VS unripe virgin pussy? It's an interesting idea, submit it through the official channels

>>279655419
The other manga is ahead of the anime. I read it on comick.

>>279655593
That makes sense. It's hard to discern which one people are talking about sometimes. How far did the other get in it's story?

>>279655619
>I read it on comick.
Kill yourself faggot.

oh no maomao turned latina
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XB_R5pDjJDA

>>279636367
I like it. Looks like a Dynasty Warrior chad.

>Everyone knows maomao is the daughter of some big shot strategist
>Still kidnaps her to pull aggro for no reason

What is this retarded plot

>>279656661
It's a shojo, why are you expecting logic

>>279656661
>>279656678
Most people didn't know Lakan had a daughter until he made a big stink about it when he attacked the rear palace gate, you dinguses.

>>279656661
>Everyone knows
No. It's because Jinshi just told Lihaku. If you actually paid attention, you'd realize the dialogue makes it clear that Lihaku had no idea before.
>for no reason
Anon, I... did you not notice that Shisui is trying to burn everything down?

>>279655599
To this day I still don't know what the fuck was up with the rotoscoping in that episode, and in hindsight it's even more offputting because they never tried that again.

>>279655479
this is no child

>>279636184 (OP)

>>279655285
Money well-spent.

>>279655516
My brother.

>>279655479
There is no age of consent in the Inner Palace.

>>279656772
She's barely older than Lishu

>>279656759
Wasn't it the studio letting newer key animators work on the scenes? I thought it looked pretty nice for the most part, even if a few bits were uncanny.

>>279655479
Isn't she like 17? That's not underage in ye olde china.

>>279644149
No I have the same feeling that at least since they arrived at the fortress, production quality really went down compared to the rest of the series.

>>279657129
Lishu is above age in modern China, your point?

>>279655479
She's around the same age as Gokuryuou

>>279657198
Barely, also not like it really matters since the main reason the emperor doesn't fuck her is because she looks even younger than she is. On top of the weird nobility/political mess of her being the former emperors concubine.

Between Maomao and Shisui, which one has the smelliest fart?

When it comes to anime adaptations, I feel like the episodic mysteries and comedy fanservice tend to translate well while longer serious story arcs often become a chore to watch, especially in a weekly format. I used to hope the anime would reach the Western Capital 2 arc but now I realize that would probably be a disaster. That arc is even more of a clusterfuck and more dragged out than the Shi clan arc, it would be so exhausting to follow in anime. In contrast, the in-between LNs with more less complicated plot like LN5 to 8 will probably make for better anime experience.

>>279657584
I think you're just impatient, anon.

Are they saving up their remaining budget of this Cour on this?

>>279638295
>>279639113
>>279638744
>>279639133
I agree, they should have went with mountain pattern armor for style.

>>279658008
No, for Jinshi Vs Loulan for sure

>>279658151
Jinshi in Warhammer!??

>>279657584
LN5/6 will probably be the best one

What does Lakan see when he puts his hand on Lahan's head?

>>279658254

>>279658254
Lakan looks really proud of him here.
Guess he still likes him even if he isn't his bio son

From what I've heard, Shishui was real villainess material and ended up dying in the WN. Why did the author change her to victim and yuri bait in LN?

>>279647448
He's a royal. They should be THE most vibrant. What we might consider gaudy and clashing colours, were the mark of money and power.

>>279657271
I thought she was like 15~ or so, older than the kid empy won't fuck, but sufficiently busty he's into it. She ain't 20.

>>279652335
Kinda also bullshit.
>knew there's enough snow to overrun walls
>triggering the avalanche actually worked
>it was so good it covered the castle town to the roves

This is 'why the actual fuck did you ever build here' tier. You back is so far inside the mountain that you'd get buried on the fucking regular.

>>279658008
They're cutting this creepy scene.

>>279641183
leaving out the battle was the cunning plan all along? If so, the person who decided that was a genius. I'll be lining up for a ticket on the opening day of the movie.

>>279652457
Hasn't she caught him working out before? Shouldn't she be aware that a ball-less male isn't buffing up enough to reach his physique? Her head-in-the-sand routine does get annoying.

>>279656772
executing/exiling that body would be a huge waste

>>279658346
She was real villainess only in the original WN draft(where she faked a pregnancy and cut off Jinshi's hand), that is different from the current one where she was mainly an anti-hero (where she kidnapped Maomao for the same reason as the LN, but it happened differently and Shenmei decided to punish her with gangrape instead of snake pit)

>>279658936
Was she really gangraped or was she saved in the las minute?

>>279639161

>>279655599
>>279655302
I miss this MILF connoisseur so much...

It's kinda funny how shishou is almost entirely absent from this arc while technically being the head of the rebellion, he had one little scene where he played chess for a bit and that was it, we didn't even know where he was before this episode and then it just shows him being cucked

>>279656661
>no reason
Maomao had figured them out.
If they'd let her go she'd have told Jinshi about Suirei and the granny and it would've been joever.

>>279643585
if someone tells this to me I would execute them

>>279642997
Its only blood related Shi clan folks that are going to be killed, I assume a lot of the people here are hired on or extremely far branch family members so distant they wouldn't be considered related.

Either way, they could save at least some to be repurposed for hard labor or low ranking army shit.

>>279649559
>please Jinshi sama could you protect me

>>279643585
It's real and not even the only time Lahan brings it up. He's severely disappointed Jinshi is a man because he's got perfect facial measurements for beauty and Lahan being who he is wants someone like that for a wife.

>>279658625
>This is 'why the actual fuck did you ever build here' tier.
Rihaku says the same thing.

>>279643863
obviously, too bad the OP looked and sounded like shit though.

>>279659957
>extremely far branch family members so distant they wouldn't be considered related
That didn't stop this guy.

>>279659920
Shishou is just a broken man, the leader is his wife, cause hell hath no fury like the woman scorned.

>>279660062
the current emperor is pretty chill though, I doubt he'd go that far

r-right..?

>>279643863
OP1 > OP3 > OP2 >>> OP4

>>279636367
I'm mad they baited us Jinshi fans with the teaser only to cut a lot of his moments in the actual episode

no helmet?

So what happens now that all the secrets are out and the overlying plot since s1 is over?

>>279660289
if they wear helmets they cant show off how pretty they are

>>279660315
The formula changes a bit due to the whole eunuch jinshi/secret apothecary maomao thing being upended and the scope of the story gets larger.

Most pathetic attempt at rebellion I've ever seen

>>279660315
Yes the overarching plot about rear palace conspiracy is over after this season.
Maomao has no reason to come back to the rear palace anymore now that both her friends Xiaolan and Shisui are gone, both her employers Jinshi and Gyo are gone too. Her dad also filled in the apothecary role nicely since he's way more skillful than her anyway.

>>279660397
it just some grandma tantrums really angry that she is not the queen

>>279660397
4 attempted assassinations foiled by one vigilant individual? Kinda good IMO, wasn't entirely her one job, but it really should have been someones. And as head food taster she's kinda responsible for at least two.

>>279660600
wait what happened to gyo

>>279660766
She gave birth to the crown prince and got upgraded to Empress.

Someone spoil me. What's the story behind the bitch wife?

I think it's pretty funny that the whole assassination thing would probably succeed if they simple bring 4 dudes with knifes instead of prototype pistols

>>279661100
They didn't plan for him being all alone probably.

Two more episodes left right? And we have to wait two fucking weeks for the next? What is even going on? Are they trying to time the end with the last chapter of Neko's manga or something?

>>279661334
The studio hates us and want us to suffer.

>>279661334
It seems like they had an overlap with Mission Impossible 7 on the Japanese TV channel at that hour.

>>279661041
She's a bitch and Shishou never told her why he married another woman

Couldnt Shisui just kill Shishou and her mom to avoud being killed?

>>279661643
Killing your own parents is punishable by death

But enough about assassinations plot. Lets talk about Go

>>279661643
She's still a criminal, she deceived the Emperor and ran away from the Rear Palace.

>>279661691
But theyre rebelling against the emperor so theyre outlaws

https://youtu.be/5vJz60pmYI0

>>279661740
There is no crime more severe than patricide for chinks and chinks-adjustment cultures.

>"I've heard that some foreigners have this super rare disease that can't see the color red"
>Proceed to have an entire province of people who can't see red

>>279661643
Best she could have done is telling the emperor when he was having one of the night visits, but then again her sister would probably still be fucked

>>279636184 (OP)
I've yet to see Maomao writing a diary.
Did the title lie? Where are the diaries?

>>279653962
>needs 2 extra weeks to air the last episode
What do you think?

>>279661041
>>279661458
Combination of palace politics encouraging those tendencies and Suirei's grandmother was one of her ladies in waiting further feeding into negative emotions.

>>279662282
She's hiding it cause of all the lewd pictures she doodled.

So they knew they were gonna lose going into this? What was the point then? Why did Shisou even do this? This entire plotline makes no sense.

lol

>>279662687
>Shisou
He's not the one calling the shots.

>>279662282
Those books she was reading this cour? That's the apothecary diaries.

>>279661100
Jinshi's a ridiculously fit guy who trains until he's lying in a pool of his own sweat thinking about his problems before every sunrise. He might actually survive.

>>279662282
trannylators at it again. The real title should be "Druggy girl talking to herself".

>>279636184 (OP)
I legit thought Jinshi turned into an Elf when i first see this pic, granted i was drunk

>>279662687
They were counting on losing. Her family was building up strength but she rushed the rebellion for it to fail and destroy her mom's plan.

>>279663604
He's compared to a heavenly maiden all the time, so I guess seeing a beautiful androgynous fey creature while drunk is par for the course and sticking close to the source.

No interactions until next arc

Was this arc just bad, or was it a bad adaptation? Will the next arc be better? This honestly curbed my enthusiasm for S3

Maomao sucks

>>279664702
lucky Jinshi and his frog

>>279664702
frogs

>>279658639
Sure, just like they cut the almost rape scene in the cave and all the other times Jinshi sexually harasses Maomao

>>279657271
>>279658571
Shisui is ~17 but since Li uses the Chinese age counting system, her real age is 15-16. Currently Gyokuyou is ~20 while Lishu is ~15 so she actually is closer to Lishu in age than Gyokuyou.

>>279665151
So why did the Emperor plap Shisui but not Lishu

>>279665188
tits and lishu was picked by the former emperor and also ah-duo's daughter figure in a sense, so the reason to not wanna plap her

>>279665188
Lishu is his daughteru. Loulan is more mature, has big tits and nice hips.

>>279646001
This was after he got Anshi'd?

>>279664476
Lahan's brother's brother sucks. We need Lahan's brother

>>279664655
S2 just wasn't up to S1. This cour in particular was just riddled with bad direction though.

>>279665188
Loulan is a big tittied alien. Lishu is a sheltered little girl that had a miserable life and narrowly evaded Emperor Diddy's diddling, whose prospects are being left to rot in a temple if she's returned.

>>279662657
of snakes copulating, drawing of hemipenes, and such.

>>279662687
The plan wasn't to rebel immediate.
Plans were multiphased:
>1. assassin network including Suirei goes into the inner palace. Sabotages pregnancies and kills off emperor's off-spring.
This had been working for years until maomao showed up.
>2. Lou Lan gets moved politically by Shi Rou into emperor's harem. Plan was for her to get preggos with the first son
Took a while but LL eventually got a spot. Shisui however didn't feel like it and took abortion meds.
>3. Assassinate the emperor's brother/Jinshi in an elaborate plan that couldn't be traced back to them.
Both the falling ornaments as well as the guns.
And they would have gotten away with it too if it weren't for those aspergers La clan and their stupid cat.
>4. build up money, troops, firearms, gunpowder, metal, rice, etcetc for rebellion.
Another route if necessary. If the original plans didn't work.

Point was they were working multiple plans but all of them got foiled. Mostly by Jinshi and catcat.

The Jinmao reunion scene has to be the most anticlimactic reunion I've ever seen in anime. Jinshi's stupid af if he's still trying to get with that brick wall later. That girl DOES NOT give a shit about him.

>>279667636
Wait for the last episode which is where they're saving the budget for, same as the cave scene from last cour: >>279658008

>>279667636
Retard.

>>279667828
Is this supposed to be a big deal?When she first saw bim there wasn't even surprise or any strong emotion. They haven't seen each other for months and he came directly to the fortress to rescue her, only to receive.. this in return.

>>279667570
Any plan of rebellion against the rightful emperor is destined to fail. This is the mandate of heaven at work. Maomao is just a tool of heaven's will.

>>279662687
That's the kicker. Shisou is a retarded simp for Shenmei and only her was and deluded enough to think they actually had a chance.
This entire plot is happening because Shenmei is a fucking retard and NO ONE in decades was willing to tell her no fuck off retard you're being retarded.

>>279668141
That's a pretty big deal coming from Maomao.

>>279667636
>>279668141
See >>279652271 >>279652457

>>279655332
>>279655332
>>279655332
>>279655332
>>279655332

>>279668308
she had a bigger reaction to Shisui walking out if the room

Jinshi's big cock...

>>279652343
love the music

Why is he no longer the crown prince? Isn't he the eldest son of the Emperor?

>>279668675
He is, but that's a secret very few people know. Officially he's the Emperor's brother, and so got bumped by the Emperor's new son.

>>279652271
You were following the show for the barely existing "romance"?

>>279666228
The real hero of the story.

>>279668908
If they'll keep adapting the LN, Jinmao will interact once every 5 episodes

So does everyone now know that Jinshi is the Emperor's brother and Maomao is the Commandant's daughter? Will they now be higher status when they return to the palace? Or will everything be covered up and we return to status quo?

>>279669365
the status quo is gone

Maybe it will be explained later, but what the fuck was their master plan?
>Highest ranking concubine escapes the palace
>takes Emperor's brother's (son's) favorite girl hostage
>All just to sit in a random fortress with some guns, waiting for a fucking Imperial army to come and slaughter them all
Even if they managed to kill Jinshi and defeat the army, the Emperor is still alive and well, preparing another army. What are they gonna do next, beg westerns for help in defeating another imperial army?

>>279669633
The plan was for loulan to get pregnant and have the crown prince, then stage a coup and take over everything.
SHe was undermining that by taking abortion drugs.
Once not one but TWO concubines got pregnant, it was obvious she wasn't gonna beat them to the punch and got pulled back, and the plan shifted to storming the palace anyway, cause loulan still had the imperial blood.
They would've won easily had their guns not been useless

>>279668675
>Isn't he the eldest son of the Emperor?
The agreement he made with the emperor was that he could hide his identity as his son in perpetuity once he has another son.
The public never knew the emperors brother died in infancy and he's been impersonating him ever since.

>>279667636
>That girl DOES NOT give a shit about him.
The girl doesn't think she's capable of giving a shit about anyone.
The climax of this arc is her understanding she actually cares about others and them her

She's so jaded by being effectively abandoned at birth that she never learned to connect with others until she was taken to the palace

>>279669085
He deserves better siblings

>>279669760
>Once not one but TWO concubines got pregnant, it was obvious she wasn't gonna beat them to the punch and got pulled back, and the plan shifted to storming the palace anyway, cause loulan still had the imperial blood.
I'm questioning this part. So she got pulled back, but why were they just sitting in the fucking fortress and waiting?

>>279669633
not even a plan, just an average woman

>>279661100
Have you seen this guy spar? Jinshi can probably fight all of them off.

>>279668491
Because Shisui was choosing to walk to her death

>>279660843
Oh right, I almost forgot about that offscreen birth. Minor but annoying spoiler. Must've been like a month ago in-story by now.

Gyokuyou seems like she'd love to keep her around though. I forget whether Jinshi's still her official boss/owner.

>>279670066
maybe they didnt have enough guns yet

>>279652583
>>279667828
>Jinshi didn’t look like he thought this was any better, but Maomao found his exasperated expression oddly reassuring. It was so familiar. She felt the corners of her own mouth softening into a smile.

>>279661458
This is some Ned Stark shit.

>>279661643
>>279661691
The daughters should've tried some of that "unfortunate accident" stuff on Shenmei. Except she'd probably punish Suirei first on mere suspicion.

>>279662282
The TL lied. "Hitorigoto" means talking to yourself, like Maomao does when she's thinking.

>>279664655
Adaptation could've been better
>>279660006
True and it's disappointing that it's at the climax of the story that they're dropping the ball in various ways. And I usually like Mrs. Green Apple.

>>279669633
Shenmei didn't know anything about Maomao.

>>279670066
They were building up their arsenal.

Not sure if they knew the decoy Loulan got busted, but that seems hard to keep secret. Shishou knew Lakan was onto them though.

>>279657066
>>279657198
The emperor has a kind of father daughter relationship with Lishu so he doesn't fuck her. Lishu is also a much more immature and innocent girl compared to Shisui, and the emperor only brought her into the harem to protect her since she was going to be married off to some rich old man. At the time of the story, it's not really her age itself that was the problem. After all, the emperor was planning to marry her off to Jinshi (and does eventually get her married to Basen).

>>279670066
They were still building their stockpile of guns to launch an attack. Their fortress was a secret and wasn't supposed to be found yet. Heck, Jinshi only figured out the body double because he memorized the facial features of every lady in waiting down to the minute details. If Maomao didn't get kidnapped, who knows how long it would have take to figure out that Loulan went missing. Of course, Maomao being on track to exposing their plan was the reason they kidnapped her and Loulan had to flee in the first place, and that was all Shisui and Suirei going rogue. Shenmei didn't even know about Maomao so as far as she knew, they were still safe.

>>279659231
She poisoned the rapists

>>279672191
With her cooch?

Is there enough material for S3 immediately?

>>279672478
With her mouth

>>279672723
There are 16 LNs, this arc is adapting LN4

>tag: urethra insertion(male)

>>279672814
>tag: urethra insertion(female)
works too

>>279651890
I thought they aren't excavating the tomb because the soil has some crazy amount of mercury or something

Why does Maomao say she doesn't have mother?

The Moon Goddess Dance:
https://files.catbox.moe/y9i5mm.webm

>>279672814
>>279673266
>tag: double urethral penetration

>>279670457
Yes Gyokuyou would like to keep her around but as its been said, Jinshi is technically her 'owner' and is only lending her to Gyokuyou. She can't easily overrule his ownership either despite being empress now since Jinshi is also now officially royalty and it'd probably not be worth it to piss him off just for Maomao.

>>279673525
Because just like she doesn't view Lakan as her 'father' he doesn't view Fengxian as her mother, literally all she remembers of her is that she mutilated her finger and went out of her mind with syphilis because of a man.

>>279673266
Ogu pls go.

>>279669365
The cat is out of the bag now.
Jinshi planned to lay low until the crown prince is born, then he could quietly fade into the backgroud since the imperial brother had the reputation of being sickly anyway.
Unfortunately he was forced to come out to lead the army and after this he gained so much popularity for suppressing the rebellion.
As for Maomao >>279660600

>>279673330
Dammit Qin

>>279670457
Maomao being Lakan's daughter is public knowledge now, she can't work as Gyokuyou's servant because that would ruin La clan's neutral stance at the court.

>>279660600
No idea where the story is going now but I'm gonna miss the rear palace SoL ngl it was comfy.

>>279668908
It's exactly because these moments are rare that they should be adapted properly no?

>>279672814
>Maomao shove it in Jinshi frog with his own hairpin then wear it later.

>>279656661
Shisui wanted to destroy her parents retarded treason plot with no survivors. What better way than to kidnap the autistic General’s daughter? He immediately zeroed in on them and got the Emperor’s brother onboard to put them down. Shisui knew making an enemy out of Lakan would speed up her clans’ downfall, and it worked

>>279672761
damn i wish i could read

>>279678164
>Shisui knew making an enemy out of Lakan would speed up her clans’ downfall, and it worked
That wasn't actually the main reason

>>279668675
According to my 200 hours of playing CK3, current king's son has heir priority over brothers

>>279673715
>Goddess
>Flat
You sure about this anon?

>>279668908
>>279677242

>>279669805
Jinshi doesn't know the Emperor is his father either. He was the crown prince because the Emperor wasn't producing anymore heirs until he made that bet.

>My adoptive father is just a humble low income 400 IQ 16 P.H.D.s holding ex-royal physician literal walking wikipedia unlicensed street doctor, so what?

any word on a S3 announcement? hope to see Chue on screen someday

>>279680849
I still think they will try to push for a movie before season 3. They need to wait for more manga material, it's clear that they have a hard time adapting directly from the LN.

>>279679556
Mary Sue.

>>279679556
Overpowered POS

>>279679556
since they're not blood related they can have sex? is that why he had maomao raised in a brothel

>>279681955
He is her paternal great-uncle. And more importantly, he has no dick.

>>279678499
It work difference in ancient China based on the dynasty and time period. Ultiamtely it still up to the current emperor to decide who is going to be his heir.

>>279682036
By default the Chinese also follows the tradition of oldest alive son = heir, although you're right that the current emperor has the authority to say fuck tradition and just designate a heir from one of his many sons.

By in the scenario where the emperor died without leaving a will then the succession rules does pic rel followed by 50 years of internal war as all the princes formed their own faction then each other to death

So it should be something like this

>become kusuriya

>>279658151
>asian character with asian armor/weapon
>western dragon
I wish it was more common

>>279682355
I think Lihua's boy would be 3 since she is not the empress. Gyo's son will always have priority over her.
Obviously we know that Jinshi is the true number 2 and any son he could have would be the real number 3.

>>279651890
>>279673330
Nah the main reason the tomb isn't being excavated is cultural/political.
Cultural because ancestor worshiip and desecration taboo, political because the CCP still has a very mercurial stance towards Chinese imperial history and don't want to risk glorifying it too much.

So, I have a tiny complain about Gyokuyou.
I don't think she is a mean girl or deserving of hate, but I just don't like how things proceed extremely smoothly for her compared to the other courtesans.
2 boys were already born from the emperor, but their mothers remained in the harem after their birth for a long time while Gyo somehow was married and became empress immediatly. Ah-duo's "son" and Lihua's as well could have survived with a proper doctor from outside the court if they had been married immediatly.
Her servants are the most competent, loyal and none of them want to mine her (Maomao included) while all the others had troubles either by accident or intentionally (ex: honey's incident and fish/powder/oil's poisoning).
Some accidents happened before Maomao's arrival but all the others from the start of the story weren't really directed at her.

It's a minor thing but it kinda bothers me.

>>279682999
That's because she's the main antagonist of the series

>>279682999
>Her servants are the most competent, loyal and none of them want to mine her
She only picked people from her hometown, people she can trust.

>>279645145
>>279654954
He's built different.

>>279683019
Lihua as well did that, ooopsie, her cousin (who grew up with her as a sister) was actually a bitch who mined her

>>279681365
Well Nekokurage is too slow

>>279683390
Does it have anything to do with the whole tax evasion thing?

>>279670738

So something like "The Apothecary's Monologue" would be closer to the original meaning?

>>279684297
>The manga artist shared on her X (formerly Twitter) that she was currently suffering from strep throat and whooping cough. The Apothecary Diaries manga will return from its hiatus in the next issue, Big Gangan Vol. 7, which is scheduled to be released on June 25th.

https://animecorner.me/the-apothecary-diaries-manga-announces-sudden-hiatus-due-to-nekokurages-health/

>>279684376
The Druggie's Yaps

>>279684376
Yes, I can't speak for other countries but in mine the localized title is literally that, The Apothecary's Monologue

>>279682999
The price of being best girl

>>279683016
I don't think Gyo has it in her to become an antagonist. She seems like a romantic at heart.
If we're talking about scary woman in KnH then it has to be Anshi.

>>279684748
Nah. Anshi so far doesn't seem to care about her faction losing power and her uncle, the actual faction leader, is not portrayed in a positive light.

>>279667636
That's just the director sucking at heterosexuality.

>>279668141
>keeps thinking about Jinshi at random times during captivity
>first reaction upon seeing him is go back to the silly cat teasing her sassy eunuch master
That's fucking huge for Maomao. Consider all the people she didn't spare a thought for.

>>279684811
Anshi has been ambitious and ruthless since she was 10. She's like a successful version of Shenmei.

>>279685090
Tbh, Anshi deserves a lot more shit than she gets, which is virtually none. She literally groomed and later sexually and psychologically raped a deeply disturbed, mentally ill man who was doing all he could to reach out to her in the way his role and his gynophobia permitted.

Suirei gets a happy ending right?....RIGHT??? I'll protect her

>>279639161
He's clearly a spineless retard though. Marries and impregnates a woman so he can have his first wife back. Explains nothing. That second wife and her child are tortured from then on, and the first wife still resents and humiliates you. This goes on for nearly twenty years without him noticing anything. This is supposed to be one of the most senior officials in the capital.

>>279685864
She's royalty, she'll get a slap on the wrist at best. Just like Shin didn't get much of a punishment for trying to kill a prince since she's of noble blood. The nobler your blood, the less your punishment is. Commoners will get executed for basically anything.

>>279668182
The mandate of heaven is incomprehensible sometimes.

>>279669805
>>279668675
He doesn't know that. Remember in his own memories he still believes cunny emperor is his father.

>>279679556
>>279681428
>>279681831
They go out of their way to ignore it, but he's one of the eldest members of La clan. Decades before Rakan, he was a well respected member of the inner court and uniquely was Western educated. His bookishness and eccentricities are characteristic of the La clan in general. The entire series only shows what he's like after he had fallen from lofty heights.

>>279686483
Then why did he miss Ah-duo?

>>279682355
Assuming Jinshi's real, real identity is never revealed.

>>279686629
She DOES know, and mothered him whenever she could all the same. She's already a relative of the royal family and would be like an aunt/big sister to the crown prince.

>>279686629
She is the closest thing he has to a mother plus she regularly lend him an ear when he got any problem.

>>279686661
>Emperor knows Jinshi's his son for real and heir to the throne
>still plaps big-tittied skanks doing it for the sake of politics
>produces pretenders with more apparent right to the throne in the eyes of anyone not privy to deep inner court affairs
Why would he give the product of love for his tomboy childhood friend such a moral quandry?

>>279686787
Anshi still treats him as a son, regardless of how much she believes the rumor he was, indeed, switched with her real son in the crib.

>>279686811
>Why would he give the product of love for his tomboy childhood friend such a moral quandry?
Training. Prepare his son for future situation. Inner palace politic is messy and an emperor need to know how to deal with it.

>>279686827
>believes
Anon, she knows.

>>279686960
It's easier to believe when you know.

>>279686629
>>279686787
No
Anshi: Thinks this is his mother, she is actually his bio grandmother.
Suiren: Thinks she is his unrelated nanny. She is actually his bio grandmother
Ah-duo: Suiren's daughter, thinks she is like an unrelated aunt, she is actually his bio mother.

Guy has a fuck ton of mothers.

>>279636271
**Text you want to hide**

>>279686986
>Ah-duo: Suiren's daughter
was this skipped over in the anime? first time hearing about this

>>279687192
We know that An-dou is the daughter of Emperor's wet nurse and they were milk-sibling/ Suiren was the emperor's wet nurse so you can put 1 and 1 together.

>>279686811
A bet's a bet.

>>279686976
It’s even easier when you’re one of the people who did it.

>>279686811
>Emperor knows Jinshi's his son for real and heir to the throne
By the way, when did he realize the exchange?

>>279687192
It was confirmed in the more recent volumes. It is interesting that the dress Maomao wore during her date with disguised Jinshi was Ah-duo's

>>279687581
Probably right after the Imperial brother died. He is pretty sharp and realize almost immediately there was something fishy about the Loumen situation and punishment

>>279669633
They would've had a lot more time if the La clan didn't get involved and use their autism powers to deduce their treachery.

>>279686986
>>279687192
>>279687231
>>279688186
What the absolute fuck.

>>279678659
What an Ox Bezoar can get a mf.

>>279688760
Jinshi deserves sex

I'm I supposed to feel sorry for this fuckin bitch? Maomao ain't mad enough. Actual mary sue

>>279688904
What exactly did she do wrong?

>>279689334
Didn't she leave her 50 maids back in the rear palace to die? She just left and didn't even tell them anything.

>>279689334
Killed her children in the womb, for one.

>>279689334
Didn't have sex with Maomao

I don’t get why Maomao hates Lakan and Jinshi so much when these two are the only people that would risk their lives for her no question asked.
Meanwhile she's all buddies with kidnappers and strangers. It just doesn’t make sense.

>>279689556
The kidnappers were female, Maomao is a carpet muncher

>>279682999
The switch was made at birth, the emperor found out later, so for all he knew, his son died in infancy until it was revealed.
As to why they didn't immediately get married, there was no need to, the former emperor was still alive.

The expedience here was specifically because of the agreement to have a new crown prince.

>>279689556
She's good with Jinshi, even though his slimy antics annoy her. Lakan she doesn't hate per se, she just doesn't care for his clingy weirdness after he pumped and accidentally dumped her mother to die of STDs and chop pieces of her off as a scare tactic.

Maomamo mating press

>>279690206
You will get bitten and scratched

>>279690206
Imagine getting Maomao addicted to modern drugs and then having her give you sexual service in exchange for more drugs

>>279690738
If any girl can cook her own meth, it's Maomao.

>>279689673
She's nice to Lihaku and Gaoshun though.

>>279689798
I forgot. What was the deal with the chopped finger tips?

rescueing Maomao

>>279686291
That's simply not true. It was clear that Shin's punishment should've been execution but Lihua made sure she got off easy and also to prevent potentially other people from getting punished for her foolishness. It was essentially covered up.

Maomao pegging you

Xiaolan pegging you

>>279696847
she would never

>>279697008
I will make her

Jinshi with second-best clan

LOL

>>279698102
the real maomao

>>279698281

>>279689334
Why didn't she just snitch to the Emperor? I get that everyone in their family was probably going to die either way but she could've at least saved the lives of a lot of retainers who had absolutely no idea what the fuck was going on. I know they're going to asspull the kids back to life either way but I honestly figure the Emperor could've found a way to not kill them out of respect for her as he's shown to be a reasonable person.

>>279687581

As an anime only am I supposed to know at this point who Jinshi really is and what is just a cover up? Because I'm still not really sure.

>>279699568
anon...

>>279700068
Ok so I'm just an idiot...

>>279691548
Need a Walter White version of this