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@Haiyami9 ай бұрын
note. Normally when girls are sold to the palace by their parents they enter a 2 to 4 year contract to work as maid. IN exchange these maids get paid money to send back to their family. When 2 years is up, the maids leave the palace. The thing with Maomao is she was kidnapped an illegally sold to the palace against imperial law. So the kidnappers are lying to the imperial court that they are Maomao's relatives and defrauding the imperial palace of money. Unfortunately they can not be punished once the contract has been signed as poor commoners do not have any form of identification and signed contracts serve identity. So it's legally binding. Maomao seems to be raised in a poor town where she didn't work as a merchant or shop keeper to have a form of identity. Also this is pure speculation but another interesting thing to note is why she wasn't kidnapped and sold as a slave to a foreign country. IF that was done, the kidnappers would only get a one time payout. By selling her to the palace the kidnappers can get a steady income from defrauding the palace for 2 years until Maomao's contract has ended.
@ChibiFurby9 ай бұрын
For an additional bit of context that gets touched upon later in the story. It's not any kind of spoilers and I don't know if they'll explain it later on, but in case you don't want to know... Kidnapping is, actually, outlawed in this story. However selling your child to servitude is still allowed, and as a result the family gets a cut of the pay. What the kidnappers do is they kidnap girls and pretend to be parents selling off their children.
@andrewsuryali85409 ай бұрын
They didn't pretend to be the parents. The palace gets its serving girls from slave traders who go around and collect them from parents who sell off their kids. It's actually impossible for peasants to sell their kids directly into the palace. No peasant has that kind of connection. Only connected nobles could directly offer up their daughters as ladies-in-waiting. For the servant girls, the slave traders act as middlemen. That's also why they continue to get part of the girls' pay. They put down an investment by buying the girl from her parents, then the girl pays back this investment over the period of her contract and possibly beyond if there are residuals remaining (in which case they're usually sold off to a brothel). The kidnappers either pretended to be "proper" slave traders or are actually connected slave traders with prior track record themselves. Kidnapping a girl means they don't need to put down that initial investment of buying the girl from her parents.
@YaBoyRockLee9 ай бұрын
Ok. Thanks for info
@Sup_D9 ай бұрын
@@YaBoyRockLee Regarding the Eunuch part, it's only the Balls that have been surgically removed. The Stick is still there and working.
@WeebShinobi9 ай бұрын
@@Sup_Dthe stick comes off too usually, but even if it remains, it’s uncommon for it to ‘work’ and even then it’s not nearly as effective.
@jakobroynon-fisher95359 ай бұрын
And that's historically accurate situation for (as far as I can find) every ancient culture.
@jamesjavier33439 ай бұрын
The reason they looking maomao with a pity is because they thought that the bandage in her hand is like she’s been in a hard situation its not because she have a disease
@MinhVo-ig7no9 ай бұрын
Yeah they definitely would assume she went through abuse a lot before so that’s why they’re so upset for her.
@BuddyChy9 ай бұрын
They literally said that in the show lol “poor girl must’ve been abused back at home”
@lalalarose81979 ай бұрын
@@BuddyChyReading comprehension is difficult.
@_-K1LL3RK1tT3N-_9 ай бұрын
Jinshi took one of Maomao's midnight snacks, which is probably why he acted so sus with her afterwards, kissed her neck and everything. 😂
@fabi37909 ай бұрын
the man can't hold his alcohol
@amlisking821718 сағат бұрын
Daaaang i didn't even think it was because of that 😂
@wierdgamer30679 ай бұрын
What the lady did with the vase is so damn smart. "We will have to charge the family" meaning theyll pin the debt on the kidnappers that pretended to be her fam, and the hazard pay is the real pay. MMM i love characters that use their cunning to the best of their abilities to do good for others.
@shamelblack45599 ай бұрын
15:20 Maomao saying "i hope theres no victim" insinuates that he did indeed take one otherwise she wouldn't have made the statement after glancing at the aphrodisiacs.
@CatOnACell9 ай бұрын
Yep. You can track the chocolate bread slices all the way through. 9 slices were made. Each maid ate 1, leaving 6. when he started flirting, there were still 4 in one row 2 in another. When he left, there were 5, 1 row of 4, and a lone slice in front.
@Ghorda93 ай бұрын
@@CatOnACell they're not slices, they're buns
@TIO-bc6dr9 ай бұрын
She made 9 brownies (3x3). The girls took 3 which leaves 6 brownies. At the end there were 5 brownies arranged in a different configuration (4x2) and there were 3 missing. He did take one brownie!!
@fabi37909 ай бұрын
well at least it only had alcohol and not aphrodisiac
@foolslayer94169 ай бұрын
@@fabi3790Chocolate does contain serotonin and phenylethylamine, which are chemicals that make you happy.
@fabi37909 ай бұрын
@@foolslayer9416 oh good to know
@coltonwilliams41537 ай бұрын
@@fabi3790 That’s why it can hit someone who isn’t used to it like alcohol. We’ve lived with it since birth, so you normally wouldn’t see people reacting to it like that, but in an ancient China-like setting, when it had only just started circulating, nobody would’ve known what it did.
@9Misaki39 ай бұрын
About who gave Jinshi the aphrodisiac meat buns... He said he got them from "a certain military officer" so they are most likely from a man.
@kyng_spade9 ай бұрын
5:46 not her randomly sprouting cat ears like Komi 😂
@raec54269 ай бұрын
Mao means cat in Chinese, so she got a cat theme.
@kyng_spade9 ай бұрын
@@raec5426 good to know
@HateIsJustice9 ай бұрын
Another similar series to this one that you guys might like would be 'The Raven consort'. Think ya'll might enjoy stuff like 'Houseki no Kuni' and other psychological series as well. Loving your reactions to this series, it really doesn't seem to hold back from touching upon very mature topics and such. Maomao's also absolutely adorable! lol
@waydebelgrave-haynes8559 ай бұрын
You mean Raven in the inner palace right? That show has such similar vibes to this one. The MCs are pretty different but the overall vibe is really similar
@vridathegrimm9 ай бұрын
As a note: Part of the money Maoamao gets paid is not sent to her family but to the kidnappers who said they where her family. as they would have said she was their daughter and they palace dosent really care (as in the people who bought her some people probably care that people are being kidnapped and sold to the palace but probably not that much.)
@coltonwilliams41537 ай бұрын
Officially, it’s illegal. But people with influential ties, or large enough bribes (usually both), can get certain officials to look the other way. Those who do care usually either don’t have enough clout to do anything about it, or no way to find the ones responsible without kicking a hornet’s nest.
@fikrihs1969 ай бұрын
your discussions at the end are nuts.
@J4remi28 күн бұрын
That edible story at the end bodied me. "Took me to the darkest of places." I feel that!
@yuuichi9499 ай бұрын
If tou guys wanna understand how it works in forbidden kingdom/Palace chinese era....Highly recommend to watch chinese drama traditional era....The rule and tradition are more strict than those korea and japanese era.
@MercyxStarlight9 ай бұрын
In addition to those three types of eunuch there are also drugs that can make you infertile either temporarily ir permanently. But also if the emperor trusts you and you're already married and absolutely smitten with your wife you can just be a "Eunuch" in name.
@valenlp188 ай бұрын
12:33 - Maybe it was a joke, but just to be sure, Cacao, and Cocaine, are two very different plants. Love the reaction, this anime is so good. I highly recommend the manga too. ^w^
@YaBoyRockLee8 ай бұрын
Lol
@friiiiidge5 ай бұрын
yea i was thinking how she’d react if she could cook crack
@marcoftheninja62789 ай бұрын
12:24 I hope you just didn't mix up cacao with coca plant, did you?
@jck1699 ай бұрын
He certainly did lol
@tebasnineone9 ай бұрын
yap, some people confuse Cocoa and coca.
@johnyshadow9 ай бұрын
So I just had to look it up. Below is a line from a quick wiki search on eunuchs. (Hidden in case it´s an uncomfortable topic.) - - - - - "In China, castration included removal of the "tool" as well as the "package" (see emasculation). Both organs were cut off with a knife at the same time." (edited for censor) So from this I take that normally, eunuchs only had the "package" removed, and kept the "tool", except for China. But this story is based in *fictional* China, so probably no more fun for the eunuchs. (They got the Ken treatment.)
@andrewsuryali85409 ай бұрын
Wiki is incorrect. Chinese eunuchs came in both sackless-only and Kendoll versions UNTIL THE QING DYNASTY. The problem is that modern popular understanding of Chinese eunuchs came from autobiographies and memoirs of the last eunuchs of the Qing Dynasty, for which we have not only writings but actual physical evidence and even video recordings. However, records from previous dynasties show clearly that both types of eunuchs served in the rear palace. In particular, men turned into eunuchs after sexual maturity were often only de-sacked because they rarely survived the Ken treatment with the (lack of) medical knowledge of the era.
@johnyshadow9 ай бұрын
@@andrewsuryali8540 Yeah, I just grabbed the first relevant thing I saw. Good to have actual info. (But still, it´s fictional China, so it could be whatever.)
@marcoftheninja62789 ай бұрын
15:13 Jinshin took one for himself... Maomao made 9 pieces, 3 were eaten by the other ladies-in-waiting, and there are now 5 pieces left instead of 6...
@jakobroynon-fisher95359 ай бұрын
"Jinshi, we need to cook."
@Nixthyo9 ай бұрын
Did you realize that the concubine Gyokuyo is voiced by Frieren/Anya?
@chillwill29188 ай бұрын
The best part about that lady doing that after finding out that she was actually kidnapped and sold there without anyone knowing is the fact that she not only freed her, but also got pay back on her kidnappers by making them have to pay for something expensive. Also Jinshi is a masochist:confirmed.
@NeroAl9 ай бұрын
16:00 Why does no one ever listen to the warnings? 😅 Poor Director
@kimiphillips80349 ай бұрын
Even the snake be like “Maybe you should see a p-sychiatrist…”
@HeraclesN-fp1bw9 ай бұрын
I Will Have What’s Their Having - Jinshi is voiced by Takeo Otsuka who also voices Aqua (Oshi no Ko), Leon (Trapped in a Dating Sim…), Dede (Tower of God), Collot & Tem (Beastars), Sota (Talentless Nana), Reichi (Arifureta), Lauda (The Witch from Mercury), Daichi (Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki), Eruru (The Concierge at Hokkyoku Department Store), Jet Black Aqua (My Love Story with Yamaha-Kuhn at Lx 999), Lucian (Moriarty the Patriot), Lind (SAO), Poseidon (Sleepy Princess …), Tokuyama (Fire Fore), & many more while the English Dub he is voiced by Kaiji Tang who also voices Gojo & others (Jujutsu Kaisen), Dazai (Bungo Stray Dogs), Joe / Junk Dog (Megalo Box), Guts (Berserk - 2016), Vegeta (Dragon Ball Super), Archer (Fate), Sanemi (Demon Slayer), Yasuhiro (Danganronpa video game) then was Kohichi (Danganronpa 3 anime), Hendrickson & Pelio’s dad (7 Deadly Sins), Tsumugu (Kill la Kill), Koji, Tomaru, & others (Naruto), Ryohei, Haruto, & others (Mob Psycho 100), Detective Pikachu, Faba, Looker, Noland, Dozer, Hiker, & Poke Fan (Pokemon), Tom (Mashle), Armored Gorilla, Golden Ball, & Suppon (One Punch Man), Goro, Pycal, Korn, & Poon (Lupin the 3rd), Bill (Beastars), Big G (Doraemon), Derflinger, Jean-Jacques, Colbert, & others (Familiar of Zero), Koala & Dwun (HxH - 2011), Fox & Drott (Vinland Saga), Aren (Saiki K), Retsu (Baki), Alexei (Sirius the Jaeger), Koen & Byoln (Magi), Schmitt (SAO), Eijiro (Durarara), Thracia (Pluto), Pierre (Lord Marksman & Vanadis), Hosoyamada (Charlotte), & many more
@naylaw19287 ай бұрын
He definitely took a brownie that's a different tray from the one the girls stole from
@mizukasenju80709 ай бұрын
I think she was trying to describe "The Family Jewels" being removed is done to the Eunichs
@Yuki_Ika79 ай бұрын
Yup, and it was often done with red hot (or hotter) clippers so it would not cause them to bleed out
@koga7118 ай бұрын
I want you to know, when he started explaining the different kinds of eunuchs and the "follow for more" popped up I *cackled*....perfect comedic timing, whoever did that I see you looool
@komos37199 ай бұрын
Eunuchs can have the testes removed or the entire thing. Supposedly, even without the testes it still works normally it just uhhh shoots blanks
@bgood82999 ай бұрын
So she saves the lives of Gyokoyou and her child and her thanks is to be assigned to testing for poison. No thanks. That seems like the definition of "no good deed goes unpunished."
@Irimu_9 ай бұрын
Yeah it's kinda weird as a reward
@Shizuuuneee9 ай бұрын
In ancient days, it was considered an honour to be of service to the emperor or his concubines in that way. So for them, it's a grand reward or honour to be "promoted" into a position like that. 🤷🏻♀
@Birthday8889 ай бұрын
In those days, the life expectancy of a commoner wasn't all that high anyway, so most people in Mao Mao's position would actually consider her new position to be a reward. They also offered her the position after learning about her past as an apothecary, so it's not like they didn't know she'd probably be able to detect most poisons. The entire reason she had come to their attention in the first place was because she detected poison where nobody else did after all.
@oleub239 ай бұрын
@@Shizuuuneeeespecially when you live in a society that treats its monarchs as the chosen representative of the gods and the Son of Heaven
@santoselizalde44039 ай бұрын
I think tha the eunuc actually took one of the chocolate of maomao.
@lunacraftcrochet9 ай бұрын
He did. 🤣
@LibeliumDragonfly9 ай бұрын
If you are really curious Chinese eunuchs are the Ken type..... The last dynasty ended in 1912, so the last of last eunuchs survived well into the later part of the 20th century, there's ample testimonies, and interviews.
@andrewsuryali85409 ай бұрын
They became the Ken type in the Qing Dynasty because during the Ming there was a famous case of a eunuch who became the palace gigolo. He was castrated as an adult so already had all the mature sexual characteristics and apparently he could last forever because eunuchs can't really come. Make 'em all Ken was the solution.
@LibeliumDragonfly9 ай бұрын
@@andrewsuryali8540 I think that was an isolated case, there were records of Ming era eunuchs cannibalizing little boys' brains in hope of "growing the rod back", so I assume most in Ming were Ken type as well...
@andrewsuryali85409 ай бұрын
@@LibeliumDragonfly Yes. The point I was making is that in previous dynasties both types existed. The Qing dynasty made it Ken-only.
@-libertyprimev1-9029 ай бұрын
@@LibeliumDragonflythat... Took a drastic turn.
@LibeliumDragonfly9 ай бұрын
@@-libertyprimev1-902 Eunuchs weren't looked down upon by society for no reason is the only thing I could say.
@LChaos29 ай бұрын
0:45 Welcome to period dramas! Would you like fries with that?
@markmoore76209 ай бұрын
Guys, it's an honor to be promoted!!! 😂
@YaBoyRockLee9 ай бұрын
Lol
@deinonychus19486 ай бұрын
5:32 even the snake was uncomfortable about this whole situation
@dandeleons9 ай бұрын
The end discussion lol i'm learning
@jdoggivjc9 ай бұрын
I agree that one of the appeals to this series is there are few like it. Same thing could be said of Raven of the Inner Palace, another Chinese Dynasty-era series with similar vibes (but less funny) that was airing this time last year. That - and Maomao and Raven are both such likable characters.
@dandeleons9 ай бұрын
Really glad i checked this out when i saw your post. Now I can enjoy your reactions 😎🔥
@dandeleons9 ай бұрын
I am currently watching quintessential quintuplets too just to be able to watch the reactions lol i will probably end up watching everything you guys have watched at this point
@foolslayer94169 ай бұрын
10:35 Eunuchs is just the balls are gone, like neutering a dog.
@CatOnACell9 ай бұрын
Eunuchs lose the eggs, not the sausage. However, losing the eggs causes the sausage to shrink dramatically.
@caladbolg7779 ай бұрын
Sometimes it's both. There were different levels to it.
@johnyshadow9 ай бұрын
I´d be in trouble with those edibles. They looked delicious.
@dandeleons9 ай бұрын
3:47 the wave 😂
@dangoodmanx9 ай бұрын
It's mentioned in episode 1 that eunuchs are not the only men in the rear palace, so it's possible that Jinshi is one of those. That's my guess - I haven't read the manga or anything.
@theworldmaker14109 ай бұрын
Maomao already assumend he is a Eunuch
@Animeprincess20309 ай бұрын
I will not spoil anything but jinshi ( the pretty dude) is one of those characters that there are more than meets the eye to him. He’s the manager\ head of the rear palace. He watch’s over the concubines and all the servant girls. He also is there for the emperor to test the loyalty of the concubines and the servants. A concubine shouldn’t Just be beautiful and knowledgeable but loyal to the emperor himself. Men are forbidden to enter the rear palace unless they are the emperor, his kin or the eunuchs that serves as guides for the rear palace.
@ShiroKage0096 ай бұрын
I think this palace is modeled after the forbidden city in China.
@grace-nu7yd7 ай бұрын
oohh i didn’t know you guys started this one already. I’m so excited to re-watch with you. This anime is one of my top tiers for sure, I’m already waiting for the latest volume of its light novel (10th) 💕
@jericadelacruz60645 ай бұрын
Dont sleep on SHOUJO!
@tylerstokes41249 ай бұрын
Dogs get fixed but still pull a red rocket sooooo
@KebusuNiisan9 ай бұрын
In addition to the Director's earlier points, The Apothecary Diaries is a seinen anime, the same demographic as Oshi no Ko.
@dandeleons9 ай бұрын
9:54 the breaking bad reference 😂
@VendettaProduction019 ай бұрын
An apothecary would be a pharmacist today, with a little touch of Wiccan in it due to the times. Drugs, plants, poisons, and animals would be in their knowledge chest.
@kiinah59569 ай бұрын
Maybe one day y’all should check out C-drama historical one 😂 The realm of palaces romance and politic
@grim15709 ай бұрын
Dude asks if she can make some drugs and shes like "Call me Heisenberg."
@haven76179 ай бұрын
with both freiren and jjk on at the same time this will be sleeper hit
@TWYOP9 ай бұрын
I can't wait for those girls to find out the real reason why her arm was bandaged 😂
@CrackGuy9 ай бұрын
Just waiting for Gen v episode 8 ..😂
@milisajama74278 ай бұрын
I can't believe they actually spent most of the review analising if the eunecos still had a package or not
@YaBoyRockLee8 ай бұрын
Lmaoo
@Wolfsong27FlyHalfFullHeart9 ай бұрын
This girl is literally Heisenberg 😂
@chefboyarkey9 ай бұрын
I hate myself for hating episode titles like these. Cause I take it personally for no reason😂I’m like “bruh I’ve been watching this since it came out and I’m caught up who you talking to????” But yes I’m sure it’s not super popular to the masses/your audience
@spineridersinthesky49918 ай бұрын
Unfortunately traditional Chinese eunuchs have had it all sliced off.
@CharTurner69288 ай бұрын
I think back in history cocoa/chocolate was thought to be an aphrodisiac
@fukyuyuetoob76639 ай бұрын
She understands what a eunuch is. I don't think those girls understands what he is.
@mayarimarjorie56249 ай бұрын
while this anime give a glimpse of how royal concubines work, its not all facts and some are not accurate as per what it was mention.
@tulsatornado15786 ай бұрын
He's the Kings brother I believe and his junk is all there. Just no one knows it.😂
@kabitaranirani58666 ай бұрын
U too are cocoa
@TheRandomBits4319 ай бұрын
i am waiting for the hard SLAP on episode 4!!
@honeyedawn9 ай бұрын
second episode already? y'all are spoiling us
@superamishguy9 ай бұрын
Goat mc
@makaladivinity19439 ай бұрын
Hey if you guys like this series then I recommend you guys watch “Story of Yanxi Palace”. It’s full of romance and drama.