00:00Hi Daymotion! How are you? Today I'm going to tell you about a little series that
00:08is called the poticaire's notebooks. So it's very special, it's not one of my
00:14favorite manga but it's worth taking a look, it's worth looking into. Before
00:19To go further, if you can recommend any anime or manga, don't hesitate to comment.
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00:36I should watch. That way, it makes me discover some new, cool things and it makes me
00:39step out of my comfort zone. So, the synopsis. The story takes place in imperial China
00:46fictional. We follow Mao Mao, a very young apothecary passionate about medicinal plants and
00:53poisons. She confesses, a cult of poisons is almost disturbing. She is kidnapped and sold
01:00as a servant in the emperor's inner palace. It's not very fun, it's the era. It's
01:06the times that want that. We are on a theme that is a little difficult, we are not going to lie to ourselves. Yes, we are on the
01:13sale of human beings, clearly. But hey, it's historically accurate. She tries to remain discreet at first,
01:20among all the other young apothecaries, not young apothecaries, but young slaves. But
01:28Thanks to her intelligence, curiosity and vast knowledge of medicine, she finds herself
01:33involved, despite herself, in the intrigues of the court. There you go. And she is spotted by a certain
01:41Jinchi. Well, a certain Jinchi, sorry. He's a high-ranking official who is rather attractive, who is rather
01:49topogos, very mysterious. And Mao Mao becomes a key element in solving the poisoning,
01:56of strange diseases and political plots. Because, obviously, you can guess, in the
02:01Imperial China is plot after plot after plot. And she's going to become a bit of a taster.
02:11reference which will be able to immediately identify, ok, this person, via their symptoms,
02:19clearly, she is poisoned. And so, that means that someone tried to poison you. Or conversely,
02:25be able to, she, simply taste things. And since she has an immunity that has been
02:29developed poison, well, she can handle a lot more than the others. It's very, very, very,
02:35very, very, very slow. Like, like setup, like manga. There's a lot, a lot of text. The
02:44The designs aren't exceptionally beautiful, but they're very functional, they're very cool. It has a style
02:48a bit peculiar. I liked it. But on the other hand, it's very, very slow. There, it's not worth putting...
02:54Well, expect this. It's slow to get going. It's very, very slow to get going.
02:59I would even recommend getting the first four volumes to get an idea, it's so much so
03:03doesn't move fast. But on the other hand, it's worth a look. It's worth a look because
03:09there is a... I find there is a certain charm. I will have a lot of trouble explaining more in
03:15detail because I haven't read a lot of volumes in this series. But it was quite unique and
03:21quite original. It was a bit of a breath of fresh air that I was able to get when I discovered this
03:27thing. That's why I'm recommending it to you today, in fact. In any case,
03:32I'm trying to recommend it to you today. The Apothecary's Notebooks because it's both
03:36a historical thriller. We're going to follow plots, investigations. There's a little something a little bit
03:43spicy at that level. But also a dive into the life of the courts and a story about knowledge
03:50and the resourcefulness of a heroine who is very atypical. Atypical in the sense that she is
03:54She's a servant. She has no special abilities. She's rather puny. She's
04:00not particularly an exceptional beauty standard. She's a bit of an everyman. But she is
04:05Everybody who has a weird kink about poison. Well, weird. We're not here to
04:10judging kinks on poison, of course. But there you go, she's a bit weird, a bit out of the ordinary.
04:16The author of this novel and manga, originally, it is a light novel which was written by Natsu Yuga,
04:25published online from 2011 on Shutsetsuka ni Naro. Illustrator of the light novel,
04:34It was Tokushino. The manga adaptation was drawn by Neko Kurage and supervised...
04:41Oh yeah, overseen by Natsu Yuga. And the spin-off... There was a slightly more humorous manga spin-off.
04:50And there, for once, it's... The title is Kusuriya no Itori Goto.
04:58Maomao no Kyoku Nazotoki. Sorry, very difficult for me to pronounce.
05:05And it's drawn by Minoji Kurata. There you go. The publication, the Japanese publisher,
05:13novel and manga, Shufu no Tomo, from the Erobunko and Square Enix labels. Once again we find,
05:22for the manga version. The light novel was published in 2014, in 14 volumes in Japan,
05:29in 2025. And the main manga, launched in 2017, still ongoing, has more than 12 volumes, 12 volumes.
05:39In France, on the other hand, the main manga has been published by Kiyun since 2021.
05:44The light novel has been available at Manabook since 2023.
05:47And the anime adaptation, it's the... I saw that the anime adaptation,
05:51so i don't know how close or different the anime and manga are from each other.
05:57If you know, please specify it in the comments, it could be interesting.
06:01I'm interested in it anyway, and it might interest people who want to take a look at it.
06:05and who don't necessarily know where to start.
06:10But the animation studio that took care of the adaptation is OLM,
06:14which is known in particular for a small license, not very very very well known,
06:18and which I think has the potential to break through, which is called Pokémon.
06:25They are also known for Komisawa, Kiyomushu Detsu,
06:29and they are in collaboration with Tau Animation Studio.
06:33There you have it, Tau Animation, we don't need to introduce them anymore.
06:35The broadcast, the first season was broadcast from October 2023 to March 2024,
06:39for all 24 episodes.
06:41I think... I don't know if season 2 was linked by...
06:44It seems to me that season 2 is on...
06:49Crunchyroll, I think.
06:52I'm not talking nonsense. Has she come out yet?
06:54Tell me in the comments, you correct me.
06:56The director is Noriyo Naganuma,
07:00known for The Ancient Magus Bride.
07:02The screenwriter is Yuki Sugewara,
07:05music, Satoru Kosaki,
07:07which are not particularly striking, personally.
07:10I don't remember having exceptional music.
07:12The style is a mix between detective intrigue,
07:16humor, laughter, and colorful historical reenactment.
07:20And uh...
07:22Yeah, I think so...
07:26I think season 2 from memory was planned for 2025,
07:28for this year, but I don't know if it came out or not.
07:30Anyway.
07:31In summary,
07:33The Apothecary's Meat is a work by Natsu Yuga.
07:36It is a novel adapted into a manga by Nekoku Harage,
07:39and published by Square Enix in French version at Kiyoon.
07:43I strongly encourage you to take a look.
07:47Definitely take a look, it's worth it.
07:49It's very high quality.
07:51I think it's a very particular audience,
07:55very... very specific.
07:57But if you are lucky enough to be that audience,
08:00You have a very beautiful work to discover.
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