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I love that with the new opening also came a brand new fresh bulletin board to start pinning new names, places, mystery items, and theories!

There are soooo many little things cooking right now.At first I was a little sad that Maomao wouldn't be back in her old position with Lady Gyokuyou.I loved the drama, the tea, the quack doctor's space that Maomao got to use to its full potential.But then things started to pick right back up in the Outer Court, too 👀First of all: LAKAN ???I do not trust this man. The fact that he has been clearly toying with Jinshi, knows Maomao, and then told that story about a courtesan whose value he intentionally destroyed has me wanting to stay as far away from possible from his drama. Just like Maomao when she heard about him lol. But does she know him too? I feel like she does. And it doesn't seem good. And I'm not sure what he did to that poor courtesan back at the Virdigris House, but he's playing with Jinshi and Maomao now. Waiting for that thread to unravel and I'm nervous what it'll set loose. On top of that, we have these odd seaweed poisonings and flour explosions.I think the biggest mystery to me is.. are they separate or connected mysteries?? Something this show is teaching me is that you can't throw ANYTHING away.A random comment, a strange death, a piece of food, a gifted pipe, a person introduced for 5 seconds.You have to file it all away for later, just like Maomao. And even tho I can't see the full picture just yet, it's really fun to theorize with this show!I also started to finally hit the PAUSE button (sorry dub/sync along watchers 😭)I hope you all enjoy my little extra thoughts, re-reads and overanalysis.I feel like this anime is the perfect place to start doing that from now on! And it was honestly much more enjoyable to watch that way and really get the full grasp on what was being thrown down. So I hope you all don't mind 👉🏻👈🏻I love the new growing mystery bulletin board in this second half of Season 1.See you all next week to add more red string to the board!Thank you for your support on Patreon!Relax and enjoy 🍿🌿WANT TO WATCH IN DUB? USE LINK BELOW TO SYNC YOUR COPYSYNC ALONG LINK: https://youtu.be/LasflGlJs4AI watched this on Crunchyroll

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able16

You're 100% gonna get accused of pre-watching in the Youtube comments when episode 15-16 gets published. I know it's easy for me to say to try to take those comments lightly. Would even recommend ignoring them, don't even address it.

Christian F

I just read your writeup before watching and I love it when reactors pause and give their thoughts, or even rewinding a bit if you think you miss an important detail. I'm sure some people prefer it without the pauses and extra thoughts, but I believe that kind of thing really adds to a reaction.

tinyviking

I am pretty sure it was episode one of spy family when Loid filled up the room with flour after saving Anya you were thinking about, regarding the Flour. :)

Benwivjamin

Might have been Spy Family that taught you about the flour exploding risk. There's a scene in the first episode in which Twilight sets a flour trap against the people who kidnapped Anya, they all pull out their guns and the main guy shouts out not to shoot because the whole place will explode.

Ian YY

I remember there was a horrific dust explosion at a water park in Taiwan, and that's why they teach us about flour explosions in school. Over a thousand young people were packed inside a drained swimming pool when a massive fireball instantly engulfed the crowd. The disaster caused 15 deaths and nearly 500 injuries, with many survivors suffering severe burns over most of their bodies. And I was horrified seeing those picture as an elementary school student 😬

Ray H

Have you ever heard Jinshi call Maomao by her name? 🤔

Nelson CHen

That scared Mao Mao face is like something straight out of Asobi Asobase

M1 Maz

Maomao really is your spirit character haha. And I'm quickly realizing that all the qualities that make me like her so much as a leading character, are the same ones that I really enjoy about your content! Lloyd / Twilight is definitely my spirit character LOL

Fer Rodriguez

Excellent reaction as always kali. I really really liked the long pauses and you getting to talk your points about the episodes and the different clues and misteries, really adds a lot of value to the content and I think that's what makes you one of the top reactors and one of a kind. Looking forward to next sunday!

Howie

Hey Kali... feel free to pause or do whatever feels comfortable so you can understand and react better. It's your channel and content! I can't speak for everyone, but I'm here to support you! I know you want to try, but you can't please everyone! As you said, there's a lot going on in this anime and if others are bothered by the pausing, too bad for them! Loving your reactions to this and I'm enjoying the re-watch with you. Once again, you are asking all the right questions!

Richard

Yes loving the mystery angle.

Vry36

I think pausing sometimes discuss what you're thinking and feeling will be good. You can't please everyone.

Dilliterate

Im not caught up with the show or anything so i dont know but from what you were saying about the babies being swapped at birth, would that not make Jinshi his son and not his brother?

k43t

you discovered flour can explodes from Spy Family, I just watched your reaction recently

Chris

I am a big fan of the pauses and additional analysis. Doubly so in a show like this where I would argue the details are what make it special.

charlie

id avoid watch the opening the next set you might get spoiled

Robert da Spruce

I’m guessing I’m in the minority. But I’m not a big fan of all the pausing during the episode I still sync off your Full YouTube reaction. And yes, it’s a pain to keep re-syncing. But that’s not the main reason I don’t like the pausing I have never seen Apothecary Diaries before. I am watching for the first time along with you. And pausing during the episode actually takes me out of the story Of course I want to hear your thought Kali. That’s why we’re all here. And if already seen the show before. Perhaps I would feel differently. But as it is, I think going back after the end of the episode would be preferable Just my opinion Kali

charlie

I love the pausing and hearing your thoughts personally I watch reactors mainly for their analysis and I feel like you have some very good insight on topics

M1 Maz

Your opinion is yours to have, and that's fine. But your priorities are totally backwards. This is a reaction space so the focus has to be on Kali sharing her analysis and reactions in the way she enjoys most and works the best for her. If you're choosing to watch something for the first time alongside Kali, that's great! Many others do as well. But you have to acknowledge that reaction content isn't intended to prioritize the experience of watching the show, and temper your expectations as such. Kali choosing to prioritize it that way would be detrimental to the quality of her content long term

PG Modehouse

Tangentially, a film series I highly recommend is the Detective Dee series. Detective Dee stories follow the fictional cases of Di Renjie, a real-life 7th-century Tang Dynasty magistrate and judge who became a legendary fictional sleuth. In 18th century China the Celebrated Cases of Detective Dee became an immensely popular detective novel. There's famed director Tsui Hark's Detective Dee trilogy on Netflix: - Detective Dee and the Phantom Flame (2010), - Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon (2013) - Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings (2018) There's also a 32 episode Netflix TV series called Judge Dee's Mystery from 2024.

Kal

Great reaction, as always. I'm all for pausing so you can articulate your thoughts fully, first, it's the reason I watch reaction content, I want to know what goes on in your mind, and I particularly enjoy how thoughtful you are and the things you pay attention to, second that way you can have longer reflections without risking missing something important that happened while you were thinking (always bum me out when reactors refuse to pause or go back and miss something really crucial). And as someone else pointed out, it the babies were switched, that would make him the current emperors son, not his brother. (I also haven't seen this before so I have no idea, but it would make a lot of sense)

Sonya

About pausing - I'm in the camp that thinks pausing makes it feel less of a "real time" reaction. Going back for details are great too, and if it was at the end of the episode we can enjoy it both ways. Just my thought, but of course the best way is what you're most comfortable with!

kaliwali

OH YEAH! It was def Spy x Family!

kaliwali

YES! I couldn't place it to save my life, but yessss haha ty

kaliwali

Kinda like when you have a crush on someone and just saying their name is difficult / makes you sweaty lol. 🤔

kaliwali

LOL I can totally see Twilight being your spirit character!

kaliwali

Glad you enjoyed the pauses!! I'll continue them in all the series I do now!

kaliwali

I definitely felt more in my zone and able to express thoughts better with the pauses! It was really refreshing and less mind exploding to do it that way for me. Sometimes I have such good thoughts but forget to talk about them in the end so this was so much more relaxing for me as a reactor! But I get your point.

kaliwali

YES! that's where it was from. I couldn't place it to save my life lol

kaliwali

The Empress Dowager that was giving birth at the same time as Ah-Duo was with the previous Emperor (the current Emperor's father)

Dilliterate

Yes the Empress Dowagers son would be the current Emperors brother but Ah-Duo had her son with the current Emperor when he was still the prince so if they were swapped he'd be his son

Robert da Spruce

Thank you for letting me know my priorities are totally backwards. Is there any other aspect of my life you want to let me know that I’m doing incorrectly? Of course I want Kali to do what feels right and most comfortable for her and her channel. But that doesn’t mean I feel I should bite my lip and agree with everything Everyone here experiences her channel slightly differently. I still sync up my video to her YouTube reaction. I know, I guess that makes me old fashioned. Others watch with the full reaction unblurred and letterboxd on screen. I would think Kali would want to hear honest opinions from all her Patrons And ultimately, weigh that feedback against what she feels is in the best interest of her channel and herself as a reactor Now, if that makes me someone with my priorities totally backwards, so be it

Felreign

Generally, I don't enjoy reactors pausing for any reason during a reaction; strictly speaking though, that mostly stems from having to re-sync the video again. Since I don't have to sync at all with this, my only concern comes from bad memories of reactors who paused damn near constantly, video after video. I've enjoyed your reactions too much to write your channel off on a foible of mine. I only ask respectfully that you avoid pausing too often.

Sean Dame

Pause all you want, as someone who watches along with a dubbed version, it's easy to resynch. While I do like not resynching, I'd rather you pause to talk rather than to talk over what's happening rather than the alternative (talking over the show, or holding back/editing yourself. You can probably also get more youtube edit runtime this way.

Holy Arathi

That anime’s comedy messed me up. Oh it’s a cutesy high school slice of life anime…wait, what did the kid just say??!!

Khepri Sun

Based on episode 11, I believe the implication is that Jinji is actually the son of the current emperor and Ah-Duo. However, because he was swapped as a baby, everyone believes he is the son of the Empress Dowager and the former emperor (the current emperor's father), which would make Jinji the current emperor's "little brother." We don't know exactly who is aware of Jinji's true parentage, but I assume Jinji knows based on his reaction to Ah-Duo leaving, and the current emperor probably knows as well.

DreadPirateRob

I have seen a lot of Anime in my time and this show puts most of it to shame. The animation quality is far above average.

Sankis

I don't think you even need an outside fire to ignite flour. Sometimes just the friction of it rubbing against itself, machinery, etc as it's poured is enough to cause a spark which then causes an explosion. You can find footage of flour explosions on youtube and they're pretty intense.

dreambird 1973

In regards of the video pausing, I have to say, that I hate it, when Reactors DO NOT pause and are talking over everything. I saw many reactors who did clearly not read something, because they were constantly talking over it. Buw what I really do not like also is, when reactors go back to old episodes to watch something, because this way they find things out, that they otherwise would not. And I peronally love it, when reactors do not get everything beforehand, and will be surprised later.

fishy

Maomao's mischevious laugh is so funny😂 also I love that you're pausing and rewinding to catch details you might miss

Billy Dancel

I’m thinking that Lakan was one of the men who wanted to buy out the courtesan who ended resorting to sleepwalking in the third episode. He said, “Two rich men with curious tastes endlessly tried to outbid each other.” He seems to have been one of them.

rubberkidney

You need to cosplay that Detective Sokka look with the little monocle and funny hat, because you are the detective.

FinalMasterM

I'm so happy you're enjoying this series! It only keeps getting better.

Sankis

Fun? fact: Water can indeed focus the sunrays like a magnifying glass. This is why you should never leave clear water bottles in your car. It's rare, but entirely possible for the sun to hit one just right and start a fire. As for lead, if you remember the white powder from the first few episodes they do know about its toxicity in the show! I know the show isn't set in our world necessarily, but in the real world we've actually known since ancient times that lead was bad. Whether anyone actually cared is another story, though. I also don't think there's much danger in handling lead metal like that. I think the primary danger is inhalation of fumes/dust and eating things that have been in contact with it.