English Dub Review: The Apothecary Diaries “Festival”

Overview:

The village holds a festival. Maomao attends, and Shisui introduces some of the village’s history to her.

Our Take:

The situation Maomao finds herself in is confusing. She is referred to as a hostage, but she is never bound and is allowed to walk most of the grounds. She is even asked to attend a festival with Shisui, which tells the tale of the village. Foreigners came from the West seeking a new home, and some of the people decided to welcome them. This festival serves as a symbol of generosity and a testament to the people’s growth. Everyone gets a white fox mask and colors it in to show that the two groups of people have come together.

Maomao, to no one’s surprise, let her curiosity get her into another dangerous situation. She wants the notes for the “resurrection” drug and gets Kyou-u to take her to a shed out in the rice fields she finds suspicious. When they go out there, she finds some of the notes she’s looking for, but they also find firearms. They looked like the same firearms that were used to try and kill Jinshi. Of course, someone comes into the shed at the exact time Maomao is in there. Will she be able to escape this situation as well?