It’s also great at making her strong, but believably so. The way this clashes constantly with her natural curiosity to keep throwing her in the thick of things is great. Maomao is (still) one of my favourite manga heroines ever - she’s smart, clever, and headstrong, but also trying to desperately keep her head down and avoid trouble in life. It’s like an immediate summary of everything this series does well. Within a few pages, a suspicious death has occurred and Maomao is already pointing out how unlikely the place of death was, is revealing that she’s not allowed to touch the dead because she’s too likely to snatch bits for medicines, and is discussing foot binding. And solving this case may bring her too close to several things, not the least of which is Jinshi… But for Maomao, erstwhile apocathecary and professional meddler, things seem a little too obvious. When a young maid is found dead, it seems like a suicide.
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