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  "canonicalUrl": "https://frankhecker.com/2023/10/28/the-apothecary-diaries-manga-or-ln/",
  "description": "In which I recommend that readers read The Apothecary Diaries light novel.",
  "path": "/2023/10/28/the-apothecary-diaries-manga-or-ln/",
  "publishedAt": "2023-10-28T16:20:07.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "The Apothecary Diaries",
    "manga",
    "light novel",
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  "textContent": "[](/assets/images/apothecary-diaries.jpeg)\n\n\\This post and its associated comments were originally published on [Cohost.\\]\n\nFor those watching the currently-airing anime of _The Apothecary Diaries_ and wondering whether to read the manga or the light novels:\n\n1. Like the anime, the manga (which I’ve not yet read in full) gives you a concentrated dose of the exquisite poison that is the story of Maomao. The LN is more like microdosing yourself; there are stretches where you’re just not going to feel the tingle.\n2. Maomao and Jinshi have a seriously fucked-up relationship.\n3. Speaking of that, the manga has not yet gotten to the conclusion of volume 8 of the LN, in which Jinshi [REDACTED] for reasons and Maomao has to [REDACTED].\n\nSo there’s that.\n\n  *\n\nLotte ‘just an idiot’ May ([@LotteMakesStuff][]) - 2023-10-28 14:54\n\noh heck is that a good redacted or a bad redacted... actually I do not want to know\n\nFrank Hecker ([@hecker][]) - 2023-10-28 14:57\n\nI’ll just say that I think you will appreciate the [REDACTED].\n\nLotte ‘just an idiot’ May ([@LotteMakesStuff][]) - 2023-10-28 15:00\n\no7\n\n[@LotteMakesStuff]: http://web.archive.org/web/20241212133024/https://cohost.org/LotteMakesStuff\n[@hecker]: http://web.archive.org/web/20241219224313/https://cohost.org/hecker",
  "title": "The Apothecary Diaries: manga or LN?"
}