✨ Character Spotlight ✨

Maomao

The Apothecary Diaries • Crunchyroll • Ongoing

🌿 Apothecary 🏮 Palace Mystery 🐈 Cat Energy

A sharp mind, a calm face, and endless curiosity 🌿

📖 Series Info

Title: The Apothecary Diaries
Original Story: Natsu Hyūga
Illustration: Touko Shino
Genre: Mystery • Historical • Drama
Streaming: Crunchyroll

🧾 Character Profile

Name: Maomao / 猫猫
Rōmaji: Maomao
Age: 17
Height: 153 cm / 5’0.2″
Occupation: Apothecary & medical assistant
Birthplace: Verdigris House

✨ Appearance

Maomao is petite with dark green hair, blue anime eyes, and a simple outfit made of layered green robes with a long plum-colored skirt. Her look is practical and understated, which fits her personality perfectly. She also uses fake freckles to make herself seem plain and avoid unwanted attention.

🌿 Personality + Skills

Maomao is observant, sarcastic, practical, and endlessly curious. She is calm under pressure and rarely lets palace drama shake her. Her greatest strengths are her herbal medicine knowledge, poison expertise, sharp deductions, and ability to read people and situations before anyone else catches on.

📜 Background

Raised in the Verdigris House, Maomao learned medicine and apothecary work from Luomen. After being kidnapped and sold into the Imperial Palace of Li, she tried to keep her head down and quietly serve her time. Instead, her knowledge of herbs, illnesses, and poisons pulled her into palace mysteries, making her an essential figure in the Inner and Outer Courts.

🏰 Relationships

Luomen: adoptive father, mentor, and teacher
Lakan: biological father
Fengxian: biological mother
Jinshi: palace official constantly intrigued by her
Gyokuyou: consort Maomao assists and protects

💫 Trivia

Her name means “cat,” and the anime/manga often gives her cat-like expressions.
She is the daughter of Lakan and Fengxian.
She was raised by Luomen, who taught her herbal medicine and apothecary skills.
She has poison resistance from years of testing remedies and toxins on herself.
She has a high alcohol tolerance despite her small size.
She won Best Main Character at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2026.

💬 Lay’s Thoughts

Maomao is such a refreshing main character because her intelligence is the heart of the story. She is not loud or flashy, but every scene feels stronger when she is in it. I love how her herbal medicine knowledge feels grounded, how her curiosity gets her into trouble, and how her deadpan reactions make even serious moments funny.

Overall vibe: quiet brilliance wrapped in herbs, mystery, and cat-like curiosity 🌿

🖼️ Character Gallery

Maomao with cat ears from The Apothecary Diaries

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