This article contains spoilers for Pharmacies – mostly events from season 1, but there is also some content already broadcast in season 2.
Summary
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Medical diaries are freely based on Tang and Ming dynasties in fictitious China.
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The inner palace in the series reflects the imperial Chinese harem system with high, medium and low -floor consorts.
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High -ranked consorts have unique titles, colors and live in large pavilions in the inner palace.
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Four high -ranking consorts
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Medium and low -floor consorts
PharmaciesOne of the successful anime winter season 2025 on the Crunkyroll is set in fictitious China, freely based on Tang dynasties (618-907) and Ming (1368-1644), without being 100% historically accurate-historically accurate-historically accurate- -Historically accurate-historically accurate-historically accurate-historically accurate-historically accurate-historically accurate-historically accurate-historically accurate-. There is an episode in which Maomao produces chocolate, but Cacao has not been introduced to China until centuries after these dynasties.
The key element given in Pharmacies is the inner palace where most of the story takes place. The Natsu Hyuga author created his own version of the imperial Chinese harem system. Each Chinese dynasty had its own rules on the composition of harem – the harem function is usually the same: to provide the emperor a large number of women (consorts or concubines) to produce an heir.

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The inner palace (or inner court) is a place where these consorts live. They must also be loyal to the emperor, and most of them are daughters of influential people in court – so it works politics. It is also expected that consorts will know how to write and read, which further reduces the number of potential consort to a small group of elite women, because for ordinary it is illiteracy.
In the series they are divided by their rank-exist high, medium and low-floor consorts.
Four high -ranking consorts
High -ranked consorts have Unique titles and colors identifying their conditionthus:
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Precious Consort: Red
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Wise consort: Blue
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Pure consort: black
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Vistná Consort: White
Compared to other consorts, they also have more ladies, including poisonous food tester. The Emperor can only choose four consorts as high -ranking. Each of these consort will have a different title and will live in one of the four large pavilions built in the inner palace.
There is no pre -established hierarchy. The perceived hierarchy varies depending on how often the emperor “visits” each of them at night, and also according to the sex of their children (male children are generally preferred).
As the story takes place, there will be changes in the inner palace, so we will introduce the current high -ranking consorts during the current high -ranking consorts Apothecary Diaries Season 2.
Precious Consort
Precious Consort (honored Square Enix translation) lives in Jade pavilion – The current file is Gyokuyou. She is the most famous public consort, because Maomao spends a lot of time for her as a tester of food.
It is presented as gentle and careful. At the beginning of the story, it is perceived as an imperial favorite ensemble and gave birth to Princess Lingli. The color of the rare consorts is red.
Wise
Wise Consort (Worthy Consort in translation Square Enix) lives in Crystal Pavilion – Lady Lihua He is currently holding this position. Although he can look strictly from the outside, in fact she takes care of the people around him.
Initially, it seems to have resentment with Gyokuya – and this conflict is extended to Maomao. But later, especially after Maomao helps her in season 1, shows affection to the main character. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of her maids, which Maomao often frightened.
Pure consort
Loulan is the current clean file that lives in Garnet Pavilion. Ah-Duo had previously held this position-Prime Minister Shisha forced her in favor of his own daughter.
Loulan is introduced as someone away from the people around her, but has a secret. Given her father, she has an influential position in the internal court, but he seems to not care about politics at all.
Virtuous
Lishu is currently a virtuous consort and lives in Diamond pavilion. She is the youngest consortium only 14 years old when she debuts in season 1 (but she married the Emperor when she was 9). Because she is still a child, her ladies in waiting can easily handle her.
She is considered the least popular from the high consort, because the Emperor hardly visits it, compared to others (he just chats with her) – and generally also lacks power and influence.
Lisha also likes Jinshi and was also attached to Ah-duo, who protected her (along with the current emperor) from the former emperor and from her own father, who sees her only as a puppet to play politics with politics.
Medium and low -floor consorts
Medium evaluation consorts do not live in the pavilion, but they get the whole building for themselves, while low -built are given only personal rooms. Low -floor consorts can be rejected depending on their family state, when they are unable to attract the interest of the Emperor.
The Reduce a series of consorts the less maids are awardedWith low values that have only two ladies in their service.
Given that the story focuses mainly on high -ranking consorts, these consorts are often not mentioned. Anime has so far introduced only two mean value consorts: Fuyou (Season 1 Episode 3), which is now a former consort and already deceased Yin (Season 2 Episode 3). Another character, which must be properly introduced in season 2, will later become a middle sum.
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Pharmacies
- Release date
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October 22, 2023
- Directors
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Norihiro naganuma