YES! They had me worried they were gonna leave it up in the air, but Loulan survived!

Great episode as usual - so glad season 3 has been greenlit.

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For anyone looking for something similar I recommend “Yatagarasu”.

Not quite on the level of “Apothecary Diaries” it’s a good show with a similar style and a fairly unique story.

I was hoping the hairpin would save Loulan (although there may still be a tiny chance it actually did)

I tried dungeon people and was liking it, but the whole father situation was just handled so damn weirdly that it just pulled me out.

Not necessarily. Japan is ‘weird’.

It may be considered proper to be introduced by your parent/elder.

edit Could also be a mistranslation. Perhaps he ment ‘sorry for finding out about her death this way.’